Banners of Ruin similar games & best alternatives

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Banners of Ruin

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.

What works

  • Engaging tactical deckbuilding combat
  • Beautiful art and atmospheric music
  • Deep party and equipment customization
  • Meaningful progression and unlocks
  • Immersive gritty fantasy setting

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign and limited variety
  • Steep difficulty curve and balance issues
  • Some ui and quality of life frustrations
  • Repetitive events and encounters
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Union of Gnomes: Prologue

  • Library Of Ruina

  • Chrono Ark

  • Starless Abyss

  • Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

  • Ash of Gods: The Way

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Banners of Ruin but with less leadership over others

  • Slay the Spire

  • Monster Train 2

  • Shadowhand: RPG Card Game

  • Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire

  • Deck of Ashes

  • Knock on the Coffin Lid

More relaxing

Games that feels like Banners of Ruin but with a more relaxing feel

  • Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

  • Legend of Keepers: Prologue

  • Arcanium: Rise of Akhan

  • Union of Gnomes

  • Langrisser I & II

  • Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon

More social

Games that feels like Banners of Ruin but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Anomaly Collapse

  • Indies' Lies

  • Darkest Dungeon®

  • THYSIASTERY

  • Outcast Tales: The First Journey

  • 天外武林 (Traveler of Wuxia)

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Banners of Ruin: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 22/08/2026