Hearthstone similar games & best alternatives

Hearthstone - hearthstone_1.avif
Hearthstone - hearthstone_2.avif
Hearthstone - hearthstone_3.avif
Hearthstone - hearthstone_4.avif
Hearthstone - hearthstone_5.avif
Hearthstone - hearthstone_6.avif

Hearthstone

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2014

Should you play it?

What works

  • Accessible yet deep strategic gameplay
  • Strong community and streaming culture
  • Cross-platform play and polished presentation
  • Free-to-play with fair progression system
  • Engaging fantasy theme and immersive audio-visuals

Things to keep in mind

  • High cost and grind to compete at top levels
  • Randomness can frustrate players
  • Limited social interaction and cooperation
  • Repetitive meta and net-decking prevalent
  • Requires regular play to avoid falling behind

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Wuxing Master 五行师(CCG)

  • Cards and Castles 2

  • Fairytale Fables

  • Scythe: Digital Edition

  • Duelyst II

  • Star Crusade CCG

Less violent

Games that feels like Hearthstone but with less combat and destruction

  • Dominion

  • Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days

  • Creatures of Aether

  • NutsMania

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Hearthstone but with less of a community feel

  • Shadowverse CCG

  • Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game

  • Monster Train

  • Eternal Card Game

  • KROSMAGA

  • Morimens

More social

Games that feels like Hearthstone but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Mythgard

  • 100% Orange Juice

  • Hero Realms

  • Faeria

  • Teamfight Tactics

  • Pox Nora

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Hearthstone. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Hearthstone. These titles are not in What to play next.

Hearthstone: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Leadership, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026