HELLCARD similar games & best alternatives

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HELLCARD

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2024

Should you play it?

Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!

What works

  • Engaging co-op multiplayer
  • Deep strategic deckbuilding
  • Unique enemy positioning mechanic
  • Strong progression and unlocks
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Single player less balanced and engaging
  • Limited content and classes currently
  • Some balance issues and rng frustration
  • Long turn times can slow gameplay
  • Matchmaking and multiplayer population limited

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Alpha League HD

  • Across the Obelisk

  • Dungeon Defenders

  • Card Hunter

  • Journey to the West

  • Full Mojo Rampage

Less competitive

Games that feels like HELLCARD but with less competition against others

  • Sunderfolk

  • Dungeon of the ENDLESS™

  • Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party?

  • Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

  • Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

  • Demeo

Less social

Games that feels like HELLCARD but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Monster Train 2

  • Book of Demons

  • Roguebook

  • Hadean Tactics

  • Monster Train

  • Gordian Quest

Less intimate

Games that feels like HELLCARD but with less focus on close relationships

  • Faeria

  • Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game

  • Inkbound

  • Vertical Drop Heroes HD

  • Dota Underlords

  • Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with HELLCARD. 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.
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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 HELLCARD. These titles are not in What to play next.

HELLCARD: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status, Fellowship.

Last update: 21/08/2026