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Hungry Horrors is a unique deck-builder about feeding monsters out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:00:53 +0000

Gather ingredients, make dishes and feed all the strange creatures in a deck-builder that manages to set itself apart from the others in Hungry Horrors.

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Dev of Steam game 'Hardest' will delete it after new girlfriend made them realise AI is bad

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:24:49 +0000

Hardest is getting removed from Steam by the developer at the end of the month, as they say "AI is bad" and "AI is evil" - oh my.

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Replicat is basically the classic card game snap meets Balatro - check out the demo

Liam Dawe — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:59:42 +0000

Balatro, much like Vampire Survivors, has created a bit of an indie trend and now the classic card game snap has been given the Balatro treatment in Replicat.

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Heroes of Magic & Cards will give poker the roguelike deck-builder treatment

Liam Dawe — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:24:31 +0000

With a demo coming on November 5th, Heroes of Magic & Cards is another interesting spin on deck-builders that blends in poker mechanics for something different.

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Blackjack Roulette puts a literal spin on a classic card game

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:54:37 +0000

Giving Blackjack and Roulette a little Balatro treatment? Perhaps just a little, with it putting a literal spin on the classics here.

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Blackjack roguelike Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers v1.3 brings big improvements to controller support

Liam Dawe — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:19:36 +0000

With Native Linux support and Steam Deck Verified, Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers is another good pick if you like something a bit different. The latest update also make it a lot easier to sit back and chill with.

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Monster Train 2 announced with a demo live

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:01:52 +0000

The huge hit deck-builder Monster Train is getting a sequel, with Monster Train 2 getting an announcement and demo in the same day so you can try it early.

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Pairs & Perils combines deck-building and dungeon-crawling with a card-matching memory game

Liam Dawe — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:15:00 +0000

You've probably played card-matching memory games before, but have you played them in the setting of a dungeon-crawling deck-builder before? Pairs & Perils has a fun idea.

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Blackjack roguelike adventure Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers is out now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:31:49 +0000

Ready to break Blackjack? Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers has you battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack roguelike adventure.

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Balatro hits 2 million sales and a major free gameplay update is coming

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:28:22 +0000

One of the most popular recent releases on Steam that's Steam Deck Verified (and works great on desktop Linux), Balatro has done really well.

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Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers is releasing in August to be your next obsession

Liam Dawe — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:14:34 +0000

This might perhaps pull a bunch of you away from Balatro, as Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers a card-flipping, risk-taking roguelike deckbuilder is releasing on August 8th.

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Dice rolling dungeon crawler Dice & Fold is out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:02:02 +0000

Released today with Native Linux support, Dice & Fold from Tinymice Entertainment is a turn-based dungeon crawler where your only way of attacking the enemy is by rolling dice.

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Burn With Me is a deck-builder where you burn your cards to win

Liam Dawe — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 13:11:34 +0000

Well, that's certainly different. Usually a deck-builder card game is about building up your deck, here's it's about sacrificing them and burning them away.

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Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers puts a new spin on Blackjack for deck-builder fans

Liam Dawe — Fri, 24 May 2024 16:57:31 +0000

Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers is a different kind of deck-builder and given the popularity of Balatro, this could be another fun one to try. Set in a tavern packed with the rough and ready, where everyone plays a very different version of traditional Blackjack.

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Cultist Simulator gets much improved Steam Deck support

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:52:00 +0000

Cultist Simulator was already Steam Deck Verified with Native Linux support but Weather Factory have put out a brand new update, which aims to improve it even further.

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I'm terrible at Poker but a deck-building poker roguelike? Balatro has me hooked

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 11:19:59 +0000

Balatro is releasing on February 20th and if you love card games and deck-builders, you're probably going to need to check this one out. It also has a demo available for Steam Next Fest 2024.

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CosmoPirates is a colourful upcoming card battling deck-builder comedy

Liam Dawe — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:26:32 +0000

Love your deck-builders? CosmoPirates looks like one to watch that blends in a little comedy and the developers noted it will be released with Native Linux support.

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Check out the demo for Crop Rotation, a farming-themed card drafting game

Liam Dawe — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 14:00:29 +0000

A farming-themed card drafting game? Well that's a new one. Crop Rotation is releasing on September 15th and there's a demo available on Steam now too.

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To the Moon - Beach Episode gets a trailer, plus there's going to be a card game

Liam Dawe — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:35:03 +0000

Freebird Games have revealed a brand new trailer for To the Moon - Beach Episode, the next is the series of this 2D RPG adventure and there's even going to be a real-life card game.

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I've spent way too much time playing Lost for Swords

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:43:24 +0000

Lost for Swords is an in-development turn-based roguelike card game with a unique twist, playable in your browser via itch.io it has sucked away a fair amount of my time recently.

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Get a free copy of RPG card battler Ancient Enemy in the GOG Summer Sale 2023

Liam Dawe — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:48:17 +0000

Ready for another free game? Yes another! Ancient Enemy is the latest giveaway on GOG and it should work just fine on Linux with Wine / Proton.

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Counterplay Games makes tactical card battler Duelyst completely open source

Liam Dawe — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:49:12 +0000

This is awesome and something more developers should do with games they shut down. Counterplay Games have made their mix of a collectable card game and a turn-based strategy Duelyst fully open source.

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Competitive tactics game Duelyst is being revived with Duelyst II

Liam Dawe — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:36:56 +0000

Love competitive games? How about when they're free to play? Dream Sloth Games are reviving Duelyst as Duelyst II, with approval from Counterplay Games.

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The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:35:06 +0000

They will be missed and this is technically now actually their last game, with the The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection officially out now with Linux support.

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The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection releases September 6

Liam Dawe — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:08:18 +0000

Okay so perhaps Last Call BBS being their actual final game was a sweet little lie from Zachtronics. Well, sort of, as The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is technically not exactly a new game.

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Erannorth Chronicles gets fixed up for Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:56:06 +0000

Erannorth Chronicles, what the developer says blends together an old-school card game with tabletop RPG-like progression recently had an upgrade to make it work nicely on the Steam Deck.

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Fantasy themed tactical card game 'Dragon Evo' enters Early Access

Liam Dawe — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:17:57 +0000

Dragon Evo is a fresh entry into the deck-building tactical card game genre and it's now available in Early Access, along with Linux support too.

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Roguebook adds a timed Tournament system, new character DLC

Liam Dawe — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:34:10 +0000

Roguebook, the singeplayer roguelike deckbuilder from the developer of Faeria just got a big upgrade with a new Tournament system, plus a DLC character.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is out on Steam and runs well on Linux

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:33:14 +0000

Want to get into a new card game? Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel just released on Steam from Konami Digital Entertainment and the great news is that it works out of the box with Steam Play Proton Experimental on Linux.

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Heck Deck is a brilliant fusion of bullet-hell and a card game

Liam Dawe — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:38:46 +0000

What do you get when you cross a twin-stick bullet-hell with a card-game? Heck Deck. It's not a particularly long game but the idea is excellent.

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Hypnagonia is an upcoming open source "spire-like" deckbuilder

Liam Dawe — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 12:55:16 +0000

Do you love games like Slay the Spire? I sure do and so seeing a new free and open source game appear that's inspired by it has me a little excited. This is Hypnagonia.

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Early Access arrives soon for the fantasy competitive card battler Dragon Evo

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:52:02 +0000

After having a few early releases available on the web and itch.io, Dragon Evo is entering the next stage of its life as a free to play competitive card battler on Steam and itch.io in Early Access.

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Jackbox Games turned Champ'd Up into a physical card game with your drawings

Liam Dawe — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:02:32 +0000

The Jackbox Party Pack 7 has a game called Champ'd Up, a game where you draw cards to play and now it's being turned into a real physical card game where you use your own drawings.

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Deck-building roguelite Griftlands from Klei is out now and it's wonderful

Liam Dawe — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 21:38:59 +0000

After only recently adding Linux support, Klei Entertainment has now officially released their incredibly stylish and engrossing deck-builder Griftlands.

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Space Betrayers mixes together a card game, crisis management and social deduction

Liam Dawe — Thu, 27 May 2021 09:03:14 +0000

Promising a social deduction game like nothing you've ever played before, Space Betrayers has managed to grab my attention because it genuinely sounds quite good.

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Across the Obelisk is an engrossing new deck-builder with online co-op

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:46:39 +0000

You've played Slay the Spire, Dicey Dungeons and many other great deck-builder but now it's time for Across the Obelisk to shine and it's rather engrossing.

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Mixing strategy, puzzles and cards 'Astral Towers' comes to Linux with the latest update

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:05:36 +0000

Combining together a turn-based card game that needs strategy and a little puzzle solving, Astral Towers along with the open source game engine powering it comes to Linux.

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Valve gives up on Artifact setting it free with Artifact Classic and Artifact Foundry

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:17:31 +0000

Valve's Dota themed card game Artifact has now well and truly failed, as they've now stopped the 2.0 redevelopment which is now named Artifact Foundry with the original as Artifact Classic and both now free to play.

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NERTS! Online from Zachtronics gets expanded public multiplayer

Liam Dawe — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:46:23 +0000

NERTS! Online is the free to play card game from the clever people at Zachtronics (Eliza, Opus Magnum, Infinifactory) that was created to help them play together that they released free to the public.

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NERTS! Online is a new free to play online card game from Zachtronics out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:36:23 +0000

Zachtronics are well known for their excellent puzzle games which often sneak in some form of solitaire, this time around though they've put out a full solitaire style game you play online with friends in NERTS! Online.

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Fantasy card game Faerie Solitaire Dire is out in Early Access

Liam Dawe — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:55:59 +0000

Puppy Games and Subsoap have put out the latest in the series of card games that mix up the gameplay of some known classics, into something a little more unique.

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Valve's card game Artifact 2.0 takes another step closer to launch

Liam Dawe — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 11:02:47 +0000

Valve's failed deck-building card game Artifact continues undergoing major changes in the closed beta for Artifact 2.0, with another big step taken towards releasing for everyone.

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Mythicard is an oddly relaxing free online card battler in Early Access for Linux PC

Liam Dawe — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:59:51 +0000

Available in Early Access, Mythicard has a fresh take on battling online with cards and it's free to play so you can jump right in and try it out.

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Inscryption from the developer of Pony Island has a new trailer

Liam Dawe — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:50:24 +0000

Inscryption from Daniel Mullins Games (Pony Island, The Hex) sounds absolutely wild and it's got a brand new trailer but we've got quite some time to wait on it.

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Free to play collectible card game 'Doomtrooper' enters Early Access

Liam Dawe — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:51:17 +0000

Reviving the collectible card game from the 90s, developer Secret Cow Level has now launched Doomtrooper CCG into Steam's Early Access program.

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Pawnbarian turns Chess into a card-based roguelike

Liam Dawe — Fri, 22 May 2020 17:10:01 +0000

Oh my, what have they done to Chess! Something glorious, that's what. Pawnbarian is coming to Linux and the demo is out for Linux now too.

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You can sign up for the Artifact 2.0 Beta now, plus a video

Liam Dawe — Fri, 22 May 2020 15:24:54 +0000

Valve have opened up the process to get into the Beta for Artifact 2.0, the revamp of their failed competitive card game.

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Valve slowly begin sending out Artifact 2.0 invites

Liam Dawe — Tue, 19 May 2020 10:07:08 +0000

Artifact 2.0, the revamp of Valve's failed competitive card game inches ever closer with the announcement of invites starting to slowly go out.

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Competitive card game Chroma: Bloom and Blight hits the funding target

Liam Dawe — Wed, 13 May 2020 15:19:15 +0000

A week ago it didn't look too certain that Chroma: Bloom and Blight would hit the goal but with the campaign now over, they actually blasted right passed it.

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Chroma: Bloom And Blight is an ambitious upcoming competitive card game - on Kickstarter and demo up

Liam Dawe — Thu, 07 May 2020 21:04:17 +0000

Chroma: Bloom And Blight was quite a surprise to be told about today, a very ambitious upcoming competitive card game that will have full Linux support.

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