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Slay the Spire was a slow but steady burn for me. I definitely struggled to build a long-lasting deck at first, but the mechanics really started to click after 5-6 hours of progressively more successful runs. The amount of drama on my first successful "finish" was insane. Single digits worth of HP was the difference between me vanquishing the final boss, and having to start the entire run over 😅
Although Steamworld Quest isn't a roguelike, it's the game that got me into this genre. I've put 100s of hours into slay the spire and Monster train is catching up. I've enjoyed a lot on this list. I need to return to griftlands sometime and can't wait to grab inscryption when I get through a little bit of my backlog.
Ever since the days of “Magic the Gathering” back in the 90’s I’ve been intimidated by Deck Builders. The closest I ever came to one in 30 years was “Gwent” during the Witcher game. Just recently however I picked up “Inscription”. This decision based off of both the great reviews (not least of all SwitchCorner) and the “if you’re intimidated by deck builders, this is a great starting point” compliment many reviewers gave. It is now at the top of my queue and I genuinely excited to play it.
Alex, thank you for this. I finally figured out this is one of my favorite genres and thought I knew about all of switch’s deck builders. Adding several of these to my wishlist!
It's my absolute favourite. Like many, Slay the Spire got me into the genre, (If you don't count the old MTG game, forget what it's called,) but Monster Train is exactly what I love about the genre.
I like Monster Train and Slay the Spire, but I am totally hooked on Dicey Dungeons! It's just so much fun and so varied. I hope there will be more updates or a sequel. I keep coming back to this game.
Im glad one step from eden made this list, I've had the game for about a year now and i still find it very fun, addicting, and challenging. I definitely highly recommend this game to play.
Great to see Nowhere Prophet on the list. Slay the Spire and Monster Train are #1 and 2 for me but Nowhere Prophet is definitely in there at #3. It's very tough but some great mechanics. I'd never heard of City Wars so will check that out next!
I have all of these except Iris and the Giant (which I am going to rectify now thanks to you) I watch the eshop like a hawk so that's impressive that you found one that I had never heard of, so thankyou so much!
I started playing STS a month ago and it's really great, wouldn't have thought that it would take that much of my time. Think it's one of my most played games on switch already. Dicey Dungeons is also nice. Thanks for this list, I might try a few of the others
Interesting list, with lots of great games. As a huge fan of the genre, I would have put Roguebook quite a bit higher (probably fourth for a general audience, although it's third for me after StS and Dicey Dungeons). Monster Train is enjoyable and quite popular for a reason - it just doesn't click with me as much as the others I mentioned (though it would still be fourth on my list, as I do enjoy it from time to time). I feel like too many people slept on Roguebook at launch, since it really didn't get much attention. Hopefully more people will give it a try, as it really does do something different with the genre and offers countless potential combos/strategies thanks to playing with multiple characters at once whose cards interact in various ways, plus variations in how you upgrade both the characters and your cards that are different from what I've seen in other card-baed roguelikes. It's one of those "easy to learn, super fun to master" type of games. Great stuff overall.
Slay the spire is amazing. Nowhere prophet a hidden gem. Like yours and SwitchUps Christmas videos, you edge it for me because it’s slightly less mainstream (in my opinion) focused. 🎉
I’ve never been much of a deck builder gamer, I played Lost in Random recently and had a lot of fun, it’s not necessarily just deck building but it has this element, and that got me more interested in the genre. I wanna play Dicey Dungeons next.
Just buy Dicey Dungeons!! It's like £1 on sale. Slay the spire is also fantastic and i would wholly recommend. Haven't played any of the other games but it looks like I need to pickup Monster Train tho
I've put hundreds of hours into slay the spire on multiple consoles (mostly switch), but I played monster train for roughly four hours. I "beat the game" or got a credit roll on my first playthrough, and never went back because of a perceived lack of challenge. I will jump back in based on your passion.
I haven't played Monster Train yet, but you probably are starting from a point of expertise in the genre thanks to your Slay the Spire experience. I had a similar experience with Dicey Dungeons. I've probably put in about 10 hours and haven't lost a run yet. I have over 1200 hours in Slay the Spire on Switch. I'm up to Ascension 1 on Steam and haven't lost a run on that platform yet, but I still regularly lose runs at Ascension 20 on Switch of course. That said, I have heard that Monster Train is easier overall than Slay the Spire. But I'm sure there's still plenty of challenge at higher difficulties.
Nice video, but it's the end of the year which means it's almost time for one of the rare Nintendo first-party eShop sales. These other games will have to wait.
I love Slay the Spire and have been playing the crap out of Monster Train. Glad to see they took the top 2 spots. One I’ve been investing a lot of time in is Pirates Outlaws. Pretty similar to Slay The Spire, but it’s a good time.
I know it's not a rogue like, or even a dedicated deck builder, but I do like the deck building elements in other games too, like Ooblets. You can even consider Pokemon as "decks" in a way. I just really like that kind of strategic gameplay, even if it's sometimes lighter.
This was a genre I never would have considered until I saw some of your reviews and now I own a few I love dicey dungeons! Amazing American circus is great too just because it’s so different
There's a few on this list that will probably change your views. These games are seriously addicting when they click with you. And there's enough variety that it's very likely one or two will really click for you.
My favourite Genre by a country mile totally agree with the list. When I seen Slay The Spire at number two I was like ‘get in’! Monster Train is top of the list. Dicey Dungeons is also a must imo. The only one missing for me was Castle Morihisa that would definitely be in my top 5!
Interesting I've not seen many people recommend Castle Morihisa. It looks just like a STS clone. (I mean more so than others) However I'm glad your recommending it. I may have to check it out.
DungeonTop is a favourite of mine, occasionally bugs out though. Wish there was some sort of expansion or side game that focused on like a story or randomized labyrinth.
I still like the gameplay of DungeonTop which is also regularly super cheap but it does lack any sort of story. I don’t feel I have explored this genre enough. Griftlands and Inscryption look compelling to me.
There's definitely a ton of them. Guild of dungeoneering is a underlooked one and is pretty fun and challenging. Monster slayers is pretty good also. The fifth game looks pretty good I'll have to see when it gets on sale again.
I'd say 2 of my favorites are guild of dungeoneering and deck of ashes. Really great games. But I've just started playing floppy knights which is pretty good too
roguebook rules. the map is genius on it and such good fun. i cant believe it only made number 10, especially as the other nine look so bad compared to roguebook. slay the spire looks sooooo terrible i cant bring myself to get it. im just hoping there is another roguebook. faeria also amazing.
This is that genre I have completely avoided, not because I feared getting addicted, but because it has never appealed to me. That has changed, however with Inscryption!!! Looking forward to a scary welcome into the Deckbuilders.
Honestly Monster Train is a masterpiece, StS is right there too, just something about Monster Train that when I am in the mood for a relaxing, great deckbuilder, MT always gets the pick now a days. I HOPE they expand on what they've done, be it a whole new title/direction or just MT2.. I keep my eye on pretty much every rogue deckbuilder, sadly none have come close to the quality.
What did you miss? Good ones: Banners Of Ruin. Dungeon Top. Neoverse. Monster Slayers. Not sure: For The Warp. Castle Morihisa. Deck Of Ashes. Neurodeck. Rise Of Slime. A long Way Down.
Inscryption! It's a must play i CAN'T say ANYTHING about it or I'll spoil it so just go try it it's on game pass and it's amazing better than sts cuz it's good story no great story replayability etc best rogue I played ever to
Started with Slay the spire when it was the fre e PS game of the month. Awesome game. recently got Dicey Dungeon and wow just as good to me. Even my wife is falling for dicey.
You just need to keep playing and trying new things. Eventually you start to discover synergies and begin to understand what makes you successful. It also really helps to learn the enemies and to know what to expect. Just takes time. If you want to take a bit of a shortcut you could watch runs by other players and learn from them. But a lot of the fun comes from learning on your own so I would encourage you to just stick with it.
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Slay the Spire was a slow but steady burn for me. I definitely struggled to build a long-lasting deck at first, but the mechanics really started to click after 5-6 hours of progressively more successful runs.
The amount of drama on my first successful "finish" was insane. Single digits worth of HP was the difference between me vanquishing the final boss, and having to start the entire run over 😅
slay the spire just hits different.. really fun and addictive game
I only wish we could have gotten the 4th playable character on Switch 😮💨
The Watcher? Is definitely in the Switch version.
Such an incredible game. I was playing it 3 min before watching this video.
My favorite genre, especially for handheld.
Agreed
@@datsunmedia91
we have 4 characters for switch. 🤓💃🏿
Although Steamworld Quest isn't a roguelike, it's the game that got me into this genre. I've put 100s of hours into slay the spire and Monster train is catching up. I've enjoyed a lot on this list. I need to return to griftlands sometime and can't wait to grab inscryption when I get through a little bit of my backlog.
I have been looking forward to this video ever since you mentioned making it! Very nice overview!
Ever since the days of “Magic the Gathering” back in the 90’s I’ve been intimidated by Deck Builders. The closest I ever came to one in 30 years was “Gwent” during the Witcher game. Just recently however I picked up “Inscription”. This decision based off of both the great reviews (not least of all SwitchCorner) and the “if you’re intimidated by deck builders, this is a great starting point” compliment many reviewers gave. It is now at the top of my queue and I genuinely excited to play it.
Not a roguelike but the card collecting and the quests in witcher 3 is real fun too, its what made me keep playing.
Alex, thank you for this. I finally figured out this is one of my favorite genres and thought I knew about all of switch’s deck builders. Adding several of these to my wishlist!
Slay the spire was my top game for the year again as well as my played for 3 years.
Definitely one of the best games in the past couple of years
Great to see Monster Train getting some love, totally an underappreciated game of this format and deserving of more praise.
It's my absolute favourite. Like many, Slay the Spire got me into the genre, (If you don't count the old MTG game, forget what it's called,) but Monster Train is exactly what I love about the genre.
I finished Monster Train three times in less than 30 heures. Got me hooked real quick.
Would like to finish the Last Divinity DLC though
I love that Griftlands artstyle. Never played a rougulike deckbuilder but that seems like a fun one to start with
I LOVE deck building games, but I completely missed Roguebook! Thanks for letting me know about it 😄
I like Monster Train and Slay the Spire, but I am totally hooked on Dicey Dungeons! It's just so much fun and so varied. I hope there will be more updates or a sequel. I keep coming back to this game.
Im glad one step from eden made this list, I've had the game for about a year now and i still find it very fun, addicting, and challenging. I definitely highly recommend this game to play.
Slay the Spire was my first experience and it's really hard to put it down. And I bought it with your gift cart Alex, so thanks a lot!!
Great list! Seems like half are on my wishlist and half I'm hearing about for the first time!
One of my favourite genres! Mark
Great to see Nowhere Prophet on the list. Slay the Spire and Monster Train are #1 and 2 for me but Nowhere Prophet is definitely in there at #3. It's very tough but some great mechanics. I'd never heard of City Wars so will check that out next!
Great list! Many of my favorites of the genre are here.
Some of my favorites that are not on the list are Banners of Ruin, DungeonTop, and Neoverse.
Good call
Those are great games! Banners of Ruin has great character design
Neoverse looks janky but can be a lot of fun!
I have all of these except Iris and the Giant (which I am going to rectify now thanks to you) I watch the eshop like a hawk so that's impressive that you found one that I had never heard of, so thankyou so much!
I started playing STS a month ago and it's really great, wouldn't have thought that it would take that much of my time. Think it's one of my most played games on switch already. Dicey Dungeons is also nice. Thanks for this list, I might try a few of the others
Great #1 pick. I also keep coming back for all of the permutations.
Inscryption made my day.
For me Inscryption looks interesting. I don't play deckbuilder games but I saw Inscryption so many times that I want to try it.
Great video! Monster train is also number 1 for me, and I think you should check Banners of Ruin.
Interesting list, with lots of great games. As a huge fan of the genre, I would have put Roguebook quite a bit higher (probably fourth for a general audience, although it's third for me after StS and Dicey Dungeons). Monster Train is enjoyable and quite popular for a reason - it just doesn't click with me as much as the others I mentioned (though it would still be fourth on my list, as I do enjoy it from time to time).
I feel like too many people slept on Roguebook at launch, since it really didn't get much attention. Hopefully more people will give it a try, as it really does do something different with the genre and offers countless potential combos/strategies thanks to playing with multiple characters at once whose cards interact in various ways, plus variations in how you upgrade both the characters and your cards that are different from what I've seen in other card-baed roguelikes. It's one of those "easy to learn, super fun to master" type of games. Great stuff overall.
I really enjoy Monster Slayers. Different classes with differing cards, boss fights, skill trees. Such a fun game.
Slay the spire is amazing. Nowhere prophet a hidden gem. Like yours and SwitchUps Christmas videos, you edge it for me because it’s slightly less mainstream (in my opinion) focused. 🎉
Thanks Daniel! Got a lot more to come the next few days, I have like 6 deals videos as well lol but the sales still not live in the US
Agreed, Alex and the SwitchUp guys are the absolute best!
thanks for making the list that will dramatically increase my backlog .
I’ve never been much of a deck builder gamer, I played Lost in Random recently and had a lot of fun, it’s not necessarily just deck building but it has this element, and that got me more interested in the genre. I wanna play Dicey Dungeons next.
Awesome list! Number 2 and number 1 have taken many many hours from me!
If monster train had android with fast swipe they'd have a chance to beat out Slay the Spire. Agree with your top 2.
Eden is so dope, need to pick it up the bigger grid is a smidge intimidating though
Never heard of City Wars: Tokyo... after seeing your segment I went to look for it and it's actually on Sale! Thanks for the recommendation.
Just buy Dicey Dungeons!! It's like £1 on sale. Slay the spire is also fantastic and i would wholly recommend.
Haven't played any of the other games but it looks like I need to pickup Monster Train tho
I'm not a fan of deck builders but appreciate the content none the less.
I've put hundreds of hours into slay the spire on multiple consoles (mostly switch), but I played monster train for roughly four hours. I "beat the game" or got a credit roll on my first playthrough, and never went back because of a perceived lack of challenge. I will jump back in based on your passion.
It has 25 covenant difficulties
So yes, it has challenge alright.
Meanwhile it took me 40 hours just get off the 2nd floor of Slay The Spire lol 😆
I haven't played Monster Train yet, but you probably are starting from a point of expertise in the genre thanks to your Slay the Spire experience. I had a similar experience with Dicey Dungeons. I've probably put in about 10 hours and haven't lost a run yet. I have over 1200 hours in Slay the Spire on Switch. I'm up to Ascension 1 on Steam and haven't lost a run on that platform yet, but I still regularly lose runs at Ascension 20 on Switch of course.
That said, I have heard that Monster Train is easier overall than Slay the Spire. But I'm sure there's still plenty of challenge at higher difficulties.
Nice video, but it's the end of the year which means it's almost time for one of the rare Nintendo first-party eShop sales. These other games will have to wait.
Does Banners of Ruin fit this genre? I've heard maybe the switch port was not very good?
It does. And it is a good port
I love Slay the Spire and have been playing the crap out of Monster Train. Glad to see they took the top 2 spots. One I’ve been investing a lot of time in is Pirates Outlaws. Pretty similar to Slay The Spire, but it’s a good time.
I know it's not a rogue like, or even a dedicated deck builder, but I do like the deck building elements in other games too, like Ooblets. You can even consider Pokemon as "decks" in a way. I just really like that kind of strategic gameplay, even if it's sometimes lighter.
Pokemans? Bruh.....
I have several in my backlog but am more addicted to solitairica for mobile right now.
I love Slay The Spire. That's what got me into deck building games.
I need to give Slay the Spire a chance. I've been thinking about buying it multiple times, but you might convinced me finally :)
Want to get addicted to a game : Play RUFF GHANOR
This was a genre I never would have considered until I saw some of your reviews and now I own a few I love dicey dungeons! Amazing American circus is great too just because it’s so different
Not particularly my favorite genre but, at least, now I know what's out there. Thanks for sharing.
There's a few on this list that will probably change your views. These games are seriously addicting when they click with you. And there's enough variety that it's very likely one or two will really click for you.
My switch have no deckbuilding games at all. I plan to get into this genre at some point though. Thanks for the recommendations 😊
Wow-that’s strong praise for monster train! I will be checking it out
My favourite Genre by a country mile totally agree with the list. When I seen Slay The Spire at number two I was like ‘get in’! Monster Train is top of the list. Dicey Dungeons is also a must imo. The only one missing for me was Castle Morihisa that would definitely be in my top 5!
Interesting I've not seen many people recommend Castle Morihisa. It looks just like a STS clone. (I mean more so than others)
However I'm glad your recommending it. I may have to check it out.
@@ZamWeazle oh it’s definitely a clone but the RNG Skill Trees every run and the characters abilities is what sets it apart from STS
@@creepyp9457 Nice one!
Hope it gets some future updates too!
@@ZamWeazle it’s already had a extra character added for free
Slay the spire is Michael Jordan of deckbuilders
I needed this video. Thank you.
DungeonTop is a favourite of mine, occasionally bugs out though. Wish there was some sort of expansion or side game that focused on like a story or randomized labyrinth.
I still like the gameplay of DungeonTop which is also regularly super cheap but it does lack any sort of story. I don’t feel I have explored this genre enough. Griftlands and Inscryption look compelling to me.
never seen/heard of city wars. It looks super interesting. Kinda sad Banners of Ruin didn't make the cut, but the rest of the list is great
Bloody excellent video, as usual.
Roguebook does NOT play well on my switch, it's very slow and porting errors everywhere. It's cool but super laggy
ive been playng it a ton but it does crash and lags like crazy
What an oddly specific genre. I'm surprised that there are so many games in it!
What's the card game for complete beginners?
Snap
SteamWorld Quest would be a good place to start. Though not a rouge-lite.
Can't go wrong between monster train and spire. Currently playing roguebook it's very nice
There's definitely a ton of them. Guild of dungeoneering is a underlooked one and is pretty fun and challenging. Monster slayers is pretty good also. The fifth game looks pretty good I'll have to see when it gets on sale again.
I'd say 2 of my favorites are guild of dungeoneering and deck of ashes. Really great games. But I've just started playing floppy knights which is pretty good too
Good to know that someone likes Deck Of Ashes out there. 👍😆
have slay the spire and roguebook, spire is king, roguebook is close behind. Interested in on step from eden, may check that out
Slay the spire was a banging good game. As a person who is not into deck building I was really addicted.
roguebook rules. the map is genius on it and such good fun. i cant believe it only made number 10, especially as the other nine look so bad compared to roguebook. slay the spire looks sooooo terrible i cant bring myself to get it. im just hoping there is another roguebook. faeria also amazing.
Never been able to get into deck builders. Played the Witcher Throne breaker a bit, but just haven't had that drive to complete
I really enjoyed Dicey Dungeon. The art style is so fun!
Agreed! I had way more fun than I should have with this game.
A genera that i fell in love thanks to slay the spire and yu gi oh,thanks for the variety.
This is that genre I have completely avoided, not because I feared getting addicted, but because it has never appealed to me. That has changed, however with Inscryption!!! Looking forward to a scary welcome into the Deckbuilders.
Your in for a blast, stick with it
Omg I didnt know monster train made it to the switch! Im getting NOW! Thank for that info and great list!
Lol 😂 Well tbh it was released to little fanfare and very few channels covered it, which was a shame.
Everyone should own slay the spire.
I've tried some other deck builders like dicee dungeon, but they just don't hook me like slay the spire
No love for neoverse ? I loved that game played it a lot while it was on gamepass
He features it in deals videos sometimes and it's one he does recommend. Just didn't make his top 10.
Honestly Monster Train is a masterpiece, StS is right there too, just something about Monster Train that when I am in the mood for a relaxing, great deckbuilder, MT always gets the pick now a days. I HOPE they expand on what they've done, be it a whole new title/direction or just MT2.. I keep my eye on pretty much every rogue deckbuilder, sadly none have come close to the quality.
Great video
What did you miss?
Good ones:
Banners Of Ruin.
Dungeon Top.
Neoverse.
Monster Slayers.
Not sure:
For The Warp.
Castle Morihisa.
Deck Of Ashes.
Neurodeck.
Rise Of Slime.
A long Way Down.
He missed nothing. Its his top 10.
@@TCG_Opening_DE but he may have forgot. Everyone forgets Banners of ruin and Dungeontop
Really love Monster Train. I finished it three times. Have to beat the Last Divinity though
My favorite is Slay the Spire. I've only just tried 2 on the list though lol Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons.
Same here. I'm so satisfied with Slay the Spire though that it's hard to give other ones a chance.
Monster Train is probably the best one besides Slay the Spire, but I do find it much easier to beat.
Slay the spire is so great, but it's been months since I last played it because if I do I know I wouldn't be able to stop playing it .
I think monster train is my favorite new one that I played this year.
Not may genre Alex but I’ll take that OLED of your hands x
Griftlands has my attention, the animation looks outstanding.
Never played Rogue like Card games but they Seem pretty cool if you really Like them
Happy Holidays
Slay the spire is just so darn good and it's hard to explain why
Inscryption is my number 1 it's amazing I love this game
Not my genre at all, but you might want to check out Deep Sky Derelicts. SciFi deckbuilding…in spaaaaace.
Inscryption! It's a must play i CAN'T say ANYTHING about it or I'll spoil it so just go try it it's on game pass and it's amazing better than sts cuz it's good story no great story replayability etc best rogue I played ever to
Super Bullet Break is fun too
I expected Slay the Spire to be top pick, so to my surprise it wasn't! Inscrytion looks like my kind of game.
Started with Slay the spire when it was the fre e PS game of the month. Awesome game. recently got Dicey Dungeon and wow just as good to me. Even my wife is falling for dicey.
Get a divorce then! 😂
Slay the spire is the obvious stand out on this list but don't sleep on griftlands. Excellent deck builder with tons of charm
Totally wanting to get Inscrtyption one day.
Hey, scan we maybe get an updated video for the end of the Switch’s life?
Didn't watch the full video yet. But I'm sure monster train and slay the spire is top 2 I bet.
Deck building, not my genre, just here to snag that OLED baby‼️
Thanks for the list! I feel like this genre doesn't get covered enough!
I am sooooo bad at these games. I have monster train and I have put like 5 hours into it and I suck hahaha. Never know what meshes any tips?!
You just need to keep playing and trying new things. Eventually you start to discover synergies and begin to understand what makes you successful. It also really helps to learn the enemies and to know what to expect. Just takes time. If you want to take a bit of a shortcut you could watch runs by other players and learn from them. But a lot of the fun comes from learning on your own so I would encourage you to just stick with it.
I see I have some catching-up to do with this genre
there comes 1 to my side, it is named card-en-ciel