Deckbuilding Games
Players play cards out of individual decks, seeking to acquire new cards and to play through their decks iteratively, improving them over time through card acquisition or card elimination.
It may include a "random-draw" to form a hand from the deck for the current round (as in Star Realms) and the deck is automatically reset once the draw pile is exhausted; or it may allow access to all available cards at once (as in Concordia) until the discards are retrieved.
Dominion pioneered this mechanism. - from Board Game Geek
Sorted by location in the store - Casual Games | Cooperative Games | Heavyweight Games | Middleweight Games | Value Games
Updated August 30, 2025
Casual Games:
After Us - 1-6 Players
Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction, Puzzle, Animals
Altay: Dawn of Civilization - 2-4 Players
Variable Player Powers, Civilization, Deckbuilding, Fantasy
Aquatica - 1-4 Players
Deckbuilding, Hand Management
Ascension: Deckbuilding Game - 1-4 Players
Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Base Game, Hand Management, Fantasy
Clank! - 2-4 Players
Push Your Luck, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Player Elimination, Best Seller, Dungeon Crawler, Fantasy
Clank! Catacombs - 2-4 Players
Variable Player Powers, Push Your Luck, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Player Elimination, Tile Placement, Dungeon Crawler, Fantasy
Clank! In! Space! - 2-4 Players
Push Your Luck, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Science Fiction, Dungeon Crawler
Cowboy Bebop Space Serenade - 1-4 Players
Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
DC DBG Dark Nights Metal - 2-5 Players
Variable Player Powers, DC, Deckbuilding, Card Games
DC DBG Flash vs Reverse - 2 Players
Variable Player Powers, DC, Deckbuilding, Card Games
DC DBG Injustice - 2-4 Players
Variable Player Powers, Drafting, DC, Deckbuilding, Card Games
DC DBG Rivals Batman Vs Joker - 2 Players
DC, Deckbuilding
DC Deck Building Game - 2-5 Players
Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games
Dominion 2nd Edition - 2-4 Players
Staff Pick 2021, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Take That, Base Game, Hand Management
Evil Corp. - 2-4 Players
Team Based, Deckbuilding, Fantasy
Heat Pedal to the Metal - 1-6 Players
Solo Mode, Push Your Luck, Deckbuilding, Racing, Base Game, Staff Pick 2024, Hand Management
Justice League Dark - 2-4 Players
Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Base Game
Moon Colony Bloodbath - 1-5 Players
Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
Mycelia - 1-4 Players
Deckbuilding, Card Games
Robot Quest Arena - 2-4 Players
Fighting, Kids, Deckbuilding, Base Game, Miniatures
Saban’s Power Rangers Deck Building Game - 2-4 Players
Team Based, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
Shards of Infinity: Saga Collection - 1-6 Players
Solo Mode, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Take That, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Fantasy
Sorcerer’s Arena Epic Alliances - 2-4 Players
Staff Pick 2022, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Base Game, Hand Management
Star Realms Deck Game Big Box - 2-4 Players
Solo Mode, Staff Pick 2022, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Take That, Base Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management
Star Wars Deckbuilding Game - 2 Players
Star Wars, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game: Clone Wars - 2 Players
Star Wars, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
Worminators: Inside Job - 1-4 Players
Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Hand Management, Animals
Staff Picks and Best Sellers
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Soon after I started collecting games I heard Dominion being hyped on a podcast before it was released. When I got my copy I fell in love with it, and when I made the attempt to be a game artist, Rio Grande Games gave me a shot. My first professional game art piece is in one of the early expansions for Dominion, and I've done art for nearly every expansion since. - Eric C.
Heat: Pedal to the Metal
This card driven racing game keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire game! - Brad S.
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This 2 player (or two vs two) game is so amazing! There is a level of chance given from the way the cards are shuffled, along with aligning villains and heroes together in an arena battle. It's so much fun, even when you don't win!! - Kat Heller
Cooperative Games:
Aeon’s End: Legacy of Gravehold - 1-4 Players
Legacy, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Fantasy
Arkham Horror The Card Game Revised - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Staff Pick 2022, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Base Game, Hand Management, Fantasy
Ascension Tactics - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Miniatures, Fantasy
Astro Knights Eternity - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management
Dungeon Legends - 1-4 Players
Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle - 2-4 Players
Staff Pick 2021, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Harry Potter, Cooperative, Card Games, Base Game, Fantasy
MLP Adventures in Equestria - 1-4 Players
Kids, Deckbuilding, Cooperative
MLP Adventures in Esquestria - 1-4 Players
Variable Player Powers, Kids, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games
Rescuing Robin Hood - 1-5 Players
Push Your Luck, Drafting, Kids, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games
Slay the Spire: The Board Game - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Dice, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Dungeon Crawler, Hand Management, Fantasy
Tamashi: Chronicle of Ascend - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Dice, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Dungeon Crawler, Miniatures
The Siege of Runedar - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Staff Pick 2022, Dice, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Fantasy
Unstoppable Bundle (Core, Tyrant’s End, x2 Play Mat) - 1-2 Players
Solo Mode, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Fantasy
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The new Arkham Horror Living Card Game core set is an excellent value and it's a challenging co-op adventure. - Richard Martin
Heavyweight Games:
Great Western Trail Argentina - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Economic, Set Collection, Deckbuilding, Hand Management, Animals
Great Western Trail New Zealand - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Economic, Set Collection, Deckbuilding, Hand Management, Animals
Mage Knight Ultimate Edition - 1-5 Players
Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Tile Placement, Hand Management, Fantasy
Scythe Expeditions: Ironclad Edition - 1-5 Players
Solo Mode, Cards, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Worker Placement, Hand Management
Middleweight Games:
City of Iron: 2E Deluxe - 2-4 Players
Economic, City Building, Civilization, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Hand Management, Fantasy
CLANK! Legacy: Acquisitions Inc. 2 - 2-4 Players
Push Your Luck, Deckbuilding, Miniatures, Fantasy
DnD Trials of Tempus BG - 2-6+ Players
Dice, Team Based, DnD, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Miniatures, Hand Management, Fantasy
Dune Imperium - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Staff Pick 2022, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Dune, Card Games, Take That, Worker Placement, Base Game, Science Fiction, Staff Pick 2024
Endless Winter Paleoamericans - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Cards, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Worker Placement, Base Game, Hand Management
Expeditions (Standard) - 1-5 Players
Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Worker Placement, Hand Management
Great Western Trail - El Paso - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Economic, Ownership, Variable Set-up, Set Collection, Deckbuilding, Track Movement, Hand Management, Animals
Imperium Classics - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Civilization, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Take That, Hand Management
Imperium: Horizons - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Civilization, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Hand Management
Lacrimosa - 1-4 Players
Drafting, Deckbuilding
Queen By Midnight - 3-6 Players
Dice, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Fantasy
Resurgence - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Secret Unit Deployment, End Game Bonuses, Deckbuilding, Strategy, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Bag-Building
Revive - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Civilization, Deckbuilding, Science Fiction
Skymines - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Economic, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Hand Management
Star Trek: Captain’s Chair - 1-2 Players
Solo Mode, Deckbuilding, Science Fiction
Survival of the Fattest - 1-4 Players
Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Worker Placement, Hand Management
The Few and Cursed - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Base Game
Tyrants of the Underdark - 2-4 Players
Medium, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Fantasy
Undaunted Stalingrad - 2 Players
Solo Mode, Dice, Deckbuilding
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It's a worker placement game that can be won in many ways. It is well balanced and competitive in many different levels. Also, love how the battle is a simple numbers game, not luck based. - Nolan
Value Games:
Abandon All Artichokes - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games
Fishing - 3-5 Players
Kids, Trick-Taking, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Animals
Fort - 2-4 Players
Deckbuilding, Card Games, Base Game, Hand Management
Hero Realms - 2-4 Players
Fighting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Player Elimination, Take That, Hand Management, Fantasy
Minecraft: Heroes of the Village - 2-4 Players
Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Cooperative
Monumental Duel: Trade - 2 Players
Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Civilization, Deckbuilding, Hand Management
One Deck Galaxy - 1-2 Players
middleweight, Deckbuilding, Cooperative
Resist! - 1 Player
Solo Mode, Push Your Luck, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Hand Management
Star Realms Academy - 2 Players
Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
Star Realms Frontiers - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Player Elimination, Take That, Science Fiction
Star Realms: A Deckbuilding Game - 2 Players
Drafting, Deckbuilding, Hand Management
Star Realms: Star Trek - 2-4 Players
Fighting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
Summer Camp - 2-4 Players
Variable Set-up, Family, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Open Drafting, Track Movement, Deck Construction
Super Meow - 2-4 Players
Kids, Deckbuilding, Take That, Animals
Tea Dragon Society - 2-4 Players
Push Your Luck, Drafting, Staff Pick 2023, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Base Game
Witchcraft! - 1 Player
Deckbuilding, Hand Management
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Dominion meets Magic: The Gathering and it's set in space. Each card represents a ship or space station that you buy to build your fleet and defeat your opponent. - Richard Martin