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 October 25, 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
Ascension: Deckbuilding Game - 1-4 Players
Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Base Game, Hand Management, Fantasy
Bohemians - 1-4 Players
Pattern Building, Deckbuilding, Card Games
Clank! Catacombs - 2-4 Players
Variable Player Powers, Push Your Luck, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Player Elimination, Tile Placement, Dungeon Crawler, Fantasy
Cowboy Bebop Space Serenade - 1-4 Players
Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
Dominion 2nd Edition - 2-4 Players
Staff Pick 2025, Medieval, Staff Pick 2021, Variable Set-up, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Take That, Base Game, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management
Heart of Crown - 2-4 Players
Variable Set-up, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Open Drafting, Hand Management
Heat Pedal to the Metal - 1-6 Players
Solo Mode, Programmed Movement, Catch the Leader, Variable Set-up, Simulation, Push Your Luck, Deckbuilding, Racing, Sports, Base Game, Track Movement, Staff Pick 2024, Hand Management
Moon Colony Bloodbath - 1-5 Players
Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
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
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:
Arkham Horror The Card Game Revised - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Horror, Stat Check Resolution, Staff Pick 2022, Role Playing, Action Points, Adventure, Map Deformation, Variable Player Powers, Area Movement, Deckbuilding, Exploration, Cooperative, Card Games, Modular Board, Base Game, Communication Limits, Narrative Choice, Events, Hand Management, Deck Construction, Arkham Horror LCG, 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
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, Pattern Building, Dice, Action Points, Variable Set-up, Adventure, Variable Player Powers, Space Exploration, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Hexagon Grid, Exploration, Cooperative, Grid Movement, Science Fiction, Dungeon Crawler, Campaign Game, Miniatures, Narrative Choice, Slide / Push, Square Grid
The Smurfs Hidden Village - 1-5 Players
Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Kids, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Worker Placement
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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
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
Dune Imperium - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Staff Pick 2022, Ownership, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Dune, Multi-use Cards, Tags, Force Commitment, Card Games, Open Drafting, Take That, Worker Placement, Political, Base Game, Science Fiction, Turn Order: Progressive, Staff Pick 2024
Great Western Trail - El Paso - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Economic, Ownership, Variable Set-up, Set Collection, Deckbuilding, Track Movement, Hand Management, Animals
Imperium: Horizons - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Civilization, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Hand Management
Lost Ruins of Arnak - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Cards, End Game Bonuses, Resource to Move, Adventure, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Area Movement, Deckbuilding, Multi-use Cards, Exploration, Open Drafting, Worker Placement, Best Seller, Base Game, Turn Order: Progressive, Delayed Purchase, Track Movement, Contracts, Hand Management, Fantasy
Monumental Duel: Trade - 2 Players
Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Civilization, Deckbuilding, Hand Management
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
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
Universal Monsters Unchained - 2-4 Players
Horror, Pattern Building, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Take That, Hand Management, Fantasy
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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:
Fliptoons - 1-4 Players
Score-and-Reset, Market, Value, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Open Drafting, Victory Points as a Resource, Animals
Hero Realms - 2-4 Players
Once-Per-Game Abilities, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Player Elimination, Take That, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management, Fantasy
One Deck Galaxy - 1-2 Players
Middleweight, Deckbuilding, Cooperative
Space Puppies - 2-5 Players
Set Collection, Space Exploration, Kids, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction, Animals
Space Puppies Eclipse - 2-5 Players
Set Collection, Space Exploration, Kids, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction, Animals
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
Variable Set-up, Set Collection, Income, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Multi-use Cards, Tags, Card Games, Player Elimination, Open Drafting, Take That, Science Fiction, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management
Star Realms: Star Trek - 2-4 Players
Fighting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction, Delayed Purchase
Summer Camp - 2-4 Players
Variable Set-up, Family, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Open Drafting, Track Movement, Deck Construction
Tea Dragon Society - 2-4 Players
Push Your Luck, Staff Pick 2023, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Open Drafting, Base Game, Delayed Purchase, Animals
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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