First on the list is my top recommended which is Crown Gambit.

Crown Gambit is a card-based RPG with roguelite elements, complex turn-based combat, stylish visuals, and unique mini-games. The story follows three paladins—Hael, Rollo, and Aliza—, as they get caught up in a royal dispute involving the king, the heir, and their mystical weapons called relics.

I played the entirety of the Crown Gambit’s demo in Steam and it was an hour’s worth of fun. The base mechanics of turn-based dueling infused with cards was incredibly interesting and the mini-games sprinkled all throughout the experience were unique and entertaining.

Anyway, if you love basketball and cards then Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder is a weird combination that makes both work in one seamless gameplay experience.

Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder is a bit of a weird take on basketball, using cards to dictate actions that a team takes in a basketball game. Each card consumes 15 seconds and each quarter having 10 minutes (at least in the demo).

Ball possession doesn’t really make sense that much as players will play their cards continuously in one go.

Dispatch is a strategy management game where you dispatch—hehe, get it?—a bunch of super-powered criminals… ex-criminals? I’m not sure… to solve crimes or just do some general good for the public, like fetching a cat from a tree.

The catch is that you only have a limited set of super-powered individuals to choose from, and emergencies constantly pop up here and there.

More than that, certain characters are much more suited to specific emergencies due to their traits and personalities. Some situations may call for more firepower or speed, while others might require a bit more finesse and charisma.

Have you ever played Hangaroo? No? Too old of a reference, huh? Well, anyway—this is a word game called Wordatro!

The gameplay is simple: you get a bunch of letters, and you have to spell words. The twist? Every letter has a corresponding point value, and depending on the length or complexity of the word, you get a total score for each word you enter.

Each game—or match, or whatever they call it—has a target score you need to reach, and you can only submit a limited number of words. That’s it, really. There are also modifiers and effects and stuff, but they’re best seen or experienced for yourself—there are quite a lot of them.

Made by Guard Crush, Supamonks, and Dotemu, Absolum is a side-scrolling Adventure-RPG where you play as heroes of Talamh! In all honesty, I didn’t get far in the story, but I played enough to find it extremely fun—I actually compare it to Legend of Mana with its combat, movement, and general exploration system.

Combat may feel a bit like a beat ’em up—but only if you’re good enough to chain combos and continuously land hits without getting hit yourself. It’s actually a bit addicting.

After every juncture or boss fights, you can get upgrades to grant your attacks additional effects, provide stat boosts, and more!

Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream is a stealth-focused, isometric real-time-with-pause game featuring incredible graphics and a gripping story. It follows the tale of Hanna and Herman in a disease-ridden city.

I only played the demo and it doesn’t give away much of the story, but from what we can gather, Hanna was stricken with a disease that slows the heart and potentially kills its victims. Somehow, she miraculously survives—something that shocks everyone.

Not long after, the city watch (or whatever they’re called) shows up looking for Herman. He escapes, and Hanna is now being hunted down too, suspected of being his accomplice in some mysterious crime.

Dungeon Mori is a turn-based dungeon crawler game made by FilthyDrawings, and Updog Software. The gameplay loop is pretty simple, prepare for a dungeon crawl and go into a dungeon. Rinse, then repeat.

Starting up Dungeon Mori, it will pop up in a much smaller window which is why I said it was “pocket-sized.” If you ever played Buriedbornes on your phone then you may recognize the gameplayloop.

Preparing for a dungeon crawl involves buying good equipment or consumables as well as selling junk so you can get more gold. Somewhere down the line, you will be able to get pets to help you out in your dungeon crawls. At the start , you can choose a class but it’s more of just specific stat distribution and where you want to lean your playstyle towards.

There is probably more cntent on the way as the game is still in early access, so I am pretty excited to see what they have in store.

Commander Quest is a strategy card-based game where you place down cards to summon soldiers or cast spells to help out your army. Based on that first sentence, you might think it’s a turn-based game—and you wouldn’t be too far off.

However, it’s less of a traditional turn-based game and more of a war or combat simulation, as the soldiers you summon clash with enemy units mid-field in real time.

The goal is to push your opponent back far enough to reach their commander and whittle their HP down to zero.

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is an RPG roguelike with a surprising twist—shopkeeping is at the core of its gameplay loop.

The Moonlighter franchise revolves around two main phases: Dungeon Diving and Shopkeeping.

The dungeon-diving mechanic leans more into classic roguelike and action-based systems. You fight enemies, progress through levels, earn upgrades, and collect loot along the way.

The loot you acquire will then be sold in the second phase, where you open up shop and sell what you got from the dungeon.

I came across this game on Twitte—oops, I mean X—and thought it was really cute. I searched Nanomon and found Nanomon Virtual Pet on Steam.

The core gameplay is all about raising your Nanomon by walking it around, feeding it, socializing with it, and letting it interact with other Nanomons. It’s a pretty fun but slow-paced game. I really liked it and even spent some time playing it outside of the recording I did.

Anyway, there’s not much else to say about the game, so if you want to see more of it, go ahead and watch my gameplay video below.