Games like Shroom and Gloom
Every comparison below comes from someone who played it or made it, with a link to where they said it. The genre notes on the other games are deliberately short.
The comparisons, and who made them
| Game | Genre | The comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Slay the Spire | Roguelike deckbuilder | “It is closes in comparison to Slay The Spire 2 in battle, but there is a lot of unique elements here that help this game to stand on its own.” Steam reviewer, in a Steam user review, 13 September 2026 |
| Inscryption | Deckbuilding card game | “The experience lies somewhere between Inscryption (1st stage) and Slay the Spire” Steam reviewer, in a Steam user review, 13 September 2026. The developers also count it among “our absolute favourites” in Steam announcement: Deckbuilders Fest! 170K Wishlists! More Mushies than you can handle! May Devlog, 6 May 2026 |
| Griftlands | Deckbuilding RPG | “Like in Griftlands there’s two decks, one for combat and one for exploration.” Steam reviewer, in a Steam user review, 13 September 2026 |
| Monster Train | Roguelike deckbuilder | “You get to make Monster Train style broken cards/decks, twice!” in the same Steam user review, 13 September 2026 |
| Darkest Dungeon | Turn-based roguelike RPG | “I’d call it a mashup of your classic Slay the Spire style cards, Darkest Dungeon’s camping mechanic, and Inscryption’s artstyle” Steam reviewer, in a Steam user review, 13 September 2026 |
| Wildfrost and Star Vaders | Deckbuilders | Named with Inscryption as the developers’ favourites when the demo joined Steam’s Deck Builders Fest: “alongside some of our absolute favourites like Wildfrost, Star Vaders and Inscryption” in Steam announcement: Deckbuilders Fest! 170K Wishlists! More Mushies than you can handle! May Devlog, 6 May 2026 |
A developer favourite is not the same as a design influence: the developers have not said which games shaped Shroom and Gloom. The store page also sells it in bundles with Slots & Daggers, The Loopler and Vampire Crawlers (see Shroom and Gloom on the Steam store, 10 September 2026).
What Shroom and Gloom does differently
A deck for exploring
“Build 2 distinct decks! Use the combat deck to survive fierce battles! Use the explore deck to navigate dungeons, modify your cards, and unlock new weapons and abilities!”
Eat, don’t block
“Why block your enemies when you could eat them instead!” You season, skewer or roast enemies and eat them to get health back, or cook them into soups.
Cards that keep growing
“Grow low level starting cards into over-powered attacks, or modify rare cards into game-breaking super-weapons!”
First person
You walk the tunnels yourself. The store page calls it a first-person, roguelike double-deckbuilder.
All four come from the About This Game section of Shroom and Gloom on the Steam store, 10 September 2026. The idea dates back to the 2021 game jam: loving other roguelike deckbuilders but wondering whether they needed more cardplay, the team says “we wanted to make one where everything is a card.” from Team Lazerbeam devlog on itch.io: We did it! Shroom and Gloom Prototype is here!, 13 September 2024 For how the two decks actually interact in a run, read cards and the two decks, and for the camp side that one reviewer likens to Darkest Dungeon, resting and camp.
If you came from one of those games
- From Slay the Spire: reviewers find the fights familiar. The new part is a whole second phase of card play between them. Start with the beginner guide.
- From Inscryption: the art style is the link reviewers draw. What players think of the rest is on the reviews page.
- Not sure yet: the free demo is the cheapest way to find out.