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Railroads & Catacombs

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

In this exciting Card Building Roguelike game you create your cards from scratch adding different upgrades. Build your train, explore the Labyrinth and survive. Discover infinite synergies. How far will you go?

What works
  • Engaging deckbuilding and card customization
  • Unique train base building and management
  • Dark, atmospheric art and sound design
  • Strategic combat with positioning and resource management
  • Active developer and ongoing updates
Things to keep in mind
  • Repetitive and grind-heavy gameplay
  • Limited content and maps in early access
  • Some balance issues with classes and bosses
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Sparse narrative and tutorial guidance

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

  • The Last Flame: Prologue

  • City of Chains

  • EARTHLOCK

  • Zoria: Age of Shattering

  • SteamWorld Heist II

  • Time Walker: Dark World

  • Legendary Creatures 2

  • Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

  • City of Chains

  • EARTHLOCK
If you liked…

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Railroads & Catacombs: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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