BattleCON: Online similar games & best alternatives

BattleCON: Online - battlecon-online_1.avif
BattleCON: Online - battlecon-online_2.avif
BattleCON: Online - battlecon-online_3.avif
BattleCON: Online - battlecon-online_4.avif
BattleCON: Online - battlecon-online_5.avif
BattleCON: Online - battlecon-online_6.avif

BattleCON: Online

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2018

Should you play it?

In this deeply strategic, full-information battle card game, choose your fighter from a diverse roster of spell-slinging duelists, tag-teaming werewolves, time-traveling boxers, dimensional knights, and more!

What works

  • Deep strategic gameplay
  • High skill ceiling
  • Perfect information system
  • Diverse and unique characters
  • Friendly and active community

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve
  • Low player base and matchmaking issues
  • Early access bugs and ui clunkiness
  • Lack of ranked mode and progression features
  • Slow animations and game pace

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

More social

Games that feels like BattleCON: Online but with more teamwork and cooperation

Less dominating

Games that feels like BattleCON: Online but with less domination over others

Less violent

Games that feels like BattleCON: Online but with less combat and destruction

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with BattleCON: Online. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with BattleCON: Online. These titles are not in What to play next.

BattleCON: Online: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Leadership.

Last update: 24/08/2026