Pokémon Trading Card Game Live similar games & best alternatives

Pokémon Trading Card Game Live

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2022

Should you play it?

What works

  • Free-to-play with no microtransactions
  • Accessible and strategic gameplay
  • Cross-platform progression
  • Generous battle pass rewards
  • Beginner-friendly tutorials and starter decks

Things to keep in mind

  • Technical glitches and crashes
  • Grindy progression for rare cards
  • Lack of social features and trading
  • Repetitive music and modest visuals
  • Limited single-player content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • 东方幻灵录 ~ Touhou Hakanai Cards

  • Hobs

  • Heart of Crown PC

  • Eternal Card Game

  • Mahjong Soul

  • Race for the Galaxy

More story-driven

Games that feels like Pokémon Trading Card Game Live but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Shadowverse CCG

  • GWENT: The Witcher Card Game

  • HEART of CROWN Online

  • The Bazaar

  • Once Upon a Galaxy

  • Apokerlypse

More violent

Games that feels like Pokémon Trading Card Game Live but with more combat and destruction

  • Hero Realms

  • Star Realms

  • Monster Train

  • Yao-Guai Hunter

  • Spellweaver

  • Card-en-Ciel

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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).

Pokémon Trading Card Game Live: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fellowship, Cooperation.

Last update: 05/08/2026