Games like Slay the Spire on mobile

Why you might like it

Monster Train is the game we would hand to anyone who has played the Spire to death. You still pick a route on a map, add cards after fights and build toward a boss, but the fights happen on a train with three floors you can put monsters on, and a burning pyre on the top floor that the invaders are trying to put out. You choose two of five clans at the start of each run, a main one and a supporting one, and you can use the cards of both. The Google Play listing counts over 250 cards. IGN gave it 9 out of 10, and its App Store rating is 4.9 out of 5 from about 1,800 ratings.

How it differs from Slay the Spire

You defend instead of attack. The invaders try to reach the pyre at the top, so you decide which floor gets which monster and where each spell goes. It costs $7.99 on the US App Store, and The Last Divinity expansion, with a sixth clan and a new final boss, is $3.99 on top. On Android it arrived in May 2025 as a free download with one $9.99 purchase; Google Play doesn't say how far you can play before paying, so count on $9.99 for the full game. One Android reviewer warns that progress from the console or PC versions doesn't carry over, and another wishes you could zoom in, because the frame around the train takes up space on a small screen. The iPhone version was last updated in March 2023, so if you have Apple Arcade, we would pick Monster Train+ instead: it was updated later, in October 2024, it has the same 4.9 rating, and it comes with The Last Divinity at no extra cost.

Monster Train 2 has been out on PC and consoles since May 2025, and Pocket Gamer reported on 28 October 2026 that it is coming to iPhone and Android as well, with no exact date yet.

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Balatro is a roguelike deckbuilder made from a deck of playing cards. You play poker hands to score enough chips to beat a target called a blind, three blinds make an ante, and every ante ends with a Boss Blind that changes the rules, such as disabling some of your cards. Between rounds you buy Jokers, and the Google Play listing counts over 150 of them, each of which changes how your hands score. The fun is the same one Slay the Spire players know: finding two things that work together and watching a run take off.

How it differs from Slay the Spire

There are no monsters, no health and no map, only score targets that keep climbing. It has the best App Store rating on this list, 5.0 out of 5 from more than 108,000 ratings on the App Store. It costs $9.99 on both stores, and Engadget found no ads or extra purchases in it. Your progress is kept in cloud saves. On Google Play it has 4.7, the same as Monster Train and Slice & Dice. It is also part of Apple Arcade as Balatro+. One Android reviewer with a Galaxy S23 Ultra said it made the phone hot and drained the battery, so keep a charger near if you play long.

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Wildfrost is a deckbuilder where most of your cards are companions who stay on the board. You place them in a six-slot space split into two lanes, facing the enemies on the other side, and every character, yours and theirs, has a counter that shows how many turns are left until it attacks. Each character waits a different number of turns, so each fight is a puzzle about timing. Between runs you rebuild Snowdwell, the last town left in an endless winter, and open up new cards there. The Google Play listing counts over 160 cards.

How it differs from Slay the Spire

An App Store reviewer points out that each card you play takes your whole turn, so every play has to count, and the run ends when your leader falls, even if companions are still standing. Rock Paper Shotgun felt luck sometimes plays too big a part. It is free until you beat the first boss, and then one purchase buys the full game: $6.99 on the US App Store and $7.99 on Google Play. Its ratings are among the lowest on this list (4.2 on the App Store, 3.8 on Google Play). An App Store reviewer warns that with a full hand it is easy to play a card by mistake while you are only trying to read it, and a 2025 Google Play review complains of crashes and a hot phone. Try the free part on your own phone before you buy.

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Dawncaster is the pick if you want the most cards. It has more than 900 hand-drawn cards, and you play as a rogue, a warrior, a class called the Seeker or one of the other classes, with weapons and enchantments that change how each class plays. The listing doesn't say how many classes there are, and one Google Play reviewer counted five or six. One Google Play reviewer wrote that they still have builds they want to try after playing every night for a while.

How it differs from Slay the Spire

It leans more on story and choices between fights. The listing says the encounters and events change every run, but a Google Play reviewer in 2026 found that each run follows the same path, so runs start to feel alike, and that new cards open up slowly. It costs $4.99 on both stores, and the listing says that price includes every card and class, with no ads. The expansions add levels and battles: the App Store sells four of them at $4.99 each, each adding new areas and enemies. Its rating is 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store and 4.4 on Google Play.

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Slice & Dice keeps the part of the Spire where you stare at your options and work out the best turn, and swaps the cards for dice. You lead a party of five heroes, each with their own dice, through 20 fights and a final boss. You roll, choose which dice to roll again, and after each fight you level up a hero or take an item. You can undo your moves as often as you like, so every turn becomes a small puzzle, and it plays upright or sideways.

How it differs from Slay the Spire

There is no deck to build. Each hero rolls their own dice, and your party grows through hero levels and items instead of new cards. As in the Spire, losing one fight ends the run. Turns are fast, which makes it a good game for a bus ride. The Google Play listing counts 128 hero classes, 474 items and 18 extra modes. The first 12 of the 20 fights are a free demo with no ads, and one purchase buys the full game: $8.99 on the US App Store and $9.00 on Google Play. One Google Play reviewer in 2026 felt the dice were weighted against them and found $9 a lot, and suggested trying the demo before you decide. It has 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store and 4.7 on Google Play.

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Peglin's own listing calls it a mix of Peggle and Slay the Spire, and that is a fair way to put it. Peggle is a puzzle game where you shoot balls at a field of pegs to clear them. You walk a new map every run, collect orbs and relics and fight a boss at the end of each stage, but you attack by firing an orb into a board of pegs: the more pegs it hits, the more damage it does. Relics change how the orbs bounce, so a good run feels like a pinball table you have broken in your favour.

How it differs from Slay the Spire

You aim instead of choosing cards, so luck and your aim both play a part in every turn. You can play the first third of the game for free, and one purchase buys the rest and future updates: $9.99 on the US App Store. Google Play lists its purchases at $4.99 to $9.49 without naming the one that buys the full game, so on Android expect to pay at most $9.49. Its ratings are 4.1 on the App Store and 3.7 on Google Play. Some reviewers find the buttons small, though one visually impaired reviewer with a 6.7-inch phone wrote that they play it comfortably. A different reviewer wishes their progress from the PC version carried over.

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Dicey Dungeons is the game on this list with the most jokes. You play a contestant on a game show, turned into a giant walking die by Lady Luck, and fight your way through a dungeon that changes every run. In fights you roll dice and place them into slots on your equipment: a sword might take any die and deal its number in damage, while other slots only take odd numbers or low ones. It is made by Terry Cavanagh, who also made the puzzle platformer VVVVVV and the reflex game Super Hexagon.

How it differs from Slay the Spire

Your equipment takes the place of a deck, and you level up as you go, gaining health and an extra die. There are six characters, each with their own rules, and Pocket Gamer wrote that the phone version came with the Reunion expansion, which adds four to five hours of play. It costs $4.99 on both stores with nothing else to buy, and it is also on Apple Arcade as Dicey Dungeons+. A Google Play reviewer in 2023 said it crashed when effects like freezing went off. It is rated 4.6 on the App Store and 4.2 on Google Play.