Games Like Slay the Spire on Mobile (2026)
All confirmed on iOS & Android · 6 min read
Slay the Spire made the roguelike deckbuilder genre, and these days you can even play the original itself on iOS and Android. But a lot of “games like Slay the Spire” lists recommend titles that are PC or console only — not much help if you're specifically looking for something to play on your phone. Every game below is confirmed actually available on iOS and/or Android, not just “similar in spirit.”
Quick summary
- Slay the Spire — the original, also on mobile now
- Monster Train — vertical dual-faction deckbuilding, iOS only so far
- Dawncaster — built for mobile from day one, 900+ cards
- Peglin — pegboard roguelike, free to try
- Wildfrost — card-based, tighter and sharper runs
- Balatro — poker hands instead of cards, premium
- Tower Trials — mobile-native, five archetypes, no pay-to-win
Slay the Spire
The game that defined the genre is, as of a few years ago, also on the platform you're reading this on. If you haven't played the original yet, start here — everything else on this list, including Tower Trials, is reacting to what Slay the Spire established.
Monster Train
Takes the core loop vertical and defensive instead of outward — protect a central Pyre across a multi-floor train car, mixing two factions' cards in a single deck for combinatorial depth the genre rarely matches. One real caveat if you're on Android: Monster Train's mobile release is iOS-only so far, with no confirmed Android date.
Dawncaster
Of everything on this list, Dawncaster is the one actually built mobile-first rather than ported down — portrait orientation, offline play, and over 900 handcrafted cards across rogue, warrior, and arcane Seeker classes. At $4.99 it's also one of the cheaper entries here, and it's on both iOS and Android.
Peglin
Swaps cards for pegs — you're launching an orb through a Peggle-style board instead of playing attack cards, but the run structure (relics, branching maps, permadeath) is pure Slay the Spire DNA underneath. Free to download with a one-time unlock, so it costs nothing to see if the hybrid clicks for you.
Wildfrost
A tighter, more punishing card-based roguelike — a crew of companions takes the place of a single hero, and runs tend to be shorter and sharper than Slay the Spire's. Available on both iOS and Android.
Balatro
Not a card-battler in the traditional sense — it's poker hands and Jokers, not attacks and block — but it borrowed the genre's run structure so effectively it belongs on any “games like Slay the Spire” list. Premium priced at $9.99, also included with Apple Arcade.
Tip: Want to try the genre without spending anything upfront? Peglin and Tower Trials are both free to download with a single optional unlock purchase — no subscriptions, no energy timers.
Where Tower Trials fits
We built Tower Trials specifically to be mobile-first, not a PC design squeezed onto a touchscreen. Five archetypes that play like genuinely different decks, a hundred-floor climb across six difficulty tiers, and the same free-to-play-without-predatory-monetization approach Dawncaster and Peglin take — one $1.99 purchase removes ads forever, nothing else is gated.
If you've already cleared the games above, it's worth a look. If you haven't, honestly — start with Slay the Spire first, then come back.
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