Skip to main content

Picaro

Picaro Game Cover
65%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, music
100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Platforms

LinuxPCXboxWindowsPlayStation
Buy Nowfrom €6.89
Buy NowGet on Steam €6.89Buy NowGet on itch.io Store $6.99
Picaro Game Cover

About Picaro

Picaro is a single player survival management game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Nightforge Studios and was released on August 20, 2025. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Master the cards in this high-stakes card roguelike! Every decision is life-or-death as you navigate treacherous dungeons. Use every card to escape. Strategy, resource management, and nerve-wracking choices await in an endlessly replayable challenge!

Genres & Tags
Play Modes
Picaro screenshot
Picaro screenshot
Picaro screenshot
Skip Games Like Picaro

Games Like Picaro

Looking for games like Picaro? Here are top survival management recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Ring of Pain, DOG WITCH or Bearly Brave.

Ring of Pain Image
88%2.5kreviews

Ring of Pain

2020Role Playing
Nintendo SwitchPCXbox Game Pass+7
Games like Ring of Pain
DOG WITCH Image
92%328reviews

DOG WITCH

2025Tactical Strategy
PCMac OSSteam Deck+1
Games like DOG WITCH
Bearly Brave Image
79%37reviews

Bearly Brave

2025Casual Turn-based Strategy
LinuxPCTablet+2
Games like Bearly Brave
Pyrene Image
90%399reviews

Pyrene

2024Tactical Turn-based Strategy
PCMac OSWindows
Games like Pyrene
Monster Slayers Image
78%892reviews

Monster Slayers

2017Tactical Role Playing
Nintendo SwitchPCMac OS+6
Games like Monster Slayers
Forward: Escape the Fold Image
83%471reviews

Forward: Escape the Fold

2022Tactical Turn-based Strategy
LinuxPCTablet+8
Games like Forward: Escape the Fold
Dice & Fold Image
85%1.3kreviews

Dice & Fold

2024Tactical Role Playing
LinuxPCMac OS+2
Games like Dice & Fold
Circadian Dice Image
94%886reviews

Circadian Dice

2022Tactical Role Playing
PCWindows
Games like Circadian Dice
The Dungeon Beneath Image
89%1.1kreviews

The Dungeon Beneath

2020Tactical Role Playing
PCMac OSSteam Deck+1
Games like The Dungeon Beneath
Slay the Spire Image
96%121.5kreviews

Slay the Spire

2019Casual Role Playing
Nintendo SwitchAndroidPlaystation 4+17
Games like Slay the Spire
More games like Picaro
Skip User Reviews

Reviews

100%Audience ScoreBased on 16 reviews
replayability3 positive mentions
  • Highly engaging and addictive gameplay with a lot of replayability across different modes.
  • Challenging mechanics that reward strategic thinking and skill development.
  • Appealing visual design and music that enhance the overall experience.
  • Steep difficulty curve that may be frustrating for beginners.
  • Lack of an easier intro or beginner-friendly mode.
  • Some minor visual aspects still need tweaking.

  • replayability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers high replayability, with varied difficulties that significantly alter gameplay and encourage players to develop different strategies for each run. Overall, it provides a challenging and engaging experience that keeps players coming back.

    • “Both were a lot of fun and offered a ton of replayability, especially with how much the difficulties change gameplay.”
    • “Great game with a lot of challenge and replayability!”
    • “Lots of replayability and I like coming up with different strategies for runs.”

  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users praise the music for its great quality and fitting vibe, enhancing the overall cool and engaging style of the game. It complements the challenging gameplay, making players eager to keep playing.

    • “The music and vibe are just dope!”
    • “It's a hard and super fun challenge that kept me clicking 'endless mode', or more likely 'try again' very cool style and the music is great!”
    • “I love the visual design elements and the music as well.”

  • gameplay

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The gameplay is engaging and fun, featuring addictive mechanics and a variety of interesting moves. It also offers substantial replayability, particularly due to how different difficulty levels alter the experience.

    • “Both games were a lot of fun and offered a ton of replayability, especially with how much the different difficulty levels change gameplay.”
    • “An engaging game with addictive mechanics and many interesting moves to make!”
Skip Game Offers

Buy Picaro

Skip Videos

Videos

Skip FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Picaro is a survival management game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Picaro include turn-based, indie, deckbuilding, difficult, roguelike deckbuilder and others.

Picaro is available on PC, Windows, Linux, Xbox and others.

Picaro was released on August 20, 2025.

Picaro was developed by Nightforge Studios.

Picaro has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Picaro for its replayability.

Picaro is a single player game.

Similar games include Ring of Pain, DOG WITCH, Bearly Brave, Pyrene, Monster Slayers and others.