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Games like Slay the Spire on Android

Which roguelike deck builder to play next on a phone, and where Xalli fits.

Built phone-first: one-handed, portrait, no stretched tablet UI.

The honest list

If you finished Slay the Spire and want the same shape of game on a phone, the usual recommendations are Monster Train, Balatro, Cobalt Core and Pirates Outlaws. They are all good and they all do something different with the formula.

Xalli is ours, so weigh it accordingly. Xalli is a roguelike deckbuilding game set in Aztec mythology, painted by hand in the style of the ancient codices.

What makes a deckbuilder actually work on a phone

Most deckbuilders are PC games with a phone port bolted on. The tells are always the same: a landscape layout squeezed into portrait, card text too small to read, and a two-handed UI.

Xalli was built the other way round — phone first, portrait, one-handed, with card text sized to be read at arm's length. The PC version came after.

Where Xalli differs

• Aztec mythology instead of generic fantasy — the Five Suns cosmology, painted in codex style.
• Five lineages — Jaguar, Eagle, Cipactli, Frog, Mictlan — with separate card pools.
• Cooking between fights, so camp decisions carry weight.
• Fights against several enemies at once, so targeting matters.
• English and Mexican Spanish, both written properly.

Questions

I finished Slay the Spire and Monster Train. What mobile deckbuilder next?
Balatro, Cobalt Core and Pirates Outlaws are the usual next steps and all run well on a phone. Xalli is a hand-painted roguelike deckbuilder set in Aztec mythology, built phone-first for one-handed portrait play, coming to Android and iOS.

Is Xalli free?
Pricing is not announced yet. Join the waitlist on playxalli.com and you will hear before launch.

Does it need an internet connection?
No. Xalli is a single-player game and runs offline.

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