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Both One Step From Eden and Endcycle VS are superb games heavily inspired by Mega Man Battle Network's realtime deckbuilding combat system, and while I haven't played Mega Man Battle Network so I can't compare it to the original what I can say is these games are VERY underrated.

The basic combat system in both of these games is that you have a deck of attacks that your character draws from, you can move left right up or down and trigger your abilities, the opponent can do the same and what results is a very compelling mix between thinky strategy and pure action. In One Step From Eden your deck is shuffled and you draw abilities, in Endcycle VS you presetup your abilities and can access them all and are only limited by cooldowns.

These are not turn based games, you move in realtime along with the enemy though there is an obvious rhythm to the movement tempo these are fundamentally NOT turnbased games even though they are deckbuilders!

I think these type of games deserve more attention because they bring deckbuilding into a realtime genre and it works REALLY well, and given how popular/awesome of a mechanic deckbuilding is I think there are potentially a lot of players out there who have never heard of these games who will love them as a more action packed alternative to deckbuilder roguelike games like Slay The Spire that still have that deckbuilding part built into the core of the game. The skill ceiling to these games is VERY high! They are both very replayable!

https://www.endcycle-vs.com/

EndCycle Vs is for both pc and mobile platforms.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/960690/One_Step_From_Eden/

One Step From Eden is for pc

I highly recommend both of these games!!

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