What Genre is this?

[Green Raven]

Strategy? Roguelike?
Whatever it is, it also includes FTL, Into the Breach, and Invisible inc.
And I love it.

[DJDiceZ]

StS primarily fits into 3-4 genres imo
Card/Turn Based as said above => It has cards. Fights are turn based.
Roguelike => Random/procedural generation, permanent death, knowledge tends to be important, usually difficult, etc... (Like FTL)
Strategy / Puzzle => Should be straightforward. You have to think ahead and plan optimal decisions to maximize your win chances, create setups, and crack the best approach to your runs. The way you play your cards (literally and figuratively) is reminiscent of some puzzle-ish games like Into The Breach.

[Benkyo]

"Good games"

[Druski]

In board game terms the card mechanic is an established genre called deckbuilder.
Roguelike is a pretty broad definition now, but it still fits.
Thematically its a lightweight dungeon crawl.
If I were to describe it to a person who hasn't played i'd say its a deckbuilding roguelike dungeon crawl

[DJDiceZ]

Originally posted by Druski:

Roguelike is a pretty broad definition now, but it still fits.
Thematically its a lightweight dungeon crawl.
If I were to describe it to a person who hasn't played i'd say its a deckbuilding roguelike dungeon crawl

To be honest that seems unnecessary, i feel like most Roguelike games have some form of dungeon crawling in them.

[Twelvefield]

I'd go with deck-building game. It's more complicated than tabletop deck-building games and can do more because the computer is good at keeping track of all of the stat modifiers. Your primary concerns are adding and removing cards from your deck, and influencing how they are dealt.

If you are including it with FTL, etc, then it's a rogue-like. Or even more pedantic and proper, a rogue-like-like. Yes, that is a thing.

[DJDiceZ]

Originally posted by Twelvefield:

Rogue-like-like-like-like-lite

Indeed, it's a thing. (it's not really a thing)

[Digger]

Roguelike Deckbuilder

[Gentlest Giant]

Card Clicker