- #1 Echoes of Fear
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UDG
Windows
Containment has failed. As an amnesiac agent of the Bureau, face uncontained anomalies in a turn-based mystery RPG. Every tactical move and moral judgment creates a lasting echo. Record, research, and survive the consequences. Your judgment is the only shield.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.9%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Supernatural 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #2 ACCURSED
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bleedline Studios
Windows
Investigate the cursed town of Midnight Falls in a roguelike horror RPG. Scavenge powerful relics, outlast vicious foes, and cut down the awakened Ancient Deity before it devours everything. Every run is different, and the town hides secrets in every shadow.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.4%, Supernatural 11%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Text-Based 10.4%, Roguelike 10.1%
- #3 Dungeon Mercenaries
74% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Redboy GamesPub: Endless Magic Entertainment
Windows
Dungeon Mercenaries is an endless replayability RPG. Every time you wake up, it's a new start, procedurally generated map, randomly generated characters,explore the dungeon with different mercenaries, get reasure chests, gold coins, mercenaries, potions, food, and glory!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.6%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Perma Death 12.2%, Roguelike 10.8%
- #4 Darkest Dungeon®
73% matchVery Positive92% of 158,093 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19.7%, Turn-Based 15.3%, Roguelike 12.8%, Perma Death 8.6%
- #5 Roguecraft
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Badger Punch GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
Roguecraft is a casual yet challenging turn-based roguelike, crafted for fans of classic dungeon crawlers and inspired by Lovecraftian horror. Explore procedurally generated dungeons with mysterious potions, scary chickens, and secret rooms waiting to be discovered!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.4%, Perma Death 14%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Roguelike 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%
- #6 Darkest Dungeon® II
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,123 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.1%, Turn-Based 16.1%, Perma Death 11.2%, Roguelike 9.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%
- #7 Miskatonic
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scary Dinner Games
Windows
Miskatonic is a text-based strategy game where players take the role of an ancient god, determined to harvest fear for power. Incept your victims through dialogues with their psyche, study the limits of their mind by unlocking their stories, and manipulate the maze with powerful abilities.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.8%, Text-Based 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #8 Path of Thalanos
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roman Dammer
Windows
Path of Thalanos is a roguelike dungeon crawler with a rich random item and skill system. Encounter many random generated events, shrines, traps and enemies. Build your hero and find out how deep you can go into the dungeon. Each run is unique.
Why similar: Turn-Based 32.1%, Roguelike 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #9 Axe Ghost
70% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Tomasz Kaye
Windows · Mac
In Axe Ghost you cleverly push monsters around a grid and blow them up in turn-based spatial combat. Take on the Daily Challenge and face off against the loathsome Garnemar!
Why similar: Turn-Based 32.3%, Procedural Generation 18.9%, Turn-Based Combat 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Roguelike 6.1%
- #10 Text Dungeon: The Ring of Life
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tawashi Works
Windows
No graphics, No tiles. Just text-RPG adventure! Explore a shifting labyrinth, regain the Ring of Life from the wizard Shingor. Classic roguelike-style messages guide your journey, with narrative scenes evoking the spirit of MUDs and gamebooks. Death is permanent. Every run brings new discoveries.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.8%, Perma Death 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Roguelike 14.3%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #11 Seals of Madness
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Unicorn Games
Windows
After a car accident, you find yourself trapped in a dark, decaying basement, haunted by visions of a mysterious little girl and ancient entities. As you delve deeper into the twisted surroundings, you uncover terrifying secrets that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Supernatural 13%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #12 The Consuming Shadow
71% matchVery Positive95% of 418 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.8%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Procedural Generation 9%, Roguelite 7.7%, Psychological Horror 5.6%
- #13 The Passenger
70% matchVery Positive90% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Supernatural 11.9%, Text-Based 6.7%
- #14 The Depths of Tolagal
71% matchPositive82% of 45 reviews2015
Dev: Matthew Jennings
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Depths of Tolagal is an addictive roguelike dungeon crawler with an emphasis on tactical combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.2%, Lovecraftian 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Roguelike 12.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%
- #15 Theatre of Sorrows
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cat-astrophe Games
Windows · Linux
Try to survive on the mysterious island in a lovecraftian 2D roguelite with branching narrative and elements of resource management.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #16 Star Spark
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JoyFlow Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master combos, unleash powerful attacks, and survive dangerous encounters to win the Star Spark Tournament! Plan your moves and outwit your opponents in this roguelite, turn-based fighting game.
Why similar: Turn-Based 31.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Roguelike 14.1%, Roguelite 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%
- #17 Crowntakers
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 681 reviews2014
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26%, Perma Death 14.9%, Roguelike 13.4%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
- #18 Crown Trick
66% matchVery Positive85% of 5,356 reviews2020
Dev: NEXT StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.4%, Perma Death 15.4%, Roguelike 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%
- #19 AI Roguelite
65% matchVery Positive83% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: Max Loh
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
World's first RPG in which all entities are AI-generated and all game mechanics are AI-directed.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Perma Death 11.6%, Roguelike 11%
- #20 Die Like a Hero
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinel Games
Windows
Die Like a Hero is a rogue-lite with turn-based combat, where the best strategy is to attack at the right moment. Fight like a die or die like a hero!
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.1%, Roguelike 16.2%, Perma Death 15.9%, Roguelite 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%
- #21 NO-SKIN
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,263 reviews2025
Dev: NoEye-Soft
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Resource Management 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Roguelike 12%, Psychological Horror 11.8%
- #22 The Carcass
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ahmet Babagil
Windows
You wake inside a dead god. Darkness. Decay. No way out. Build your colony among rotting organs and forgotten chambers. Ancient parasites stir. Your species must adapt or join the rot. No two playthroughs tell the same story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Text-Based 18%, Roguelike 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #23 WORLD OF HORROR
64% matchVery Positive90% of 9,726 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.9%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Roguelike 9.8%
- #24 Necken
66% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Joccish
Windows
Necken is a tilebased roguelike set in the Swedish forest. It focuses on resource management and tactical decisions, rather than deep complex game mechanics. Movement is not turn based - everything moves freely, but the modular combat is. Necken is a small, simplistic roguelike hybrid.
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.9%, Perma Death 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, Roguelike 12%, Procedural Generation 11.4%
- #25 Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics
66% matchMixed67% of 255 reviews2018
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Ripstone
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Challenge the horrifying reign of Nazi terror and battle an immortal evil in Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics; a turn-based tactical strategy game set in the award-winning Achtung! Cthulhu universe.
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.6%, Lovecraftian 20%, Turn-Based Combat 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Text-Based 12.2%
- #26 Buriedbornes2 - Dungeon RPG -
64% matchVery Positive84% of 781 reviews2024
Dev: Nussygame
Windows
"The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever." The long-awaited sequel to the easy-to-play turn-based dungeon RPG series is finally here!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Roguelike 11.4%
- #27 Steam Marines
67% matchMixed50% of 333 reviews2014
Dev: Worthless Bums
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.8%, Roguelike 25.5%, Perma Death 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
- #28 Insane Escape
63% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Organon Software
Windows · Linux
Escape and survive in an ever-changing asylum, where every run will always differ. Use strategy and items to survive the patients. Escape by solving puzzles, but the hardest one is how to survive.
Why similar: Perma Death 16.4%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Resource Management 14.8%, Roguelike 14.6%, Survival Horror 14.4%
- #29 WazHack
65% matchVery Positive90% of 723 reviews2014
Dev: WazPub: Waz Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Time moves forward only when you do in the dungeons of WazHack. Think your way out of problems instead of just spamming 'attack' and 'drink healing potion'.
Why similar: Roguelike 24.8%, Perma Death 21.3%, Turn-Based 20.6%, RPG 10%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #30 Eldritch Horror: Digital Edition
64% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cornerstone Software Development, Inc.
Windows
Uncover ancient cults, battle horrific monsters and thwart the rise of unfathomable Ancient Ones in a 1920s-themed adventure. In this faithful adaptation of the classic board game, you must race against time to save humanity from ancient powers and dark secrets before all is lost.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Roguelike 14.1%, Resource Management 7.3%, Roguelite 6.5%
- #31 Forrader Hero
64% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Forrader Hero – turn-based game with roguelike elements where heroes can’t step back and must fight through the end to save their soul in ‘Forgotten Proto.World’ fighting hordes of monsters, undead creatures, and their overlords.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Perma Death 14.3%, Roguelike 13.6%, Procedural Generation 13.5%
- #32 Tower of Spirit
63% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Hookaria Games
Windows
Tower of Spirit is a fast turn-based RPG where your choices matter. Gather a group of unique characters, survive a series of random encounters and battle your way to reach the enigmatic tower!
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.6%, Perma Death 13%, Roguelike 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
- #33 jankenpon
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ACCRO BAT
Windows
The Rock Paper Scissors game where rules are meant to be broken. Pick an archetype and defeat your foes to become the ultimate champion. Make the crowd go wild at your unfair plays, buy bracelets that will help you get the upper hand, but be careful... Your opponents might be cheating too !
Why similar: Turn-Based 28.5%, Roguelike 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Roguelite 12%
- #34 Battle Poet
62% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Jesse Calder
Windows
Battle demons with poetry to reclaim the Holy Mountain in this Strategy Roguelike about combining lines of poetry in turn-based combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.1%, Perma Death 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Roguelike 15%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%
- #35 Chef's Dogma
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floor Pizza Studios
Windows
Chef’s Dogma is a Roguelike Turn-Based battler where you journey through the 7-layers of bean dip hell. Upgrade your team through Stats, Items, or ‘Entree’s creating even stronger foods. Experience a multitude of Play-styles, Enemies, and Locations to help the Chef ascend into purgatory…
Why similar: Turn-Based 33%, Perma Death 18.6%, Roguelike 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, RPG 7.2%
- #36 Beyond the Chiron Gate
62% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Space Goblin Games
Windows
Explore an endless text-based universe filled with exotic planets, strange life forms, and ancient civilisations. Manage a crew of space explorers, upgrade their ship, and brave dangerous worlds to gather the data you need to reach the mysterious Gatebuilders.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Text-Based 15%, Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 12.5%
- #37 Rogue Pirates
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Rogue Pirates is a swashbuckling roguelike turn-based RPG about captaining your crew of pirates through hostile seas. Recruit daring pirates to join your crew and lead them into peril and plunder. Battle sea monsters, other pirates and civilization itself all for the quest of becoming a legend.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35%, Perma Death 14.4%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Roguelike 12%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #38 Summoner Arise!
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CookieLegends
Windows
Turn-based. Tactics. Roguelike. Summon units and battle your way past wave after wave of enemies. Start with a fixed amount of mana as you ascend a mysterious ruined world. Run out and you lose. With 300+ upgrades available, customize and command your army to victory!
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Procedural Generation 15.3%, Roguelite 11.7%, Perma Death 11.5%
- #39 Nightmare Tale
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insanity Notes Studio
Windows
Nightmare Tale is an interactive horror novel with dark secrets and intricate puzzles. Take control of the fate of the main character named Tom, who inherited an old hotel. You will have to keep your sanity while discovering the horrifying secrets of the hotel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.1%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Text-Based 13.2%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #40 fullybroKEN - A Unique Mix of 4X / Post-Apocalypse / RPG / Roguelike
64% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Not The Best Games
Windows
Play as single character in a 4x game. Survive. Thrive. Die. Unite the country of Mir. Kill, make hard choice, become anything you want in this unique post-apocalyptic game. Die. With ideas from 4X, Match-3 RPGs, Traditional RPGs and roguelikes, fullybroKEN offers an experience unlike anything else.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.8%, Perma Death 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #41 Zero Orders Tactics
60% matchVery Positive91% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Pauloondra
Windows
🌋⚔ Terraforming + Into The Breach! An experimental puzzle strategy where you are not commanding your troops - now, you are shaping the battlefield itself! Nothing is random*, everything is predictable*, and the battlefield is changing. Every turn. By you.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Roguelike 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Roguelite 10.1%
- #42 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,099 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.6%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #43 Legend of Keepers: Prologue
62% matchVery Positive92% of 2,373 reviews2019
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You have been hired as a dungeon master by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: Protect their dungeons! Legend of Keepers: Prologue is a playable alpha that will help you get familiar with the game mechanics.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.4%, Turn-Based 21.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Perma Death 12.3%, Roguelike 11.9%
- #44 Victoriana - Steampunk Text Adventure
63% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.4%, Text-Based 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, RPG 9.6%
- #45 Roots Devour
59% matchMostly Positive75% of 508 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.7%, Resource Management 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Roguelite 6.6%
- #46 Rezrog
64% matchMixed45% of 331 reviews2017
Dev: SoaphogPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Test your fighting spirit as you take your party of brave adventurers on an epic quest to restore peace to the lands of Rezrog in this table-top inspired, turn-based, dungeon crawler. Upgrade your skills & tactically exploit enemy weaknesses as you try to handle everything the dungeons will throw at you.
Why similar: Turn-Based 33.1%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Roguelike 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #47 Dice Dice Dice: A Roll Playing Game
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DNX
Windows
Roll the dice and explore a dicey world were all your actions and out comes are decided by the roll of a dice. Build up your team customize your dices and roll play your way through combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 28.7%, Roguelike 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Roguelite 13.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%
- #48 In the House of Silence
62% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Kai Ruma Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the House of Silence is a roguelike dungeon crawler RPG where your equipment is your own body parts. Mutate your body to fight otherworldly abominations as you delve deeper in the House of Silence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.2%, Perma Death 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Procedural Generation 10%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #49 Bleakwood
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hyper Dive Studio
Windows
Absolute power corrupts absolutely in this roguelike deckbuilder that desecrates the very foundation of chess. Grow stronger with each run by unlocking cards, improving units, and making sacrifices - will you choose to defile your morals to reclaim what is yours?
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.2%, Lovecraftian 15.3%, Roguelike 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%, Roguelite 10.5%
- #50 The Hunter's Journals - Tattered Sails
62% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Grindwheel Games
Windows
A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Text-Based 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Supernatural 11.2%
- #51 Anchorhead
63% matchPositive87% of 47 reviews2018
Dev: Michael Gentry
Windows · Mac
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45%, Text-Based 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Horror 6.9%
- #52 Spellmasons
60% matchVery Positive92% of 1,125 reviews2023
Dev: Octavia Blue
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Spellmasons is a magical, tactical roguelike where you customize your spells. Play solo or team up with your friends in online multiplayer, and explore a deep magic system where clever combinations yield powerfully satisfying results!
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.1%, Perma Death 13.7%, Roguelike 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%
- #53 The Hunter's Journals - Wyrmwood
61% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Grindwheel Games
Windows
From killer dolls to lethal furniture, nothing wooden can be trusted!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.1%, Text-Based 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Supernatural 10.2%
- #54 Stirring Abyss
61% matchVery Positive88% of 431 reviews2020
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.4%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%
- #55 Starless Abyss
59% matchVery Positive85% of 316 reviews2025
Dev: Konafa GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Earth has fallen. Science and the Occult have united forces to brace for the arrival of the Eldritch. But will the efforts against this strange, alien race be enough? Play as one of many Proximae used to help defend humanity in this turn-based, roguelike, intergalactic deck builder.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.9%, Turn-Based 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #56 Heads Will Roll: Downfall
60% matchMixed68% of 417 reviews2022
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22%, Text-Based 15.9%, Perma Death 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%
- #57 Out There: Oceans of Time
61% matchMixed55% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.4%, Resource Management 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Roguelike 12.4%