
Explore a dangerous overworld and descend the hundred depths of the Meridian in a traditional turn-based roguelike. Fight, climb, fish and survive through procedural dungeons and side-view caves, presented in richly illustrated ASCII.
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Explore a dangerous overworld and descend the hundred depths of the Meridian in a traditional turn-based roguelike. Fight, climb, fish and survive through procedural dungeons and side-view caves, presented in richly illustrated ASCII.
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%, Perma Death 8.7%, Roguelike 8.1%
The modern way to play NetHack
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.8%, Roguelike 8.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.1%, RPG 7%
Descend beneath the rain-soaked town of Desolation in a turn-based, grid-based dungeon crawler remastered from the Xbox Live Indie Games era. Fight monsters, gather loot, build your adventurer, survive the Wheel of Fate, and uncover why the town profits from doomed adventurers.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Grid-Based Movement 12%, Roguelike 6.1%
A traditional turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler. Pick a class, descend through a procedurally generated dungeon, and recover the shards of the Amulet of Ascension. Combine them and the dungeon turns on you, and now you have to fight your way back out.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 50.3% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15%, Roguelike 9.5%, RPG 8.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8.1%
Survive and escape a decaying post-apocalyptic vault by uncovering its secrets and venturing deeper, in this turn-based rogue-like! Descend to grow stronger, find awesome gear and defeat terrifying mutants, post-human cultists and strange unearthly beings! Step into the VOID!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Perma Death 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%, Roguelike 7.4%
Turn-based roguelike with minimalistic, fast-paced combat that focuses on learning enemy patterns and making powerful synergies with your items.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38% ★, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Grid-Based Movement 11.6%, Roguelike 10.5%, Perma Death 9.5%
A classic roguelike dungeon crawler with pixel graphics. Fight to the bottom of the dungeon and defeat the Lich Lord! Level up, find powerful equipment, and learn new spells to become the hero the world needs.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.2% ★, Perma Death 11.7%, Dungeon Crawler 11.3%, Grid-Based Movement 9%, Roguelike 8.2%
A traditional turn-based roguelike of tempo and uncertainty. Roll an adventurer blind, outpace enemies to act twice, sneak past what you cannot fight, and descend twelve floors for the Barrow Relic. Death keeps what you carry, but the crows will fly your gold home for a fee.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 40.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Grid-Based Movement 10.5%, Perma Death 8.4%
Amulet of Iovar is an oldschool roguelike inspired by Nethack. Delve deep into the Dungeon of Iovar, steal the amulet of the divine and ascend to godhood!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 50.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, Roguelike 9.8%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, RPG 6.7%
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.2% ★, Perma Death 11.2%, Dungeon Crawler 11.1%, Roguelike 9.6%, Procedural Generation 7.2%
Jupiter Hell Classic is a old-school true Roguelike shooter with turn-based tactics, permadeath, procedural levels, and 90s sci-fi carnage in its purest form. Rip and Tear!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.8% ★, Grid-Based Movement 11.4%, Perma Death 10.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%, Roguelike 8.7%
Slay your enemies in this sword and sorcery roguelike! Ancient dungeons, fallen ruins and cyclopean towers and their primordial denizens present a tactical and deadly challenge that can only be overcome by the most resourceful heroes.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.4% ★, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%, Roguelike 8.5%, Procedural Generation 7.3%
Deadzoned is a sci-fi turn-based action Roguelike. Blast your way through zones battling the beasts, bandits, and monsters that stalk the blackouts. But you'll need your wits to make best use of the gear you stumble upon to survive and save the fate of the planet!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 35.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 10.7%, Perma Death 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%, Dungeon Crawler 9.3%
Grix is a grid-based roguelike set in procedurally generated dungeons. Discover hidden rules, anticipate danger, climb to the top of the tower, and slay the dragon that awaits you!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Grid-Based Movement 10.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%, Perma Death 10.2%
Become the titan Prometheus in this tactical turn-based roguelike, where every battle is a chessboard and every move counts. In a world that only moves when you move, dominate strategic battles, upgrade your skills, and face mythical enemies and permadeath.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Perma Death 9%, Roguelike 7.8%
Combine 14 Sookuma lineages with 19 classes and descend into an ever-changing dream dungeon. Identify strange items, bargain with 19 gods, steal the Dream Core, and fight your way back out in a traditional turn-based roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, Perma Death 12.8%, Roguelike 7.6%, RPG 6.4%
A traditional roguelike modernized. Descend through a persistent, turn-based dungeon inspired by the original Rogue, defeat or avoid its inhabitants with the loot you find, and escape with the legendary Amulet of Yendor.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34.9% ★, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%, Perma Death 9.2%, Grid-Based Movement 8.6%
Experience hardcore, sci-fi dungeon crawling in this dark, atmospheric roguelike. Xenomarine offers tactical turn-based combat with hundreds of unique items and upgradable weapons and armor, as well as massive replayability thanks to its randomly generated content.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 59.4% ★, Roguelike 12.8%, Perma Death 8.7%, Grid-Based Movement 7.8%, Procedural Generation 6%
A turn-based roguelike where you can shape the dungeon to your advantage. Discover terrain powers which help you to fight your enemies more efficiently.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.5% ★, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Perma Death 11.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.4%, Grid-Based Movement 9.7%
A power-hungry warlock descends fifteen floors to unearth a malevolent energy sealed deep in a dungeon. He'll have to use items sparingly, spells tactically, and even recruit the help of forgotten gods to get there in this brutally difficult traditional roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, Perma Death 11%, Roguelike 9%, Turn-Based Combat 6.5%
Set out on the search to find the last nightclub, or die trying in this Dada traditional roguelike meets infinite road trip.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.5% ★, Grid-Based Movement 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Roguelike 9.4%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34.2% ★, Turn-Based Combat 15.5%, Dungeon Crawler 13.2%, Roguelike 12.9%, Perma Death 12%
In this classic roguelike, released in 1983 for the Commodore 64 by Epyx, search the dark depths of a twisted dungeon, teeming with fiendish enemies and dangerous traps, for the legendary Sword of Fargoal, the only thing that can defeat the evil wizard Umla.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Perma Death 13.3%, Roguelike 8.2%, Procedural Generation 5.6%
Many came before, many failed. Copies of previous players are still scattered throughout the dungeon! Thirty-five floors of unforgiving turn based combat with unique spells and weapons. Explore, craft, learn spells and much more on your journey to the top! Will you stay safe?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 19.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.7%, Perma Death 13.7%, Grid-Based Movement 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
Legacybound is a traditional roguelike RPG with turn-based combat where your death becomes a legacy for future heroes. Choose your class and combine powerful items and tomes to create countless unique builds as you explore a procedurally generated world filled with danger.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.3% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.6%, Perma Death 11.3%, Roguelike 9.2%, RPG 6.1%
A classic turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler with D20 dice combat. Three unique classes — a soul-projecting Cultivator, a monster-recruiting Mask Master, and a shadow-stalking Rogue. 117 monsters, randomized identification, and procedural dungeons make every run a new adventure.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49.3% ★, Perma Death 15%, Roguelike 9.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%, RPG 8.1%
UnderMoon is a dark fantasy turn-based tactical roguelike RPG. Awaken in a strange moonlit town, build your hero, and climb a shifting tower. Read enemy intent, combine weapons, magic, summons, and elemental reactions, defeat deadly bosses, and uncover why everyone was brought to this world.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44.1% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%, RPG 7.4%
A simple traditional roguelike with ASCII art where you save the monsters instead of hurting them.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.4%, Roguelike 10%, Perma Death 6.7%, Text-Based 5.7%
Head out into the woods and find the dreaded Underlair in this traditional turn-based roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 55.7% ★, Roguelike 11.5%, RPG 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.1%, Procedural Generation 5.5%
"Touhou Crawl" is a Touhou derivative roguelike game. Conquer the dungeon-ified Gensokyo using items, faith, and tactics!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Roguelike 9%, Grid-Based Movement 9%
EmbeRogue is a real roguelike: turn-based, grid-based and boom-based, where everything can burn. Make your escape or tame your inner flames to defeat the FireLords.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.1% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Perma Death 11.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10%, Grid-Based Movement 8%
Rift Wizard is a hardcore combat strategy roguelike and wizard simulator featuring an extremely deep build system. Customize your Wizard with more than 500 spells and magical artifacts. Blast, summon, or enchant your way through 20 levels of pure turn based chaos.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.3% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Roguelike 9.1%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%, RPG 7.1%
A traditional roguelike & dungeon crawler RPG where every run is unique. Choose from 15 classes and combine 100+ abilities across 10 skill trees. Explore diverse biomes filled with hazards and secrets. Recruit companions, discover loot, and master tactical combat on a fast-paced 30-level adventure.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.3% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.1%, Perma Death 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9%, Roguelike 7.8%
In this tactical roguelike you control five adventurers as you explore procedurally generated ruins to reach and conquer a Titan. Fight deadly monsters, utilize power-ups, and improvise while your knowledge of the world deepens. Persist when your adventurers are left behind, killed, or sacrificed.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 30% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Perma Death 12.2%, Grid-Based Movement 10.2%, Roguelike 8.5%
When an evil wizard writes a 6000-page book to bore the townspeople to death, it's up to you to take the damn thing and return it FROM WHENCE IT CAME.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 50.8% ★, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, Grid-Based Movement 13.1%, Roguelike 8.5%, RPG 6%
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 55.5% ★, Roguelike 11.6%, Procedural Generation 8.5%, RPG 8.2%, Perma Death 7.1%
Depths of Ascension is a turn-based, tile-based traditional roguelike set in a high fantasy world inspired by Sumeria and the early Bronze Age cultures. Explore the twisting corridors of the Maze of Madness and use magic, stealth, diplomacy, brute force, the Gods, anything, to reach the Ascension.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33.5% ★, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11.5%, Grid-Based Movement 10.6%, Perma Death 8.2%
Beyond the Bridge is a tribute to one of the earliest roguelikes, Moria. Your journey begins with creating your character by choosing a class. From there, you'll explore six procedurally generated levels before reaching the goal of your quest and making your escape!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Roguelike 12.4%, RPG 11.9%, Procedural Generation 4.9%
This is a coffee-break roguelike. Can you claim the Crown of Victory on the 31st floor?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 55.1% ★, Perma Death 16.3%, Roguelike 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10%, Grid-Based Movement 6.2%
Journey along haunted, procedural paths toward the dormant center of a handmade world. Fight your way through atmospheric, varied regions and become the first to cross the Barrier, one turn at a time.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.9%, Perma Death 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Roguelike 7.8%
Rogue’s Dark Descent is a traditional roguelike about exploring a dangerous, procedurally generated wilderness and the forgotten places beneath it. Fight, explore, meet survivors, uncover lost history, find powerful artifacts, and see how long your story lasts.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.3% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, Perma Death 12.9%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Roguelike 7.1%
Kill your enemies, possess their bodies, and take their abilities as your own in this turn-based procedurally generated death labyrinth.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 67.7% ★, Roguelike 10.5%, Dungeon Crawler 6.8%, Perma Death 5.1%, Procedural Generation 3.8%
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.4% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Perma Death 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%, Roguelike 8.6%
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 61.3% ★, Roguelike 14%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Perma Death 5.9%, RPG 4.6%
Highly moddable roguelike. Descend from Arkov's Tower - or die trying!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.1% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Roguelike 10%, Procedural Generation 7.4%
Dose Response is a roguelike game where you play an addict. Avoid the dangers threatening your mind and body while desperately looking for the next fix.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.3% ★, Perma Death 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, Roguelike 9.7%, Procedural Generation 7.3%
Dungeon Croaker is a frog themed turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler. Navigate randomly generated dungeon floors, find and synergize relic effects, fight enemies with unique abilities, avoid dangerous environmental hazards, and defeat powerful dungeon bosses.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%, Roguelike 8.9%, Procedural Generation 6.5%
Rogue — A brutal, procedurally generated dungeon crawler where every decision counts. Fight monsters, collect treasures, and survive the deadly depths in search of the Amulet of Yendor. Each playthrough is unique—do you have what it takes to escape?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.2%, Roguelike 10.9%, RPG 7.9%, Perma Death 7%
A turn based Sci-fi Roguelike where players explore the deep mines on a distant planet, find/trade equipment, battle monsters and try to survive.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.4% ★, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Roguelike 11.9%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Grid-Based Movement 5.7%
Explore procedurally generated alien worlds in a sci-fi roguelike adventure with distinctive HD-ASCII visuals. Gather samples, harvest strange materials, battle hostile lifeforms and machines, craft new gear, and uncover the mystery of your partner and the enigmatic IGIGI.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.8% ★, Roguelike 11.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Grid-Based Movement 9.3%
NETHACK: LEGACY is a remastered version of the original NetHack, the deeply rich and complex fantasy D&D roguelike. Hack and slash your way through orcs, dragons, and cockatrices as you explore the perilous procedurally-generated dungeons seeking the Amulet of Yendor.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 73% ★, Roguelike 9.6%, Dungeon Crawler 6.9%, Procedural Generation 4.3%, RPG 3.8%
Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 66.2% ★, Roguelike 15.3%, Grid-Based Movement 9.6%, RPG 3.8%, Dungeon Crawler 3.7%
Abyrith is a traditional turn-based roguelike. Each run lets you build a unique character by combining skills and equipment while exploring and conquering dungeons.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 12.2%, RPG 8%, Class-Based 7.7%, Perma Death 7.3%
Coin Operated Carnage is a single-player rogue-like complemented by a unique tactical fight mode. Lead up to three lovable heroes at a time through tile-based adventures composed of hundreds of unique unlockable game elements interacting with each other.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Grid-Based Movement 11.3%, Perma Death 11.1%
Rogue Fable III is a traditional rogue-like game which combines the depth, complexity, and challenge of the genre classics with a shorter, more tightly focused game length.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 74.7% ★, Roguelike 8.8%, Dungeon Crawler 6%, RPG 3.5%, Procedural Generation 3.1%
Pathos is a turn-based fantasy adventure inspired by retro dungeon crawlers. Experience deep, emergent gameplay with modern graphics, sound and a touch-first interface. Extensively customise your character and embark on epic procedurally generated campaigns.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.3% ★, Grid-Based Movement 11.4%, Perma Death 11.3%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%, Procedural Generation 8%
Yipe! 5 - Attack of Idle Hands is an epic 2D RPG, featuring simple yet uncanny gameplay ... to provide you hours of escape from the drudgery of your own despair! Create your own hero and set off on "Big Time" adventures in minutes!!! Classic, turn-based combat and endless treasure await!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 21.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Roguelike 10.7%, RPG 10.1%
Cast powerful magic by actually writing the magical words in the right syntax, as you explore the Plane of Shadows in this complex and intriguing roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Perma Death 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Roguelike 8.1%
Ad Iterum is a turn-based top-down 2D roguelike set in a decaying, ever-shifting world. Flesh is fragile, but you can hack it. Enhance your body, embrace mutations, or form ancient blood pacts. Descend into the depths, scavenge what’s left of humanity, and crawl back...if you can. Kill. Die. Repeat.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32.3% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Perma Death 12.3%, Roguelike 9.3%
A keyboard-first traditional roguelike on an isometric hex grid—turn-based, permadeath, and ruthless decision-making. Your class emerges from the skills you pick, not a menu. Manage scarce resources, out-position enemies, claim Hex Runes, then survive the climb back out.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41.4% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Grid-Based Movement 12%, Perma Death 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9%