- #1 A Scoundrel in the Underlair
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Insidious Arts
Windows
Head out into the woods and find the dreaded Underlair in this traditional turn-based roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44.6% ★, RPG 14.9%, Roguelike 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 5.5%, Top-Down 4.3%
- #2 Amulet of Iovar
96% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Taifuuni
Windows
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 45.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Roguelike 13.3%, RPG 11.3%, Procedural Generation 5.9%
- #3 DA_RL
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Duncan ArmstrongPub: Bean Skeleton Games
Windows
DA_RL is a turn-based traditional roguelike with procedurally generated dungeons, five distinct classes, a deep item system, and dozens of enemy types. Every run is different.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 17.3%, RPG 15.1%, Roguelike 12.9%, Procedural Generation 4.4%
- #4 Ogre Dungeon
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Durance Gaming
Windows
Retro 2D Rogue-like for PC designed to be simple, classic, and straight-forward for pick-up-and-play.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34% ★, RPG 16.5%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Roguelike 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 4.8%
- #5 GnollHack
94% matchPositive84% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Hyvän mielen pelit ry
Windows
The modern way to play NetHack
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Roguelike 13.4%, RPG 13.2%, Procedural Generation 3.9%
- #6 Into The Depths
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wild Interloper
Windows
A classic grid & turn-based roguelike, procedurally generated dungeon crawler, aimed at re-creating the games of yesteryear.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.7% ★, RPG 20.4%, Roguelike 15.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.6%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #7 Kramora's Shadow
93% matchVery Positive82% of 62 reviews2017
Dev: Slashware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 29%
A turn-based traditional roguelike featuring 10 character classes with unique gameplay styles. Explore five ancient realms to find ancient magical artifacts you will need to survive tactical battles against their evil inhabitants. Can you save the world from the wrath of Kramora?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.8% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, RPG 7.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.7%
- #8 Zorbus
92% matchVery Positive91% of 361 reviews2022
Dev: Zorbus
Windows
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.7%, Roguelike 13.3%, RPG 9.5%, Procedural Generation 5.6%
- #9 Descent from Arkov's Tower
91% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Saturn91Pub: DreamStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Highly moddable roguelike. Descend from Arkov's Tower - or die trying!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 40.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.8%, Roguelike 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #10 Mines of Moria (An Adventurer's Touch)
91% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Rufe.org LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A remake of the turn-based Roguelike "Mines of Moria" (late 1980s). Six D&D style classes progress into the randomly generated Dwarvish mines seeking the trophy of defeating a Balrog.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 18%, Roguelike 13.3%, RPG 6.7%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #11 Legion's Crawl
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: Turnspender
Windows
Descend the dungeon and slay the evil! Legion's Crawl is a combination of classic roguelike principle and modern 3D environment with intuitive GUI. Choose your hero and difficulty, challenge the randomly generated dungeons!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.9% ★, Roguelike 16.5%, RPG 16%, Dungeon Crawler 11%, Procedural Generation 4.6%
- #12 Deadzoned: A Credits Bounty
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Deadzoned is a sci-fi turn-based Roguelike. Blast your way through the lawless sectors battling dangerous creatures, outlaws, and the environment itself. But you'll need your wits to make best use of the variety of resources you stumble upon to survive and claim the head of your bounty!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41.1% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.8%, Roguelike 13.9%, RPG 10.6%, Procedural Generation 6.4%
- #13 Dungeons of Dredmor
89% matchVery Positive94% of 5,389 reviews2011
Dev: Gaslamp Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 56.5% ★, Roguelike 19.3%, Dungeon Crawler 12%, RPG 7.9%, Fantasy 1.4%
- #14 Rogue Fable III
88% matchVery Positive93% of 729 reviews2021
Dev: Pixel Forge Games
Windows · Mac
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 66.7% ★, Roguelike 11.8%, Dungeon Crawler 6.4%, RPG 5.8%, Procedural Generation 2.2%
- #15 Rift Wizard 3
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dylan White
Windows
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 47.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 18.3%, Roguelike 12.8%, RPG 12.7%, Procedural Generation 4.1%
- #16 Vulture for NetHack
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 196 reviews2015
Dev: DarkArts Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 52.2% ★, Roguelike 16.3%, RPG 14.3%, Dungeon Crawler 7.9%, Procedural Generation 6.4%
- #17 Necrowarp
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Barely Soldered
Windows
Serve your patron deity of death by summoning horrifying abominations to clash with the forces of good as you descend into the deepest pits of the old world. Will you sever the thread of fate and emerge from the chaos as a supreme ascendant in this traditional turn-based roguelike?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, RPG 9.5%, Roguelike 9.1%, Medieval 6.3%
- #18 Path of Achra
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,085 reviews2024
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 32.7% ★, Roguelike 18.6%, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, RPG 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%
- #19 NetHack: Legacy
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: FrozenCrate, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 67.3% ★, Roguelike 13.3%, Dungeon Crawler 7.7%, RPG 6.6%, Procedural Generation 3.2%
- #20 MidBoss
84% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2017
Dev: Kitsune Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 63.2% ★, Roguelike 14.7%, Dungeon Crawler 7.7%, RPG 5.6%, Procedural Generation 2.9%
- #21 Sword of Fargoal
84% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: Epyx, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
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 41.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 17.5%, Roguelike 12%, RPG 10.1%, Procedural Generation 4.4%
- #22 Eye of Khaos
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seven Eons
Windows · Linux
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 44.5% ★, Roguelike 13.1%, Dungeon Crawler 12.1%, RPG 11.4%, Procedural Generation 6.1%
- #23 Dungeon Croaker
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greedable
Windows
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 40.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Roguelike 12.4%, RPG 9.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.5%
- #24 Rogue
81% matchVery Positive94% of 489 reviews2020
Dev: Epyx, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%
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 45.3% ★, Roguelike 15%, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, RPG 7.7%, Procedural Generation 6.1%
- #25 Cardinal Quest 2
81% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2015
Dev: Randomnine Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Hack, slash and rush the forces of darkness. Assault castles and mountain lairs to liberate all in this super-sleek modernization of the classic roguelike formula! Will you play a crafting Alchemist, a sneaky backstabbing Thief... or something else?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.6% ★, RPG 29.1%, Roguelike 27.9%, Indie 3.4%
- #26 Once upon a Dungeon - Infinity
79% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Koto Games
Windows
Travel through dark dungeons, defeat dangerous creatures, and collect unique loot as you play endlessly in this hardcore, traditional roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.1% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.6%, Roguelike 13.8%, RPG 11%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%
- #27 The Green Earth
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Caleb M
Windows
Survive the madness of an ancient jungle in this open-world, traditional roguelike. Do whatever it takes to escape alive.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.7% ★, RPG 21.5%, Roguelike 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, 2D 3.7%
- #28 Beast Dungeon
80% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
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 40.3% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Roguelike 13.4%, RPG 7.6%, Procedural Generation 5.6%
- #29 I Am Overburdened
79% matchVery Positive88% of 155 reviews2017
Dev: Magic Item Tech
Windows
I Am Overburdened is a silly turn-based roguelike full of crazy artifacts and a "hero" who has 20 inventory slots.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.8%, Roguelike 14.8%, RPG 10.4%, Top-Down 5.6%
- #30 My Cousin the Rogue
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vaporwario
Windows
A simple traditional roguelike with ASCII art where you save the monsters instead of hurting them.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Roguelike 14.8%, RPG 8.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.7%
- #31 Hellway
77% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2022
Dev: Jakub DomaszewiczPub: Schizo Cat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hellway combines the advantages of retro stylistic roguelike games and is maintained in a dark-fun atmosphere. Inherits such titles as Bomberman™ (stealth elements) or Diablo™ (hack'n'slash, character development)
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Roguelike 13.4%, RPG 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 6.8%
- #32 Hack, Slash, Loot
78% matchMixed52% of 752 reviews2012
Dev: David Williamson
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 69.8% ★, Roguelike 17.5%, RPG 6.6%, Dungeon Crawler 2.6%, Pixel Graphics 1.7%
- #33 Rogue Remastered
75% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Forehead Wall Software LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 42.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 18.9%, Roguelike 15.8%, RPG 14.2%, 2D 3.4%
- #34 Primo's Dungeon
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ztkent
Windows · Mac · Linux
Primo's Dungeon is a 2D adventure dungeon crawler that combines classic roguelike elements with real-time combat. When monsters attack your farm, you must venture into an ever-changing dungeon to defeat them.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 20%, Roguelike 10.1%, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #35 Touhou Crawl
73% matchVery Positive96% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: joy1999
Windows
"Touhou Crawl" is a Touhou derivative roguelike game. Conquer the dungeon-ified Gensokyo using items, faith, and tactics!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.4% ★, Dungeon Crawler 17.8%, Roguelike 13.8%, RPG 12.7%, Procedural Generation 5.9%
- #36 Rogue's Tale
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 751 reviews2014
Dev: Epixx.org
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Rogue's Tale is a single player turn-based dungeon crawling game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 66% ★, Roguelike 23.8%, RPG 9%, Indie 0.9%, Adventure 0.3%
- #37 Nascentiar
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: JustusPan
Windows
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 50.2% ★, RPG 15.4%, Roguelike 14.5%, Procedural Generation 4.6%, Medieval 4.1%
- #38 Possession
74% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: Weirdfellows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Possession is a traditional turn-based roguelike where you play as a ghost trying to make your way to the surface. You are incredibly frail, but have one advantage: you can possess the bodies of the monsters you encounter, and use their strength and abilities as your own.
Why similar: Roguelike 39.5%, Traditional Roguelike 21.4% ★, RPG 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Procedural Generation 3.9%
- #39 XLarn
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: Swinfjord-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This is a heavily extended version of one of the most famous roguelike games of the 80’s named LARN. Your choice is to find a magic elixier for your daughters recovery. Therefore you have to explore a lot of unknown caves, filled with monsters, demons and traps. Good luck! You may need it!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 72.8% ★, Roguelike 16.7%, RPG 4.2%, Dungeon Crawler 4%, Procedural Generation 1.8%
- #40 Dungeonmans
73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,211 reviews2014
Dev: Adventurepro Games LLC
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 64.9% ★, Roguelike 22.5%, RPG 7.1%, Dungeon Crawler 4.2%, Indie 0.6%
- #41 Roguefort
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Timothy Graham
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roguefort is a traditional turn-based roguelike set in a vast open fantasy world. Build, survive, farm, fight, craft, sail, raise livestock, go fishing, become a vampire, and master the art of cheesemaking - both culinary and magical - as you carve out your place in a living world.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.2%, Roguelike 14.9%, RPG 12.8%, Top-Down 2.9%
- #42 Darkvale
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Soundsteppe
Windows
Darkvale is a dark fantasy extraction RPG where you send lone adventurers into deadly expeditions. Build and upgrade your hamlet, manage risk and resources, defeat bosses, and survive journeys.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.1% ★, Dungeon Crawler 18.8%, Roguelike 17.8%, RPG 17.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.3%
- #43 Echoes
71% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: huyuinu
Windows
サクッと遊べるダンジョン探索型2Dドット絵ローグライクゲーム
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.7% ★, RPG 24.3%, Roguelike 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, 2D 3.5%
- #44 Eternals' Path
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SleeplessParadise
Windows
Eternals’ Path is a roguelike turn-based tactical RPG. It’s about choices and regrets, those that will haunt you beyond your grave Embody an anti-hero in the afterlife No merciful rest for you. Instead, explore a spiritual maze, face those you knew, and who may hold you accountable for their fate.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 17.2%, Roguelike 13.1%, RPG 10.5%, Procedural Generation 6%
- #45 Hieroglyphika
73% matchMixed65% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: M. HankaPub: Liu Lidan
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Open the gate to the egyptian underworld! Hieroglyphika is a roguelike game completely without text but with pictograms.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 58.7% ★, Roguelike 14.7%, Dungeon Crawler 5.7%, RPG 5.5%, Dark Fantasy 4.7%
- #46 混沌小队(CHAOS SQUAD)
71% matchMostly Negative23% of 30 reviews2022
Dev: 螺母游戏
Windows
Chaos Squad is a turn-based tactics game with Cthulhu, rouge-lite and survival elements. Build your squad with 10 unique heroes. Embark on 12 levels in a snowy mountain, grassland and more. Defeat monsters, collect treasures and eventually unveil the truth behind the disaster of ruptured continent.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 20.4%, RPG 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.6%, Dark Fantasy 5.2%
- #47 Oxidus Tales
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Mario Aviles
Windows
Embrace a new adventure in this post apocalyptic world. Investigate, defeat bosses and clear the different dungeons in this turn based roguelike with 3 different battle systems.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.5% ★, RPG 23.9%, Roguelike 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%, 2D 3.2%
- #48 六道图录
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 阴阳猫工作室
Windows
《六道图录》是一款仙侠背景的门派经营策略类游戏。玩家将会扮演一个门派的掌控者,建设门派,培养弟子,带领门派生存、发展、壮大,在广大的世界中探索、历练,与其他门派争夺资源、秘境、山门,合纵连横,争霸天下,谱写一段壮丽的史诗。六道轮回,绘染图录。
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 52% ★, Dungeon Crawler 18.5%, RPG 13.6%, Roguelike 12.7%, 2D 2.2%
- #49 EchoesⅡ
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: huyuinu
Windows
サクッと遊べるダンジョン探索型2Dドット絵ローグライクゲーム第2弾
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.7% ★, Roguelike 19.3%, RPG 17.4%, Procedural Generation 4.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
- #50 Shattered Pixel Dungeon
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,993 reviews2022
Dev: Shattered Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 39.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Roguelike 13.2%, RPG 9.7%, Procedural Generation 5.3%
- #51 Castle of the Winds
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SaadaSoftPub: Nimble
Windows
Castle of the Winds is a classic early Windows roguelike. Set in a world inspired by Norse mythology, players explore procedurally generated dungeons beneath a quiet village, battling monsters, discovering magical items, and unraveling the mystery of an ancient evil.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49.9% ★, RPG 25.4%, Roguelike 19.1%, 2D 3.9%, Indie 0.9%
- #52 Liege of the Labyrinth
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: CV33 Games, LLC
Windows
Can you guide your party through all 20 floors of The Labyrinth and defeat its Liege in this turn-based roguelike RPG? As their Guardian, the party will be counting on your to plan ahead and work around unexpected encounters.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 54.5% ★, RPG 14.8%, Roguelike 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8%, Top-Down 4.4%
- #53 Rogue Titan
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happyland Games
Windows
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 40.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Roguelike 12.9%, RPG 9.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.5%
- #54 Curse of the Abyss
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sprouting Potato
Windows · Mac · Linux
Curse of the Abyss is a Traditional Roguelike with a twist. Manage your resources and explore the abyss and slay the various Guardians of the Abyss and remove the curses.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 62.8% ★, Roguelike 13.2%, Dungeon Crawler 8%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.7%, Top-Down 3.4%
- #55 EmbeRogue
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AzStrocytePub: HibouCorp
Windows
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 40.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, Roguelike 10.9%, RPG 6.9%, Dark Fantasy 6.5%
- #56 Wave Dungeon
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: OyFyBy
Windows
Wave Danjon is a roguelike RPG in which the player is forced to navigate a map that switches at regular intervals. Conquer dungeons that become more powerful and evil with each wave!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, Roguelike 13.7%, RPG 12.9%, Top-Down 5.3%
- #57 Tunnels Under Yorion
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Hare Devs
Windows
Tunnels under Yorion is a classic roguelike that rewards exploration and player skill during short runs (sometimes just 20 minutes). Fight monsters using turn-based hack-and-slash combat, explore procedurally-generated dungeons, and manage your inventory of weapons and magic items.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.6%, Roguelike 12.5%, RPG 9.1%, Dark Fantasy 6%
- #58 Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 919 reviews2020
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Classic Roguelike Wanders Onto Steam! Adventure with Shiren the Wanderer and his sidekick Koppa, the talking ferret, through a world filled with cunning monsters, deadly traps and countless treasure.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.1% ★, Roguelike 19.9%, Dungeon Crawler 19.9%, RPG 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #59 Ad Iterum
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gabriel MaldonadoPub: Krapao
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 30.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 18.8%, Roguelike 17.3%, RPG 15%, Procedural Generation 5.8%
- #60 Jupiter Hell Classic
63% matchVery Positive97% of 208 reviews2025
Dev: ChaosForgePub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Jupiter Hell Classic is the demake of a remake of a roguelike unmake of a famous 1993 FPS shooter. Rip and Tear!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44% ★, Roguelike 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Procedural Generation 7.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%