- #1 Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night (Classic)
97% matchMixed62% of 105 reviews2015
Dev: Auroch Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Based on the 1987 Games Workshop classic, a battle vs zombies cultists & time! Fight against hordes of Aztec Zombies, and the clock, to save reality from Darkness. Lords of the Night introduces an upgraded combat system, new weapons, powers, equipment and unique mini bosses.
Why similar: Board Game 17.1%, Card Game 14.4%, Zombies 14%, Comic Book 8.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the direct sequel to the seed game, offering the same intense, time-pressured board game experience with new content.
- #2 Warhammer Quest (Classic)
96% matchMixed69% of 1,186 reviews2015
Dev: Rodeo GamesPub: Chilled Mouse
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Based on the classic tabletop game, Warhammer Quest is an addictive mix of role-playing and strategy.
Why similar: Board Game 34.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, RPG 11.4%, Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A faithful digital adaptation of the classic Games Workshop board game that shares the same tactical, turn-based DNA.
- #3 Mordheim: City of the Damned
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 8,415 reviews2015
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32%, Board Game 23.4%, Strategy 18.4%, RPG 17.1%, Difficult 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal, turn-based tactical game set in the Warhammer universe that emphasizes high-stakes combat and permanent consequences.
- #4 Darkest Dungeon®
94% matchVery Positive92% of 161,184 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.0 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: Dungeon Crawler 36.7%, Difficult 27.4%, RPG 13.7%, Strategy 8%, Horror 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the oppressive horror atmosphere and unforgiving, turn-based survival mechanics found in the seed game.
- #5 Space Hulk: Ascension (Classic)
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 943 reviews2015
Dev: Full Control StudiosPub: SNEG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Space Hulk: Ascension is a 3D, digital, turn based, strategy game, which re-interprets the classic board game experience, and adds new RPG style mechanics, new weapons and missions, new enemy types, 3 playable chapters and loads of other new features to the single player experience.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 39.2%, Board Game 25.9%, Strategy 20.5%, RPG 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: This turn-based strategy game captures the claustrophobic, survival-focused atmosphere of Games Workshop's iconic board game.
- #6 Ring of Pain
94% matchVery Positive91% of 5,077 reviews2020
Dev: Simon BoxerPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
Why similar: Card Game 30.9%, Dungeon Crawler 23.4%, Difficult 19.6%, Horror 8.2%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based roguelike that focuses on survival and horror, requiring strategic decision-making in every encounter.
- #7 Dead Season
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Snail BitePub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Guide a group of unprepared strangers through the apocalypse, in Dead Season, a turn-based tactics adventure, created by the one-man studio Snail Bite. Plan carefully to outlast swarming zombie hordes, but remember: noise attracts danger. Can you escape the outbreak's deadly grip?
Why similar: Zombies 25%, Comic Book 19.8%, Difficult 15.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Board Game 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that focuses on zombie survival and resource management in an unforgiving environment.
- #8 Tainted Grail: Conquest
91% matchVery Positive90% of 8,339 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
Why similar: Card Game 37.4%, Board Game 28.3%, Choices Matter 11%, RPG 9.4%, Survival 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends deck-building strategy with a dark, atmospheric horror world that demands careful resource management.
- #9 Deep Sky Derelicts
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,881 reviews2018
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 21.2%, Comic Book 19.4%, Card Game 18.6%, Strategy 17.8%, RPG 17.3%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based tactical game that combines exploration and survival in a hostile, sci-fi horror setting.
- #10 For The King
91% matchVery Positive88% of 43,687 reviews2018
Dev: IronOak GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
Why similar: Board Game 33.1%, RPG 27.2%, Strategy 26%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tabletop-inspired strategy game that emphasizes survival and turn-based combat in a dangerous, procedurally generated world.
- #11 SKYHILL
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,744 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
Why similar: Survival 33.8%, Zombies 26.4%, Difficult 8.4%, RPG 7.5%, Adventure 7%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that forces you to manage resources while descending a dangerous, monster-filled hotel.
- #12 Hand of Fate 2
89% matchVery Positive84% of 5,811 reviews2017
Dev: Defiant Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Why similar: Card Game 41.3%, Board Game 22.9%, RPG 14.3%, Dungeon Crawler 9.6%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully blends card-based board game mechanics with real-time action and narrative-driven survival challenges.
- #13 Gloomhaven
87% matchVery Positive82% of 16,076 reviews2021
Dev: Flaming Fowl StudiosPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
Why similar: Board Game 24.9%, Difficult 22.7%, Card Game 20.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Strategy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, tactical board game adaptation that requires careful planning and strategy to survive difficult encounters.
- #14 Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics
89% matchMixed67% of 265 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 Tactics 38.2%, Strategy 19.5%, Horror 17.1%, RPG 16.3%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that brings Lovecraftian horror to a grid-based strategy format.
- #15 ZombieCards
86% matchMixed49% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: HotScent
Windows
ZombieCards is a card-based post-apocalyptic game inspired by Russian Roulette. Set in the zombie-infested city of Travis, embark on a crazy adventure where card battles are key to scavenging supplies, building camp, and outwitting other survivors. Survival is your sole purpose!
Why similar: Card Game 19.5%, Board Game 19.3%, Zombies 18%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Survival 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tabletop-style card game that focuses on zombie survival and strategic deck management.
- #16 The Last Hex
85% matchVery Positive80% of 218 reviews2021
Dev: That Indie Studio
Windows
The dead arise and only you can stand against them. Equip and train your character, grow your arsenal of cards, survive harrowing encounters and prepare for the final showdown with The Lost at ...The Last Hex! A RPG Deckbuilder with Roguelite elements.
Why similar: Board Game 25.2%, Card Game 23.7%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Difficult 12.1%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on tactical combat and survival in a dark, fantasy world.
- #17 Into the Breach
84% matchVery Positive94% of 22,197 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 47.7%, Strategy 30.7%, RPG 9.7%, Indie 8.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi themed, it offers the same tight, grid-based tactical puzzle gameplay that makes board game adaptations so satisfying.
- #18 Cultist Simulator
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,076 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Why similar: Board Game 30.6%, Card Game 26.8%, Difficult 17%, Choices Matter 9%, Strategy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based game that focuses on dark themes and survival, requiring you to manage resources under constant pressure.
- #19 Pathfinder Adventures
86% matchMixed64% of 865 reviews2017
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Pathfinder Adventures translates the best-selling Pathfinder Adventure Card Game into an entirely new breed of digital card game, where players adventure collaboratively to battle monsters and villains, and acquire new feats, items, weapons, and allies.
Why similar: Card Game 37%, Board Game 32.1%, RPG 15.5%, Strategy 14.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based strategy game that translates the mechanics of a tabletop RPG into a digital format.
- #20 The Fabulous Fear Machine
82% matchVery Positive90% of 574 reviews2023
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: AMC Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.
Why similar: Difficult 25.5%, Horror 19.2%, Card Game 16.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that uses card-based mechanics to simulate horror-themed outbreaks and urban legends.
- #21 Card Hunter
83% matchVery Positive85% of 5,319 reviews2015
Dev: The Knights of Unity
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.
Why similar: Card Game 29.2%, Board Game 28.9%, Trading Card Game 11.4% ★, Strategy 8.1%, Dungeon Crawler 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of tabletop board game aesthetics and card-based tactical combat.
- #22 Invisible, Inc.
82% matchVery Positive91% of 5,768 reviews2015
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Why similar: Difficult 36.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 33.9%, Strategy 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that emphasizes survival and stealth, where every move carries significant risk.
- #23 Renowned Explorers: International Society
81% matchVery Positive92% of 2,907 reviews2015
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.
Why similar: Strategy 31.1%, RPG 22.7%, Adventure 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Indie 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that uses board-game-style exploration and turn-based encounters to manage risk and reward.
- #24 The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 724 reviews2016
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a tabletop adventure come to life! This fantasy solo RPG combines unique, simultaneous turn-based combat with a journey that changes based on each figurine you take into Firetop Mountain! Which hero will you take into Zagor's lair THIS time?
Why similar: Board Game 43.6%, Dungeon Crawler 23%, RPG 10.8%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Adventure 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive digital board game that brings the classic adventure book style to life with tactical combat.
- #25 月圆之夜 (Night of Full Moon)
79% matchVery Positive81% of 10,980 reviews2019
Dev: Giant Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
"Night of the Full Moon" is a stand-alone roguelike card game. Take adventure into Black Forest. Random event, random plot leads to different endings.
Why similar: Card Game 61.4%, Strategy 20.3%, Adventure 7.4%, Indie 5.9%, RPG 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, fairy-tale-themed card game that focuses on strategic survival and deck building.
- #26 DungeonTop
79% matchVery Positive82% of 575 reviews2020
Dev: One Up Plus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A rogue-like deck-building experience coupled with table top battles. Choose a hero and allegiance then dive deep into the dungeon, evolving your deck for survival. Each choice you make matters, even in between battles!
Why similar: Card Game 45.7%, Dungeon Crawler 28.2%, Strategy 10.8%, RPG 10.3%, 2D 5%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based dungeon crawler that emphasizes tactical positioning and board-game-style progression.
- #27 Death Road to Canada
78% matchVery Positive93% of 10,472 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!
Why similar: Zombies 52.1%, Survival 20.9%, Difficult 13.2%, RPG 7.1%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A zombie survival game that emphasizes difficult choices and resource management in a chaotic, top-down perspective.
- #28 Jupiter Hell Classic
75% matchVery Positive96% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: ChaosForgePub: Hyperstrange
Windows
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: Turn-Based Tactics 33%, Dungeon Crawler 21.8%, Horror 17.9%, Strategy 12%, RPG 8.7%
- #29 Nordic Warriors
78% matchVery Positive83% of 72 reviews2020
Dev: Liron PeerPub: Mashmashu Studio
Windows
Enter the real time tactical nightmare of Nordic Warriors and use your handful of brave souls to stem an endless horde of undead horrors. You'll need to take advantage of the terrain and your Hero abilities to heal and lead your units as you blast, smash or slash your way through the unfolding apocalypse.
Why similar: Difficult 53.8%, Strategy 28.3%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 6%, Indie 5.8%
- #30 Deep Dungeons of Doom
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 762 reviews2014
Dev: Bossa Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
This game is only for the brave. Dungeons await, each one deeper, each one more perilous and each one more challenging than the last.
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Dungeon Crawler 37.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #31 Shards of Order
71% matchVery Positive90% of 507 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: Card Game 33.2%, RPG 14.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Horror 10.8%
- #32 Flesh Eaters
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,351 reviews2016
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead
Why similar: Zombies 48.3%, RPG 15.8%, Indie 15.3%, Survival 11.9%, Adventure 8.7%
- #33 Lost in the Dungeon
77% matchMixed62% of 121 reviews2018
Dev: Eggon Srl
Windows · Mac · Linux
A card-based grinding dungeon crawler that only the bravest adventurers can survive! Will you go full warrior, sneaky thief or powerful mage?
Why similar: Card Game 24.6%, RPG 18.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Difficult 12.4%
- #34 Cards of the Dead
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Boomfire GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Zombies 27.8%, Card Game 23.1%, Survival 15%, Horror 10.1%, Strategy 7.6%
- #35 Chasm: The Rift
73% matchVery Positive82% of 501 reviews2022
Dev: Action FormsPub: SNEG
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Prepare for terror in this ground-breaking classic old-school FPS. Following the destruction of Time you are left to battle in this horrific hellhole of multilevel interconnected missions populated by gruesome grotesque creatures.
Why similar: Horror 49.8%, First-Person 37.6%, Singleplayer 12.5%
- #36 Space Hulk (Classic)
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,088 reviews2013
Dev: Full Control StudiosPub: SNEG
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The legendary Space Hulk returns in this epic turn based strategy game. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, an intriguing story of legendary battles and heroic actions unfolds.
Why similar: Board Game 72.7%, Strategy 22.6%, Indie 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #37 The Foretold: Westmark Legacy
74% matchMixed59% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Nodbrim Interactive
Windows
Fight to investigate another day in this gothic horror adventure card game. Equip items and relics. Acquire cards and use them wisely to survive what lurks in the darkest corners of town. Take a short and mind-bending dive into the unknown with a cosy horror atmosphere.
Why similar: Card Game 34.3%, Board Game 34.2%, Horror 10.5%, Strategy 7.4%, 2D 5.6%
- #38 Card Quest
74% matchVery Positive86% of 378 reviews2017
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.
Why similar: Card Game 28.6%, Difficult 21.1%, Dungeon Crawler 19.8%, Strategy 10.8%, RPG 9.9%
- #39 Roots Devour
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 579 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Card Game 40.8%, Horror 22.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Adventure 7.4%, 2D 6.1%
- #40 Ludus Mortis
71% matchVery Positive89% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: 68k Studios
Windows · Linux
Grid-Based First Person Dungeon Crawler set in a Dark Fantasy version of the Imperial Rome. Create and develop your party, explore catacombs, manage your Gladiatorial School and fight demons and undead to free Rome. Inspired by old-school cRPG from the 80s and 90s.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 35.8%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, RPG 15.3%, Zombies 12.9%, Horror 7.6%
- #41 Card Crawl
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 184 reviews2018
Dev: Arnold Rauers
Windows · Mac
Card Crawl is a solitaire style Dungeon Crawler played with a deck of cards.
Why similar: Trading Card Game 30.8% ★, Card Game 26.9%, Dungeon Crawler 15.8%, Strategy 9.1%, RPG 6.4%
- #42 Dead State: Reanimated
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,561 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
Why similar: Zombies 50%, Survival 24.8%, RPG 10.7%, Strategy 7.6%, Horror 4.4%
- #43 Nightmare Frontier
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 265 reviews2026
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Behold! The first-ever Tactical Extraction Looter where you pit your courage and leadership against fears made manifest: the Dreadweavers. Lead a band of Scavengers into a devastated West Coast City of the alternative 1900s. Get in, face the monsters, grab the loot you can carry and get out. Alive.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 44.7%, Horror 24.4%, Strategy 19.2%, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #44 Talisman: Origins (Classic)
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 248 reviews2019
Dev: Nomad Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
This adaptation of the Talisman board game focuses on solo play as you adventure through many epic quests using the full rule-set of the Revised 4th Edition.
Why similar: Board Game 41.7%, RPG 25.7%, Strategy 23.6%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #45 WORLD OF HORROR
67% matchVery Positive90% of 9,825 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Horror 22.6%, Card Game 22%, Difficult 21.7%, Survival 15.5%, RPG 8.7%
- #46 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
68% matchVery Positive87% of 443 reviews2023
Dev: Refinery Games
Windows
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Zombies 39.5%, Survival 31.3%, Strategy 17.9%, 2D 6.7%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #47 Talisman: Digital Classic Edition
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 10,003 reviews2014
Dev: Nomad Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The complete 4th Edition experience of the classic fantasy adventure board game, Talisman. On your travels, you will need strength, courage and some good dice rolls to survive the dangers you face and beat your opponents to the centre of the board!
Why similar: Board Game 54.6%, Card Game 18.4%, Strategy 11.1%, RPG 9.6%, Indie 3%
- #48 Trench Face
64% matchVery Positive94% of 744 reviews2025
Dev: Pulse Blue
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.
Why similar: Horror 32.6%, RPG 26.7%, Strategy 26.4%, 2D 6.6%, Indie 3.9%
- #49 Nearly Dead
70% matchMixed46% of 301 reviews2021
Dev: Mono Software, Inc.
Windows
Nearly Dead is a 2D open world survival game. It's a game about survivors who try to remain alive in a situation where demons from a different dimension have turned most humans into zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 30.9%, RPG 21.5%, Strategy 21.3%, Survival 13.5%, Indie 8.9%
- #50 Endless Road: Reborn
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 523 reviews2018
Dev: 掌烛文化
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Endless Road: Reborn is a roguelike card game where players use a variety of equipment & skills to defeat vile creatures lurking along a treacherous, endless road. Players will also be faced with choices that will test their decision-making abilities and survival skills.
Why similar: Card Game 43.1%, Survival 15.6%, RPG 12.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Adventure 6.5%
- #51 CD 2: Trap Master
65% matchVery Positive80% of 371 reviews2024
Dev: ACE ENTERTAINMENT
Windows · Mac
Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.
Why similar: Card Game 40%, Dungeon Crawler 29%, Strategy 14%, Indie 6.8%, Adventure 6.6%
- #52 BLOODLETTER
63% matchVery Positive80% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: ALDAMAMI GAMES
Windows
A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.
Why similar: Card Game 37.8%, Hand-drawn 21.7%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Strategy 13.5%, 2D 5%
- #53 Pitty Meaty
65% matchVery Positive82% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Pitty Meaty is a horrifying creepypasta survival horror game where you must survive in a dangerous territory under the constant threat of a menacing, swollen corpse head.
Why similar: Difficult 34.7%, Dungeon Crawler 27.7%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Strategy 8%
- #54 Decks & Daggers
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Osarion
Windows
DECKS & DAGGERS is a Deck-Building RPG Card Game where you venture down into the dungeons to slay monsters and collect treasure.
Why similar: Card Game 27.1%, Dungeon Crawler 17.1%, Board Game 15.9%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Strategy 9.7%
- #55 Corpse Keeper
64% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,414 reviews2024
Dev: Melancholia StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Corpse Keeper is a very challenging action-strategy roguelite. You'll need to lead a squad of three corpses to explore the grim and dark medieval world within limited time, build a powerful army of the living dead, and finally kill the demon lurking in the deep end of the cathedral.
Why similar: Difficult 39.3%, Dungeon Crawler 38%, Strategy 17.7%, Singleplayer 5%
- #56 CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999
69% matchMixed51% of 305 reviews2017
Dev: Madbox Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
CRIMSON METAL - Far from Perfect, brutal and merciless.
Why similar: Zombies 32.2%, Difficult 18.9%, Survival 17.1%, Adventure 11.1%, First-Person 9%