- #1 Buckshot Roulette
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 115,773 reviews2024
Dev: Mike KlubnikaPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Why similar: Gambling 40.6% ★, Psychological 9.8%, Dark 9%, Horror 7.2%, First-Person 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the exact same core DNA of high-stakes, first-person gambling mixed with intense psychological horror.
- #2 Balatro
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 187,446 reviews2024
Dev: LocalThunkPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.6 hrsMean: 46.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Why similar: Roguelike 43.2%, Roguelite 31.5%, Strategy 16%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive poker-themed roguelike that perfectly captures the addictive nature of gambling mechanics.
- #3 Luck be a Landlord
96% matchVery Positive93% of 11,345 reviews2023
Dev: TrampolineTales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
Why similar: Roguelite 30.2%, Roguelike 21%, Resource Management 18.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It centers on the core loop of using slot machine mechanics to survive, mirroring the debt-simulator feel of the seed game.
- #4 Inscryption
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,157 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Psychological 17.6%, Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 15.1%, Horror 12.7%, Dark 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a dark, atmospheric card-battler experience that leans heavily into psychological horror and meta-narratives.
- #5 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
94% matchVery Positive81% of 3,291 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Moss CollectorsPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.
Why similar: Gambling 41.7% ★, Roguelike 23.7%, Roguelite 20.7%, Strategy 11.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that turns blackjack into a high-stakes roguelike deckbuilder.
- #6 FLATHEAD
94% matchVery Positive94% of 398 reviews2024
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.
Why similar: Surreal 16.9%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Roguelite 13.1%, Psychological 12.8%, Roguelike 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological horror game that emphasizes strategy and dark, unsettling atmosphere.
- #7 Peglin
93% matchVery Positive84% of 17,157 reviews2024
Dev: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG!
Why similar: Roguelite 36.5%, Roguelike 34.1%, Strategy 14.3%, Retro 10.1%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines pachinko-style gambling mechanics with roguelike progression for a unique, luck-driven strategy experience.
- #8 Dungeon Clawler
91% matchVery Positive90% of 3,403 reviews2024
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon!
Why similar: Gambling 43.7% ★, Roguelite 19.9%, Roguelike 15.2%, Retro 9.7%, Strategy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique claw-machine mechanic that brings a gambling-like tactile feel to a roguelite dungeon crawler.
- #9 Dicey Dungeons
92% matchVery Positive89% of 11,511 reviews2019
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!
Why similar: Roguelite 43.4%, Roguelike 32.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes luck-based combat and dice mechanics within a roguelike structure, echoing the gambling-strategy hybrid gameplay.
- #10 Mewgenics
90% matchVery Positive92% of 42,141 reviews2026
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.
Why similar: Dark Humor 41.4%, Roguelite 31.3%, Surreal 16.3%, Horror 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It blends dark humor and roguelite strategy with a deeply weird, unsettling aesthetic.
- #11 Slots & Daggers
89% matchVery Positive95% of 6,476 reviews2025
Dev: FriedemannPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A retro mini-roguelike inside a slot machine. Steady your blade - and spin!
Why similar: Gambling 43% ★, Roguelike 18.3%, Roguelite 14.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Retro 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct gambling-themed roguelike that focuses on strategic slot machine manipulation.
- #12 KLETKA
89% matchVery Positive91% of 6,472 reviews2026
Dev: Callback
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.
Why similar: Roguelike 21.2%, Roguelite 19.3%, Horror 18.2%, First-Person 14%, Dark 13%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror game that focuses on tension and high-stakes survival in a claustrophobic environment.
- #13 Hand of Fate 2
91% matchVery Positive84% of 5,759 reviews2017
Dev: Defiant Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.4 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: Roguelite 49.9%, Roguelike 22.3%, Action 9.7%, Indie 7.1%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a dark, mysterious dealer and card-based mechanics that blend gambling with roguelike adventure.
- #14 Blackjack Descent
87% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
You're locked in a room where your only chance of survival is to play blackjack against a sinister dealer. Every hand isn't just a gamble, it's a deal with fate. Fail to repay your debt on time, and you'll fall into darkness... or something far worse.
Why similar: Roguelike 16.7%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines psychological horror with the specific mechanics of blackjack in a roguelike format.
- #15 SIDE EFFECTS
86% matchVery Positive86% of 843 reviews2025
Dev: hirohunPub: Free Lives
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A twisted trial of pill roulette for up to 4 players (solo or online). Pick your poison. Use experimental items to shift the odds. And remember: only one of you can survive.
Why similar: Gambling 42.5% ★, Psychological 8.9%, Dark 8.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Horror 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D strategy game that leans into dark, gambling-inspired horror themes.
- #16 Darkest Dungeon®
88% matchVery Positive92% of 158,223 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: Roguelike 42.8%, Roguelite 16.3%, Dark 15.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Horror 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the high-stakes, psychological pressure and resource management inherent in dark, roguelike strategy games.
- #17 Scritchy Scratchy
85% matchVery Positive94% of 4,396 reviews2026
Dev: Lunch Money GamesPub: Funday Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?
Why similar: Gambling 55% ★, Roguelite 13.5%, Resource Management 13.3%, Roguelike 7.1%, Retro 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the gambling and resource management loop through an arcade-style interface.
- #18 BALL x PIT
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,880 reviews2025
Dev: Kenny Sun and FriendsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Why similar: Roguelite 49%, Roguelike 39.8%, Action 8.3%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style roguelite that emphasizes fast-paced, luck-based action.
- #19 Cultist Simulator
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,737 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.4 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: Roguelite 21.9%, Roguelike 21.4%, Resource Management 19.8%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological card-based strategy game that relies on discovery and high-risk decision making.
- #20 Unfair Flips
82% matchVery Positive90% of 2,131 reviews2025
Dev: HEATHER FLOWERS
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A non-idle clicker game about flipping a coin that hates you. Starting with just a 20% chance of getting heads, can you get ten heads in a row?
Why similar: Gambling 64.2% ★, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Retro 5.9%, Indie 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation that captures the repetitive, addictive nature of gambling games.
- #21 KEEP GAMBLING
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 705 reviews2025
Dev: WIRED FEELINGS
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
KEEP GAMBLING is a hostile friendslop gamble-em-up featuring LOTTO TICKET, CASE OPENING, SLOTS, and SUBSTANCE ABUSE simulations. Work with or against your friends to repay your debt.
Why similar: Gambling 83.1% ★, Simulation 9.5%, 3D 3%, Action 3%, Indie 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses entirely on the high-stakes, multiplayer gambling experience.
- #22 Megabonk
81% matchVery Positive95% of 99,563 reviews2025
Dev: vedinad
Windows · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
Why similar: Roguelike 35.5%, Roguelite 35%, Retro 9.2%, 3D 7.5%, Indie 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that provides a similar fast-paced, chaotic strategy experience.
- #23 Treasure Tiger
82% matchVery Positive98% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
You’ve got five nights to strike it rich and save your future. All you have to do is spin, survive, and keep the windows shut. Treasure Tiger is out there — grinning, watching, waiting. He says it’s all about luck… but he’s not here to play fair.
Why similar: Gambling 54.9% ★, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Simulation 9.6%, Horror 9.2%, First-Person 8%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person action game that incorporates gambling elements into its core loop.
- #24 Roundguard
84% matchVery Positive82% of 569 reviews2020
Dev: Wonderbelly Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Roundguard is a bouncy dungeon crawler with pinball physics, lots of loot, and a randomized castle full of oddballs. Press your luck against hordes of dangerously cute monsters and challenging roguelike elements in this all-round bouncy adventure!
Why similar: Roguelite 47.8%, Roguelike 46.2%, Singleplayer 6%
Why You'll Like It: This pinball-inspired roguelike captures the chaotic, luck-based fun of gambling machines in a fantasy setting.
- #25 Berry Bury Berry
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,029 reviews2026
Dev: Get(Color) Games
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A juicy first-person incremental game about growing berries and tossing them down an ominous hole. Earn money and upgrades. Make new friends with sentient berry pals. Grow and control the hole as you unearth why nobody leaves this accursed garden. Bury it all, Berry everything.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.8%, Surreal 25.9%, First-Person 19.9%, 3D 12.8%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses physics and clicker mechanics to create an unsettling experience.
- #26 Void Bastards
81% matchVery Positive86% of 5,386 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Manchu
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
Why similar: Roguelike 31.6%, Roguelite 25.8%, First-Person 16.2%, Strategy 13.5%, Action 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person roguelite gameplay with dark humor and a distinct, stylish visual presentation.
- #27 Tainted Grail: Conquest
80% matchVery Positive90% of 8,124 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 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: Roguelike 50.8%, Roguelite 34.4%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%, Action 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes survival against overwhelming odds.
- #28 Nubby's Number Factory
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 17,810 reviews2025
Dev: MogDogBlog Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Why similar: Roguelike 22.9%, Surreal 20.6%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Gambling 14.4% ★, Strategy 10.5%
- #29 Stacklands
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,013 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: Roguelite 56.8%, Strategy 22.5%, Simulation 10.9%, Singleplayer 5%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based strategy game where managing resources and luck is key to survival.
- #30 Horripilant
77% matchVery Positive93% of 1,655 reviews2026
Dev: Alexandre Declos Pub: Black Lantern Collective
Windows · Linux
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
KILL YOUR GOD. BECOME WORTHY. Horripilant is a chilling idle incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld.
Why similar: Resource Management 32.4%, Psychological Horror 31.1%, Horror 25.3%, Simulation 11.2%
- #31 The Hex
79% matchVery Positive94% of 5,416 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.3%, Dark 20.5%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Indie 12.3%, Horror 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal meta-horror game that shifts genres, much like the unpredictable nature of the seed game.
- #32 Gordian Quest
78% matchVery Positive89% of 5,923 reviews2022
Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Why similar: Roguelike 51.7%, Strategy 28.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep deckbuilding strategy with a dark, gritty aesthetic that rewards careful planning.
- #33 Deadly Dice: Menherarium
75% matchVery Positive93% of 512 reviews2026
Dev: テスカトリポカPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
"Let's play together… forever, okay?" Menherarium is a deck-building roguelite where you survive 7 days of blood-staked Chinchiro against a clingy menhera girl. Trapped and forced to gamble your blood daily in twisted dice games, use cheat items and overcome her changing rules to survive.
Why similar: Gambling 40.9% ★, Psychological 14%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Roguelite 11.4%
- #34 White Knuckle
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,664 reviews2025
Dev: Dark Machine GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
White Knuckle is a first-person roguelite speed-climbing game. Ascend through the guts of SUB-STRUCTURE 17 using precision movement mechanics. Sharp reflexes and resource management will bring you out from under ten thousand meters of concrete and decay.
Why similar: Roguelike 30.8%, Horror 22.2%, Dark 19.9%, First-Person 18.1%, Adventure 4.8%
- #35 Orange Roulette
76% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Mikey HouserPub: Loserville Express
Windows
Trapped in a prison hell, a desperate orange will play a deadly game in the hopes of getting shipped to safer markets. Can he survive what his captors have freshly squeezed for him?
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.8%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #36 A Game About Digging A Hole™
74% matchVery Positive90% of 19,048 reviews2025
Dev: DoubleBeePub: rokaplay select
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!
Why similar: Horror 32.1%, First-Person 23.8%, Simulation 16.1%, 3D 14.5%, Adventure 7.7%
- #37 No, I'm not a Human
73% matchVery Positive93% of 26,830 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.4%, Psychological 19.1%, Horror 14.8%, Dark 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
- #38 Gamblers Table
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,010 reviews2026
Dev: greenpixels
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...
Why similar: Gambling 70.7% ★, Resource Management 12.7%, Strategy 5.8%, Simulation 5%, Dark 4.3%
- #39 Ballionaire
73% matchVery Positive86% of 2,480 reviews2024
Dev: newobjectPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
BALLIONAIRE is a fast-paced, kinetic roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth! Find and exploit game-breaking synergies as you theorycraft your way to victory. Welcome to the autobonker genre!
Why similar: Roguelite 35.1%, Roguelike 34.5%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 9.4%, Singleplayer 5%
- #40 TCG Card Shop Simulator
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 46,691 reviews2024
Dev: OPNeon Games
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.
Why similar: Simulation 50.6%, First-Person 22.4%, 3D 14.6%, Singleplayer 10.2%, Indie 2.2%
- #41 Buckshot With Friends
76% matchMixed49% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: yythgim
Windows
Tabletop horror game where you take turns firing a shotgun. The game can be played with friends or a dealer, creating an intense, suspense-filled atmosphere. Russian Roulette reimagined.
Why similar: Gambling 33.3% ★, Psychological 10.9%, Dark 7.5%, Psychological Horror 6.9%, Roguelike 6.6%
- #42 Endless Dark
72% matchVery Positive99% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Little Light Studios, LLC
Windows · Linux
An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.
Why similar: Dark Humor 28.7%, Roguelite 21.2%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Roguelike 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #43 Rogue Slots
73% matchMixed64% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: WubsGames
Windows
A deckbuilding roguelike, with a slot machine as your Dungeon Master. Spin to strike in a roguelike where every action comes from your custom slot machine. Load the reels with weapons, coins, and cursed relics, then let fate take the reel. Collect Knobs and trade them with your friends.
Why similar: Gambling 71% ★, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #44 The Deadseat
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 593 reviews2025
Dev: Curious Fox Sox
Windows
A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.
Why similar: Roguelike 15.2%, Dark 14.2%, Resource Management 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.4%
- #45 A Difficult Game About Climbing
71% matchVery Positive88% of 5,396 reviews2024
Dev: Pontypants
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
This is a difficult game about climbing.
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.2%, Psychological Horror 26.3%, Surreal 18.6%, Horror 13.9%, Adventure 4.7%
- #46 Mortal Sin
69% matchVery Positive95% of 5,715 reviews2025
Dev: Nikola Todorovic
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Mortal Sin is a chaotic, blood-soaked roguelike where skill is power, and overconfidence is death. Carve through procedurally generated nightmares with brutal melee and flashy, satisfying combos.
Why similar: Roguelite 28%, Roguelike 23.6%, First-Person 22.4%, Horror 13.7%, Indie 4.8%
- #47 Hunter Roulette
71% matchVery Positive85% of 497 reviews2025
Dev: PILI STARSHIP PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the underground survivor's showdown! All you need is a locked-and-loaded gun and the guts to stare death in the face to have the time of your life. Ready or not, this isn’t just any gamble—it’s your one shot at survival and rebirth. The hunt starts now!Good luck!
Why similar: Gambling 42.2% ★, Strategy 13.8%, Psychological 10.2%, Horror 9.7%, First-Person 8.6%
- #48 ROGUE LIGHT DECK BUILDER
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 835 reviews2025
Dev: Gil Lawson
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Your house needs a deck. You have a hammer. Freedom is $1,000,000.
Why similar: Roguelite 28.9%, Roguelike 21.9%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Surreal 14.7%, First-Person 9%
- #49 Easy Delivery Co.
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,373 reviews2025
Dev: Sam CPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Easy Delivery Co. is a relaxing driving game with strange secrets. Chill out, make deliveries and get to know the mysterious residents of this scenic mountain town, all while earning well below minimum wage.
Why similar: Simulation 43%, 3D 36.1%, Singleplayer 20.9%
- #50 This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker
69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,559 reviews2025
Dev: MashPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A unique incremental idle clicker where you flip cards to earn money, grow your hand, buy new decks, unlock powerful upgrades, discover new cards, and more. Can you defeat the Jester and escape the carnival?
Why similar: Gambling 79.1% ★, Resource Management 12.6%, Strategy 3.4%, 3D 2.5%, Indie 1.2%
- #51 Dice A Million
69% matchVery Positive90% of 738 reviews2026
Dev: countlessnightsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Have you ever tried to roll 1,000,000 on a set of dice? No? Build the right bag of die, and you might just pull it off.
Why similar: Roguelike 42.8%, Roguelite 35.3%, Strategy 16.7%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #52 Plinbo: Roguelike Plinko
70% matchMixed68% of 332 reviews2026
Dev: Raphus & Co.Pub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
UPGRADE YOUR BALLS! Roguelike meets Plinko! Every choice is a strategy; every run is a unique challenge. Build your deck to tame the balls to your will. Take your chance, craft your fate, and cash in!
Why similar: Gambling 61.3% ★, Roguelike 16.9%, Strategy 8.5%, Retro 6.3%, Simulation 5.5%
- #53 Cash Cleaner Simulator
68% matchVery Positive92% of 7,200 reviews2025
Dev: Mind Control GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...
Why similar: Dark Humor 30.2%, Resource Management 22.5%, Multiple Endings 20.3%, First-Person 13.6%, Simulation 10.1%
- #54 Winnie's Hole
67% matchVery Positive95% of 315 reviews2026
Dev: Twice Different
Windows
Join Winnie on a new adventure, from within! Play as a virus in his body and mind. Capture cells to mutate and build a deck of actions to unleash in combo-driven combat. A genre-blending roguelite with a dark yet charming story. Embrace discomfort - Sometimes we can't help being seen as a monster...
Why similar: Dark Humor 26.3%, Roguelite 20.4%, Roguelike 16.3%, Dark 11.6%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #55 44 Minutes in Nightmare
71% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: loloop
Windows
All randomly generated roguelike stealth horror FPS! Different dungeons every time you play, items that constantly change their placement, several Enemies with different characteristics and rare appearance special Enemies. Your boldness, discretion and luck will determine your escape.
Why similar: Roguelike 20.4%, Horror 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, First-Person 10.4%
- #56 Bonesaw
67% matchVery Positive90% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: Blood Pact Studios
Windows
Gamble your fingers against the devil and his bloodthirsty saw in this turn-based strategy game. Outsmart your opponent with special abilities, or test your luck as you defy the odds to escape eternal damnation!
Why similar: Gambling 43% ★, Psychological 14.2%, Dark 9.9%, Horror 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.2%
- #57 Time for Bed
67% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: NERDY PENGUIN
Windows
It’s all over if mom catches you playing video games past bedtime. Pretend to sleep through this nightmare, avoid mother’s surveillance, and complete the game at hand.【Genre: First-person horror stealth game】
Why similar: Horror 17.3%, Psychological 12.5%, First-Person 12.2%, Retro 10.5%, Psychological Horror 8.5%
- #58 Unemployment Simulator 2018
67% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
Windows
Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.
Why similar: Dark Humor 27.8%, Surreal 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Roguelite 10.8%, Horror 7.9%
- #59 XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX
68% matchVery Positive94% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Nocturne Studio
Windows
A paranoid cybercriminal tries to regain control over an underground marketplace stolen by his former coworkers. You must utilize your hacking and intelligence gathering skills to get rid of hitmen sent by your enemies in a race with worsening mental state and terrifying hallucinations.
Why similar: Psychological 23.1%, Roguelike 14.5%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 12.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #60 The Salesman
66% matchVery Positive83% of 699 reviews2025
Dev: Backstab IndustriesPub: Bad Ideas Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game
Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 17%, Retro 10.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Dark Humor 9.4%