- #1 Blackwood Division
97% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: GlassTower
Windows · Linux
Fight supernatural creatures with your forces in this fast paced Roguelike RTS game!
Why similar: RTS 34.5%, Roguelite 18.7%, Roguelike 15.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #2 Tinycraft
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Zhuojiu Games
Windows
Demons from another world are coming, leading the allied forces of the Six Races to resist them. Choose your hero, build and continuously strengthen your team, and enjoy the collision of traditional RTS and Rogue mechanics in this world of sword and magic!
Why similar: RTS 39.1%, Roguelite 19.3%, Strategy 8.3%, RPG 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #3 Grim Horde
96% matchMixed51% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Red Koi Box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather your minions, conquer the lands and become the Darklord! Grim Horde is a fast arcade game with rogue-lite elements, where you lead your armies through the lands of the mortals, raze villages and claim souls. Die and rise again from your ashes and learn new summoning spells.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 43.9% ★, Roguelite 17.6%, Roguelike 11.9%, Procedural Generation 8.6%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #4 Cursed Legacy
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GrinSmile Studio
Windows
Cursed Legacy is a 2D-pixel action rogue-lite game where you become a fallen hero and get revenge on humanity who betrayed you, and slay as many enemies as possible in one slash by Slash Dashing. The more enemies defeated in one slash, the more the reward.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 46.5% ★, Roguelite 17.6%, Roguelike 10.4%, Top-Down 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #5 Dreadful Defenders
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erelag Studio
Windows
Find Relics with eldritch abilities. Summon dreadful Defenders with unique traits, control the path by placing them, and combine their Benedictions to create otherworldly synergies!
Why similar: Roguelite 24.5%, Villain Protagonist 18% ★, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Roguelike 11%, Strategy 9.9%
- #6 重燃星陨Reburning meteorite
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 白金天书
Windows
in 'Rekindled Starfall, a solo-crafted RTS+Roguelite+Card game, hire troops, build squads, tackle missions: combat, gathering, deliveries, bosses. Troops auto-battle nearby foesl,use cards for support. Upgrade town facilities and cards through mission rewards, enhancing squad strength."
Why similar: RTS 29.8%, Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 13.1%, Tactical 9.5%, RPG 9.1%
- #7 Heroes And Calls
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3 CAT
Windows
On a fantasy continent ravaged by endless war, train heroes, collect powerful treasures, summon a variety of unique creatures, build multiple one-of-a-kind armies, defeat formidable enemies, battle other players, and become the supreme ruler of the land.
Why similar: RTS 30.9%, Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelite 12.1%, Strategy 11.5%, RPG 11%
- #8 Slimecity
92% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: AAspect
Windows · Mac
An ADORABLELY SQUISHY rougelite game~! Command your army of slimes using the power of overwhelming number of Slime to gather and claim resources! But be AWARE of the time, because if it runs out before your lil guys are home, then The Horsemen will come charging!
Why similar: RTS 31.3%, Roguelite 20.4%, Roguelike 14.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #9 Death Fortress
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: LiuXian
Windows
"Death Fortress" is an action Rogue lite game. You wake up from the darkness and kill in the darkness. The super refreshing hack-and-slash experience brings endless fear to this desperate world.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 35.4% ★, Roguelite 16.3%, Roguelike 11.8%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #10 Outlaw Raiders
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: KasperDevPub: Spelkollektivet
Windows
Lead your outlaw crew on raids to rob, steal, and fight for riches. Build up your camp and recruit more outlaws so you can become the ultimate outlaw.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 48.5% ★, Tactical 16.3%, Roguelite 15.2%, Roguelike 9.2%, Strategy 5.1%
- #11 The Sovereign
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: ResenhaDoBarPub: GAIM Studio
Windows
A tactical roguelike RPG where you face fragments of an immortal king’s soul in high-stakes turn-based battles. Every decision you make directly impacts your future, with bosses reacting in real-time to your choices and playstyle. Learn their preferences as well as their triggers to survive.
Why similar: Roguelite 19.5%, Roguelike 18.2%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Strategy 10.2%, RPG 9.9%
- #12 转生魔塔
89% matchPositive78% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Zeros
Windows
转生魔塔是一个集合了roguelike元素的三消割草游戏。勇者被魔王击败后,其灵魂转生成为了魔塔的一部分。利用三消击杀与各种魔塔技能,打败魔物。游戏内含有10+大关卡,多种难度挑战,150+魔塔技能与随机装备可供任意组合;70种带有各异技能的怪物,7种形态各异的BOSS挑战。
Why similar: RTS 24.2%, Roguelike 18.1%, Roguelite 17.6%, Strategy 13.4%, RPG 9.5%
- #13 Rogue Warlords
89% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: RedZyrro
Windows · Linux
Combine RTS combat with roguelike elements to create highly replayable and strategic action. Summon troops and purchase stacking upgrades to create a massive army of incredibly powerful troops. How massive of an army can you create?
Why similar: RTS 32.5%, Roguelite 20%, Tactical 16.8%, Roguelike 13.4%, Strategy 9%
- #14 Dark Ruins: Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RuinDDD
Windows
Dark Ruins: Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin is a real-time strategy game combining auto-battler, roguelike, loot, and incremental elements. Train heroes and monsters, and eliminate enemies. You must bury the mutated Great Emperor deep within the Dark Ruins, endless monsters.
Why similar: RTS 35.5%, Roguelike 16.7%, Roguelite 16.6%, Strategy 9.1%, RPG 6%
- #15 Tyran
87% matchMixed45% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Dragon's Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
A combination of tactical elements from familiar strategic genres, with the ability to develop the character as in RPG games out of combat.
Why similar: RTS 34.7%, Tactical 20.2%, RPG 12.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Magic 8.3%
- #16 Overlord™: Raising Hell
86% matchVery Positive93% of 2,607 reviews2008
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Codemasters
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
How evil can you get? Discover how corruptible you are in Overlord, the twisted fantasy action adventure where you can be evil (or really evil). In the game's seriously warped fantasy world, players will become the Overlord and get first-hand experience of how absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 53.9% ★, RTS 13.3%, RPG 10.1%, Action-Adventure 4.3%, Fantasy 4.1%
- #17 餘燼之軍 EmbersOfWar
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazycat Interactive
Windows
The Tang has fallen. You run a mercenary company in the wreckage — paid by anyone, loyal to no one. Real-time-with-pause tactics across fourteen lanes. Every man under you has a name, a past and a temper. When he dies the ink dries, and he does not come back.
Why similar: RTS 31.4%, Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelite 15%, Tactical 13.2%, Strategy 9.7%
- #18 Dungeons 2
86% matchVery Positive82% of 5,286 reviews2015
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Dungeon Lord is back – and this time he’s serious! In Dungeons 2, fulfil the Dungeon Lord’s insatiable quest for vengeance by recruiting fearsome new monsters from all corners of the underworld in order to undertake his evil bidding.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44.1% ★, RTS 27.6%, Strategy 12.9%, RPG 8%, Fantasy 4.4%
- #19 Geo Survivor
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: gipfelino
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore procedural geological caverns in a 2D mining roguelite where your hammer is your only tool and weapon. Collect, combine, and exploit 200+ hammer upgrades to survive hordes of enemies and gather precious crystals.
Why similar: Roguelite 31.9%, Roguelike 24.4%, RPG 17.6%, Procedural Generation 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #20 Conflict of Lords
84% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: 憔悴の微笑Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
Conflict of Lords is an Roguelite Anti-TD game. You will act as the Lord of Foe in Game Development Council, who decided to go his separate way due to a conflict. Invade the newly released game Village Guardian. Summon the Predators to destroy villages. Try your best to overthrow the Overlord!
Why similar: RTS 28%, Roguelite 16.6%, Tactical 13.8%, Roguelike 11.1%, Strategy 6.9%
- #21 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
83% matchVery Positive86% of 8,273 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 45.5% ★, Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 13.4%, RPG 11.5%, Strategy 10.1%
- #22 Zero Bugs Given
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: BrokenKnee
Windows
Zero Bugs Given is a tower defense / roguelike game designed with the ambition of making every run different from the others. Every wave, a pair of bonus and malus will force you to adapt in the best way you can. Build your defense and try survive as long as you can!
Why similar: RTS 31.3%, Roguelike 17%, Strategy 14.2%, Roguelite 14.1%, Tactical 7.8%
- #23 Dungeon Conqueror
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: milhostudio
Windows
Dungeon Conqueror is a roguelite where you need to beat each dungeon to advance in the game. buy weapons and armor, evolve your character, complete missions and defeat bosses to achieve the conqueror mode given by each boss.
Why similar: Roguelite 23.9%, Roguelike 22.2%, Action-Adventure 11.7%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, RPG 10.3%
- #24 Overlord II
82% matchVery Positive89% of 4,990 reviews2009
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Codemasters
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Overlord II, sequel to the critically acclaimed cult hit, sees the return of the chaotic Minions and their new Dark Master. Bigger, badder and more beautifully destructive, Overlord 2 has a Glorious Empire to smash, a massive Netherworld to revive, Minion mounts to mobilize, a trio of mistresses to woo, War Machines to crush opposition...
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 59.8% ★, RPG 10%, RTS 6.4%, Magic 5%, Fantasy 4.9%
- #25 Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns
79% matchMixed67% of 227 reviews2026
Dev: Black Tower BasementPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
The legendary medieval strategy adventure has returned – enhanced for a new generation of knights. Conquer provinces, raise armies, storm castles, and influence the balance of power through bold strategy and action moments.
Why similar: RTS 28.8%, Roguelike 14.9%, RPG 13%, Roguelite 12.6%, Strategy 12.3%
- #26 Heroes of Abyss
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Galactic 1
Windows
Heroes of Abyss - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Guide the heroes through rooms full of different creatures. Equip and sacrifice your heroes in procedural dungeons as you fight your enemies!
Why similar: Tactical 23.8%, Roguelike 19.3%, Roguelite 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Procedural Generation 7.6%
- #27 Overlord™
81% matchVery Positive94% of 6,750 reviews2007
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Codemasters
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic?
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44.1% ★, RTS 25.8%, Action-Adventure 8.1%, RPG 6.1%, Strategy 5.3%
- #28 Labyrinthian Lockdown
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Twonkage Games
Windows
Klondor is in grave danger of being overwhelmed, enter the Labyrinth, prepare your defences, defend your Mana Crystal and annihilate the incoming waves of enemy forces that pose a threat to the Kingdom.
Why similar: RTS 33.2%, Procedural Generation 15.5%, Roguelike 13.2%, Top-Down 10%, Magic 8.7%
- #29 Everfront
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wilhelm Tranheden
Windows · Mac · Linux
A territory-control strategy game where you continuously expand against AI opponents. Master six doctrines, unlock upgrades, and dominate procedurally generated maps.
Why similar: RTS 28.9%, Roguelite 21.1%, Tactical 20.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Procedural Generation 7.5%
- #30 Throne of ages
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 千叶工作室
Windows
"Throne of ages" blends roguelike progression with grand-scale RTS gameplay, letting players command multiple legions across vast battlefields. Command your troops in real-time across dynamically generated battlefields where every campaign offers unique randomized upgrades and unit evolution.
Why similar: RTS 31.7%, Roguelite 17.6%, Roguelike 15.3%, Tactical 13.5%, Strategy 8.6%
- #31 Demon Lord: Just a Block
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,426 reviews2026
Dev: YuWave
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Who dares reduce you, a mighty Demon Lord, to just a block? Uncover your secret nemesis and take your revenge in this action roguelite where the world only moves when you do. Plan your moves step by step or dodge, parry, and collide with enemies for powerful attacks!
Why similar: RTS 23.1%, Roguelite 17.1%, Roguelike 14.2%, Action-Adventure 10%, Top-Down 9.3%
- #32 Apprentice of Darkness
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maeldor Games
Windows · Mac
Play as a dark magician, gather your party of all sorts of evil, unspeakable creatures and spread darkness! A hand-drawn, turn-based rogue-like experience! Sacrifice your enemies to Evil Gods, unlock new powers and recruits, build your Tower of Darkness to spread corruption throughout the continent.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.7% ★, Roguelite 16.8%, Roguelike 14%, Top-Down 7%, RPG 5.8%
- #33 Aestheta
75% matchVery Positive90% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: AploveStudio
Windows
A roguelike royalelike about warriors from across space and time, fighting to claim a wish from the Star of Aestheta. Strategize your tactics, enhance your troops, and outwit your opponents to rise to the top!
Why similar: RTS 33.2%, Roguelike 17.1%, Roguelite 17.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #34 Stand Your Ground
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Noahstar365
Windows · Mac
Defend attacks from enemies from all directions within a limited time. Only by making full use of the differences in each tower and choosing appropriate random rewards can you survive.
Why similar: RTS 32.7%, Roguelite 16.1%, Roguelike 15.7%, Tactical 11.3%, Strategy 8.8%
- #35 Praise Dead
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Praise Dead is a roguelike auto-battler where you create zombies from the parts of dead villagers and monsters. Use your zombies to defeat waves of demons, and to harvest resources to improve and upgrade your village.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 32.9% ★, Roguelike 14.8%, Tactical 14.2%, Roguelite 11.7%, RPG 8.4%
- #36 The Fisher King TD
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 진주파파
Windows · Mac
Lost the boat, the fishing grounds, even the name "Fisher King". All that's left is one old hook. So he went after the most valuable catch in the sea: the princess of the fish. Now the whole ocean is coming to take her back. A massive-horde roguelike tower defense!!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 41.3% ★, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 13.3%, Top-Down 8%, Strategy 7.9%
- #37 Isekai Captain
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QiZuo Studio
Windows
"Isekai Captain" is a 2D fantasy Roguelike where you lead a squad against demons. Customize your hero, choose classes like Warrior or Hunter, and unlock advanced roles. Explore Kalan, grow your team, and stop the Demon King’s awakening in this epic adventure!
Why similar: RTS 23.9%, Roguelite 16.9%, Tactical 14.3%, Roguelike 12.1%, Strategy 7.4%
- #38 Adventure of the Skullmancer
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 向导猫草工作室
Windows
"Adventure of the Skullmancer" is a Rogue-Like action game where players take on the role of a skeleton mage who ventures into an underground world, encounters companions, summons amusing skeletons, and battles enemies. Ultimately, they unravel the mysteries of this enigmatic world.
Why similar: RTS 29%, Roguelite 16.6%, Roguelike 13.3%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
- #39 Waveguard
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DLD Games
Windows · Linux
A roguelike tower defense where every run reshapes your strategy. Build your team of towers, combine more than 80 artifacts, and explore a pixel-art world while taking on ever tougher challenges and bosses.
Why similar: RTS 31.1%, Roguelike 17.9%, Tactical 12.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Top-Down 6.1%
- #40 Infinite Evo TD
72% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Starchase Games
Windows
A tower defense game where mechanics evolve through your choices. Strengthen classic tower defense, blend in other game genres, or abandon tower defense entirely. Each level unlocks a fresh ruleset, making one purchase feel like many games in one.
Why similar: RTS 34.1%, Roguelite 17.4%, Roguelike 16%, Strategy 10.1%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #41 Think and Choice
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: OldWilder7
Windows
You are a traveler, stepping into a door, traveling to different worlds, leading your team to explore and adventure, and facing challenges.
Why similar: RTS 30.7%, Tactical 17.7%, Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 12.3%, Strategy 8.2%
- #42 Hive Defender
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Underground Alien Studios, AB
Windows
Hive Defender is an co-op and PvE focused RTS which aims to hit that "easy to pick up, impossible to master" sweet spot, where the game is made to be enjoyable at all skill levels by offering accessible, but rewarding depth of gameplay.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 39.2% ★, RTS 28.4%, Tactical 11.9%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Strategy 4.6%
- #43 Necronator: Dead Wrong
73% matchMixed68% of 526 reviews2020
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 34.5% ★, RTS 22.4%, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike 10.7%, Strategy 5.2%
- #44 免费游戏 THE GAME FOR FREE
70% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Sandwer Game 沙塔游戏
Windows
This game is [FREE] of charge.
Why similar: RTS 36.5%, Roguelite 25%, Roguelike 16.2%, RPG 10.3%, Strategy 6.4%
- #45 Sushi Cat - Tower Defense
69% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Battle back waves of rogue sushi in this cute-but-chaotic roguelite tower defense! Build, upgrade, and reshape the battlefield each run.
Why similar: RTS 32.6%, Roguelite 19.2%, Roguelike 16%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Strategy 8.2%
- #46 Bro YuanShen Survivors
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 浮生蓝染
Windows
A survivor-like game where you control magic to kill monsters.
Why similar: Roguelike 25.2%, Roguelite 23.6%, Top-Down 13.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Magic 7.1%
- #47 The Last Crusade
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CloudSpine Games
Windows
Lead humanity's final stand in this dynamic Action RTS. Explore, scavenge, and battle your way to rebuild civilization's last bastion and retake the world. With each crusade being a desperate fight against overwhelming odds, how will you make their sacrifice matter?
Why similar: RTS 29.1%, Tactical 16.3%, Roguelite 14.5%, Roguelike 13.9%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #48 Forest Fire
70% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Chute Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be the Forest Fire and burn everything in sight! A Rogue-lite destruction-fest where every pixel is physically simulated. Burn trees, buildings, vehicles, and tiny screaming humans. Dodge bullet-hell rain clouds and pissed-off firefighters to stay alive... Only YOU can start Forest Fires.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.5% ★, Roguelite 16.4%, Roguelike 13.7%, Procedural Generation 8.7%, Top-Down 7.8%
- #49 DARK FACETS
71% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Oluin
Windows · Linux
Dark facets is a 2d strategy action game in the tower defense genre with the unusual mechanics and a unique storyline. In the role of a dark magician, you will have to build your own citadel, mine resources and engage in battle with a dangerous enemy.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 45.6% ★, RTS 28.9%, Strategy 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #50 Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
71% matchMixed66% of 298 reviews2015
Dev: Blazing Griffin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX
Why similar: RTS 25.5%, Roguelike 15.8%, Procedural Generation 15.5%, Strategy 11.1%, Tactical 9%
- #51 Little Embers
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quick Brown Fox Games
Windows
Little Embers is a tactical turn-based deckbuilding roguelike focused on precision and synergy. Position cards, optimize your board, and chain high-scoring combos to defeat relentless foes.
Why similar: Roguelite 21.6%, Roguelike 17.4%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Tactical 11.5%, Top-Down 9.9%
- #52 Hexguardian
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 707 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Why similar: RTS 26.3%, Roguelite 16%, Tactical 15.1%, Roguelike 14.1%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #53 Isekai Villain
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Exe Create Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
An ordinary young man is reborn into the world of his favorite comic—only to find himself as a bit-part villain doomed to die. To escape his fate, he must rise as a true villain, gathering allies, defying heroes, and carving a new destiny in this dark fantasy isekai JRPG.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 61.6% ★, RPG 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Fantasy 5%, Strategy 4%
- #54 符文熔炉/Rune Forge
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Papaya
Windows
In the roguelike survival game Rune Forge, the core gameplay revolves around a system called the "Rune Forge," which allows players to freely combine skill modules to create unique abilities.
Why similar: RTS 31.6%, Roguelite 22.1%, Roguelike 13.4%, Strategy 9.9%, RPG 5.8%
- #55 Grumpy Hero Grinder
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: devtainer
Windows
A satirical tower defense roguelite with chaotic real-time combat. Play as a dungeon boss defending your home from hordes of vicious heroes. Place deadly traps, expand your dungeon, grow stronger, and smash the invaders yourself - all to get back to your well-deserved nap!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 46.5% ★, Roguelite 14.2%, Tactical 11%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #56 Bloodpire
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JDev
Windows
Bloodpire is a medieval fantasy roguelike top-down action game.
Why similar: Roguelite 28.7%, Procedural Generation 18.4%, Roguelike 11.5%, Top-Down 10%, RPG 9%
- #57 Gallic Wars: Battle Simulator Prologue
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: MadGamesmithPub: WIG Publishing
Windows
Time to conquer ROME! Become a commander of Gallic Warriors and destroy Roman Empire in this Rogue-like strategy game.
Why similar: RTS 34.8%, Roguelite 20.6%, Roguelike 18.5%, Tactical 10.4%, Strategy 10.3%
- #58 Shoot the Shit
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drone Defence Video Games UG
Windows
Shoot the Shit is a turn-based tactical rogue-like action game where you protect island territories and a sprawling continent from relentless enemy drone invasions. Pilot drones, scavenge parts after each wave, craft custom gear with local blacksmiths, and adapt your tactics to survive each round.
Why similar: RTS 38%, Roguelike 17.8%, Strategy 14.3%, Tactical 12.4%, Adventure 10.5%
- #59 The Territory of Egg 2
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: ZGameStudioPub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
The Territory of Egg 2 is an unique tower defense indie game. Place Egg Towers, choose evolution branches, combine skills and build defenses. The souls of Heroic Eggs await your awakening! Explore and gather resources in the dark forest, unlock the technology tree, and defeat even stronger enemies!
Why similar: RTS 32.6%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 13.8%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Strategy 8.6%
- #60 Skul: The Hero Slayer
65% matchVery Positive93% of 57,659 reviews2021
Dev: SOUTHPAW GAMESPub: NEOWIZ
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 25.7% ★, Roguelite 19.9%, Roguelike 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Action 5%