Games Like Curious Expedition

Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 16.2% ★, Hex Grid 15.8% ★, Dynamic Narration 14.7% ★, Lovecraftian 12.1%, Board Game 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel expands on the original's exploration mechanics with improved visuals and deeper narrative branching.

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: Turn-Based Strategy 27.7%, Roguelike 22.2%, RPG 13%, Strategy 11.6%, Roguelite 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the theme of Victorian-era expeditions, focusing on gathering fame and treasures through tactical turn-based encounters.

Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelite 14.2%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Featuring a similar pixel-art style and turn-based combat, this adventure game captures the pulp-fiction spirit of 1930s exploration.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.2%, Exploration 14.6%, Roguelike 11.9%, Story Rich 8.8%, RPG 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the Lovecraftian, high-stakes exploration vibe where managing your limited resources is just as important as the discoveries you make.

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: Tabletop 21.6%, Roguelike 17.7%, Hex Grid 13.9% ★, Roguelite 11.5%, Board Game 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends tabletop board-game mechanics with turn-based combat and roguelike exploration, making it a perfect thematic companion.

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: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Moddable 18% ★, Board Game 14.3%, Tabletop 13.6%, Roguelike 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the dark, Lovecraftian atmosphere and card-based management mechanics that reward experimentation and discovery.

Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

Why similar: Moddable 21.4% ★, Procedural Generation 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Roguelite 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at procedural storytelling and tactical combat, providing a tabletop feel that emphasizes character-driven narratives.

Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Roguelike 25.3%, Procedural Generation 18.6%, Roguelite 18.2%, Exploration 13.4%, Story Rich 9%

Why You'll Like It: A space-themed roguelike that forces you to manage scarce resources while exploring procedurally generated star systems.

Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36%, Roguelite 13.8%, Roguelike 12.6%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Exploration 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This naval roguelite features Lovecraftian themes and tactical combat, requiring careful management of your ship and crew during exploration.

Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.

Why similar: Moddable 28.9% ★, Procedural Generation 23.7%, Roguelike 15.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This deep, complex roguelike offers unparalleled freedom in exploration and character development within a strange, alien world.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 35.9%, RPG 23.8%, Strategy 13.7%, Story Rich 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical RPG emphasizes difficult choices and caravan management during a long, perilous journey across a harsh landscape.

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: Board Game 29.6%, Roguelite 24.9%, RPG 20.7%, Roguelike 14.3%, Choices Matter 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: The game uses a card-based tabletop structure to drive its roguelike exploration and combat, mirroring the board-game feel of the seed.

You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

Why similar: Choices Matter 31.6%, Story Rich 21%, Exploration 19.5%, Strategy 14.7%, 2D 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focused entirely on the management and survival of an expedition team, this game captures the tension of leading a crew into the unknown.

Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.

Why similar: Roguelike 28%, RPG 21.3%, Procedural Generation 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Strategy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelike with pixel-art graphics that emphasizes survival and tactical combat in a procedurally generated world.

Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.

Why similar: Hex Grid 25.2% ★, Board Game 24.4%, Tabletop 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, RPG 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A digital board game that features hex-grid movement and strategic turn-based play, capturing the tabletop essence of the seed game.

Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.7%, RPG 24.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Hex Grid 13.4% ★, Exploration 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This historical strategy game focuses on managing an expedition team and making difficult moral choices in a new world.

Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.

Why similar: Hex Grid 26.4% ★, Board Game 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Roguelike 10.4%, Procedural Generation 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that focuses on caravan management and exploration in a harsh, procedurally generated desert.

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: Turn-Based Strategy 29.1%, Roguelike 24.8%, Procedural Generation 22.6%, RPG 13.9%, Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This RPG combines deck-building and tactical combat with a sense of adventure that feels like a classic tabletop campaign.

Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.

Why similar: Hex Grid 30.2% ★, Roguelike 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Roguelite 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that blends RPG elements with roguelike exploration on a hex-grid map.

Roguelike Squad-based Autobattler in a Tabletop RPG setting. Draft your army, carefully equip and position your units, make important choices, and meet a colorful cast of characters as you make ready for the Grand Tournament.

Why similar: Hex Grid 40.5% ★, Tabletop 18.4%, Board Game 17.6%, Roguelike 11.7%, RPG 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on hex-grid tactical combat and strategy, providing a deep, replayable experience for fans of turn-based systems.

Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.

Why similar: Roguelike 23.2%, Roguelite 20.7%, Exploration 14.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Story Rich 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-RPG that focuses on exploration and survival, featuring a branching narrative and turn-based combat.

Bring civilization to Sproggiwood, a story-driven, turn-based roguelike set in a humorous world inspired by Finnish mythology. Grow your civilization and plunder procedural dungeons with six unique classes. Outsmart mischievous monsters who work together in unexpected ways. No two dungeon dives are alike.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 38.4%, Roguelike 25.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, RPG 10.6%, Strategy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted roguelike that uses grid-based movement and turn-based combat, perfect for those who enjoy the tactical side of the seed.

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: RPG 30%, Roguelite 25.4%, Roguelike 24.5%, Strategy 20.1%

Why You'll Like It: This turn-based, card-driven RPG focuses on exploring abandoned ships, blending tactical combat with resource management.

Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Why similar: Moddable 60.7% ★, RPG 14%, Story Rich 12.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, turn-based strategy game where you manage a mercenary company, focusing on tactical combat and survival in a dangerous world.

Delve into Dungeons of Aether, a turn-based dungeon crawler set in the Rivals of Aether universe. Control four new heroes as they uncover the mysteries of the Julesvale Caverns in Story Mode or test your mettle in the grueling Challenge Dungeons.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.2%, Roguelite 16.3%, Roguelike 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Strategy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelite that uses pixel-art and strategic combat mechanics to create a compact, satisfying dungeon-crawling experience.

Explore an outlandish outer space, gather Loot Cards, and fight your way to The Thing Below in this innovative and offbeat strategy roguelike.

Why similar: Hex Grid 47.4% ★, RPG 20.9%, Roguelike 18.5%, Roguelite 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: This hex-grid roguelike features unique card-based mechanics and a quirky art style that emphasizes strategic exploration.

Runestone Keeper is a roguelike dungeon crawler that blends classic RPG elements and turn based strategy. Heroes, monsters, equipment, events, magic and skills, traps and devices, shrines and altars, Goddesses and merchants. Choose your weapon and begin an epic adventure!

Why similar: Roguelike 42.1%, RPG 20.8%, Roguelite 18.9%, Strategy 18.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawling roguelike that emphasizes strategy and resource management, similar to the turn-based loop of the seed.

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: Roguelike 34.3%, Pixel Graphics 32.5%, Roguelite 15.9%, RPG 12.3%, 2D 5%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike road-trip simulator that requires constant resource management and party-based decision-making under pressure.

You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.

Why similar: Roguelike 47.8%, Pixel Graphics 29%, RPG 17.3%, 2D 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival roguelike that focuses on crafting and exploration, offering a deep, open-world experience with a distinct pixel aesthetic.

Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based strategy game. Convoy goods to neighboring tribes, build relationships, survive hostile creatures, and discover a new world. Inspired by great games like Wartales, Curious Expedition, or For The King.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Dynamic Narration 18.8% ★, Roguelite 13.1%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Roguelike 10.4%

Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.

Why similar: Choices Matter 30.1%, RPG 25%, Story Rich 23.9%, Strategy 15.6%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven strategy game features turn-based combat and difficult choices that impact the survival of your party.

A turn based dungeon crawler where you create a party of heroes to go on epic quests.

Why similar: Board Game 22.1%, Tabletop 20.1%, Moddable 16.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

Fantasy of Expedition is a Roguelike Strategy Adventure Game where players lead their own army on an expedition mandated by the Heavens. Be careful what choices you make on our randomized maps! Recruit, purchase, and gather relics to win battles and solve events. Your destiny awaits!

Why similar: Roguelike 39%, RPG 26%, Strategy 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%

Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.

Why similar: Board Game 18.1%, Tabletop 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Lovecraftian 12.6%, Hex Grid 11.2% ★

Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!

Why similar: Hex Grid 38.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Roguelike 18.3%, Roguelite 10.7%, Strategy 6.3%

Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?

Why similar: Hex Grid 32.3% ★, Tabletop 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Roguelike 12.6%, Board Game 11.6%

《Sea Horizon》 is a Roguelike turn-based RPG. You can explore the world by choosing different characters. Every journey can be unique and legendary. But don’t forget the darkness is lurking. Choose your path wisely because every single step is essential.

Why similar: Tabletop 24.5%, Hex Grid 20.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Roguelite 15%, Roguelike 14.2%

Around a game called《Lolita Expedition》, it tells the story of playing in dreams and the incredible things that all kinds of players encounter here. It seems that dreams are invading the real world. In order to uncover the truth of the event, we did our best to investigate……

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.9%, Roguelite 14.7%, Roguelike 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, RPG 7.6%

A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

Why similar: Board Game 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Roguelite 15.1%, Roguelike 13.9%, Procedural Generation 10.1%

Conquest Tactics: Realm of Sin is a dark-fantasy roguelite tactics game. Command your army and engage in turn-based battles on a hex-based board as you advance step by step to conquer a land shrouded in sin. Your choices carry weight: will you restore order… or allow eternal darkness to reign?

Why similar: Hex Grid 27.2% ★, Board Game 16.4%, Tabletop 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Roguelike 9.7%

Coldridge is a push-your-luck puzzle roguelite! You'll need to carefully plan your moves and gamble on opportunities to survive. Fight adversity and save the city of Coldridge!

Why similar: Hex Grid 24.3% ★, Board Game 14.6%, Tabletop 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Procedural Generation 9.4%

Museum Mystery is a deck-building, story-driven roguelite adventure where museum exhibits come to life, wreaking chaos. Explore halls from different eras, battle works of art, collect your own deck of artifacts, and solve the mystery!

Why similar: Roguelike 26.1%, Roguelite 24.5%, Choices Matter 13.3%, RPG 11%, Story Rich 9.9%

In this exciting Card Building Roguelike game you create your cards from scratch adding different upgrades. Build your train, explore the Labyrinth and survive. Discover infinite synergies. How far will you go?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelite 9.8%, RPG 6.4%

Tactical team-building roguelike auto-battler with active and passive playstyles. Draft a team as you explore maps full of monsters, build synergies, equip items and cast spells to support your team during battles and help them escape the Underboard.

Why similar: Board Game 25.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Roguelike 17.1%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Roguelite 11.8%

Diablo The Abyss is a strategic RPG full of random and roguelike elements. Within this randomized world, you can freely make strageties at your own pace and conquer formidable challenges, while shaping your unique adventure journey.

Why similar: Tabletop 25%, Roguelike 20.4%, Procedural Generation 14%, Roguelite 13.7%, Exploration 9.6%

The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?

Why similar: Roguelike 24.2%, RPG 21.5%, Procedural Generation 16%, Strategy 15.9%, Exploration 14.8%

Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.

Why similar: Roguelike 78.7%, RPG 14.6%, Strategy 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Little Dungeon Stories is a challenging roguelike card-based RPG. Enter the dungeon full of secrets, hostile monsters, deadly traps, and legendary loots. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Board Game 26.2%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 13%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

A travel-sim with strategic gameplay and rogue-lite elements. Play as travelers in ancient China. Experience great views on various locations. Write travel literature that long lives in history.

Why similar: Roguelite 49.9%, Exploration 24.4%, Strategy 18.9%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.

Why similar: Roguelike 34.3%, Procedural Generation 27.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 10.2%

Recruit a party of unique heroes, fight deadly encounters, loot and craft powerful gear, discover and create thousands of synergetic builds! The Last Flame is an endless roguelike auto-battler in which you guide a righteous party of heroes through many challenges.

Why similar: Hex Grid 36.9% ★, Roguelike 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, RPG 6.5%

Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements

Why similar: Roguelite 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, RPG 13.3%, Procedural Generation 12.7%

Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.8%, Roguelite 14.4%, Roguelike 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Procedural Generation 9.8%

Explore randomly generated content and experience the thrill of a classic tactical turn-based rogue-like RPG! Choose from a diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique abilities and strengths. Get ready for an unforgettable journey of strategy, skill, and discovery.

Why similar: Roguelike 32.7%, Procedural Generation 26.1%, RPG 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Strategy 6.4%

Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.

Why similar: Story Rich 39.8%, RPG 27.5%, Exploration 27.1%, Singleplayer 5.5%

A rogue-lite tabletop that mixes card based exploration with turn based combat. Create your party, draw adventure cards, roll dice and fight monsters to defeat the sorcerer and his magic.

Why similar: Tabletop 31.4%, Roguelike 22.2%, Procedural Generation 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, RPG 8.9%

Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Why similar: Roguelite 26.4%, Roguelike 25.4%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Exploration 15.6%, Strategy 10.2%

A turn-based tactical RPG in which you will explore a harsh planet teeming with terrifying monsters. Experiment with talent builds for 23 heroes. Combine abilities with equipment and other characters. Assemble a squad and learn the secrets of the planet Tenebris!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 33.2%, Roguelike 22.4%, Roguelite 14.2%, RPG 13.3%, Strategy 9.4%

Evertried is an isometric, tactical rogue-lite where strategic positioning and quick wit in grid-based combat are the key to success. Make clever use of attacks, movement, skills and hazards to clear floors of enemies and advance higher toward your destiny in the afterlife.

Why similar: Board Game 21.4%, Tabletop 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelite 10%