- #1 Darkest Dungeon® II
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,853 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 21.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Turn-Based 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It keeps the brutal turn-based combat, bleak presentation, and breakdown-prone party management of the original while shifting the structure into a run-based roguelite.
- #2 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
96% matchVery Positive86% of 8,186 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.5 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: Turn-Based Combat 22.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Roguelike 11.4%, Lovecraftian 10.8%, RPG 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest mechanical cousins to Darkest Dungeon, with side-view turn-based battles, roster building, and relentless attrition in a gothic setting.
- #3 Othercide
96% matchVery Positive82% of 5,202 reviews2020
Dev: Lightbulb CrewPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24.7%, Dark Fantasy 17%, Turn-Based 12.7%, Difficult 8.7%, Roguelike 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its oppressive art style, sacrifice-heavy progression, and unforgiving turn-based combat capture much of Darkest Dungeon's despair and pressure.
- #4 Battle Brothers
95% matchVery Positive88% of 27,494 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 93.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: RPG 50.7%, Strategy 25.7%, Fantasy 15.2%, Singleplayer 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its mercenary management, permanent deaths, lasting injuries, and hard-won campaign survival make it a superb match for Darkest Dungeon's punishing long-term tension.
- #5 Deep Sky Derelicts
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,867 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: Turn-Based Combat 24.8%, Dungeon Crawler 19.2%, Turn-Based 15.1%, RPG 12%, Roguelike 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It feels like a sci-fi take on Darkest Dungeon, with squad-based expeditions, mounting attrition, and grim card-driven turn-based battles in dangerous ruins.
- #6 Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,287 reviews2021
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 17%, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, Lovecraftian 13.5%, Roguelike 9.4%, Turn-Based 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Despite the role reversal, its run structure, upgrade management, and stressful turn-based encounters echo Darkest Dungeon surprisingly well.
- #7 Gloomhaven
93% matchVery Positive82% of 15,902 reviews2021
Dev: Flaming Fowl StudiosPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 32.7 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: Turn-Based Combat 28%, Dark Fantasy 21.8%, Difficult 20.5%, Turn-Based 18.1%, RPG 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers difficult party-based tactical combat and long-form campaign progression where resource use, exhaustion, and bad decisions can snowball into disaster.
- #8 The Iron Oath
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 900 reviews2023
Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 42.9%, Turn-Based 25.3%, RPG 12.8%, Roguelite 7.5%, Strategy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It blends grim mercenary-company management with turn-based tactical missions, lasting injuries, and character relationships that make every setback hurt.
- #9 Fear & Hunger
91% matchVery Positive94% of 21,597 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 27.4%, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10.5%, Difficult 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same feeling of descending into hopeless, horrifying dungeons where knowledge, resource conservation, and accepting terrible outcomes are essential.
- #10 Netherguild
91% matchVery Positive96% of 94 reviews2023
Dev: David Vinokurov
Windows · Linux
Descend into Netherguild, a tactical grid-based roguelite. Lead expeditions deep into mysterious, strange depths. Explore, battle dangerous foes, and manage resources carefully. Push your limits before returning to resupply. What secrets await below?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24.3%, Dungeon Crawler 20.7%, Roguelike 12.3%, Turn-Based 11.6%, Perma Death 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person dungeon crawling, harsh turn-based battles, and constant supply pressure strongly recreate Darkest Dungeon's retreat-or-die expedition feel.
- #11 The Last Spell
89% matchVery Positive91% of 13,289 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, Turn-Based 17.1%, Perma Death 11.1%, Roguelike 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It trades dungeon crawling for base defense, but its punishing tactical combat, hero progression, and constant attrition evoke Darkest Dungeon's pressure.
- #12 Urtuk: The Desolation
90% matchVery Positive88% of 2,505 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24.8%, Dark Fantasy 19.9%, Difficult 15.1%, Turn-Based 13.9%, Perma Death 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This grim tactical RPG offers brutal battles, roster development, and a survivalist tone where positioning and permanent losses matter constantly.
- #13 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
89% matchMixed66% of 2,511 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.7%, Turn-Based Combat 26.7%, RPG 14.5%, Horror 4%, Atmospheric 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is one of the best lovecraftian turn-based RPGs on Steam, with sanity-shredding atmosphere, bleak writing, and desperate party combat.
- #14 Slay the Spire
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 213,462 reviews2019
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 67.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Why similar: Roguelike 33%, Turn-Based 29.4%, Dungeon Crawler 12.2%, Difficult 8%, Roguelite 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same high-stakes rhythm of surviving bad situations and making painful tradeoffs, even if it does so through solo deckbuilding.
- #15 Stoneshard
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 34,341 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Dungeon Crawler 15.3%, Turn-Based 14.8%, Roguelike 14.7%, RPG 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Though it is more solitary than squad-based, its punishing injuries, bleak atmosphere, and survival-minded dungeon crawling fit a very similar mood.
- #16 Library Of Ruina
86% matchVery Positive94% of 42,198 reviews2021
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 37%, Difficult 21.3%, Turn-Based 19.5%, RPG 6.6%, Strategy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It replaces weapons with cards, but its oppressive tone, brutal difficulty, and long-term team-building still channel Darkest Dungeon's hard-earned victories.
- #17 Vambrace: Cold Soul
88% matchMixed66% of 946 reviews2019
Dev: Devespresso GamesPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Vambrace: Cold Soul is a story-driven roguelite set amidst a frozen landscape. Plan expeditions, then journey to the cursed city surface with your party. Wield unique powers, avoid traps, brave strange encounters, and survive deadly combat in this gothic fantasy adventure!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, Dungeon Crawler 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 13%, RPG 12.1%, Turn-Based 11%
Why You'll Like It: It sends fragile parties on repeated expeditions into a deadly frozen city, emphasizing formation, supplies, and survivability under constant pressure.
- #18 For The King
84% matchVery Positive88% of 43,368 reviews2018
Dev: IronOak GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 21.3 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: Turn-Based Combat 31.8%, Turn-Based 24.8%, Roguelike 19.6%, RPG 11.6%, Roguelite 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its party-based turn-based exploration, procedural runs, and harsh consequences for bad luck make it a strong lighter-toned alternative.
- #19 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
85% matchVery Positive85% of 13,994 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Why similar: Roguelike 28.7%, Dungeon Crawler 24.9%, Perma Death 12.1%, Difficult 10.5%, RPG 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines squad management, limited resources, and desperate roguelike runs where each new room can make or break the expedition.
- #20 Wartales
83% matchVery Positive86% of 34,811 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 51.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 48%, RPG 23.3%, Turn-Based 20.5%, Strategy 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses more on mercenary life than cosmic horror, yet its injuries, upkeep, and grim turn-based battles create a similarly unforgiving campaign loop.
- #21 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,607 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.9%, Dark Fantasy 21.6%, Dungeon Crawler 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Gothic 7.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: It is less structurally similar than the first game, but it keeps the same suffocating dread, brutal encounters, and willingness to punish experimentation.
- #22 Rogue Lords
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,859 reviews2021
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A dark fantasy roguelike where you play as the Devil! Lead famous evil geniuses through events and turn-based fights to spread terror and corruption. Create synergies between your disciples, use your evil powers and take revenge on those miserable Demon Hunters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.4%, Dark Fantasy 22.1%, Roguelike 15.9%, Gothic 11.4% ★, RPG 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It wraps dark-fantasy turn-based battles in a roguelite structure built around corruption, synergies, and punishing boss encounters.
- #23 Gordian Quest
80% matchVery Positive89% of 5,961 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: Turn-Based Combat 33.6%, Turn-Based 25.6%, Roguelike 18.7%, RPG 11.5%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This party-based deckbuilding RPG shares Darkest Dungeon's emphasis on hard combats, expedition planning, and squeezing value from imperfect heroes.
- #24 Black Legend
82% matchMixed65% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: Warcave
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A dark, immersive Turn Based Strategy RPG. Master tactical combat and the art of 17th century alchemy to liberate a doomed city from a bloodthirsty cult inspired by the great alchemist Mephisto.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 26%, Turn-Based 21.5%, Perma Death 16%, Difficult 13.7%, RPG 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers grim, methodical turn-based party battles in a plague-ridden city where status effects, positioning, and survival are everything.
- #25 The Hand of Merlin
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 359 reviews2022
Dev: Room-C GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.4%, Roguelike 18.9%, Perma Death 15.7%, Difficult 15.2%, RPG 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its mix of roguelite structure, party tactics, and dark fantasy creates campaign runs where every fight can leave your squad worse for later.
- #26 Loop Hero
78% matchVery Positive93% of 36,230 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 35.7%, Roguelike 31.3%, RPG 12.3%, Roguelite 10.9%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #27 MASSIVE CHALICE
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,899 reviews2015
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
MASSIVE CHALICE is a tactical strategy game set on an epic timeline from Double Fine Productions. As the Immortal Ruler of the nation, you'll take command of its heroes, forge heroic marriages to strengthen your Bloodlines, and battle a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence in a 300 year war.
Why similar: Turn-Based 54.3%, Strategy 16.6%, RPG 10.2%, Perma Death 8.7%, Fantasy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Generational roster management and permanent losses make it especially appealing if your favorite part of Darkest Dungeon was keeping a doomed lineup functioning.
- #28 Curious Expedition 2
79% matchVery Positive89% of 4,103 reviews2021
Dev: Maschinen-Mensch
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Lovecraftian 29.9%, Turn-Based Combat 23.9%, Turn-Based 17.1%, Roguelike 13.6%, RPG 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its sanity loss, procedural expeditions, and expendable party members echo Darkest Dungeon's expedition tension, even with a more adventurous presentation.
- #29 The Banner Saga
79% matchVery Positive89% of 15,879 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 51.3%, RPG 20.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Fantasy 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It swaps dungeons for a caravan journey, but its bleak storytelling, desperate tactical combat, and permanent consequences hit a similar emotional register.
- #30 Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
78% matchVery Positive94% of 53,845 reviews2018
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility
Why similar: Difficult 34%, Lovecraftian 29.7%, Roguelike 10.2%, Horror 6.2%, Strategy 5.3%
- #31 Curse of the Dead Gods
77% matchVery Positive84% of 9,091 reviews2021
Dev: Passtech GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 26.5%, Dungeon Crawler 24.8%, Roguelike 17.6%, Difficult 17.5%, Roguelite 6.8%
- #32 Chrono Ark
74% matchVery Positive91% of 13,523 reviews2024
Dev: Al Fine
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Chrono Ark is a singleplayer roguelike that combines elements from deckbuilders and party-based RPGs. Recruit, train, and build a team of unique Investigators to restore the Twisted World!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.4%, RPG 19.2%, Roguelike 12.9%, Difficult 12.5%, Turn-Based 11.6%
- #33 Legend of Keepers: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive92% of 2,377 reviews2019
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You have been hired as a dungeon master by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: Protect their dungeons! Legend of Keepers: Prologue is a playable alpha that will help you get familiar with the game mechanics.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Turn-Based 9.5%
- #34 SUNLESS SEA
77% matchVery Positive83% of 9,506 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 52.6%, Roguelike 12.8%, RPG 8%, Dark 7.6%, Gothic 4.5% ★
- #35 Cultist Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,856 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.5 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: Lovecraftian 43.6%, Roguelike 19.5%, Difficult 15.6%, RPG 9.7%, Roguelite 6.8%
- #36 Crypt of the NecroDancer
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,306 reviews2015
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Why similar: Roguelike 33.8%, Dungeon Crawler 32.9%, Difficult 17.8%, RPG 5%, Roguelite 3.1%
- #37 WORLD OF HORROR
73% matchVery Positive90% of 9,764 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 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: Lovecraftian 34.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20.6%, Difficult 11.9%, Roguelike 11.9%, RPG 6.3%
- #38 Into the Breach
74% matchVery Positive94% of 21,909 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 31.9 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 Combat 26.1%, Roguelike 23.5%, Turn-Based 23.4%, Strategy 9.3%, Roguelite 6.6%
- #39 Limbus Company
73% matchVery Positive88% of 106,294 reviews2023
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 210.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 51.8%, Dark Fantasy 21.8%, RPG 10.9%, Strategy 5.7%, Roguelite 3.6%
- #40 Whispers of the Eyeless
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 246 reviews2026
Dev: VenrisPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.4%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Roguelike 12.2%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%
- #41 Battle Chasers: Nightwar
73% matchVery Positive87% of 7,332 reviews2017
Dev: Airship SyndicatePub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the classic console greats, featuring deep dungeon diving, turn-based combat presented in a classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 48.3%, Dungeon Crawler 18.9%, RPG 15.4%, Turn-Based 10.6%, Fantasy 2%
- #42 The Fortress
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 147 reviews2026
Dev: Baryonyx Games
Windows · Mac
The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.7%, Dark Fantasy 20.1%, Roguelike 15.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Gothic 9.5% ★
- #43 Dungeon No Dungeon
75% matchMixed58% of 505 reviews2021
Dev: 302 StudioPub: 302 GAMES INC
Windows · Mac
Dungeon No Dungeon is a turn-based roguelike game with a unique hand-drawn art style, with a strategy system based around body parts that you've likely never encountered before.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Dungeon Crawler 15.9%, Roguelike 11.2%, Turn-Based 10.2%
- #44 THYSIASTERY
70% matchVery Positive81% of 266 reviews2026
Dev: DIRGA
Windows · Linux
THYSIASTERY is a dungeon crawler RPG featuring traditional roguelike and turn-based gameplay. Command a party of bearers of the Brand, drawn into a vast Labyrinth. Recruit while exploring the Labyrinth in hope of finding a way out, and its secrets will be revealed as you delve deeper.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Turn-Based 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Roguelike 11.1%
- #45 Desktop Dungeons
71% matchVery Positive84% of 2,347 reviews2023
Dev: QCF Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Each step into the unknown heals you and reveals new obstacles as you guide fresh heros to glorious retirement or ignominious death. Master tactical spells, appease ancient gods and get rich through taxidermy in this award-winning quick-play puzzle-roguelike.
Why similar: Roguelike 41.1%, Turn-Based 26.6%, Difficult 9.6%, RPG 8.3%, Dungeon Crawler 7.4%
- #46 Valor of Man
69% matchVery Positive90% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: Legacy ForgePub: Numskull Games
Windows
Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 21.4%, Turn-Based Combat 21%, Dark Fantasy 20.5%, Roguelike 9.6%, RPG 7.3%
- #47 Monster Train
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,834 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 30.7%, Roguelike 24.4%, Difficult 19.1%, Roguelite 9.8%, RPG 8.5%
- #48 Corpse Keeper
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,399 reviews2024
Dev: Melancholia StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.9 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: Dungeon Crawler 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 16.4%, Roguelike 12.1%, Difficult 11.8%, Perma Death 11.2%
- #49 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 392,863 reviews2014
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 43.8 hrsMean: 184.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Why similar: Roguelike 31.7%, Dungeon Crawler 25.9%, Difficult 22.1%, Dark 6%, Roguelite 3.8%
- #50 Path of Achra
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,147 reviews2024
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 26.3%, Dungeon Crawler 19.8%, Roguelike 18.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Perma Death 11.3%
- #51 Hellslave
68% matchVery Positive85% of 3,209 reviews2022
Dev: Ars GoetiaPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Hellslave is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler where you make a pact with the Devil to fight back a demon invasion. Customize your character with powerful demonic abilities, explore a cursed world, and battle nightmarish enemies to save humanity if you can resist the darkness.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.5%, Dungeon Crawler 27.2%, Dark Fantasy 22.7%, RPG 9.2%, Dark 5.9%
- #52 Wulin Chess
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 489 reviews2024
Dev: LameCat StudioPub: East2west Games
Windows
Wulin Chess is a turn-based strategy game set in a captivating dark fantasy world. Employ diverse characters across various boards/battlefields, and devise strategic thinking for victory. Strengthen your heroes by collecting equipment and enhancing attributes to face the challenges that lie ahead.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Roguelike 12.6%, Difficult 11.6%, Perma Death 10.5%
- #53 Ring of Pain
67% matchVery Positive92% of 5,048 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: Dungeon Crawler 23.6%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Roguelike 12.2%, Difficult 11.6%
- #54 Heroes of Steel RPG
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 18.8%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, Turn-Based 13.8%, Roguelike 10.7%, Perma Death 10.7%
- #55 Dungeon Rushers
71% matchMixed62% of 1,236 reviews2016
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A Heroic-Parody tactical RPG combining dungeon crawler’s gameplay and turn-based fights. Dive in an off-beat universe, manage your team and craft mighty gear to equip them! Build your own dungeon by hiding traps and monsters in your galleries, then challenge other players to clean it!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.3%, Dungeon Crawler 21.8%, Roguelike 12.6%, Turn-Based 12.5%, Difficult 12.1%
- #56 The Binding of Isaac
68% matchVery Positive95% of 62,317 reviews2011
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Why similar: Roguelike 40.5%, Difficult 22.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.4%, Dark 7%, Perma Death 5.9%
- #57 Tenebris: Terra Incognita
66% matchVery Positive87% of 245 reviews2024
Dev: Phantasmica Studios
Windows
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: Dungeon Crawler 25.4%, Turn-Based Combat 20.1%, Roguelike 13.4%, Gothic 9.3% ★, RPG 8.8%
- #58 Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
66% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Turn-Based Combat 19.7%, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Roguelike 8.9%
- #59 Railroads & Catacombs
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 404 reviews2025
Dev: MadRailsPub: IndieArk
Windows
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 25.9%, Dungeon Crawler 19.5%, Difficult 11.7%, Turn-Based 11.7%, Perma Death 9.2%
- #60 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
65% matchVery Positive84% of 3,319 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Roguelike 28%, Dungeon Crawler 26.8%, RPG 11.8%, Turn-Based 9.1%, Roguelite 8.1%