- #1 Darkest Dungeon®
97% matchVery Positive92% of 159,462 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.7 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: 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: The original is still the closest match, with brutal turn-based expeditions, stress management, afflictions, permadeath, and the same oppressive gothic horror tone.
- #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: Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Lovecraftian 12.7%, Roguelite 10.9%, Roguelike 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors Darkest Dungeon II's harsh party-based turn-based battles and dark presentation, but from the villain side with similarly punishing resource management.
- #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 Tactics 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Turn-Based 13.9%, Roguelite 12%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is another stylishly bleak, high-difficulty tactical roguelite where sacrifice, persistence, and careful party management define every run.
- #4 The Last Spell
95% 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 Tactics 16.5%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Perma Death 12.8%, Roguelite 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: While more defense-focused, it delivers excellent grim tactics, meta-progression, punishing runs, and the same satisfaction of barely surviving impossible odds.
- #5 Urtuk: The Desolation
94% 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 Tactics 23.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Perma Death 14.4%, Turn-Based 14%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its unforgiving turn-based tactics, bleak world, body-horror flavor, and emphasis on injury and roster-building make it a great fit for Darkest Dungeon fans.
- #6 Circus Electrique
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 274 reviews2022
Dev: Zen Studios
Windows
Circus Electrique is part story-driven RPG, part tactics, part circus management, and completely enthralling– all with a steampunk twist. When everyday Londoners mysteriously turn into vicious killers, only the show’s talented performers possess the skills necessary to save the city.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 45.2%, Party-Based RPG 32.5%, RPG 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8.6%, Story Rich 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its sanity-style morale system, grim Victorian atmosphere, and tactical squad combat make it one of the clearest alternatives to Darkest Dungeon II.
- #7 Trials of Fire
93% matchVery Positive86% of 3,249 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Turn-Based 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.3%, Perma Death 13.3%, Roguelite 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends roguelite runs, overworld decision-making, and turn-based party combat in a harsh world where positioning, attrition, and build synergy matter constantly.
- #8 For The King II
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 15,585 reviews2023
Dev: IronOak GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27.4%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 15.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its party journey structure, dangerous encounters, and run-based fantasy adventuring echo the travel-and-survival rhythm of Darkest Dungeon II.
- #9 Hard West 2
91% matchVery Positive82% of 3,120 reviews2022
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28.7%, Turn-Based 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Though set in a supernatural western, it offers the same punishing tactical combat, grim tone, and momentum of pushing a fragile team through deadly encounters.
- #10 Gordian Quest
91% 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 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Party-Based RPG 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Roguelike 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its party-based roguelite mode, layered character builds, and challenging tactical encounters scratch a very similar strategy-and-survival itch.
- #11 Deep Sky Derelicts
90% 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 22%, Dungeon Crawler 21.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.3%, Roguelite 14.7%, RPG 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi variant captures the expedition attrition, party survival, and grim scavenging tension that make Darkest Dungeon II so compelling.
- #12 The Hand of Merlin
89% 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 Tactics 21%, Perma Death 19%, Roguelite 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Roguelike 13%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the road-trip roguelite structure especially well, combining overworld travel, event choices, and turn-based squad fights in a dark fantasy setting.
- #13 Brutal Orchestra
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,025 reviews2021
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: Hellbent Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brutal Orchestra is a Turn-Based Roguelike Strategy Game. You died, someone killed you. You are in Purgatory and you will never escape. Make a deal with the "demon" Bosch and set off into Purgatory finding all manner of demented friends and foes on your quest to get petty revenge.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.4%, Perma Death 21.1%, Roguelite 16.7%, Dungeon Crawler 14.4%, Roguelike 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers bizarre, punishing turn-based roguelite combat with a macabre style and a similarly cruel emphasis on mastering systems through failure.
- #14 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
87% 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 20.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Gothic 14.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, Party-Based RPG 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Like the first game, it captures a uniquely brutal and unsettling dark-fantasy mood that appeals to players who love Darkest Dungeon II's nihilistic edge.
- #15 Rogue Lords
89% 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: Gothic 20.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Roguelite 13.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Roguelike 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: This dark roguelite also revolves around assembling a sinister party, enduring brutal encounters, and making run-defining choices under constant pressure.
- #16 Stoneshard
86% 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 21.1%, Dungeon Crawler 16.4%, Roguelike 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Procedural Generation 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its punishing injuries, limited recovery, and constant vulnerability create a similarly tense survival-oriented approach to dark fantasy adventuring.
- #17 Sin Slayers: Reign of The 8th
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Goonswarm Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Seven Deadly Sins. Have you heard about the 8th? Delve into madness in Sin Slayers, a challenging RPG Roguelite where you decide how much sin to bear as you transform the world. Assemble a party of wicked adventurers, kill, and pillage to drive off a gluttonous nightmare in turn-based battles
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Party-Based RPG 12.5%, Roguelike 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This is a dark fantasy party crawler with turn-based combat and corruption-themed mechanics that feel spiritually adjacent to Darkest Dungeon's misery-heavy design.
- #18 Fear & Hunger
85% 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 37.3%, Lovecraftian 24.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, RPG 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is far less tactical but matches the seed game's oppressive cruelty, hopeless descent, and fascination with dread, suffering, and catastrophic failure.
- #19 Across the Obelisk
84% matchVery Positive81% of 12,889 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 53.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.7%, Dungeon Crawler 20.4%, Roguelite 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Roguelike 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: Although more card-driven, it shares the co-ordinated party builds, run-based progression, and deadly encounter pacing that Darkest Dungeon II fans often enjoy.
- #20 Gloomhaven
84% 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 Tactics 18.9%, Turn-Based 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, Party-Based RPG 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its dense tactical combat, party synergy, and punishing campaign encounters offer a similarly demanding experience for players who love methodical, high-stakes battles.
- #21 The Iron Oath
82% 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 Tactics 15.5%, CRPG 15.3%, Party-Based RPG 15%, Turn-Based 14.7%, Roguelite 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This grim mercenary tactics RPG leans into injuries, roster management, and hard campaign decisions in a way that will resonate with Darkest Dungeon II players.
- #22 Hades II
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 119,012 reviews2025
Dev: Supergiant Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24.6 hrsMean: 42.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
Why similar: Roguelite 24.6%, Dungeon Crawler 24.4%, Roguelike 19.9%, Hand-drawn 9%, Perma Death 8.7%
- #23 Crown Trick
82% matchVery Positive85% of 5,367 reviews2020
Dev: NEXT StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.6%, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, Perma Death 15.9%, Roguelite 12.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It translates roguelike tension into deliberate turn-based movement and combat, with each step carrying the same kind of high-stakes consequence.
- #24 Vambrace: Cold Soul
83% 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: Dungeon Crawler 19.2%, Turn-Based 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Roguelite 13.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12%
Why You'll Like It: This one nails the bleak expedition vibe, sending carefully assembled parties into dangerous side-scrolling runs where attrition and survival are everything.
- #25 King Arthur: Knight's Tale
80% matchVery Positive84% of 7,431 reviews2022
Dev: NeocoreGames
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. Knight's Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Turn-Based 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%, CRPG 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers dark Arthurian tactics, psychological strain, and tough squad combat in a similarly brooding, corrupted fantasy setting.
- #26 The Dungeon Beneath
81% matchVery Positive89% of 886 reviews2020
Dev: Puzzle Box Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.4%, Perma Death 17.2%, Roguelite 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 11.3%, Roguelike 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its compact roguelite runs and party-positioning strategy offer a lighter but still satisfying version of building a team to survive punishing encounters.
- #27 Tainted Grail: Conquest
79% matchVery Positive90% of 8,213 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.5%, Turn-Based 19.9%, CRPG 14.5%, Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its dark fantasy roguelite structure and oppressive atmosphere make it a good pick if you mainly want the seed game's mood and repeated-run tension.
- #28 Ash of Gods: Redemption
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,448 reviews2018
Dev: AurumDust
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Party-Based RPG 14.9%, CRPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Turn-Based 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: This bleak tactical RPG emphasizes difficult combat choices, a grim world, and the feeling that every loss has lasting consequences.
- #29 Monster Train 2
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,660 reviews2025
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Big Fan Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.3 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 35.6%, Roguelike 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.1%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #30 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: Turn-Based Tactics 23.7%, Dark Fantasy 22.6%, Roguelite 21.4%, Roguelike 17.5%, Story Rich 6%
- #31 Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
79% 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: Lovecraftian 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Gothic 12.5% ★, Turn-Based 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Even from the monsters' side, it shares the same love of dark humor, attrition, and run-based planning in a dungeon-themed framework.
- #32 Wildermyth
77% matchVery Positive95% of 18,135 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Party-Based RPG 23.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.9%, Turn-Based 12.7%, Roguelite 10%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
- #33 Slay the Spire 2
76% matchMixed62% of 165,145 reviews2026
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 39.3 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Why similar: Roguelike 32.8%, Turn-Based Combat 20.8%, Roguelite 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #34 Aethermancer
74% matchVery Positive92% of 2,358 reviews2025
Dev: moi rai gamesPub: offbrand games
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Monster Taming meets Roguelite. Become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. Explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death!
Why similar: Turn-Based 15%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Perma Death 13.5%, Party-Based RPG 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%
- #35 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 30%, Dungeon Crawler 26.5%, Roguelite 23.7%, Roguelike 17.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #36 THYSIASTERY
75% 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 17.5%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Party-Based RPG 12.8%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #37 Railroads & Catacombs
75% 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 23.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Perma Death 11.7%
- #38 He is Coming
74% matchVery Positive85% of 3,840 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoclePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.4%, Roguelite 20.8%, Roguelike 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Procedural Generation 13%
- #39 Tenebris: Terra Incognita
73% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 17.9%, Dungeon Crawler 17.2%, Gothic 15.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Roguelike 8.5%
- #40 Valor of Man
72% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.8%, Roguelite 13.3%, Gothic 8.9% ★
- #41 Sol Cesto
69% matchVery Positive91% of 4,195 reviews2026
Dev: TambouillePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.4%, Turn-Based 23.9%, Roguelike 16.1%, Roguelite 14.9%, Procedural Generation 13.4%
- #42 Escape The Mad Empire
70% matchVery Positive89% of 406 reviews2025
Dev: XperimentalZ Games
Windows
Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?
Why similar: CRPG 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Party-Based RPG 15.5%, Perma Death 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%
- #43 Guards II: Chaos in Hell
70% matchVery Positive96% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Assemble a squad of four fearless heroes and embark on a deadly journey through the circles of Hell, inspired by dark myths from around the world. Battle legions of demons and challenge the Devil himself!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Dungeon Crawler 17.1%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Party-Based RPG 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%
- #44 Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
70% 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 23.3%, Dungeon Crawler 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, CRPG 12.6%, Party-Based RPG 10.9%
- #45 Netherguild
71% 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 Tactics 15%, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, Perma Death 13.2%, Roguelite 11.1%, Turn-Based 10.8%
- #46 Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™
71% matchVery Positive89% of 11,247 reviews2021
Dev: Airship SyndicatePub: Riot Forge
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rise Against Ruin - Unite a party of League of Legends Champions, explore Bilgewater and set sail for the Shadow Isles to uncover the secrets of the deadly Black Mist in this immersive turn-based RPG.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 31.2%, Turn-Based 21.4%, Party-Based RPG 19.7%, RPG 14.2%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #47 Cultist Simulator
72% 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 48.3%, Roguelite 21.1%, Roguelike 17.2%, Story Rich 6.9%, RPG 6.5%
- #48 Dungeon No Dungeon
73% 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: Dark Fantasy 19.8%, Dungeon Crawler 18.5%, Roguelite 16.8%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Roguelike 12.1%
- #49 Blightstone
68% matchVery Positive80% of 519 reviews2026
Dev: Unfinished Pixel
Windows
A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 20%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Roguelite 14.6%, Roguelike 10.9%
- #50 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
69% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 23.9%, Dungeon Crawler 16.7%, Roguelite 16.7%, Roguelike 16.3%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #51 The Fortress
67% 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 22.8%, Gothic 19.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 18.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, Roguelike 12.7%
- #52 Slay the Spire
67% 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: Turn-Based 35.7%, Roguelike 28.4%, Roguelite 17%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%, Procedural Generation 2.7%
- #53 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: Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.8%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Perma Death 12%, Party-Based RPG 11.6%
- #54 Mewgenics
63% matchVery Positive91% of 48,055 reviews2026
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows
Median: 16.3 hrsMean: 39.4 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: Turn-Based Tactics 34%, Roguelite 23.7%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, RPG 5.9%
- #55 WORLD OF HORROR
66% 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 45.3%, Roguelite 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Roguelike 12.6%, RPG 5%
- #56 Rezrog
73% matchMixed45% of 332 reviews2017
Dev: SoaphogPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Test your fighting spirit as you take your party of brave adventurers on an epic quest to restore peace to the lands of Rezrog in this table-top inspired, turn-based, dungeon crawler. Upgrade your skills & tactically exploit enemy weaknesses as you try to handle everything the dungeons will throw at you.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.1%, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Roguelite 12.1%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #57 Dungeon Deathball
68% matchVery Positive96% of 220 reviews2021
Dev: Matt Glanville
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
🏆🏀💀 TACTICS, TERROR & TOUCHDOWNS. Turn-based roguelike meets arcade death-sport, where every dungeon is a unique gauntlet of brutal challenges. Can you survive the trials of Dungeon Deathball and win back your freedom?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Perma Death 13.9%, Roguelite 12.9%, Turn-Based 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%
- #58 Griftlands
67% matchVery Positive94% of 14,364 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.4%, Roguelite 22.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Roguelike 12.8%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
- #59 Inscryption
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,872 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.4 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: Roguelite 41.4%, Roguelike 34.5%, Story Rich 19.6%, 2D 4.5%
- #60 As We Descend
65% matchVery Positive87% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.2%, Roguelite 20.6%, Roguelike 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%