- #1 Darkest Dungeon®
97% matchVery Positive92% of 162,804 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.3 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 21.4%, Dungeon Crawler 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Turn-Based 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original delivers the closest match in oppressive gothic tone, formation-based turn-based battles, stress management, afflictions, and expendable heroes.
- #2 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
96% matchVery Positive86% of 8,273 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Lovecraftian 13%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Roguelite 10.7%, Roguelike 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its grim dungeon runs use a Darkest Dungeon-like four-unit battle formation, attrition systems, and party customization, but from the necromancer's side.
- #3 Vambrace: Cold Soul
96% matchMixed66% of 955 reviews2019
Dev: Devespresso GamesPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 11.4 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 19.3%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Roguelite 13%, Turn-Based Combat 12%
Why You'll Like It: A bleak expedition RPG built around assembling parties, enduring dungeon crawls, managing supplies, and surviving punishing turn-based encounters.
- #4 Trials of Fire
95% matchVery Positive86% of 3,262 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 10.3 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 16.2%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.4%, Perma Death 13.3%, Roguelite 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This party-based tactical roguelite combines grid combat, deckbuilding, overland travel, and persistent choices that can reshape or end a run.
- #5 The Iron Oath
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 926 reviews2023
Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 15.4%, Turn-Based 15.3%, CRPG 14.9%, Party-Based RPG 14.8%, Roguelite 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its dark mercenary-company campaign emphasizes tactical battles, dangerous expeditions, injuries, aging characters, and difficult long-term roster decisions.
- #6 Knock on the Coffin Lid
94% matchVery Positive84% of 2,913 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17.5%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Party-Based RPG 12.8%, Roguelite 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its grim branching roguelite campaigns focus on party development, difficult tactical card battles, and discovering routes through a hostile fantasy world.
- #7 Across the Obelisk
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,165 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 54.2 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 23.5%, Dungeon Crawler 20.5%, Roguelite 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Roguelike 13%
Why You'll Like It: It offers roguelite map journeys, four-character party construction, turn-based combat, equipment choices, and strong run-to-run build variety.
- #8 The Last Spell
92% matchVery Positive91% of 13,760 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Perma Death 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its dark fantasy setting, relentless attrition, character builds, and demanding turn-based tactical combat suit players who enjoy hard-won survival.
- #9 Othercide
91% matchVery Positive82% of 5,314 reviews2020
Dev: Lightbulb CrewPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Turn-Based 14.1%, Roguelite 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A stylishly bleak tactical roguelite where sacrificing, upgrading, and carefully positioning a small squad is essential to surviving punishing encounters.
- #10 Gordian Quest
91% matchVery Positive89% of 6,044 reviews2022
Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.4 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 21.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.9%, Party-Based RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Roguelike 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its grim fantasy campaign mixes party positioning, card-driven turn-based combat, loot, and roguelite modes with highly customizable heroes.
- #11 Chrono Ark
89% matchVery Positive91% of 13,786 reviews2024
Dev: Al Fine
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 27.6 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: Roguelite 23%, Party-Based RPG 18.6%, Turn-Based 15.6%, RPG 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelite centered on building a synergistic party, managing fragile runs, and fighting tactical turn-based battles with card-powered skills.
- #12 For The King II
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 16,225 reviews2023
Dev: IronOak GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 21.6 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 17.6%, Roguelike 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the perilous-road-trip side of Darkest Dungeon II through party travel, procedurally varied adventures, supplies, and unforgiving turn-based fights.
- #13 The Hand of Merlin
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 361 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 20.9%, Perma Death 19.1%, Roguelite 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Roguelike 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: This dark fantasy roguelite sends a small party across a doomed world, blending strategic travel, stressful choices, and tactical card-based combat.
- #14 Urtuk: The Desolation
88% matchVery Positive88% of 2,546 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 20.0 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 23.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.9%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Perma Death 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its harsh dark-fantasy world, injury-prone mercenary roster, equipment harvesting, and positional tactical battles create a similarly unforgiving mood.
- #15 Rogue Lords
87% matchMixed70% of 1,898 reviews2021
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 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 20.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, Roguelite 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Roguelike 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This dark roguelite has you guide a team of infamous villains across branching runs while exploiting turn-based combat and resource-management systems.
- #16 Tainted Grail: Conquest
86% matchVery Positive90% of 8,376 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.0 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 21.4%, Turn-Based 20.7%, CRPG 14.2%, Roguelike 13.2%, Roguelite 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A grim Arthurian roguelite with oppressive exploration, resource pressure, branching choices, and highly variable combat builds.
- #17 Stoneshard
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 35,730 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.9 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 21.7%, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Roguelike 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its merciless low-fantasy world, survival needs, injuries, limited saves, and punishing dungeon expeditions provide a similarly tense sense of vulnerability.
- #18 The Dungeon Beneath
85% matchVery Positive89% of 897 reviews2020
Dev: Puzzle Box Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 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 17.3%, Roguelite 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It distills the party-building and tactical-combat appeal into concise roguelite runs where unit placement, equipment, and survival choices matter.
- #19 Netherguild
84% matchVery Positive95% of 97 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 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.7%, Perma Death 13.2%, Turn-Based 11.2%, Roguelite 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This dungeon-crawling roguelite emphasizes a fragile party, torch and food management, permadeath, and turn-based encounters deep underground.
- #20 Gloomhaven
84% matchVery Positive82% of 16,147 reviews2021
Dev: Flaming Fowl StudiosPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 32.1 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 19.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, Party-Based RPG 17.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its dark campaign world and demanding tactical missions reward deliberate party composition, ability timing, and managing exhaustion over a long adventure.
- #21 Battle Brothers
83% matchVery Positive88% of 28,918 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 94.7 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: Turn-Based 23.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.9%, CRPG 20.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: This mercenary-management sandbox shares the harsh attrition, expendable fighters, injuries, equipment progression, and bleak tactical decision-making.
- #22 Hard West 2
82% matchVery Positive82% of 3,231 reviews2022
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 28.3%, Turn-Based 23.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its occult tactical campaign combines a small customizable posse, resourceful positioning, difficult encounters, and a supernatural dark-western atmosphere.
- #23 King Arthur: Knight's Tale
81% matchVery Positive84% of 7,561 reviews2022
Dev: NeocoreGames
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 25.8 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%, Dark Fantasy 18.2%, Turn-Based 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, CRPG 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A grim Arthurian tactical RPG featuring a haunted world, a customizable knightly party, moral decisions, injuries, and deliberate turn-based combat.
- #24 Star Renegades
82% matchVery Positive83% of 3,083 reviews2020
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.Pub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.3%, Roguelite 20%, Roguelike 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Procedural Generation 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Though science-fiction rather than gothic, it similarly rewards carefully built parties, turn-order manipulation, relationship growth, and surviving a brutal roguelite journey.
- #25 Hades II
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 123,698 reviews2025
Dev: Supergiant Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24.6 hrsMean: 43.7 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 24.8%, Dungeon Crawler 24.6%, Roguelike 19.7%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Perma Death 8.4%
- #26 Wartales
80% matchVery Positive85% of 36,051 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 51.2 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: Party-Based RPG 29.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.6%, RPG 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its low-fantasy mercenary journeys emphasize traveling through dangerous regions, feeding and paying a party, tactical battles, and lasting consequences.
- #27 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,585 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 21.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Gothic 14% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Party-Based RPG 12.9%
- #28 Ash of Gods: Redemption
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,476 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 15.5%, Party-Based RPG 14.7%, CRPG 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Turn-Based 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: It pairs bleak fantasy storytelling with a vulnerable traveling party, permanent losses, resource pressure, and tense turn-based tactical combat.
- #29 Crown Trick
79% matchVery Positive85% of 5,394 reviews2020
Dev: NEXT StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.8 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 17.1%, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, Perma Death 15.9%, Roguelite 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based dungeon roguelite with deliberate positioning, dangerous enemy patterns, loot-driven builds, and a dark fairy-tale presentation.
- #30 The Banner Saga
79% matchVery Positive89% of 15,975 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.0 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 41.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, RPG 9%, Story Rich 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A somber caravan journey where morale, resources, party survival, and difficult narrative choices carry as much weight as tactical battles.
- #31 Loop Hero
77% matchVery Positive93% of 36,571 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 28.8 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 21.6%, Roguelike 17.2%, Story Rich 6%
- #32 He is Coming
76% matchVery Positive85% of 4,192 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoclePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.4 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 25.7%, Roguelite 19.7%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Roguelike 15%, Procedural Generation 12.2%
- #33 Roguecraft DX
75% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Badger Punch GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
Roguecraft DX is a turn-based roguelike set in a Lovecraftian dungeon that rebuilds itself every run. Fight tentacled horrors and scary chickens, and free a caged badger who'll fetch loot for you. Compact runs that respect your time: die, learn, and dive right back in!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.9%, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Perma Death 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%
- #34 Curse of the Dead Gods
77% matchVery Positive83% of 9,242 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 29.9%, Dungeon Crawler 26.9%, Roguelite 23.7%, Roguelike 17.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #35 Fear & Hunger
76% matchVery Positive94% of 22,918 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 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%, Lovecraftian 24.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, RPG 6.6%
- #36 Tenebris: Terra Incognita
74% matchVery Positive81% of 463 reviews2026
Dev: Phantasmica Studios
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG. Experiment with the talent trees of 23 heroes. Combine abilities with equipment. Defeat 17 terrifying bosses and uncover the secrets of the planet Tenebris!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.9%, Dungeon Crawler 17.4%, Gothic 15.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Roguelite 8.4%
- #37 THYSIASTERY
75% matchVery Positive81% of 356 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 17.8%, Turn-Based 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Party-Based RPG 12.5%, Roguelite 10.5%
- #38 Aethermancer
73% matchVery Positive92% of 2,722 reviews2025
Dev: moi rai gamesPub: offbrand games
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 15.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Party-Based RPG 13.3%, Perma Death 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%
- #39 Railroads & Catacombs
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 414 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 23.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, Turn-Based 12.3%, Perma Death 11.6%
- #40 Monster Train 2
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,211 reviews2025
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Big Fan Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.1 hrsMean: 43.5 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 36.1%, Roguelike 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.2%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #41 Sin Slayers: Reign of The 8th
74% matchMixed69% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Goonswarm Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 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 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Party-Based RPG 12.4%, Roguelike 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
- #42 Blightstone
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 550 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: Turn-Based 20.2%, Dark Fantasy 20.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.8%, Roguelite 14.5%, Roguelike 10.6%
- #43 Valor of Man
70% matchVery Positive89% of 176 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%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.7%, Roguelite 13.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%
- #44 Cultist Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 14,243 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.8 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 49.1%, Roguelite 20.9%, Roguelike 16.6%, Story Rich 6.8%, RPG 6.7%
- #45 Slay the Spire 2
70% matchMixed61% of 203,013 reviews2026
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 45.4 hrsMean: 79.2 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 33.6%, Turn-Based Combat 21.9%, Dungeon Crawler 16.6%, Roguelite 16.5%, Procedural Generation 7.2%
- #46 Cult of the Lamb
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 130,055 reviews2022
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 51.1%, Roguelite 38.3%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 5%
- #47 Guards II: Chaos in Hell
69% matchVery Positive95% of 152 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 18.5%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Dungeon Crawler 17.2%, Party-Based RPG 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%
- #48 Lootbound
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,392 reviews2026
Dev: ArtDockPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lootbound is a tactical roguelite with turn-based combat, loot management and D&D elements set in a dark fantasy world. Fight dangerous enemies, collect epic loot, recruit allies and lead them on a path of adventure.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Roguelite 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Roguelike 11.8%
- #49 Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,502 reviews2021
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 15.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Gothic 12.3% ★, Turn-Based 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%
- #50 Dungeon No Dungeon
72% matchMixed58% of 506 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 19.5%, Dungeon Crawler 18.6%, Roguelite 16.6%, Turn-Based 16.2%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #51 Inscryption
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 148,820 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Roguelite 41.7%, Roguelike 34.2%, Story Rich 19.7%, 2D 4.4%
- #52 Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
67% matchVery Positive89% of 176 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 23.8%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, CRPG 12.3%, Party-Based RPG 10.9%
- #53 Heroes of Steel RPG
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 286 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 13.7%, Dungeon Crawler 12.9%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Perma Death 12%, Party-Based RPG 11.5%
- #54 Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™
68% matchVery Positive89% of 11,345 reviews2021
Dev: Airship SyndicatePub: Riot Forge
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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%, Turn-Based 21.9%, Party-Based RPG 19.3%, RPG 14.4%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #55 Quasimorph
65% matchVery Positive83% of 8,316 reviews2026
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.9%, Turn-Based Combat 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Roguelike 15.5%, Procedural Generation 12.6%
- #56 Rezrog
72% matchMixed45% of 336 reviews2017
Dev: SoaphogPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 20.8%, Dungeon Crawler 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Roguelite 12%, Procedural Generation 9.9%
- #57 The King is Watching
64% matchVery Positive89% of 10,637 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 40.9%, Roguelite 31.1%, Roguelike 28.1%
- #58 The Severed Gods
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 174 reviews2026
Dev: Topebox
Windows
A fantasy roguelite where heroes reincarnate to stop the mystic dragon Umbra. Master turn-based combat, sever giant bosses, and shape your Karma through a journey filled with relics and evolving NPC interactions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Turn-Based 14%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Party-Based RPG 11%, Dungeon Crawler 10.5%
- #59 Wildermyth
66% matchVery Positive95% of 18,287 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 22.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.9%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Roguelite 10%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #60 Hand of Fate 2
68% matchVery Positive84% of 5,827 reviews2017
Dev: Defiant Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
Why similar: Roguelite 40.1%, Dungeon Crawler 22.5%, RPG 18.7%, Roguelike 14.3%, Singleplayer 4.4%