- #1 The Curse Of Yendor
97% matchVery Positive93% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: IBOLOGY LLC
Windows
Kill monsters, get loot, solve puzzles, complete quests! A sword and sorcery adventure where your magic shapes the world. A classical rogue-like with a modern feel. "Your nemesis has found the Amulet of Yendor... Defeat him before he ascends to godhood!"
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.7% ★, Turn-Based 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.6%, Perma Death 9.5%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #2 Xenomarine
96% matchVery Positive84% of 64 reviews2019
Dev: Fourfold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience hardcore, sci-fi dungeon crawling in this dark, atmospheric roguelike. Xenomarine offers tactical turn-based combat with hundreds of unique items and upgradable weapons and armor, as well as massive replayability thanks to its randomly generated content.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.4% ★, Roguelike 12.7%, Perma Death 9.4%, Grid-Based Movement 9%, Procedural Generation 7.4%
- #3 Terra Randoma
96% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: Deniz K.
Windows
Terra Randoma is a turn-based roguelike RPG in a procedurally generated open world. Travel a world full of curiousity and perilous dungeons. Develop your character however you want with skills, talent stones and randomized items while you discover an ancient secret.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 29.4% ★, Turn-Based 19.2%, Perma Death 10.7%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
- #4 Zorbus
95% matchVery Positive91% of 380 reviews2022
Dev: Zorbus
Windows
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 31.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 10.6%, Perma Death 9.8%, Grid-Based Movement 8.9%, Roguelike 8.5%
- #5 I Am Overburdened
94% matchVery Positive87% of 159 reviews2017
Dev: Magic Item Tech
Windows
I Am Overburdened is a silly turn-based roguelike full of crazy artifacts and a "hero" who has 20 inventory slots.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.8% ★, Turn-Based 18.9%, Dungeon Crawler 11.3%, Roguelike 9.4%, Perma Death 9.2%
- #6 Kramora's Shadow
94% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: Slashware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
A turn-based traditional roguelike featuring 10 character classes with unique gameplay styles. Explore five ancient realms to find ancient magical artifacts you will need to survive tactical battles against their evil inhabitants. Can you save the world from the wrath of Kramora?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 29.2% ★, Turn-Based 15.5%, Dungeon Crawler 9.3%, Roguelike 9%, Perma Death 7.6%
- #7 MidBoss
93% matchVery Positive86% of 277 reviews2017
Dev: Kitsune Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Kill your enemies, possess their bodies, and take their abilities as your own in this turn-based procedurally generated death labyrinth.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.8% ★, Roguelike 10%, Turn-Based 9.2%, Dungeon Crawler 5.5%, Perma Death 5.3%
- #8 Equin: The Lantern
92% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: DXF Games
Windows
Equin: The Lantern is a challenging roguelike that's easy to get into but tough to master. Conquer the huge 50 floor dungeon and its evil inhabitants in a quest to the bottom of the joint to find the mysterious lantern itself.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34.2% ★, Roguelike 14.9%, RPG 14.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Difficult 10.7%
- #9 Jupiter Hell
91% matchVery Positive92% of 2,120 reviews2021
Dev: ChaosForgePub: Hyperstrange
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 30.2% ★, Roguelike 21.3%, Turn-Based 20.8%, Grid-Based Movement 10.1%, RPG 4.4%
- #10 The Doors of Trithius
91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,001 reviews2021
Dev: Jake Donkersgoed
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 30.1% ★, Turn-Based 12.4%, CRPG 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Dungeon Crawler 8.9%
- #11 Once upon a Dungeon
90% matchPositive88% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Koto Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore dark dungeons, defeat challenging creatures and collect unique loot in this hardcore traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.1% ★, Turn-Based 15.4%, Dungeon Crawler 10.1%, Perma Death 9%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #12 Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
89% 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: CRPG 20.4%, Grid-Based Movement 15.8%, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Difficult 10.2%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #13 Haque
89% matchVery Positive86% of 165 reviews2017
Dev: SuperTry Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haque is a glitch fantasy roguelike adventure about cute monsters, low-bit hauntings, and a suspiciously talkative narrator. Choose your character and battle through forests, deserts and dungeons to defeat a mysterious evil. Die often. Try again!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.8% ★, Roguelike 26.7%, RPG 15.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Indie 5.5%
- #14 Golden Krone Hotel
88% matchVery Positive95% of 337 reviews2017
Dev: Vulgat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.8% ★, Turn-Based 14.9%, Perma Death 10.4%, Dungeon Crawler 8.6%, CRPG 8.2%
- #15 SFD : Rogue TRPG
87% matchVery Positive85% of 102 reviews2018
Dev: icefill
Windows · Mac · Linux
SFD is a unique hybrid of tactical RPG and roguelike. Manage a party of adventurers as you attempt to be one of the few to conquer the Sigma Finite Dungeon.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.6%, Grid-Based Movement 14.3%, RPG 12.7%, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Strategy 9.7%
- #16 Rogue Fable III
86% matchVery Positive93% of 747 reviews2021
Dev: Pixel Forge Games
Windows · Mac
Rogue Fable III is a traditional rogue-like game which combines the depth, complexity, and challenge of the genre classics with a shorter, more tightly focused game length.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 59.6% ★, Roguelike 8.8%, Turn-Based 7.6%, Dungeon Crawler 5%, Procedural Generation 3.9%
- #17 Netherguild
86% 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 15.8%, Perma Death 15.4%, Grid-Based Movement 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Procedural Generation 11.2%
- #18 Hydra Slayer
85% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2016
Dev: Zeno Rogue
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You face a 9-headed hydra. Your sword cuts 5 heads in each swipe (never less), which kills a 5-headed hydra, but a larger one will regrow 2 heads after each swipe. Your scythe cuts exactly 7, but 10 grow back if the hydra lives. Can you kill the hydra? Or better to explore to find more arms first?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33.5% ★, Turn-Based 16.6%, Grid-Based Movement 10.9%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Dungeon Crawler 9.1%
- #19 Dungeonmans
84% matchVery Positive91% of 1,234 reviews2014
Dev: Adventurepro Games LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.5% ★, Roguelike 15.4%, Grid-Based Movement 11.2%, Turn-Based 9.7%, RPG 3.3%
- #20 Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
84% matchVery Positive86% of 397 reviews2019
Dev: Portal Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Build unique class-and-race combinations, shape your talents, and test your strategy in a tactical roguelike dungeon crawler packed with campaigns, challenge runs, loot, bosses, and replayable depth. Your plan may be brilliant. The dungeon may disagree.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.4% ★, Turn-Based 16%, Perma Death 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #21 Lost Flame
81% matchVery Positive97% of 180 reviews2026
Dev: Bartosz Bojarowski
Windows · Linux
Lost Flame is a modern roguelike game featuring unique and challenging turn-based combat. Find your way in the ruined kingdom of Hiraeth while fighting against legendary warriors of the past and spawn of the unfathomable Abysm.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32.9% ★, Roguelike 28%, Turn-Based 14%, Perma Death 9.4%, RPG 6.8%
- #22 Paper Dungeons Crawler
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Stephane ValverdePub: Agent Mega
Windows · Mac · Linux
True classic 16 bits Roguelike with an unique magic system. Explore the mysterious Dungeons of Cyndaria and unearth an extensive lore. A plethora of creatures and magical items are waiting for you to step into ever-changing dungeons, with diverse biomes and challenges.
Why similar: Roguelike 16.5%, Dungeon Crawler 15.4%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, RPG 11.2%, Difficult 11%
- #23 ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,617 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Biskup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 24.8% ★, CRPG 14.6%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Perma Death 9.2%, Dungeon Crawler 7.9%
- #24 Approaching Infinity
80% matchVery Positive94% of 745 reviews2025
Dev: IBOL
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.3% ★, Perma Death 14.4%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #25 Realm of the Ghost King
81% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Mantis-Eye Labs, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Realm of the Ghost King is a quick-play roguelike where you must battle your way through eight randomly generated dungeons to defeat the Ghost King and become the new king of the realm.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.5%, Perma Death 18.7%, RPG 18%, Roguelike 15%, Strategy 14.9%
- #26 Dragonwake
78% match8 user reviews67% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Mr Crops
Windows
A solo old-school D&D-inspired ASCII roguelike set in Valoria, with race and class, spells, quests, dangerous dungeon crawls, and a primordial dragon stirring.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 25.7% ★, CRPG 14%, Turn-Based 12.7%, Perma Death 10%, Dungeon Crawler 8.5%
- #27 AntharioN
79% matchMixed69% of 191 reviews2015
Dev: Orphic Software
Windows · Mac
Antharion is an epic old-school fantasy RPG that combines tactical turn-based combat with the freedom of a huge living-breathing open world.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.7%, CRPG 21.4%, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, RPG 12%, Strategy 9.1%
- #28 Alchemic Dungeons DX
79% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: Q-Cumber FactoryPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Blending rogue-like dungeon exploration with item crafting, Alchemic Dungeons DX is a game of endless variety!
Why similar: Turn-Based 22%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Roguelike 12.6%, Perma Death 10.2%
- #29 Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
78% matchVery Positive94% of 443 reviews2021
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. Use battle or cunning to change the world, served by your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. Over 80 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Multitudes of skills, abilities, factions, treasures, and servants to create.
Why similar: CRPG 27.2%, Turn-Based 25.1%, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, Grid-Based Movement 8.8%, RPG 6.7%
- #30 Warlock: Age of Entropy
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elephant Door
Windows
A power-hungry warlock descends fifteen floors to unearth a malevolent energy sealed deep in a dungeon. He'll have to use items sparingly, spells tactically, and even recruit the help of forgotten gods to get there in this brutally difficult traditional roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 29% ★, Turn-Based 15%, Perma Death 10%, Dungeon Crawler 8.8%, Roguelike 7.6%
- #31 Tower of Eglathia
77% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2015
Dev: Lord EglathiaPub: Eglathia Games
Windows
Death is one mistake. A whispering demon is your only guide. Climb a procedurally generated tower — four skill trees, 60+ monsters, permadeath — and see if your name belongs on the Wall of Heroes, or in the halls as another ghost.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 23.9% ★, Turn-Based 21%, CRPG 15.4%, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%, Roguelike 10.5%
- #32 Blood & Chaos
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Guau Games
Windows · Mac
Ancient sacrifices saved the world, but their legacy is unraveling. A party based roguelike inspired by classic '80s RPGs, where every descent into cursed dungeons carries permanent consequences.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 25.7% ★, CRPG 14.7%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Dungeon Crawler 8.7%, Perma Death 8.6%
- #33 Zavix Tower
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 344 reviews2016
Dev: Batholith EntertainmentPub: Indie Voyage
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Zavix Tower is an old-school, party-based, first-person CRPG with rogue-like elements, an upgrade-able and persistent town, and turn-based combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.6%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Grid-Based Movement 14.4%, CRPG 13.2%, RPG 9.7%
- #34 EmbeRogue
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AzStrocytePub: HibouCorp
Windows
EmbeRogue is a real roguelike: turn-based, grid-based and boom-based, where everything can burn. Make your escape or tame your inner flames to defeat the FireLords.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 26.8% ★, Turn-Based 11.1%, Perma Death 10.3%, Dungeon Crawler 9.1%, Grid-Based Movement 7.9%
- #35 Shattered Pixel Dungeon
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,206 reviews2022
Dev: Shattered Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.9% ★, Turn-Based 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.4%, Perma Death 10.2%, Roguelike 7.6%
- #36 The Depths of Tolagal
75% matchPositive83% of 46 reviews2015
Dev: Angry Toad Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Depths of Tolagal is an addictive roguelike dungeon crawler with an emphasis on tactical combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.9%, Dungeon Crawler 17.6%, Roguelike 12.6%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, RPG 6.4%
- #37 Eye of Khaos
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seven Eons
Windows · Linux
Slay your enemies in this sword and sorcery roguelike! Ancient dungeons, fallen ruins and cyclopean towers and their primordial denizens present a tactical and deadly challenge that can only be overcome by the most resourceful heroes.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32.1% ★, Turn-Based 10%, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Roguelike 7.8%, Dungeon Crawler 7.6%
- #38 Stay Safe: Labyrinth of the Mad
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 43 reviews2019
Dev: Yellowcake Games
Windows · Linux
Many came before, many failed. Copies of previous players are still scattered throughout the dungeon! Thirty-five floors of unforgiving turn based combat with unique spells and weapons. Explore, craft, learn spells and much more on your journey to the top! Will you stay safe?
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.5%, Traditional Roguelike 13.8% ★, Perma Death 13%, Dungeon Crawler 11%, Grid-Based Movement 10.3%
- #39 Legacybound
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pedro Sgobin
Windows
Legacybound is a traditional roguelike RPG with turn-based combat where your death becomes a legacy for future heroes. Choose your class and combine powerful items and tomes to create countless unique builds as you explore a procedurally generated world filled with danger.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 30.7% ★, Turn-Based 16%, Perma Death 10.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%, Roguelike 8.1%
- #40 Tales of Maj'Eyal
72% matchVery Positive94% of 7,468 reviews2013
Dev: Netcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 30.1% ★, Turn-Based 17.9%, Perma Death 13.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.1%, Difficult 9.7%
- #41 Hieroglyphika
73% matchMixed65% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: M. HankaPub: Liu Lidan
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Open the gate to the egyptian underworld! Hieroglyphika is a roguelike game completely without text but with pictograms.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.9% ★, Turn-Based 14.9%, Roguelike 8.3%, Perma Death 6.3%, Difficult 6.2%
- #42 All Who Wander
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mike Weil
Windows · Mac · Linux
A traditional roguelike & dungeon crawler RPG where every run is unique. Choose from 15 classes and combine 100+ abilities across 10 skill trees. Explore diverse biomes filled with hazards and secrets. Recruit companions, discover loot, and master tactical combat on a fast-paced 30-level adventure.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.6% ★, Turn-Based 16.1%, Perma Death 10.5%, Dungeon Crawler 10.3%, Procedural Generation 7.6%
- #43 Fractalis
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Revolutionary Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fractalis is a procedurally generated roguelike that has turnbased/gridbased combat with a realtime feel.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 22.8% ★, CRPG 13%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Perma Death 10.2%, Grid-Based Movement 9.4%
- #44 Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 reviews2015
Dev: OlderBytes
Windows
Swords and Sorcery - Underworld is a party-based, first person view role-playing game with turn-based combat and a square grid 3D environment. The art was made by a professional comics illustrator.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.3%, CRPG 18.1%, Grid-Based Movement 17.8%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, RPG 7.6%
- #45 Text Dungeon: The Ring of Life
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tawashi Works
Windows
No graphics, No tiles. Just text-RPG adventure! Explore a shifting labyrinth, regain the Ring of Life from the wizard Shingor. Classic roguelike-style messages guide your journey, with narrative scenes evoking the spirit of MUDs and gamebooks. Death is permanent. Every run brings new discoveries.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 22.3% ★, Turn-Based 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.5%, CRPG 11.2%, Perma Death 9.8%
- #46 Roguecraft DX
68% 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: Traditional Roguelike 29.3% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.6%, Perma Death 12.5%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #47 Grimoire : Heralds of the Winged Exemplar (V2)
71% matchMixed69% of 635 reviews2017
Dev: Cleveland Mark BlakemorePub: Golden Era Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Cleveland Mark Blakemore's Magnum Opus! The ultimate classic style turn-based roleplaying game in the tradition of Wizardry, Might&Magic, Lands Of Lore and Eye of the Beholder! 600+ hours of play with hand-painted graphics and old skool goodness!
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.1%, Dungeon Crawler 21.3%, Grid-Based Movement 19.9%, RPG 10.6%, CRPG 8.4%
- #48 Hexagon Soup
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sayberry Labs
Windows
A keyboard-first traditional roguelike on an isometric hex grid—turn-based, permadeath, and ruthless decision-making. Your class emerges from the skills you pick, not a menu. Manage scarce resources, out-position enemies, claim Hex Runes, then survive the climb back out.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 30.4% ★, Turn-Based 15.9%, Grid-Based Movement 12.8%, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%, Perma Death 9.8%
- #49 Vulture for NetHack
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 198 reviews2015
Dev: DarkArts Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44.4% ★, Roguelike 11.5%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Perma Death 7.7%, RPG 6.9%
- #50 Sproggiwood
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 595 reviews2014
Dev: Freehold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Bring civilization to Sproggiwood, a story-driven, turn-based roguelike set in a humorous world inspired by Finnish mythology. Grow your civilization and plunder procedural dungeons with six unique classes. Outsmart mischievous monsters who work together in unexpected ways. No two dungeon dives are alike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 26.6% ★, Turn-Based 23.6%, Grid-Based Movement 16.6%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Roguelike 6.7%
- #51 Dungeons of Dredmor
69% matchVery Positive94% of 5,443 reviews2011
Dev: Gaslamp Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.1% ★, Turn-Based 14.6%, Roguelike 13.3%, Dungeon Crawler 8.7%, Perma Death 6.1%
- #52 Grix: The Dragon Tower
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: D-Pad
Windows
Grix is a grid-based roguelike set in procedurally generated dungeons. Discover hidden rules, anticipate danger, climb to the top of the tower, and slay the dragon that awaits you!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 13.2%, Perma Death 11.5%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
- #53 Cogmind
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,013 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 41.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.4% ★, Turn-Based 14.5%, Perma Death 9.9%, Dungeon Crawler 8.9%, Difficult 7.5%
- #54 Moraff's Dungeons
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dashing Strike
Windows · Mac · Linux
A faithful remaster of all of the classic, grid-based, first-person, dungeon crawling, RPG gameplay from Moraff's Dungeons of the Unforgiven with options to add in some of the best from Moraff's World and other balance adjustments, all in a modern, accessible interface.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 20.7% ★, Turn-Based 19.7%, Grid-Based Movement 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 14.7%, CRPG 11.6%
- #55 GnollHack
66% matchVery Positive87% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Hyvän mielen pelit ry
Windows
The modern way to play NetHack
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41.1% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Roguelike 10.6%, Perma Death 8.8%, RPG 7.2%
- #56 Sword of Fargoal
67% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Epyx, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this classic roguelike, released in 1983 for the Commodore 64 by Epyx, search the dark depths of a twisted dungeon, teeming with fiendish enemies and dangerous traps, for the legendary Sword of Fargoal, the only thing that can defeat the evil wizard Umla.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34.7% ★, Perma Death 14.5%, Dungeon Crawler 12.7%, Roguelike 8.3%, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #57 Beast Dungeon
69% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
A classic roguelike dungeon crawler with pixel graphics. Fight to the bottom of the dungeon and defeat the Lich Lord! Level up, find powerful equipment, and learn new spells to become the hero the world needs.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32.7% ★, Perma Death 13.8%, Grid-Based Movement 11.4%, Dungeon Crawler 10.4%, Roguelike 9%
- #58 The Chains Of Yme
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ivar
Windows · Linux
In this tactical roguelike you control five adventurers as you explore procedurally generated ruins to reach and conquer a Titan. Fight deadly monsters, utilize power-ups, and improvise while your knowledge of the world deepens. Persist when your adventurers are left behind, killed, or sacrificed.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 24.2% ★, Perma Death 13.2%, Grid-Based Movement 11.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.2%
- #59 Possession
67% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: Weirdfellows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Possession is a traditional turn-based roguelike where you play as a ghost trying to make your way to the surface. You are incredibly frail, but have one advantage: you can possess the bodies of the monsters you encounter, and use their strength and abilities as your own.
Why similar: Roguelike 26%, Traditional Roguelike 17% ★, Turn-Based 11.2%, Perma Death 7.9%, Dungeon Crawler 7.5%