- #1 Drawn into Darkness
97% matchNo user reviews2030
Dev: Earthborn Entertainment
Windows
Drawn into Darkness will have you Descend the Depths in this Deckbuilding, Dungeoncrawler, Roguelite with over 200 Cards, 200 Enemies, and 100 Floors of pure RNG Goodness. What path will you take, hmm, Hero?
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 29.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Card Game 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%, Roguelite 7.4%
- #2 Revive & Repeat
96% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Meryshow
Windows
Revive & Repeat is a card-based dungeon crawler roguelike where you combine modifiers and artifacts, build insane setups, fight powerful bosses, and compete with other players on the leaderboard — every death makes you stronger.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Card Battler 8.6%
- #3 Diesuki Dungeon
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WalnutPunch
Windows
Diesuki Dungeon is a roguelike, turn-based strategy game. Recruit bizarre medieval characters, gather equipment to grow stronger, defeat monsters, and head toward the ancient city that holds the “treasure chest containing whatever you desire.”
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 22.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, PvE 10.7%
- #4 Deckalypse
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Jazzoid Studios
Windows
Command a party of survivors against the zombie apocalypse in this turn-based deckbuilder roguelike. Four heroes, four decks, one shared energy pool that grows as you push deeper. Earn cards in the wasteland, unlock perks between runs, and bring down the Overlord before it's too late.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Card Game 11.8%, Survival 11.3%, PvE 8.9%
- #5 FORWARD: Escape the Fold - Ultimate Edition
95% matchVery Positive86% of 676 reviews2022
Dev: Two Tiny DicePub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
FORWARD: Escape the Fold - Ultimate Edition was created to be the perfect bitesized roguelike dungeon crawler. Choose your champion and face a relentless crawl through the card-based dungeons, collect items to power your abilities and defeat the gruesome monsters facing you. But keep going FORWARD!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Card Game 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #6 Larina
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stefan Pulfer
Windows · Linux
Larina is a turn-based fantasy RPG focused on character building, dungeon crawling and loot. Master different combat Souls, hunt for Rare, Set, and Unique equipment. Acquire or craft powerful gear, defeat dangerous bosses, and explore repeatable Maps filled with new challenges and rewards.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, PvE 12.1%, Exploration 11%
- #7 METRO QUESTER | OSAKA
93% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Thousand GamesPub: KEMCO
Windows
METRO QUESTER | OSAKA is a dungeon exploration RPG based in a post-apocalyptic futuristic world created by the manga artist Kazushi Hagiwara, with a deep game system designed by Hironori Kato that offers the excitement and surprises reminiscent of 1980s computer games through hack and slash.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%
- #8 Dual Eclipse
92% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Curly Goblin Games
Windows
Restore order to the cosmos by seeking out a Prismatic Dragon imprisoned in the stars. Delve into dungeons, evade traps, and discover secrets. Seek adventure as one of three classes in this trick-taking RPG.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Card Battler 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, PvE 10.7%
- #9 Wanderer's Deck
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sefa Game Studio
Windows
“Wanderer’s Deck is a dark fantasy roguelike deck-building game. Every choice reshapes your fate: build your deck, step through mysterious doors, battle deadly foes, and face powerful bosses lurking in the dungeons.”
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Card Game 11.5%, Card Battler 10.3%
- #10 METRO QUESTER
91% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Thousand GamesPub: KEMCO
Windows
METRO QUESTER is a dungeon exploration RPG based in a post-apocalyptic futuristic world created by the manga artist Kazushi Hagiwara, with a deep game system designed by Hironori Kato that offers the excitement and surprises reminiscent of 1980s computer games through hack and slash.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%
- #11 Blade of the Soulway
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Third Singular
Windows
“Blade of the Soulway” is a card-based RPG with a gripping storyline, featuring card collection, character building, equipment crafting, and dungeon exploration. Its unique material gathering and crafting system makes character builds even more diverse.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.2%, Card Battler 14.9%, PvE 12.3%, Card Game 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%
- #12 Dust Dwellers
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Stone Games
Windows
Lead a group of survivors through a dry and desolate wasteland in this turn-based card game. Outfit your survivors with vehicles to fend off metal beasts at night, scavenge for resources, and uncover the path to your next homestead. Can you outwit the dangers of this harsh new world?
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Survival 11.3%, Card Battler 10.3%, Card Game 10.3%
- #13 Zombie Epoch:Deck Apocalypse
88% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: HY Indie Game
Windows
Zombie Epoch: Deck Apocalypse blends dungeon crawling with strategic cardplay. Explore dangerous ruins, collect cards and items, and build deadly synergies to outlast relentless zombie hordes. Unlock new characters, upgrade your base, and fight to restore humanity!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Card Game 10.2%, Card Battler 9.9%
- #14 The Quiet Below
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ihor Filonenko
Windows
A turn-based psychological dungeon crawl. Descend alone, manage light and resolve, and survive the dungeon's pressure.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 32%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.9%, PvE 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%, Roguelike 7.4%
- #15 Tower Of Penguinaria
87% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: RpgPenguin
Windows
Tower of Penguinaria is a single-player pixel art Roguelite RPG game where you are a Penguin trying to stop the Evil Sealsorer from taking over Antarctica. Through turn based combats where your gear effects what abilities you will learn to aid in battle!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%, Roguelike 10.2%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #16 Blacktower
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adam TraversPub: AT Homesoft
Windows
Blacktower is a roguelike mini-RPG loosely based on Blackjack. Recruit your party, get buffed and push your luck to conquer the monstrous denizens of the tower.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Card Battler 10.3%, PvE 9.1%
- #17 ASV Trident
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GaminsLab
Windows
You are the acting captain of the last war vessel of humanity. Now the ship is your home and refuge. "real-time roguelike spaceship sim"
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Survival 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #18 Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Nyou
Windows
Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears is a strategic RPG where you use combinations of various heroes to clear dungeons. Train and utilize heroes to fight off those corrupted by the Black Tears and overcome difficult trials.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Dungeon Crawler 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Card Battler 10.8%, PvE 9.7%
- #19 Lost
86% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: 玩多阵 Studio
Windows
Lost is a with Chinese style mysterious unreal story is setting, contain all sorts of Chinese style ghost legend and content card card player of Rougelike adventure game ACTS the vagabonder that loses memory, set foot on unknown journey.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Card Battler 12%, Card Game 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
- #20 Crystant
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: DAWNER
Windows
Crystant is an apocalyptic survival game that combines board game exploration, strategy management, and tactical turn-based combat. Awaken in a failing underground facility with lost memories. Explore, scavenge, repair systems, and craft gear to survive the unknown.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Survival 12%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
- #21 Kingdom of Ashes - Fallen Era
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: ArcadeDeck
Windows
A single-player roguelike deck-builder in a kingdom broken into fifteen countries. Draft cards, chain elemental resonances, and pick a route past 90 map hazards. Where you stand decides what you fight — and win a region, and it stays claimed.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.3%, Card Game 15.3%, Card Battler 12.1%, Roguelike 8.6%, Dark Fantasy 7.1%
- #22 Innkeeper's Basement
83% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Rebel Egg Games
Windows
Innkeeper's Basement is a challenging roguelike card game mixed with minesweeper with over 5000 different character build combinations. Create your character, explore the dungeon, build your deck, drink alcohol to forget bad decisions and vanquish monsters!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Card Game 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #23 Descend into Madness
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: sanikigames
Windows
Offline dark fantasy turn-based strategy game. Brave the depths to encounter many different monsters and earn rewards. Upgrade and customize a small party to progress further against the increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 37.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 32.7%, Dark Fantasy 19.5%, 2D 6.3%, Indie 2.4%
- #24 Isolated Island: After the flood
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZHANG FAN
Windows
Survive in a world drowned by disaster. Explore by day, hide by night, fight zombies, scavenge resources, build your shelter, and trade with other factions. Your survival, your strategy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Survival 15.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Exploration 6.6%
- #25 Ascension: The Infinite Descent
80% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: ZerithPub: Zerith Gaming
Windows
Descend into the abyss, navigate the dungeon, collect cards for your custom loadout, and fight monsters in turn-based combat. Death is only the beginning—use Rebirth to gain permanent attributes that scale everything you do, and dive back in to try again.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%, Roguelite 7.9%
- #26 Coilbound
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Goblin Games
Windows
Coilbound is a dark fantasy roguelike where every enemy is a card of hidden traits. Descend a coiling dungeon, read each foe's abilities, and choose your path one card at a time — strike or slip past. But some traits refuse to end: it doesn't die when it dies.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.4%, Card Battler 12.8%, Card Game 11.7%, Roguelike 8.8%
- #27 Shattered Worlds
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon's Dream Studios
Windows
A fantasy turn-based strategy game where worlds get torn apart
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 33.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.2%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Roguelite 8.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7.8%
- #28 摸金牌
77% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Monkey Head
Windows
Tomb raiding is an adventure that spans across time. Prepare your tools of the trade and descend into ancient tombs, confronting undead horrors, deadly traps, and unknown dangers as you search for burial treasures and mysterious relics that have slumbered for a thousand years.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 38.5%, Dark Fantasy 25.5%, Adventure 11%, Card Game 10.2%, Exploration 9.8%
- #29 The Trail
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Trail Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start from nothing and fight your way to the top. Build your team to outplay enemies in quick turn-based combat. Explore the world at your own pace, meet an unpredictable cast of characters, and uncover the truth behind APOCALYPSE.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, PvE 11.7%, Exploration 9.4%
- #30 Knightmares
79% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: 64 Lightning Games
Windows
Face yourself in an epic tale of honor, courage and fusions. Knightmares will make you see fantasy from... A different point of view.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Dungeon Crawler 20.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Card Game 10.5%, Card Battler 10%
- #31 Dungeon Invader
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Spring Games
Windows
The ultimate deck-building roguelike dungeon crawler crafted with 3D design and pixel graphics - Dungeon Invader! Conquer the dungeon with your strategy and luck!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Card Battler 11.8%, PvE 10.8%, Card Game 10.1%
- #32 Realm Keep
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harry Mahal
Windows
Realm keep is a turn based tactical RPG where you build and defend your settlement. You lead your colonists, plan battles, explore distant dungeons and destroy them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, 2D 3.4%
- #33 Dungeon Element Fantasy
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StarTop
Windows
Explore the fantasy dungeon, use the elements flexibly, experience varied events and use different mechanisms to solve challenges. And, face powerful beings head on.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.5%, Card Game 12.9%, Card Battler 11.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Roguelike 8%
- #34 破碎原像
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: INK IMAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Windows
"Broken Preimage" is a challenging exploration of light rogue game. You need to shuttle between double parallel worlds, while focus on the team's health, mental state, the supply stock. Use variable strategies and find the truth.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 28.6%, Dungeon Crawler 20.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #35 ReliCursed
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team NHNF
Windows
Master relic synergies to escape a cursed pyramid labyrinth. Generate Essence, rescue lost companions, and uncover ancient secrets. Every relic placement shapes your strategy, demanding careful planning to delve deeper and overcome the dangers within.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Dungeon Crawler 22.6%, Adventure 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #36 AI Apocalypse
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scuffed Studios
Windows
A cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilder. Fight the AI apocalypse with melee, magic, or rifle — 3 weapon classes, 9 build paths, 120+ cards. Every run is a new tactical puzzle of stance, distance, and deck synergy.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Card Battler 12.2%, PvE 10.6%, Card Game 10%
- #37 Quest Of Peril
75% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Agaricus Games
Windows
Dive into the dark world of a Dying Earth, in this Idle exploration rougelike with turn based combat
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 38.4%, Dark Fantasy 21.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.3%, Roguelike 10%, Adventure 8.4%
- #38 Dark Crescent
74% match3 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Nvrlcky Games
Windows
A roguelike deckbuilder where you recruit your foes on a quest to kill the moon.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 29.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, PvE 13.1%, Card Game 12%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #39 Tap Dungeon
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Xiao5 Studios
Windows
Pixel-art isekai roguelike dungeon crawler! 5 classes, mix skills & items freely in turn-based combat across deadly random dungeons. Fight goblins, orcs, undead; collect artifacts, beat hidden bosses. Death = rebirth, endless builds await. Become the hero saving the kingdom!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 36.1%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Roguelite 9.1%, Adventure 7.1%
- #40 Project Afterfall
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Wake to a brutal world of Thea, bent on destroying your colony. Rebuild, Explore the Wastelands, and Gather scarce resources. Will you strike a deal with the ruthless Baba Yaga - or hack a rogue Cyber-Rat to turn it into an ally? A dark strategy-survival RPG with card-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Survival 9.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
- #41 Wastelander
72% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: Appstronaut Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wastelander is a turn-based strategy game where you must survive and escape from a desolate planet ravaged by powerful storms. Build a colony from nothing, find and unlock unique buildings and re-activate powerful relics to protect yourself. Will you survive and get off the planet?
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, PvE 9.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Roguelite 6.6%
- #42 Dark Offering
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gloomkey Studios
Windows
Dark Offering is a linear, first-person RPG blended with tactical, card-based combat. Explore a handcrafted world that is filled with loot, puzzles and monstrous creatures.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.8%, Dark Fantasy 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Exploration 12.3%, Card Battler 11.7%
- #43 Soul Survivor: Trials of the Goddess
73% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Runelight Owl
Windows
A retro, choices-matter dungeon crawler JRPG with roguelike elements. Features a unique gameplay loop: Take up to 3 "free" items per area Fight 3 battles of your choosing Choose wisely! You Died? Revive and try again, taking up to 3 upgrades into your next life
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.7%, Dark Fantasy 17.5%, Survival 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
- #44 Infested Fortress
73% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Bitmen Studios
Windows · Mac
Dig into the mountain, collect resources to build your fortress, grow your population and keep them alive (and happy), learn new deadly skills, gather and refine materials to craft powerful items so you can fend off the many dangerous monsters threatening your colony in turn-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Survival 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
- #45 Pyrene
70% matchVery Positive93% of 756 reviews2024
Dev: Two Tiny DicePub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Defeat hellish monsters and rebuild your home in Pyrene, a fast paced roguelike dungeon-crawler. Play with different heroes & spells, collect powerful relics to upgrade your deck while uncovering the mysteries behind your village’s destruction.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #46 Rogue Dice
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Odd Pixel Games
Windows
Rogue Dice is a dungeon crawler with dice themed roguelike elements. Choose a hero, enter a dungeon, fill your belt to the brim with powerful dice and find for yourself if luck is on your side, or if the dice will be your doom.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Survival 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%
- #47 Grim Path
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zabbo Games
Windows
A roguelike card crawler where every step is a choice. Descend into dark dungeons, battle monsters, and face various encounters. Choose your gear wisely to survive and go even deeper.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Card Game 13.8%, Card Battler 10.6%, Roguelite 8%
- #48 Kingdom Legends: The fallen kings
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mamora.me
Windows
Kingdom Legends: The fallen kings is a roguelike experience that lets you take control of an adventurer king exploring a long forgone fortress after a disastrously multi nation invasion gone wrong.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.1%, Dungeon Crawler 22.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Roguelike 6.8%, Roguelite 6.2%
- #49 Paper Caper
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: eagleclaw774Pub: eagleclawgames
Windows
Paper Caper is a rogue-like card crawler with a minimalistic, hand drawn art style. Explore a maze and prepare you deck to overcome the final boss.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.5%, Card Battler 13.8%, Card Game 12.1%, Roguelite 7.6%
- #50 Monstrum Opus
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qiryth / Pitzwig
Windows
Monstrum Opus is a dungeon crawler where you sever monsters' limbs and graft them onto yourself. But beware: lose a graft, and you lose every power it gave you. Will you descend and risk it all to become the most monstrous thing in the dungeon?
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.7%, Dark Fantasy 21.4%, Turn-Based Combat 7%, Roguelike 4.7%
- #51 Human Planet
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Justice
Windows
500,000 years ago in the Stone Age, explore uncharted lands in search of a settlement. Survive hunger and predators armed with only crude weapons and your wits.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.9%, Exploration 8.7%, Adventure 8.1%, Choices Matter 4.8%
- #52 The Final Ascent
67% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Larz Studios
Windows
Build your deck, equip your gear, and begin your climb. The Final Ascent is a build-first roguelike deckbuilder where every run expands your collection, sharpens your strategy, and pushes you higher on the global leaderboards.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Card Battler 16.7%, PvE 13.6%, Card Game 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%
- #53 Pairs & Perils
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: Little Horror StudiosPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Pairs & Perils is a memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the depths of the dungeon in search of The Dealer.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Card Battler 11.6%, Card Game 10.3%
- #54 CARDaCOMBS
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jobo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro roguelike deckbuilder where cards cost more than just energy. Descend the CARDaCOMBS, defeat monsters, and upgrade your deck with cards that cost energy, discards, blood, and MORE!!!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.8%, Card Battler 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Card Game 13%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%
- #55 Sheltered 2
70% matchMixed45% of 2,215 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.6%, Post-apocalyptic 25.2%, Survival 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Indie 0.9%
- #56 The Memory Library
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MN_SOFT
Windows
Found the card you need? Then combine it. Even a card that looks completely useless might become surprisingly useful once you combine it. Probably. Collect and synthesize cards, create unexpected synergies, and take on 10 story chapters and an endless dungeon.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.7%, Card Battler 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%, Card Game 10.8%
- #57 Escape the Desert
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: grassblooder
Windows
So you're stuck in a middle of a desert with a single flask of water... how do you escape? Do you stare at the sun long enough for it to stare at you back? Well, that might not be the worst idea. Try it out in Escape the Desert, a strand-type roguelike strategy game!
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.1%, Dungeon Crawler 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Roguelike 7.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #58 DunDie
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Moonsaurus Games
Windows
DunDie is a dice-based roguelike where you combine Yahtzee-style rolls to attack or defend, explore shifting routes, discover relics that reshape your strategy, and face an eternal cycle that can only be broken by sacrificing your own dice.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Card Battler 13.8%, PvE 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%
- #59 The Carcass
65% matchMostly Negative28% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: PiqFocus Interactive
Windows
A typing-driven Lovecraftian colony sim. You wake inside the corpse of a dead god, adrift in space. Carve a roguelike colony from procedurally generated anatomy. Negotiate with rival alien factions, evolve occult mutations, find your ending. The carcass remembers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #60 Temporal Shore
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overhead Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique blend of roguelike deckbuilding and survival strategy, where you control your characters only with your cards. You not only play your actions, but also decide who to perform them. Can you break the time loop and lead your team to safety, or will you die trying?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Survival 10.3%, Card Game 9%, Choices Matter 8.6%