Games Like DemonCrawl

Desktop Dungeons: Rewind bestows bites of tactical roguelike action, which will quickly fester into a deep, lingering, and strategic obsession. Bargain with gods, equip your spoon and pick your battles, before retreating into the healing darkness. But beware… there are still many monsters to face!

Why similar: Roguelite 26.1%, Roguelike 22%, Difficult 19.1%, Puzzle 17.6%, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive puzzle-roguelike that shares the same tight, grid-based strategic decision-making as DemonCrawl.

A puzzle based deck building rogue-like prequel to The Binding of Isaac... Made of cardboard!

Why similar: Roguelite 36.5%, Strategy 19%, Puzzle 11.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Indie 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky, puzzle-heavy roguelite that uses match-based mechanics to drive its combat and exploration.

A critically acclaimed roguelite where you can REWIND to find the optimal path through monsters, treasure and secrets. Quick to play. No grinding. No filler. Deep gameplay.

Why similar: Roguelite 23.2%, Roguelike 15.8%, Dungeon Crawler 15.2%, Puzzle 13.9%, RPG 13%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique grid-based movement system that turns dungeon exploration into a high-stakes logic puzzle.

Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!

Why similar: Roguelite 25.5%, Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Roguelike 15.4%, Strategy 12.9%, Dungeon Crawler 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines roguelite progression with clever dice-based puzzle mechanics that require constant strategic adaptation.

Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG!

Why similar: Roguelite 27.4%, Roguelike 20.7%, Strategy 15.9%, RPG 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite uses pachinko-style physics to create a satisfying, puzzle-like combat loop that feels very similar to DemonCrawl's item-based strategy.

10000000: The Dungeon Crawling Matching Game

Why similar: Puzzle 24.5%, RPG 17.2%, Indie 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Retro 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced match-3 roguelite that forces quick thinking and constant resource management during dungeon runs.

The roguelike dungeon crawler where you're a billiard ball! Push monster balls into holes or traps in randomly generated levels. Stack up countless game-changing items to create broken builds. Find combos to create your own synergies and customize your playstyle. Rack and Slay!

Why similar: Roguelite 25.6%, Roguelike 19.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, RPG 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelike that uses pool physics to navigate dungeons, blending precision movement with strategic combat.

Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.

Why similar: Roguelite 34.6%, Strategy 21.9%, Roguelike 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Retro 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: An addictive roguelite that focuses on building a synergistic engine through slot-machine mechanics, mirroring the item-collection satisfaction of DemonCrawl.

The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

Why similar: Roguelike 25.9%, Roguelite 23.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Difficult 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This poker-themed roguelite offers deep, puzzle-like strategic planning and an incredibly addictive gameplay loop.

Simple fast-paced card crawler with roguelike elements and addictive gameplay

Why similar: Roguelike 49.1%, Indie 26.5%, Puzzle 14.1%, RPG 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game distills the dungeon-crawling experience into a card-based puzzle format that is easy to pick up but hard to master.

Megaloot is an addictive Inventory Management Roguelike RPG, where meticulous loot management lets you create diverse and powerful builds for each run. With every new attempt, start from scratch and loot strategically to craft dominating setups and become the ultimate power hunter.

Why similar: Roguelite 25.4%, Roguelike 17.8%, Dungeon Crawler 16.6%, RPG 15.6%, Strategy 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on inventory management and loot optimization, which is a core pillar of the DemonCrawl experience.

Runestone Keeper is a roguelike dungeon crawler that blends classic RPG elements and turn based strategy. Heroes, monsters, equipment, events, magic and skills, traps and devices, shrines and altars, Goddesses and merchants. Choose your weapon and begin an epic adventure!

Why similar: Strategy 26.7%, Roguelike 23.4%, RPG 21%, Roguelite 16.8%, Indie 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic dungeon-crawling roguelike that relies on uncovering tiles to reveal enemies and loot.

A challenging rogue-like puzzler inspired by the classic Tower of the Sorcerer. Play as a human knight who fights his way out of a deep dungeon by slaying monsters and solving intricate puzzles.

Why similar: Strategy 27.1%, Roguelike 18.8%, Puzzle 16.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A simple yet effective puzzle-dungeon crawler that focuses on efficient pathing and resource collection.

You Must Build A Boat is the sequel to the award winning "10000000". Travel the world, run procedurally generated dungeons finding artifacts, capturing monsters and recruiting crew for your boat

Why similar: Strategy 16%, Puzzle 13.8%, RPG 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Roguelite 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: The spiritual successor to 10,000,000, it refines the match-3 roguelite formula with even more depth and progression.

Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.

Why similar: Roguelite 16.2%, Roguelike 13.5%, Strategy 13%, RPG 12.6%, Difficult 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep card-battler that emphasizes strategic deck building and tactical combat against various dungeon monsters.

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Roguelike 20.1%, Strategy 15.3%, RPG 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends roguelike exploration with tower-defense strategy, requiring the same type of careful planning found in DemonCrawl.

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: Roguelike 21.8%, Dungeon Crawler 19.2%, RPG 17.1%, Difficult 16.8%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A polished traditional roguelike that emphasizes grid-based exploration and careful resource management.

Puzzlequest meets FTL in this Steampunk Victorian era roguelite.

Why similar: Strategy 28.6%, Roguelite 19.9%, RPG 18.8%, Puzzle 13.6%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A steampunk-themed strategy game that uses match-3 mechanics to power combat, similar to the puzzle-combat hybrid style of DemonCrawl.

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: Roguelike 29.8%, RPG 15.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11%, Difficult 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike that keeps the focus on grid-based movement and tactical decision-making.

Dungelot: Shattered Lands takes you on an epic roguelike dungeon-crawler adventure to defeat zombie cows, splat giant evil mushrooms, and generally get back home in one piece. Deceptively simple, ever so addictive.

Why similar: RPG 23.4%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Roguelike 14.2%, Puzzle 13.3%, Strategy 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A mobile-friendly dungeon crawler that uses tile-flipping mechanics to manage exploration and combat.

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: Roguelite 30.2%, Roguelike 23.7%, RPG 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An innovative roguelite that uses deck-building and tile placement to create a strategic, automated dungeon-crawling experience.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Strategy 21.9%, Roguelite 16.6%, Roguelike 16.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Puzzle 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more tactical, its grid-based combat is essentially a perfect information puzzle that rewards careful planning.

Roguelike twist on tile-matching puzzle games. Collect relics. Learn spells. Unlock new equipment. Fight bosses and monsters. Use your abilities by matching tiles, creating combos, and solving puzzles!

Why similar: Roguelite 32%, Puzzle 18.4%, Strategy 17.3%, RPG 13.7%, Roguelike 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A match-3 roguelite that directly translates the puzzle-combat loop into a dungeon-crawling setting.

Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon!

Why similar: Roguelite 23.1%, Roguelike 16.9%, Strategy 15.3%, RPG 14.1%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%

Emberlight is a true roguelite dungeon crawler, set in a world where the Gods have given you a great gift - and a great curse. Explore procedurally generated dungeons as a Knight of the Ember Order. Conquer the quests set out before your party, and uncover the lore of the land.

Why similar: Roguelite 28.1%, RPG 22.7%, Strategy 22.3%, Indie 10.2%, Dungeon Crawler 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite RPG that focuses on party-building and strategic combat, offering a similar sense of progression.

Grindstone is a puzzle game where epic adventures are just your 9-to-5. It’s your job to mine grindstones from the Creeps that lurk on the mountain in over 600 levels of intricate puzzles and hazards, all in the hopes of saving up enough grindstones to take your family on a much needed vacation.

Why similar: Puzzle 77.1%, 2D 22.9%

Why You'll Like It: A vibrant puzzle-battler where clearing paths through enemies feels very similar to clearing tiles in a minesweeper-style game.

Bone Marrow is a game in the genre of role-playing board logic puzzle. During a certain time, combine the figures, increase your characteristics and do away with evil but consider the wrong step can lead to irreversible consequences!

Why similar: Strategy 38.2%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 6.6%, Roguelite 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, puzzle-based strategy game that uses number-matching mechanics to simulate combat.

Each step into the unknown heals you and reveals new obstacles as you guide fresh heros to glorious retirement or ignominious death. Master tactical spells, appease ancient gods and get rich through taxidermy in this award-winning quick-play puzzle-roguelike.

Why similar: Roguelike 37.5%, Puzzle 15.3%, RPG 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Difficult 8.8%

CiniCross is a dark fantasy roguelite where nonogram puzzles meet dungeon crawling. Solve increasingly complex puzzles, choose your path through a branching dungeon, and bend the rules using powerful artifacts. Each room is a puzzle. Each boss, a deadly challenge.

Why similar: Roguelite 23.2%, Roguelike 17.3%, Puzzle 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Strategy 14.3%

Robothorium is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler with turn-based fights, where all your choices will have a direct impact on your revolution against Humankind. Deep Strategy, Crafting, Party Based management, Talents and so much more in this roguelike!

Why similar: Roguelite 25.1%, Strategy 23.5%, RPG 18.9%, Dungeon Crawler 8.9%, Roguelike 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy RPG with roguelite elements that rewards careful team management and tactical play.

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: Roguelike 20.6%, Roguelite 19.9%, Dungeon Crawler 17.7%, Puzzle 16.4%, Strategy 14.6%

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: RPG 22.9%, Strategy 20.8%, Roguelite 14.7%, Roguelike 9.6%, Dungeon Crawler 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that uses a grid-based system to provide a deep, challenging dungeon-crawling experience.

Paper Dungeons is a fantasy board-game boosted by online content. With the ability to create and share online your own levels, you're up for an infinite replay value! The game is visualized as a classic tabletop board-game with dice and tokens, and has 4 game modes: Boardgame, Campaign, Puzzle and Rogue.

Why similar: RPG 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 13.1%, Difficult 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A board-game-inspired dungeon crawler that uses grid-based movement and puzzle elements to progress through levels.

Minesweeper gone Rogue(like). Stock your cart with 150+ powerful items while avoiding impish Dust Bunnies. Dare yourself to climb all 16 floors of the ominous Tentateq Tower—but beware, 7 logic-twisting Hazardous Materials stand between you and janitorial glory. Can you keep your job until morning?

Why similar: Roguelike 24.1%, Puzzle 21%, Dungeon Crawler 20.6%, Strategy 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition is a humorous and strategic turn-based dungeon crawling ASCII adventure. Drawing heavy inspiration from both Roguelikes and Japanese RPGs, the game offers a robust action-RPG inspired combat system.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.6%, RPG 19.1%, Roguelike 11.8%, Roguelite 11.7%, Retro 9.2%

Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!

Why similar: RPG 16.9%, Roguelite 15.5%, Roguelike 14.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.1%, Strategy 8.9%

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: Roguelike 53.2%, RPG 17.9%, Strategy 10.5%, Dungeon Crawler 6.8%, Indie 5.8%

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: Roguelike 24.3%, Difficult 22.6%, RPG 20.9%, Dungeon Crawler 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 60.1%, Strategy 14.2%, Indie 11.8%, Difficult 9.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.

Why similar: Strategy 20.3%, RPG 20.1%, Roguelite 16.1%, Roguelike 13.5%, Difficult 12.9%

A rogue-lite action strategy game with deck building. Fight the undead legion, forge your path, and gain powerful permanent progression. Godlike difficulty modes, mutators, heroic units, elite enemies, and unlockable rewards - endless replayability awaits!

Why similar: Roguelite 28.2%, Strategy 19.2%, Roguelike 17.2%, Difficult 14.9%, RPG 12.2%

Step into the Demon’s Mirror and enter a fantastical, nightmarish world in this roguelike deckbuilder! Strategy meets the arcane in a unique fusion of deck-building and chain-3 mechanics. Can you face your demons and come out unscathed?

Why similar: Roguelite 22.5%, Roguelike 18.8%, Strategy 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 13.4%, RPG 13.3%

FAMAZE is a retro themed roguelike puzzle adventure game. Choose the the dashing Knight, the cunning Thief, or the mystical Wizard each with unique special powers. Delve into The Mad King's ever changing dungeon to rescue the rutabagas! Never the same game twice! Music by Disasterpeace and Art by Oryx.

Why similar: Roguelike 32.3%, RPG 27.2%, Strategy 18.2%, Indie 9.6%, Retro 5.7%

Rift Wizard is a tough as nails fantasy roguelike featuring challenging turn based combat and deep open ended character building. Craft your spellbook from over 100 unique spells and abilities and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated challenges to defeat your nemesis.

Why similar: Roguelike 28.7%, Dungeon Crawler 23.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Retro 8.1%

"Mimic Logic" is an automatically generated logic puzzle roguelike. Listen to the statements of the treasure chests, find the lying mimics, and open the rest of the treasure chests! Opening a mimic results in a game over.

Why similar: Roguelike 31.9%, Puzzle 30.1%, Retro 15.6%, Indie 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%

Undergrave is a tactical roguelike in which moving, jumping, managing your stamina, dashing and 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 strategically is vital for success.

Why similar: Roguelike 23.6%, Roguelite 23.2%, Strategy 20.5%, Puzzle 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

Let’s! Revolution! is a colorful roguelite puzzle mashup about stopping a narcissistic King from ruining your world. Flip tiles to uncover the hidden path to the King. Use deductive reasoning to avoid his cronies or take them all down in strategic turn-based combat.

Why similar: Roguelite 26%, Roguelike 19.2%, Strategy 17%, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Puzzle 16%

Card Crawl is a solitaire style Dungeon Crawler played with a deck of cards.

Why similar: Roguelite 24.6%, Strategy 17.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, RPG 12.8%, Puzzle 10.6%

A completely new style real-time card battle "Overdungeon" Overdungeon combines rogue-like, tower defense and card games. More than 100 cards are Attack, Animal, Building, Spell, Trap, etc..Build your creative and crazy deck!

Why similar: Roguelite 22.1%, Strategy 17.7%, RPG 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Indie 7.4%

Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.

Why similar: Roguelite 25.7%, Roguelike 23.5%, Strategy 20.8%, RPG 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%

DROD is a unique puzzle-logic game with clever mechanics and an engaging story. It is a turn-based top-down 2-D dungeon puzzler. The game play has amazing depth through emergent behaviors as puzzle elements are combined. There is a simple interface and only a handful of commands to master.

Why similar: Strategy 15.8%, Puzzle 15.5%, Difficult 13.6%, RPG 11.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%

Skelly Selest is a score-attack hack slash dash run 'n' gun-athon. Venture into the procedurally generated perdition depths of Hell to purge the evil taint of the Deamonica Netherlords and their fiendly followers.

Why similar: Roguelite 24.9%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Roguelike 15.4%, Dungeon Crawler 11.1%, Difficult 10.5%

Solve your way through this fast-paced rogue-lite puzzle game and outwit unforgiving creatures as you venture into the mysterious Power Plant!

Why similar: Roguelite 27.6%, Roguelike 17.8%, Puzzle 17.5%, Dungeon Crawler 16.7%, Indie 7.6%

Minesweeper but the rules are changing.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.5%, Difficult 30.8%, Strategy 19.1%, Indie 9.5%, Singleplayer 2%

An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.

Why similar: Roguelite 35.7%, Dungeon Crawler 18.7%, RPG 14%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Adventure 5.5%

SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.

Why similar: Roguelite 30.3%, Difficult 21.9%, Roguelike 21.8%, Strategy 17.5%, Indie 5.9%

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: Roguelike 24.2%, Difficult 20.7%, Dungeon Crawler 19.5%, Strategy 18.9%, RPG 14.9%

Wordatro! fuses addictive word game with thrilling roguelite strategy! Spell high-scoring words, chain massive combos, and unlock game-changing bonuses. With 50+ unique upgrades and daily challenges, endless linguistic adventures await!

Why similar: Roguelite 32.6%, Roguelike 26.6%, Strategy 25.5%, Indie 7.4%, 2D 5.5%

Take control of a squadron of epic summons in this unique take on dungeon crawling!

Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%

Think you know Minesweeper? Think again. Infinity Sweeper brings roguelite elements to the classic puzzle - upgrades, boss fights and a constantly evolving grid that demands both logic and instinct. One wrong click could end it all.

Why similar: Roguelite 30.5%, Roguelike 21.7%, Strategy 20.8%, Puzzle 15.6%, Indie 5.4%