Games Like Dragonwake

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 27.3% ★, CRPG 15.7%, Turn-Based 10.9%, Perma Death 10.1%, Dungeon Crawler 8.5%

Dawn of the Mexica is a turn-based roguelike that blends accurate history and mythical fantasy. It features complex combat mechanics, tactics and skills, yet also brings you an easy to use interface. Fight your way through the procedurally generated scenarios and stop the fall of the Fifth Sun!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 25.8% ★, CRPG 13.9%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Perma Death 10.1%, Dungeon Crawler 8.6%

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 28.6% ★, CRPG 16.2%, Perma Death 12.1%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%

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 34.2% ★, Turn-Based 16.7%, Perma Death 15.2%, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Difficult 8.5%

Open the gate to the egyptian underworld! Hieroglyphika is a roguelike game completely without text but with pictograms.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46% ★, Turn-Based 14.1%, Roguelike 7.4%, Perma Death 7.2%, CRPG 6.9%

Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Perma Death 11.8%, CRPG 8.5%, Roguelike 7.9%

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 32.4% ★, Turn-Based 14.7%, Perma Death 12.1%, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Roguelike 6.9%

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 39.6% ★, Turn-Based 10.1%, Dungeon Crawler 9.3%, Perma Death 8.8%, Roguelike 7.5%

Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 40.3% ★, Perma Death 14%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Roguelike 8.6%, Tabletop 6.2%

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 33.9% ★, Perma Death 12.9%, Turn-Based 11.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%, Difficult 7.6%

Fractalis is a procedurally generated roguelike that has turnbased/gridbased combat with a realtime feel.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.6% ★, CRPG 15.5%, Perma Death 12.3%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Dungeon Crawler 9.2%

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 35.2% ★, CRPG 12.2%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10%, Roguelike 7.8%

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 37.3% ★, Turn-Based 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Perma Death 9.7%, Roguelike 8.9%

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 52.7% ★, Turn-Based 13.4%, Roguelike 11.6%, Dungeon Crawler 9.6%, Perma Death 6.8%

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: Traditional Roguelike 17.8% ★, Turn-Based 17.5%, Perma Death 16.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Roguelike 8.9%

Explore dark dungeons, defeat challenging creatures and collect unique loot in this hardcore traditional roguelike game.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32.5% ★, Turn-Based 15.2%, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Perma Death 10.8%, Roguelike 7.8%

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 59.5% ★, Roguelike 8.9%, Turn-Based 8.6%, Dungeon Crawler 6.2%, Perma Death 6.1%

The modern way to play NetHack

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.4%, Perma Death 9.9%, Roguelike 9.3%, RPG 5%

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 37.4% ★, Perma Death 15.8%, Dungeon Crawler 11.8%, Roguelike 8%, Grid-Based Movement 4.5%

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 33.8% ★, Turn-Based 18.8%, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Perma Death 11.1%, Roguelike 8.9%

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 35.5% ★, Turn-Based 14.5%, Perma Death 12.1%, Dungeon Crawler 12.1%, Roguelike 6.2%

Sigil of Kings is a turn-based fantasy roguelike/RPG, set in an expansive procedurally generated world, displayed in colorful 16-bit pixel art. Explore dungeons, defeat enemies, solve puzzles, find treasures, visit cities, join guilds and make your mark in a living, breathing world.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48% ★, CRPG 24%, Roguelike 9%, RPG 4.5%, Turn-Based Combat 3.5%

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 36.9% ★, Turn-Based 15.8%, Dungeon Crawler 12.8%, Perma Death 11.8%, Grid-Based Movement 5.4%

Ascend a deadly rogue-like tower with 4 skill trees, 60+ monsters, and procedural floors. Master Barbarian, Mystic, Assassin, or Eglathian powers. Face altars, fountains, and permadeath. Will you conquer the Tower of Eglathia or join the fallen?

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.4% ★, Turn-Based 20.5%, CRPG 17.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Roguelike 9.7%

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 58.4% ★, Roguelike 12.2%, Perma Death 11.5%, Turn-Based 6.4%, Grid-Based Movement 3.9%

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: Traditional Roguelike 43.5% ★, Turn-Based 13.6%, Perma Death 11.2%, Dungeon Crawler 10%, Difficult 6.6%

Deadzoned is a sci-fi turn-based Roguelike. Blast your way through the lawless sectors battling dangerous creatures, outlaws, and the environment itself. But you'll need your wits to make best use of the variety of resources you stumble upon to survive and claim the head of your bounty!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41.8% ★, Perma Death 17.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.7%, Roguelike 9.1%, Turn-Based Combat 5%

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 34.8% ★, Perma Death 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 12.1%, Roguelike 8.1%, Difficult 7.1%

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 41.4% ★, Perma Death 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 15%, Roguelike 7.7%, Fantasy 5.1%

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 33.4% ★, Turn-Based 14.1%, Perma Death 12%, Dungeon Crawler 9.9%, CRPG 9.3%

A classic turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler with D20 dice combat. Three unique classes — a soul-projecting Cultivator, a monster-recruiting Mask Master, and a shadow-stalking Rogue. 117 monsters, randomized identification, and procedural dungeons make every run a new adventure.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48.1% ★, Perma Death 19.6%, Roguelike 9%, RPG 5.2%, Strategy 5.1%

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 68.3% ★, Roguelike 7.8%, Turn-Based 7.1%, Dungeon Crawler 5.7%, Difficult 3%

Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.1% ★, Roguelike 10.7%, Perma Death 9.1%, Dungeon Crawler 6.9%, Difficult 5.3%

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: Traditional Roguelike 22.9% ★, Turn-Based 18%, Perma Death 16.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Roguelike 8.9%

Amulet of Iovar is an oldschool roguelike inspired by Nethack. Delve deep into the Dungeon of Iovar, steal the amulet of the divine and ascend to godhood!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.6%, Roguelike 10%, Procedural Generation 5.1%, RPG 4.7%

A Daily Extraction Roguelike Dungeon-Crawler. Play the same dungeons as everyone else, once a day. Select your gear and delve into dungeons, attempting to escape with the loot you obtain. Inspired by classical roguelikes of decades past, but with a modern interface and metagame.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.1% ★, CRPG 22.4%, Dungeon Crawler 13.3%, Roguelike 6.5%, RPG 5.5%

A Deeply Tactical ASCII Roguelike with unique and often surprising mechanics. Explore Hanwu Divinity College and uncover its secrets.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 35.7% ★, Perma Death 12.5%, Turn-Based 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.9%, Roguelike 7.5%

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 35% ★, Turn-Based 18.7%, Perma Death 12.7%, Dungeon Crawler 11.4%, Roguelike 5.8%

Quest of Dungeons is a turn based dungeon crawler game featuring a good old 16-bit retro artistic look. By playing as either a Warrior, Wizard, Assassin or Shaman you have to traverse dungeons, defeat enemies and loot everything you can in order to survive.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32.7% ★, Turn-Based 14.8%, Perma Death 13.9%, Dungeon Crawler 11.8%, Difficult 7.8%

DA_RL is a turn-based traditional roguelike with procedurally generated dungeons, five distinct classes, a god worship system, a deep item system, and dozens of enemy types. Every run is different.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 55.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 17.3%, Roguelike 10.2%, RPG 6.2%, Turn-Based Combat 4.2%

Sail the seas, captain your crew and seek out treasure and adventure! A turn-based roguelike and role-playing game, in Distant Isles you will explore procedural islands, find treasure, and fight all manner of creatures. Make sure you manage your resources wisely - danger awaits at every turn.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38% ★, CRPG 25.2%, Turn-Based 18.4%, Roguelike 7.2%, RPG 2.9%

Dungeon of Rikka is a turn based Rogue-like game with the goal to save your village from the impending doom of the beast that's been sealed away to rot in the deepest corner of the Dungeon. The beast will break his shackles and ascend the Dungeon, becoming stronger the longer you take to get to him.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 35.3% ★, Turn-Based 15.3%, Perma Death 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, Roguelike 6.7%

A turn-based roguelike where you can shape the dungeon to your advantage. Discover terrain powers which help you to fight your enemies more efficiently.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.9% ★, Perma Death 17%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%, Roguelike 7.3%, Turn-Based Combat 4.2%

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 26% ★, Turn-Based 16.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Perma Death 9.5%, Difficult 9.2%

Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 35.2% ★, Perma Death 16.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, Roguelike 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 7.5%

Storm the lair of the immortal wizard Yendor in this fast paced, turn based, traditional rogue-like. The massive scope, deep mechanics and challenging gameplay that define the genre distilled into dense and highly varied one hour runs.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.1% ★, Perma Death 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 13.3%, Difficult 9.1%, Roguelike 8.4%

Hyper Dungeon Crawler is a turn-based roguelike RPG with crafting. Collect materials and craft your unique tools, weapons, magic spells and other supplements and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated scenes.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 35.7% ★, CRPG 19.7%, Perma Death 13.7%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Roguelike 6.5%

Jupiter Hell Classic is the demake of a remake of a roguelike unmake of a famous 1993 FPS shooter. Rip and Tear!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41.6% ★, Perma Death 16%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%, Roguelike 9.2%, Grid-Based Movement 6.3%

Collateral Dungeon is a tactical puzzle dungeon crawler. Explore as an archaeologist trapped in your most recent dig: an enemy-infested dungeon. However, you are a lover, not a fighter. Without weapons, you must turn to your wit and clever traps to defeat enemies lest you relive your failings.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 31.5% ★, Turn-Based 16.6%, Perma Death 16.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%, Roguelike 9.1%

A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 71.1% ★, Roguelike 11.5%, Perma Death 5.1%, Turn-Based 4%, RPG 2.4%

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 64.1% ★, Roguelike 14.3%, Turn-Based 9.4%, Grid-Based Movement 4.7%, Dungeon Crawler 3.6%

Descend the dungeon and slay the evil! Legion's Crawl is a combination of classic roguelike principle and modern 3D environment with intuitive GUI. Choose your hero and difficulty, challenge the randomly generated dungeons!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 50.9% ★, Turn-Based 13.8%, Roguelike 11.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10.3%, RPG 6.2%

This is a heavily extended version of one of the most famous roguelike games of the 80’s named LARN. Your choice is to find a magic elixier for your daughters recovery. Therefore you have to explore a lot of unknown caves, filled with monsters, demons and traps. Good luck! You may need it!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 72.8% ★, Roguelike 10.7%, Perma Death 4.6%, Turn-Based 4%, Dungeon Crawler 3.4%

Turn-based roguelike with minimalistic, fast-paced combat that focuses on learning enemy patterns and making powerful synergies with your items.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.8% ★, Perma Death 14.8%, Roguelike 12%, Turn-Based Combat 7.8%, Grid-Based Movement 6.7%

Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.2% ★, Turn-Based 17.7%, Perma Death 16.4%, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Roguelike 7.8%

"Rogue - but better" - a traditional roguelike modernized for current era - descent into deadly dungeon, defeat (or avoid) its inhabitants using loot you find and escape with legendary Amulet of Yendor which started it all

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.5% ★, Perma Death 15%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Roguelike 8.6%, Turn-Based Combat 6%

Can you reach the Crown of Victory on the 31st floor? This is a quick coffee-break roguelike. Simple rules, casual look, but winning is another story. Think you’ve got the skills? Take the challenge and claim your crown!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 54.8% ★, Perma Death 22.2%, Roguelike 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 4.7%, Grid-Based Movement 3.2%

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 38.8% ★, Turn-Based 21.6%, Roguelike 21%, Grid-Based Movement 4.5%, Perma Death 4%

One Die. One Life. Infinite Delving. From a single d6 and a paper prototype at my desk, ODDD is a tight, focused roguelike where every roll matters. Master meaningful class abilities and watch your hero visibly grow with every piece of loot. How deep will you delve?

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.4% ★, Perma Death 16.1%, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Tabletop 12%, Roguelike 7.4%

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 38.9% ★, Roguelike 25.8%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Perma Death 11.1%, Difficult 5.5%