- #1 NETHER DUNGEONS
97% matchVery Positive83% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Arakuma Studio
Windows
Nether Dungeons is an action-packed dungeon crawler. Battle through procedurally generated dungeons, face relentless enemies, and defeat epic bosses. Customize your hero, wield diverse weapons, and survive intense challenges as you descend into ever-changing, dangerous depths.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.5%, Roguelite 18%, Roguelike 16.6%, Top-Down 8.8%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #2 Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival
96% matchVery Positive80% of 895 reviews2025
Dev: RetroStyle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!
Why similar: Roguelike 21.4%, Roguelite 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #3 Dungreed
96% matchVery Positive93% of 9,532 reviews2018
Dev: TEAM HORAY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dungreed is a 2D side-scrolling action game with 2D Rogue-LITE elements. You become an adventurer exploring a continuously evolving dungeon to prevent the town from being destroyed. Eliminate enemies, use a variety of weapons and magic, eat food, and defeat evil in the dungeon!
Why similar: Roguelike 24.3%, Roguelite 22.7%, Dungeon Crawler 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Action 7.2%
- #4 Dungeon Souls
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,228 reviews2016
Dev: Lamina Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 29%, Roguelike 18.7%, Roguelite 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Action 5.8%
- #5 Star of Providence
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,320 reviews2017
Dev: Team D-13
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
Why similar: Roguelite 19.3%, Dungeon Crawler 18.1%, Roguelike 14.8%, Perma Death 10%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #6 Swarm Grinder
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,176 reviews2024
Dev: Last Bite GamesPub: Null State Protocol
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.
Why similar: Roguelike 20.9%, Roguelite 18.8%, Action RPG 14.8%, Procedural Generation 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #7 Hollow Survivors
93% matchVery Positive82% of 188 reviews2025
Dev: Danny DeerPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle through hordes of horrific creatures as you hack and slash your way to the top of the Tower in this rogue-like dungeon crawler game. Choose from a variety of upgrades and weapons, and save the Tower.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.9%, Action RPG 15.8%, Roguelite 15.3%, Roguelike 14.5%, Survival 9%
- #8 Undungeon
92% matchMixed64% of 375 reviews2021
Dev: Laughing MachinesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Undungeon is a gorgeous Action/RPG driven by intense real-time combat and an immensely rich science fiction story. Travel between dimensions and change the world around you in an attempt to reconstruct the shattered Multiverse.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.8%, Action RPG 18%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Roguelike 11%, Roguelite 9%
- #9 Core Devourer
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: IcyQuill
Windows
Hunt down huge hordes of droids, absorb their cores and become the strongest cybernetic being. In this sci-fi action-packed roguelite, you unlock weapons with unique effects, craft powerful gear and create endless combinations of upgrades for your character. Make your choice and break the game.
Why similar: Roguelike 20.9%, Action RPG 19.9%, Roguelite 18.8%, Top-Down 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9.9%
- #10 Enlightenment
91% matchMixed63% of 459 reviews2018
Dev: LizardKing
Windows
In Enlightenment, you play in a roguelike action-shooter with a fast-paced challenging journey deep into a underground complex called "the Ark". Players will be tested by large varieties of enemies in a procedurally-generated dungeon, and become stronger by learning from the inevitable deaths.
Why similar: Roguelite 19.3%, Survival 12.7%, Action 11.8%, Top-Down 11.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%
- #11 Heroes Of Loot: Gauntlet Of Power
90% matchVery Positive87% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mount and upgrade your weapons into special combos in this randomly generated action RPG shooter. Mow down thousands of dungeon dwelling creatures and survive as you descend deeper into the dungeon! Unlock items, complete quests, and find all the secrets to help you reach the boss of bosses!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.2%, Roguelike 18.4%, Roguelite 17.9%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #12 Shadow of the Depth
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 475 reviews2025
Dev: ChillyRoom
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Shadow of the Depth is a top-down action Roguelite game. Delve into a dungeon world of light and shadow to eradicate the monsters that ravage your home. Be prepared to step into the abyss before you!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20%, Roguelike 15.3%, Action RPG 15.2%, Roguelite 15%, Perma Death 13.5%
- #13 Doomsday Hunters
89% matchVery Positive90% of 787 reviews2023
Dev: Moregames
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 21.9%, Perma Death 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Roguelite 12.2%, Roguelike 12.2%
- #14 Nuclear Throne
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,540 reviews2015
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Why similar: Roguelike 32.2%, Roguelite 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Perma Death 8.1%
- #15 UnderMine
87% matchVery Positive90% of 9,783 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Dungeon Crawler 30.5%, Roguelite 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Action Roguelike 7.1%, Top-Down 6.9%
- #16 Heavy Bullets
86% matchVery Positive82% of 1,564 reviews2014
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
Why similar: Roguelike 27.5%, Roguelite 24.7%, Action 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Perma Death 10.1%
- #17 Pixel Descent
85% matchVery Positive84% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Moonskull Games
Windows
Pixel Descent is an action rogue-lite in which you navigate a series of complex dungeons packed to the brim with monsters that want you dead. Sign the contract and descend into the deepest depths of the abyss knowing full well that you will definitely die there, it's just a matter of when.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.6%, Action RPG 18%, Roguelike 15.7%, Perma Death 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #18 HordeCore
86% matchMixed64% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Digitality GamesPub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
HordeCore is a kick-ass side-scrolling shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world. Play alone, or as a team - and destroy, survive, craft, and explore!
Why similar: Roguelike 28.7%, Roguelite 27.4%, Bullet Time 22.6% ★, Action 8.9%, PvE 5.7%
- #19 Archtower
84% matchVery Positive94% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: Blaster Games Studio
Windows
Archtower is a mixture of ARPG and Roguelite. Explore the mysterious Tower, build your characters, improve and develop your clan. Use different skills from power crystals to optimize your builds. And try to survive. But don't worry, the game gives you options to keep your life and loot on defeat.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.9%, Roguelike 16.9%, Roguelite 16.4%, Perma Death 14.6%, Action RPG 9.7%
- #20 Delver
84% matchVery Positive88% of 2,842 reviews2018
Dev: Chad CuddiganPub: Priority Interrupt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Delve into the shifting dungeons on your hunt for the Yithidian orb, but getting it might just be the easy part. Delver is a single player first-person action roguelike dungeon crawler, just like you wished they used to make.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.2%, Roguelike 16.5%, Roguelite 15.6%, Perma Death 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #21 Footgun: Underground
83% matchVery Positive87% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Turtle Knight GamesPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
Roguelike with balls! Prove your ball skills and dribble your way through a randomly generated, dangerous track network full of deadly challenges! Face post-apocalyptic mutants, improve your balls with high-tech upgrades and escape the pixel art underground labyrinth.
Why similar: Roguelite 18.3%, Roguelike 17.5%, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, Perma Death 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%
- #22 Toroom
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 199 reviews2021
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Toroom is a dungeon crawler roguelike-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist just wants to come back to his bedroom after waking up in a world of fantasy. Fight your way through multiple biomes, clear rooms full of enemies, get as much loot as possible and defeat the bosses in your way.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.6%, Roguelike 22.6%, Roguelite 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Action 6.9%
- #23 EMPTY SHELL
81% matchVery Positive88% of 804 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Roguelite 21.9%, Roguelike 21.8%, Action-Adventure 15%, Top-Down 15%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #24 Abort, Retry, Fail
82% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Manpukuken Ramen
Windows
Abort, Retry, Fail is a top-down roguelike action adventure in which you play as a lazy programmer that has to generate his own weapon and shoot his way through hordes of enemies. Are you brave enough to help him escape from computer hell of Windows 98?
Why similar: Gun Customization 33%, Top-Down 22.1%, Action 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, 2D 10.3%
- #25 Gone Viral
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Skullbot GamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gone Viral is an over-the-top action game with heavy roguelite elements where you fight for your life in a prison arena to entertain a blood-thirsty audience. Rack up your kill count, grab mutations and crazy weapons to change gameplay and get what you need to escape and Go Viral.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 22.2%, Roguelite 16.1%, Roguelike 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #26 Slimekeep
78% matchVery Positive90% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: BenBonk
Windows · Mac
In a world becoming corrupted by the evil Slime King, KILL or CAPTURE various slimes to grow stronger and save Slimetopia! Venture through procedurally generated levels in this fast-paced roguelike, if you're tough enough to not get slimed...
Why similar: Roguelike 20.8%, Perma Death 19.9%, Roguelite 15%, Top-Down 11.8%, Procedural Generation 10.8%
- #27 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon
77% matchVery Positive93% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: Gearbyte Games
Windows
Become the ultimate desktop cursor in a deeply infected operating system! Navigate folders like dungeon rooms, delete viruses, and level up with EXEs in this action-packed roguelike.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.2%, Roguelike 20.6%, Perma Death 16.1%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #28 Project Malice
78% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: AploveStudio
Windows
An isometric roguelike third-person shooter about a ruined Earth and the unending chaos engulfing it. Fight hordes of the infected, gather loot, make allies, traverse spacetime, and venture into the depths of what we could've prevented.
Why similar: Roguelike 33.4%, Roguelite 29.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Action 10.3%, 2D 8%
- #29 REPLIKATOR
79% matchVery Positive87% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
Why similar: Roguelike 22.3%, Roguelite 19.9%, Perma Death 16%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #30 Ether Loop
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 314 reviews2020
Dev: Moon Lens
Windows
Ether Loop is a hardcore fast-paced bullet hell with roguelike elements. Descend the unforgiving depths of a mysterious world, encounter challenges, discover dynamic environments and fight ruthless creatures while unveiling the secrets of Ether Loop.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.1%, Roguelite 18.7%, Action 15.6%, Perma Death 14.4%, Roguelike 11.9%
- #31 Galactic Glitch
75% matchVery Positive90% of 904 reviews2025
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.
Why similar: Roguelike 31.1%, Roguelite 22.2%, Top-Down 17.5%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Action 8.8%
- #32 Heroes of Loot
79% matchMixed69% of 94 reviews2015
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A brutal mix between dungeon-crawler and shoot-em up. The dungeon will learn from you and become more dangerous every time you play!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.6%, Roguelike 16.9%, Action RPG 10.9%, Roguelite 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #33 Temple of Rust
76% matchVery Positive83% of 111 reviews2023
Dev: James MearmanPub: dev-zoo
Windows
Temple of Rust is a top-down action roguelike. Fight through the wastelands using your sling and various types of ammunition along with special boots for powerful jump attacks. Create unique attack combinations with special upgrades and blast your way to the multiple cores of corruption.
Why similar: Perma Death 19%, Roguelite 18.7%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Survival 13.4%, Top-Down 12.7%
- #34 Teleglitch: Die More Edition
77% matchVery Positive85% of 2,895 reviews2013
Dev: Test3 ProjectsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
Why similar: Roguelike 31.3%, Perma Death 16.3%, Roguelite 11.3%, Top-Down 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #35 Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
75% matchVery Positive81% of 468 reviews2023
Dev: Amrita
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Roguelike 21.3%, Roguelite 16.2%, Survival 12.3%, Action RPG 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #36 Enter the Chronosphere
72% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Effort StarPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Everything moves when you do in Enter the Chronosphere, the turn-based bullet hell roguelike. Each chronosphere is procedurally generated with defenders and biomes from the worlds it has consumed. Break in, find exotic weaponry and gadgets, outsmart hostile aliens, and fight your way to the core.
Why similar: Roguelite 29.2%, Roguelike 26.4%, Action 10.1%, Top-Down 9.9%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #37 Dunjungle
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 733 reviews2025
Dev: Bruno BombardiPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19%, Roguelike 16.6%, Perma Death 16.5%, Roguelite 13.8%, Procedural Generation 12.1%
- #38 Sublevel Zero Redux
76% matchVery Positive87% of 527 reviews2015
Dev: Sigtrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Sublevel Zero Redux is a roguelite six-degree-of-freedom shooter in a universe where reality is falling apart. Use your zero-g gunship to fight through a vast underground facility, looting advanced weapons to destroy hordes of deadly enemies.
Why similar: Perma Death 21.7%, Roguelite 16.2%, Roguelike 15.5%, Procedural Generation 14%, Sci-fi 12.3%
- #39 Enter the Gungeon
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 88,698 reviews2016
Dev: Dodge RollPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Why similar: Roguelike 29.9%, Dungeon Crawler 26.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Roguelite 9.6%, Top-Down 7.5%
- #40 Skelly Selest
74% matchVery Positive93% of 286 reviews2018
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Dungeon Crawler 19%, Roguelite 18.9%, Roguelike 16.9%, Perma Death 10.9%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #41 Repetendium
73% matchVery Positive90% of 294 reviews2022
Dev: Bearlex Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Repetendium is a top-down roguelike-lite shooter. Select from a rowdy group of characters to play as and wield an ever expanding variety of gear and items to conquer the underworld. Death awaits...
Why similar: Perma Death 23.1%, Roguelite 22.4%, Roguelike 21.9%, Survival 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #42 Noita
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 86,897 reviews2020
Dev: Nolla Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.4%, Roguelike 17.9%, Perma Death 14%, Gun Customization 12.5%, Roguelite 10.4%
- #43 DISORDER
73% matchMixed50% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: GRUMPY
Windows
Escape the department store and uncover the hidden truth in this full 3D roguelike dungeon crawler
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 18.4%, Roguelike 16.4%, Action RPG 15.6%, Roguelite 14.7%, Perma Death 12.3%
- #44 Attack Core
70% matchVery Positive98% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: ArtsMoons
Windows
A fully 3D action barrage, roguelite game with a huge range and a large number of monsters, featuring highly growing and visually impactful module skills, and refreshing battles characterized by random transformations and constructions during battles.
Why similar: Roguelite 55%, Action 25.9%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #45 Deadzone: Rogue
68% matchVery Positive83% of 15,360 reviews2025
Dev: Prophecy Games
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.1%, Roguelike 22.4%, Roguelite 17%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #46 One More Dungeon
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 663 reviews2015
Dev: Stately Snail
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
One More Dungeon is a first person shooter roguelike with procedurally generated levels and pixel-art graphics.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 39%, Roguelike 22.7%, Roguelite 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Action 7.5%
- #47 EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,391 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Roguelike 22%, Roguelite 21.1%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Top-Down 14.2%, Survival 9.8%
- #48 Diehard Dungeon
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 499 reviews2014
Dev: Tricktale
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
Why similar: Roguelike 40%, Roguelite 18%, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Action 12.5%, Action Roguelike 7.3%
- #49 Planetary Dustoff
71% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Rymdfall AB
Windows · Mac
Planetary Dustoff is a space-themed roguelite shooter. Go on a death riddled journey to sprawling alien environments and fight your way through hordes of enemies and epic boss battles. Take part in the revived Planetary Survey Program and help the Space Faction find a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Roguelite 32.8%, Dungeon Crawler 24.1%, Action 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
- #50 Into the Necrovale
67% matchVery Positive86% of 593 reviews2024
Dev: CLYDE gamesPub: Poysky Productions
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Into the Necrovale is an Action RPG in which you collect powerful items that interact with one another. You must be clever with your build if you hope to pierce the mysteries and dangers of the Necrovale, where a thousand generations of miscreants and criminals have been banished.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.1%, Action RPG 19.2%, Roguelike 17.9%, Roguelite 13.3%, Action-Adventure 10.7%
- #51 Iron Core: Mech Survivor
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 419 reviews2025
Dev: Soda Game Studio
Windows
100 years after a nuclear apocalypse, an AI-managed shelter and its guardian mechs await human survivors. The shelter’s reactor creates safe zones to improve living conditions. Players control mechs to gather reactor fuel, fend off mutants, complete missions, and protect survivors.
Why similar: Roguelite 34.1%, Roguelike 33.7%, Action 17.9%, PvE 7.9%, Action Roguelike 6.3%
- #52 Witchinour
71% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: mahojigoku
Windows
Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...
Why similar: Perma Death 24.3%, Roguelite 23.6%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Top-Down 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #53 Hell Shooter
66% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: PLAY Mephistowaltz
Windows
Hell Shooter is a roguelike dungeon crawler game. It features unique attack methods, exhilarating action, an oriental hellish atmosphere, and each character's storytelling.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.8%, Action RPG 20.6%, Roguelite 19%, Roguelike 18.6%, Action 5.2%
- #54 X-Mutation
67% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: ProjectX
Windows
Survive thousands of monsters in X-Mutation, a hardcore 3D top-down rogue-lite action game. Mutate your body into diverse weapons, choose from hundreds of mutations, and uniquely upgrade to craft your personal combat style!
Why similar: Roguelike 25.6%, Roguelite 23.1%, Action RPG 21%, Survival 12.4%, Procedural Generation 6.9%
- #55 LONE RUIN
69% matchMixed64% of 197 reviews2023
Dev: Cuddle Monster GamesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Venture into an old, magical ruin to seek an ancient power in this highly replayable roguelike twin-stick shooter. Optimise spells and build ultimate combos to defeat twisted monstrosities and delve deeper into the Lone Ruin.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 38.4%, Roguelike 26.7%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Action 6.4%
- #56 Dungeons of Edera
68% matchMixed68% of 1,058 reviews2022
Dev: Monster Tooth Studios
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Dungeons of Edera is a rogue-lite action RPG dungeon crawler featuring procedurally generated levels where you will battle through hordes of monsters to restore Edera to its former glory.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 30.8%, Roguelite 18.2%, Action RPG 16.7%, Roguelike 11%, Procedural Generation 10.3%
- #57 Tiny Rogues
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,556 reviews2022
Dev: RubyDev
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25%, Roguelike 18.8%, Roguelite 17.9%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Top-Down 11.4%
- #58 CRUEL
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,740 reviews2025
Dev: James Dornan
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements
Why similar: Roguelike 29.6%, Perma Death 22.5%, Procedural Generation 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Action 11%
- #59 The Last Stand: Aftermath
65% matchVery Positive81% of 6,613 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Roguelite 16.6%, Survival 16.1%, Perma Death 13.4%, Action RPG 10.4%