- #1 FTL: Faster Than Light
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 78,107 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Roguelike 34%, Perma Death 14.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Difficult 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the intense resource management and high-stakes decision-making in a sci-fi setting where every choice matters.
- #2 ENDLESS Dungeon™ - Definitive Edition
96% matchMixed65% of 3,823 reviews2023
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
ENDLESS Dungeon™ is a Rogue-lite Tactical Action game, set in the award-winning ENDLESS Universe™. Recruit a team of shipwrecked heroes, plunge into a long-abandoned space station, and protect your crystal against never-ending waves of monsters… or die trying, get reloaded, and try again.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.2%, Roguelike 21%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Strategy 9%, Co-op 7%
Why You'll Like It: The spiritual successor that refines the core tower-defense and squad-management loop of the original.
- #3 Darkest Dungeon®
96% matchVery Positive92% of 160,055 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Roguelike 28.5%, Dungeon Crawler 25%, Perma Death 12.2%, Difficult 10.6%, RPG 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep squad management and dungeon exploration with a focus on character survival and stress management.
- #4 Dome Keeper
95% matchVery Positive92% of 21,423 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Roguelike 29.8%, Tower Defense 25.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Resource Management 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends resource gathering and tower defense in a tight, roguelike loop that rewards strategic upgrades.
- #5 The Last Spell
94% matchVery Positive91% of 13,407 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.8%, Roguelike 17.2%, Perma Death 16.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based tactical combat with base defense mechanics against massive waves of enemies.
- #6 Into the Breach
94% matchVery Positive94% of 22,008 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Roguelike 28.2%, Strategy 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Roguelite 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, grid-based tactical strategy that rewards careful planning and positioning against incoming threats.
- #7 Rogue Tower
93% matchVery Positive83% of 5,887 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.1%, Roguelike 26.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Roguelite 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A pure tower defense experience with roguelike elements and procedural path generation for each run.
- #8 Heroes of Hammerwatch
92% matchVery Positive87% of 9,479 reviews2018
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.8%, Co-op 16%, Roguelite 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, RPG 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op focused dungeon crawler with persistent progression and roguelite elements.
- #9 Against the Storm
91% matchVery Positive95% of 36,221 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Strategy 28.2%, Resource Management 27.6%, Roguelite 21.2%, Survival 20.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite city-builder that emphasizes resource management and adapting to changing environmental conditions.
- #10 Core Defense
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 367 reviews2020
Dev: ehmprahPub: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding. Choose a reward, improve your build, survive the next wave, repeat. Highly replayable, difficult, and addictive. You'll want just one more wave, just one more run!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Roguelike 20.7%, Difficult 11.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist tower defense game that focuses on strategic upgrades and high replayability.
- #11 Streets of Rogue
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,879 reviews2019
Dev: Matt DabrowskiPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Why similar: Roguelike 29.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Roguelite 12.4%, Co-op 11.4%, RPG 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a chaotic, procedural dungeon-crawling experience with diverse character classes and emergent gameplay.
- #12 Crypt of the NecroDancer
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,353 reviews2015
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Why similar: Roguelike 33.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Difficult 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A rhythmic dungeon crawler that demands quick thinking and tactical movement to survive.
- #13 Crawl
89% matchVery Positive95% of 7,264 reviews2017
Dev: Powerhoof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 34.1%, Pixel Graphics 23%, Roguelike 19.9%, Great Soundtrack 6.6%, RPG 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique dungeon crawler where players compete to become the hero or the boss in a procedural environment.
- #14 ENDLESS Legend™
88% matchVery Positive83% of 19,012 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ENDLESS Legend™ is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS Space™ and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Why similar: Strategy 57.5%, RPG 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game set in the same universe, offering deep tactical combat and exploration.
- #15 SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
87% matchVery Positive94% of 13,063 reviews2018
Dev: Flow Fire Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?
Why similar: Roguelike 27.4%, Roguelite 24.3%, Difficult 17.4%, Co-op 13.6%, Indie 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, sci-fi roguelike that emphasizes tactical combat and complex weapon management.
- #16 Desktop Dungeons
86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,350 reviews2023
Dev: QCF Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 59.5%, RPG 8.4%, Resource Management 7%, Difficult 6.8%, Dungeon Crawler 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A bite-sized, tactical roguelike that focuses on efficient dungeon clearing and resource management.
- #17 Space Haven
84% matchVery Positive86% of 10,816 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Strategy 20.9%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Resource Management 19%, Survival 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing a crew and defending a ship in a detailed sci-fi environment.
- #18 Risk of Rain 2
85% matchVery Positive94% of 348,990 reviews2020
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 64.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Why similar: Roguelike 38.4%, Co-op 18.8%, Roguelite 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Difficult 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action roguelike that captures the intensity of defending against escalating waves of enemies.
- #19 ENDLESS Space™ 2
86% matchVery Positive83% of 22,925 reviews2017
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ENDLESS Space™ 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS Universe™. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?
Why similar: Strategy 94.1%, Sci-fi 3.7%, Great Soundtrack 1.2%, Co-op 0.5%, RPG 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi 4X strategy game that expands on the lore and strategic depth of the Endless series.
- #20 Dungeon Souls
84% 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: Roguelike 25.1%, Dungeon Crawler 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, RPG 11.9%, Roguelite 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced dungeon crawler that focuses on exploration and diverse character builds.
- #21 Pixel Dungeon
83% matchVery Positive89% of 444 reviews2015
Dev: Retronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Pixel Dungeon is an exciting and extremely popular roguelike (more than 2 million mobile installs!). Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items and fight fierce monsters to find the Amulet of Yendor - the ultimate artefact of this game world!
Why similar: Roguelike 34.5%, Dungeon Crawler 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, RPG 11.5%, Difficult 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, turn-based roguelike that emphasizes careful resource management and dungeon survival.
- #22 Tunnel of Doom
82% matchMixed61% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Antti VaihiaPub: Digerati
Windows
Tunnel of Doom is an action rogue-lite hybrid that mixes tower defense with melee and ranged combat gameplay. Randomly generated, every run is different as you guide Angel on a quest to rescue her husband. Gather resources, discover perks, and use what you find to battle waves of monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.8%, Roguelike 16.7%, Perma Death 14.5%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%, Strategy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense and dungeon exploration in a dark, procedural environment.
- #23 Never Split the Party
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,400 reviews2019
Dev: Legend Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Never Split the Party is an ultra social rogue-like! You're one of four adventurers joining together to explore a procedurally generated dungeon, amass powerful upgrades, and cooperate with your fellow adventures to conquer and crush the evil dungeon champions!
Why similar: Roguelike 24.6%, Dungeon Crawler 18.2%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Difficult 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op roguelike that emphasizes team coordination and shared resources to survive dungeons.
- #24 Ratropolis
81% matchVery Positive88% of 5,501 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, Roguelike 24.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Difficult 11.2%, Roguelite 11%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced card-based tower defense game that requires quick strategic decisions to protect your city.
- #25 Brotato
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 115,458 reviews2023
Dev: Blobfish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Roguelike 45.7%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Survival 12.3%, Co-op 12.2%, Roguelite 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down arena shooter that features deep character builds and wave-based survival mechanics.
- #26 Gods Of Defense
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Blue Math
Windows
Tower Defense Rogue-like. Defend a temple on a procedural map with variety of towers. Craft your strategy through Boon and Curse cards. With every run earn faith to upgrade the weapons. Many progression paths keep you engaged and entertained without getting stuck.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.4%, Roguelike 30.6%, Procedural Generation 14.4%, Strategy 11.6%, Resource Management 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game with roguelite progression and procedural map generation.
- #27 Kingdom Two Crowns
80% matchVery Positive90% of 38,596 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.4%, Strategy 12%, Co-op 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Survival 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game focused on base building and defense against encroaching threats.
- #28 Death Must Die
78% matchVery Positive90% of 21,581 reviews2023
Dev: Realm Archive
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.
Why similar: Roguelike 33.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Roguelite 16.6%, RPG 14.9%, Procedural Generation 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that blends loot-driven progression with intense wave-based combat.
- #29 Barony
79% matchVery Positive91% of 15,105 reviews2015
Dev: Turning Wheel LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Barony is the premier first-person roguelike with cooperative play! Adventure alone, or gather a party with iconic and unusual RPG classes to face off against the brutal dungeons. Test your resourcefulness, wits, and friendships, on your quest to lift the evil lich's curse!
Why similar: Roguelike 30.1%, Dungeon Crawler 26.4%, Co-op 11.1%, Difficult 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person dungeon crawler that captures the classic, punishing feel of traditional roguelikes.
- #30 Orcs Must Die! 2
79% matchVery Positive92% of 19,573 reviews2012
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62%, Co-op 14.5%, Strategy 11.3%, RPG 5.6%, Indie 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic action-tower defense hybrid that emphasizes trap placement and active combat.
- #31 Risk of Rain (2013)
77% matchVery Positive93% of 29,814 reviews2013
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
Why similar: Roguelike 37.3%, Perma Death 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Difficult 8.5%
- #32 Void War
73% matchVery Positive94% of 3,757 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Roguelike 19.1%, Perma Death 18.1%, Difficult 9.9%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Strategy 9.3%
- #33 ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
77% matchVery Positive81% of 9,584 reviews2012
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ENDLESS Space™ is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS Universe™, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Why similar: Strategy 61.1%, Sci-fi 25.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.6%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #34 Everwarder
74% matchVery Positive88% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: qLatePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Everwarder is a refreshing take on the tower defense genre, blending roguelite mechanics with a time-based survival concept. Fight against the encroaching darkness and fend off emerging enemies. Collect artifacts, buy upgrades, discover ancient structures, unlock new units and more!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.9%, Roguelike 17.1%, Procedural Generation 10%, Strategy 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #35 Magicite
76% matchVery Positive85% of 7,589 reviews2014
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.
Why similar: Roguelike 28.6%, Perma Death 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, RPG 10.7%, Co-op 9.1%
- #36 Dungreed
74% matchVery Positive93% of 9,551 reviews2018
Dev: TEAM HORAY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 22.9 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 33.5%, Dungeon Crawler 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Roguelite 12.1%, Difficult 6.5%
- #37 Legend of Dungeon
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,638 reviews2013
Dev: Robot Loves Kitty
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
Why similar: Roguelike 30.5%, Dungeon Crawler 17.8%, Perma Death 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, RPG 9%
- #38 Deep Dungeons of Doom
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 762 reviews2014
Dev: Bossa Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
This game is only for the brave. Dungeons await, each one deeper, each one more perilous and each one more challenging than the last.
Why similar: RPG 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 23%, Dungeon Crawler 21%, Roguelike 17.8%, Adventure 7.4%
- #39 Roguelands
73% matchVery Positive80% of 3,732 reviews2016
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Embark on an epic journey in this hardcore Multiplayer RPG! As a Galactic Cadet, you and your Combat Squad of friends must brave hostile worlds in search of valuable loot and resources. Craft powerful gear, slay otherworldly creatures, and save the galaxy.
Why similar: Roguelike 31.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, RPG 10.7%, Co-op 10%, Perma Death 8.1%
- #40 Dead Ground
75% matchMixed61% of 115 reviews2018
Dev: DIG Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Tower defense reimagined! Dead Ground is a procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills and augments. You'll have to travel, collect scrap, water, manage your inventory and upgrade your base to survive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.6%, Strategy 9.9%, RPG 7.8%, Perma Death 6.5%, Procedural Generation 4.7%
- #41 Stellar Initiative
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 401 reviews2024
Dev: Five Head Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.8%, Roguelike 22.4%, Difficult 9.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #42 Runestone Keeper
73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2015
Dev: BlackfirePub: Cimugames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Roguelike 41.4%, Strategy 23.4%, RPG 15.8%, Roguelite 7.9%, Dungeon Crawler 5.9%
- #43 Hammerwatch
72% matchVery Positive89% of 6,501 reviews2013
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment. Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch. Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique environments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 35.2%, Co-op 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, RPG 14%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #44 Dungeon Defenders II
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,094 reviews2017
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dungeon Defenders II is a cooperative Action Tower Defense game packed with roleplaying elements like loot, leveling, and pets.
Why similar: Tower Defense 80.8%, Survival 17.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #45 DungeonUp
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 515 reviews2015
Dev: Clewcat GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Roguelike 36.7%, Strategy 26.1%, Dungeon Crawler 19.8%, Indie 9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #46 Hyper Light Drifter
70% matchVery Positive93% of 18,790 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.5%, Great Soundtrack 22.9%, Difficult 19.9%, RPG 8.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #47 Dungeon Warfare
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,005 reviews2015
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.2%, Strategy 14%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Resource Management 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%
- #48 Siege of Dungeon
68% matchVery Positive85% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: Binary Tree StudioPub: FirePillar2
Windows
Siege of Dungeon is a strategic team-based rogue-lite, where you challenge strong, cunning monsters and combine relics and skills to build up your team in turn-based combat. What’s waiting for you deep in the dungeon? Could it be a rare treasure or the beginning of despair...?
Why similar: Roguelike 32.1%, Dungeon Crawler 27.1%, Strategy 14.4%, Roguelite 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%
- #49 DemonCrawl
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,324 reviews2019
Dev: Therefore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
DemonCrawl is a puzzle roguelite that combines the addicting gameplay of Minesweeper with hundreds of unique items, stages, and abilities!
Why similar: Roguelike 20%, Strategy 15.3%, RPG 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%
- #50 Dungeon Defenders
69% matchVery Positive93% of 18,884 reviews2011
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
Why similar: Tower Defense 61.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Survival 11.6%, RPG 10.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #51 Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,625 reviews2015
Dev: Gambrinous
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Now fully rebuilt and remastered, Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition is a turn-based dungeon crawler with a twist: instead of controlling the hero you build the dungeon around them.
Why similar: Roguelike 43.5%, Dungeon Crawler 20.2%, RPG 12.9%, Roguelite 5.7%, Strategy 5.6%
- #52 Shattered Pixel Dungeon
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,080 reviews2022
Dev: Shattered Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Why similar: Roguelike 23.7%, Dungeon Crawler 19.5%, Perma Death 16.3%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Difficult 8.9%
- #53 Chrysalis
67% matchVery Positive85% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Metamorph Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend your Chrysalis from growing hordes of monsters in this hybrid game that combines elements of tower defense, survival, and roguelike RPGs. Explore procedurally generated levels, possess and control animals, and grow deadly gardens. How far can you get before the next wave of monsters?
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.5%, Roguelike 23.8%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Strategy 9%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #54 Die in the Dungeon
64% matchVery Positive92% of 3,313 reviews2026
Dev: ATICOPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but dice! Deal with enemies by combining powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.
Why similar: Roguelike 24.4%, Dungeon Crawler 18.6%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Difficult 10.8%, Strategy 10.6%
- #55 Dungeons of Aether
67% matchVery Positive83% of 652 reviews2023
Dev: Aether Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Delve into Dungeons of Aether, a turn-based dungeon crawler set in the Rivals of Aether universe. Control four new heroes as they uncover the mysteries of the Julesvale Caverns in Story Mode or test your mettle in the grueling Challenge Dungeons.
Why similar: Roguelike 20.3%, Strategy 17.8%, Dungeon Crawler 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #56 Pereelous
65% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spin your way to victory in this slotmachine-driven dungeon crawler. Battle monsters, collect loot and unleash the power of the random reels !
Why similar: Roguelike 27.6%, Dungeon Crawler 21.1%, RPG 15.8%, Perma Death 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #57 GemCraft - Chasing Shadows
67% matchVery Positive95% of 4,374 reviews2015
Dev: Game in a BottlePub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An epic, challenging tower defense game with an emphasis on strategy and replayability. Summon gems of immense magical potency and harness their unique abilities against a seemingly endless horde of monsters. The archdemon seeks to swallow the world, and you must journey to stand against her.
Why similar: Tower Defense 74.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Indie 3.3%, Difficult 3.2%, Great Soundtrack 1.7%
- #58 CRYPTARK
68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,937 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Why similar: Roguelike 19.2%, Strategy 17.6%, Roguelite 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
- #59 Crystal Guardians TD
66% matchVery Positive88% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Green Pine Studios
Windows
Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your strategy. In an ever expanding map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.4%, Roguelike 23.8%, Perma Death 12.9%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Strategy 10.2%