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Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 406 reviews
Released: 2025-04-22
Developer: XperimentalZ Games
Genres: Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.4 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: Dungeon Crawler 22.6%, Roguelite 20.6%, Roguelike 14.5%, Strategy 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%

  54. #54 Heroes Against Time
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2025
    Dev: David Vinokurov
    Windows · Linux

    Heroes Against Time is the ally-drafting game where you build a team and power up in a dangerous enchanted forest. Navigate events, fight enemies and dig through ruins while trying to avoid the creeping magical fog… Will your team endure… or be lost to the mist?

    Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24%, Roguelite 16.6%, Roguelike 13.2%, Management 12.8%, Fantasy 8.9%

  55. #55 Mortal Glory 2
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 300 reviews2024
    Dev: Redbeak Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Manage a team of traveling gladiators in this turn-based fantasy roguelike. Find the best recruits, discover powerful item combinations and come up with clever tactics on the battlefield. The tournament awaits those who desire MORTAL GLORY!

    Why similar: Party-Based RPG 26.4%, Tactical RPG 22.2%, Roguelike 13.4%, Management 12.2%, Roguelite 11.4%

  56. #56 The Fortress
    67% matchMostly Positive70% of 147 reviews2026
    Dev: Baryonyx Games
    Windows · Mac

    The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows

    Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 38.9%, Dark Fantasy 27.1%, Roguelike 25.6%, RPG 8.5%

  57. #57 Shardpunk
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 770 reviews2023
    Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.5%, Party-Based RPG 22.7%, Strategy RPG 18.4%, Isometric 13.6%, Survival 11.4%

  58. #58 Ascent of Ashes
    66% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 reviews2025
    Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

    Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20.9%, Strategy RPG 17.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Isometric 15%, Survival 12.2%

  59. #59 Quasimorph
    65% matchVery Positive83% of 6,125 reviews2023
    Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

    Why similar: Perma Death 29.3%, Roguelike 20.8%, Difficult 19.1%, RPG 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%

  60. #60 The Bell Echoes
    63% matchVery Positive97% of 109 reviews2026
    Dev: 七颗枚
    Windows

    The Bell Echoes is a story-driven tactical roguelite. Fight alongside a cast of distinctive companions as you venture deeper into the Corrupted Lands, defeat powerful foes, collect Echoes and memory fragments, and uncover the truth behind the characters and the world.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.5%, Strategy RPG 17.5%, Isometric 13.3%, Roguelite 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%

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