Games Like Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite

Claw your way across exotic islands combining fluid movement with fast paced combat to become a Crab Champion in this third person roguelike shooter.

Why similar: Perma Death 26.5%, Action Roguelike 25%, Roguelike 18%, Roguelite 14.7%, Arcade 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane action-roguelike that shares the crustacean theme and fast-paced combat style of the seed game.

Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness.

Why similar: Nature 21.5%, Sandbox 15.4%, Survival 14.4%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Roguelike 11%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep genetic and evolutionary mechanics where you must manage a population of animals to ensure their survival against environmental pressures.

Play as different fish, devour opponents in the ruthless underwater world of survival of the fittest, and evolve your abilities.

Why similar: Survival 30.1%, Roguelike 27.2%, Roguelite 23.2%, Character Customization 9.6%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: An underwater survival roguelike that tasks you with evolving your creature to climb the food chain.

Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.

Why similar: Roguelite 64.9%, Cute 23.7%, 2D 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that emphasizes complex genetic inheritance and breeding mechanics to create unique creature builds.

Multicellular will take you back in time, to the dawn of life. Build your multicellular organism and combat hunger, the environment, darkness and other organisms. Everything in this new world can kill you, will you be able to survive?

Why similar: Nature 21.5%, Survival 18.8%, Roguelite 18.7%, Sandbox 15.5%, Simulation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist survival game centered on the evolution and adaptation of a single organism within a harsh, microscopic ecosystem.

Become the bullet hell as a Capybara in this roguelite adventure! Brave the chaos solo or with up to 4 friends, forge your path through hordes of enemies, gather capy-powering weapons & skills and embrace your inner capybara in this action-packed bullet heaven frenzy!

Why similar: Capybaras 58.6% ★, Action Roguelike 11.6%, Roguelite 9.4%, Roguelike 8.6%, Arcade 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: An animal-centric action-roguelite that captures the chaotic, fun-focused combat style of creature-based survival games.

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Why similar: Survival 35.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Exploration 15.6%, Cute 10.6%, 2D 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an unparalleled ecosystem simulation where you must survive as a creature in a complex, unforgiving natural world.

A 3D pet simulation where you raise your own personal hive of mutating dogs, physically simulated all the way down to their guts! Wobbledogs is a casual and chill sandbox for players of all ages who want to care for their very own virtual pets in a surprising, unique, and stress-free environment.

Why similar: Sandbox 38.3%, Cute 21.4%, Procedural Generation 20.4%, Simulation 15.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D pet simulation game that features a deep, physics-based genetic evolution system for creating bizarre creatures.

Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.

Why similar: Perma Death 17.8%, Roguelike 17.8%, Roguelite 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused roguelite featuring unique creature-based tower defense mechanics in a post-apocalyptic 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: Procedural Generation 19.7%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 16.5%, Arcade 12.5%, Cute 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike-deckbuilder that emphasizes strategic decision-making and replayability within a dungeon-crawling framework.

Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.

Why similar: Sandbox 40.6%, Cute 20.7%, Exploration 20.3%, Simulation 18.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive evolution game that allows you to guide a species from a single cell to a space-faring civilization through biological customization.

Primordialis is a physics-based roguelike fish builder. Unleash your creativity to defeat creatures using venomous tentacles, electrical shocks, or exploding children. The possibilities are endless. Explore the primordial depths to reveal its secrets and discover what lies beyond.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 15.1%, Nature 14.8%, Roguelite 10.7%, Roguelike 10.5%, Sandbox 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that features physics-based combat and creature-based progression in a primitive world.

Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.

Why similar: Survival 33.4%, Nature 29.2%, Exploration 15.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Action 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person open-world survival game where you evolve your lineage over millions of years through exploration and adaptation.

You’re a lowly blob, but with the ability to evolve any DNA you eat, you don’t have to stay that way. Upgrade parts to fight, run, fly and overcome your environment. Mammals, birds, insects, dinosaurs... everything is on your menu!

Why similar: Nature 29.1%, Character Customization 27%, Exploration 12.9%, Simulation 11.7%, Cute 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game centered on nature and growth where you cultivate life in a mysterious, evolving world.

Type anything, generate a creature. Outwit, outlast and out-weird your enemies in a sandbox roguelike with deep simulation systems, wildly unpredictable auto-battler combat and endless procedurally generated chaos!

Why similar: Perma Death 16%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Nature 11.1%, Character Customization 10.5%, Sandbox 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A creature-collector simulation that focuses on exploration and the discovery of new biological entities.

Lead hundreds of "wise" little animals to pay tribute to the Cat God!! 7 animal families, 100+ animals, 10+ Cat Gods, 100+ items, and various animal combinations waiting for you to explore!

Why similar: Roguelite 32.2%, Roguelike 32.1%, Simulation 20%, Strategy 15.7%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy roguelite that tasks you with breeding and maintaining a ranch of unique, evolving creatures.

A survival roguelike where a frog digs through freezing snow, uncovers treasures, unlocks upgrades, and battles mystical creatures. Find the escape door — or defeat the final boss to survive.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20%, Roguelite 16.5%, Survival 15.5%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Roguelike 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy, animal-themed roguelite that emphasizes exploration and survival in a changing environment.

CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 54.2%, Action 18.6%, 2D 17.2%, Singleplayer 7.9%, Cute 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A reverse-horror game where you play as an amorphous creature that evolves and gains new abilities to survive and escape a facility.

20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.1%, Survival 20.8%, Roguelite 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Strategy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-roguelike that shares the intense, survival-focused gameplay loop found in the seed game.

Slay waves of spooky enemies for 20 nights to survive 'The Demonic Conveyor Belt'. Talented is an arcade roguelite with randomly generated skill trees. Choose your upgrades and abilities wisely and you might just make it out alive. Are you truly Talented?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.4%, Roguelite 18.7%, Roguelike 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Arcade 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that offers deep character customization and skill-tree progression similar to choosing evolutions.

Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.

Why similar: Survival 55.2%, Simulation 16.7%, Sandbox 15.8%, Strategy 6.5%, Action 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, realistic survival game that focuses on the life cycle and ecosystem dynamics of prehistoric animals.

Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.

Why similar: Sandbox 56.9%, Simulation 31.3%, Strategy 8%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A pure simulation game that allows you to observe the process of natural selection and evolution in a sandbox environment.

Equilinox is a relaxing nature simulation game in which you can create and nurture your own ecosystems. Shape the world to your liking, cultivate and raise hundreds of different species, and evolve your wildlife to unlock more exotic plants and animals.

Why similar: Sandbox 38.3%, Nature 33.2%, Simulation 23.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A nature simulation game where you manage ecosystems and evolve various species to maintain a balanced environment.

You are a disease. Infect the human body as a lone pathogen in this cellular roguelike shooter. Collect organelles to evolve your parasite in a microscopic arms race against your host's immune system. Conquer a beautiful, procedurally generated world of tiny proportions.

Why similar: Perma Death 18.1%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Character Customization 13.3%, Roguelike 12.9%, Procedural Generation 12.6%

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: Perma Death 27.7%, Roguelite 20%, Roguelike 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike that uses unique mechanics to drive progress, similar to the strategic depth required in evolution-based roguelites.

Rana Card is a roguelike deck-builder where you play as a farm manager chasing TimeTech's KPI targets. Draw cards in high-stakes moments, survive Time Explosions, and unlock powerful cards. Build your deck, chart your own path, and face branching events and cataclysmic years on the road to success.

Why similar: Roguelite 50.6%, Strategy 23.2%, Cute 12.8%, 2D 9.1%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based roguelite that focuses on strategy and tactical adaptation in a nature-inspired setting.

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: Character Customization 24.9%, Roguelite 24.6%, Roguelike 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Strategy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawler that focuses on inventory management and character builds, mirroring the customization depth of the seed game.

A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.

Why similar: Roguelike 19.9%, Procedural Generation 19.3%, Roguelite 17.2%, Strategy 12%, Cute 8.7%

As a powerful Lynx, you will make your way through vast open landscapes. In the harsh tundra, you will raise and strengthen your cubs by mastering your skills for hunting prey. Do everything you can to prepare your little ones for the vicious entities dwelling in the wilderness.

Why similar: Nature 32.6%, Survival 26.8%, Cute 13.9%, Exploration 11.9%, Simulation 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A poignant survival game that focuses on the maternal instincts and challenges of protecting offspring in the wild.

From the creators of Vampire Survivors comes a turbo-charged, turn-based roguelite deckbuilder! Deal world-ending combos, blitz through infested dungeons, and master the Turboturn to obliterate hordes of familiar foes with a chaotic hand of cards.

Why similar: Roguelike 24.3%, Action Roguelike 23.4%, Roguelite 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Strategy 13.8%

How many dudes does it take to beat up a gorilla? A thousand toddlers? A horse-sized duck? A GOD? Enter the Dude Ranch and find out in this roguelike dudebuilder where you recruit an army of dudes to fight ridiculous battles.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 17.5%, Roguelite 16.7%, Roguelike 16.3%, Survival 15.9%, Arcade 9.4%

Fill your quota or die. Mine increasingly absurd amounts of coal using some dubious, but effective, mining techniques. Or relax and mine at your own pace in peaceful mode.

Why similar: Perma Death 19.9%, Roguelite 15.2%, Nature 15.1%, Procedural Generation 12%, Roguelike 11.6%

Adapt your strategy to a skill tree that changes every run, combine pieces of equipment to form powerful synergies and create a game-changing build capable of defeating the bosses that will try to stop you. In this Inventory Management Roguelike two games never feel the same!

Why similar: Roguelite 27.5%, Character Customization 25.3%, Roguelike 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Strategy 8.7%

Darwin’s Demons is an arcade style space shooter in which you battle a population of evolving aliens. The alien’s morphology, fire type, and behaviors are all encoded by a digital genome. The aliens that are best able to shoot or evade you reproduce to make the next generation.

Why similar: Simulation 61.2%, Action 38.8%

Why You'll Like It: A space shooter that utilizes a genetic algorithm to evolve enemy ships based on how well they survive your attacks.

BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.

Why similar: Roguelite 24%, Action Roguelike 23.6%, Roguelike 19.1%, Arcade 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.3%, Roguelike 19.1%, Roguelite 19%, Survival 15.5%, Arcade 7.2%

Save Bunnyville from a doomed fate: a top-down action/RPG roguelite from the makers of Dungreed. Explore the depths of the tower, collect and upgrade artifacts, and defeat hordes of demons to keep your village safe.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.9%, Roguelite 18%, Roguelike 16.3%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 26.8%, Roguelike 25%, Roguelite 24.6%, Strategy 13.4%, 2D 6.7%

Collect food to evolve and fight for your life against enemy cells in this deep underwater, survivor-like, roguelite experience. Unlock parts to customize your character and become your own unique cell.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.9%, Character Customization 19.3%, Roguelike 13%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Nature 10.9%

Noobs Want to Live is a fast-paced roguelike featuring several characters and a large pool of skills to choose from (that synergize with one another, too!) Fight, kill, grow. Each run is a new chance to create a steamrolling build!

Why similar: Perma Death 21.2%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 13.7%, Procedural Generation 13.7%

An incremental game where you must make $1,000,000 to escape! Throw darts, drop pachinko balls, play scratch-off tickets, unlock automation, and discover powerful synergies as each new game affects all the others!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 36%, Sandbox 25.9%, Simulation 25.1%, 2D 8.2%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?

Why similar: Roguelite 33.9%, Arcade 20.8%, Roguelike 18.2%, Simulation 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%

Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!

Why similar: Procedural Generation 26%, Roguelite 25.8%, Roguelike 24.4%, Strategy 13.3%, 2D 7%

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: Procedural Generation 24.1%, Roguelite 23.4%, Roguelike 16.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%

Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.2%, Procedural Generation 18.1%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 15.4%, Exploration 9%

The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

Why similar: Roguelike 34.5%, Roguelite 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Strategy 16.7%

Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!

Why similar: Arcade 25.6%, Simulation 15.8%, Cute 14.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%

Endless Coffee is out! Build your ship, survive 21 Days and break the Universe- Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining coffee and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.3%, Roguelite 18.9%, Roguelike 18%, Arcade 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

BALLIONAIRE is a fast-paced, kinetic roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth! Find and exploit game-breaking synergies as you theorycraft your way to victory. Welcome to the autobonker genre!

Why similar: Roguelite 19.6%, Roguelike 19.1%, Sandbox 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Strategy 9.8%

Crab God is an atmospheric underwater strategy game. Guide your Crabling colony through wild ocean depths, and defend the egg of the next Crab God.Restore and protect diverse coral reefs, making a difference in the real world as you progress in-game. Make waves, praise the claw!

Why similar: Nature 31.3%, Survival 25%, Roguelike 24.7%, Strategy 13%, Singleplayer 6%

Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 26.1%, Roguelite 25.7%, Roguelike 24.8%, Strategy 13.3%, 2D 6.6%

A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!

Why similar: Roguelite 33.9%, Roguelike 31.6%, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 9.8%, Action 5.1%

Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.

Why similar: Roguelite 26.6%, Strategy 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Arcade 12%, Simulation 11.9%

Your choices matter in Froguelike where you play as a frog on a mission to eat all the bugs. Level up, choose new tongues and upgrades, become unstoppable and run straight into the swarm! Unlock all frogs, tongues, items and chapters to become the most powerful frog in the pond.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.3%, Nature 18.2%, Roguelite 16%, Roguelike 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

Monster Taming meets Roguelite. Become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. Explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death!

Why similar: Perma Death 24.5%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelite 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

Loot, shoot, and mow down zombie hordes in this bullet heaven fever dream. Embark on a deadly roadtrip, fuel your bus, decide when to extract – and get that sweet inventory management kick when that new slot in your backpack fits just right.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.8%, Roguelite 23.4%, Roguelike 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Action 6.1%

The cozy chaotic cooking roguelike. Assemble omelets for quirky students using ingredients from a conveyor belt. Discover wacky combinations to satisfy the ever-demanding Principal Clucker.

Why similar: Animals 41.4% ★, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike 10%, Arcade 6.6%

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: Action Roguelike 35.3%, Roguelite 24.6%, Roguelike 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, 2D 3.2%

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: Procedural Generation 31%, Roguelike 27.3%, Roguelite 21.6%, Strategy 11.7%, 2D 5.2%

Build and command your own party of Dwarves in a chaotic mix of Auto Battler, Strategy, and RPG. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid party through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!

Why similar: Perma Death 21.9%, Character Customization 17%, Roguelike 14.6%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Roguelite 12.4%