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 26.4%, Action Roguelike 25%, Roguelike 18.1%, Roguelite 14.6%, Arcade 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features fast-paced action-roguelite gameplay with a thematic focus on crustaceans.

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 14.5%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Roguelike 11%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on genetics, breeding, and survival mechanics that mirror the evolutionary themes of the seed game.

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 64.7%, Cute 23.8%, 2D 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep genetic inheritance systems and turn-based roguelite combat involving creature breeding.

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 35.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Exploration 15.7%, Cute 10.5%, 2D 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a brutal, realistic ecosystem simulation where you must survive as a creature within a complex food chain.

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 31.2%, Survival 25.1%, Roguelike 24.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Singleplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: An underwater strategy roguelite that shares the aquatic setting and creature-management focus.

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 20.6%, Exploration 20.4%, Simulation 18.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive evolution game where you customize creatures from microscopic organisms to space-faring civilizations.

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 19.2%, Roguelike 13%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Nature 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An aquatic action-roguelike that emphasizes fast movement and survival in a hostile environment.

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

Why similar: Survival 30.3%, Roguelike 27.3%, Roguelite 22.9%, Character Customization 9.5%, Action 9%

Why You'll Like It: An underwater survival game where you evolve your creature to climb the food chain.

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 10.6%, Roguelike 10.6%, Sandbox 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based simulation that involves evolving creatures to survive in a harsh, prehistoric world.

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 19%, Roguelite 18.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing yet survival-focused game about evolving organisms in a microscopic environment.

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 20.3%, Roguelite 18.4%, Roguelike 17.1%, Arcade 13%, Cute 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that provides the same sense of strategic progression and replayability.

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 33.7%, Nature 29.2%, Exploration 15.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Action 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game centered entirely on the evolution of a lineage over millions of years.

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%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Character Customization 13.1%, Roguelike 13.1%, Procedural Generation 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A bullet-hell roguelike that mirrors the survival-against-odds theme of the seed game.

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 26.8%, Exploration 12.9%, Cute 11.7%, Simulation 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game simulation that focuses on the growth and evolution of life within a contained 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 57.8% ★, Action Roguelike 11.9%, Roguelite 9.5%, Roguelike 8.8%, Arcade 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: An animal-themed action-roguelike that shares the chaotic, fun-focused combat style.

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%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines strategy and roguelite elements with creature-based defense mechanics.

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 27.3%, Character Customization 25.2%, Roguelike 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on inventory management and character progression within a roguelite dungeon-crawler framework.

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 30.2%, Survival 21%, Roguelite 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Strategy 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity action-roguelike that shares the addictive upgrade-and-survive loop.

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 21.5%, Procedural Generation 20.4%, Simulation 15.8%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D pet simulation game with a heavy emphasis on genetic mutation and physical evolution.

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 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore simulation that lets you observe and influence the natural selection of creatures in real-time.

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 23.2%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 16.5%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 10%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that features deep inventory management and character customization.

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 17.2%, Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 13.6%, Procedural Generation 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-roguelike that focuses on scaling power through survival.

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 54.3%, Action 18.7%, 2D 17.1%, Singleplayer 7.9%, Cute 2%

Why You'll Like It: A reverse-horror game where you play as an amorphous creature that evolves and grows stronger by consuming biomass.

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 26.2%, Roguelike 19.1%, Roguelite 18.8%, Survival 15.5%, Arcade 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that emphasizes rapid combat and character growth.

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 18.5%, Roguelike 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Arcade 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that emphasizes character building and unique skill combinations similar to the evolution system.

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 16.4%, Survival 15.6%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Roguelike 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy roguelite that focuses on exploration and survival in a nature-themed setting.

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 10.4%, Sandbox 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A creature-collector simulation that emphasizes sandbox exploration and evolution.

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 17.4%, Roguelite 16.7%, Roguelike 16.6%, Survival 16%, Arcade 9.4%

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 19.1%, Roguelite 17%, Strategy 11.9%, Cute 8.8%

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 24.8%, Action Roguelike 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Roguelite 14.5%, Strategy 13.4%

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%

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 20.1%, Nature 15.1%, Roguelite 15%, Procedural Generation 12%, Roguelike 11.6%

A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?

Why similar: Nature 23.9%, Character Customization 19.8%, Survival 19%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on nature and survival, tasking you with restoring an ecosystem through careful management and growth.

Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.

Why similar: Survival 27.7%, Action Roguelike 18.6%, Roguelite 15.9%, Exploration 14.6%, Cute 14%

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 27.1%, Roguelite 24.6%, Roguelike 24.5%, Strategy 13.2%, 2D 6.8%

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 32.5%, Survival 27%, Cute 13.8%, Exploration 12%, Simulation 11%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game where you play as a mother animal protecting and teaching her young to survive in the wild.

Build the ultimate Zoo in this number-go-up roguelike deckbuilder. Find powerful mythical animals, boost them with snacks, and even manipulate the board itself. Break the game by scoring millions (and more) with insane combos.

Why similar: Animals 41% ★, Roguelite 16.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Nature 13.8%, Strategy 7.7%

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 19.8%, Roguelike 19%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Cute 8.7%

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: Roguelike 32.3%, Roguelite 32%, Simulation 20%, Strategy 15.7%

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 34.8%, Roguelite 30.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Strategy 16.5%

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 23.3%, Roguelike 16.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!

Why similar: Roguelite 39.1%, Strategy 19.4%, Arcade 18.5%, Simulation 12%, Action 7%

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 26.2%, Roguelite 25.7%, Roguelike 24.6%, Strategy 13.2%, 2D 6.8%

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 35.4%, Roguelite 24.5%, Roguelike 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, 2D 3.2%

A fast, brutal action roguelite with razor-sharp controls and insane build freedom. Fuse embers, magic cards, and gear into wildly overpowered combat styles — and break each run in a world consumed by the Ash Witch.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.1%, Roguelite 23%, Roguelike 20.5%, Procedural Generation 15.3%, Action 5.6%

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 19.5%, Roguelike 19.2%, Sandbox 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Strategy 9.8%

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: Procedural Generation 24%, Roguelite 21.8%, Roguelike 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Strategy 11.3%

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 50.4%, Strategy 23.3%, Cute 12.9%, 2D 9.1%, Singleplayer 4.3%

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 20.6%, Roguelike 18.4%, Simulation 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%

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 15.6%, Cute 14.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%

Drive your Castle on Wheels into battle in this minimalist medieval roguelike of roaming fortresses! Devour entire villages, build your modular arsenal of siege machinery and break the game as you grow with every stronghold you crush.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.4%, Character Customization 19%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 17.1%, Arcade 11%

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 24.8%, Roguelite 24.5%, Roguelike 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Strategy 9.1%

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 16.5%, Roguelike 15.3%, Roguelite 14%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

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 26.5%, Roguelite 25.6%, Roguelike 24.4%, Strategy 13.1%, 2D 6.7%

Tactical deckbuilding in bite-sized sessions. Launch dice to create magical chain reactions. Choose from distinct hero classes with unique abilities. Build synergies between dice, relics, and runes to defeat challenging bosses.

Why similar: Roguelite 25.3%, Roguelike 23.6%, Procedural Generation 19.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%

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 18.7%, Roguelike 18%, Arcade 10%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

Funguys Swarm is a cartoony survivor bullet hell where the forest is on fire. Become a Funguy, arm yourself with forest-crafted weapons, and unleash some bonkers powers on the Fireking’s army. And maybe... just maybe, save the day if you’re skilled (or lucky) enough.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.6%, Roguelite 19.2%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Survival 12.6%, Arcade 9.7%

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 15.8%, Roguelike 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

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: Action Roguelike 24.2%, Roguelike 22.2%, Survival 17.6%, Roguelite 16.5%, Arcade 8.8%

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 26%, Simulation 24.9%, 2D 8.3%, Singleplayer 4.8%