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Games Like FORWARD: Escape the Fold - Ultimate Edition

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FORWARD: Escape the Fold - Ultimate Edition was created to be the perfect bitesized roguelike dungeon crawler. Choose your champion and face a relentless crawl through the card-based dungeons, collect items to power your abilities and defeat the gruesome monsters facing you. But keep going FORWARD!

Reviews: Very Positive — 85% — of 671 reviews
Released: 2022-03-29
Developer: Two Tiny Dice
Publisher: Indie Asylum
Genres: Casual, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 2.8 hrs
Mean playtime: 5.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 81%

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    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Roguelike 13.8%, Card Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%

  51. #51 Knights in Tight Spaces
    68% matchMostly Positive71% of 825 reviews2025
    Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.

    Why similar: Card Game 23.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Roguelike 15.5%, Dungeon Crawler 14%

  52. #52 Rift Wizard
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 1,049 reviews2021
    Dev: Dylan White
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Rift Wizard is a tough as nails fantasy roguelike featuring challenging turn based combat and deep open ended character building. Craft your spellbook from over 100 unique spells and abilities and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated challenges to defeat your nemesis.

    Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26%, Roguelike 21.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Procedural Generation 15%, Minimalist 8.2%

  53. #53 Sigil of the Magi
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2023
    Dev: YongjustyongPub: The Iterative Collective
    Windows

    Sigil of the Magi blends roguelike deckbuilding with turn-based combat for a deep tactical experience. Navigate a world full of dangers and mystique as you craft your deck, obtain relics, and prepare your party of champions for any challenges ahead!

    Why similar: Card Game 18.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Roguelike 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Procedural Generation 10.2%

  54. #54 Runeborn
    65% matchVery Positive83% of 246 reviews2026
    Dev: iDream InteractivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows

    Runeborn is a dark fantasy roguelike that merges deckbuilding with a slot-machine-like mechanic. Forge your Runebook, crush enemies, and combine Trinkets of boundless power to destroy the forces of Malakar!

    Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.9%, Roguelike 22.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Strategy 9.4%

  55. #55 Journey to the Void
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
    Dev: RuneHeads
    Windows · Mac

    Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.

    Why similar: Card Game 24.6%, Roguelike 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10%, Strategy 8.1%

  56. #56 Path of Achra
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,085 reviews2024
    Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...

    Why similar: Roguelike 26.4%, Dungeon Crawler 23.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Procedural Generation 10.4%

  57. #57 Pairs & Perils
    66% matchMostly Positive76% of 171 reviews2025
    Dev: Little Horror StudiosPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Pairs & Perils is a memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the depths of the dungeon in search of The Dealer.

    Why similar: Card Game 18.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Roguelike 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%

  58. #58 Dungeons of Aether
    66% matchVery Positive83% of 640 reviews2023
    Dev: Aether Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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: Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Dungeon Crawler 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Roguelike 11.3%, Strategy 10.8%

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