- #1 Externus: Path of the Solari
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winterborn
Windows
Externus: Path of the Solari is a character-driven tactical roleplaying game (RPG) adapted from an original tabletop game. The game features turn-based tactical combat, full 3D battlefields, character-driven story, choose your own adventure sequences, permadeath that changes the story, and more.
Why similar: RPG 38.3%, Strategy 34.9%, Class-Based 9.2%, Perma Death 7.1%, Hand-drawn 4.3%
- #2 Realm of the Ghost King
96% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Mantis-Eye Labs, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Realm of the Ghost King is a quick-play roguelike where you must battle your way through eight randomly generated dungeons to defeat the Ghost King and become the new king of the realm.
Why similar: RPG 33.3%, Strategy 28.9%, Perma Death 13.2%, Indie 12.7%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #3 Dungeon & Derision
96% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Alexis Angely
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dungeon & Derision is a tactical turn-based game with some gameplay elements taken from the rogue-like genre ! Create your team to explore a mysterious island run by a powerful king !
Why similar: RPG 32.3%, Strategy 29.3%, Indie 12.3%, Class-Based 9.2%, Procedural Generation 4.9%
- #4 Legioncraft
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,377 reviews2022
Dev: Way YorkPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Loslan needs you! The Legion is waiting for your call! Gather your strength, prepare your food, contribute your love, and pull out your gold coin!
Why similar: RPG 38.9%, Strategy 37%, Indie 15.5%, Roguelite 8.6%
- #5 The Wind and Wilting Blossom
94% matchVery Positive95% of 188 reviews2020
Dev: Picklefeet Games
Windows · Mac
Navigate the war-torn lands of an alternate history Heian Japan battling yokai hordes in challenging turn-based combat. Encounter hundreds of story events, level-up your party, and unlock new allies and weapons. Die, learn from your mistakes, and try again.
Why similar: RPG 37.2%, Strategy 34.4%, Indie 14.3%, Hand-drawn 5.4%, Roguelike 4.7%
- #6 Grim Wanderings
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Elllinia gamesPub: Self-publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Oldschool turn-based roguelike rpg
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 16.5%
- #7 Brutal Scales
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Missiles are Magic
Windows
Tactics Role Playing Game where you and your friends fight for control of your school.
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 16.5%
- #8 Rise of Keepers
91% matchMixed48% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: Samaritan Studios
Windows
Rise of Keepers is a mix of the best Old School RPGs and Tower Defense games. Explore a huge map, get resources, build structures, fight powerful enemies, loot and the most important. Protect the Crystal!
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 16.5%
- #9 江湖侠客行
90% matchMostly Negative28% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: ShinerJoy Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
江湖侠客行是一款讲究见招拆招的武侠卡牌单机游戏,简单易上手,但要想通关却需要多多动脑,在游戏中,玩家将扮演一名初出茅庐的门派弟子,参与到江湖的各种事件中.
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 16.5%
- #10 The story of Gods 七神物语
89% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: KMA GAMES
Windows
独居在光明帝国边界村落的年轻猎手阿敏,偶然邂逅了潜入帝国境内的外域女孩艾薇儿,答应护送她深入帝国境内并进行一系列探索的故事, 全中文奇幻风格角色扮演游戏,丰富复杂的回合制战斗模式,超过20小时的冒险时光,不同选择,触发不同主角的命运结局。
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 16.5%
- #11 Seven Sins - Academic Version
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: much2pro4youPub: MediaCube Games
Windows
Seven Sins is a 4-6 player online multiplayer game, in which you and your teammates have to work together in order to survive - but beware! Everyone could be stained with one of the seven sins or decide to betray the group and follow their own goals...
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 16.5%
- #12 Pixel Force 像素特攻队
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gemini Stars Games
Windows
“Pixel Force” is the fourth work of TSM series. This work adopts a new way of turn-based game. I believe it will bring you a fresh world. ·New Sandbox world ·Collect materials and synthesize equipment ·Optional battlefield
Why similar: RPG 43.2%, Strategy 40%, Indie 16.7%
- #13 Sin; Vengeance
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Spaced Toad Studio
Windows
In this SRPG, you play as a man out to get revenge for his lost home. But how much of his own humanity is he willing to sacrifice to satisfy this yearning? You will make a crucial choice that determines the ending, as he faces demons within and without.
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 16.5%
- #14 Clarent Saga: Tactics
86% matchVery Positive83% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: David Nguyen
Windows
A straightforward SRPG inspired by 16-bit classics and made with SRPG Studio. The storyline follows the armies of Prince Abel of Meyr as he battles Pherrelios who invade them. The third entry of Clarent Saga.
Why similar: RPG 43.6%, Strategy 40.3%, Indie 16.1%
- #15 净土英雄 - Heroes of Pure land
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cloudmoon Studios
Windows
“Heroes of Pure land” is an independent game that integrates strategy, cultivation and moba-like gameplay.Players need to collect all kinds of skills, and then through the battlefield, challenge the BOSS, one-on-one hit, martial arts conference and other ways to cultivate the characteristics of the hero, unify the last pure land.
Why similar: RPG 42.6%, Strategy 40.7%, Indie 16.7%
- #16 审判者 The Inquisitor
85% matchPositive92% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: invwindyPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
"The Inquisitor" is a short RPG game with a complete storyline and combat system. A resurrected inquisitor from the graveyard receives the instructions of God and embark on the journey of judging the sinners.
Why similar: RPG 43%, Strategy 39.9%, Indie 17.1%
- #17 不惑英雄传(puzzled heroes)
84% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2019
Dev: xhGames
Windows
【Puzzled Heroes】 is a traditional strategic role-playing game. Players will play the hero who unloads his armor and returns home to overcome the new crisis and save the mainland again.
Why similar: RPG 43%, Strategy 39.8%, Indie 17.2%
- #18 Orc Assault
84% matchMostly Negative27% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Ghost Machine
Windows
Once upon a time all was peaceful and serene in the far off land of Camalon, but the silence has been broken as the Orc hordes have returned to the peaceful kingdom to claim the land that they once held most sacred.
Why similar: RPG 43%, Strategy 39.8%, Indie 17.1%
- #19 Mistress of Maids
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YDKR
Windows
Turn-based, but fast-paced, roguelike-game when you do not need to think over each turn and count the HP. If you see the weak - kill him! And if you see a strong man - run away, or think how to defeat him and earn experience and money.
Why similar: RPG 44.5%, Strategy 39.4%, Indie 16.2%
- #20 Glory & Honor
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: SugGames
Windows
In Glory&Honor your mission is to lead a team of gladiators of different races into success. The battles are fought out on a 7x5 battlefield, where your jov is to find out the enemies weaknesses and use your strengths against them. You can use different races and their racial abilities to your advantage.
Why similar: RPG 42.2%, Strategy 41%, Indie 16.8%
- #21 Hunter's Trial: The fight never ends
82% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: ESAT
Windows
In the depths of the forest lies the Delain Academy, a school for Monster Hunters, humans with special skills that keep the Earth safe from terrible devastating beasts. On a fateful day, an unexpected attack leaves the fate of the School and humanity in the hands of the most unlikely heroes.
Why similar: RPG 44.5%, Strategy 39.3%, Indie 16.1%
- #22 Sin Castle
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2017
Dev: Primary cells studio
Windows
Sin Castle is a slightly high difficulty adventure game that focus on puzzling, contains various policy elements, rigorous rules. The key of puzzle this game is reasonable attributes assignment, props use, and equipment collocation. As the grids opened, game player will encounter all sorts of strategic monsters and puzzling design.
Why similar: RPG 42.3%, Strategy 40.5%, Indie 17.2%
- #23 Immortals(修仙志)
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Muggle
Windows
《Immortals》 is a SLG with fast paced fighting. When the game starts, the hero will appear in a huge maze, and your goal is to find a way out of the maze. The hero will encounter other characters in the maze. They may be enemies or friends. You need to be careful in making judgments.
Why similar: RPG 42.2%, Strategy 41%, Indie 16.8%
- #24 Capsize
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OctoBeet Studio
Windows
Capsize is a rogue-like, deck-building, single player adventure. Build your pirate crew, stealing crew members from the other factions and promote them to unlock new powers. All in comic hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, Strategy 41.2%, Indie 16.9%
- #25 Heresy
80% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2015
Dev: dark made games
Windows
You take the role of a god influencing the lives of your followers in a medieval setting. Build villages, castles and defend them from raiders. Possess your followers to take direct control over their actions. Advance your civilization for better technologies, buildings, abilities, and equipment.
Why similar: RPG 42.2%, Strategy 41%, Indie 16.8%
- #26 Wolf Gang
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Lyon Beckers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a band of wolves as they take control of the mountain using turn based tactical combat in a humorous adventure campaign!
Why similar: RPG 42.2%, Strategy 41%, Indie 16.8%
- #27 Town Defence
78% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: Brian Tallent
Windows
Town Defence is a Tower defence RPG.
Why similar: RPG 44.5%, Strategy 38.6%, Indie 16.9%
- #28 The Mercenary Rise
78% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: zeroplaystone
Windows
It tells the story of Stephen Gray, who inherited his father's legacy and managed the Mercenary Corps of Thunder Anger.
Why similar: RPG 42.2%, Strategy 41.7%, Indie 16%
- #29 Demented Pixie
77% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2016
Dev: Molegato
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Demented Pixie is a blend between twin-stick shooters and roguelikes with unique visuals and ambientation, packed with content, in which nothing is what it looks like…
Why similar: RPG 43.8%, Strategy 38.7%, Indie 17.4%
- #30 Arcane Legacy
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wisdom Games
Windows
Arcane Legacy: Turn-Based Fantasy Tactical Game This is Lodmor, the land of the Fathers, the Empire's Core. To help maintaining the peace, the emperor has established the Judgement of the arcanium, where Champions selected by the Great Houses – the Archmages – battle against each other.
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Strategy 41.6%, Indie 15.5%
- #31 Star Nomad
77% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2014
Dev: Huy Phan
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore, trade, fight & plunder in this tribute to classic sandbox spacesims of old.
Why similar: RPG 41.9%, Strategy 40.7%, Indie 17.4%
- #32 Heroes of Arca
76% matchMixed67% of 84 reviews2017
Dev: IMPIRESOFT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Heroes of Arca is a unique blend of a turn-based strategy and RPG with an unorthodox combat system that presents a wide choice of battle tactics for the turn-based games' fans.
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Strategy 41.6%, Indie 15.5%
- #33 Ticket to Earth
75% matchVery Positive91% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: Robot Circus
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Ticket to Earth fuses battlefield tactics, tile-matching puzzle, and epic sci-fi RPG in one unique package. Four unlikely heroes are thrown together to save everything they love from murderous criminals, hideous mutants, and a corrupt government.
Why similar: Strategy 41.7%, RPG 41.1%, Indie 17.1%
- #34 Street Posse Showdown
75% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: LS Ensemble
Windows
This is an isometric comedic tactical RPG that take place in a modern urban setting. Gather your posse together and beat the living shit out of your foes in order to strike for a better future. Health insurance not included.
Why similar: RPG 45.3%, Strategy 38.3%, Indie 16.5%
- #35 Yet Another Hero Legend 英雄传说又一则
74% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: invwindy
Windows
Heroes, Justice, Collecting Flags, Sokoban, and the Extermination of Evil, Yet Another Hero Legend is a minimalistic puzzle game filled with choices and creative solutions.
Why similar: Strategy 41.9%, RPG 40.9%, Indie 17.2%
- #36 The Expedition
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Life Jumb DT
Windows
The Expedition is a turn-based tactical game with an oppressive atmosphere of underground immersion.
Why similar: RPG 45.1%, Strategy 37.8%, Indie 17.1%
- #37 Aurora Trail
73% matchVery Positive87% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: Screenhit Studios
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A new epic game where the perspective of the camera changes everything. Do not let your body parts get in the same view as a wall with the same color, or you’ll lose it! Puzzle your way through challenging and appealing surroundings and try to stay in one piece!
Why similar: RPG 41.6%, Strategy 38.5%, Indie 19.9%
- #38 Link
73% matchMixed59% of 49 reviews2016
Dev: Brainwashing Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Link is a strategy game with roguelike elements. Take control over group of soldiers trying to survive on the hostile, arctic planet. Can you survive until someone will come for rescue?
Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, RPG 42.2%, Indie 15.3%
- #39 Card Dungeon
73% matchMixed56% of 55 reviews2015
Dev: Playtap Games
Windows · Mac
Take on the invading hordes of the Nethermists as The Crusader and fight, think, and strategize to clear the monster infested, randomly created, dungeons in this card, board, and turn-based rogue-like.
Why similar: RPG 46.4%, Strategy 38%, Indie 15.6%
- #40 Five Elements
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 41 reviews2017
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Five Elements is a real time strategy game about managing energies of five Taoist elements (fire, earth, metal, water and wood). The hero is a monk in quest for Enlightenment.
Why similar: Strategy 44.3%, RPG 38.3%, Indie 17.4%
- #41 Empire Live
71% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Osmose Studio
Windows
Empire Live is a Real-Time Strategy Game focused on online matches where you will have to prosper your empire and fight your opponent with your magical power and your army to lead your people to the total domination!
Why similar: RPG 43.1%, Strategy 39.9%, Indie 17%
- #42 Rhino's Rage
72% matchMixed49% of 166 reviews2016
Dev: Defroids
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It is a turn-based tactical game, where you can accelerate and bunt enemies. There is a game mode for one player in different modes with own combat mechanics and characters with unique team roles are used in the game: pusher, stopper, tumbleweed and sprinter. Also you can play with your friends against each other on various maps.
Why similar: RPG 45.5%, Strategy 42.1%, Indie 12.4%
- #43 Dungeon Exiles
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Gronkins
Windows
Conquer the darkness in Dungeon Exiles, an autobattler roguelike set in a dark fantasy world. Descend into the procedurally generated dungeon, level up, unlock synergies and acquire powerful items as you fight for survival and slay the bosses.
Why similar: Class-Based 17%, Strategy 14%, RPG 12.6%, Loot 9.1%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #44 The King Speaks
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kangru Games
Windows
A fast-paced incremental RPG with automatic combat and tactical choices. Choose your targets, time your abilities, and strengthen your King with loot and skills. Recruit your royal court, defeat powerful bosses, and conquer distinct realms.
Why similar: RPG 33%, Strategy 30.5%, Indie 12.5%, Loot 12.4%, Medieval 8.3%
- #45 Beatitas
70% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: StFP Studios
Windows · Mac
Join Lily on her pilgrimage as she pushes through trials, puzzles, and strategic combat in order to be reunited with her family.
Why similar: RPG 43.9%, Strategy 39.5%, Indie 16.7%
- #46 Fortuna's Ledger
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Meridian Studios
Windows · Linux
You are not the adventurer — you are his luck. A roguelike where fortune is a currency you spend and earn, choosing every twist of fate for an autonomous hero. Borrow against ruin, then settle the Audit before the stairs. 24 floors, 65 relics, 20 tiers of ascension.
Why similar: RPG 27.2%, Strategy 25.2%, Indie 10.3%, Perma Death 10.1%, Procedural Generation 7%
- #47 Claustrophobia: The Downward Struggle
71% matchMixed43% of 202 reviews2014
Dev: The Indie Forge
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Grab your weapon of choice, polish your Rogue senses, and get ready to be thrown into the dark and oppressing dungeons of Claustrophobia! Experience deep character development, fast-paced tactical combat, and mountains of epic loot. Here begins a roguelike quest for glory, slaughter, and anything shiny!
Why similar: RPG 38.1%, Strategy 31.9%, Roguelike 17.4%, Indie 12.7%
- #48 Zavix Tower 2
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Batholith Entertainment
Windows
Zavix Tower 2 is a challenging Party based roguelike with turn-based RPG about Dungeon Crawling through a tower. Recruit Heroes, Upgrade your Town and try to help your mysterious host unravel the mysteries within Zavix Tower!
Why similar: RPG 26.9%, Strategy 22.9%, Roguelike 10.1%, Roguelite 8.9%, Medieval 7.8%
- #49 Might is Right
69% matchVery Positive81% of 137 reviews2021
Dev: Lazy Kitty
Windows
Might is Right is an old-school turn-based strategy game, it has simple controls and deep complex mechanics.
Why similar: RPG 40%, Strategy 36.1%, Indie 15%, Medieval 4.4%, Fantasy 2.1%
- #50 Dawncaster | The RPG Cardventure
66% matchVery Positive82% of 297 reviews2026
Dev: Wanderlost Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
What if you combine the best of story-driven RPGs with the strategic decision-making of cardgames? Dawncaster was created to answer that question, containing over 1100 handcrafted cards and over 100 unique challenges designed by veterans of the cardgame genre.
Why similar: RPG 21.8%, Strategy 20.6%, Class-Based 16.5%, Roguelite 7.3%, Perma Death 6.4%
- #51 The Greedy Knight
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: vibedeployPub: mooncrustgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
a snack-sized auto-battler roguelite. a greedy knight and his unreliable party fight entirely on their own; you pick the dungeon, draft their upgrades and decide what the gold is for. a dungeon takes about two minutes. you'll die. you'll get richer.
Why similar: RPG 43.5%, Strategy 22.4%, Perma Death 9%, Medieval 6.1%, Roguelite 4.9%
- #52 Perfect Crime
68% matchMixed69% of 477 reviews2020
Dev: Skeleton
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
With superb script and calm narrative style, Perfect Crime will reproduce every detail of a criminal case. How to make use of common objects to make a perfect crime is all up to you. An editor of cases is accompanied if help is needed. Now it’s time to log on and create your own murder.
Why similar: RPG 43.6%, Strategy 39.9%, Indie 16.5%
- #53 MEND Arcade Battle
71% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Enntropy
Windows
MEND Arcade Battle is a turn-based RPG inspired by Fighting Game core mechanics. Players must tackle the Fighting Game staple challenge known as Arcade Mode with a Turn-based RPG twist! Choose your character and follow their path to defeating the final boss awaiting them at the end.
Why similar: RPG 42.7%, Strategy 38.5%, Indie 16%, Fantasy 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #54 Fireside Hero
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demid Tishin
Windows
Can you find and defeat five legendary monsters in twenty days? Plan your moves carefully – the lair may be right in those woods! Buy rumours, hire adventurers, explore the map, and win tactical combats. A compact strategy with an old-school look and a puzzle twist!
Why similar: RPG 28%, Strategy 25.1%, Loot 11.2%, Indie 10.6%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
- #55 Runestone Keeper
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,464 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: Strategy 33.6%, RPG 29.8%, Roguelike 17%, Indie 10.3%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #56 Huckleberry Falls
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Fatcat Games
Windows · Mac
A new kind of match game! Set in a post apocalyptic world, use your wits and bombs to survive.
Why similar: RPG 42.5%, Strategy 40.7%, Indie 16.7%
- #57 Awakening of Legend
66% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Source Error Productions
Windows
Awakening of Legend is a free, retro-inspired, rogue-like adventure with randomized loot, transferable perks and combat inspired by the Active Time Battle (ATB) system from old school JRPGs.
Why similar: RPG 37%, Strategy 32.4%, Roguelike 17%, Fantasy 7%, Indie 5.2%
- #58 Aeonfall
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Neuralnet LLC
Windows
Command the Unwoven—heroes erased from history—in a tactical 2D Roguelite where every turn shifts the battlefield. Lead your squad through a fractured Greek timeline to dismantle the Loom of Fate and dethrone a paranoid King of the Gods.
Why similar: RPG 30.6%, Strategy 28.3%, Perma Death 17.1%, Indie 11.6%, Roguelite 9.4%