- #1 Tangledeep
97% matchVery Positive82% of 1,458 reviews2018
Dev: Impact Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Enter the magical world of Tangledeep, a beautifully polished dungeon crawler inspired by classic 16-bit RPGs! Colorful characters, a unique job system, tons of skills, items, and diverse environments with deep, turn-based roguelike gameplay. A different adventure every time you play!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.8% ★, Roguelike 30.9%, RPG 17.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same classic dungeon-crawling spirit as Haque with deep, tactical turn-based combat and a charming pixel-art aesthetic.
- #2 Sproggiwood
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 592 reviews2014
Dev: Freehold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Bring civilization to Sproggiwood, a story-driven, turn-based roguelike set in a humorous world inspired by Finnish mythology. Grow your civilization and plunder procedural dungeons with six unique classes. Outsmart mischievous monsters who work together in unexpected ways. No two dungeon dives are alike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44.6% ★, Roguelike 26.7%, RPG 13.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares Haque's lighthearted, humorous tone while offering tight, grid-based tactical combat.
- #3 Dungeonmans
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,211 reviews2014
Dev: Adventurepro Games LLC
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.5% ★, Roguelike 34.9%, RPG 7.9%, Strategy 3.7%, Indie 2%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar blend of humor and traditional roguelike mechanics, making the dungeon-crawling experience feel both fresh and nostalgic.
- #4 Cardinal Quest 2
95% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2015
Dev: Randomnine Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Hack, slash and rush the forces of darkness. Assault castles and mountain lairs to liberate all in this super-sleek modernization of the classic roguelike formula! Will you play a crafting Alchemist, a sneaky backstabbing Thief... or something else?
Why similar: Roguelike 36.5%, RPG 27.1%, Traditional Roguelike 26.5% ★, Indie 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential traditional roguelike that mirrors Haque's accessible yet challenging gameplay loop.
- #5 Golden Krone Hotel
94% matchVery Positive96% of 331 reviews2017
Dev: Vulgat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49.8% ★, Roguelike 28.3%, Strategy 9.7%, RPG 9.4%, Indie 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique, fast-paced take on traditional roguelikes with a distinct visual style and clever mechanics.
- #6 Path of Achra
93% 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 42.7%, Traditional Roguelike 38.4% ★, RPG 18.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep character building and a unique, abstract aesthetic that appeals to fans of Haque's experimental nature.
- #7 Tales of Maj'Eyal
94% matchVery Positive95% of 7,237 reviews2013
Dev: Netcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 50.6% ★, Roguelike 33.8%, RPG 14.3%, Indie 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex traditional roguelike that offers the same level of character customization and tactical depth as Haque.
- #8 Dungeons of Dredmor
92% matchVery Positive94% of 5,389 reviews2011
Dev: Gaslamp Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.9% ★, Roguelike 34.6%, RPG 10%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A humorous, classic-style roguelike that shares the same spirit of lighthearted adventure and challenging exploration.
- #9 Equin: The Lantern
91% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: DXF Games
Windows
Equin: The Lantern is a challenging roguelike that's easy to get into but tough to master. Conquer the huge 50 floor dungeon and its evil inhabitants in a quest to the bottom of the joint to find the mysterious lantern itself.
Why similar: RPG 23.8%, Roguelike 23.8%, Traditional Roguelike 23.1% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Indie 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar retro pixel-art style and turn-based roguelike mechanics that emphasize exploration and loot.
- #10 Caves of Qud
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,086 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49.8% ★, Roguelike 32.7%, RPG 17.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the 'weird' and imaginative world-building found in Haque, paired with incredibly deep, emergent gameplay.
- #11 Desktop Dungeons
89% matchVery Positive84% of 2,339 reviews2023
Dev: QCF Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Each step into the unknown heals you and reveals new obstacles as you guide fresh heros to glorious retirement or ignominious death. Master tactical spells, appease ancient gods and get rich through taxidermy in this award-winning quick-play puzzle-roguelike.
Why similar: Roguelike 73.7%, RPG 16.4%, Traditional Roguelike 9.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly strategic, bite-sized roguelike experience that rewards careful planning and tactical decision-making.
- #12 Card Quest
90% matchVery Positive86% of 371 reviews2017
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.
Why similar: Roguelike 42.3%, RPG 26.4%, Strategy 22.1%, Indie 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It translates the tactical feel of a traditional roguelike into a card-battler format that is both challenging and rewarding.
- #13 Hack, Slash, Loot
91% matchMixed52% of 752 reviews2012
Dev: David Williamson
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 59.9% ★, Roguelike 29.3%, RPG 7.9%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: A simple, effective traditional roguelike that focuses on the core loop of fighting monsters and gathering gear.
- #14 Rogue Fable III
88% matchVery Positive93% of 729 reviews2021
Dev: Pixel Forge Games
Windows · Mac
Rogue Fable III is a traditional rogue-like game which combines the depth, complexity, and challenge of the genre classics with a shorter, more tightly focused game length.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 63.1% ★, Roguelike 21.8%, RPG 7.6%, Strategy 5%, Indie 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on tight, traditional roguelike mechanics with a clean, readable aesthetic that feels very similar to Haque.
- #15 Runestone Keeper
87% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 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: Roguelike 41.4%, Strategy 25.6%, RPG 24.8%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines dungeon-crawling with strategic decision-making in a way that feels very accessible, much like Haque.
- #16 Zorbus
86% matchVery Positive91% of 361 reviews2022
Dev: Zorbus
Windows
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49.5% ★, Roguelike 31.3%, RPG 15.9%, Indie 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, traditional dungeon-crawler that focuses on tactical combat and exploration in a fantasy setting.
- #17 SFD : Rogue TRPG
86% matchVery Positive87% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: icefill
Windows · Mac · Linux
SFD is a unique hybrid of tactical RPG and roguelike. Manage a party of adventurers as you attempt to be one of the few to conquer the Sigma Finite Dungeon.
Why similar: RPG 37.3%, Strategy 27.4%, Roguelike 23.3%, Indie 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It blends tactical RPG elements with roguelike dungeon-crawling, featuring a distinct pixel-art style.
- #18 Crown Trick
84% matchVery Positive85% of 5,356 reviews2020
Dev: NEXT StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!
Why similar: Roguelike 53%, RPG 26.1%, Strategy 20.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based roguelike that emphasizes positioning and clever use of abilities in a dungeon-crawling setting.
- #19 Tinyfolks
84% matchVery Positive93% of 1,077 reviews2022
Dev: Pierre VandermaesenPub: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!
Why similar: Roguelike 42.2%, RPG 33.8%, Strategy 24%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist tactical RPG that focuses on managing a party through challenging, turn-based encounters.
- #20 Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
85% matchVery Positive86% of 388 reviews2019
Dev: Portal Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Explore randomly generated content and experience the thrill of a classic tactical turn-based rogue-like RPG! Choose from a diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique abilities and strengths. Get ready for an unforgettable journey of strategy, skill, and discovery.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.4% ★, Roguelike 30.2%, RPG 15.9%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a rich, traditional roguelike experience with a focus on character progression and world exploration.
- #21 OneBit Adventure
83% matchVery Positive88% of 708 reviews2022
Dev: Galactic Slice, LLC
Windows · Mac
OneBit Adventure is a casual turn-based roguelike where you adventure as far as possible to level up and battle against rogue monsters. Your primary goal in OneBit Adventure is to survive and loot. Choose from a variety of classes and build the ultimate class.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.4% ★, Roguelike 34.9%, RPG 17.8%, Strategy 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A simple, turn-based roguelike that is easy to pick up and play, mirroring the accessible nature of Haque.
- #22 WazHack
82% matchVery Positive90% of 724 reviews2014
Dev: WazPub: Waz Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Time moves forward only when you do in the dungeons of WazHack. Think your way out of problems instead of just spamming 'attack' and 'drink healing potion'.
Why similar: Roguelike 47.4%, RPG 30%, Strategy 12.1%, Indie 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling traditional roguelike that maintains the depth and difficulty of the genre while offering a unique perspective.
- #23 Quest of Dungeons
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 735 reviews2014
Dev: David Amador
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Quest of Dungeons is a turn based dungeon crawler game featuring a good old 16-bit retro artistic look. By playing as either a Warrior, Wizard, Assassin or Shaman you have to traverse dungeons, defeat enemies and loot everything you can in order to survive.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.9% ★, Roguelike 31%, RPG 17.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, turn-based dungeon-crawler that captures the essence of the genre with a clean, retro presentation.
- #24 Abomi Nation
81% matchVery Positive83% of 136 reviews2021
Dev: Orange Pylon GamesPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Abomi Nation is a roguelike monster-taming RPG. Every playthrough will create a new version of Abomi Nation and provide a unique world with different Abomis for you to find. Explore your universe, watch your Abomis bond, and battle it out as your adventure unfolds in a way totally unique to you!
Why similar: Roguelike 50.8%, RPG 28.1%, Strategy 14%, Indie 7%
Why You'll Like It: It incorporates creature-collection elements into a roguelike structure, offering a fresh take on the genre's exploration loop.
- #25 Voidspire Tactics
81% matchVery Positive97% of 287 reviews2015
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
An indie turn-based Tactics RPG with a heavy emphasis on exploration, character progression, and highly tactical combat. Create your own deeply customizable party of Warriors, Sorcerers, and Shiftcloaks to take on the Spire!
Why similar: RPG 48.1%, Strategy 35.6%, Indie 16.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes exploration and tactical combat, providing a deep RPG experience that complements Haque's style.
- #26 Xenomarine
80% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: Fourfold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience hardcore, sci-fi dungeon crawling in this dark, atmospheric roguelike. Xenomarine offers tactical turn-based combat with hundreds of unique items and upgradable weapons and armor, as well as massive replayability thanks to its randomly generated content.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.2% ★, Roguelike 32.4%, RPG 7.3%, Strategy 6.2%, Indie 3%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional, sci-fi roguelike that emphasizes survival and tactical combat in a procedurally generated environment.
- #27 Siege of Dungeon
78% matchVery Positive85% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: Binary Tree StudioPub: FirePillar2
Windows
Siege of Dungeon is a strategic team-based rogue-lite, where you challenge strong, cunning monsters and combine relics and skills to build up your team in turn-based combat. What’s waiting for you deep in the dungeon? Could it be a rare treasure or the beginning of despair...?
Why similar: Roguelike 67%, Strategy 33%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, strategy-focused roguelite that emphasizes party management and dungeon exploration.
- #28 Dark Quest 3
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 270 reviews2023
Dev: Brain Seal Ltd
Windows
A rogue-lite tabletop that mixes card based exploration with turn based combat. Create your party, draw adventure cards, roll dice and fight monsters to defeat the sorcerer and his magic.
Why similar: Roguelike 52.9%, RPG 25.8%, Strategy 21.2%
Why You'll Like It: It brings a tabletop-inspired, turn-based dungeon-crawling experience that feels both strategic and thematic.
- #29 Kramora's Shadow
79% matchVery Positive82% of 62 reviews2017
Dev: Slashware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 29%
A turn-based traditional roguelike featuring 10 character classes with unique gameplay styles. Explore five ancient realms to find ancient magical artifacts you will need to survive tactical battles against their evil inhabitants. Can you save the world from the wrath of Kramora?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.6% ★, Roguelike 30.8%, RPG 11.5%, Strategy 10.4%, Indie 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional, turn-based roguelike that provides a focused dungeon-crawling experience with a retro feel.
- #30 Rogue
77% matchVery Positive94% of 489 reviews2020
Dev: Epyx, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49% ★, Roguelike 31.6%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 7.8%
- #31 Mangui
75% matchVery Positive94% of 268 reviews2025
Dev: Damulchi
Windows
Mangui is a turn-based roguelike game inspired by spooky traditional Korean folklore. Play as one of four protagonists, unraveling the mysteries of the dark Mangui mountains. Live to tell the tale in this dangerous world filled with ghouls and monsters!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.4% ★, Roguelike 38.6%, RPG 22.1%
- #32 The Dungeon Beneath
76% matchVery Positive89% of 882 reviews2020
Dev: Puzzle Box Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.
Why similar: Roguelike 62.7%, Strategy 28.8%, Indie 8.5%
- #33 1Quest
79% matchMixed54% of 176 reviews2014
Dev: Ratz 'N' Godz
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
1Quest is a roguelike, a challenging turn based RPG with high replay value
Why similar: Roguelike 44.5%, RPG 41.8%, Indie 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, indie-developed roguelike that focuses on turn-based combat and traditional dungeon-crawling mechanics.
- #34 The Curse Of Yendor
77% matchVery Positive93% of 74 reviews2017
Dev: IBOLOGY LLC
Windows
Kill monsters, get loot, solve puzzles, complete quests! A sword and sorcery adventure where your magic shapes the world. A classical rogue-like with a modern feel. "Your nemesis has found the Amulet of Yendor... Defeat him before he ascends to godhood!"
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.8% ★, Roguelike 25.1%, Strategy 12.6%, RPG 11.9%, Indie 2.6%
- #35 Underquest
74% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Otherside Bay Studio
Windows
Fantasy story-driven roguelite with chaotic inventory management. Combine items in real-time to create powerful skills and use them in fast-paced combat. Explore randomly generated dungeons in the Underkingdom and discover the secrets of its inhabitants!
Why similar: RPG 39.7%, Roguelike 34.1%, Strategy 26.2%
- #36 Tiny Rogues
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,450 reviews2022
Dev: RubyDev
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Roguelike 65.4%, RPG 28.9%, Indie 5.8%
- #37 Rogue's Tale
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 751 reviews2014
Dev: Epixx.org
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Rogue's Tale is a single player turn-based dungeon crawling game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.2% ★, Roguelike 36%, RPG 9.8%, Indie 3%
- #38 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
73% matchVery Positive94% of 709 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
Why similar: Roguelike 52.7%, RPG 26.6%, Strategy 20.7%
- #39 Curious Expedition
73% matchVery Positive91% of 4,456 reviews2016
Dev: Maschinen-Mensch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.
Why similar: Roguelike 54.8%, RPG 27.6%, Strategy 17.6%
- #40 MidBoss
75% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2017
Dev: Kitsune Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kill your enemies, possess their bodies, and take their abilities as your own in this turn-based procedurally generated death labyrinth.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 59.2% ★, Roguelike 26.8%, RPG 7.2%, Strategy 3.8%, Indie 2.9%
- #41 Slice & Dice
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,450 reviews2024
Dev: Tann
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat. Take control of 5 heroes, each with their own unique dice. Fight your way through 20 levels of monsters and try to take on the final boss. If you lose a single fight you have to start over so be careful (and lucky!).
Why similar: Roguelike 66.3%, RPG 33.7%
- #42 Brutal Orchestra
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,008 reviews2021
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: Hellbent Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brutal Orchestra is a Turn-Based Roguelike Strategy Game. You died, someone killed you. You are in Purgatory and you will never escape. Make a deal with the "demon" Bosch and set off into Purgatory finding all manner of demented friends and foes on your quest to get petty revenge.
Why similar: Roguelike 43%, RPG 26.2%, Strategy 22.5%, Indie 8.3%
- #43 Rogue Wizards
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 249 reviews2016
Dev: Spellbind Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Battle creatures, collect loot, master magic, and build your very own Wizard Tower sanctuary in this rogue-like, dungeon-crawling RPG.
Why similar: Roguelike 54.8%, RPG 33.7%, Indie 11.5%
- #44 Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
71% matchVery Positive81% of 468 reviews2023
Dev: Amrita
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Roguelike 62.6%, RPG 37.4%
- #45 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
70% matchVery Positive84% of 3,305 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Roguelike 49.8%, RPG 23.1%, Strategy 17.7%, Indie 9.3%
- #46 The Wind and Wilting Blossom
71% 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 38.7%, Strategy 32.9%, Indie 14.2%, Roguelike 14.2%
- #47 Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure Remastered Edition
69% matchVery Positive94% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: NEKOTOKAGE GAMES
Windows
Turn monster girls into your "Friends" and embark on an adventure together! This is a rogue-like game inspired by "Mystery Dungeon," where the terrain changes every time you challenge it.
Why similar: Roguelike 47.8%, RPG 28.9%, Strategy 23.4%
- #48 Rift Wizard
69% 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: Roguelike 42.9%, Traditional Roguelike 36.5% ★, Strategy 12.4%, RPG 6.3%, Indie 1.9%
- #49 Shattered Pixel Dungeon
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,993 reviews2022
Dev: Shattered Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.7% ★, Roguelike 30.9%, RPG 16.3%, Indie 5.1%
- #50 Heroes Against Time
68% 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: Roguelike 57%, Strategy 30.5%, Indie 12.5%
- #51 Diehard Dungeon
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 499 reviews2014
Dev: Tricktale
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
Why similar: Roguelike 58.5%, RPG 29.6%, Indie 11.9%
- #52 Overfall
73% matchMixed47% of 874 reviews2016
Dev: Pera Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.
Why similar: Roguelike 53.7%, RPG 25.3%, Strategy 21%
- #53 魔塔地牢
70% matchMixed68% of 215 reviews2021
Dev: Zeros
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Randomly generated Magic Tower dungeons A strategy-based fixed-value Roguelike RPG
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.2% ★, Roguelike 28%, RPG 21.3%, Strategy 17.4%, Indie 5.2%
- #54 Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 919 reviews2020
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Classic Roguelike Wanders Onto Steam! Adventure with Shiren the Wanderer and his sidekick Koppa, the talking ferret, through a world filled with cunning monsters, deadly traps and countless treasure.
Why similar: Roguelike 40.2%, Traditional Roguelike 38.4% ★, RPG 21.3%
- #55 One Way Heroics
67% matchVery Positive94% of 4,112 reviews2014
Dev: Smoking WOLFPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 54.1% ★, Roguelike 35.6%, RPG 10.4%
- #56 Evolings
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 447 reviews2023
Dev: SørbPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Embark on a captivating journey in Evolings! This minimalistic turn-based roguelike lets you face hordes of evil monsters by recruiting a team of deadly yet cute creatures. With challenges and a unique experience in each playthrough, Evolings offers a captivating fusion of strategy and charm.
Why similar: RPG 61.1%, Strategy 29.1%, Indie 9.8%
- #57 Dobbel Dungeon
64% matchVery Positive93% of 391 reviews2026
Dev: Gamepie
Windows
Gather your party, roll your dice and battle across the islands to put an end to a powerful curse once and for all in this roguelike turn-based tactical RPG!
Why similar: RPG 54.8%, Strategy 45.2%
- #58 Dungeon Exiles
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 115 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: Roguelike 46.1%, Strategy 23.7%, RPG 23.1%, Indie 7.1%
- #59 Pereelous
66% matchVery Positive85% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spin your way to victory in this slotmachine-driven dungeon crawler. Battle monsters, collect loot and unleash the power of the random reels !
Why similar: Roguelike 52.6%, RPG 47.4%
- #60 Sandwalkers
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.
Why similar: Roguelike 69.8%, Strategy 30.2%