Games Like Has-Been Heroes

Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 15.7%, Tactical 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Tower Defense 12.8%, Roguelite 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense lane-based tactical defense and roguelite progression that mirrors the high-stakes combat of the seed game.

Defender's Quest is a Tower-Defense/RPG Hybrid tightly focuses on three things: tactical depth, customization, and story

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 30.7% ★, Tower Defense 21.3%, Tactical RPG 15.8%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense mechanics with RPG character progression in a lane-based format similar to Has-Been Heroes.

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: Turn-Based Combat 17%, Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelite 14.4%, Tactical 12.1%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a tactical, turn-based roguelike experience where positioning and skill synergy are essential for survival.

Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

Why similar: Roguelite 26.7%, Roguelike 22.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18%, Strategy 11.4%, RPG 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a multi-lane tactical system where positioning and timing are critical to surviving waves of enemies.

3 Minute Heroes is a real-time strategy game that combines tower defense, deck building, and rogue-like genres. Place your champions, use cards, and keep your home safe for 3 minutes!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.7% ★, Tower Defense 25.3%, Strategy 20.8%, Roguelite 19%, 2D 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A lane-based tower defense deckbuilder that captures the fast-paced, strategic lane management of the seed game.

The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!

Why similar: Roguelite 25.4%, Roguelike 24.4%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Strategy 15.2%, Fantasy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep tactical inventory management that forces players to think strategically about their hero's capabilities.

Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

Why similar: Roguelite 38.6%, Roguelike 34.6%, Strategy 17.2%, Fantasy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical deckbuilder that focuses on lane-based combat and positioning, requiring careful planning to manage your heroes.

A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.9%, Roguelite 22.3%, RPG 19.3%, Roguelike 9.7%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines board-game style exploration with tactical combat, capturing the roguelike adventure feel of the seed game.

Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.

Why similar: Tower Defense 41.5%, Strategy 17.4%, RPG 16.5%, Action 9.2%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends action-platforming with tower defense mechanics, requiring players to defend lanes while managing their party.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Roguelike 20.2%, Strategy 19.9%, Roguelite 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, Tactical 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in grid-based tactical combat where every move matters, echoing the high-pressure decision-making of the seed game.

A Heroic-Parody tactical RPG combining dungeon crawler’s gameplay and turn-based fights. Dive in an off-beat universe, manage your team and craft mighty gear to equip them! Build your own dungeon by hiding traps and monsters in your galleries, then challenge other players to clean it!

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.1%, Roguelite 19.7%, Roguelike 16.9%, Tactical 12.6%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawler that focuses on party-based turn-based combat and strategic positioning.

Uncover the mystery of a land beset by a Falling Star's curse in this Roguelike Strategy RPG inspired by the classics. Build your party, recruit new allies, and synergize your team's skills for decisive victory.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 19%, Roguelite 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Roguelike 11.9%, Tactical 9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that features roguelite elements and turn-based combat, focusing on party strategy.

RPG turn-based combat game with deep tactics and bad jokes! Do you have what it takes to save the kingdom?

Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, Roguelite 15.6%, Roguelike 13.7%, Cartoon 9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that utilizes lane-based combat mechanics and hero management.

A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 25.4%, Strategy 21.5%, Roguelike 15.5%, Tactical 14.1%, Roguelite 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical movement and positioning within a confined space, emphasizing the importance of lane control.

Tunnel of Doom is an action rogue-lite hybrid that mixes tower defense with melee and ranged combat gameplay. Randomly generated, every run is different as you guide Angel on a quest to rescue her husband. Gather resources, discover perks, and use what you find to battle waves of monsters.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.2%, Tower Defense 17.8%, Roguelite 14.9%, Roguelike 12.5%, Female Protagonist 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that incorporates tower defense elements, requiring players to manage lanes and resources simultaneously.

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Roguelike 28.3%, Tower Defense 26.9%, Strategy 15.4%, RPG 12.1%, Roguelite 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike that forces players to defend lanes and rooms against incoming waves, mirroring the escort-style defense of the seed game.

Reverie Knights Tactics is a turn-based tactical RPG with strategic battles in isometric grids where every decision can alter the story. Travel through a hand-drawn fantasy world and lead your heroes in a story-rich adventure, visual novel style!

Why similar: Tactical RPG 28.2%, Tactical 20.9%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, RPG 14%, Magic 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-based tactical RPG that requires careful positioning and character ability management.

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 37%, Roguelike 23.7%, RPG 14.7%, Roguelite 9.3%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a grim, party-based tactical experience where managing hero stress and positioning is key to success.

In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.

Why similar: Roguelike 19.3%, Strategy 19.1%, Tactical RPG 17.3%, RPG 15.4%, Roguelite 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical party-management game that emphasizes strategic choices and character synergy during combat encounters.

Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.1%, Roguelite 18.2%, Tactical 17.1%, Roguelike 13.9%, Strategy 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler with tactical elements that requires careful party composition and positioning.

Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.

Why similar: Roguelite 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Tactical 15.8%, Roguelike 15.3%, RPG 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A party-based tactical RPG that focuses on positioning and skill management in challenging combat encounters.

Lead a party of aspiring heroes through a beautifully hand-drawn world and intense battles using only your wits and a handful of cards. Take on whatever threat comes your way by crafting your own deck choosing from over 100 unique punch-cards!

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 36.9%, RPG 22.2%, Magic 16.6%, Fantasy 10.5%, 2D 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a card-based combat system that requires tactical planning and party coordination similar to the seed game.

Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy is a turn-based, tactical RPG featuring strategic battles, intriguing puzzles and exciting quests. Customize your heroes’ unique, class-based attacks and abilities to defeat Father Eldritch's oppressive armies throughout dozens of unique, hand-crafted maps!

Why similar: Tactical RPG 32%, Turn-Based Combat 29%, Strategy 15.3%, Fantasy 9%, Magic 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that emphasizes grid-based movement and turn-based combat strategy.

Brave's Rage is a challenging roguelite deckbuilding game that features an ATB combat system. Players will have to think critically to build their decks and make strategic decisions in the nick of time. Create your dynamic duo from a total of 9 playable Braves and face 20 different challenge tiers!

Why similar: Roguelike 23%, Roguelite 20.2%, Cartoon 12.2%, Strategy 10.3%, RPG 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes active combat decisions and strategic hero synergy.

Doll Explorer is a turn-based strategy game in which players conquer dungeons by combining various actions such as "take one step forward" and "attack in front of player". The adventures of Tia the witch, Doll the magical life form, and Lilith the princess of the demon tribe begin!

Why similar: Roguelite 30.4%, Roguelike 19.5%, Strategy 18.3%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, 2D 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused roguelite that uses turn-based tactics and puzzle-like combat scenarios.

Home Behind 2 is a Roguelike RPG which set in Scaria, a country engulfed in a ten-year civil war. Lead a patchwork group of revolutionary fighters into the depths of the government's territory as you struggle to overthrow a brutal authoritarian regime!

Why similar: Roguelite 17.1%, Roguelike 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Strategy 11.6%, RPG 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-RPG that features party management and tactical combat in a challenging roguelike setting.

Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.7%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Roguelike 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that emphasizes strategic movement and combat efficiency.

SURVIVE COUNTLESS HORDES, BE A ONE MAN ARMY, DIE AND RETURN STRONGER. Halftime Heroes is a Survival Rogue Action RPG game with short and intense matches where you learn spells, level up, acquire loot and fight bosses. Each time you die you may upgrade or unlock several features.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.1%, Roguelite 20%, Roguelike 17.6%, RPG 10.8%, Magic 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that focuses on fast-paced combat and character progression.

Rise above the Mirk and protect your ship from dangers unknown in the latest entry in the classic Defender’s Quest tower defense series!

Why similar: Tower Defense 24%, Tactical RPG 21.3%, Tactical 12.9%, Strategy 12.6%, RPG 12%

Why You'll Like It: The sequel to the classic lane-based tower defense RPG, offering refined mechanics similar to the seed game.

Surpass the challenges of the Spire. Your legacy begins now. Prove your worth.

Why similar: Roguelike 24.7%, Roguelite 21%, Strategy 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Magic 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler that incorporates roguelike elements and strategic party management.

A tower defense game where you combo ultimate moves to take down enemies! Have fun unleashing those moves while learning more about the twin princesses' story. Why did the twins get trapped in a game? What's the goal of the game master? And do you have what it takes to see it all to the end?

Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Strategy 16.9%, Magic 11.6%, Fantasy 8.3%

Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.9%, Roguelike 21.2%, Tactical 18.8%, Strategy 14%, Action 6.6%

Forest Heroes combines defense gameplay with roguelike deck-building. Enjoy intense battles and diverse strategies with simple controls!

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, Roguelite 21.7%, Roguelike 15.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Cartoon 8%

Embark on an epic journey in Hero’s Warband, a captivating 2D Survival Autobattler. Recruit and manage a diverse array of heroes with unique classes and skills. Discover the perfect synergy between classes to suit your strategic vision. Lead your heroes to greatness and conquer the land of Astoria!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23%, Roguelike 17.4%, Roguelite 15.9%, Cartoon 12%, Strategy 11.5%

A turn-based strategy game. The world of a fantasy kingdom has been thrown into disarray by the return of the Necromancer – a creature of darkness that wishes to enslave all living beings.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.2%, Tactical 16%, Tactical RPG 15.1%, Strategy 13.5%, RPG 12.7%

Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.

Why similar: Roguelike 19.5%, Roguelite 16%, Tactical 13.9%, Strategy 13.7%, RPG 13.1%

A roguelike royalelike about warriors from across space and time, fighting to claim a wish from the Star of Aestheta. Strategize your tactics, enhance your troops, and outwit your opponents to rise to the top!

Why similar: Roguelike 28.8%, Roguelite 28%, Strategy 21.4%, Fantasy 8.2%, 2D 7.7%

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 30.1%, Strategy 24.6%, RPG 20.4%, Roguelite 17.8%, Indie 7.1%

Road Not Taken is a roguelike puzzle game about surviving life’s surprises. You play as a ranger adventuring through a vast, unforgiving forest in the aftermath of a brutal winter storm, rescuing children who have lost their way.

Why similar: Roguelike 85.6%, Indie 14.4%

Garden of Witches is a cute roguelike action game full of danger. Help the protagonist, Sil, as she tries to round up her unruly fellow witches and save the Garden.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.4%, Roguelite 17.5%, Roguelike 13.3%, Female Protagonist 9%, RPG 8.4%

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: Roguelite 36.9%, Roguelike 25.8%, Strategy 18.2%, Fantasy 12.4%, Indie 6.7%

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: Roguelike 21.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20.2%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Tactical 15.9%, RPG 13.5%

Sentry Knight Tactics is a charming, cute action-strategy RPG adventure. Set in a land under siege by a transdimensional evil, you command your team of powerful heroes through various realms as you slaughter enemy hordes, complete quests, upgrade your gear and save the world.

Why similar: RPG 26.7%, Strategy 26.6%, Tactical 12%, Action 11.9%, Indie 9.7%

In this tactical rogue-like auto battler, you'll build your unique team of robots and keep them alive as they fight. Battle through waves of enemies as you travel from planet to planet on a mission to fix the sun. Strategize, protect, survive. A Mechanibot's wrench never rests.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.8%, Tactical 21.9%, Roguelite 16.1%, Roguelike 13.4%, Strategy 11.2%

A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

Why similar: Tactical RPG 27%, Roguelite 22.5%, Roguelike 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, RPG 9.8%

"Little Witch Survivors" is a magic pigeon barrage shooting game. You will play as a little witch, summoning and commanding eight unique magic guardians to fight side by side! Each guardian has dual skills, and you can switch strategies freely in the equipment slots - weave your own magic miracle!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.1%, Roguelite 17%, Roguelike 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Magic 8.3%

As the Debugging Hero chosen by the Legendary Sword, you have gained the ability to manipulate character variables! Use this powerful ability to overcome the dungeons blocking your path and defeat the Demon Lord!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.2%, Roguelite 18.9%, Roguelike 15.2%, Fantasy 6.4%, Female Protagonist 5.7%

SotSF is a turn-based rogue-like game with deck-building elements, in the aesthetics of Mesoamerica and transhumanism. Position yourself on the battlefield, build and utilize various combinations of abilities to defeat the mysterious spirits of the Silicium Forest. Has “Story” and “Roguelite” modes.

Why similar: Tactical 20.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Roguelite 14.3%, Strategy 13.7%

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: Roguelike 23.4%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Tactical 14.2%, RPG 13.1%, Strategy 12.6%

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.9%, Roguelite 18.5%, Roguelike 18.2%, Action 8.6%, Indie 7.1%

Four heroes are facing a horde of evil! Ultimate abilities, magic artifacts, hero upgrades and clever tactics... All these will help to defeat the Boss.

Why similar: Strategy 30.5%, Tactical 20.6%, Tower Defense 20.1%, Magic 10.4%, Indie 10.2%

Dizzy Rogues is an auto-runner roguelike with "turn" based combat. Bounce your weapon off enemies and objects, rack up your combo, and purchase unique items.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.1%, Roguelike 24.6%, Roguelite 22.9%, Action 7.6%, 2D 2.4%

Prepare to embark on an epic adventure with tiny heroes in this tower defence game with a twist! Summon unique guardians to defend Lunalie against various enemies as she journeys through the wilderness of Prism.

Why similar: Tower Defense 42%, Strategy 41.4%, Indie 16.6%

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: Tactical RPG 23%, RPG 20.8%, Strategy 17.9%, Roguelite 14.5%, Roguelike 11.5%

Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks! Tactics fuse with card game mechanics as Phoebe and Carlton, a brilliant young inventor & her robot-arm bestie, square off in turn-based battles. Select your Knights, hone your deck, and execute your strategy for victory!

Why similar: Tactical 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Cartoon 13.6%, Strategy 12.6%

The Hyper‑Dungeon awaits! Explore an evershifting labyrinth where classic dungeon‑crawling meets exhilarating action. Challenge yourself in turn-based combat with a real‑time, arcade‑inspired twist and befriend an eccentric cast of dungeon dwellers on the quest for the legendary Sacred Groowl!

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 34.5%, RPG 21.2%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Fantasy 12.5%, 2D 8.9%

Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...

Why similar: Tactical 24.5%, Tactical RPG 20.9%, Turn-Based Combat 20.1%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 11.5%

A fast-paced roguelike tower defense where you choose your Queen Bee with unique skills and the Artisan to build turrets and cast powerful spells to defend your hive through regions infested with zombees. Face bosses with insane mechanics and survive the Zumbeecalypse!

Why similar: Tower Defense 28%, Roguelite 23.3%, Roguelike 21.6%, Strategy 13.6%, RPG 9.8%

Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!

Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.2%, Roguelite 16.5%, Roguelike 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Tactical 13.1%