- #1 Home Behind
97% matchVery Positive84% of 6,095 reviews2016
Dev: TPP Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Home Behind, you take on the role of a refugee cast out from your homeland by a band of rebels. Your home and the peace you enjoyed has been destroyed, and your family has disappeared. Can you survive the struggle, famine, and sickness to make it to the safety of Europe?
Why similar: Survival 26.2%, RPG 18.7%, Adventure 11.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: The direct predecessor offers a similar survival-RPG experience with a focus on resource management and journeying through dangerous territory.
- #2 TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
96% matchVery Positive94% of 9,639 reviews2020
Dev: Dandylion
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.2%, Turn-Based Combat 17.9%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, RPG 11.2%, Strategy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep tactical RPG experience with complex character builds and squad management.
- #3 Darkest Dungeon®
96% matchVery Positive92% of 158,223 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 30.7%, Roguelike 22.7%, Turn-Based 16.2%, RPG 12.4%, Roguelite 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same intense party-based management and stress-inducing tactical combat found in Home Behind 2.
- #4 Star Renegades
95% matchVery Positive83% of 2,997 reviews2020
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.Pub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.9%, Roguelike 16%, Conversation 14.8%, Roguelite 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical turn-based combat with roguelite progression and a distinct visual style.
- #5 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,312 reviews2021
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Survival 14.7%, Roguelike 12.5%, RPG 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends party-based RPG mechanics with survival and base-building elements in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #6 Battle Brothers
94% matchVery Positive88% of 27,117 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 93.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Character Customization 24.1%, RPG 19.7%, Strategy 19.4%, Simulation 15.9%, Story Rich 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides deep mercenary squad management and tactical turn-based combat in a gritty, unforgiving world.
- #7 Chrono Ark
92% matchVery Positive91% of 13,325 reviews2024
Dev: Al Fine
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Chrono Ark is a singleplayer roguelike that combines elements from deckbuilders and party-based RPGs. Recruit, train, and build a team of unique Investigators to restore the Twisted World!
Why similar: Anime 15.6%, RPG 14.1%, Roguelite 13.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that focuses on team composition and turn-based combat mechanics.
- #8 This War of Mine
93% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 60.5%, Strategy 16.5%, Simulation 12%, Story Rich 7.3%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the desperate struggle for survival and moral decision-making within a civilian population caught in a civil war.
- #9 Sands of Salzaar
91% matchVery Positive82% of 22,882 reviews2021
Dev: 汉家松鼠Han-Squirrel StudioPub: XD
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.
Why similar: RPG 26.4%, Strategy 23.9%, Character Customization 17.7%, Adventure 9.4%, Anime 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world strategy RPG that allows you to lead armies and manage characters in a vast, war-torn landscape.
- #10 Wartales
90% matchVery Positive87% of 34,222 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22.6%, RPG 21.4%, Turn-Based 16.1%, Survival 12.7%, Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing a mercenary band in an open world with tactical combat and survival mechanics.
- #11 Vambrace: Cold Soul
91% matchMixed66% of 940 reviews2019
Dev: Devespresso GamesPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Vambrace: Cold Soul is a story-driven roguelite set amidst a frozen landscape. Plan expeditions, then journey to the cursed city surface with your party. Wield unique powers, avoid traps, brave strange encounters, and survive deadly combat in this gothic fantasy adventure!
Why similar: RPG 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Turn-Based 12.5%, Roguelite 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite dungeon crawler that requires careful party management and survival in a hostile environment.
- #12 Banner of the Maid
89% matchVery Positive87% of 8,133 reviews2019
Dev: Azure Flame StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Banner of the Maid is a tribute to the golden age of tactical RPGs. Set in an alternate French Revolution, you play as Pauline Bonaparte, commanding your army on smoke-filled battlefields and navigating the turbulent political salons of Paris to forge a heroic epic like no other.
Why similar: Strategy 25.6%, RPG 20.5%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, Turn-Based 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that emphasizes unit management and turn-based strategy in a historical-fantasy setting.
- #13 Jagged Alliance 3
87% matchVery Positive89% of 14,231 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24%, Strategy 20.7%, Tactical 16.9%, Loot 15.3%, RPG 12%
Why You'll Like It: Features tactical squad-based combat set in a war-torn region that mirrors the strategic military feel of the seed game.
- #14 Crown Trick
88% 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 16.6%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 15.6%, Roguelite 13.3%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike that utilizes turn-based combat and strategic positioning to overcome dungeon challenges.
- #15 Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
86% matchVery Positive95% of 14,248 reviews2022
Dev: Dancing Dragon GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!
Why similar: RPG 24.1%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Story Rich 13.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Tactical 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep tactical RPG experience with squad-based combat and strategic army management.
- #16 For The King
86% matchVery Positive88% of 43,089 reviews2018
Dev: IronOak GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.2%, Roguelike 18.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Roguelite 14%, RPG 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A party-based roguelite that emphasizes strategic movement and turn-based combat across a dangerous map.
- #17 Alina of the Arena
84% matchVery Positive92% of 3,884 reviews2022
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!
Why similar: Roguelike 32.9%, Roguelite 25.1%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Strategy 13.4%, RPG 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines roguelike-deckbuilding with tactical hex-grid combat for a unique strategic experience.
- #18 Dust to the End
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,241 reviews2021
Dev: Haojoy GamePub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Nuclear war ended human civilization, but it could never uproot the evil within our hearts. Fight, trade, negotiate, raid– do whatever it takes to survive in the wasteland. You will have to be as clever as ruthless to thrive in a broken world, torn by war, cruelty, hunger and slavery.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.2%, Survival 14.4%, Simulation 13%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Character Customization 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic simulation game that focuses on trading, survival, and party management.
- #19 Curious Expedition 2
84% matchVery Positive89% of 4,080 reviews2021
Dev: Maschinen-Mensch
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.6%, Roguelike 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Roguelite 12.1%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike adventure game that focuses on exploration, resource management, and narrative events.
- #20 Legend Creatures(传奇生物)
83% matchVery Positive90% of 3,948 reviews2020
Dev: HideChara
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Legendary creature is an independent game with rich playing methods such as roguelike + self-propelled chess + strategy. You can collect all kinds of magic creatures with various talents and skills, and can also evolve to a higher level.
Why similar: Roguelike 24.9%, Roguelite 24.5%, Strategy 13.3%, RPG 11.9%, Exploration 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler with roguelite elements that requires strategic team building and resource management.
- #21 Wildermyth
82% matchVery Positive95% of 18,060 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Why similar: Character Customization 23.4%, Turn-Based 22.5%, Roguelite 20%, Story Rich 12.3%, RPG 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features procedural storytelling and tactical combat that evolves based on your party's history.
- #22 Urtuk: The Desolation
82% matchVery Positive88% of 2,484 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 31.2%, Turn-Based 29.1%, Tactical 17.6%, Strategy 16.5%, 2D 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based RPG with a strong focus on survival and character mutation in a harsh world.
- #23 Stoneshard
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 33,430 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Roguelike 19.9%, Turn-Based 18.9%, RPG 18.2%, Survival 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal turn-based survival RPG that emphasizes realistic mechanics and difficult combat.
- #24 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
80% matchVery Positive86% of 8,142 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.8%, Roguelike 18.4%, RPG 16.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Roguelite 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: A party-based roguelike that focuses on managing a squad of minions in a dark fantasy setting.
- #25 Ash of Gods: Redemption
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,435 reviews2018
Dev: AurumDust
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 31.6%, Turn-Based 23.5%, RPG 18.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Story Rich 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG with a heavy focus on narrative consequences and difficult choices during a war.
- #26 The Banner Saga
79% matchVery Positive89% of 15,850 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Why similar: Turn-Based 37.3%, RPG 20.2%, Strategy 15.7%, Tactical 12.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that emphasizes the survival of a caravan and difficult decision-making during a journey.
- #27 Fear & Hunger
78% matchVery Positive94% of 21,050 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 31.6%, RPG 30.6%, Roguelike 20.2%, Indie 6.5%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, brutal RPG that tests your survival skills and party management in an extremely hostile environment.
- #28 觅长生
76% matchVery Positive93% of 30,994 reviews2023
Dev: Chalcedony Network
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《觅长生》是一款想要还原真实修仙世界的开放世界角色扮演游戏。 在这里,你可以体验到从零开始一步步积攒修为突破境界的逆天修仙之旅,也可以体验到那些充满修仙味的故事和剧情。当然也少不了寻求奇遇、探索秘境,更可以和游戏中的角色互动,与人为善或是杀人夺宝全都由你自己抉择。
Why similar: RPG 22.6%, Turn-Based Combat 17.8%, Roguelite 12%, Strategy 11.4%, Character Customization 9%
- #29 Pathway
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,235 reviews2019
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.5%, Roguelite 15.6%, Roguelike 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, RPG 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical adventure game with roguelike elements set in the 1930s.
- #30 Wandering Sword
75% matchVery Positive95% of 40,579 reviews2023
Dev: The Swordman StudioPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 22.6 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.9%, RPG 24%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #31 Renowned Explorers: International Society
78% matchVery Positive92% of 2,885 reviews2015
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Turn-Based 24.7%, Roguelike 16.6%, Strategy 14.3%, RPG 11.7%, Roguelite 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike adventure game that uses tactical combat and social management to succeed.
- #32 Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
75% matchVery Positive85% of 24,122 reviews2023
Dev: 半瓶醋工作室(Half Amateur Studio)Pub: XD
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hero's Adventure:Road to Passion is a wuxia open-world RPG. You will commence your journey as an underdog in the tumultuous Martial World and will be met with a wide array of choices as you navigate your own heroic saga.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.9%, RPG 25.8%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Anime 8.4%
- #33 Prime of Flames
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,010 reviews2022
Dev: RAYKA STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
This is a special strategy game that combines Wargame and Roguelike. As the guider of the former ancestors, you revived and arrived. In the name of Star Envoy, you leave for the Human camp, and lead the warriors of different clans with talents and abilities to find the truth of history and disaster.
Why similar: Roguelike 21.6%, Turn-Based Combat 20.5%, Roguelite 19.9%, Strategy 12.9%, RPG 12.3%
- #34 The Scroll Of Taiwu
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 62,126 reviews2018
Dev: ConchShip Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 56.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
Why similar: RPG 27.3%, Strategy 16.7%, Roguelite 16.6%, Roguelike 13.3%, Simulation 9.6%
- #35 暖雪 Warm Snow
74% matchVery Positive93% of 38,449 reviews2022
Dev: BadMudStudioPub: bilibili
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
'Warm Snow' is a Rogue-like action game with a background set in a dark fantasy world, where the eerie 'Warm Snow' holds sway. You will play as the Warrior 'Bi-an' on a crusade against the Five Great Clans, in order to save a world teetering on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Roguelite 25.9%, Roguelike 23.8%, Character Customization 16%, RPG 12.9%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #36 Path Of Wuxia
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 30,319 reviews2022
Dev: 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Path of Wuxia combines classic wuxia world and youthful school life with anime art style, features simulation gameplay well known by Heluo fans. Play as a young Xia who join the academy known as the Hermitic Pavilions of Xia, grow strong along with various schoolmates and seek your own path of Xia.
Why similar: RPG 33.5%, Turn-Based 29.3%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%, Indie 7.9%, Female Protagonist 6.1%
- #37 Backpack Battles
71% matchVery Positive91% of 19,754 reviews2025
Dev: PlayWithFurciferPub: IndieArk
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.
Why similar: Inventory Management 33.4%, Loot 13.8%, Roguelike 12.9%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Strategy 11.8%
- #38 Robothorium
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 368 reviews2019
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Robothorium is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler with turn-based fights, where all your choices will have a direct impact on your revolution against Humankind. Deep Strategy, Crafting, Party Based management, Talents and so much more in this roguelike!
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.9%, Roguelite 19.5%, Strategy 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, RPG 13.6%
- #39 Girls of The Tower
73% matchVery Positive85% of 604 reviews2024
Dev: Robo CatPub: OKJOY
Windows
This is a Rogue-like game with a combination of JRPG, auto chess, and galgame elements. Players can choose from two different female protagonists to embark on a unique adventure. Additionally, players can recruit followers, strategize their formations, and develop their town!
Why similar: Roguelike 29.8%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Strategy 15.6%, RPG 13.2%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #40 Backpack Hero
72% matchVery Positive87% of 8,287 reviews2023
Dev: JaspelPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!
Why similar: Inventory Management 22.7%, Turn-Based 21.3%, Roguelike 16.4%, Roguelite 15.1%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #41 Darkest Dungeon® II
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,172 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Roguelite 24.4%, Turn-Based 20.5%, Roguelike 20.4%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, RPG 8.4%
- #42 Amazing Cultivation Simulator
73% matchVery Positive86% of 23,413 reviews2020
Dev: GSQ Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 58.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.
Why similar: Simulation 26.9%, RPG 23%, Survival 22.1%, Strategy 19%, Indie 3.9%
- #43 龙胤立志传
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,787 reviews2026
Dev: TPP StudioPub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 22.0 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
《龙胤立志传》是一款融合门派经营的开放江湖武侠游戏。在各大门派割据一方的神州之上,你可以自由驰骋,历经奇遇,修炼神功,踏上行侠仗义或行凶作恶之路,也可以经营自己的门派,攻城略地,称霸一方,最终谱写一段独一无二的武林传奇。
Why similar: RPG 33.5%, Simulation 23.9%, Turn-Based Combat 17.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #44 Fate Seeker II
71% matchVery Positive89% of 13,744 reviews2021
Dev: JSL Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Following the previous one, “Fate Seeker II” character development, thinking and exploration and other elements. You can experience real-time combat without switching scenes, and feel the delightful martial arts anytime.
Why similar: RPG 67.7%, Exploration 19.8%, Story Rich 12.5%
- #45 Dream of Corpse Lady
68% matchVery Positive93% of 1,620 reviews2026
Dev: HT3 StudioPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Cards, battle! Someone woke up the sleeping Corpse Lady... Perhaps, the world needs to pay a price for the awakening... In this game, you will play the role of the awakened Corpse Lady, try various strange construction combinations, discover powerful opponents, and then knock them all down!
Why similar: Roguelite 22.3%, Roguelike 20.2%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Strategy 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%
- #46 Dragon Cliff
72% matchVery Positive89% of 8,079 reviews2018
Dev: Meta Interaction
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!
Why similar: Loot 32.8%, RPG 21.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%, Turn-Based 7.1%
- #47 Back to the Dawn
67% matchVery Positive95% of 9,819 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: RPG 38.1%, Story Rich 21.9%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 11.2%, Adventure 10.4%
- #48 Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms
68% matchVery Positive89% of 7,704 reviews2025
Dev: Free Wing
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms" is a single-player RPG where you shape the Three Kingdoms era. Choose to be a ruler, a loyal advisor, or a cunning mercenary. Marry, build homes, or train in martial arts. Restore peace through diplomacy or conquer with mighty armies.
Why similar: Strategy 31.4%, RPG 30.6%, Simulation 27%, Story Rich 11%
- #49 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
70% matchMixed54% of 226,468 reviews2023
Dev: 鬼谷工作室
Windows
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 72.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Tale of Immortal is an open-world sandbox based on Chinese mythology and cultivation. You will grow to become immortal, conquer the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Season, make your choices carefully and grasp your own destiny.
Why similar: RPG 25.1%, Simulation 21.3%, Story Rich 16.1%, Exploration 14.3%, Adventure 12.3%
- #50 LONESTAR
67% matchVery Positive91% of 2,337 reviews2025
Dev: Math TidePub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!
Why similar: Roguelike 21%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Roguelite 18.1%, Turn-Based 16.1%, Strategy 11.4%
- #51 Esports Godfather
67% matchVery Positive91% of 4,402 reviews2024
Dev: Asteroid Game Studio
Windows
Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
E-sports Godfather is a Deck-building game simulating MOBA e-sports. You will play a role as team coach and build your team. You need to train players and make strategies in various game versions, beat other teams and finally, take the Champion of the World. Be nobody, or lead your team to dominate!
Why similar: Strategy 28.9%, Character Customization 21.1%, Simulation 20.9%, Tactical 12.7%, RPG 10.2%
- #52 河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu : The Books of Dragon)
70% matchVery Positive82% of 10,927 reviews2018
Dev: 香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Ho Tu Lo Shu: The Books of Dragon offers a highly freedom to play in an wuxia style open world. With realistic art style and rich character development, you can explore a vast wuxia world and create your own adventure with the company of various memorable characters.
Why similar: Loot 23.2%, Turn-Based 19.6%, RPG 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Strategy 8%
- #53 Noobs Want to Live
67% matchVery Positive89% of 4,944 reviews2023
Dev: 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)Pub: Lightning Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Roguelike 46.8%, Roguelite 41.6%, Adventure 11.7%
- #54 Cluckmech Oasis
66% matchVery Positive88% of 3,463 reviews2024
Dev: BlackLightPub: Mammorize
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Roguelike 36%, Roguelite 29.4%, Strategy 20.1%, Survival 14.5%
- #55 Overlooting
66% matchVery Positive81% of 1,351 reviews2025
Dev: Posing Possums
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Loot 19.6%, Inventory Management 18.1%, Roguelite 13.5%, Roguelike 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
- #56 侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia)
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 7,510 reviews2016
Dev: Heluo StudioPub: Phoenix Game
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Tale of Wuxia has been dedicated to providing gameplayers with a player-defined platform, where they can customize their own Wuxia. Instead of being restricted to characters’ basic properties, in this new version, gameplayers can also choose the personalities and talents of their own.
Why similar: RPG 32.5%, Turn-Based 32.1%, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 7.8%, Story Rich 5.7%
- #57 Overdungeon
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,103 reviews2019
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A completely new style real-time card battle "Overdungeon" Overdungeon combines rogue-like, tower defense and card games. More than 100 cards are Attack, Animal, Building, Spell, Trap, etc..Build your creative and crazy deck!
Why similar: Roguelite 26.3%, Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based 17.4%, RPG 17%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #58 Ruin Raiders
69% matchMixed69% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: indie.io
Windows
Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!
Why similar: Loot 18%, Turn-Based 17.2%, Roguelite 14.7%, Roguelike 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%
- #59 Indies' Lies 2: Fire Seed
65% matchVery Positive80% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Fun Square GamesPub: Erabit
Windows
Indies' Lies 2: Fire Seed is a top-down 2D roguelite tactics game. Command three heroes in chess-like battles, forging legends through terrain strategy, skill combos, and ever-evolving rogue builds on a dynamic battlefield.
Why similar: Roguelite 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, Roguelike 18.5%, Strategy 11.4%, RPG 8.9%