- #1 Hyperbolica
97% matchVery Positive83% of 1,301 reviews2022
Dev: CodeParade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.
Why similar: Experimental 26.4% ★, Psychedelic 23.2%, Surreal 20.2%, Open World 12.3%, Exploration 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is the closest experience to HyperRogue, featuring a vast, non-Euclidean world designed specifically to explore hyperbolic geometry.
- #2 Manifold Garden
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,118 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Experimental 26.1% ★, Psychedelic 21.4%, Abstract 18.4%, Surreal 18.3%, Puzzle 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features mind-bending, non-Euclidean architecture where gravity and space are constantly shifting, providing a similar surreal exploration feel.
- #3 Euclidean Skies
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Miro Straka
Windows
Euclidean Skies combines marvelous architecture and turn-based movements to create a beautiful world with mind-bending puzzles. The game’s focus is on shifting and rotating the world to gain tactical advantage and overpower the enemies in 55 elegant, but incredibly challenging levels.
Why similar: Surreal 32%, Procedural Generation 26.5%, Puzzle 16.4%, Strategy 16.2%, Adventure 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on manipulating non-Euclidean, floating architecture through turn-based movement and spatial puzzles.
- #4 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,762 reviews2020
Dev: Conor Petersen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.5%, Psychedelic 18.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, Strategy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Like HyperRogue, it forces the player to think across complex, non-standard dimensions and temporal logic.
- #5 Chronescher
95% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: PurpleSloth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chronescher is a challenging turn-based puzzle game in Escher-esque spaces. Use impossible geometries, teleportation and environmental snapshots to navigate your mind and uncover your lost memories.
Why similar: Surreal 36.7%, Abstract 30.9%, Puzzle 16.8%, Strategy 9.1%, Adventure 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal puzzle game that utilizes impossible geometry and perspective shifts to navigate its isometric world.
- #6 Caves of Qud
94% 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 31.6% ★, Procedural Generation 24.4%, Turn-Based Combat 22.7%, Open World 19.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, procedural roguelike that shares HyperRogue's commitment to bizarre, surreal environments and complex world-building.
- #7 Tales of Maj'Eyal
92% 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 76% ★, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Open World 7.8%, Fantasy 4%, Adventure 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A complex, turn-based roguelike that rewards deep tactical knowledge and careful exploration of procedural dungeons.
- #8 Nova-111
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 179 reviews2015
Dev: Funktronic Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Pilot your trusty orange vessel in this quirky sci-fi strategy game that cleverly mixes turn-based and real-time gameplay. Your mission: fix space-time and recover all the scientists lost in the aftermath of the Universe's Greatest Science Experiment.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.3% ★, Science 23.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Puzzle 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique hybrid of turn-based and real-time movement that emphasizes tactical positioning and puzzle-solving.
- #9 Hylics 2
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,405 reviews2020
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.
Why similar: Psychedelic 37%, Surreal 34.8%, Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, Abstract 4.8%, Adventure 3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same psychedelic, surreal, and abstract aesthetic found in the more bizarre biomes of HyperRogue.
- #10 Auro: A Monster-Bumping Adventure
91% matchVery Positive84% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Dinofarm Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Auro is a unique turn-based tactical dungeon-crawler all about bumping monsters into the water. Traverse randomly generated maps and create huge spell combos as you compete against rival Kingdoms and rise through the ranks.
Why similar: Hex Grid 53.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in hex-grid tactical movement, focusing on positioning and environmental interaction rather than direct combat.
- #11 Curious Expedition
90% 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: Hex Grid 48.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Strategy 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural exploration game that focuses on managing resources and making tactical decisions in a hostile, changing environment.
- #12 Terra Randoma
89% matchVery Positive90% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: Deniz K.
Windows
Terra Randoma is a turn-based roguelike RPG in a procedurally generated open world. Travel a world full of curiousity and perilous dungeons. Develop your character however you want with skills, talent stones and randomized items while you discover an ancient secret.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Open World 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike that emphasizes sandbox exploration and procedural generation in a turn-based format.
- #13 Into the Breach
89% matchVery Positive94% of 21,742 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Turn-Based Tactics 29.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 29.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A perfect tactical puzzle game where every turn is a high-stakes calculation of movement and spatial positioning.
- #14 The Doors of Trithius
88% matchVery Positive94% of 851 reviews2021
Dev: Jake Donkersgoed
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43% ★, Procedural Generation 20.2%, Open World 18%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Fantasy 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike that emphasizes open-world exploration and procedural discovery in a persistent world.
- #15 Void Stranger
86% matchVery Positive91% of 3,271 reviews2023
Dev: System Erasure
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Place your faith and embrace the Void.
Why similar: Puzzle 65.5%, Adventure 21.3%, Singleplayer 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply mysterious, grid-based puzzle game with a surreal aesthetic and hidden layers of complexity.
- #16 Zero Orders Tactics
87% matchVery Positive91% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Pauloondra
Windows
🌋⚔ Terraforming + Into The Breach! An experimental puzzle strategy where you are not commanding your troops - now, you are shaping the battlefield itself! Nothing is random*, everything is predictable*, and the battlefield is changing. Every turn. By you.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.2%, Hex Grid 20.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Procedural Generation 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that strips away complexity to focus purely on movement and positioning on the grid.
- #17 Baba Is You
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 23,702 reviews2019
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Why similar: Puzzle 75.9%, Surreal 11.5%, Singleplayer 9.4%, Strategy 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental puzzle game that forces players to rethink the fundamental rules of the game world, much like HyperRogue's non-Euclidean logic.
- #18 Crowntakers
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 681 reviews2014
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Hex Grid 37.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that blends RPG elements with hex-grid exploration.
- #19 Hylics
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,474 reviews2015
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.
Why similar: Psychedelic 34.3%, Surreal 33.5%, Abstract 23.9%, Turn-Based Combat 4.6%, Exploration 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to Hylics 2, offering an equally abstract and psychedelic experience that feels like a fever dream.
- #20 Xenomarine
84% 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 75.3% ★, Procedural Generation 17.2%, Strategy 5%, Adventure 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi roguelike that focuses on procedural dungeon crawling and tactical survival.
- #21 Stephen's Sausage Roll
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,914 reviews2016
Dev: increpare games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A simple 3d puzzle game.
Why similar: Puzzle 92.2%, Singleplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A profound grid-based puzzle game that demands extreme spatial awareness and logical planning.
- #22 Desktop Dungeons
82% 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: Puzzle 32.3%, Traditional Roguelike 27.7% ★, Fantasy 18.3%, Procedural Generation 16.5%, Singleplayer 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It treats every dungeon crawl as a tight, turn-based tactical puzzle where resource management is key.
- #23 Crypt of the NecroDancer
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,253 reviews2015
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 52.2%, Procedural Generation 30.2%, Fantasy 10.6%, Adventure 3.9%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes grid-based movement and tactical rhythm, requiring players to master the board one step at a time.
- #24 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: Procedural Generation 34.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 24%, Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based Combat 20.2%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling roguelike that offers a unique perspective on traditional dungeon crawling mechanics.
- #25 Sandwalkers
80% 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: Hex Grid 36.2% ★, Turn-Based Combat 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Procedural Generation 12%, Exploration 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that focuses on exploration and tactical combat in a harsh, shifting environment.
- #26 Moonring
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,373 reviews2023
Dev: Fluttermind, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.4% ★, Open World 24.5%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired RPG that captures the feeling of old-school, turn-based exploration and discovery.
- #27 Haque
81% matchVery Positive86% of 164 reviews2017
Dev: SuperTry Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haque is a glitch fantasy roguelike adventure about cute monsters, low-bit hauntings, and a suspiciously talkative narrator. Choose your character and battle through forests, deserts and dungeons to defeat a mysterious evil. Die often. Try again!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 71.5% ★, Strategy 28.5%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelike with a distinct, hand-drawn art style and a focus on tactical, procedural encounters.
- #28 Dungeons of Dredmor
78% 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 90.3% ★, Fantasy 4.4%, Procedural Generation 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Adventure 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike that balances deep mechanics with a quirky, humorous tone.
- #29 The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles
76% matchVery Positive88% of 258 reviews2025
Dev: Fix-a-Bug
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 34.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Fantasy 16.1%, Exploration 15.4%, Adventure 6.8%
- #30 RUBATO
75% matchVery Positive96% of 282 reviews2026
Dev: dconn
Windows
RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!
Why similar: Experimental 33.9% ★, Psychedelic 24.4%, Surreal 16.8%, Collectathon 15.9%, Exploration 4.9%
- #31 Spire of Sorcery
79% matchMixed42% of 153 reviews2021
Dev: Charlie Oscar
Windows
Lead a party of runaway mages through the dangerous world of Rund. Discover alchemy. Master magic. Explore the land. Survive the challenges.
Why similar: Hex Grid 35.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Open World 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features hex-grid exploration and turn-based strategy elements within a procedurally generated world.
- #32 Diablo The Abyss
77% matchVery Positive84% of 216 reviews2023
Dev: Friday Night
Windows
Diablo The Abyss is a strategic RPG full of random and roguelike elements. Within this randomized world, you can freely make strageties at your own pace and conquer formidable challenges, while shaping your unique adventure journey.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 29.3%, Open World 23.3%, Exploration 15.3%, Strategy 13.8%, Fantasy 8.6%
- #33 Toroban
76% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Hebert Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Toroban is an infinitely wrapping puzzle game.
Why similar: Open World 45.9%, Puzzle 24%, Fantasy 18.7%, Adventure 7.2%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #34 Fractal Block World
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,265 reviews2021
Dev: Dan HathawayPub: Fractal Block Team LLC
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
This is a surreal exploration game. Explore a massive fractal with great complexities. You can shrink infinitely to go deeper into the fractal. Or you can become larger by growing. Inner space awaits you in this infinite world.
Why similar: Psychedelic 34.4%, Surreal 29.1%, Open World 20.6%, Exploration 11.6%, Adventure 3%
- #35 illumine
77% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2016
Dev: Dejima
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a different take on the roguelike genre. Explore a world created on the fly by your actions. Wonder about your purpose.
Why similar: Experimental 47% ★, Abstract 24.9%, Procedural Generation 18.3%, Adventure 9.7%
- #36 Crayon Chronicles
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: Outer Grid Games LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Crayon Chronicles is a:Single-playerTurn-basedRPGRoguelike...offering a relatively short (2-4 hours per play-through) but action-packed experience that randomly generates the level layouts each time you play.
- #37 Curious Expedition 2
73% 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: Hex Grid 42.2% ★, Procedural Generation 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Exploration 6.5%
- #38 Endless RPG
75% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Kezarus
Windows
Play on randomly generated worlds with a party of characters just the way you like it. You will not be bounded by classes or scripted story, only by your creativity. Make your own journey. Tell your own history.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 20.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Open World 18.6%, Turn-Based Combat 18.5%, Strategy 13.8%
- #39 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
74% matchVery Positive81% of 101 reviews2022
Dev: Kenisoft Game Studio
Windows
Experience a Fast-Paced Roguelite Turn-Based Strategy game with a New Turn-Based System which will need you to plan early on and create strategies that would lead your army to victory. Create an army with different Characters and Leaders to choose from and explore this Roguelite world.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27.8%, Turn-Based Combat 22.6%, Open World 22.4%, Strategy 9.9%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #40 Kaamos: Puzzle Roguelike
72% matchVery Positive86% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Pepperbox StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 33%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Puzzle 12.4%, Strategy 8.2%
- #41 Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
73% matchMixed66% of 617 reviews2013
Dev: Digital Eel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a hybrid roguelike game of space exploration, adventure and starship combat.
Why similar: Strategy 54.7%, Adventure 23.7%, Exploration 16.4%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #42 Godless
70% matchVery Positive93% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Danil Kalyupa
Windows
In Godless, you don’t save the world — you end it one turn at a time. Reshape the hex-based battlefield, summon deadly minions, explore endless strategies, and crush mortal heroes in this tactical roguelike!
Why similar: Hex Grid 37.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%
- #43 Fates of Ort
71% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2020
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fates of Ort is a retro fantasy RPG focused on strategic action, in a land where time is frozen when you stand still. Cast powerful spells - but beware, they will cost you your life.
Why similar: Open World 49.6%, Exploration 21.5%, Fantasy 20.5%, Adventure 5.2%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #44 SFD : Rogue TRPG
72% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 36.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.7%, Strategy 24.2%, Fantasy 13.6%
- #45 Sigil of the Magi
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: YongjustyongPub: The Iterative Collective
Windows
Sigil of the Magi blends roguelike deckbuilding with turn-based combat for a deep tactical experience. Navigate a world full of dangers and mystique as you craft your deck, obtain relics, and prepare your party of champions for any challenges ahead!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Procedural Generation 17.7%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, Fantasy 8.4%
- #46 Fourmiworld
68% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: CZDOOM
Windows · Linux
Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.
Why similar: Psychedelic 31.3%, Surreal 28.8%, Abstract 17.9%, Exploration 9%, Open World 5.2%
- #47 Zorbus
69% matchVery Positive91% of 361 reviews2022
Dev: Zorbus
Windows
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.7% ★, Procedural Generation 20%, Turn-Based Combat 18.5%, Fantasy 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #48 AntharioN
73% matchMixed69% of 190 reviews2015
Dev: Orphic Software
Windows · Mac
Antharion is an epic old-school fantasy RPG that combines tactical turn-based combat with the freedom of a huge living-breathing open world.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Open World 17.8%, Strategy 16.7%, Fantasy 10%
- #49 Role of Hex
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: Verde
Windows
Role of Hex is a real-time strategy game where you defend your hexagonal base from the dangers of the universe. Gather upgrades and unlock special buildings to survive this hostile land as endless waves of enemies approach. But be quick, time is ticking and the waves are getting bigger.
Why similar: Hex Grid 44% ★, Procedural Generation 31.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Strategy 8.1%, Adventure 2.8%
- #50 Multiverse Loot Hunter
66% matchVery Positive81% of 2,607 reviews2025
Dev: 游戏养家工作室
Windows
Median: 57.4 hrsMean: 204.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
This is a brush treasure adventure game across the heavens. The protagonist awakens his powers and freely passes through different planes such as Xiuxian, history, Wuxia, magic, and future. Collect equipment, spirits, characters and cheats distributed across all planes through battle.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 47.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.6%, Strategy 17.2%, Adventure 8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #51 Leaf's Odyssey
68% matchVery Positive98% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: ludobloom
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based puzzle game with combat and exploration
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 50.9%, Puzzle 24.7%, Exploration 17.2%, Fantasy 5.2%, Singleplayer 2%
- #52 Tower of Time
69% matchVery Positive83% of 2,544 reviews2018
Dev: Event Horizon
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of RPG awaits you. A story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real-time combat that lets you pause or slow time. Tactical thinking is essential to succeed. Now with RPGlite and Permadeath for fast-paced game.
Why similar: Strategy 40.5%, Fantasy 37.1%, Adventure 14.2%, Singleplayer 8.1%
- #53 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
67% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 31.9%, Turn-Based Combat 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Fantasy 10.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #54 Crawl Tactics
67% matchVery Positive92% of 203 reviews2022
Dev: icefill
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Turn-Based Tactics 36.5%, Turn-Based Combat 25.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Fantasy 8.2%
- #55 Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
65% matchVery Positive90% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 51.2%, Procedural Generation 33%, Exploration 12.4%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #56 Expect The Unexpected
70% matchMixed67% of 92 reviews2016
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Expect The Unexpected is a roguelike, fast-paced, turn-based game with RPG elements. Interact with random generated maps in which you have to deal with hundreds of different events and situations. What will you be? What will you become?
Why similar: Strategy 30.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.4%, Turn-Based Combat 26.8%, Fantasy 14.1%
- #57 Cogmind
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,943 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 71.5% ★, Procedural Generation 19.5%, Strategy 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #58 Time Break Chronicles
66% matchVery Positive90% of 292 reviews2020
Dev: Warrior General Games, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Time Break Chronicles is a fusion of classic JRPGs and modern Roguelites, with a cast of 100 playable classes to find and unlock. Build your team, customize their abilities, and venture into a procedurally generated adventure through space-time and beyond!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 38%, Procedural Generation 34.6%, Fantasy 14.5%, Strategy 12.8%