- #1 Caves of Qud
96% 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 31.3% ★, Turn-Based 29.2%, Roguelike 21.6%, Procedural Generation 6.4%, RPG 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep, open-world sci-fi setting with complex turn-based mechanics.
- #2 Cogmind
97% 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 45% ★, Roguelike 20.7%, Turn-Based 18.4%, Strategy 3.8%, Procedural Generation 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep sci-fi roguelike with a heavy focus on tactical combat and modular robot construction.
- #3 Quasimorph
96% matchVery Positive83% of 5,924 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: Roguelike 35%, Turn-Based 31.5%, RPG 6.8%, Strategy 6.7%, Procedural Generation 6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based tactical combat with a gritty sci-fi extraction-shooter aesthetic.
- #4 Xenomarine
95% 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 44.7% ★, Roguelike 29.6%, Grid-Based Movement 7.6%, Turn-Based 6.4%, Procedural Generation 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike set on an alien-infested space station that mirrors the core loop of Jupiter Hell.
- #5 Deep Sky Derelicts
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,860 reviews2018
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
Why similar: Turn-Based 33.3%, Roguelike 26.7%, RPG 14%, Strategy 13.4%, Sci-fi 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of card-based combat and tactical exploration within a decaying sci-fi universe.
- #6 Rift Wizard
94% 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 30.7%, Turn-Based 25.6%, Traditional Roguelike 24.9% ★, Perma Death 4.5%, Procedural Generation 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on high-stakes, turn-based tactical combat with massive character build variety.
- #7 Tales of Maj'Eyal
93% 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 38.3% ★, Roguelike 26.8%, Turn-Based 24.4%, Perma Death 4.1%, RPG 4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive, complex tactical combat system that rewards careful positioning and ability management.
- #8 Sword of the Stars: The Pit
92% matchVery Positive83% of 1,552 reviews2013
Dev: Kerberos Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32% ★, Roguelike 24.9%, Turn-Based 21.7%, Strategy 4.8%, RPG 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi roguelike that emphasizes resource management and tactical survival against alien hordes.
- #9 Deadnaut: Signal Lost
91% matchVery Positive87% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Linux
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.1% ★, Roguelike 31%, RPG 6%, Perma Death 5.2%, Sci-fi 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, tactical roguelike focused on exploring derelict ships with a focus on atmospheric dread.
- #10 Golden Krone Hotel
90% 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 38.8% ★, Roguelike 23.1%, Turn-Based 21.4%, Perma Death 3.4%, Strategy 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced traditional roguelike that emphasizes quick decision-making and tactical positioning.
- #11 Path of Achra
88% 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 43.8%, Traditional Roguelike 37.6% ★, RPG 6.9%, Perma Death 4.5%, Procedural Generation 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on deep character customization and fast-paced, turn-based combat encounters.
- #12 Steam Marines
91% matchMixed50% of 333 reviews2014
Dev: Worthless Bums
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.
Why similar: Roguelike 48.8%, Turn-Based 24.9%, Strategy 8.2%, RPG 5.7%, Sci-fi 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based tactical roguelike that captures the claustrophobic feel of fighting through sci-fi corridors.
- #13 NEO Scavenger
89% matchVery Positive90% of 5,359 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Roguelike 35.8%, Turn-Based 31.2%, Grid-Based Movement 9.1%, RPG 7%, Procedural Generation 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, turn-based survival game that emphasizes tactical combat and scavenging in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #14 Bionic Dues
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 993 reviews2013
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.
Why similar: Roguelike 38.7%, Turn-Based 32.5%, Strategy 10%, RPG 8.8%, Sci-fi 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike where you pilot mechs to defend a city, focusing on grid-based strategy and gear management.
- #15 Void Bastards
87% matchVery Positive86% of 5,386 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Manchu
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
Why similar: Roguelike 49.4%, Gore 13.3%, Violent 9.4%, Strategy 9%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it captures the sci-fi scavenging and survival loop perfectly.
- #16 Desktop Dungeons
86% 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 58.3%, Turn-Based 27.7%, Traditional Roguelike 7.5% ★, RPG 4.6%, Procedural Generation 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in tactical, turn-based puzzle-roguelike design where every move counts.
- #17 ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,595 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Biskup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.7% ★, Roguelike 21.9%, Turn-Based 20.4%, Grid-Based Movement 6%, Perma Death 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational traditional roguelike that offers immense depth and challenge for fans of the genre.
- #18 SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
85% matchVery Positive94% of 13,002 reviews2018
Dev: Flow Fire Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?
Why similar: Roguelike 80.5%, Indie 13.6%, Top-Down 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that captures the high-energy, weapon-focused intensity of Jupiter Hell.
- #19 Zorbus
84% matchVery Positive91% of 361 reviews2022
Dev: Zorbus
Windows
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.9% ★, Roguelike 28.4%, Grid-Based Movement 10.8%, RPG 5.1%, Procedural Generation 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished traditional roguelike that excels at tactical combat and procedural dungeon design.
- #20 Nova Drift
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,407 reviews2024
Dev: ChimericPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Why similar: Roguelike 92.7%, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that focuses on ship customization and fast-paced, arcade-style combat.
- #21 Dungeons of Dredmor
84% 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 45.9% ★, Roguelike 32.1%, Turn-Based 15.3%, RPG 3.3%, Perma Death 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style roguelike that balances humor with deep, grid-based tactical gameplay.
- #22 CRYPTARK
83% matchVery Positive82% of 1,913 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Why similar: Roguelike 50.5%, Strategy 21.6%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Indie 8.9%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical action-roguelike where you board and dismantle alien ships, requiring careful planning.
- #23 Dungeonmans
82% 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 45.6% ★, Roguelike 32.3%, Turn-Based 8.7%, Grid-Based Movement 8.6%, RPG 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted but mechanically sound traditional roguelike with great progression systems.
- #24 Neon Chrome
82% matchVery Positive91% of 1,170 reviews2016
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
Why similar: Roguelike 55.1%, Gore 17%, Sci-fi 9.6%, RPG 7.7%, Indie 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk-themed action-roguelike with destructible environments and intense combat.
- #25 Jupiter Hell Classic
78% matchVery Positive97% of 208 reviews2025
Dev: ChaosForgePub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Jupiter Hell Classic is the demake of a remake of a roguelike unmake of a famous 1993 FPS shooter. Rip and Tear!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.4% ★, Roguelike 25.6%, Grid-Based Movement 14.1%, Procedural Generation 4.4%, Strategy 3.8%
- #26 Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
81% 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 36% ★, Roguelike 25.1%, Turn-Based 20.4%, RPG 4.7%, Procedural Generation 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike that emphasizes character progression and tactical combat.
- #27 Forrader Hero
79% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Forrader Hero – turn-based game with roguelike elements where heroes can’t step back and must fight through the end to save their soul in ‘Forgotten Proto.World’ fighting hordes of monsters, undead creatures, and their overlords.
Why similar: Roguelike 32.2%, Turn-Based 30.9%, Grid-Based Movement 19.5%, Procedural Generation 6%, Perma Death 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based game that strips away the fluff to focus purely on grid-based combat.
- #28 Prodeus
77% matchVery Positive92% of 8,026 reviews2022
Dev: Bounding Box Software Inc.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
Why similar: Gore 50.7%, Violent 28.2%, Indie 8%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Horror 4.7%
- #29 STRAFE: Gold Edition
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,439 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel TitansPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.
Why similar: Roguelike 52.1%, Gore 20.6%, Violent 15.3%, Procedural Generation 7.5%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, gore-filled shooter that pays homage to the same 90s era as Jupiter Hell.
- #30 Approaching Infinity
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 709 reviews2025
Dev: IBOL
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.3% ★, Roguelike 26.7%, RPG 6.6%, Procedural Generation 5.9%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #31 Nuclear Throne
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,420 reviews2015
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Why similar: Roguelike 85.9%, Indie 4.5%, RPG 3.6%, Perma Death 3.3%, Top-Down 2.1%
- #32 Rogue Fable III
76% 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 61.3% ★, Roguelike 22.2%, Turn-Based 8.3%, RPG 2.7%, Strategy 2.2%
- #33 Rencounter
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 373 reviews2016
Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.
Why similar: Turn-Based 32.9%, Roguelike 29%, RPG 11.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Violent 6%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging, turn-based tactical game that emphasizes positioning and resource management.
- #34 Hack, Slash, Loot
79% 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 59.8% ★, Roguelike 30.6%, Turn-Based 4.4%, RPG 2.9%, Indie 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, grid-based roguelike that focuses on quick, brutal combat sessions.
- #35 Terra Randoma
75% 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 35.2% ★, Turn-Based 24.7%, Roguelike 18.6%, Grid-Based Movement 7.9%, Procedural Generation 4.5%
- #36 Void War
73% matchVery Positive94% of 3,537 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Roguelike 57.2%, Strategy 13%, Perma Death 10.5%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #37 Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 649 reviews2023
Dev: QCF DesignPub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind bestows bites of tactical roguelike action, which will quickly fester into a deep, lingering, and strategic obsession. Bargain with gods, equip your spoon and pick your battles, before retreating into the healing darkness. But beware… there are still many monsters to face!
Why similar: Roguelike 33.2%, Turn-Based 31.2%, Traditional Roguelike 28.4% ★, Procedural Generation 4.8%, Top-Down 2.3%
- #38 Robothorium
75% 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 41.8%, Roguelike 20.4%, Strategy 14.3%, RPG 11.7%, Indie 3.9%
- #39 Moonring
71% 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 36% ★, Roguelike 32.2%, Grid-Based Movement 15.2%, RPG 10.9%, Procedural Generation 3.3%
- #40 The Doors of Trithius
72% 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 41.2% ★, Roguelike 28.7%, Turn-Based 18.1%, Procedural Generation 5.1%, RPG 3.8%
- #41 MidBoss
74% 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 55% ★, Roguelike 26.1%, Turn-Based 10.4%, RPG 2.5%, Procedural Generation 1.9%
- #42 UnderRail
73% matchVery Positive86% of 7,028 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.
Why similar: Turn-Based 59.4%, RPG 24.6%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Turn-Based Combat 5.6%, Indie 3.8%
- #43 Feral Fury
73% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Roguelike 37.9%, Gore 26.7%, Violent 19.7%, Perma Death 6.4%, Indie 5.5%
- #44 Gunlocked
70% matchVery Positive87% of 502 reviews2022
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Why similar: RPG 55.2%, Sci-fi 22.4%, Top-Down 18.1%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #45 StarCrawlers
71% matchVery Positive84% of 896 reviews2017
Dev: Juggernaut Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
StarCrawlers is a modern take on a classic cRPG dungeon crawler set in a gritty spacepunk universe. Build a crew of renegade adventurers on the fringes of space, taking jobs from megacorps to hunt bounties, sabotage rivals and conduct corporate espionage.
Why similar: Turn-Based 31.2%, Grid-Based Movement 30%, RPG 18.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Turn-Based Combat 5.4%
- #46 Rift Wizard 2
67% matchVery Positive92% of 741 reviews2025
Dev: Dylan White
Windows
Rift Wizard 2 is a tough as nails traditional roguelike wizard simulator. You play as an immortal amnesiac wizard who must journey through the cosmos to defeat his nemesis. Each run, you'll build a unique repertoire of spells, passive skills, and magical artifacts.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.2% ★, Roguelike 26.5%, Procedural Generation 6.5%, RPG 6.2%, Strategy 5%
- #47 DUNGEONS OF CHAOS
71% matchVery Positive87% of 179 reviews2017
Dev: Volker Elzner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Retro turn-based 2D pixelart RPG. Exploration, character choices, riddles and challenges. 80+ hours of gameplay.
Why similar: Roguelike 43.2%, RPG 21.2%, Gore 16.1%, Violent 11.9%, Indie 7.6%
- #48 Rogue's Tale
72% 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 50.9% ★, Roguelike 37.4%, Turn-Based 7%, RPG 3.6%, Indie 1.1%
- #49 Turbo Overkill
66% matchVery Positive94% of 7,157 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Why similar: Gore 41.6%, Violent 31.8%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Indie 11.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #50 DUSK
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,919 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Why similar: Horror 91.3%, Singleplayer 8.7%
- #51 Haque
70% 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: Roguelike 47.9%, Traditional Roguelike 28.9% ★, RPG 10.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Indie 3.5%
- #52 Mortal Glory
69% matchVery Positive87% of 580 reviews2020
Dev: Redbeak Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Mortal Glory is a fantasy-themed tactical roguelike game about recruiting a team of gladiators and pitting them against brutal competition in a blood-soaked tournament. Train your gladiators, find a legendary sword, learn ancient spells, recruit a celebrity, cheat - do whatever it takes to bring glory to your name!
Why similar: Roguelike 28.4%, Traditional Roguelike 26.4% ★, Turn-Based 21.1%, Grid-Based Movement 11.8%, Strategy 3.8%
- #53 Heat Signature
68% matchVery Positive94% of 7,334 reviews2017
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
Why similar: Roguelike 59.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Procedural Generation 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #54 Into the Breach
67% 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: Roguelike 39.6%, Turn-Based 29.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 4.5%, RPG 4.4%
- #55 Halls of Torment
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,213 reviews2024
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Roguelike 79.3%, RPG 14.4%, Top-Down 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #56 NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 324 reviews2017
Dev: Post Mortem PixelsPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
NEXT JUMP is a turn-based, tactics Shoot 'em up. Do space-jumps on procedurally generated boards and chase the vicious Dragons who stole all the stock of Beverage from the Galaxy!
Why similar: Turn-Based 41%, Roguelike 35.7%, Grid-Based Movement 14.2%, Strategy 6.6%, Turn-Based Combat 2.5%
- #57 Schism
65% matchVery Positive97% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: FamiPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Schism is a challenging action roguelike RPG with deep synergies and high broken build potential. The combination of robust stat systems, fully moddable guns, deity worship, intense frequency-switching bullet hell combat, and difficult bosses make for a unique and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: Roguelike 61.4%, RPG 14.1%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Perma Death 7.1%
- #58 Kramora's Shadow
69% 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 34.3% ★, Roguelike 26%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Grid-Based Movement 5.7%, Strategy 3.7%
- #59 WazHack
68% 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 50.4%, Turn-Based 19.6%, RPG 11.3%, Strategy 5.5%, Perma Death 5.3%
- #60 DOOMED
70% matchMixed56% of 187 reviews2018
Dev: Bloody Pixel Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
DOOMED is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: Gore 32.6%, Violent 24.1%, Horror 15%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Indie 14%