Games Like KeeperRL

Build your dungeon & protect it with a labyrinth of dark corridors, a web of deadly traps, an arsenal of powerful spells, and an army of bloodthirsty demons

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 79.7% ★, Strategy 20.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive classic that established the dungeon management genre and serves as the primary inspiration for KeeperRL.

War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 26.1% ★, Underground 17.2% ★, Base Building 15%, Old School 11.8%, Sandbox 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A modern spiritual successor to the Dungeon Keeper series that captures the essence of underground base-building and minion management.

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Dwarves 36.8% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 9%, Management 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the unparalleled simulation depth and procedural world-building that makes KeeperRL's emergent gameplay so compelling.

Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 57.2% ★, Strategy 21.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Old School 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A polished sequel that expands on the original's dungeon-building mechanics and villainous atmosphere.

Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 57.1% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, Management 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the defensive side of dungeon management, tasking you with setting traps and monsters to defeat invading heroes.

A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 46.4% ★, Base Building 18.1%, Building 9.9%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous take on the villain-protagonist trope that focuses on building a secret lair and managing a global criminal empire.

Ruinarch is an evil god simulator and sandbox game where you mess with people’s lives for hilarious results! Make them vampires, werewolves or bard haters and cackle as the drama unfolds. Once you’re done, unleash a malicious buffet of spells and custom plagues to wipe them out and start anew!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.1% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Management 9%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game that emphasizes chaotic, villainous storytelling by allowing you to manipulate the lives of NPCs in your sandbox.

Eat the villagers, murder bunnies, milk cows, or exterminate gods! Soulash is a traditional, turn-based roguelike where your goal is to consume the souls of the living, conquer the vast fantasy world and decide its fate.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 49.1% ★, Moddable 20.3% ★, Roguelike 12%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Procedural Generation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike that puts you in the role of a god-like villain seeking to conquer a procedurally generated fantasy world.

Dwelvers is a unique real-time strategy Dungeon Keeper-like with resource management, logistics, battles, magic spells, trading, crimes against humanity, labyrinths, and so much more. Are you able to eradicate the pesky humans once and for all? Of course you are. The Dark Mother wills it.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 33.7% ★, Underground 24% ★, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 8.2%, Management 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intricate logistics of underground construction and resource management in a dark fantasy setting.

At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 49.3% ★, Base Building 17%, Management 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Strategy 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines dungeon management with real-time strategy elements, allowing you to build your lair and lead armies to the surface.

Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?

Why similar: Mining 20.1% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Management 11.1%, Sandbox 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural colony-sim that captures the retro aesthetic and survival-focused gameplay loop found in KeeperRL.

Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 45.9% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Management 9.7%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A base-building management game where you construct a haunted mansion and manage a household of classic movie monsters.

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Why similar: Dwarves 58.1% ★, Building 14.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Survival 8.3%, Strategy 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling sandbox game that emphasizes underground exploration, crafting, and managing a group of dwarves.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Moddable 23.5% ★, Base Building 19.4%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 9.9%, Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for colony-sims, offering deep base-building and emergent storytelling that resonates with fans of simulation games.

The Dungeon Lord is back – and this time he’s serious! In Dungeons 2, fulfil the Dungeon Lord’s insatiable quest for vengeance by recruiting fearsome new monsters from all corners of the underworld in order to undertake his evil bidding.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 53.3% ★, Management 16.3%, Strategy 12.2%, Base Building 7.5%, Simulation 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dual-layer gameplay system that balances underground dungeon management with surface-level real-time strategy.

Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!

Why similar: Dwarves 35.5% ★, Moddable 19.1% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Management 8.2%, Building 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy colony builder that focuses on the challenges of managing a settlement within a mountain.

Assume the role of a mighty (and mighty evil) Dungeon Lord and create your own diabolical demesnes underground. 10 different classes of heroes dare to enter your dungeon where 15 different monsters lurk in the dark.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 59% ★, Strategy 24.3%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: The first entry in the series that introduced the core concept of managing a dungeon to lure and defeat heroes.

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: Moddable 26.9% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Management 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep base-building mechanics with a focus on verticality and survival against environmental threats.

A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

Why similar: Base Building 21.9%, Zombies 16.8%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Management 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on resource management and building a functional settlement in a harsh fantasy world.

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: Moddable 30.1% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale colony simulator that allows for complex city-building and large-scale tactical combat.

Gather resources, craft weapons, and build a castle. Then defend your castle against monsters who will try to siege, sap, and smash their way in. All in a procedurally generated 3D block world that allows for extensive crafting and total construction and destruction of the terrain.

Why similar: Dwarves 75.8% ★, Base Building 4%, Procedural Generation 3.4%, Building 3.2%, Simulation 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based colony simulator that emphasizes building and defending your underground fortress.

Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?

Why similar: Moddable 27% ★, Procedural Generation 17.7%, Sandbox 14.8%, Base Building 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original with an open-world sandbox approach, allowing for greater freedom in your villainous conquest.

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 45.6%, Dark Fantasy 30.8%, Procedural Generation 23.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, turn-based roguelike that offers extensive character customization and tactical combat.

Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 41.8% ★, Underground 19.1% ★, Base Building 9.1%, Building 8.9%, Management 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that emphasizes tactical control over your dungeon's defenses and minions.

Unferat is a warlock simulator, giving the player the opportunity to go from a village boy to a powerful dark sorcerer.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 47.8% ★, Simulation 20.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Zombies 9.6%, Survival 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An RPG that puts you in the shoes of a dark creature, focusing on simulation and magic-based progression.

Build a colony of ruthless capitalist Dwarves in a strange fantasy land.

Why similar: Dwarves 88.3% ★, Simulation 4%, Base Building 3.9%, Strategy 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony management with exploration and tactical combat in a procedurally generated world.

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: Management 22.7%, Base Building 20.1%, Building 19.1%, Sandbox 18.8%, Simulation 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game where you build and maintain a dungeon as a business to attract and challenge heroes.

A byte-sized Dungeon Keeping roguelike: dig out your lair, populate it with monsters and protect the Wratch from heroes come for easy prestige.

Why similar: Underground 45.4% ★, Base Building 24.2%, Roguelike 14.4%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused base builder that tasks you with managing a dungeon and defending it against waves of adventurers.

You have been hired as a dungeon master by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: Protect their dungeons! Legend of Keepers: Prologue is a playable alpha that will help you get familiar with the game mechanics.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 56.4% ★, Roguelike 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Management 13%

Why You'll Like It: A standalone introduction to the dungeon-defense mechanics of the main Legend of Keepers series.

A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.

Why similar: Werewolves 26.5% ★, Vampires 23.9% ★, Zombies 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Roguelike 8.7%

Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 41.4% ★, Mining 29.6% ★, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Roguelike 12.5%

Lairchitect is a reverse dungeon crawler! Build your own lair and protect your precious soul core from heroes that try to raid your dungeon. Distracting heroes and using the right minions to defeat them is key in winning the game.

Why similar: Base Building 29.2%, Building 20.9%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 11.3%, Management 11%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on the design and layout of a dungeon lair using auto-battler mechanics.

A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.

Why similar: Management 45.8%, Building 27.1%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 12.9%

Praise Dead is a roguelike auto-battler where you create zombies from the parts of dead villagers and monsters. Use your zombies to defeat waves of demons, and to harvest resources to improve and upgrade your village.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 40.5% ★, Zombies 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Roguelike 14.7%, Strategy 7.3%

Become the Final Boss! Play any way you want, combine followers from different factions, and win spectacular turn-based battles. Expand your Empire of Darkness and seek a powerful artifact that can change the fate of the world.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 46.5% ★, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Roguelike 10.8%, Base Building 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 9%

Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Base Building 24.6%, Zombies 21.1%, Survival 15.3%, Building 13.2%, Management 12.5%

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: Villain Protagonist 58.7% ★, Roguelike 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Strategy 10.1%

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm in this free version of Dungeon Tycoon. Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: Base Building 24.1%, Management 23.3%, Building 20%, Sandbox 19.4%, Simulation 7.3%

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Management 30.4%, Sandbox 29.7%, Building 24.2%, Simulation 15.6%

Cave Crawlers is a 1-10 player rogue lite set deep underground in a system of randomly generated caves. Players use weapons, spells, and talents to defeat the unique bosses and enemies found in each biome.

Why similar: Dwarves 53.7% ★, Underground 29.4% ★, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Strategy 4.6%

Become a villain in this retro-inspired board game. Draft terrain tiles, recruit monsters, build your dungeon, and become the OVERBOSS!

Why similar: Base Building 30.8%, Dark Fantasy 21.1%, Building 17.8%, Retro 13.6%, Strategy 8.5%

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Base Building 29.4%, Survival 21.1%, Sandbox 13.4%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 9.4%

Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!

Why similar: Vampires 59.9% ★, Management 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Survival 10.5%, Strategy 4.1%

Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!

Why similar: Mining 24.1% ★, Underground 23% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Building 12.3%, Management 9.4%

Explore and defend your mine against waves of monsters in this innovative roguelike survival game! Collect and manage your resources, discover buildings with unique effects and unleash mighty heroes to hold monsters out of the mine until the sun rises.

Why similar: Dwarves 42.6% ★, Mining 27.5% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Building 6.3%, Roguelike 5.2%

A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 80.5% ★, Survival 10.8%, Strategy 8.7%

Become a Ghost Keeper and lead your fearsome minions against the living. Use diverse scare tactics, manage demonic creatures and harness dozens of skills. Oh, and don’t let the Brotherhood catch you! The ultimate scaring experience begins…

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 85.8% ★, Strategy 10.3%, Management 4%

Take on the ultimate tower defense challenge in Digs, a roguelike game where you shape the battlefield, mine resources, and strategize against a variety of enemies. Manage your actions, customize your arsenal with upgrade cards, and explore diverse levels. Can you dig in and emerge victorious?

Why similar: Dwarves 38.6% ★, Mining 21% ★, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Old School 10.1%, Building 7.9%

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

Why similar: Moddable 26.3% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 11.7%, Management 11.6%

Become a mad scientist! Conduct crazy experiments, mix mutagens, breed abominable creatures, and attach monstrous body parts to them. Manage your inventory, expand your lab, and make sure your hideout is safe. Send your creations into the city to obtain salvage and test subjects!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 38.5% ★, Zombies 19.7%, Sandbox 16%, Management 10.3%, Simulation 9.1%

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Why similar: Base Building 24.3%, Procedural Generation 21%, Building 19.5%, Sandbox 18.4%, Survival 16.8%

Wreak vengeance and retake lost mines from goblins, orcs, skeletons, and demons in this small-scale tactical roguelite RPG. Build the perfect expedition team and turn the underworld red with each challenging, fast-paced run.

Why similar: Dwarves 58% ★, Roguelike 13.1%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Strategy 5.7%

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: Roguelike 90.8%, Strategy 9.2%

Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 41.2%, Roguelike 40.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Retro 8.4%

Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

Why similar: Dwarves 43.9% ★, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Base Building 14%, Roguelike 12.5%, Survival 9.3%

Corpse Keeper is a very challenging action-strategy roguelite. You'll need to lead a squad of three corpses to explore the grim and dark medieval world within limited time, build a powerful army of the living dead, and finally kill the demon lurking in the deep end of the cathedral.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 42.6%, Roguelike 39.3%, Strategy 18.1%

Reunite the kingdom of Adventuria and defeat the evil Illusionist Miraj by recruiting Adventurers to send on Adventures for epic loot and rewards in this RPG/Management Sim with tons of depth, randomization, and customization options!

Why similar: Dwarves 57.7% ★, Management 24.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Retro 8.3%

You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.

Why similar: Base Building 26.5%, Survival 20.1%, Sandbox 17.8%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 12%

Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.

Why similar: Underground 38.3% ★, Mining 20.7% ★, Simulation 13.8%, Survival 13.5%, Building 12.4%