- #1 Tower Escape
97% matchVery Positive85% of 387 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Tower Escape is a reverse tower defense game, where instead of defending against incoming enemies, you play the baddies and guide your minions to the exit. Recruit a team of minions, and collect powerful gems and relics that make each run unique.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.2% ★, Auto Battler 18.8%, Tower Defense 16%, Creature Collector 15.4%, Perma Death 7.7%
- #2 Aurora Defense
96% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.2% ★, Auto Battler 20.1%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Roguelike 11%, Card Battler 10.6%
- #3 Gem Miner TD
95% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: iFeral Games
Windows
Mine. Maze. Merge. Survive. Dig for powerful gems, merge them into game-breaking towers, stack buffs, and pick roguelike perks to build wild synergies. Do not let enemies drag your miner to the lava!
Why similar: Auto Battler 33.6%, Tower Defense 31%, Roguelike 12.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Fantasy 6.6%
- #4 Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Alexander Van den Bulck
Windows
A fusion of tower defense games and roguelike deckbuilders. Use your cards to build towers and to upgrade them in unique ways. Gain rewards to customize your deck, defense and playstyle. Break the shapes before they break you!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36% ★, Tower Defense 29.1%, Roguelike 12.4%, Procedural Generation 9%, Strategy 8.2%
- #5 Super Fantasy Kingdom
94% matchVery Positive88% of 5,123 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.5% ★, Card Battler 18.3%, Tower Defense 18%, Roguelike 11.4%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #6 Decktamer
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,731 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon EdgePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 34.5% ★, Card Battler 21.2%, Creature Collector 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Strategy 5.5%
- #7 Rogue Tower
93% matchVery Positive82% of 5,842 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.6%, Roguelike 20.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Fantasy 3%
- #8 CD 2: Trap Master
92% matchVery Positive80% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: ACE ENTERTAINMENT
Windows · Mac
Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, Card Battler 27.7%, Roguelike 16.3%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Strategy 8.6%
- #9 Artisan TD
91% matchVery Positive89% of 2,252 reviews2024
Dev: 4rtisansPub: Unexpected
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Artisan TD is a puzzle-oriented Tower Defense game where you must survive by building mazes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.8%, Strategy 16.5%, Stylized 10.4%, Fantasy 9.4%, Difficult 4.5%
- #10 Epic Auto Towers
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 762 reviews2024
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Epic Auto Towers is a turn-based strategy game combining elements of autobattler, deckbuilder and roguelike. Purchase uncommon and rare Towers and build the strongest combo to withstand the monster assault! Discover unusual new Tower combinations as you come back for more.
Why similar: Auto Battler 31.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.9% ★, Card Battler 11.8%, Roguelike 11.7%, Tower Defense 9.2%
- #11 Gold and Graves
90% matchVery Positive87% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: Yoon
Windows
Gold and Graves is a roguelike extraction game where you bribe enemies to recruit them as allies, escape the dungeon, and bring back cards, relics, and mercenaries to your village to accumulate resources. Strengthen your deck and forces with the resources you gather and challenge deeper dungeons.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.5% ★, Auto Battler 20.4%, Creature Collector 16.3%, Card Battler 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
- #12 Rogue Monster Rush
89% matchVery Positive96% of 195 reviews2026
Dev: Ghost Vibes LLC
Windows
A unique Tower Defense game featuring Monster Collecting and Roguelike mechanics. Hatch, upgrade, and command a party of monster defenders, while unleashing player spells, to defend your base from the hordes of invading robots.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.3%, Creature Collector 37.1%, Roguelike 20.6%, Strategy 1.9%
- #13 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A roguelike tower defense where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and unique effect items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Auto Battler 31.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.4% ★, Tower Defense 23.6%, Roguelike 8.6%, Strategy 6.1%
- #14 Hadean Tactics
87% matchVery Positive89% of 1,857 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.7% ★, Auto Battler 22%, Card Battler 15.9%, Roguelike 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #15 Dome Keeper
86% matchVery Positive92% of 19,233 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Roguelike 30.8%, Procedural Generation 16%, Combat 11.4%, 2D 2.6%
- #16 Demonlore
88% matchVery Positive84% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A rogue-lite action strategy game with deck building. Fight the undead legion, forge your path, and gain powerful permanent progression. Godlike difficulty modes, mutators, heroic units, elite enemies, and unlockable rewards - endless replayability awaits!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.2% ★, Tower Defense 25.5%, Card Battler 14.5%, Roguelike 11.8%, Strategy 8%
- #17 Emberward
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,607 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.8%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.7% ★, Roguelike 15.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
- #18 Tower Tactics: Liberation
86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,229 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.8% ★, Tower Defense 23%, Card Battler 19.8%, Roguelike 11.1%, Strategy 5.2%
- #19 Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,651 reviews2021
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Roguelike 44.9%, Strategy 23.5%, Fantasy 17.5%, Difficult 6.9%, Roguelite 5%
- #20 Northwind
82% matchVery Positive87% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Barking Kitten Interactive
Windows
Northwind is a monster-hunting roguelite deckbuilder with a tug-of-war combat twist, card crafting, and a mana management system inspired by Magic: The Gathering.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.5% ★, Card Battler 18.8%, Roguelike 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Perma Death 7%
- #21 Throne of Bone
81% matchVery Positive86% of 328 reviews2025
Dev: Windmill Slam
Windows · Mac
Draft minions to defeat all who oppose the noble art of necromancy. Wield spells, discover dark relics, and reclaim your castle to unite the land through undeath in this unholy amalgam of roguelike, deckbuilder, and autobattler.
Why similar: Auto Battler 25.8%, Card Battler 18.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.8% ★, Roguelike 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #22 Blood Card
84% matchVery Positive81% of 722 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Cattle Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This card game combines elements of roguelike and deckbuilding. During the game, you shall strive ahead, gathering cards to build a unique deck and use it to defeat the enemies getting in your way. You will have to choose between escaping or try to defeat Death, who is relentlessly pursuing you.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 39.9% ★, Card Battler 28.5%, Roguelike 12.8%, Strategy 6.5%, Procedural Generation 4.5%
- #23 Digs TD
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: Catchy
Windows · Mac
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.4% ★, Tower Defense 24.6%, Grid-Based Movement 11.7%, Roguelike 10.5%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #24 Madcap Mosaic
82% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: 1classydude
Windows
Carefully craft your Mosaic in this fantasy themed deckbuilding game. Battle by battle, tile by tile, you'll form synergies and build up your Mosaic's combo potential, hoping to beat the curve as you forge deeper into enemy territory.
Why similar: Card Battler 26.3%, Roguelike 18.6%, Perma Death 16.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Grid-Based Movement 9.8%
- #25 Necroking
79% matchVery Positive81% of 877 reviews2024
Dev: KORO.GAMESPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Necroking is a turn-based tactics roguelite with vast deckbuilding. You play as a Master of Necromancy. Build your skulls deck, raise skeletons and other scum to defeat settlements desecrated by life.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.1% ★, Auto Battler 22.7%, Card Battler 17.8%, Roguelike 11.2%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
- #26 Acolyte of the Altar
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Black Kite Games
Windows
Hunt through the wastelands for colossal Beasts in this roguelike deckbuilder. Beware! Beasts grow stronger during battle, allowing them to consume your creatures or counter your spells. Carve profane Gifts from these behemoths and grow stronger to serve your Patron! But serve them to what end?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 41.1% ★, Card Battler 26.2%, Roguelike 14.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Procedural Generation 2.6%
- #27 Legacy of Defense
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 407 reviews2025
Dev: Enter the Game Studios
Windows
Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?
Why similar: Tower Defense 37%, Card Battler 28.4%, Roguelike 13.6%, Strategy 9.9%, Fantasy 6.3%
- #28 Combo Card Clashers
80% matchVery Positive81% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Burnt Games LLC
Windows
Combo Card Clashers is a roguelike deckbuilder meets auto battler! Build massive combos by playing all cards each turn. Unlock powerful card synergies, recruit monsters to be your allies, upgrade gears and skills - give it all to brave through a mysterious world.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.4% ★, Auto Battler 22%, Card Battler 16.7%, Roguelike 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
- #29 Loopstructor
77% matchVery Positive84% of 372 reviews2024
Dev: Pone Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a strategy game that combines tower defense with Roguelike. Unlike traditional tower defense game, the towers in the game are vehicles that move along ‘loops’.You need to create defense loop and build battle trains to defend against enemy attacks.
Why similar: Auto Battler 26.8%, Tower Defense 24.9%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.8% ★, Roguelike 13.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #30 Guardians of Holme
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 164 reviews2023
Dev: MossTech StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guardians of Holme is a tower defense game with deckbuilding and roguelite elements. Players must use the terrain to their advantage and formulate defensive tactics by strategically placing powerful traps to repel endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.4%, Strategy 28.6%, Fantasy 7.5%, 2D 2.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #31 Hive Blight
75% matchVery Positive96% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: OptizOnion
Windows
Hive Blight is a roguelite autobattler where you lead a team of insect warriors against a corrupting Fungal Threat. Build powerful synergies, uncover the source of the plague, and destroy it to save your world!
Why similar: Auto Battler 25%, Card Battler 15.6%, Creature Collector 15.6%, Tower Defense 14%, Roguelike 10.2%
- #32 Elements and build
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: ChuTouMiao StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Form your own genre with skills in different elements, use building rewards to build your own unique maze in randomly generated levels, and fight to survive waves of monsters to win
Why similar: Auto Battler 40.8%, Tower Defense 33.8%, Roguelike 12.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Roguelite 2%
- #33 Broken Banners
77% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Eirik Wiklund
Windows
Defend your kingdom from evil monsters in this combination of Tower Defense and Auto Battle. Place your defenses and stop the forces of evil from reaching your kingdom.
Why similar: Auto Battler 33.1%, Tower Defense 32%, Card Battler 14.9%, Strategy 12%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #34 Hexagonal Tower
78% matchMixed52% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Z.F. Gams
Windows
[Hexagonal Tower] is a tower defense game with cards and roguelike random elements. Try to deploy your turrets and various reinforcement components in the dungeon to form a unique and powerful defense. Darkness is coming. Guard the last fortress of mankind with your wisdom!
Why similar: Tower Defense 68.6%, Strategy 25.4%, Roguelite 5.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #35 Dragon Eclipse
76% matchMixed67% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Dragon Eclipse is a roguelite deck-builder with a unique auto-battler twist. Choose your Tamer, team up with powerful Mystlings, and battle fierce foes. Grow and evolve your Mystlings, craft a winning deck, and unleash epic combos to dominate the battlefield. But beware—the Eclipse is close!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.6% ★, Card Battler 20.5%, Creature Collector 16.6%, Roguelike 11.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #36 Dice of Kalma
73% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Pepperbox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dice of Kalma is a deckbuilding roguelike where you play dice against Kalma, the grim guardian of the Underworld. Build a deck of powerful skulls, find synergies, and turn the dice to your favor to escape back to the world of the living.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 52.9% ★, Roguelike 18.9%, Perma Death 13.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Difficult 2.3%
- #37 Looper Tactics
74% matchVery Positive89% of 515 reviews2023
Dev: Inkstone AtelierPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Welcome again, wandering soul. Will this be the time of your success? Watch your steps as you advance in this roguelike-deck builder and engage in auto-battler card encounters of increasing difficulty. Get stronger in each battle, rise from the ashes, and break free from endless reincarnation!
Why similar: Auto Battler 39.2%, Card Battler 29.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Strategy 8.6%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #38 Wireworks
72% matchVery Positive87% of 245 reviews2026
Dev: JJJ
Windows · Linux
Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.5% ★, Auto Battler 28.3%, Tower Defense 22.5%, Roguelike 8.2%, Strategy 6%
- #39 Faith in Despair
72% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Philipp Lehner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forge your own cards with triggers, actions and modifiers. Shape your deck and gamble against Death itself. Make one mistake and you will descend into despair.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.5% ★, Card Battler 24.4%, Roguelike 13.5%, Procedural Generation 7.6%, Strategy 7.4%
- #40 Runestone Keeper
75% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2015
Dev: BlackfirePub: Cimugames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Runestone Keeper is a roguelike dungeon crawler that blends classic RPG elements and turn based strategy. Heroes, monsters, equipment, events, magic and skills, traps and devices, shrines and altars, Goddesses and merchants. Choose your weapon and begin an epic adventure!
Why similar: Roguelike 56.5%, Strategy 39.4%, Roguelite 4.1%
- #41 Into the Restless Ruins
71% matchVery Positive85% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Ant Workshop LtdPub: Wales Interactive
Windows
A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 35.6% ★, Auto Battler 30.8%, Roguelike 12.5%, Strategy 6.8%, Stylized 6.3%
- #42 The Dungeon Beneath
73% matchVery Positive89% of 882 reviews2020
Dev: Puzzle Box Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.
Why similar: Auto Battler 34.8%, Perma Death 13.9%, Roguelike 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #43 Become the Moon
71% matchVery Positive81% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: Feldspar GamesPub: Alibi Games
Windows
Become the Moon is a challenging, deckbuilding auto battler. Choose from 10 unique characters, each with their own distinct playstyles. Assemble a team of powerful minions & cast cosmic spells where every run takes you one step closer to the moon.
Why similar: Auto Battler 29.9%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.9% ★, Card Battler 15.2%, Roguelike 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%
- #44 Aethermancer
68% matchVery Positive92% of 2,187 reviews2025
Dev: moi rai gamesPub: offbrand games
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Monster Taming meets Roguelite. Become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. Explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death!
Why similar: Creature Collector 32.4%, Roguelike 18.9%, Perma Death 17.4%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Strategy 10.3%
- #45 Overdungeon
73% 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 40.8% ★, Card Battler 24.8%, Tower Defense 16.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Roguelike 5%
- #46 Wildfrost
70% matchVery Positive83% of 8,624 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.5% ★, Card Battler 21.8%, Roguelike 10.6%, Perma Death 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
- #47 Lairchitect
74% matchMixed61% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
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: Auto Battler 44.6%, Tower Defense 24.7%, Strategy 17.8%, Procedural Generation 6%, Fantasy 5%
- #48 Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Dvora Studio Co. Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Deck-building, dungeon defense, and tactical gameplay combine in Dungeon Monarch! Recruit warriors and wizards, buff your heroes, and thrash your foes — summon your dungeon monarch to punish interlopers and defeat enemies to increase your dark powers!
Why similar: Auto Battler 28%, Tower Defense 23.9%, Card Battler 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Strategy 6.1%
- #49 Crystal Guardians TD
70% matchVery Positive89% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: Green Pine Studios
Windows
Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your strategy. In an ever expanding map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, Roguelike 18.7%, Perma Death 12.3%, Procedural Generation 12%, Strategy 9.8%
- #50 Dungeon Exiles
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Gronkins
Windows
Conquer the darkness in Dungeon Exiles, an autobattler roguelike set in a dark fantasy world. Descend into the procedurally generated dungeon, level up, unlock synergies and acquire powerful items as you fight for survival and slay the bosses.
Why similar: Auto Battler 43.6%, Roguelike 18%, Strategy 10.4%, Perma Death 9.3%, Combat 8.5%
- #51 Magecraft: Spellbuilding
68% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Violet Grimoire
Windows
Craft spell cards, collect new effects, and build the perfect deck as you fight through rounds of turn-based combat. Survive randomly-generated dungeon layouts by countering enemy attacks with your own spells, and make the most of the powers and scrolls you pick up along the way.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 44.7% ★, Card Battler 27.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Strategy 6.1%, Fantasy 5.2%
- #52 Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
69% matchVery Positive80% of 539 reviews2023
Dev: Balcony SoftworksPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!
Why similar: Card Battler 33.3%, Roguelike 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Strategy 10.1%
- #53 Tetra Tactics
69% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Jabari AliiPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Strategize, collect, upgrade. Tetra Tactics is a roguelite deckbuilder inspired by Triple Triad, featuring deep meta-progression and endless replayability. Outwit opponents on a 4x4 tactical grid, traverse branching maps, augment your cards, and combine powerful abilities to build the ultimate deck.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.1% ★, Auto Battler 19.7%, Card Battler 17.1%, Grid-Based Movement 12.2%, Roguelike 10%
- #54 Tower Dominion
65% matchVery Positive86% of 4,827 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.6%, Auto Battler 25.3%, Roguelike 16.1%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Strategy 9.2%
- #55 Die in the Dungeon
64% matchVery Positive92% of 2,752 reviews2025
Dev: ATICOPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but dice! Deal with enemies by combining powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.9% ★, Card Battler 20.7%, Roguelike 12.5%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Strategy 6.7%
- #56 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
69% matchVery Positive85% of 13,956 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, Roguelike 27%, Strategy 12.5%, Perma Death 11.9%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
- #57 Corpse Keeper
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,387 reviews2024
Dev: Melancholia StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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: Roguelike 28.2%, Perma Death 27%, Strategy 15.5%, Fantasy 15%, Difficult 4.6%
- #58 Searching For Rest
66% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Delightful Victory
Windows
Gain upgrades and form powerful synergies in order to break the curse that is keeping you from your eternal rest. Unlock new game changing upgrades each time you play and come back stronger than ever before.
Why similar: Auto Battler 38.4%, Perma Death 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Roguelike 10.5%, Fantasy 8.5%
- #59 Spin Hero
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,028 reviews2024
Dev: Sphere StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Spin Hero is a roguelike deckbuilder, where you spin the reels to decide your fate. Collect powerful symbols for your inventory, adapt and evolve your strategy, learning from defeats to unlock new possibilities and synergies.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.6% ★, Auto Battler 29%, Roguelike 12.7%, Procedural Generation 9%, Strategy 6.1%
- #60 Underboard
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 162 reviews2026
Dev: HeadlessPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Tactical team-building roguelike auto-battler with active and passive playstyles. Draft a team as you explore maps full of monsters, build synergies, equip items and cast spells to support your team during battles and help them escape the Underboard.
Why similar: Auto Battler 42.7%, Roguelike 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Strategy 9%