- #1 Stoneshard
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 34,862 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: RPG 36.1%, Procedural Generation 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #2 Vagrus - The Riven Realms: Demo (Prologue)
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 199 reviews2020
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, RPG 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, Open World 10%
- #3 Soulash 2
95% matchVery Positive86% of 2,385 reviews2023
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Procedural Generation 18.9%, RPG 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Open World 13.4%, Exploration 13%
- #4 Veterum
94% matchVery Positive93% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 26.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, RPG 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%
- #5 Shores Unknown
94% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2021
Dev: VallynnePub: Hitcents
Windows
A turn-based RPG with deep character-driven combat, and a story written by Final Fantasy veterans. Finding yourself on the wrong side of the Crown, you and your companions must fight or perish. Build a team of mercenaries, forge alliances, and explore distant lands.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 26.4%, Exploration 26.3%, RPG 25.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #6 Wayward
93% matchVery Positive86% of 1,363 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Why similar: RPG 27.6%, Open World 20%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Inventory Management 15.1%, Top-Down 10.4%
- #7 Lost In The Open
92% matchMixed64% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: Black Voyage GamesPub: WhisperGames
Windows
An unexpected assassination attempt leaves you wounded and fleeing across no man's land. To survive in this roguelike, low-fantasy tactical RPG, you must recruit strategically, fight desperately and repent sincerely.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 28%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, RPG 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, Procedural Generation 15.6%
- #8 The Doors of Trithius
91% matchVery Positive94% of 953 reviews2021
Dev: Jake Donkersgoed
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Procedural Generation 26.6%, Open World 21.2%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, RPG 17%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #9 Vagrus - The Riven Realms
91% matchVery Positive85% of 1,787 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Lead a traveling company through a harsh, unforgiving world where survival is never guaranteed in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, RPG 14.8%, Open World 13.5%, Exploration 11.7%
- #10 The Iron Oath
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 912 reviews2023
Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 26.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 17.2%, RPG 15.5%, Open World 10.9%
- #11 Sandwalkers
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 540 reviews2025
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Strategy RPG 23.5%, Turn-Based Combat 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Exploration 11%
- #12 Urtuk: The Desolation
89% matchVery Positive88% of 2,518 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.4%, Procedural Generation 21%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 12%
- #13 ZOR: Pilgrimage of the Slorfs
87% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Righteous Hammer Games
Windows
Using a deck of cards and turn based tactics, delve through a procedurally generated gauntlet of areas filled with dangerous beasts and hostile terrain. If you survive, scavenge what you can and make camp, where you can craft cards and upgrades to meet the growing dangers to come.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 40.3%, RPG 31%, Top-Down 16.1%, Fantasy 12.6%
- #14 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 733 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: RPG 22.4%, Turn-Based Combat 21.1%, Inventory Management 19.1%, Exploration 16.6%, Top-Down 10.4%
- #15 Sandwalkers - Prologue
86% matchVery Positive82% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based strategy game. Convoy goods to neighboring tribes, build relationships, survive hostile creatures, and discover a new world. Inspired by great games like Wartales, Curious Expedition, or For The King.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, Strategy RPG 19%, RPG 15.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Procedural Generation 12.2%
- #16 Milord
85% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: iBright GamesPub: InEv Creative
Windows · Mac
Milord is a Kingdom Management RPG with city-building mechanics. Immerse yourself in a world where your decisions shape your fiefdom's destiny. Rule wisely as you construct, strategize, and navigate the challenges of leadership. Will you rise to glory or crumble under the weight of your choices?
Why similar: Strategy RPG 36.5%, RPG 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Top-Down 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #17 NEO Scavenger
84% matchVery Positive90% of 5,389 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 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: RPG 27.8%, Procedural Generation 25.9%, Inventory Management 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Open World 12.3%
- #18 Mirthwood
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,352 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Ridge GamesPub: V Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 38.2%, RPG 29.4%, Exploration 18.3%, Open World 14.1%
- #19 Peregrino
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 191 reviews2026
Dev: Inverge Studios
Windows
Peregrino is a dark isometric survival adventure where you explore a cursed forest by day and manage your caravan by night. Gather resources, hunt deadly creatures, upgrade your caravan, care for your companions, and lead them through the vast wilderness in search of New Eden.
Why similar: Inventory Management 29.3%, RPG 28.5%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Exploration 17.5%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #20 Of Blades & Tails
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: Felix LaukelPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A turn-based RPG that is action-oriented but rewards a thoughtful approach. Explore a fantastic land populated by different animal tribes. Follow the main story or hunt for treasures in ancient ruins and mysterious dungeons. Develop your character and gain powerful equipment.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, RPG 14.4%, Open World 11.6%, Top-Down 10.8%
- #21 Lost Scavenger
84% matchMixed53% of 245 reviews2022
Dev: Rockbee
Windows
How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.8%, RPG 20.2%, Exploration 19.1%, Open World 19.1%, Top-Down 12.8%
- #22 Pathway
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,254 reviews2019
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, RPG 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Exploration 10.7%
- #23 The Fortress
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 151 reviews2026
Dev: Baryonyx Games
Windows · Mac
The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows
Why similar: RPG 22.3%, Dark Fantasy 22%, Turn-Based Combat 19.2%, PvE 15.6%, Inventory Management 13.5%
- #24 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
81% 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 29.2%, RPG 22.4%, Turn-Based Combat 19.6%, Open World 16.1%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #25 The Adventurers
79% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Eternal Vigilance Entertainment
Windows
The Adventurers is a turn-based tactical RPG where every decision shapes your legacy. Lead your party of heroes in an open world filled with random events that affect your story. Survive a high fantasy landscape where your epic saga is waiting to be written.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 25.3%, RPG 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Open World 13%, Inventory Management 12.6%
- #26 Underchoice
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
Windows
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Inventory Management 64.6%, Pixel Graphics 25.1%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #27 Archaelund
78% matchVery Positive84% of 394 reviews2024
Dev: 4 Dimension Games
Windows
Explore a vast open world and crawl through dungeons in first person, then fight tactical turn-based battles from a top-down perspective. Guide your adventuring party through Archaelund, mankind's last frontier, and uncover its many secrets.
Why similar: RPG 35.6%, Open World 25.5%, Exploration 16.4%, Fantasy 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%
- #28 Monomyth
77% matchVery Positive92% of 625 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Tower
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
MONOMYTH is an immersive, first-person dungeon-crawling RPG inspired by the genre's late classics. Embark on a journey through a vast and highly interactive game world as you unravel the mysteries hidden beneath the ancient fortress of Lysandria.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 43.3%, RPG 19.7%, Open World 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Fantasy 4.9%
- #29 Valorborn
76% matchMixed62% of 506 reviews2026
Dev: Laps Games
Windows
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Why similar: RPG 20.8%, Open World 17.3%, Exploration 17.2%, Inventory Management 15.9%, Top-Down 12.4%
- #30 Overfall
80% matchMixed47% of 881 reviews2016
Dev: Pera Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 33.1%, Turn-Based Combat 17.2%, Exploration 13.7%, RPG 11.9%, Open World 10.9%
- #31 Escape The Mad Empire
75% matchVery Positive89% of 418 reviews2025
Dev: XperimentalZ Games
Windows
Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?
Why similar: Strategy RPG 45.4%, RPG 22.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Fantasy 8.2%
- #32 Netherguild
76% matchVery Positive95% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: David Vinokurov
Windows · Linux
Descend into Netherguild, a tactical grid-based roguelite. Lead expeditions deep into mysterious, strange depths. Explore, battle dangerous foes, and manage resources carefully. Push your limits before returning to resupply. What secrets await below?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 48.8%, Procedural Generation 40.8%, Fantasy 10.4%
- #33 Everpath
77% matchMixed68% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Games Studio
Windows
Everpath is a roguelite RPG with hand-crafted pixel art, explore a procedural generated world with the combat and item system of the classics action RPGs. Embark yourself as a member of the Northbarrow army, choose and personalize your class to find what is lurking in the wilderness of Northbarrow
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #34 Dimwood
73% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Inkspun LLC
Windows
A roguelike deck builder where you venture into the Dimwood, armed with unique modal cards. Rendered in dense 1-Bit pixel art, carefully build your deck and modify your cards to balance offense and utility. Battle your way past increasingly fearsome enemies and defeat the Beast at its heart.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, PvE 20.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #35 Eldara
72% matchVery Positive87% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Eldara Games
Windows
Descend into Eldara, a dark fantasy idle game where every skill, every monster, and every whispered secret carves your path. Train 17 skills, hunt legendary beasts, command loyal pets, and unravel a forgotten realm — at your own pace, with progress that never stops.
Why similar: RPG 46.6%, Top-Down 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, 2D 7%
- #36 Fated Land
74% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: AlxmoPub: Leyo Games
Windows
This is a Pixel Tactical Self-Propelled RPG Games The battle system adopts a semi-turn-based design, Quick Battle or Enter the Battlefield? It's time to decide! In this journey full of magic, you will also meet a variety of characters, who may become your allies, or your partners...
Why similar: RPG 48.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 40.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #37 Tenebris: Terra Incognita
73% matchVery Positive87% of 257 reviews2024
Dev: Phantasmica Studios
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG in which you will explore a harsh planet teeming with terrifying monsters. Experiment with talent builds for 23 heroes. Combine abilities with equipment and other characters. Assemble a squad and learn the secrets of the planet Tenebris!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 37%, RPG 28.6%, Turn-Based Combat 21.3%, 2D 7.7%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #38 Little Dungeon Stories
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 116 reviews2019
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Little Dungeon Stories is a challenging roguelike card-based RPG. Enter the dungeon full of secrets, hostile monsters, deadly traps, and legendary loots. How long can you survive?
Why similar: RPG 40.3%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Building 15%, Fantasy 12%, 2D 9.5%
- #39 Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
74% matchVery Positive86% of 392 reviews2019
Dev: Portal Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Build unique class-and-race combinations, shape your talents, and test your strategy in a tactical roguelike dungeon crawler packed with campaigns, challenge runs, loot, bosses, and replayable depth. Your plan may be brilliant. The dungeon may disagree.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.1%, Procedural Generation 17.7%, RPG 16.8%, Open World 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%
- #40 Project Thea
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Wake to a brutal world bent on destroying your colony. Rebuild, Explore the Wastelands, and Gather scarce resources. Will you strike a deal with the ruthless Baba Yaga - or hack a rogue Cyber-Rat to turn it into an ally? A dark strategy-survival RPG with card-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 36.8%, RPG 19.2%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, Exploration 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%
- #41 Entity Researchers: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-CPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: RPG 23.7%, Exploration 22%, Procedural Generation 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #42 Pathologic 2
71% matchVery Positive92% of 12,076 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 43.7%, RPG 29.1%, Open World 18.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #43 Exanima
71% matchVery Positive80% of 13,710 reviews2015
Dev: Bare Mettle Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.
Why similar: RPG 57.2%, Dark Fantasy 36.2%, Atmospheric 6.5%
- #44 Sorry We're Open
70% matchVery Positive94% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: oates
Windows
Sorry, We're Open is a Supermarket Management Horror RPG. As the new Manager of your local supermarket, you'll need to make the hard decisions to keep the store running. Remember, your store's reputation and your employees' livelihoods are in your hands.
Why similar: RPG 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Exploration 11.6%
- #45 Darkwood
69% matchVery Positive95% of 24,475 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: RPG 22.5%, Exploration 19%, Open World 18.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Combat 10.3%
- #46 Exiled Kingdoms
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,123 reviews2018
Dev: 4 Dimension Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Roam freely through a huge open world full with dangers, ancient secrets and adventure. An old-school action-RPG with a challenging environment, tough choices and a unique setting. Explore, fight, make friends and enemies... and above all, Roleplay!
Why similar: RPG 56.2%, Open World 25.7%, Fantasy 8.2%, 2D 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
- #47 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,145 reviews2025
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.
Why similar: RPG 66.5%, Fantasy 21.5%, Atmospheric 12%
- #48 Quasimorph
68% matchVery Positive83% of 6,283 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk 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: Turn-Based Strategy 25.9%, Turn-Based Combat 23.5%, RPG 21.3%, Procedural Generation 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #49 Aethermancer
66% matchVery Positive91% of 2,493 reviews2025
Dev: moi rai gamesPub: offbrand games
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Procedural Generation 23.4%, RPG 21.9%, Exploration 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #50 Path of Achra
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,200 reviews2024
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Turn-Based Combat 30.8%, RPG 25.9%, Procedural Generation 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #51 Gloomgrave
69% matchVery Positive88% of 186 reviews2023
Dev: Netmancer
Windows
Gloomgrave is a roguelike dungeon crawler with a retro pixel aesthetic. Upgrade your Gloomcrawler with unique perks and experiment with different builds as you try to survive each depth in search of the ultimate ancient relic.
Why similar: RPG 26.3%, Procedural Generation 20.6%, Turn-Based Combat 18.5%, Exploration 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #52 Edge Islands
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: RPG 23.8%, Building 21.6%, Open World 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%
- #53 DUNGEON ENCOUNTERS
70% matchMixed70% of 551 reviews2021
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dungeon Encounters is a unique dungeon exploration RPG in which you lead an expedition to chart the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth. Plan and prepare to overcome numerous obstacles, solve puzzles, and defeat monsters. Strategize to survive!
Why similar: RPG 51.9%, Exploration 28.6%, Fantasy 10.7%, 2D 8.8%
- #54 The Wanderer
70% matchMixed70% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: Cult Software
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Enter a dark wasteland and fight mutants to survive.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.4%, Exploration 21.7%, Open World 21%
- #55 Stygian: Outer Gods
65% matchVery Positive83% of 674 reviews2025
Dev: Misterial GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 53.8%, RPG 36.8%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #56 Fates of Ort
68% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2020
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Strategy RPG 32.8%, RPG 21.1%, Open World 16.6%, Exploration 14.4%, Fantasy 6.7%
- #57 F-Rank hero story
67% matchVery Positive89% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Funny game studio
Windows
This beautiful fantasy world will never be friendly to you. Games mimic many aspects of real life. You are a insignificant F mercenary in a world where magic and monsters exist.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 47.9%, RPG 20.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, 2D 6.5%
- #58 Die For The Lich
65% matchVery Positive80% of 290 reviews2025
Dev: MonovoidPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Gather magical dice, adapt your gear and venture through a land haunted by folklore creatures.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 40.8%, Turn-Based Combat 33.5%, Fantasy 11.6%, 2D 8.9%, Atmospheric 5.2%