Games Like My Cousin the Rogue

Dungeon Croaker is a frog themed turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler. Navigate randomly generated dungeon floors, find and synergize relic effects, fight enemies with unique abilities, avoid dangerous environmental hazards, and defeat powerful dungeon bosses.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.4% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Roguelike 9%

Rift Wizard is a hardcore combat strategy roguelike and wizard simulator featuring an extremely deep build system. Customize your Wizard with more than 500 spells and magical artifacts. Blast, summon, or enchant your way through 20 levels of pure turn based chaos.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 50.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Roguelike 10.1%, RPG 4.9%

Curse of the Abyss is a Traditional Roguelike with a twist. Manage your resources and explore the abyss and slay the various Guardians of the Abyss and remove the curses.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 60.2% ★, Roguelike 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Dungeon Crawler 5.9%

Dungeon of Rikka is a turn based Rogue-like game with the goal to save your village from the impending doom of the beast that's been sealed away to rot in the deepest corner of the Dungeon. The beast will break his shackles and ascend the Dungeon, becoming stronger the longer you take to get to him.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36% ★, Dungeon Crawler 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Roguelike 7.9%

A remake of the turn-based Roguelike "Mines of Moria" (late 1980s). Six D&D style classes progress into the randomly generated Dwarvish mines seeking the trophy of defeating a Balrog.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, Roguelike 10.9%, Minimalist 5.9%, Top-Down 4.3%

A traditional turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler. Pick a class, descend through a procedurally generated dungeon, and recover the shards of the Amulet of Ascension. Combine them and the dungeon turns on you, and now you have to fight your way back out.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 57.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.7%, Roguelike 12.2%, RPG 6.7%, Procedural Generation 4%

Rogue’s Dark Descent is a traditional roguelike about exploring a dangerous, procedurally generated wilderness and the forgotten places beneath it. Fight, explore, meet survivors, uncover lost history, find powerful artifacts, and see how long your story lasts.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%, Perma Death 8.2%, Roguelike 8%

UnderMoon is a dark fantasy turn-based tactical roguelike RPG. Awaken in a strange moonlit town, build your hero, and climb a shifting tower. Read enemy intent, combine weapons, magic, summons, and elemental reactions, defeat deadly bosses, and uncover why everyone was brought to this world.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Dungeon Crawler 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Roguelike 6.3%

Every chess piece has a unique shape of moves. Dungeon-Dungeon is an engaging traditional roguelike where each enemy and weapon has a unique shape. You'll outsmart countless foes, craft absurdly broken builds, and overthrow the Three-Faced God. What move will you make?

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Roguelike 8.1%

Amulet of Iovar is an oldschool roguelike inspired by Nethack. Delve deep into the Dungeon of Iovar, steal the amulet of the divine and ascend to godhood!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 57.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.7%, Roguelike 12.5%, Procedural Generation 5.6%, RPG 5.3%

Highly moddable roguelike. Descend from Arkov's Tower - or die trying!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Roguelike 11.4%, Top-Down 4.7%

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 69.4% ★, Roguelike 12%, Dungeon Crawler 6.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 3.9%, Perma Death 3.4%

Explore a dangerous overworld and descend the hundred depths of the Meridian in a traditional turn-based roguelike. Fight, climb, fish and survive through procedural dungeons and side-view caves, presented in richly illustrated ASCII.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.4%, Roguelike 10%, Perma Death 6.7%, Text-Based 5.7%

The modern way to play NetHack

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.4% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.7%, Roguelike 12.5%, RPG 6.1%, Perma Death 5.5%

Can you guide your party through all 20 floors of The Labyrinth and defeat its Liege in this turn-based roguelike RPG? As their Guardian, the party will be counting on your to plan ahead and work around unexpected encounters.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 54.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Roguelike 9.9%, RPG 5.6%

Storm the lair of the immortal wizard Yendor in this fast paced, turn based, traditional rogue-like. The massive scope, deep mechanics and challenging gameplay that define the genre distilled into dense and highly varied one hour runs.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, Roguelike 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49.7% ★, Roguelike 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Perma Death 8.3%, Text-Based 5.6%

Beyond the Bridge is a tribute to one of the earliest roguelikes, Moria. Your journey begins with creating your character by choosing a class. From there, you'll explore six procedurally generated levels before reaching the goal of your quest and making your escape!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, Roguelike 14.4%, RPG 8.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.6%

A traditional roguelike experience with many unique twists awaits you. Tiles makes you stronger, collect permanent stats on procedurally generated map. Trigger movement pattern combo of items to get even stronger. Guess in riddles what the Nadirat is all about.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Roguelike 8.9%, Perma Death 8.5%

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 64.5% ★, Roguelike 16.5%, Dungeon Crawler 10.4%, Perma Death 4%, RPG 3.3%

Dose Response is a roguelike game where you play an addict. Avoid the dangers threatening your mind and body while desperately looking for the next fix.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Roguelike 11.3%, Perma Death 9.7%, Minimalist 5.6%

This is a heavily extended version of one of the most famous roguelike games of the 80’s named LARN. Your choice is to find a magic elixier for your daughters recovery. Therefore you have to explore a lot of unknown caves, filled with monsters, demons and traps. Good luck! You may need it!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 78% ★, Roguelike 13.3%, Dungeon Crawler 3.2%, Perma Death 2.3%, RPG 1.7%

Chaos Squad is a turn-based tactics game with Cthulhu, rouge-lite and survival elements. Build your squad with 10 unique heroes. Embark on 12 levels in a snowy mountain, grassland and more. Defeat monsters, collect treasures and eventually unveil the truth behind the disaster of ruptured continent.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.1% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, RPG 5.3%

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

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, Roguelike 11.8%, Perma Death 7.2%, Procedural Generation 5.1%

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 46.2% ★, Roguelike 12.8%, Dungeon Crawler 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Perma Death 5.7%

ByteRogue is a minimalist turn-based puzzle-tactics roguelike where you play as a wizard-thief. Use spells to outsmart security robots, manipulate the environment, and steal as much treasure as you can in each daring heist.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Roguelike 8.1%

NETHACK: LEGACY is a remastered version of the original NetHack, the deeply rich and complex fantasy D&D roguelike. Hack and slash your way through orcs, dragons, and cockatrices as you explore the perilous procedurally-generated dungeons seeking the Amulet of Yendor.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 76.5% ★, Roguelike 11.3%, Dungeon Crawler 6.6%, RPG 2.8%, Procedural Generation 2.8%

Gum Flesh is a turn based roguelike that takes place on the back of a celestial monster. Use your wits and fragile supplies to take on strange plants and fauna on a planet where you are definitely not welcome. The air is different here. Your body is starting to change.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.4% ★, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Roguelike 8.7%

Become the titan Prometheus in this tactical turn-based roguelike, where every battle is a chessboard and every move counts. In a world that only moves when you move, dominate strategic battles, upgrade your skills, and face mythical enemies and permadeath.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.4% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Roguelike 10%, Perma Death 6.6%

Jupiter Hell Classic is a old-school true Roguelike shooter with turn-based tactics, permadeath, procedural levels, and 90s sci-fi carnage in its purest form. Rip and Tear!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Roguelike 11.4%, Dungeon Crawler 8.9%, Perma Death 8.2%

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 77.7% ★, Roguelike 10.3%, Dungeon Crawler 5.7%, RPG 2.5%, Procedural Generation 2%

Serve your patron deity of death by summoning horrifying abominations to clash with the forces of good as you descend into the deepest pits of the old world. Will you sever the thread of fate and emerge from the chaos as a supreme ascendant in this traditional turn-based roguelike?

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Roguelike 7.8%

A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 77.8% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, RPG 2.7%, Perma Death 2.6%, Dungeon Crawler 2.3%

Head out into the woods and find the dreaded Underlair in this traditional turn-based roguelike.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 62.3% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, RPG 7.7%, Top-Down 4.5%, Dungeon Crawler 4.1%

Survive and escape a decaying post-apocalyptic vault by uncovering its secrets and venturing deeper, in this turn-based rogue-like! Descend to grow stronger, find awesome gear and defeat terrifying mutants, post-human cultists and strange unearthly beings! Step into the VOID!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48.1% ★, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, Roguelike 10.3%, Perma Death 9.3%, RPG 5.5%

A Deeply Tactical ASCII Roguelike with unique and often surprising mechanics. Explore Hanwu Divinity College and uncover its secrets.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 40% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, Roguelike 8.8%, Perma Death 8.1%

Combine 14 Sookuma lineages with 19 classes and descend into an ever-changing dream dungeon. Identify strange items, bargain with 19 gods, steal the Dream Core, and fight your way back out in a traditional turn-based roguelike.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.2%, Roguelike 9.9%, Perma Death 9.6%, RPG 5.2%

Deadzoned is a sci-fi turn-based action Roguelike. Blast your way through zones battling the beasts, bandits, and monsters that stalk the blackouts. But you'll need your wits to make best use of the gear you stumble upon to survive and save the fate of the planet!

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Roguelike 10.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%, Perma Death 8%

Conqueror Of Time is a traditional dungeon crawl rogue game with a time travel theme. Choose a character from different time periods and fight your way through dungeons using various items from different times and spaces. Use time travel abilities to fight alongside your past or future self.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33% ★, Dungeon Crawler 18.5%, Roguelike 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Perma Death 10.2%

Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 61.5% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 7%, RPG 6.3%, Procedural Generation 5.8%

In this tactical roguelike you control five adventurers as you explore procedurally generated ruins to reach and conquer a Titan. Fight deadly monsters, utilize power-ups, and improvise while your knowledge of the world deepens. Persist when your adventurers are left behind, killed, or sacrificed.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Dungeon Crawler 12.6%, Roguelike 10.6%, Perma Death 8.7%

In this classic roguelike, released in 1983 for the Commodore 64 by Epyx, search the dark depths of a twisted dungeon, teeming with fiendish enemies and dangerous traps, for the legendary Sword of Fargoal, the only thing that can defeat the evil wizard Umla.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Roguelike 10.5%, Perma Death 9.7%, RPG 4.4%

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 69.7% ★, Roguelike 16.8%, Perma Death 6.5%, Procedural Generation 4.3%, RPG 2.7%

A traditional turn-based roguelike of tempo and uncertainty. Roll an adventurer blind, outpace enemies to act twice, sneak past what you cannot fight, and descend twelve floors for the Barrow Relic. Death keeps what you carry, but the crows will fly your gold home for a fee.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51% ★, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, Roguelike 9.9%, Perma Death 6.7%, Turn-Based Combat 5.6%

Rogue — A brutal, procedurally generated dungeon crawler where every decision counts. Fight monsters, collect treasures, and survive the deadly depths in search of the Amulet of Yendor. Each playthrough is unique—do you have what it takes to escape?

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Roguelike 13.5%, Old School 6.4%, RPG 6%

This is an adventure game with a pigeon-raising style. Here, you can tame over 130 unique monsters, unlock their exclusive skills, and aid you in your adventure journey. Continuously challenge yourself to unlock more exciting content.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Text-Based 9.4%, RPG 5.5%

DiceVenture Dungeon is a roguelike dice-building dungeon crawler. Choose your path, roll and reroll to unleash class skills, and craft your build with dice, relics, and traits. Take on dice challenges for greater rewards—every run brings new choices and combinations.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Roguelike 11.9%, Dungeon Crawler 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%

Become an ancient Egyptian jeweler in this smart strategy game! Traverse Duat’s 12 perilous underworld gates to uncover a long-buried divine conspiracy. Mix ray mechanics & Roguelike gameplay, craft a unique style with enchanted bookmarks, gems & relics. Prove mortal ingenuity topples divine thrones

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Perma Death 9%, Roguelike 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%

Legacybound is a traditional roguelike RPG with turn-based combat where your death becomes a legacy for future heroes. Choose your class and combine powerful items and tomes to create countless unique builds as you explore a procedurally generated world filled with danger.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 50.9% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Roguelike 12.1%, Perma Death 8.5%, RPG 5%

Rogue's Tale is a single player turn-based dungeon crawling game.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 75.8% ★, Roguelike 20.4%, RPG 3.9%

An open-world roguelike RPG where magic comes from cheesemaking. Explore a living continent, join Guilds, crawl dungeons, build a homestead and sail with friends. Or start a settlement in Fortress mode and manage its people, farms and workshops.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Roguelike 9%

在Roguelike世界中收集妖兽，构建自己的妖兽小队，获取妖兽的各种技能给予其提升，在6V6单打回合制下战胜各种有趣的挑战，最终获得胜利。

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 54.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Roguelike 12.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%

A traditional roguelike modernized. Descend through a persistent, turn-based dungeon inspired by the original Rogue, defeat or avoid its inhabitants with the loot you find, and escape with the legendary Amulet of Yendor.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.3%, Roguelike 10.6%, Perma Death 7.1%

EmbeRogue is a real roguelike: turn-based, grid-based and boom-based, where everything can burn. Make your escape or tame your inner flames to defeat the FireLords.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Roguelike 9.1%, Perma Death 8.3%

Explore the Feywood as you defeat enemies in tactical, turn-based battles. Find loot, abilities, secrets and meet helpful denizens of the forest as you delve deeper, customize your character with a great variety of classes, races, and equipment in this highly replayable extraction roguelike.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%, Roguelike 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%

A classic grid & turn-based roguelike, procedurally generated dungeon crawler, aimed at re-creating the games of yesteryear.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 57.2% ★, Roguelike 15.8%, RPG 10.2%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%, Top-Down 6.6%

A power-hungry warlock descends fifteen floors to unearth a malevolent energy sealed deep in a dungeon. He'll have to use items sparingly, spells tactically, and even recruit the help of forgotten gods to get there in this brutally difficult traditional roguelike.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Roguelike 12.2%, Perma Death 8.4%, RPG 5.2%

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 52.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Roguelike 9.5%, Minimalist 8.9%, Procedural Generation 6.5%

Journey along haunted, procedural paths toward the dormant center of a handmade world. Fight your way through atmospheric, varied regions and become the first to cross the Barrier, one turn at a time.

Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Roguelike 10.2%, Perma Death 8.8%, Minimalist 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: Traditional Roguelike 74% ★, Roguelike 19.1%, Dungeon Crawler 3.8%, RPG 3%, Singleplayer 0.1%