- #1 Cultist Simulator
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,856 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.3%, Tabletop 18.4%, Board Game 17.9%, Card Game 12.8%, Roguelite 8.7%
- #2 Armello
96% matchVery Positive82% of 16,002 reviews2015
Dev: League of Geeks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
Why similar: Board Game 20.2%, Tabletop 17%, Card Game 12.6%, Tactical RPG 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%
- #3 Elder Sign: Omens
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 459 reviews2013
Dev: Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Elder Sign: Omens is a digital version of the popular board game by Fantasy Flight Games. Build a team of unique investigators and fight to keep an all-powerful Ancient One from invading our world! Explore museums, oceans, deserts and more for the arcane Elder Signs that will help seal the Ancient One away.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.2%, Board Game 32.3%, Tabletop 17.2%, Strategy 6.8%, Horror 3.4%
- #4 Heretic Operative
95% matchVery Positive82% of 89 reviews2019
Dev: C Prompt Games
Windows
A unique digital boardgame with strategy and narrative elements, inspired by games like Pandemic, Arkham Horror, and Talisman. As a Heretic Operative, a secret mage sworn to oppose the Cult, you must harness the arcane without becoming lost in its power.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.2%, Board Game 18.5%, Experimental 12.9%, Card Game 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%
- #5 Inkshade
94% matchVery Positive88% of 612 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Vezelle
Windows
Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.
Why similar: Board Game 23.4%, Tabletop 22.3%, Lovecraftian 15.8%, Roguelite 11.8%, RPG 6.2%
- #6 The Foretold: Westmark Legacy
94% matchMixed58% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Nodbrim Interactive
Windows
Fight to investigate another day in this gothic horror adventure card game. Equip items and relics. Acquire cards and use them wisely to survive what lurks in the darkest corners of town. Take a short and mind-bending dive into the unknown with a cosy horror atmosphere.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Board Game 19.4%, Card Game 16%, Deckbuilding 15.8%, Dark 7.6%
- #7 The Horror at Highrook
93% matchVery Positive90% of 463 reviews2025
Dev: Nullpointer Games
Windows
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.8%, Board Game 20.8%, Card Game 14.4%, Horror 9.3%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
- #8 Conquest Tactics : Realm of Sin
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 210 reviews2026
Dev: Singular Sunshine StudiosPub: Thousand Generation
Windows · Mac
Conquest Tactics: Realm of Sin is a dark-fantasy roguelite tactics game. Command your army and engage in turn-based battles on a hex-based board as you advance step by step to conquer a land shrouded in sin. Your choices carry weight: will you restore order… or allow eternal darkness to reign?
Why similar: Board Game 19.2%, Tabletop 19%, Tactical RPG 15.2%, Deckbuilding 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%
- #9 Roots Devour
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 544 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.4%, Card Game 13.5%, Deckbuilding 12%, Dark 10.6%, Horror 8.3%
- #10 Knock on the Coffin Lid
90% matchVery Positive84% of 2,871 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22.5%, Deckbuilding 21.9%, Card Game 21.7%, Roguelite 15.1%, Strategy 8.4%
- #11 Deck of Ashes
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,064 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.5%, Card Game 14.9%, Roguelite 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, RPG 10%
- #12 Morimens
88% matchVery Positive82% of 4,181 reviews2024
Dev: B.I.A.V. Studio
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Morimens is a roguelite card-building game inspired by the Cthulhu mythos, where you craft a versatile and intricate deck tailored to your playstyle. The choice is yours to embark on a climb up treacherous towers or engage in tactical battles. Explore misty maps and uncover the truth of the world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.1%, Card Game 15.8%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Roguelite 8.6%, RPG 6.3%
- #13 Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 260 reviews2020
Dev: Nomad Games
Windows
Dracula is ready to take over Europe and only four iconic vampire hunters can stop him, in this digital adaptation of the classic board game of deduction and gothic horror. Play locally with friends or with up to five players online. Will you be the hunter or the hunted?
Why similar: Board Game 30.9%, Tabletop 30.4%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Horror 11.2%, Strategy 8.3%
- #14 Dark Table CCG
89% matchMixed64% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Doonamai, LLC
Windows
Enter a dark Lovecraftian world where four supreme beings called Keymasters play a sinister card game over the control of worlds. The 4-player gameplay and fresh unique mechanics ensure there is no real meta, so you can enjoy endless deck combinations.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.9%, Card Game 20%, Deckbuilding 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Magic 8.9%
- #15 Inscryption
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,872 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Card Game 20.5%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Experimental 14.9%, Dark 11.5%, Horror 10.5%
- #16 BLOODLETTER
86% matchVery Positive80% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: ALDAMAMI GAMES
Windows
A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.4%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Card Game 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.3%
- #17 Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
87% matchMixed63% of 698 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Inspired by the award-winning board game franchise, Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace is an investigation game served with turn-based combat, set in the cult universe of H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51%, Board Game 25.4%, Adventure 8.5%, RPG 8.3%, Horror 6.8%
- #18 Mind Lure
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Little Tiger Game
Windows
A Lovecraftian deck-building roguelike. Collect eerie cards and twisted creatures. Strengthen your deck while battling sanity loss in waters haunted by unspeakable entities.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.7%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Card Game 12.7%, Roguelite 10.6%, Strategy 7.9%
- #19 Menace from the Deep
84% matchVery Positive85% of 2,373 reviews2024
Dev: Flat Lab
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.7%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Card Game 12.8%, Dark 9.8%, Roguelite 9.1%
- #20 Eyes of Hellfire
84% matchMixed67% of 248 reviews2025
Dev: GambrinousPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows · Mac
Eyes of Hellfire is a co-op gothic horror game inspired by tabletop games, but with a twist - the insidious Host can manipulate your sense of reality
Why similar: Tabletop 21.2%, Card Game 13.5%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Dark 9.4%
- #21 Gloomhaven
82% matchVery Positive82% of 15,902 reviews2021
Dev: Flaming Fowl StudiosPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.2%, Board Game 21%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Card Game 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%
- #22 Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party?
81% matchVery Positive89% of 409 reviews2026
Dev: Sting
Windows
A deckbuilding board game RPG where every roll shapes your strategy.
Why similar: Board Game 23%, Tabletop 20.4%, Card Game 14.4%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Magic 7.4%
- #23 Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
83% matchMixed62% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: Shockwork GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Hand-drawn 15%, Horror 9.7%, RPG 8%
- #24 Fhtagn Simulator
81% matchVery Positive89% of 561 reviews2022
Dev: 锁眼工作室Pub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Fhtagn Simulator is a Cthulhu Roulette Deckbuilder. Set up card slots on roulette to maximize card's value. Collect evil creatures, spells, items and environment to build your deck. Your ultimate mission is to sacrifice spirit collected by cards to unseal the ancient gods that have come to earth!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.7%, Deckbuilding 21.5%, Card Game 16.4%, Roguelite 14.1%, Strategy 5.9%
- #25 FLATHEAD
79% matchVery Positive95% of 400 reviews2024
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31%, Board Game 19.8%, Tabletop 19.5%, Roguelite 8.4%, Horror 7%
- #26 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
82% matchMixed66% of 2,511 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 59.1%, RPG 16.5%, Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 4.7%, Strategy 3.3%
- #27 WORLD OF HORROR
78% matchVery Positive90% of 9,764 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42%, Horror 15.5%, Roguelite 14.2%, Card Game 13.4%, RPG 6.9%
- #28 Ash of Gods: The Way
80% matchVery Positive81% of 492 reviews2023
Dev: AurumDust
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.2%, Deckbuilding 18.1%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Card Game 15.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%
- #29 Out Of Hands
77% matchVery Positive94% of 1,493 reviews2025
Dev: Game River
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Out of Hands is a bizarre card-based adventure game that blends video-collage graphics with gripping psychological horror. Will you seek the truth lurking in this wicked, warped world—and can you bear its weight? Misty memories threaten to tear you apart, contorting you into a being... Out of Hands.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.6%, Card Game 21%, Hand-drawn 20.7%, RPG 10%, Strategy 8.8%
- #30 Deck of Haunts
77% matchVery Positive86% of 1,296 reviews2025
Dev: MantisPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Why similar: Card Game 31.4%, Deckbuilding 22.7%, Roguelite 20.9%, Horror 15%, Strategy 10%
- #31 Aeon's End
79% matchVery Positive82% of 485 reviews2019
Dev: Handelabra Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Deck building with a twist! Lead a team of mages against the Nameless in this magic-based card battle game and save the city of Gravehold!
Why similar: Board Game 24.5%, Deckbuilding 20.6%, Tabletop 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Card Game 13.9%
- #32 Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
76% matchVery Positive84% of 219 reviews2025
Dev: Crimson Herring StudiosPub: Zugalu Entertainment
Windows
A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.3%, Card Game 23.3%, Roguelite 17.4%, Lovecraftian 10.6%, RPG 9%
- #33 Dark Quest 3
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 270 reviews2023
Dev: Brain Seal Ltd
Windows
A rogue-lite tabletop that mixes card based exploration with turn based combat. Create your party, draw adventure cards, roll dice and fight monsters to defeat the sorcerer and his magic.
Why similar: Tabletop 31%, Card Game 18.7%, Deckbuilding 17.6%, Magic 10.9%, RPG 7.8%
- #34 Deckline
76% matchVery Positive83% of 319 reviews2025
Dev: Room Games
Windows
Deckline is an atmospheric war-horror card game. Out of ammo and encircled, you play one last game of Durak to distract from the inevitable. Experience the grit and dread of modern combat through the lens of a board game.
Why similar: Tabletop 21%, Board Game 20.7%, Card Game 14.3%, Experimental 11.9%, Dark 7.7%
- #35 Whispers of the Eyeless
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 246 reviews2026
Dev: VenrisPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34%, Tactical RPG 19.3%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Roguelite 12.9%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #36 Worshippers of Cthulhu
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,507 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 10.2%, Strategy 8%
- #37 Sultan's Game
73% matchVery Positive94% of 33,952 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Tabletop 33%, Card Game 21.8%, Dark Fantasy 18.5%, RPG 9.2%, Strategy 8.7%
- #38 Tenebris: Terra Incognita
74% matchVery Positive87% of 245 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: Tactical RPG 29.7%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Dark 12.8%, Roguelite 9.2%, RPG 8.9%
- #39 Occlude
73% matchVery Positive87% of 378 reviews2025
Dev: Tributary GamesPub: Pantaloon
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplayer narrative puzzle game for the terminally curious. Don’t worry; you can always start over.
Why similar: Card Game 35.4%, Horror 16.6%, Strategy 16%, Puzzle 13.9%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
- #40 Railroads & Catacombs
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 404 reviews2025
Dev: MadRailsPub: IndieArk
Windows
In this exciting Card Building Roguelike game you create your cards from scratch adding different upgrades. Build your train, explore the Labyrinth and survive. Discover infinite synergies. How far will you go?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.2%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Card Game 13.4%, Dark 12.7%, Roguelite 7.7%
- #41 Betrayal At Club Low
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 571 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!
Why similar: Tabletop 51.9%, Roguelite 24.6%, RPG 14.2%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #42 Cards of Cthulhu
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 344 reviews2016
Dev: Awoker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CARDS OF CTHULHU is the Roguelike Card RPG full of madness. Experience the unique combination of strategic deck-building with fast-paced combat and face-off parody monsters from horror B movies.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.9%, Deckbuilding 15.6%, Card Game 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Roguelite 10.5%
- #43 Banners of Ruin
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,191 reviews2021
Dev: MonteBearoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
Why similar: Card Game 20.2%, Deckbuilding 20%, Roguelite 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Dark 11.3%
- #44 Dream Sketcher
72% matchMixed59% of 492 reviews2023
Dev: RisingPunch Studio
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Dream Sketcher is a 1-4 player investigative adventure game. As an investigator of the special agency Dreamland Security, you will form a team and enter the weirdest dreams to conduct brain-diving investigation. Danger is imminent, investigate, make choices, roll the dice, and fight!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.9%, RPG 9.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Strategy 8.2%
- #45 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
69% matchVery Positive94% of 736 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
Why similar: Board Game 26.6%, Tabletop 24.5%, Deckbuilding 18%, Card Game 13.3%, RPG 6.9%
- #46 Dead Town Tales
70% matchVery Positive83% of 479 reviews2023
Dev: 拾遗工作室Pub: Pixmain
Windows
Dead Town Tales is a game that focuses on strategy card building and core Roguelike gameplay. You can learn about this romantic and mysterious world by fighting and exploring, meeting people, ghosts and monsters in Dead Town and experiencing the unknown and making choices together with them.
Why similar: Card Game 29.9%, Hand-drawn 21.6%, Roguelite 20.9%, Strategy 13.3%, Deckbuilding 13.2%
- #47 Deliverance & Reign
70% matchVery Positive85% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: One Up Plus
Windows
Join a gothic battle where Good confronts Evil using roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Play as either side, invading Alaric's Castle, or as Alaric himself defending against the invading heroes!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 17.6%, Card Game 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Roguelite 12.8%
- #48 Mansions of Madness
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,285 reviews2016
Dev: Fantasy Flight Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A companion app for the Mansions of Madness Second Edition board game from Fantasy Flight Games. Mansions of Madness is a cooperative game of mystery and investigation inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. During each game, one to five players explore a location to unravel a mystery.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.9%, Board Game 29.8%, Card Game 11.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Adventure 5.9%
- #49 Ash of Gods: Redemption
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,448 reviews2018
Dev: AurumDust
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 33.2%, Dark Fantasy 19.6%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, RPG 10.6%, Strategy 8.7%
- #50 Hand of Fate
69% matchVery Positive89% of 10,646 reviews2015
Dev: Defiant Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 33.8%, Card Game 30.9%, RPG 9.5%, Board Game 8%, Tabletop 6.1%
- #51 Soul Wargame
69% matchVery Positive84% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: 趣品堂(Hardcore Studio)
Windows
This is a dark style strategy game that combines Wargame and Rogulike. Everyone received a mysterious invitation after destroying the conspiracy of the cult. You will lead a group of undead warriors on an adventure journey to defeat invincible enemies one by one.
Why similar: Board Game 26.7%, Tabletop 26.1%, Roguelite 11.1%, Strategy 10.2%, RPG 9.6%
- #52 Project: AHNO's Ark
67% matchVery Positive94% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: PHOSEPOPub: 2P Games
Windows
This game merges elements of tactical RPG, Go, and introduces Roguelite features. Players will need to make decisions among numerous random events and capability divergences, trying to survive in an apocalyptic game of mutual destruction.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.8%, Board Game 21.6%, Tabletop 21.5%, Card Game 10.6%, Roguelite 8.7%
- #53 Hellslave
67% matchVery Positive85% of 3,209 reviews2022
Dev: Ars GoetiaPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Hellslave is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler where you make a pact with the Devil to fight back a demon invasion. Customize your character with powerful demonic abilities, explore a cursed world, and battle nightmarish enemies to save humanity if you can resist the darkness.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.5%, Hand-drawn 23.5%, Dark 18.9%, RPG 13.6%, Horror 11%
- #54 Stirring Abyss
68% matchVery Positive88% of 435 reviews2020
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.8%, Tactical RPG 29.7%, RPG 8.4%, Strategy 6.1%, Horror 4.9%
- #55 Prophecy of Ashen
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: hhyuGame
Windows
Prophecy of Ashen: a dark fantasy tactical CRPG. Be a secret messenger between the Hall's judgment and the Ashborne's vengeance. Recruit allies, use terrain and magic in turn-based combat. Your choices reshape Rattalan: uphold order or ignite destruction.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 41.8%, Dark Fantasy 20.3%, Magic 18.5%, RPG 12.7%, Dark 5.6%
- #56 Decktamer
64% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon EdgePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 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: Card Game 27.9%, Deckbuilding 26.9%, Lovecraftian 17.4%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Strategy 8.9%
- #57 Overboss
68% matchMixed50% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: BlanketGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a villain in this retro-inspired board game. Draft terrain tiles, recruit monsters, build your dungeon, and become the OVERBOSS!
Why similar: Board Game 27.3%, Tabletop 26.8%, Card Game 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #58 Town of Night
71% matchMixed50% of 166 reviews2016
Dev: Delusional GamesPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Town of Night is a RPG-First-person dungeon crawler hybrid. Visit the town that sits atop a series of vast and dangerous dungeons. Explore, battle, loot and survive!
Why similar: RPG 83.4%, Adventure 16.6%
- #59 Trials of Fire
66% matchVery Positive86% of 3,249 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 28.4%, Board Game 21.3%, Card Game 15.2%, Roguelite 13%, Deckbuilding 11.4%
- #60 Oaken
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 382 reviews2023
Dev: Laki StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Oaken, a turn-based tactical roguelike set in the spirit inhabited world. Explore the Great Oak, gather allies and trinkets, learn to use the positioning for your advantage, choose how to upgrade your cards. Wake the spirits and save the Oak!
Why similar: Board Game 25.4%, Tabletop 19.8%, Roguelite 12.8%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Magic 6.6%