- #1 The Ouroboros King
97% matchVery Positive81% of 564 reviews2023
Dev: Oriol Cosp Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven.
Why similar: Chess 37.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Roguelike 9.3%, Difficult 9.1%
- #2 Passant: A Chess Roguelike
96% matchVery Positive80% of 362 reviews2025
Dev: Marc Makes Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Passant is a chess roguelike that changes all the rules. Progress through challenging rounds while collecting powerful pieces and game-changing items to seize victory.
Why similar: Chess 51.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Roguelike 11.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%
- #3 Gambonanza
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,467 reviews2026
Dev: BlukuléléPub: Sidekick Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Gambonanza is a tactical roguelike that sets chess pieces on a tiny board. Forget traditional chess and embrace the chaos of breaking the balance! Spend your money on rule-bending upgrades, board tiles and pieces. Experiment with illegal combinations and face off against iconic bosses!
Why similar: Chess 38.8% ★, Turn-Based 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Roguelike 9.5%, Difficult 7.6%
- #4 Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
95% matchVery Positive91% of 7,339 reviews2022
Dev: PUNKCAKE Delicieux
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.
Why similar: Chess 51.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Roguelike 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%, Roguelite 5.7%
- #5 Yes, My Queen
94% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Wall Spaghetti
Windows · Mac
The chess roguelite. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.
Why similar: Chess 51.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Roguelike 12.6%, Difficult 9.7%, Roguelite 6.6%
- #6 Pawn of the Dead
94% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pawn of the Dead introduces a twist to classic chess: White pieces captured by the Black undead army rises again to fight for them! Protect your ranks, adapt to asymmetrical battlefields, and witness the story of the White King facing his worst enemy: His reflection.
Why similar: Chess 54.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, Strategy 6.4%, Medieval 5.6%
- #7 Chess Survivors
93% matchVery Positive84% of 160 reviews2023
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Chess Survivors is a grid based, quick-turn, roguelike where you outmaneuver and destroy an ever growing horde of chess based enemies. Combine abilities, upgrades, and relics to create game-breaking builds. Think fast, die, learn, repeat!
Why similar: Chess 51.1% ★, Perma Death 19.9%, Roguelike 12%, Roguelite 9.5%, Strategy 5.6%
- #8 Tabulo
92% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Noah Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Position your pieces carefully to max out your score in this Balatro-inspired chess roguelike. Enhance your pieces, purchase powers, and win bonuses from optional challenges, but be careful - your board only has so much room.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.2%, Chess 18.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Roguelike 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%
- #9 Wulin Chess
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 489 reviews2024
Dev: LameCat StudioPub: East2west Games
Windows
Wulin Chess is a turn-based strategy game set in a captivating dark fantasy world. Employ diverse characters across various boards/battlefields, and devise strategic thinking for victory. Strengthen your heroes by collecting equipment and enhancing attributes to face the challenges that lie ahead.
Why similar: Perma Death 21.2%, Roguelike 14.8%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Difficult 11.6%
- #10 Pawnbarian
91% matchVery Positive89% of 884 reviews2021
Dev: j4nw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
Why similar: Chess 43% ★, Roguelike 12.1%, Grid-Based Movement 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%
- #11 Obsidian Prince
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 143 reviews2022
Dev: Unleash The Giraffe
Windows
Fight through dungeons in a tactical, turn-based roguelike where choices have real consequences. Craft your backstory & inspiration decks & combine classes, skills & gear to create truly powerful heroes. Explore & rebuild Emalon in the campaign or top the highscore in a challenging roguelike mode.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Grid-Based Movement 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%
- #12 Gigachess
90% matchVery Positive82% of 96 reviews2015
Dev: Drixxel Soft
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Gigachess is a hero defense puzzler on a chess board. Command your party of Knights, Rooks & Bishops against the relentless Pawn onslaught!
Why similar: Chess 38.3% ★, Turn-Based 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Strategy 7.9%
- #13 Dark Chess
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 213 reviews2023
Dev: Tall Troll Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is an asymmetric puzzle-strategy game featuring fog of war. Survive a story-driven campaign filled with custom boards, traps, and rule-breaking Kings and Queens of the past. Stealth, calculated risks and outsmarting the unknown are your only ways to win.
Why similar: Chess 51.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Dark 7%, Strategy 6.4%
- #14 The Rookery
86% matchVery Positive96% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Glyder Games
Windows · Mac
An exciting and fast-paced chess roguelite, full of ridiculous abilities! Explode your opponent's pieces, spawn queens all over the board, move twice in a row... But watch out for the bosses, who have crazy powers of their own!
Why similar: Chess 50.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Roguelite 8.3%, Roguelike 7.9%
- #15 Crowntakers
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 682 reviews2014
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.6%, Perma Death 18.7%, Roguelike 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%
- #16 Castle Morihisa
87% matchMixed67% of 452 reviews2022
Dev: Smokingbear StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
"Castle Morihisa" is a roguelike featuring strategic deckbuilder. You need to build up your deck through constant battles, acquire powerful talents, and wield the power of the Fallen Heroes to unveil the truth behind the rebellion in Castle Morihisa.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.2%, Dungeon Crawler 18.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Roguelike 11.8%, Difficult 10.1%
- #17 Mate'Morphosis
84% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: WiseMonkeESPub: Wise Monke Entertainment Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mate'Morphosis is a pixel art, chess-inspired puzzle game built around the concept of becoming the piece you capture. Outsmart each board, adapt to evolving mechanics, and hunt down the rival king across every stage.
Why similar: Chess 61.8% ★, Difficult 13.1%, Grid-Based Movement 6.6%, Strategy 6.2%, Stylized 4.1%
- #18 SFD : Rogue TRPG
86% matchVery Positive86% of 101 reviews2018
Dev: icefill
Windows · Mac · Linux
SFD is a unique hybrid of tactical RPG and roguelike. Manage a party of adventurers as you attempt to be one of the few to conquer the Sigma Finite Dungeon.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15%, Grid-Based Movement 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 10.9%, Party-Based RPG 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #19 Just King
83% matchVery Positive89% of 1,487 reviews2023
Dev: VISH
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.
Why similar: Roguelike 35.7%, Roguelite 29.1%, Strategy 19.5%, Casual 6.9%, Indie 5.6%
- #20 WizardChess
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: TwoPM StudiosPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Mac
What if chess was invented by silly cosmic wizards? WizardChess is a turnbased roguelite where all the pieces have insane abilities that came to us in a shamanic vision. Fight chaotic-yet-tactical encounters with magic powers out of a fever dream! Defeat the FaeQueen and Claim Your Wish!
Why similar: Chess 43.2% ★, Grid-Based Movement 20.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Roguelike 9.8%, Roguelite 7.2%
- #21 Dungeon Rushers
85% matchMixed62% of 1,236 reviews2016
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A Heroic-Parody tactical RPG combining dungeon crawler’s gameplay and turn-based fights. Dive in an off-beat universe, manage your team and craft mighty gear to equip them! Build your own dungeon by hiding traps and monsters in your galleries, then challenge other players to clean it!
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.6%, Dungeon Crawler 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Roguelike 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%
- #22 Lost In The Open
82% 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: Turn-Based 16.1%, Grid-Based Movement 15%, Perma Death 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #23 Banners of Ruin
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,215 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: Turn-Based 21.5%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Roguelike 11.9%
- #24 Kaamos: Puzzle Roguelike
81% matchVery Positive83% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Pepperbox StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.
Why similar: Perma Death 26.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.3%, Roguelike 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Medieval 10.3%
- #25 Deified
78% matchVery Positive98% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: UnexpectedPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Linux
Forge your strategy around powerful relics in this turn-based tactical roguelite. Choose your slots, manage their constraints, and face formidable bosses.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Roguelike 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Strategy 12.6%
- #26 Valor of Man
78% matchVery Positive90% of 162 reviews2026
Dev: Legacy ForgePub: Numskull Games
Windows
Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Roguelite 11.4%, Roguelike 10.8%
- #27 Godless
79% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2024
Dev: Danil Kalyupa
Windows
In Godless, you don’t save the world — you end it one turn at a time. Reshape the hex-based battlefield, summon deadly minions, explore endless strategies, and crush mortal heroes in this tactical roguelike!
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.8%, Grid-Based Movement 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #28 The Dungeon Beneath
80% matchVery Positive89% of 887 reviews2020
Dev: Puzzle Box Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 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: Perma Death 22.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Roguelike 12.8%, Dungeon Crawler 11.9%
- #29 Crawl Tactics
79% matchVery Positive92% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: icefill
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Grid-Based Movement 13.8%, Party-Based RPG 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
- #30 Master of Piece
76% matchVery Positive90% of 229 reviews2026
Dev: I M GAME
Windows · Mac
Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies. Venture through the mysterious medieval realm, facing powerful foes and mighty bosses. Simple turn-based rules hide deep strategic depth—build your ultimate team, master the pieces, and uncover the secrets of the Black fog.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 25%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.4%, Roguelike 13.3%, Medieval 10.2%
- #31 Sol Cesto
73% matchVery Positive91% of 4,672 reviews2026
Dev: TambouillePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.9%, Grid-Based Movement 22.1%, Dungeon Crawler 20.5%, Roguelike 15.5%, Roguelite 7.7%
- #32 Shuffle Tactics
76% matchMixed70% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Club SandwichPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Shuffle Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding tactical RPG. Strategize to survive tough battles, pick the right cards to create powerful synergies, and bond with your sidekicks to get an edge in battle. Adventure awaits! Will you rise as Asteria's new King?
Why similar: Perma Death 19.2%, Grid-Based Movement 18.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Roguelike 13.4%
- #33 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
77% 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 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Grid-Based Movement 19.2%, Medieval 13.1%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #34 Netherguild
75% 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: Grid-Based Movement 14.8%, Perma Death 14.3%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%
- #35 Anomaly Collapse
74% matchVery Positive86% of 636 reviews2024
Dev: RocketPunch Games
Windows
Command a squad of adorably fierce warriors in Anomaly Collapse, a turn-based Roguelite strategy game that offers a fresh twist to an old formula! Face off against otherworldly beings and uncover the dark secrets of supernatural calamities. Immerse yourself in a story where every move counts!
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.4%, Party-Based RPG 15.4%, Roguelike 10.6%
- #36 Four Kings One War
77% matchMixed54% of 197 reviews2021
Dev: StaplesVR
Windows · Mac
Four Kings One War is a 1 or 2 player strategy game inspired by chess. Each player controls two armies as though they were one and get's two moves per turn. This opens up guerrilla style tactics and hidden attacks. This is strategy for the modern mind, outside the 64th square.
Why similar: Chess 57.6% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Indie 2.2%, Casual 1.6%
- #37 Astral Throne
73% matchVery Positive81% of 266 reviews2025
Dev: Zero Sun Games
Windows
Uncover the mystery of a land beset by a Falling Star's curse in this Roguelike Strategy RPG inspired by the classics. Build your party, recruit new allies, and synergize your team's skills for decisive victory.
Why similar: Perma Death 24.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #38 9 Kings
69% matchVery Positive93% of 22,353 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.2%, Dungeon Crawler 19.8%, Roguelike 16.7%, Difficult 11.6%, Roguelite 10.5%
- #39 Defend the Rook
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 244 reviews2021
Dev: One Up PlusPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.4%, Perma Death 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Party-Based RPG 12.2%, Roguelike 10%
- #40 Let's! Revolution!
72% matchVery Positive93% of 390 reviews2023
Dev: BUCK
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Let’s! Revolution! is a colorful roguelite puzzle mashup about stopping a narcissistic King from ruining your world. Flip tiles to uncover the hidden path to the King. Use deductive reasoning to avoid his cronies or take them all down in strategic turn-based combat.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.2%, Dungeon Crawler 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Roguelike 11.6%
- #41 Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure (Chess)
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2018
Dev: Pixel Wizards
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a 4K graphics strategy game with tactical depth, breadth, and challenge like nothing you have played before: the perfect mix of Chess, tactical setups and quests inpired by classic RPGs
Why similar: Chess 47.4% ★, Turn-Based 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Strategy 6.9%
- #42 Underboard
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 179 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: Dungeon Crawler 18.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, Party-Based RPG 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Roguelike 14.8%
- #43 Below the Crown
69% matchVery Positive94% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows
Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow players. From the award-winning creators of Duskers & A Virus Named TOM.
Why similar: Chess 38% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #44 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
70% matchVery Positive94% of 754 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.0 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: Grid-Based Movement 22.5%, Dungeon Crawler 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Party-Based RPG 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%
- #45 The Hand of Merlin
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 360 reviews2022
Dev: Room-C GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!
Why similar: Perma Death 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Roguelike 13.8%, Difficult 9.5%
- #46 Path of Achra
68% 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: Perma Death 32.3%, Roguelike 31%, Dungeon Crawler 27.2%, Medieval 7.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #47 Sin Slayers: Reign of The 8th
71% matchMixed69% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Goonswarm Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Seven Deadly Sins. Have you heard about the 8th? Delve into madness in Sin Slayers, a challenging RPG Roguelite where you decide how much sin to bear as you transform the world. Assemble a party of wicked adventurers, kill, and pillage to drive off a gluttonous nightmare in turn-based battles
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Roguelike 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Party-Based RPG 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%
- #48 Heroes of Steel RPG
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15%, Perma Death 13.2%, Dungeon Crawler 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Party-Based RPG 9.9%
- #49 Dice With Death
67% matchVery Positive92% of 789 reviews2026
Dev: Sea Glass Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dice With Death is a Dicebuilding Roguelike – Unfortunately you have already died. Fortunately, Death is up for some friendly competition. Collect new dice and relics, create damage stacking combos, and even cheat Death himself to emerge victorious.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32.3%, Roguelike 24.4%, Difficult 17.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Stylized 9.6%
- #50 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: Turn-Based 21%, Perma Death 16.9%, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Party-Based RPG 13.3%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #51 Darkest Dungeon® II
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 26,303 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Perma Death 13.5%, Roguelike 8.8%
- #52 Unlock The King
70% matchVery Positive95% of 401 reviews2019
Dev: Minimol Games
Windows · Mac
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
Why similar: Chess 50.2% ★, Grid-Based Movement 20.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Difficult 9.7%, Strategy 4.6%
- #53 Overlooting
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,600 reviews2025
Dev: Posing Possums
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Adapt your strategy to a skill tree that changes every run, combine pieces of equipment to form powerful synergies and create a game-changing build capable of defeating the bosses that will try to stop you. In this Inventory Management Roguelike two games never feel the same!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24.1%, Roguelike 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Roguelite 12.8%
- #54 Chessformer
68% matchVery Positive100% of 320 reviews2022
Dev: Robert Alvarez
Windows
Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. The goal in each level is to capture the opposing king, who is lazy and never moves, so don't worry about losing any pieces.
Why similar: Chess 65.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 12.3%, Difficult 12.1%, Strategy 6.7%, Casual 2.6%
- #55 King of the Bridge
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,727 reviews2024
Dev: Finn Schuuring
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Face off against the bridge troll in his bizarre game of chess! Decrypt, Twist and Enforce the rules as your devious opponent attempts to break them in King of the Bridge!
Why similar: Chess 87.4% ★, Strategy 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #56 Evertried
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 74 reviews2021
Dev: Lunic Games / Danilo DominguesPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Evertried is an isometric, tactical rogue-lite where strategic positioning and quick wit in grid-based combat are the key to success. Make clever use of attacks, movement, skills and hazards to clear floors of enemies and advance higher toward your destiny in the afterlife.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 26.4%, Perma Death 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Roguelike 12.2%
- #57 Overfall
71% 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: Party-Based RPG 22%, Dungeon Crawler 21.4%, Roguelike 18.7%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Roguelite 13.7%
- #58 Crown Trick
66% matchVery Positive85% of 5,378 reviews2020
Dev: NEXT StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.5%, Perma Death 17.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, Roguelike 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%
- #59 He is Coming
63% matchVery Positive85% of 3,933 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoclePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24.4%, Roguelike 19.2%, Medieval 16.3%, Difficult 13.1%, Roguelite 12.7%