
This is a roguelike open-world sandbox survival horror set in a modern city. Play as an --redacted-- parasite, possess human hosts, exploit and evolve them to help you survive in a hostile world, all to find out your one true purpose.
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This is a roguelike open-world sandbox survival horror set in a modern city. Play as an --redacted-- parasite, possess human hosts, exploit and evolve them to help you survive in a hostile world, all to find out your one true purpose.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.

Roghill Incident
Roghill Incident is an Indie storytelling/exploration/kind-of-horror game that focuses on the story, while creating the uncomfortable feeling that something bad will happen soon.Find all the locations, notes and hints to get different endings.
The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 29.3% ★, Modern 14.9%, Aliens 14.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Roguelike 9.6%
Roghill Incident is an Indie storytelling/exploration/kind-of-horror game that focuses on the story, while creating the uncomfortable feeling that something bad will happen soon.Find all the locations, notes and hints to get different endings.
Why similar: Aliens 25%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Open World 14.1%, Stealth 10.3%, Investigation 9.9%
This game is a venture into an alternative timeline in which graphics and sensible game design were never invented.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.6% ★, Lovecraftian 18.5%, Roguelike 12.3%, Survival Horror 11.4%, Minimalist 7.3%
The title says it all right... Well i have more for you. As you make your way through each Dome you must acquire Keys, Food, and Weapons. Avoid or Kill Monsters that spawn right in front of your eyes. All to escape off the moon to Alert The High Authority.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.7% ★, Aliens 24.2%, Roguelike 17.4%, Top-Down 6.9%, 2D 3.7%
Cataclysm: Bright Future Ahead is a thrilling turn-based survival RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. Scavenge for resources, craft essential tools and build vehicles to overcome challenges. Explore procedurally generated environments where every choice shapes your story and survival.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 40.1% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Roguelike 12.3%, Exploration 7%, RPG 6.8%
Pump worthless stocks, ride the multiplier, and cash out before the crash. A market-manipulation roguelike about greed, timing, and finding someone dumber to hold the bag. There's always a greater fool, right up until it's you.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 62.3% ★, Roguelike 17.3%, Aliens 16.8%, 2D 3.7%
Survive the madness of an ancient jungle in this open-world, traditional roguelike. Do whatever it takes to escape alive.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49.9% ★, Roguelike 18.1%, RPG 14.3%, Open World 7.6%, Horror 6%
Rogue's Tale is a single player turn-based dungeon crawling game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 69.7% ★, Roguelike 24.2%, RPG 6.1%
An open-world traditional roguelike about restoring a world of ash and stone. Explore hostile ruins, salvage and build machinery, cultivate and breed strange flora, and advance the seasons as a patient machine; turning dead soil into a living garden, one tile at a time.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.2% ★, Roguelike 14.1%, Sandbox 14%, Open World 13.2%, Building 6.8%
Head out into the woods and find the dreaded Underlair in this traditional turn-based roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 58.3% ★, Roguelike 17.4%, RPG 12.4%, Top-Down 7.9%, 2D 3.9%
A spy-heist traditional roguelike! Become a criminal and interfere in the nefarious dealings of the ubiquitous Flemenco Corporation. Break into data centers to expose illicit records, infiltrate office buildings, perform elaborate acrobatic feats, and much more!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 40.7% ★, Conspiracy 19.4% ★, Roguelike 15%, RPG 14.1%, Top-Down 7.7%
A former military investigator travels to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to solve a series of murders and child disappearances. Follow the legend of the Mothman into secret underground facilities, government conspiracies, and unimaginable horrors hidden beneath America.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.3%, Conspiracy 20.1% ★, Aliens 16.5%, Investigation 15.2%, Horror 9.4%
A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 76.6% ★, Roguelike 18.4%, RPG 4.6%, 2D 0.4%
A classic grid & turn-based roguelike, procedurally generated dungeon crawler, aimed at re-creating the games of yesteryear.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.2% ★, Roguelike 19%, RPG 16.2%, Top-Down 11.5%
Everyone is dead. Your only chance is the escape shuttle... but you need fuel and oxygen. And find the codes for the self-destruct... just hope IT does not find you first.
Why similar: Aliens 22.3%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Roguelike 12.9%, Stealth 12.7%, Top-Down 9%
Turn-based roguelike where you play as a rogue bot surviving in procedurally generated cities. Features sophisticated character development and in depth combat using a detailed anatomical damage system .
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 40.3% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Roguelike 12.7%, Open World 10.5%, Top-Down 7.9%
A return to classic Survival Horror. After being hospitalized your nightmares keep getting more vivid, effects in the nightmare start affecting your real body. See yourself from fixed cameras, complete tasks in any order, and don't waste the rare chances to use a knife.
Why similar: Modern 24.8%, Conspiracy 21% ★, Survival Horror 19.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Horror 8%
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 78.3% ★, Roguelike 13.4%, RPG 4.3%, Top-Down 3%, 2D 0.9%
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 79.6% ★, Roguelike 17.5%, RPG 2.9%
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Lovecraftian 21.2%, Top-Down 10.7%, Minimalist 9.1%, Horror 8.7%
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 56.7% ★, Roguelike 15.5%, Minimalist 10%, Top-Down 8.8%, RPG 5.2%
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 71.2% ★, Roguelike 23.8%, RPG 4.9%
A simple traditional roguelike with ASCII art where you save the monsters instead of hurting them.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 54.3% ★, Roguelike 16.3%, Minimalist 9.7%, Top-Down 6.8%, Stealth 6.8%
Possessed by a demon, hunted by a cult—sneak, scheme, and deceive your way through a deceptively sunny town in this no-guns stealth adventure.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Conspiracy 23.4% ★, Open World 16.8%, Stealth 15.2%, Investigation 8%
Guardian of Boss Neko is a 2D anime-style survivor-like game with integrated guardian mechanics. Players take on the role of a young female escort and protect Boss Neko the catgirl from waves of monster attacks.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 64.2% ★, Roguelike 17.8%, Top-Down 9.2%, RPG 4.7%, 2D 4.2%
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 79.8% ★, Roguelike 15.2%, RPG 5%
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 50.1% ★, Roguelike 15.5%, Open World 12.8%, Minimalist 9.1%, RPG 8.8%
Hack, slash and rush the forces of darkness. Assault castles and mountain lairs to liberate all in this super-sleek modernization of the classic roguelike formula! Will you play a crafting Alchemist, a sneaky backstabbing Thief... or something else?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.5% ★, Roguelike 31.6%, RPG 21.9%
Seven Blasphemies is a traditional turn-based roguelike where every dawn may curse your run forever. Explore a dying world, choose from doomed classes, survive lethal OSR-inspired encounters, and race against extinction before the seventh blasphemy ends all.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 56.5% ★, Open World 14.9%, RPG 12.3%, Roguelike 8.5%, Exploration 5.9%
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 70.7% ★, Roguelike 22.1%, RPG 4.6%, Sci-fi 2.6%
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 51.4% ★, Roguelike 20.1%, RPG 16%, Top-Down 8.4%, 2D 4.1%
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 65.3% ★, Roguelike 17.8%, RPG 13.1%, 2D 3.7%
Cosmic Awakening VR is a first person VR survival exploration horror game. A game about immersion, exploration, and terror. It is a collection of horror scenarios set on a sci-fi stage. Explore the mysteries in a short linear experience, or try to survive as long as you can against unknown horrors.
Why similar: Aliens 19.5%, Conspiracy 18.9% ★, Lovecraftian 16.8%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Investigation 11.2%
Room 54 is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on investigation, exploration and hide & seek elements. The story tells of Daniel and his wife, Desirée, in an apparently small, quiet mountain town full of secrets.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Investigation 18.9%, Open World 14.2%, Horror 11%, Sandbox 10.2%
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 69.5% ★, Roguelike 22.9%, RPG 6.2%, Top-Down 0.9%, 2D 0.4%
Critically acclaimed, minimalist text-based rpg. Come light the fire.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.5% ★, Roguelike 20.1%, RPG 16.1%, Minimalist 13.8%, Exploration 10.4%
Be the First Alien Invaders on Earth to complete objectives and prepare it for FULL SCALE INVASION! They Came From Space is an open world co-op game where you can play with up to 4 players. Avoid scary humans while navigating a rural small town as you uncover the deep dark secrets of this world.
Why similar: Aliens 33.6%, Open World 13.3%, Stealth 13%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Horror 11%
《蜀山:初章》是首款基于UE5引擎打造的大世界修仙多人在线游戏。故事以还珠楼主的《蜀山剑侠传》为大背景,采用了无缝大地图模式。地图上,玩家可以御剑飞行,自由探索各种奇遇。真实还原修仙体验
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41% ★, Sandbox 15%, Open World 14.2%, Roguelike 11.7%, RPG 6.2%
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 77% ★, Roguelike 17.3%, RPG 4.3%, 2D 1.4%
Sigil of Kings is a turn-based fantasy roguelike/RPG, set in an expansive procedurally generated world, displayed in colorful 16-bit pixel art. Explore dungeons, defeat enemies, solve puzzles, find treasures, visit cities, join guilds and make your mark in a living, breathing world.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 60.4% ★, Roguelike 17%, RPG 10.1%, Open World 9.7%, 2D 2.9%
Take control of an exiled alchemist seeking the Philosopher's Stone. Build your lab, plant and farm alchemical ingredients to use in various alchemical recipes. Mine ore underground. Smoke potent pipeweed to unlock secrets of the mind. Journey through the Steps of the Great Work and ascend!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.1% ★, Roguelike 16.6%, Building 11.3%, Top-Down 9.6%, Exploration 8.6%
A turn-based roguelike fusing Wild West and Cthulhu Mythos. Load custom revolver bullets to survive a wasteland of madness. Discover dozens of unique upgrades, endless combat builds, and unforgettable adventures.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 55.5% ★, Lovecraftian 15%, Roguelike 14.5%, RPG 11.9%, 2D 3.1%
Castle of the Winds is a classic early Windows roguelike. Set in a world inspired by Norse mythology, players explore procedurally generated dungeons beneath a quiet village, battling monsters, discovering magical items, and unraveling the mystery of an ancient evil.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 56.3% ★, Roguelike 20.7%, RPG 18.3%, 2D 4.7%
Kids are going missing in the Copple Doe Town over the last 10 years and nobody has any clue about the kidnapper. Will Ume be able to find out who is behind these disappearances or she will be the next victim?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.2% ★, Conspiracy 18.4% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, RPG 8.6%, Top-Down 8.1%
Top down RTS style single unit HERO control. Escape a dangerous forest, find your way back to town.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.3% ★, Sandbox 20.7%, RPG 14.9%, Exploration 8.5%, Top-Down 8.5%
Your friend Mike is missing! He made pizza at the local pizza joint until his paranoia with aliens took over. Help find him in this strange, lo-fi adventure! Set in the 1990s, Aliens Rule is an indie RPG game full of conspiracy theories, mystery, NPC interaction, and lots of pizza.
Why similar: Conspiracy 32% ★, Aliens 31.7%, RPG 12.7%, Exploration 8.3%, Open World 7.2%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.6%, Open World 20.3%, Building 18.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%
Enemy Trench is a Roguelike set during the First World War. You play as a British soldier fighting your way through enemy lines hoping to survive. You must contend with an onslaught of enemy soldiers, deadly terrain, gas attacks and more. Do you have what it takes to survive in the Enemy Trench?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51% ★, Roguelike 18.8%, RPG 16.6%, Minimalist 13.6%
Explore an eerie planet marooned in a dark dimension known as the void. Command a dysfunctional trio of soldiers in fast-paced tactical combat with otherworldly creatures. Scavenge for supplies and build a camp to survive the harsh environment on this Lost World!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.8%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Sandbox 13.2%, Building 12.9%, Open World 12.8%
A turn based Sci-fi Roguelike where players explore the deep mines on a distant planet, find/trade equipment, battle monsters and try to survive.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 52.7% ★, Roguelike 19.9%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Top-Down 8.1%, RPG 5.5%
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 26.7% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Open World 15.3%, Building 12.7%, Roguelike 10.8%
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs.
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.1%, Lovecraftian 20.2%, Minimalist 14.4%, Stealth 11.8%, Top-Down 10.8%
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37% ★, Sandbox 14%, Open World 13.2%, Roguelike 12.9%, Building 9.5%
Expedition Zero — survival horror set in the anomaly zone of the northern forest. Face the dreadful forest monster and find a way to defeat it. Reveal the secrets of the lost expedition and your mysterious enemy. It’s either hunt or be hunted.
Why similar: Aliens 20.1%, Sandbox 16.7%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Investigation 12.3%, Open World 11.6%
The Echo Paradox is a first-person psychological horror game. Humanity stands on the brink of an unsettling revelation – alternate dimensions are real, but eerily without signs of life.
Why similar: Aliens 29.1%, Lovecraftian 22.4%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Investigation 13.7%, Horror 10.2%
Somewhere in South America, aliens have made contact. Visitors have not come in peace to Planet Earth... Open world third person shooter (TPS) game. Single player video game, compatible with Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11 The game locations are inspired by real places in South America.
Why similar: Conspiracy 32.6% ★, Aliens 28.4%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Exploration 8.1%
Lost Flame is a modern roguelike game featuring unique and challenging turn-based combat. Find your way in the ruined kingdom of Hiraeth while fighting against legendary warriors of the past and spawn of the unfathomable Abysm.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45% ★, Roguelike 44.6%, RPG 10.4%
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 67.7% ★, Roguelike 18.9%, RPG 10.6%, 2D 2.8%
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 63.9% ★, Roguelike 14.8%, RPG 11.1%, Top-Down 7.2%, 2D 3%
Tales of Kathay is a tactical turn-based RPG where every world is born from centuries of simulated history. Explore ruined kingdoms, join faction wars, craft your path through a living sandbox, and return generations later to see the mark your choices left behind.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 21.6% ★, Open World 16.9%, Sandbox 16.8%, Roguelike 15.8%, RPG 10%