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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action Roguelike, Action, Pixel Graphics, 2D.

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Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.

Reviews: Very Positive — 90% — of 51 reviews
Released: 2023-07-05
Developer: Wozzy Games Limited
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: Kinto Games LLC
    Windows

    bitDungeon combines randomized loot and fast action combat, explore randomized dungeons and hack and slash your way through dangerous bosses. The difficultly increases as you become stronger and stronger. Build your character how you want with deadly passive abilities.

    Why similar: Action Roguelike 55.1%, Roguelite 19.4%, RPG 17.8%, Action 7.7%

  54. #54 Katanaut
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 354 reviews2025
    Dev: VoidmawPub: Acclaim, Inc.
    Windows

    Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.

    Why similar: Roguevania 32.9%, Metroidvania 12.5%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Difficult 8.9%, Roguelite 7.8%

  55. #55 NETHER HEROES
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 759 reviews2024
    Dev: MitridanPub: Arakuma Studio
    Windows

    Immerse yourself in Nether Heroes, an intense action-platform roguelike game. Conquer challenging dungeons, face menacing creatures, and defeat powerful bosses on your epic adventure.

    Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.7%, Roguelike 16.7%, Character Customization 16.7%, Platformer 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%

  56. #56 TowerClimb
    69% matchVery Positive92% of 403 reviews2015
    Dev: Davioware and Quazi
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.

    Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.6%, Difficult 17.1%, Roguelite 12.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Procedural Generation 8.4%

  57. #57 Salt and Sanctuary
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 21,497 reviews2016
    Dev: Ska Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

    Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Difficult 24.3%, Platformer 12.3%, RPG 9%, 2D 5.9%

  58. #58 Diehard Dungeon
    70% matchMostly Positive73% of 499 reviews2014
    Dev: Tricktale
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.

    Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.7%, Roguelike 23.1%, Roguelite 12.7%, RPG 10.4%, Difficult 7.4%

  59. #59 Scarlett's Dungeon
    70% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
    Dev: Hard Shark Games
    Windows

    Scarlett's Dungeon is a retro-inspired action RPG dungeon crawler with roguelite elements. Explore randomly generated dungeons, fight monsters, and collect loot in beautifully crafted pixel art reminiscent of the Game Boy Advance era. Test your skills as you dive deep into ever-changing challenges!

    Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.5%, Difficult 18%, Roguelike 15.4%, Roguelite 13.8%, Procedural Generation 12.9%

  60. #60 Tiny Rogues
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,450 reviews2022
    Dev: RubyDev
    Windows
    Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!

    Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.6%, Difficult 20.2%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 15.3%, Fantasy 6%

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