- #1 Sipho
97% matchVery Positive85% of 350 reviews2023
Dev: All Parts Connected
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sipho is an action survival game with an intricate building system. Grow your own creature and take over the local ecosystem. Fight, grow, survive, dominate. Play in adventure or sandbox mode.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.5%, Underwater 19.9% ★, Sandbox 10.2%, Roguelite 7.8%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the creature-building and evolutionary roguelike mechanics found in Primordialis.
- #2 Noita
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 85,805 reviews2020
Dev: Nolla Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Why similar: Physics 18.5%, Roguelike 15.7%, Difficult 15.2%, Action Roguelike 14%, Sandbox 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its highly reactive physics engine and emergent roguelike gameplay provide a similar sense of unpredictable discovery.
- #3 Multicellular
96% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Multicellular will take you back in time, to the dawn of life. Build your multicellular organism and combat hunger, the environment, darkness and other organisms. Everything in this new world can kill you, will you be able to survive?
Why similar: Nature 19.7%, Physics 17.8%, Roguelite 15.7%, Sandbox 15.2%, Survival 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the evolution and survival of microscopic life, sharing the core biological progression loop.
- #4 Feed and Grow: Fish
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 20,772 reviews2016
Dev: Old B1oodPub: Greens s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Hunt and eat other fish - simply, grow into larger beasts!
Why similar: Underwater 57.7% ★, Simulation 16.1%, Survival 15.8%, Sandbox 7.5%, Indie 2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a direct experience of underwater survival and growth, mirroring the predator-prey dynamics of the seed game.
- #5 Ecosystem
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 594 reviews2024
Dev: Tom JohnsonPub: Slug Disco
Windows
Create virtual lifeforms whose development is shaped by a deep simulation of evolution. Guide them as they fight, mate, and adapt to the environment you have built. All the creatures in the trailer evolved on their own in the game!
Why similar: Underwater 33.4% ★, Nature 19.3%, Sandbox 16.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep simulation of evolutionary biology and underwater life that aligns with the biological themes of the seed game.
- #6 Feed the Deep
94% matchVery Positive89% of 471 reviews2024
Dev: Luke Muscat
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.
Why similar: Underwater 27.3% ★, Roguelite 14.4%, Roguelike 13.9%, Physics 13.7%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelite emphasizes underwater exploration and survival, capturing the atmospheric tension of deep-sea environments.
- #7 From the Depths
93% matchVery Positive89% of 12,523 reviews2020
Dev: Brilliant Skies Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.9%, Physics 24.7%, Building 22.5%, Survival 12.5%, Simulation 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly deep physics-based building system that allows for the creation of complex naval and aquatic entities.
- #8 Barotrauma
91% matchVery Positive94% of 84,235 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Underwater 43.5% ★, Survival 16.2%, Difficult 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features complex underwater physics and survival mechanics that demand creative problem-solving in a hostile environment.
- #9 Rain World
92% matchVery Positive94% of 50,449 reviews2017
Dev: VideocultPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
Why similar: Difficult 32.7%, Survival 18.9%, Physics 16.3%, Exploration 14.8%, Simulation 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The game features a sophisticated ecosystem simulation where creature behavior and survival are central to the experience.
- #10 Exanima
91% matchVery Positive80% of 13,229 reviews2015
Dev: Bare Mettle Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.
Why similar: Physics 42.8%, Difficult 24.4%, Roguelike 11.7%, Action Roguelike 10.6%, Simulation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its unique physics-based movement and combat system provide a tactile experience similar to the physics-driven nature of the seed game.
- #11 Lumencraft
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,264 reviews2023
Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.5%, Action Roguelike 28.5%, Exploration 16.1%, Survival 13.6%, Strategy 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game features destructible terrain and physics-based combat that rewards creative exploration.
- #12 Dive The Depths
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: FrizuoPub: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Dive The Depths is an action-roguelike set beneath the ocean's surface. As a humble diver, you must navigate the world filled with bizarre sea creatures, submerged ruins, and forgotten histories. Can you conquer the depths and unravel the secrets that hidden beneath the waves?
Why similar: Underwater 25.7% ★, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Difficult 11%, Roguelike 10.7%, Roguelite 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An underwater action-roguelike that focuses on the difficulty and exploration of deep-sea environments.
- #13 Make Sail
90% matchMixed55% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: Popcannibal
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make boats and sail them. Survive an ocean of storms and beasts to find better pieces to make your ship bigger, faster, stronger, prettier, stranger, wilder: more yours.
Why similar: Physics 30%, Building 22.1%, Simulation 20.8%, Sandbox 14.8%, Exploration 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This physics-based building game emphasizes exploration and navigation, similar to the traversal mechanics in Primordialis.
- #14 CARRION
86% matchVery Positive95% of 30,368 reviews2020
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
Why similar: Physics 46.1%, Sci-fi 24.7%, 2D 16.4%, Indie 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Players control a monstrous creature with physics-based movement, capturing the feeling of being an evolving predator.
- #15 Creatura
88% matchMixed68% of 228 reviews2021
Dev: Koksny.com
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Seed, Breed, Create. From single cell organisms to complex ecosystems. Evolve every part of your own unique aquarium / terrarium by applying scientifically accurate principles of natural and artificial selection, in Creatura - ultimate Virtual Evolution Vivarium Simulator.
Why similar: Underwater 37.8% ★, Nature 19.6%, Sandbox 19%, Simulation 11.2%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a sandbox environment focused on evolutionary simulation and the creation of custom life forms.
- #16 FISHERY
87% matchVery Positive84% of 394 reviews2019
Dev: Lilou Studio
Windows
Fishery is a stylized aquarium simulation game. Harness your creativity to build and maintain beautiful aquatic habitats. Then relax and watch your beautiful fish enjoy their home.
Why similar: Underwater 32.7% ★, Nature 17.8%, Sandbox 14%, Physics 13.6%, Building 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on underwater physics and the management of aquatic ecosystems.
- #17 Besiege
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,104 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Physics 28.7%, Sandbox 27.9%, Building 23.4%, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for physics-based construction, allowing for the same creative freedom found in building creatures.
- #18 Galactic Glitch
84% matchVery Positive90% of 853 reviews2025
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.5%, Physics 17.2%, Roguelike 14.9%, Difficult 14.1%, Roguelite 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based roguelike that utilizes environmental interactions and object manipulation for combat.
- #19 Primitier
84% matchVery Positive94% of 304 reviews2025
Dev: Ota Mato
Windows
Primitier is a highly flexible VR sandbox game, where you can create tools and machinery by freely cutting and connecting objects in a vast world based on physics simulation.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.3%, Physics 34.1%, Procedural Generation 16.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Indie 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox that emphasizes crafting and immersive simulation in a primitive world.
- #20 Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 988 reviews2018
Dev: Quasar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.
Why similar: Sandbox 57.2%, Simulation 35.6%, Indie 4%, Strategy 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on the mechanics of natural selection and evolutionary biology in a sandbox environment.
- #21 Lake of Creatures
82% matchVery Positive94% of 272 reviews2024
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
Difficult action FISHING ROGUELIKE, where you slaughter mutated creatures with weapons that shoot lasers and explosions!!! 💥 Catch fish to buy treasures that MODIFY YOUR BUILD and end up with CRAZY SYNERGIZING ATTACKS that melt those noob enemies
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.1%, Roguelike 17.4%, Difficult 16.3%, Roguelite 13.7%, Physics 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines roguelike progression with creature-themed combat in a challenging aquatic setting.
- #22 CleanFall
82% matchVery Positive93% of 452 reviews2025
Dev: Humanyoyo
Windows
CleanFall is a survival rogue-like that prizes player freedom and creativity. Build mobile death machines to fight off ravenous hordes, craft and alchemize gun turrets, and tunnel through subterranean ecosystems crawling with nameless horrors.
Why similar: Sandbox 13.7%, Physics 13.6%, Difficult 12.4%, Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that incorporates creature-collection elements within a physics-driven environment.
- #23 Cellfish
83% matchVery Positive81% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: BRTL Games
Windows
Collect food to evolve and fight for your life against enemy cells in this deep underwater, survivor-like, roguelite experience. Unlock parts to customize your character and become your own unique cell.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.8%, Roguelike 21.9%, Nature 18.5%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: This action-roguelike features biological themes and creature-based combat in a 2D space.
- #24 FISH FEAR ME
81% matchVery Positive86% of 218 reviews2025
Dev: HEATHER FLOWERS
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
A top-down action roguelite about catching fish, fighting them, selling their bones, and catching more fish. Upgrade your boat and weapons, hunt down sea monster bounties, delve into eldritch mysteries, and try to pay off a cosmic debt millennia in the making.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.9%, Roguelike 26.7%, Roguelite 24%, Top-Down 9.1%, 2D 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends action-roguelike mechanics with fishing and bullet-hell elements for a unique aquatic experience.
- #25 Subnautica
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Underwater 50.1% ★, Survival 16.7%, Exploration 11.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Sci-fi 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive underwater exploration game that captures the sense of wonder and danger found in deep-sea settings.
- #26 subROV : Underwater Discoveries
81% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: sqr3lab
Windows
Pilot a remotely operated submarine and explore the oceans! Defy the darkness and crushing pressure of the deeps as you chart unknown regions and study new species of ocean life.
Why similar: Underwater 38.2% ★, Nature 16.4%, Sandbox 14.7%, Physics 12.6%, Simulation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic and atmospheric simulation of underwater exploration and discovery.
- #27 Planetary Life
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 743 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!
Why similar: Nature 35.5%, Sandbox 31.2%, Procedural Generation 17.2%, Simulation 16.1%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game simulation that allows players to influence the evolution of life on a planetary scale.
- #28 Verlet Ascend
78% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: Sagewind StudioPub: Stratera Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Verlet Ascend is a physics based, action platformer with roguelike mechanics, a fully destructable procedurally generated environment, and rope swing physics. Fight creatures, loot enemies, upgrade your character, and climb your way up in an endless parkour.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.9%, Physics 23.4%, Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 14.9%, Procedural Generation 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike utilizes Verlet integration for its physics-based movement and platforming mechanics.
- #29 Project Silverfish
76% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Sandbox 47.8%, Sci-fi 26.5%, Exploration 25.6%
- #30 Sea Of Radiation 2
77% matchVery Positive86% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: NightWalker
Windows
Welcome to the perilous nuclear-contaminated waters, where all creatures are mutating. Start as an ordinary small fish, struggling to survive in this toxic sea. Through continuous evolution and adaptation, you will grow into a powerful ocean monster and ultimately become the sole ruler of this ocean
Why similar: Underwater 26.5% ★, Roguelite 17.7%, Roguelike 15.4%, Nature 14.2%, Survival 9.6%
- #31 Purplis Sandbox
79% matchMixed67% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGOLITEPub: DRAGOLITE STUDIO
Windows
Create your own worlds, build interesting mechanisms and just beautiful buildings, everything depends on your imagination.
Why similar: Sandbox 38.4%, Simulation 28.6%, Building 23.7%, 2D 6.5%, Indie 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D physics-based sandbox that allows for creative building and experimentation.
- #32 Universe Sandbox
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.6%, Physics 30.8%, Simulation 16.7%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Exploration 6.7%
- #33 Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
77% matchMixed63% of 996 reviews2021
Dev: Soaring Pixels Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.2%, Building 22.6%, Survival 16%, Simulation 12.6%, Exploration 10.8%
- #34 tuna hake's underwater
74% matchVery Positive99% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: osuika
Windows · Linux
you are a fish who does tricks
Why similar: Underwater 51% ★, Physics 21.7%, Sandbox 19%, Exploration 6.8%, Indie 1.6%
- #35 GoreBox
73% matchVery Positive88% of 21,831 reviews2023
Dev: Felix FilipPub: F²Games
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, battle with friends, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules—and chaos is your playground!
Why similar: Sandbox 46.7%, Physics 40.9%, Exploration 12.4%
- #36 Cogmind
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,943 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Why similar: Roguelike 25.9%, Difficult 22.9%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Perma Death 15.3%, Procedural Generation 15%
- #37 VOID/BREAKER
72% matchVery Positive92% of 2,318 reviews2025
Dev: Stubby GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Fast paced Bullet hell Roguelite FPS 🔴 Fight relentless machines driven by a hostile AI. Escape an endless cycle. Craft infinite weapon variants with deep gun modding. Forge deadly synergies. Carve your way out through enviro destruction /BREAK THE SYSTEM /BREAK FREE
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.7%, Physics 19.1%, Roguelite 17.7%, Difficult 16.2%, Roguelike 15.4%
- #38 Stormworks: Build and Rescue
73% matchVery Positive90% of 57,601 reviews2020
Dev: Geometa
Windows · Mac
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.9%, Physics 24.2%, Building 22.1%, Survival 12.4%, Exploration 11.4%
- #39 The Last Caretaker
71% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.6%, Physics 22.7%, Survival 14.7%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Simulation 12.5%
- #40 fishy
74% matchVery Positive87% of 411 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A game about a hungry fish 🐟 Eat to grow bigger, but watch out for fishes bigger than you! Grow big, strong and explore! Can you escape the pond?
Why similar: Indie 45%, Physics 36.8%, Exploration 18.3%
- #41 Scrap Mechanic
73% matchVery Positive92% of 117,049 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 57.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 25.5%, Sandbox 25.5%, Physics 24.8%, Survival 14.7%, Simulation 7.5%
- #42 Evolve Lab
71% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: SiRen Games
Windows
In this roguelike auto battler, every enemy you face was created by another player! Modify and improve your creatures' behaviour after each battle and see how far down you can make it. Do you have what it takes to be the first to reach depths, where no one has gone before?
Why similar: Underwater 37.1% ★, Roguelike 21.8%, Roguelite 21.8%, Perma Death 8.3%, Strategy 5.9%
- #43 Enlightenment
75% matchMixed63% of 457 reviews2018
Dev: LizardKing
Windows
In Enlightenment, you play in a roguelike action-shooter with a fast-paced challenging journey deep into a underground complex called "the Ark". Players will be tested by large varieties of enemies in a procedurally-generated dungeon, and become stronger by learning from the inevitable deaths.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.4%, Roguelite 14.8%, Difficult 10.3%, Survival 8.6%, Roguelike 8.1%
- #44 Soulash 2
70% matchVery Positive86% of 2,323 reviews2023
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?
Why similar: Sandbox 29.9%, Procedural Generation 18.5%, Survival 13.7%, Exploration 13.5%, Simulation 13.3%
- #45 SULFUR
69% matchVery Positive87% of 7,993 reviews2024
Dev: Perfect Random
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25%, Difficult 24%, Roguelite 23.7%, Roguelike 22.4%, 2D 5%
- #46 Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival
69% matchVery Positive80% of 879 reviews2025
Dev: RetroStyle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.4%, Roguelike 19%, Roguelite 18.1%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Sci-fi 12.3%
- #47 Mech Havoc
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 562 reviews2025
Dev: Mid DevelopmentPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Sandbox of destruction. Billion different ways to build your mech. Feel the weight and impact of obliteration in this modern old school mech combat sim.
Why similar: Physics 34.6%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Simulation 17.1%, Top-Down 13%, Strategy 6.9%
- #48 Dungeon Clawler
68% matchVery Positive90% of 3,403 reviews2024
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon!
Why similar: Roguelite 27.1%, Physics 25.1%, Roguelike 22.6%, Procedural Generation 14.5%, 2D 5.5%
- #49 Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,144 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Physics 18.8%, Sandbox 18.6%, Building 16%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Exploration 12.6%
- #50 Swallow the Sea
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,422 reviews2021
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: ItsTheTalia
Windows · Linux
You are a lowly egg cell on a journey through a swollen sea of strange and humanoid fish. Prey on smaller life and growing larger and stronger to perhaps someday be born.
Why similar: Underwater 34.7% ★, Nature 22.2%, Survival 16.9%, Exploration 15.5%, 2D 6.4%
- #51 Himno - The Silent Melody
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 345 reviews2021
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Himno - The Silent Melody is an atmospheric roguelite action RPG. Explore different interconnected environments, gather materials to create your unique arsenal and build and automate your base.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.1%, Sandbox 16.4%, Roguelite 14.8%, Roguelike 14.8%, Procedural Generation 10.1%
- #52 Aquarist
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,085 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A relaxing sandbox casual simulation game where you perform various, even strange, aquarium-related tasks on very diverse levels. As an Aquarist you must create and manage a home to amazing fish🐟, sea turtles🐢, sharks🦈, octopuses🐙, and more🐬. Aquarium is their world and life. Make it worth...
Why similar: Underwater 42.3% ★, Sandbox 24%, Building 17.3%, Simulation 13%, Indie 3.5%
- #53 Depths of Limbo
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 77 reviews2017
Dev: Evgiz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Depths of Limbo is a difficult action roguelike with a dark theme. The fast-paced combat is spiced up with a variety of unique items and weapons found throughout the procedurally generated world.
Why similar: Roguelike 53.7%, Difficult 33.1%, Indie 13.1%
- #54 The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
67% matchVery Positive91% of 691 reviews2023
Dev: PeatyTurf
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious "Enjeniring" experience!
Why similar: Sandbox 28.7%, Physics 25.6%, Building 18%, Difficult 13.9%, Simulation 11.3%
- #55 Swirl W@tch
68% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Sleeper Games
Windows · Linux
Swirl W@tch is a tense stealth-action roguelite that takes place on an over-exploited gas giant. Infiltrate industrial installations, evade or eliminate guard ships, commit corporate sabotage and grow the movement to unlock new gear. Can your actions free this otherworldly world?
Why similar: Underwater 26.7% ★, Roguelite 13.6%, Difficult 12.2%, Roguelike 10.8%, Action Roguelike 10.7%
- #56 Space Simulation Toolkit
67% matchVery Positive81% of 475 reviews2020
Dev: Pavel Kudinov
Windows
Physics sandbox game that uses a graphics card as a supercomputer. Change the laws of physics, design mechanisms, create A-Life worlds and inhabit them with living beings, experiment with evolution and AI.
Why similar: Physics 26.9%, Sandbox 26.2%, Simulation 18.5%, Roguelite 8.3%, Building 7.4%
- #57 Rogue Voltage
64% matchVery Positive94% of 519 reviews2024
Dev: Horizont Computergrafik
Windows · Linux
The engineering roguelike. Construct your combos by wiring circuits. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Discover devastating synergies and create overpowered builds.
Why similar: Roguelike 40.9%, Roguelite 32.9%, Simulation 17.3%, Strategy 8.9%
- #58 MineMogul
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,443 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Physics 29.4%, Building 25%, Sandbox 23.3%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 5.5%
- #59 Repetendium
65% matchVery Positive90% of 294 reviews2022
Dev: Bearlex Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Repetendium is a top-down roguelike-lite shooter. Select from a rowdy group of characters to play as and wield an ever expanding variety of gear and items to conquer the underworld. Death awaits...
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.1%, Roguelite 21.2%, Roguelike 20.9%, Top-Down 9.1%, Perma Death 8.4%