- #1 Xenon Valkyrie
97% matchMixed66% of 132 reviews2017
Dev: Diabolical Mind
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Xenon Valkyrie is a rogue-like with many RPG elements in which you will have to get to the deepest part of a moon and finish the plans of a wicked witch. You will be able to get many weapons randomly as you fight in a world that is created every time you play.
Why similar: Roguevania 60.8% ★, Roguelite 19.9%, Roguelike 11.3%, RPG 4.8%, Pixel Graphics 2%
- #2 DurDanto
96% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Shihan KhanPub: DevsLair Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
DurDanto is a metroidvania game where you play as Zubok in a fallen city with beautiful pixel art environments while facing different enemies. Use elemental abilities to uncover secrets of the fallen city, overcome the enemies & roguelike dungeons by skills & spells!
Why similar: Roguevania 56.7% ★, Roguelite 12.7%, 2D Platformer 8.9%, Roguelike 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
- #3 Rogue Legacy
96% matchVery Positive92% of 18,678 reviews2013
Dev: Cellar Door Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Why similar: Roguevania 77.7% ★, Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 3%, RPG 2.8%, Pixel Graphics 1.1%
- #4 Isekai Mage
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TongLee
Windows
Protagonist dies in a truck accident, reborn as a Mage Adventurer in an isekai. Explore chests, battle monsters, complete quests, and customize skills via roguelike mechanics. Defeat the Demon King in this blend of RPG, adventure, and light roguelike.
Why similar: Roguevania 69.3% ★, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 9.5%, Magic 4%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%
- #5 Abalyte
94% matchMixed67% of 199 reviews2018
Dev: Purple Studios
Windows
Abalyte is a 2D-roguelike metroidvania that focuses on the player's skill and inventiveness. While other games have crutches or progression systems that help the player beat the game, Abalyte does the opposite and throws you in a spike-pit.
Why similar: Roguevania 75.1% ★, RPG 6.7%, Roguelite 5.8%, Roguelike 4.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
- #6 Plague Breaker
93% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Wozzy Games Limited
Windows
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.
Why similar: Roguevania 50.6% ★, Roguelite 10.8%, Roguelike 8.9%, Class-Based 8.6% ★, RPG 6.3%
- #7 Rift Keeper
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Frymore
Windows
Embark on your journey, travel through rifts and restore the balance as the Rift Keeper in this handcrafted 2D roguelite platformer with challenging, fast-paced action gameplay.
Why similar: Roguevania 75% ★, Roguelite 12.4%, RPG 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%, 2D 1.6%
- #8 SIR ABANDON
92% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Retro-Role-Playing-GamePub: RRPG2022
Windows
SIR ABANDON is an open-world Metroidvania RPG blending exploration, dynamic combat, and character progression. Complete quests, battle epic bosses, find hidden treasures, and upgrade your hero with a class system, gear, and talents.
Why similar: Roguevania 40.6% ★, 2D Platformer 13.6%, RPG 10.2%, Roguelike 9.1%, Roguelite 9%
- #9 Gun Miner
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain
Windows
Gun Miner is a rogue-lite where you explore the ever-changing caves of a mysterious planet. Dig up treasure with your void-blaster rifle. Spend any loot you find on upgrades for your suit, for your gun, or for your ship. Yes you will die a lot, but each turn makes you a tiny bit more powerful.
Why similar: Roguevania 63.4% ★, Roguelike 11.7%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Roguelite 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 4%
- #10 The Crown Stones: Mirrah
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FraterPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
The Crown Stones: Mirrah is a dark fantasy metroidvania game focused on action-combat and challenging mechanics with pixel perfect graphics.
Why similar: Roguevania 57.6% ★, 2D Platformer 13.2%, RPG 11.5%, Magic 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
- #11 Betrayer: Curse of the Spine
90% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Triple Ch3rry StudiosPub: Proponent Games
Windows
Betrayer: Curse of the Spine is an Action-Adventure Metroidvania. The game features decision making, crafting, fast-paced combat, multiple endings, intricate storytelling, an open world to explore, and more!
Why similar: Roguevania 53.6% ★, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Roguelite 10.7%, Roguelike 9%, RPG 6.4%
- #12 An Amazing Wizard
88% matchVery Positive85% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Goblins
Windows · Mac · Linux
An Amazing Wizard is a 2D fast-paced metroidvania-inspired spell-slinging roguelike where you'll create spells. Master 7 elements and merge 120 unique spells in any order to create endless possibilities. Choose from 250+ perks and 200 artifacts. Collect your lost memories and reclaim true name!
Why similar: Roguevania 49% ★, Roguelite 10.7%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Roguelike 9.1%, RPG 7.3%
- #13 Dungeon Warriors
89% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Ant Design Games
Windows
Dungeon Warriors is a random dungeon barrage game that we use to polish our lives
Why similar: Roguevania 66.8% ★, Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelite 12.9%, RPG 5.2%, Indie 0.8%
- #14 Seed Hunter 猎源
89% matchMixed68% of 396 reviews2020
Dev: Wolf KnightPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Seed Hunter is a 2D Platformer with Roguelite element. You’re the alien finding the missing source around universe, but you get into some trouble on the planet of Earth.
Why similar: Roguevania 61.8% ★, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike 8.8%, 2D Platformer 8.7%, RPG 4.4%
- #15 Hollowroot
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Cmrak
Windows
Hollowroot, a fast-paced 2D action roguelike. Master tight platforming and combat in ever-changing, procedurally generated levels. Every run is a new challenge. Can you survive?
Why similar: Roguevania 64.8% ★, 2D Platformer 14.5%, RPG 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%, Combat 2.2%
- #16 Vagneria
86% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Vagner da Rocha Santos
Windows
In Vagneria, dive into an immersive gaming experience with randomly generated stages, exciting exploration, building mechanics, and thrilling battles. Get ready to become the hero the world needs!
Why similar: Roguevania 54% ★, Roguelike 12.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, RPG 10%, Roguelite 4.7%
- #17 The Red Hood: Hunting the Wolf
86% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Lola FisherPub: My Way Games
Windows
In "Red Hood's Hunt for the Wolf," you play as Red Riding Hood on a perilous journey through forests and caves to defeat the evil wolf. Battle enemies like skeletons and elves with your sword, collect coins, and overcome obstacles in this classic platformer to save the forest.
Why similar: Roguevania 77% ★, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 2.7%, 2D 2%, Fantasy 2%
- #18 迷宮のドールポリス
85% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: かべろくん
Windows
It's an action game where you advance through a mysterious dungeon whose shape changes every time you enter, while strengthening the functions of your aircraft.
Why similar: Roguevania 52% ★, Roguelike 15.1%, 2D Platformer 13.9%, Roguelite 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 2.7%
- #19 Darkness of Memories
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Axeagon Games
Windows
Darkness of Memories is a 2D action roguelike set in Edo-period Japan. Guide a memory-lost samurai, through mystical landscapes, battling foes and uncovering his dark past. With procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and deep customization, each playthrough offers a unique challenge.
Why similar: Roguevania 53.3% ★, Roguelite 15.4%, Roguelike 15%, Pixel Graphics 7%, 2D 3.9%
- #20 Slime Princess
84% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Aibit Games
Windows
Slime Princess is a pixel style stand-alone game that combines platform action, dungeon exploration and Roguelike elements. Players will play the role of a heroic slime and embark on a challenging adventure in order to save the slime princess who has been kidnapped by evil forces.
Why similar: Roguevania 47.8% ★, Roguelite 13.5%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Roguelike 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #21 Little Knight
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 黑猫游戏
Windows
This is a medieval horizontal pixel-style game that can achieve unlimited gold coins. Players can control the little knight and experience the endless fun of monster swiping and exploration.
Why similar: Roguevania 55.4% ★, 2D Platformer 11%, Roguelite 10.9%, Roguelike 9.1%, RPG 6.7%
- #22 The VIllage of Eri
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GhoulSoftware
Windows
A metroidvenia rouglike platformer RPG.Explore the world as you upgrade your character, buy gear, solve puzzles and save villagers.Fight hordes of monsters in the hopes of learning more about the world and yourself.Gain bonuses for every building you restore and every villager you save.
Why similar: Roguevania 55.7% ★, Roguelite 14.7%, Roguelike 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 2.5%
- #23 The Rogue Cavern
83% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Sean Frett
Windows · Linux
Explore an endless, procedurally generated cavern and find items in this roguevania-esque platformer.
Why similar: Roguevania 66.7% ★, Roguelite 15.7%, 2D Platformer 14%, Indie 3.6%
- #24 Meat is Murder
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Entertainment Software International
Windows
A top-down survival horror game, with procedurally generated maps, where eating meat heals you... but every bite makes the vegan serial-killer faster.
Why similar: Roguevania 82.4% ★, Roguelike 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #25 Break Through The Illusion
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: 90E GAMES
Windows
"Break Through The Illusion" is a dungeon barrage shooting game. The protagonist Mick needs to try to pass one room after another, make full use of the specific weapons and limited bullets in his hand to kill the monsters in these rooms, in order to reach the boss room for the final battle.
Why similar: Roguevania 50.7% ★, Roguelite 12.6%, Roguelike 10.2%, 2D Platformer 8.4%, RPG 7.2%
- #26 METROMAGE
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MAYA GAME STUDIO
Windows
MetroMage is an intense action roguelike where you combine elemental magic, stack damage multipliers, and create devastating builds. Explore procedurally generated maps, face escalating enemy waves, and grow overwhelmingly powerful with every new run.
Why similar: Roguevania 50.4% ★, RPG 17.3%, Roguelike 15%, Roguelite 11.7%, Fantasy 2.7%
- #27 Vagante
80% matchVery Positive89% of 4,986 reviews2018
Dev: Nuke Nine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Vagante is an action-packed platformer that features permanent death and procedurally generated levels. Play cooperatively with friends both locally and online, or adventure solo in this challenging roguelike-inspired game.
Why similar: Roguevania 45.7% ★, Roguelite 19.6%, Roguelike 11.5%, RPG 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #28 Dunjungle
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 723 reviews2025
Dev: Bruno BombardiPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!
Why similar: Roguevania 64% ★, Roguelike 10.7%, Roguelite 10.7%, 2D Platformer 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #29 失落的王国:Lost Kingdom
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: 海鸣
Windows · Mac
"Lost Kingdom" This is probably the hardest game you've ever played. It may take you a full 3 days to clear it, you should be aware that there are some hidden things in it. Every day you see something different. (This refers to 3 days in real life)
Why similar: Roguevania 64.2% ★, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Roguelite 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, 2D 2.8%
- #30 Pandash
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Laaab Games
Windows
Pandash is a rogue-lite platformer with different perks to discover and balance their powers. On your search for peace for your world, you wander through different areas, which will change every run. You need to get strong enough and unlock everything to survive and reach your destination.
Why similar: Roguevania 48.7% ★, Roguelite 11.5%, Roguelike 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Magic 6.2%
- #31 SuperEpic: The Entertainment War
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Undercoders
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
SuperEpic is a satirical and humorous Metroidvania style action-adventure game, starring a raccoon and a llama in their quest to save an Orwellian society from the rule of an evil corporation. RegnantCorp is an enterprise which is controlling minds through abusive micro transactions.
Why similar: Roguevania 87.3% ★, Roguelite 3.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%, Roguelike 2.4%, 2D 1.8%
- #32 pandaman
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lizhiwei
Windows
Action design The monster moves widely, sometimes blinking, sometimes surprising, sometimes funny and ironic, With complete sound effects and special effects, players can experience unparalleled tension and excitement.
Why similar: Roguevania 74.3% ★, 2D Platformer 17.5%, 2D 3.4%, Combat 3.4%, Indie 0.9%
- #33 Sustain
77% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Dingdang
Windows
This game transports players into a dreamlike setting, where they use the AD keys to control a geometric block sliding down a sunset boulevard.
Why similar: Roguevania 74.5% ★, RPG 21.6%, 2D 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #34 Ninjas in the Dungeon
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Cy1Games
Windows
Dungeon attack! In this roguelite shooter game, ninjas fight their way through dungeons and defeat various monsters in order to protect the villagers.
Why similar: Roguevania 73% ★, Roguelike 15.6%, RPG 6.4%, Combat 3.6%, Indie 0.9%
- #35 Super adventure
75% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Super adventure
Windows
Players will play as special forces and carry out dangerous and tense tasks
Why similar: Roguevania 74% ★, RPG 22.2%, 2D 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #36 Dark Umbra
75% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Crypt Rat Studios
Windows
Team up with friends in up to 8-player online co-op or go it alone as you level up your character and collect powerful relics in this sidescroller action rogue-like.
Why similar: Roguevania 61.4% ★, Roguelike 11.2%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Magic 5.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
- #37 Soulbind: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive93% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: Rubedo Games
Windows · Linux
Soulbind: Prologue is an action platformer in the Roguelike genre. The hero is a common skeleton and an outsider. But there is one special feature - you can replace your body parts with parts of your opponents' bodies. Learn the backstory and start your journey in the world of Allaar.
Why similar: Roguevania 59.8% ★, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Roguelite 11.8%, Roguelike 10%, Magic 3.1%
- #38 TOKOYO: The Tower of Perpetuity
74% matchVery Positive89% of 502 reviews2022
Dev: //commentoutPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You find yourself trapped in a mysterious tower – one that transforms its very structure every 24 hours, where you must surpass countless poor fallen souls and make your way to the heretofore unseen top!
Why similar: Roguevania 60.3% ★, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.7%
- #39 SHIRO
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tier 21
Windows
Humanity wants her dead, and a godlike alien AI wants to use her as a puppet. Take control of SH1-R0 and fight through challenging enemies on two fronts to prevent catastrophe. Explore high security facilities to upgrade your abilities and challenge the most advanced forces of two civilizations.
Why similar: Roguevania 58% ★, Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 13.2%, 2D Platformer 9%, 2D 3.2%
- #40 Mukuro no Rasen
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Matrix
Windows
Rogue-lite action with a Japanese dark fantasy style! Move and fight nimbly with simple one-stick, one-button controls. Grow stronger, death after death, and aim for the peak of the demon castle!
Why similar: Roguevania 29.6% ★, 2D Platformer 21.3%, Roguelite 20.4%, Roguelike 17.7%, RPG 6.2%
- #41 Ninja Soul
73% matchVery Positive80% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Ash Game StudioPub: Electronic Sheep Games
Windows
Ninjasoul is a platform action game that combines roguelite with Galaxy warrior demon city. Kunoichi, Tachibana Yachiyo unexpectedly awakened the ability of "death backtracking". She will find the truth in the land that used to be her hometown in the fight and death again and again.
Why similar: Roguevania 70.5% ★, Roguelite 13.7%, Roguelike 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%, 2D 2.2%
- #42 Carter Story / 卡特冒险
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: 椰果工作室/Coconut Studio
Windows
Carter's Story is a RogueLike game with random elements combined with action adventures, where you try to randomly pick up equipment and fight enemies, and eventually get the trial of growth.
Why similar: Roguevania 71.4% ★, 2D Platformer 14%, RPG 11.5%, 2D 2.3%, Indie 0.7%
- #43 Infinity War Land
72% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 90E GAMES
Windows
"Infinity War Land" is a pixel-style Roguelite game that combines exciting shooting gameplay, strategic weapon upgrades and dungeon exploration elements.
Why similar: Roguevania 45.1% ★, Roguelite 16.9%, RPG 9.9%, Roguelike 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.6%
- #44 Rising Hell
72% matchVery Positive89% of 314 reviews2021
Dev: Tahoe GamesPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Rising Hell is a vertical platformer rogue-lite filled with adrenaline-pumping action and tons of heavy gothic metal shreds. Climb out from the ever-changing hell while you fight hordes of blood-lusting demons.
Why similar: Roguevania 59.3% ★, Roguelite 12.8%, Roguelike 8.7%, 2D Platformer 8%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
- #45 Koboo: The Tree Spirit - Prologue
71% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Jerome LabellePub: Honest Rogue Games
Windows
Explore the free prologue of Koboo: The Tree Spirit! An action rogue-lite platformer where you battle against towering hunters as a tiny spirit. Forge powerful synergies, battle seemingly gigantic bosses and rebuild your home.
Why similar: Roguevania 56.7% ★, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Roguelite 11.5%, Roguelike 9.7%, RPG 6.5%
- #46 A Tale of Sand and Bone
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Talico
Windows
A Tale of sand and Bone is a story-rich action-roguelike adventure. You play as Shai, a fallen warrior bound to a vengeful spirit as you climb and fight your way to claiming vengeance against the gods.
Why similar: Roguevania 68.3% ★, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Roguelike 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%, 2D 2.2%
- #47 Moonlight Traveler
70% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Blueprint Core
Windows
This is an action game focused on combat, where a girl returns from the abyss to explore her own secrets and redemption, until the end of an eternal battle to see if she can break free from the shackles of fate.
Why similar: Roguevania 57.2% ★, Roguelite 11.7%, Roguelike 10.4%, RPG 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
- #48 Inken
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jacob Gislason
Windows
Explore ruined office buildings filled with vile inken creatures yet, find resources, information, and weapons to aid your survival. Inken is a fps, exploration based, roguelike where your knowledge gives your more power than your skills.
Why similar: Roguevania 87.7% ★, Roguelike 9.8%, Combat 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #49 混沌入侵Chaos Invasion
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JINIGAME
Windows
Chaos Invasion is a 2D ROGUE shooter game. The player takes on the role of a special drone, capable of simultaneously controlling up to 51 weapons and 9 items, to eliminate endless monsters until death.
Why similar: Roguevania 47.5% ★, RPG 14.9%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Roguelike 10.5%, Roguelite 9%
- #50 Otherworld Legends
68% matchMixed66% of 1,572 reviews2024
Dev: ChillyRoom
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A "blood-pumping, face-bashing" roguelike brawler. Master heroes of your choice, craft uniquely broken builds, and hack & pummel through a myriad of dungeons in a thrilling rampage.
Why similar: Roguevania 50.7% ★, Roguelite 11.2%, Roguelike 10.8%, RPG 8.2%, Co-op 5.9%
- #51 Through The Never
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Azikton Studio
Windows
Through The Never is a roguelike action RPG set in a reimagined Babylon. As a Rebel outcast, sabotage the Tower of Babel’s construction. Master divine powers, build unique runs, forge alliances, and face deadly foes in fast skill-based combat where every ascent changes the world
Why similar: Roguevania 42% ★, Roguelite 20.3%, Roguelike 17.7%, RPG 10.4%, Magic 4%
- #52 AKU: BRAVE REBORN
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InGame
Windows
A side-scrolling action game that combines Metroidvania-style exploration with roguelike cycles. In the early stages, non-linear Metroidvania exploration helps unlock core abilities; in the later stages, switching to the roguelike cycle mode allows for highly free challenges and build construction
Why similar: Roguevania 77.3% ★, 2D Platformer 13.8%, RPG 5.6%, 2D 2.2%, Indie 0.8%
- #53 Double Damnation
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: The Yellow Architect
Windows
Kill fast. Die faster. Abuse Immortality! Together...
Why similar: Roguevania 62.2% ★, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Roguelite 12.9%, Co-op 7%, 2D 2.1%
- #54 Rogue Planet
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brielle Thames
Windows · Mac
Veloria is the only world Reva and her friends have ever known. Is escaping the village's walls a good idea? Play as Reva and explore both the horrors and beauty of the outside world in Rogue. And most importantly, never, ever let the bad guys win.
Why similar: Roguevania 44.8% ★, RPG 16.2%, Roguelike 11.7%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Roguelite 10.4%
- #55 Summum Aeterna
67% matchVery Positive85% of 384 reviews2023
Dev: Aeternum Game Studios S.L
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Summum Aeterna is a fast-paced Roguelite inspired by the Metroidvania Aeterna Noctis. Create your own worlds, challenges, difficulty and influences in each new run. Die, learn, become stronger, and achieve victory. Death is inevitable, but glory is only for the chosen.
Why similar: Roguevania 59.6% ★, Roguelite 14.8%, Roguelike 12.5%, RPG 5.3%, 2D 3.2%
- #56 Manor Mania
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Retriod SoftwarePub: Deadzors
Windows
Manor Mania is a Metrovania Randomizer game nut scaled down in size with more focus on replayability. It has a handcrafted map, equippable gear/weapons, and random Powerups that help you navigate the manor. Many randomized elements ensure variety for each run.
Why similar: Roguevania 54.3% ★, RPG 19.8%, Roguelike 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%, Fantasy 2.9%
- #57 Grimreach: Forsaken Echoes
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimsmile Games
Windows
Grimreach: Forsaken Echoes is a dark fantasy rogue-like RPG where players explore a forsaken fortress, collecting memory echoes and battling terrifying creatures. Each fight draws you deeper into the mystery of your forgotten past and closer to self-discovery.
Why similar: Roguevania 67.7% ★, Roguelike 9%, RPG 6.9%, Co-op 6.2%, Fantasy 4.5%
- #58 SOULGRAVE
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bromanguy
Windows
SOULGRAVE is a character-driven action roguelike where you create wild builds, explore ever-changing dungeons, and battle brutal bosses with puzzle-like, telegraphed mechanics. Restore a shattered world... or doom it forever.
Why similar: Roguevania 64.6% ★, Roguelite 12.4%, Roguelike 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%, RPG 3.9%
- #59 The Light Of Vertical
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WangxoGame
Windows
A Metroidvania-style action adventure set in the collapsing "Sky City." Play as a life form awakening in darkness, explore decaying areas, interact with NPCs, battle bosses, collect cards, and uncover the truth through stylized art and deep storytelling.
Why similar: Roguevania 71.7% ★, 2D Platformer 13.9%, RPG 8.6%, 2D 2.7%, Combat 2.2%
- #60 Last Fisherman
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZwiebelGames
Windows
In abandoned biomes, forgotten cities, and lifeless waters, you cast your line — often without knowing whether it is still worth it. Rare fish, fragile systems, and a world without explanation create an atmosphere that observes rather than entertains.
Why similar: Roguevania 57.9% ★, Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelite 13.6%, RPG 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%