- #1 Idle Lab Rats
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex BrownPub: FAFF Games
Windows
Train rats in a series of mazes and help them improve their stats. Submit rats for grant money and use it to upgrade your lab with new tools and buy new rats with powerful abilities! These new rats have such amazing potential. How smart are these rats becoming?
Why similar: Strategy 27.1%, Simulation 26.3%, Science 14.6%, Top-Down 9.5%, Automation 9.5%
- #2 Conveyance
96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: John Hnidec
Windows · Mac
A conveyor-based production and logistics sandbox including smart machines, node based conveyor belts, logic and recipe based item generation and powerful design time construction. Create and connect Miners, Splitters, Factories, Containers, Vaults and more...
Why similar: Strategy 25.4%, Automation 20.1%, Simulation 19.2%, Logic 14.3%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #3 In Search of a Home
96% matchMostly Negative33% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Ghostly Bear Games
Windows
In Search of a Home (ISH) is a strategy rogue-like space exploration game where you lead a small fleet of ships and people out into unknown galaxies to find a new home. Not everyone will make it to your new home, and not everything is essential.
Why similar: Strategy 44.3%, Simulation 26%, Roguelite 15.6%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Indie 4.8%
- #4 Behind:The hidden Truth
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anemone
Windows
'Behind' is a narrative mystery adventure beyond simple deduction. Investigate every crime scene and piece together scattered clues. You will delve into the characters' complex emotions and hidden stories to reveal the ultimate truth, providing a deeply immersive experience.
Why similar: Strategy 25.2%, Simulation 23.4%, Immersive Sim 19.1%, Logic 16.9%, Puzzle 15.4%
- #5 Rock Paper Scissors: The Roguelike Puzzle Game
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: LunarCore Games
Windows
The Roguelike Puzzle game where you play Rock Paper Scissors and smash high scores with a variety of flavored blocks. Buy and equip power blocks to help you increase your score and get to the next round. Watch out for hazard blocks that may deter your progress and end your run.
Why similar: Roguelite 20.6%, Roguelike 20.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Puzzle 14.9%, Logic 8.8%
- #6 Bolariki
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Milkbox
Windows · Mac
The match-3 roguelike. Stack relics, shatter rules, and pull off outrageous combos, all inside a puzzle game that boots like a fever dream from 1995. Crunchy, retro, and dangerously easy to start. Impossible to stop.
Why similar: Strategy 28.6%, Roguelike 20%, Roguelite 15%, Puzzle 13.6%, Logic 10.5%
- #7 NYANCO MINE
92% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Nyanco Channel
Windows
Nyanco is back! Let's play the classic brain training game Minesweeper now with cute cat girls! Are you ready?
Why similar: Strategy 28.9%, Simulation 26.8%, Puzzle 18.4%, Roguelite 13.4%, Retro 5.4%
- #8 Stream For Your Life
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zandbox Studio Games
Windows · Mac
Stream For Your Life is a roguelike gamebuilder about surviving as captive streamer in a dark empty room. You must stream games everyday and complete contracts in order to accumulate cash. Pay off your debt in time...or suffer the consequences.
Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Roguelike 23.2%, Simulation 19.9%, Retro 6.8%, 3D 6.5%
- #9 Water Sort:Alchemy
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FWGames
Windows · Mac
Sort colorful liquids, solve relaxing puzzles, and enjoy the satisfying flow of alchemy. Water Sort: Alchemy is a polished 3D water-sorting puzzle game featuring beautiful glass bottles, smooth pouring animations, and hundreds of handcrafted challenges.
Why similar: Strategy 25.3%, Simulation 23.6%, Logic 16.6%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Puzzle 14.3%
- #10 Simple Railroad
89% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: Turnip games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build railways between towns. Manage trains by traffic lights and rail switches. Restore locomotives in your hangar.
Why similar: Strategy 45.1%, Simulation 39.8%, Puzzle 10.3%, Indie 4.8%
- #11 ZENITH
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yoshiaki Nakamura
Windows
ZENITH is a score-attack puzzler fusing Tetris with roguelike deckbuilding. Assemble a build all your own from 100+ enhancements. The higher you stack, the more your multiplier climbs — and when synergies click, one clear can erupt for tens of thousands of points. Chase an absurdly high score.
Why similar: Strategy 31.3%, Roguelike 27.7%, Roguelite 20.4%, Puzzle 19.1%, Indie 1.5%
- #12 Orbius
88% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Th3ValePub: Th3 Game Studio
Windows
Orbius is a suika-like, rogue-lite casual game where the goal is to get the highest score possible. As your score rises, you must select spells that make furthering the game more and more difficult. Will you master Orbius?
Why similar: Strategy 33%, Roguelike 20.9%, Puzzle 15.6%, Roguelite 15.4%, Logic 10.7%
- #13 Blueprint Factory
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Smiling Panda Studios
Windows
Every machine follows your instructions. Build automated factories with intuitive visual programming, solve clever automation puzzles, and watch your factory come to life.
Why similar: Strategy 27.6%, Simulation 23.1%, Automation 21.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Logic 13.5%
- #14 Particle Box
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: particlebox
Windows · Mac
A strategic incremental game about using scientific-sounding probabilistic particle interactions to make a number go up. Generate quettawatt-hours of electricity in the Particle Box room and get promoted to Senior Staff Intern.
Why similar: Strategy 31.8%, Roguelite 25.8%, Roguelike 19.3%, Science 17.7%, 3D 5.4%
- #15 Puzzle Loot
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Abejo Games
Windows
A 7×7 tap puzzle roguelite RPG. Defeat monsters by clearing blocks, choose from 25 classes, collect and forge gear, and reincarnate through New Game+ toward the Demon Lord's Castle and beyond. Easy to pick up, deep enough to master, with a bounty system that changes how you play.
Why similar: Roguelike 28%, Roguelite 20.8%, Strategy 20.1%, Puzzle 19.2%, Inventory Management 4.9%
- #16 Security Simulator: Nightshift
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MetypePub: Blue Dragon Games
Windows · Linux
A spot-the-difference-horror game; you use a camera system to locate and report disturbances and thieves, but you can't stay in the cameras the whole night. Getting up from your office to patrol is necessary to keep thieves at bay.
Why similar: Simulation 35.2%, Roguelike 23.9%, Roguelite 17.5%, Puzzle 16.6%, 3D 4.8%
- #17 Matchin' Bits
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rustle Games
Windows
In this world, it's MATCH or be MATCHED!!! A mesmerizing dance of satisfying synergy. Matchin' Bits is a match 3 puzzle with a roguelike twist. Create powerful augment combinations to decimate the board before the board decimates you.
Why similar: Strategy 38.5%, Roguelite 19.5%, Puzzle 16.7%, Roguelike 12.8%, Retro 11.2%
- #18 ShapeYard
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heidew1zzka
Windows · Linux
ShapeYard is a roguelike puzzle-strategy game where you select a starting character, acquire machines and modifiers, and complete as many missions as you can. Craft the perfect build, earn every recycling badge, and become a master recycler.
Why similar: Strategy 29.7%, Roguelike 25.8%, Puzzle 13.5%, Inventory Management 11.2%, Logic 10.3%
- #19 Fatherhood
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Treasure Goose Games
Windows
A game about a father trying to control his troubled son
Why similar: Strategy 30.7%, Simulation 29.6%, Roguelike 20.2%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, 3D 5.7%
- #20 Sam's Die-abalical Minesweeper
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ya Betcha Games
Windows · Mac
A truly die-abalical experience! Build and level up your action figure while utilizing powerups and perks to navigate minefields.
Why similar: Strategy 27.3%, Logic 20.8%, Roguelite 17.1%, Puzzle 14.6%, Top-Down 9%
- #21 Let Them Fall
82% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Marcin Kubala
Windows
Let Them Fall is a dynamic puzzle-strategy game. Transport objects using conveyor belts to the target zone. With each level, the game gets tougher with diverse shapes, colors, and limited space on procedurally generated maps. Will you take up the challenge?
Why similar: Simulation 26.6%, Strategy 26.3%, Automation 16.6%, Logic 9.8%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #22 Its Flammin Bingo
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MarcyCat
Windows
Its Flammin Bingo is a rougelike strategy game about playing bingo. Buy and use items in the shop to weigh the odds in your favor. Earn enough points to complete each round and earn coins. Gain bingo after bingo to thrive.
Why similar: Strategy 34.5%, Simulation 26.4%, Roguelike 20.3%, Roguelite 15%, Procedural Generation 3.8%
- #23 DomiNOo
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Elijah Anadon
Windows
Unleash your creativity and explore endless possibilities in our immersive sandbox game! Knock down dominos, play with different toys, and customize your world. With multiplayer mode and sharing features, the fun never ends.
Why similar: Strategy 28.5%, Simulation 26.4%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Puzzle 13%, Logic 9.5%
- #24 Lukewarm Ironclad
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ethereal Crack
Windows
You thought that you've had terrible bosses before? Wrong. It is now up to you to lay tracks, harass unionized workers, build resorts, blow up towns, bring in tourists, irreparably alter the weather, and overall make a lot of cash. Puzzle meets strategy in this live-action business simulation game.
Why similar: Strategy 55.5%, Simulation 44.5%
- #25 Police Tactics: Imperio
79% matchMixed62% of 423 reviews2016
Dev: CyberphobX Ltd.Pub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In POLICE TACTICS: IMPERIO you start your career as an aspiring police chief in Newport Falls, a city that is dirty and corrupt to its core. You are responsible for upholding law and order. Coordinate the emergency vehicles and personnel of the municipal precinct and put a stop to crime.
Why similar: Strategy 54.8%, Simulation 45.2%
- #26 TerTD
78% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: TeraHard
Windows
TerTD is a mix of tower defense and real-time strategy. The player can build various types of towers and choose your favorite upgrades. Defeat the enemy and get the victory!
Why similar: Strategy 54.4%, Simulation 45.6%
- #27 Dungeon Manager ZV
76% matchMixed68% of 76 reviews2015
Dev: StudioGIWPub: Zoo Corporation
Windows
Japan’s megahit dungeon simulation game is now in English and available globally. Manage your own dungeon and micro-manage your zombies, monsters, minions and traps. Think strategically to summon your forces, level them up and defend against endless invaders and boss units.
Why similar: Strategy 54.2%, Simulation 45.8%
- #28 Antiquitas
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Ape Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a thriving Roman empire in this offline city-building simulation game.
Why similar: Strategy 53.9%, Simulation 46.1%
- #29 Noble In Exile / 落魄之家
74% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: LemoNeko Software
Windows
As one of a once noble family, design and build your own ancient Chinese town using your remaining resources and influence. Plan and manage every industry and every store individually. Casual on simulation, hardcore on management.
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Simulation 46.9%
- #30 Oligopoly: Industrial Revolution
73% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Viny Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Oligopoly is a strategy game where you have to set up the production, distribution and trade of various goods. Exploit natural resources, build factories and infrastructures, produce goods and distribute them using trucks, trains or ships.
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Simulation 46.9%
- #31 Shop Tycoon The Boss
73% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: JNA Game
Windows
Shop tycoon the Boss is a store simulation.You have to run your store as well as possible.There are as few as possible when running the storerestrictions. Making it pretty realistic.Every decision you take has always consequences.In the rest of the game.Will you become our new Shop owner?
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Simulation 46.9%
- #32 Industry Transporters
73% matchMostly Negative25% of 48 reviews2015
Dev: Markus FickPub: MK game production
Windows
An economic simulation where you build up production chains as effectively as possible on a large scale terrain. You can choose from a large variety of wares and buildings to build up your production chain and use up to 4 types of transportation.
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Simulation 46.9%
- #33 ALVAROK
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: StudioGIWPub: Zoo Corporation
Windows
Japanese Indie developer StudioGIW is back with ALVAROK, a fun and easy-to-play Tactical Defense game. Play locally with friends or hone your skills against the computer with its built-in deep learning AI system. Adapt and strategize, utilize your various troops to defend and attack simultaneously.
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Simulation 46.9%
- #34 Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear
71% matchMixed60% of 39 reviews2016
Dev: Western Civilization SoftwarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
This exciting new release is a faithful adaptation of the renowned Conflict of Heroes board game that won the Origins Historical Game of the Year, Charles Roberts Wargame of the Year and the James F. Dunnigan Design Elegance Award, as well as many others!
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Simulation 46.9%
- #35 Nature Zen
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Octane
Windows · Linux
Nature Zen the first game created by Team Octane. In the game the player plays as god, manipulating the terrain that animals live on. Will you create an ecosystem full of happy animals, or will everything go extinct because of a lack of food in the area.
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Simulation 46.9%
- #36 IndustrySim Virtual Platform
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IndustrySim Ltd.
Windows
IndustrySim Virtual Platform is an award-winning, industry-themed serious game about constructing, operating and managing an industrial environment. The professional-level simulation engine, along with real-life events and gamification, enables you to learn and experiment while having a lot of gameplay fun.
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Simulation 46.9%
- #37 Cosmic Cash
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Rabbit Hole Studios
Windows
Ever wonder what baby a slot machine and a classic shooter would make? Well wonder no more! Cosmic Cash combines the retro action packed feel of arcade shooters with the thrill of winning big at the slots.
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Simulation 46.9%
- #38 The Great Art Race
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 187 reviews
Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
The famous art collection of your family was stolen. By investing the profits of your coffee or tobacco plantations you might have the chance to save the heritage of your ancestors – but only if you manage your colonial enterprise wisely.
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Simulation 46.9%
- #39 Wars of Succession
68% matchPositive84% of 37 reviews2018
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Ageod’s Wars of Succession is a new game designed to cover two major wars that consumed Europe at the eve of the 18th Century.
Why similar: Strategy 52.6%, Simulation 47.4%
- #40 Hotel Giant
68% matchMixed71% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: QLOCPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Become the ultimate hotel-mogul! You now have the chance to prove your managerial and planning skills in the hotel industry.
Why similar: Strategy 52.5%, Simulation 47.5%
- #41 Traffic Giant
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 171 reviews2018
Dev: QLOCPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Traffic Giant is an amazing simulation game that brings public transport on the right track.
Why similar: Strategy 52%, Simulation 48%
- #42 Radar Identified
65% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Deep Lore Solutions
Windows · Mac
Guide aircraft through real-world upper airspace. Assign flight levels, resolve conflicts, and coordinate handoffs. A realistic en-route ATC simulation with real waypoints, authentic phraseology, voice feedback and weather. Currently featuring German and US airspace — more regions coming soon.
Why similar: Strategy 34.4%, Simulation 33.5%, Immersive Sim 26.3%, Resource Management 4.6%, Indie 1.3%
- #43 Lords of the Realm III
67% matchMixed57% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Impressions GamesPub: Rebellion
Windows
When it comes to medieval real-time strategy, Lords of the Realm III flies the flag high. Whether it's maneuvering troops on the battlefield, negotiating trade and alliances, or overseeing armies across the lands, RTS fans will find plenty here to enjoy.
Why similar: Strategy 58%, Simulation 42%
- #44 M.U.D. TV
68% matchMixed41% of 190 reviews2010
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Always wanted to see if you can hack the day-to-day life of a TV producer? Here's your chance! M.U.D. TV is your ticket to the weird wild world of television.
Why similar: Strategy 52.4%, Simulation 47.6%
- #45 Ironclads 2: War of the Pacific
66% matchMixed66% of 41 reviews2016
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Create your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, struggle for dominance over the seas! Command a battle formation and experience the power of iron and steam!
Why similar: Strategy 52%, Simulation 48%