Games Like Ring of Pain

Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!

Why similar: Card Game 36.6%, Roguelike 21.6%, Roguelite 21%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 12.1% ★, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines roguelike dungeon crawling with grid-based movement and card mechanics that emphasize tactical positioning.

Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!

Why similar: Turn-Based 26.2%, Dungeon Crawler 21.1%, Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 14.2%, Difficult 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a grid-based, turn-based movement system that rewards careful planning and strategic positioning in a roguelite dungeon setting.

The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.

Why similar: Card Game 31.1%, Roguelite 22.8%, Roguelike 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, RPG 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique, cyclical movement mechanic and strategic deckbuilding that mirrors the claustrophobic loop of the seed game.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Card Game 38.3%, Roguelite 16.9%, Roguelike 15.6%, Dark 13%, Horror 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same dark, unsettling atmosphere and surreal card-based gameplay that makes Ring of Pain so memorable.

We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

Why similar: Card Game 27.4%, Turn-Based 21.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15% ★, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive roguelike deckbuilder that provides the core strategic challenge and replayability found in Ring of Pain.

A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.

Why similar: Card Game 27.1%, Turn-Based 26.3%, Roguelike 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Roguelite 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a dark, grim fantasy setting paired with deep card-based combat and roguelite progression.

Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

Why similar: Card Game 29.6%, Roguelite 19.5%, Roguelike 15.2%, Difficult 14.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: Delivers intense, lane-based tactical combat and deckbuilding that challenges your decision-making under pressure.

Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?

Why similar: Turn-Based 20%, Card Game 17.9%, Dungeon Crawler 15.5%, Roguelite 10.4%, Roguelike 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique, minimalist art style and card-based combat that feels both personal and strategically challenging.

A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29%, Card Game 24.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 13.9% ★, Roguelike 11.4%, Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on tactical positioning and card-based combat within constrained environments, much like the ring encounters.

Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!

Why similar: Turn-Based 28.7%, Card Game 15.7%, Roguelike 13.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.6% ★, Roguelite 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based combat game where positioning and predicting enemy moves are essential to survival, echoing the tactical depth of the seed.

Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.

Why similar: Turn-Based 17.3%, Card Game 14.8%, Dungeon Crawler 13.1%, Difficult 9.3%, Roguelite 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical card-battler that emphasizes positioning and party management in a gritty, dark fantasy world.

Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.

Why similar: Card Game 31.6%, Dungeon Crawler 30.5%, Roguelite 20.3%, RPG 7.2%, Strategy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon crawler that uses card-based spellcasting on a grid, blending tactical depth with classic roguelike exploration.

Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

Why similar: Turn-Based 22%, Card Game 21.9%, Difficult 15.3%, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: Features a highly stylized art direction and tactical, card-based combat that emphasizes unique character synergies.

Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!

Why similar: Card Game 28%, Roguelite 17.2%, Difficult 15.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.2% ★, Roguelike 14.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on strategic deckbuilding and meaningful choices, mirroring the high-stakes loot management of the seed game.

A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!

Why similar: Card Game 42.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.9% ★, Roguelike 22.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that focuses on positioning and card management to survive increasingly difficult encounters.

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.5%, Turn-Based 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Roguelike 12.4%, Difficult 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a similarly oppressive, dark atmosphere and high-stakes dungeon crawling where every decision carries significant risk.

Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!

Why similar: Turn-Based 20.2%, Dungeon Crawler 19.9%, Difficult 13%, Roguelike 11.6%, Roguelite 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Flips the dungeon crawler genre on its head, focusing on strategic trap placement and turn-based combat.

This card game combines elements of roguelike and deckbuilding. During the game, you shall strive ahead, gathering cards to build a unique deck and use it to defeat the enemies getting in your way. You will have to choose between escaping or try to defeat Death, who is relentlessly pursuing you.

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.7%, Card Game 20.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 10.4%, Roguelite 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, card-based roguelite that emphasizes survival and resource management in a dungeon environment.

Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!

Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 22% ★, Turn-Based 19.6%, Card Game 15.3%, Roguelite 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized, quirky roguelite that uses dice and cards to create a fast-paced, decision-heavy gameplay loop.

Phantom Rose 2 is a roguelike deckbuilding game. Fight and collect powerful cards as Aria, trying to survive in her cherished school that’s being ravaged by evil creatures.

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.2%, Card Game 17.7%, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Roguelite 10.4%, Difficult 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct card-based combat system with a dark aesthetic that rewards careful planning and deck optimization.

Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.

Why similar: Turn-Based 28.3%, Card Game 23.3%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 11.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 7.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: Integrates narrative-heavy choices with card-based combat, creating a tense and immersive roguelite experience.

"Night of the Full Moon" is a stand-alone roguelike card game. Take adventure into Black Forest. Random event, random plot leads to different endings.

Why similar: Card Game 44.3%, Roguelite 14.8%, Strategy 9.8%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 9% ★, Turn-Based 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, fairy-tale-inspired card game that offers a variety of strategic builds and challenging roguelite encounters.

An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.

Why similar: Turn-Based 31.3%, Card Game 27.7%, Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 12.9% ★, RPG 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical grid-based combat with deep card-based RPG progression and a dark, sprawling world.

A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

Why similar: Turn-Based 23.3%, Dungeon Crawler 19.2%, Card Game 18%, Roguelite 13.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 9.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that uses card-based combat and grid movement to create deep, challenging encounters.

Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!

Why similar: Card Game 21.7%, Dungeon Crawler 19.9%, Roguelite 13.3%, Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 11.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: Blends auto-battler mechanics with card-based strategy, offering a unique tactical challenge.

Beneath Oresa, a fighting roguelike deckbuilder, takes you deep within the city to confront your foes. As a strategist, choose your cards, upgrades, and artifacts wisely, but as a fighter, turn their positioning to your advantage.

Why similar: Card Game 28.5%, Turn-Based 23.5%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.3% ★, Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical deckbuilder with stylized visuals that emphasizes positioning and combat flow in a dungeon setting.

Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but dice! Deal with enemies by combining powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.7%, Card Game 19.6%, Difficult 13.3%, Roguelite 12.7%, Roguelike 11%

Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 36.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 17.9% ★, Card Game 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 11%, RPG 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized dungeon crawler that uses a card-based inventory and skill system to simplify and refine the classic hack-and-slash experience.

Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

Why similar: Card Game 29%, Difficult 23.5%, Roguelite 23.2%, Roguelike 15.7%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, grid-based combat game that requires quick thinking and precise card execution to survive.

"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.

Why similar: Card Game 32.2%, Turn-Based 27%, Difficult 20.7%, Strategy 7.5%, Horror 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply strategic card-battler with a dark, complex narrative and unique combat mechanics.

Oaken, a turn-based tactical roguelike set in the spirit inhabited world. Explore the Great Oak, gather allies and trinkets, learn to use the positioning for your advantage, choose how to upgrade your cards. Wake the spirits and save the Oak!

Why similar: Turn-Based 49%, Roguelite 27%, RPG 8.2%, Strategy 7%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, grid-based roguelite with a unique visual style and card-driven combat mechanics.

Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.

Why similar: Turn-Based 20%, Card Game 17%, Dungeon Crawler 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Roguelite 10.4%

SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.

Why similar: Turn-Based 21%, Card Game 18.1%, Difficult 11.7%, Roguelite 11.5%, Roguelike 9.5%

Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.

Why similar: Card Game 21.8%, Dungeon Crawler 21%, Roguelite 14%, Difficult 12.4%, Roguelike 12.3%

Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.

Why similar: Card Game 17.5%, Dungeon Crawler 15.5%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Difficult 10.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10% ★

Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.6%, Card Game 20.6%, Roguelite 12.4%, Difficult 11%, Roguelike 10.4%

Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.5%, Card Game 26.2%, Roguelike 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, RPG 7%

A rogue-like deck-building experience coupled with table top battles. Choose a hero and allegiance then dive deep into the dungeon, evolving your deck for survival. Each choice you make matters, even in between battles!

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.8%, Card Game 20.5%, Dungeon Crawler 16.2%, Roguelite 12.2%, Roguelike 10.8%

A deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. Your choices will lead you to judgement.

Why similar: Turn-Based 18.9%, Card Game 18.4%, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, Difficult 11.5%, Roguelite 10.6%

Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!

Why similar: Turn-Based 18.9%, Dungeon Crawler 16.4%, Card Game 15.4%, Roguelike 11.7%, Roguelite 11.5%

Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.4%, Card Game 27.6%, Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelite 12.9%, RPG 5.9%

Step into the Demon’s Mirror and enter a fantastical, nightmarish world in this roguelike deckbuilder! Strategy meets the arcane in a unique fusion of deck-building and chain-3 mechanics. Can you face your demons and come out unscathed?

Why similar: Card Game 23.9%, Turn-Based 21%, Dungeon Crawler 17.8%, Roguelite 12.8%, Roguelike 12.3%

Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?

Why similar: Card Game 41.4%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 22.3% ★, Difficult 15.6%, Strategy 7.8%, Roguelike 7.3%

Little Dungeon Stories is a challenging roguelike card-based RPG. Enter the dungeon full of secrets, hostile monsters, deadly traps, and legendary loots. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Card Game 21.9%, Turn-Based 19.9%, Roguelite 14.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 12.9% ★, Difficult 9.2%

Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.3%, Card Game 24.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.5% ★, Roguelike 12.5%, Dark 7.4%

Explore randomly generated card dungeons where you can only move Right and Down, use Dice to defeat mighty enemies, gather powerful artifacts, and learn new abilities! Will you be able to escape from the dungeon?

Why similar: Turn-Based 20.1%, Card Game 18.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, Roguelite 12.6%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10.9% ★

A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!

Why similar: Card Game 24.1%, Roguelike 15.9%, Roguelite 14.7%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.6% ★, Difficult 13.5%

The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!

Why similar: Turn-Based 33.4%, Inventory Management 16.5%, Roguelite 15.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 13.9% ★, Roguelike 13.8%

In this exciting Card Building Roguelike game you create your cards from scratch adding different upgrades. Build your train, explore the Labyrinth and survive. Discover infinite synergies. How far will you go?

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 18.5%, Turn-Based 17.4%, Card Game 13.6%, Difficult 12.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10.5% ★

Hunt through the wastelands for colossal Beasts in this roguelike deckbuilder. Beware! Beasts grow stronger during battle, allowing them to consume your creatures or counter your spells. Carve profane Gifts from these behemoths and grow stronger to serve your Patron! But serve them to what end?

Why similar: Card Game 23.2%, Turn-Based 21.2%, Roguelite 12.4%, Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 12% ★

Dungeon No Dungeon is a turn-based roguelike game with a unique hand-drawn art style, with a strategy system based around body parts that you've likely never encountered before.

Why similar: Turn-Based 15.2%, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, Roguelite 11.8%, Card Game 11.5%, Roguelike 9.5%

Destiny or Fate is a deck-building roguelite game. Choose a hero, build a deck and a party of mythical creatures, and set out on an endless adventure! Are you ready to make your own destiny, or will you succumb to an evil fate?

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.6%, Card Game 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Roguelite 10.1%, Difficult 9.9%

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: Dungeon Crawler 24.6%, Roguelite 24.6%, Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.7% ★, RPG 8.7%

Neurodeck is a psychological deckbuilding card game to challenge your fears. Build your deck & capacities by answering personality tests, visiting rooms or meditating. Face your phobia and defeat them through the power of life-inspired cards.

Why similar: Turn-Based 19%, Card Game 17%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 10.1% ★, Roguelite 9.9%

Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.4%, Dungeon Crawler 28%, Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelite 12.9%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.8%, Card Game 20%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 13.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.3%, Roguelite 12%

Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.

Why similar: Card Game 27.5%, Roguelike 15.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 14.5% ★, Roguelite 14.5%, Turn-Based 13%

Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 36.5%, Roguelite 23.4%, Difficult 21.9%, Roguelike 18.3%

Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22%, Card Game 18.7%, Roguelite 11%, Roguelike 10.3%, Difficult 10.2%

A tactical roguelike RPG inspired by our favorite tabletop games that lets you create any ability, item, villain, hero, and game imaginable.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.8%, Dungeon Crawler 25.8%, Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelite 11.4%, RPG 9.4%