Games Like Road Not Taken

Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.

Why similar: Puzzle 90.3%, Adventure 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same grid-based movement and puzzle-solving mechanics that define the core gameplay loop of Road Not Taken.

Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.

Why similar: Puzzle 68.4%, Indie 26.3%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the atmospheric, puzzle-heavy exploration and artistic charm found in Road Not Taken.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Roguelike 60.7%, Puzzle 16.7%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Indie 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in tactical, grid-based puzzle roguelike gameplay where every move is a high-stakes decision.

TumbleSeed is a deceptively deep roguelike about balancing a seed up a dangerous and ever-changing mountain.

Why similar: Indie 84.2%, Adventure 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, procedural game that relies on precise movement and careful navigation of a dangerous world.

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 70.2%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Indie 9.9%, Cute 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a cute, colorful aesthetic with deep, turn-based roguelike mechanics that feel like a series of puzzles.

Each step into the unknown heals you and reveals new obstacles as you guide fresh heros to glorious retirement or ignominious death. Master tactical spells, appease ancient gods and get rich through taxidermy in this award-winning quick-play puzzle-roguelike.

Why similar: Roguelike 76.8%, Puzzle 13.1%, Turn-Based 10%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive puzzle-roguelike that rewards careful planning and resource management in a procedural environment.

Röki is a stunning adventure set in the snowcapped wilderness. As Tove, you must explore an uncharted world of hidden legends and forgotten monsters. Solve puzzles, collect curiosities, and uncover a tale of tragic loss, as you chart your path to redemption.

Why similar: Puzzle 69.6%, Indie 23.4%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric adventure game that centers on puzzle-solving and a deeply emotional, story-rich narrative.

An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

Why similar: Puzzle 81.7%, Cute 10.9%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on grid-based movement and environmental manipulation in a charming, atmospheric world.

Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.

Why similar: Turn-Based 78.8%, Indie 21.2%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, procedural survival game that emphasizes difficult choices and grid-based tactical positioning.

A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.

Why similar: Roguelike 67.5%, Indie 24.9%, Adventure 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a harsh, procedural survival journey that mirrors the unforgiving nature of the forest in Road Not Taken.

Vambrace: Cold Soul is a story-driven roguelite set amidst a frozen landscape. Plan expeditions, then journey to the cursed city surface with your party. Wield unique powers, avoid traps, brave strange encounters, and survive deadly combat in this gothic fantasy adventure!

Why similar: Roguelike 55.4%, Indie 22.2%, Turn-Based 16.8%, Adventure 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric dungeon crawler featuring a female protagonist and high-stakes survival mechanics.

The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.

Why similar: Puzzle 64.4%, Indie 21%, Cute 8.7%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the emotional, atmospheric journey of a lone protagonist solving puzzles in a beautiful, melancholic world.

Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!

Why similar: Puzzle 85.8%, Cute 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: A pure, grid-based puzzle experience that requires the same logical foresight as the movement mechanics in the seed game.

Lost Flame is a modern roguelike game featuring unique and challenging turn-based combat. Find your way in the ruined kingdom of Hiraeth while fighting against legendary warriors of the past and spawn of the unfathomable Abysm.

Why similar: Roguelike 89.1%, Indie 6.3%, Turn-Based 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike that emphasizes tactical, turn-based combat and deep character progression.

Journey to the dark heart of the Edgewood Home for Lost Children in this fiendishly difficult action RPG!When her teacher stepped out of the classroom a month ago, Cordy never imagined he would be gone for good. Now her fellow students have turned on each other as the school descends into chaos.

Why similar: Roguelike 86.1%, Indie 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike with a dark, story-rich atmosphere that shares the indie spirit of the seed game.

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Roguelike 73.4%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Indie 8.3%, Adventure 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, turn-based survival game that emphasizes resource management and procedural exploration.

Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

Why similar: Roguelike 76.6%, Turn-Based 21.2%, Adventure 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that focuses on exploration and procedural adventures in a stylized, atmospheric setting.

Has-Been Heroes is a challenging, lane-based roguelike game of strategy and action, featuring a band of heroes on a quest to escort the King's twin princesses to school!

Why similar: Roguelike 85.6%, Indie 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: A lane-based, turn-based strategy game that requires careful planning and quick thinking to survive.

Experience the wild as a badger sheltering your cubs from harm. On your journey, you will be stalked by birds of prey, encounter perils of the night, cross fierce rivers, escape forest fires and face the looming threat of starvation. Food is to be found, but is there enough for everyone?

Why similar: Indie 53.1%, Cute 28.2%, Adventure 18.7%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional, nature-focused survival game that prioritizes atmosphere and the protection of others.

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Puzzle 74.5%, Indie 20.7%, Cute 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant, grid-based puzzle game that forces you to manipulate the rules of the world to progress.

Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

Why similar: Turn-Based 69.3%, Indie 30.7%

Why You'll Like It: Uses procedural generation to create deeply personal, narrative-driven stories within a tactical, turn-based framework.

Peregrin is a story puzzle game. A solitary traveller undertakes a perilous voyage through the haunted ruins of a lost civilisation. Seeking to fulfil an ancient prophecy, she will have to use her arcane powers to solve puzzles and survive battles - if she is to find a way to restore the fallen world of Peregrin.

Why similar: Puzzle 46.9%, Indie 42.4%, Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-adventure game featuring a female protagonist and a unique, atmospheric world to explore.

Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.

Why similar: Puzzle 56.6%, Indie 27.5%, Cute 10.9%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-adventure game that allows you to rearrange the world map, echoing the grid-manipulation feel of the seed game.

Confront various terrains as a lonely mountaineer and endure the countless dangers of climbing! Many tough decisions await you in a risky environment. Make your way up and down the mountain, overcoming insurmountable heights!

Why similar: Roguelike 85.1%, Indie 11.9%, Adventure 3%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike survival game that focuses on managing resources and making difficult decisions while navigating a dangerous environment.

Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

Why similar: Roguelike 91.8%, Indie 7.7%, Adventure 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-based roguelike that requires rhythmic, tactical movement to survive increasingly difficult encounters.

Take the role of a manafinder in this console-style turn-based RPG set in the beautiful but unforgiving world of Aevi. Fight your way against ferocious beasts and other threats in the quest for manastones as you define the fate of the exiled.

Why similar: Indie 53.9%, Turn-Based 33.9%, Adventure 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich RPG that emphasizes exploration and features a female protagonist in a unique, fantasy world.

"The Path Home" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle game where you explore a strange world with a girl. Use panels to "flip" black and white tiles and reshape the puzzle world. The girl always searches for the "shortest path to the goal," but avoiding fake goals and reuniting her with the crow is up to you.

Why similar: Puzzle 76%, Indie 19.1%, Adventure 4.9%

Amber Throne is a turn-based JRPG-styled game about a girl in a desert world beneath a mysterious floating castle, and her quest to reach it.

Why similar: Turn-Based 55%, Indie 35.6%, Adventure 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven RPG with a female protagonist that captures a similar indie, atmospheric aesthetic.

In this deck-building roguelike, you'll use a customizable dice set as you battle through randomly generated trails - full of loot, mysteries, and danger to protect inhabitants from the evil that has corrupted the trail.

Why similar: Roguelike 81.4%, Turn-Based 18.6%

Labyrinthine Dreams is a short puzzle game about overcoming the scars of the past and following the right path, even in the face of overwhelming challenges.

Why similar: Indie 54.9%, Puzzle 32.1%, Adventure 13%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure game that focuses on emotional storytelling and puzzle-like exploration.

Survive a Wild West where dinosaurs never went extinct. Fight off predators, outlaws, and the elements as you journey across deadly biomes to rescue your kidnapped sister. Hunt or be hunted in this ruthless survival roguelike.

Why similar: Roguelike 87.8%, Indie 9.3%, Adventure 2.9%

The Deep Forest tells a classical tale of searching for family. Players will experience the changing seasons throughout the game and explore enchanting scenes depicting each season.

Why similar: Puzzle 65.1%, Indie 25.3%, Cute 6.8%, Adventure 2.8%

Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.

Why similar: Roguelike 57.5%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Indie 16.6%, Puzzle 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based indie game that offers significant replay value through its difficult, procedural encounters.

Prologue: Go Wayback! is a single-player open-world emergent survival roguelike where every journey is unique. Traverse a new wilderness that is generated for you every time you play. Chart your path, overcome the elements, and write your own story of exploration.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Minesweeper gone Rogue(like). Stock your cart with 150+ powerful items while avoiding impish Dust Bunnies. Dare yourself to climb all 16 floors of the ominous Tentateq Tower—but beware, 7 logic-twisting Hazardous Materials stand between you and janitorial glory. Can you keep your job until morning?

Why similar: Roguelike 73.3%, Puzzle 26.7%

Haque is a glitch fantasy roguelike adventure about cute monsters, low-bit hauntings, and a suspiciously talkative narrator. Choose your character and battle through forests, deserts and dungeons to defeat a mysterious evil. Die often. Try again!

Why similar: Roguelike 87.6%, Indie 12.4%

Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.

Why similar: Roguelike 81.5%, Turn-Based 18.5%

Embark on a journey through your favorite fairytales in this charming roguelike deckbuilder. Trade dice in battle to play lots of different cards or to use powerful character abilities. Encounter story events and make tough decisions that shape your journey as it unfolds in your personal storybook.

Why similar: Roguelike 93.4%, Cute 6.6%

Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

Why similar: Roguelike 100%

Offspring Fling is a game about a poor forest creature that has misplaced all of her children.

Why similar: Puzzle 60.7%, Indie 29.9%, Cute 6%, Adventure 3.4%

Coldridge is a push-your-luck puzzle roguelite! You'll need to carefully plan your moves and gamble on opportunities to survive. Fight adversity and save the city of Coldridge!

Why similar: Roguelike 64.9%, Puzzle 26.8%, Indie 8.3%

An unexpected assassination attempt leaves you wounded and fleeing across no man's land. To survive in this roguelike, low-fantasy tactical RPG, you must recruit strategically, fight desperately and repent sincerely.

Why similar: Roguelike 81.7%, Turn-Based 18.3%

Stray Path is an innovative adventure and strategy game that blends FreeCell mechanics with roguelike gameplay. Choose from colourful characters and explore a randomly generated world. Drag cards, optimize your choices, select equipment, and uncover the mysteries of this mysterious stray world!

Why similar: Roguelike 83.8%, Indie 8.4%, Cute 4%, Adventure 3.8%

SotSF is a turn-based rogue-like game with deck-building elements, in the aesthetics of Mesoamerica and transhumanism. Position yourself on the battlefield, build and utilize various combinations of abilities to defeat the mysterious spirits of the Silicium Forest. Has “Story” and “Roguelite” modes.

Why similar: Roguelike 54.5%, Turn-Based 45.5%

As a powerful Lynx, you will make your way through vast open landscapes. In the harsh tundra, you will raise and strengthen your cubs by mastering your skills for hunting prey. Do everything you can to prepare your little ones for the vicious entities dwelling in the wilderness.

Why similar: Indie 60.8%, Cute 24.1%, Adventure 15.1%

Endless Road: Reborn is a roguelike card game where players use a variety of equipment & skills to defeat vile creatures lurking along a treacherous, endless road. Players will also be faced with choices that will test their decision-making abilities and survival skills.

Why similar: Roguelike 79.1%, Indie 16%, Adventure 5%

The Forest Quartet is a puzzle adventure about a gone, but not forgotten, lead singer. Play her spirit and travel through 3 acts unique to the members of her band for a final farewell concert. Face their emotions, solve puzzles and fight the corruption plaguing their souls.

Why similar: Puzzle 70.3%, Indie 29.7%

──終わってしまった世界の夏、少女はあてのない旅をする。通話を介して終わってしまった世界を共に生きるアドベンチャーゲーム。

Why similar: Roguelike 90%, Adventure 10%

Build settlements, explore the Nine Realms, collect artifacts and upgrade your deck to reach the top of Yggdrasil in this post-Ragnarok roguelike city-builder! Can you survive the end of the world?

Why similar: Roguelike 67.7%, Puzzle 22.8%, Indie 9.5%

Game is a deck building roguelite card game with RPG elements. Save the forest kingdom from the oppression of the Mad King.

Why similar: Roguelike 58.1%, Puzzle 19.3%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Indie 4.7%, Cute 2.8%

Heroes Against Time is the ally-drafting game where you build a team and power up in a dangerous enchanted forest. Navigate events, fight enemies and dig through ruins while trying to avoid the creeping magical fog… Will your team endure… or be lost to the mist?

Why similar: Roguelike 86.8%, Indie 13.2%

You are a druid preparing the forest for winter. Traverse the paths at your own pace, meet the animals, enjoy the music, all wrapped in a peaceful roguelike experience.

Why similar: Roguelike 97.8%, Indie 2.2%

A tactical, turn-based RPG from the makers of Legend of Grimrock games. Every action, every turn counts as you control your party of heroes through challenging, handcrafted missions in the ancient, mist-clad Menhir Forest.

Why similar: Turn-Based 46.6%, Puzzle 26.9%, Indie 22.1%, Adventure 4.5%

Explore a survival-roguelike RPG set in an unknown and bizarre world. To withstand its many dangers, you'll need to gain new knowledge, scavenge for food, and acquire useful items. Craft, build, and learn your way through a crucial adventure to uncover the world's secrets.

Why similar: Roguelike 93.6%, Adventure 4%, Cute 2.5%

Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.

Why similar: Turn-Based 59%, Indie 33.5%, Adventure 7.5%

The Red Lantern is a narrative, dog sledding game about survival. You play as the Musher who, along with her team of 5 sled dogs, must find her way home. Care for your dogs, discover their stories, and learn how to navigate the unknowns of the Alaskan wilderness and prepare for your new life.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Everpath is a roguelite RPG with hand-crafted pixel art, explore a procedural generated world with the combat and item system of the classics action RPGs. Embark yourself as a member of the Northbarrow army, choose and personalize your class to find what is lurking in the wilderness of Northbarrow

Why similar: Indie 100%

Become the noble of a country on the brink of war.

Why similar: Indie 100%

You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

Why similar: Indie 73.1%, Adventure 26.9%