- #1 The Curse Of Yendor
97% matchVery Positive93% of 74 reviews2017
Dev: IBOLOGY LLC
Windows
Kill monsters, get loot, solve puzzles, complete quests! A sword and sorcery adventure where your magic shapes the world. A classical rogue-like with a modern feel. "Your nemesis has found the Amulet of Yendor... Defeat him before he ascends to godhood!"
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.1% ★, Perma Death 10.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10%, Loot 9.4%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #2 Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
96% matchVery Positive86% of 388 reviews2019
Dev: Portal Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Explore randomly generated content and experience the thrill of a classic tactical turn-based rogue-like RPG! Choose from a diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique abilities and strengths. Get ready for an unforgettable journey of strategy, skill, and discovery.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36.2% ★, Perma Death 13.7%, Roguelike 9.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
- #3 Dungeonmans
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,211 reviews2014
Dev: Adventurepro Games LLC
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 70.1% ★, Roguelike 19.4%, Loot 3.5%, Dungeon Crawler 3.1%, RPG 2.6%
- #4 NetHack: Legacy
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: FrozenCrate, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
NETHACK: LEGACY is a remastered version of the original NetHack, the deeply rich and complex fantasy D&D roguelike. Hack and slash your way through orcs, dragons, and cockatrices as you explore the perilous procedurally-generated dungeons seeking the Amulet of Yendor.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 74.3% ★, Roguelike 11.7%, Dungeon Crawler 5.8%, Procedural Generation 5.4%, RPG 2.5%
- #5 Dungeons of Dredmor
94% matchVery Positive94% of 5,389 reviews2011
Dev: Gaslamp Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 61.2% ★, Roguelike 16.7%, Dungeon Crawler 8.8%, Perma Death 6.8%, RPG 2.9%
- #6 Tales of Maj'Eyal
94% matchVery Positive95% of 7,237 reviews2013
Dev: Netcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.1% ★, Perma Death 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 12.9%, Roguelike 12.3%, Procedural Generation 3.1%
- #7 Shattered Pixel Dungeon
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,993 reviews2022
Dev: Shattered Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.4% ★, Perma Death 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%, Roguelike 10.1%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
- #8 Haque
92% matchVery Positive86% of 164 reviews2017
Dev: SuperTry Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Traditional Roguelike 49% ★, Roguelike 31.6%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 7.8%
- #9 Rogue Fable IV
90% matchVery Positive94% of 218 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Forge Games
Windows · Mac
Storm the lair of the immortal wizard Yendor in this fast paced, turn based, traditional rogue-like. The massive scope, deep mechanics and challenging gameplay that define the genre distilled into dense and highly varied one hour runs.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39.8% ★, Perma Death 13.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Roguelike 11.5%, Procedural Generation 6.8%
- #10 ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,595 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Biskup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.5% ★, Perma Death 13.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Roguelike 9.6%, Tabletop 7.1%
- #11 Hack, Slash, Loot
91% matchMixed52% of 752 reviews2012
Dev: David Williamson
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 73.6% ★, Roguelike 14.7%, Perma Death 4.5%, RPG 2.4%, Dungeon Crawler 1.9%
- #12 Xenomarine
89% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: Fourfold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience hardcore, sci-fi dungeon crawling in this dark, atmospheric roguelike. Xenomarine offers tactical turn-based combat with hundreds of unique items and upgradable weapons and armor, as well as massive replayability thanks to its randomly generated content.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 61.8% ★, Roguelike 16%, Perma Death 10.5%, Procedural Generation 7.6%, RPG 2.2%
- #13 Pixel Dungeon
89% matchVery Positive90% of 442 reviews2015
Dev: Retronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Pixel Dungeon is an exciting and extremely popular roguelike (more than 2 million mobile installs!). Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items and fight fierce monsters to find the Amulet of Yendor - the ultimate artefact of this game world!
Why similar: Roguelike 37.2%, Dungeon Crawler 30.9%, RPG 11.7%, Perma Death 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #14 Zorbus
86% matchVery Positive91% of 361 reviews2022
Dev: Zorbus
Windows
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41.8% ★, Perma Death 11.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.9%, Roguelike 10.8%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #15 Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 919 reviews2020
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Classic Roguelike Wanders Onto Steam! Adventure with Shiren the Wanderer and his sidekick Koppa, the talking ferret, through a world filled with cunning monsters, deadly traps and countless treasure.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48.8% ★, Roguelike 20.9%, Dungeon Crawler 17.7%, RPG 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
- #16 Quest of Dungeons
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 735 reviews2014
Dev: David Amador
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Quest of Dungeons is a turn based dungeon crawler game featuring a good old 16-bit retro artistic look. By playing as either a Warrior, Wizard, Assassin or Shaman you have to traverse dungeons, defeat enemies and loot everything you can in order to survive.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 40.7% ★, Perma Death 15%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Roguelike 10%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #17 Rift Wizard
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,049 reviews2021
Dev: Dylan White
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Rift Wizard is a tough as nails fantasy roguelike featuring challenging turn based combat and deep open ended character building. Craft your spellbook from over 100 unique spells and abilities and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated challenges to defeat your nemesis.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 26.2% ★, Perma Death 16.7%, Dungeon Crawler 12.6%, Roguelike 12.6%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #18 Path of Achra
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,085 reviews2024
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 35.9% ★, Roguelike 16.3%, Perma Death 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
- #19 OneBit Adventure
84% matchVery Positive88% of 708 reviews2022
Dev: Galactic Slice, LLC
Windows · Mac
OneBit Adventure is a casual turn-based roguelike where you adventure as far as possible to level up and battle against rogue monsters. Your primary goal in OneBit Adventure is to survive and loot. Choose from a variety of classes and build the ultimate class.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 39% ★, Roguelike 15.3%, Dungeon Crawler 15%, Perma Death 8.1%, RPG 4.7%
- #20 XLarn
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: Swinfjord-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This is a heavily extended version of one of the most famous roguelike games of the 80’s named LARN. Your choice is to find a magic elixier for your daughters recovery. Therefore you have to explore a lot of unknown caves, filled with monsters, demons and traps. Good luck! You may need it!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 75.2% ★, Roguelike 13.7%, Perma Death 4.1%, Dungeon Crawler 2.8%, Procedural Generation 2.8%
- #21 Pereelous
81% matchVery Positive85% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spin your way to victory in this slotmachine-driven dungeon crawler. Battle monsters, collect loot and unleash the power of the random reels !
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24.9%, Roguelike 24.2%, Perma Death 16.3%, RPG 13.1%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #22 Kramora's Shadow
83% matchVery Positive82% of 62 reviews2017
Dev: Slashware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 29%
A turn-based traditional roguelike featuring 10 character classes with unique gameplay styles. Explore five ancient realms to find ancient magical artifacts you will need to survive tactical battles against their evil inhabitants. Can you save the world from the wrath of Kramora?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.1% ★, Roguelike 12.7%, Dungeon Crawler 10.6%, Perma Death 9.7%, Procedural Generation 6.1%
- #23 The Doors of Trithius
81% matchVery Positive94% of 851 reviews2021
Dev: Jake Donkersgoed
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 49.6% ★, Roguelike 13.5%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11.1%, Fantasy 3.3%
- #24 Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos
82% matchMixed50% of 506 reviews2021
Dev: Thomas BiskupPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience the sequel of the traditional roguelike dungeon-crawling classic. Enjoy unlimited replayability through endless procedurally generated dungeons, countless monsters, grafting, crafting and a vast amount of skill trees. Journey into the ever changing depths of the Caverns of Chaos.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.9% ★, Roguelike 13.4%, Dungeon Crawler 12.8%, Retro 8.5%, Fantasy 6.3%
- #25 Rogue's Tale
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 751 reviews2014
Dev: Epixx.org
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Rogue's Tale is a single player turn-based dungeon crawling game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 74.9% ★, Roguelike 21.5%, RPG 3.5%, Adventure 0.1%
- #26 Delver
80% matchVery Positive88% of 2,836 reviews2018
Dev: Chad CuddiganPub: Priority Interrupt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Delve into the shifting dungeons on your hunt for the Yithidian orb, but getting it might just be the easy part. Delver is a single player first-person action roguelike dungeon crawler, just like you wished they used to make.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.3%, Perma Death 20.1%, Roguelike 18.8%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, RPG 8.1%
- #27 Rogue Fable III
78% matchVery Positive93% of 729 reviews2021
Dev: Pixel Forge Games
Windows · Mac
Rogue Fable III is a traditional rogue-like game which combines the depth, complexity, and challenge of the genre classics with a shorter, more tightly focused game length.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 71.4% ★, Roguelike 10.1%, Dungeon Crawler 4.7%, Procedural Generation 3.6%, Loot 2.9%
- #28 魔塔地牢
79% matchMixed68% of 215 reviews2021
Dev: Zeros
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Randomly generated Magic Tower dungeons A strategy-based fixed-value Roguelike RPG
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.3% ★, Roguelike 17.6%, Retro 11.6%, RPG 8%, Strategy 5.9%
- #29 Desktop Dungeons
76% matchVery Positive84% of 2,339 reviews2023
Dev: QCF Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 53.7%, Traditional Roguelike 17.6% ★, RPG 7.2%, Dungeon Crawler 6.5%, Fantasy 6.1%
- #30 Vulture for NetHack
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 196 reviews2015
Dev: DarkArts Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.9% ★, Roguelike 13.5%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Perma Death 8%, Dungeon Crawler 5.5%
- #31 Tangledeep
77% matchVery Positive82% of 1,458 reviews2018
Dev: Impact Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Enter the magical world of Tangledeep, a beautifully polished dungeon crawler inspired by classic 16-bit RPGs! Colorful characters, a unique job system, tons of skills, items, and diverse environments with deep, turn-based roguelike gameplay. A different adventure every time you play!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.9%, Roguelike 11.6%, Loot 8.7%, RPG 3.9%
- #32 Cogmind
76% 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: Traditional Roguelike 55.1% ★, Perma Death 12.2%, Dungeon Crawler 10%, Roguelike 9.9%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #33 Siege of Dungeon
75% matchVery Positive85% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: Binary Tree StudioPub: FirePillar2
Windows
Siege of Dungeon is a strategic team-based rogue-lite, where you challenge strong, cunning monsters and combine relics and skills to build up your team in turn-based combat. What’s waiting for you deep in the dungeon? Could it be a rare treasure or the beginning of despair...?
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.5%, Roguelike 27.9%, Fantasy 11.8%, Retro 11.3%, Strategy 7.4%
- #34 Monsters' Den: Book of Dread
77% matchVery Positive93% of 286 reviews2016
Dev: Monstrum
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Enter the Monsters' Den, a place of endless adventure, battle and reward! Lead your party of four heroes through each level of the ever-changing dungeon, fighting in turn-based battles and hunting for that elusive rare loot. The web-game classic comes to Steam!
Why similar: Perma Death 21.9%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Roguelike 14.5%, Procedural Generation 13%, Loot 11.4%
- #35 Luck & Loot
73% matchVery Positive91% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: SMARTcreativePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Luck & Loot is a dice-building roguelike where you’ll craft and customize powerful dice, collect game-changing relics, and battle corrupted foes in brutal, turn-based combat across procedurally generated dungeons. Victory is earned in this unforgiving fight for survival.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.6%, Procedural Generation 23.4%, Loot 22.9%, RPG 8.4%, Strategy 6.4%
- #36 Snake Eyes Dungeon
78% matchMixed56% of 536 reviews2017
Dev: TetabesterPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Enter the dungeon, get lost and roll the dice against the monsters! Play your chances against dangerous monsters like ghosts, werewolves or even the frankenstein monster himself!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.3% ★, Roguelike 19%, Loot 7.6%, Dungeon Crawler 7.1%, Tabletop 5.5%
- #37 Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 649 reviews2023
Dev: QCF DesignPub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind bestows bites of tactical roguelike action, which will quickly fester into a deep, lingering, and strategic obsession. Bargain with gods, equip your spoon and pick your battles, before retreating into the healing darkness. But beware… there are still many monsters to face!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 35.6% ★, Roguelike 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Loot 11.2%
- #38 Gloomgrave
74% matchVery Positive88% of 184 reviews2023
Dev: Netmancer
Windows
Gloomgrave is a roguelike dungeon crawler with a retro pixel aesthetic. Upgrade your Gloomcrawler with unique perks and experiment with different builds as you try to survive each depth in search of the ultimate ancient relic.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.4%, Perma Death 20.2%, Roguelike 16%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, RPG 6.7%
- #39 Terra Randoma
73% matchVery Positive90% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: Deniz K.
Windows
Terra Randoma is a turn-based roguelike RPG in a procedurally generated open world. Travel a world full of curiousity and perilous dungeons. Develop your character however you want with skills, talent stones and randomized items while you discover an ancient secret.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41.7% ★, Perma Death 13%, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #40 Runestone Keeper
74% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2015
Dev: BlackfirePub: Cimugames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Runestone Keeper is a roguelike dungeon crawler that blends classic RPG elements and turn based strategy. Heroes, monsters, equipment, events, magic and skills, traps and devices, shrines and altars, Goddesses and merchants. Choose your weapon and begin an epic adventure!
Why similar: Roguelike 53.1%, RPG 19.1%, Strategy 17.7%, Dungeon Crawler 10.1%
- #41 Dungeon Mori
70% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: FilthyDrawingsPub: Updog Software
Windows
Explore Dungeons, find loot, customize your character and face monsters! A Dungeon Crawling adventure featuring a choice based exploration and visual character customization!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.5%, Dragons 18.3% ★, Text-Based 14.6%, RPG 9.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
- #42 MidBoss
73% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2017
Dev: Kitsune Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kill your enemies, possess their bodies, and take their abilities as your own in this turn-based procedurally generated death labyrinth.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 64.1% ★, Roguelike 11.9%, Perma Death 5.6%, Dungeon Crawler 5.3%, Procedural Generation 4.4%
- #43 Slice & Dice
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,450 reviews2024
Dev: Tann
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat. Take control of 5 heroes, each with their own unique dice. Fight your way through 20 levels of monsters and try to take on the final boss. If you lose a single fight you have to start over so be careful (and lucky!).
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 17.7%, Roguelike 17%, Dragons 12.7% ★, Loot 12.3%, Perma Death 11.9%
- #44 Devil Spire
71% matchVery Positive88% of 481 reviews2022
Dev: Ithiro Sumi
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Roguelite Pseudo-3D Dungeon Crawler. It's King's Field but procedurally generated, and with Hexen-style graphics!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.5%, Perma Death 23%, Procedural Generation 17.5%, Loot 15%, Retro 11.2%
- #45 Dungeon Scavenger
72% matchVery Positive95% of 112 reviews2019
Dev: Vidama Software LLC
Windows
Dungeon Scavenger is a unique turn-based old school dungeon crawler that sets you on a challenging path of exploration. Select a hero to keep the threat of the dungeon and demon realms away from the town's people with an innovative combat system. Can you save the town from the danger below?
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 34.1%, Roguelike 27.1%, Dragons 17.8% ★, RPG 9.1%, Strategy 6.8%
- #46 Deep Dungeons of Doom
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 761 reviews2014
Dev: Bossa Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
This game is only for the brave. Dungeons await, each one deeper, each one more perilous and each one more challenging than the last.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 30.6%, RPG 25.2%, Roguelike 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Fantasy 8.5%
- #47 Right and Down and Dice
70% matchVery Positive82% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: mc2games
Windows
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: Roguelike 24.6%, Dungeon Crawler 23.6%, Procedural Generation 21.2%, RPG 8%, Fantasy 7.6%
- #48 Gumballs & Dungeons
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,727 reviews2025
Dev: QcplayPub: UltraPlayers
Windows
Embark on a free, exciting roguelike adventure with Gumballs & Dungeons! Collect and find hundreds of Gumballs, all with their own unique abilities, and create a synergistic team to tackle procedurally generated dungeons, discovering secrets and a trove of easter eggs as you explore!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51.1% ★, Roguelike 17%, Dungeon Crawler 16.6%, RPG 6.1%, Strategy 4.2%
- #49 One Way Heroics
69% matchVery Positive94% of 4,112 reviews2014
Dev: Smoking WOLFPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.3% ★, Perma Death 16.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.8%, Roguelike 11.7%, Procedural Generation 5.6%
- #50 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon
67% matchVery Positive94% of 154 reviews2025
Dev: Gearbyte Games
Windows
Become the ultimate desktop cursor in a deeply infected operating system! Navigate folders like dungeon rooms, delete viruses, and level up with EXEs in this action-packed roguelike.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.1%, Dungeon Crawler 18.7%, Roguelike 18.3%, Procedural Generation 14%, Loot 14%
- #51 DungeonUp
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 507 reviews2015
Dev: Clewcat GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A challenging rogue-like puzzler inspired by the classic Tower of the Sorcerer. Play as a human knight who fights his way out of a deep dungeon by slaying monsters and solving intricate puzzles.
Why similar: Roguelike 45.1%, Dungeon Crawler 32.6%, Strategy 18.9%, Adventure 3.4%
- #52 Hieroglyphika
71% matchMixed65% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: M. HankaPub: Liu Lidan
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Open the gate to the egyptian underworld! Hieroglyphika is a roguelike game completely without text but with pictograms.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 63% ★, Roguelike 12.6%, Perma Death 8.5%, Dungeon Crawler 4.1%, Fantasy 2.8%
- #53 Rift Wizard 2
66% matchVery Positive92% of 741 reviews2025
Dev: Dylan White
Windows
Rift Wizard 2 is a tough as nails traditional roguelike wizard simulator. You play as an immortal amnesiac wizard who must journey through the cosmos to defeat his nemesis. Each run, you'll build a unique repertoire of spells, passive skills, and magical artifacts.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 52.7% ★, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Roguelike 10.2%, Retro 7.3%, RPG 4.1%
- #54 Stoneshard
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 33,430 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Roguelike 25.3%, Procedural Generation 19.1%, Dungeon Crawler 17.7%, RPG 14%, Turn-Based Combat 6.6%
- #55 SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,587 reviews2015
Dev: Black Shell MediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition is a humorous and strategic turn-based dungeon crawling ASCII adventure. Drawing heavy inspiration from both Roguelikes and Japanese RPGs, the game offers a robust action-RPG inspired combat system.
Why similar: Text-Based 20%, Roguelike 19.7%, Dungeon Crawler 15.4%, Retro 15.1%, RPG 12.8%
- #56 Equin: The Lantern
69% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: DXF Games
Windows
Equin: The Lantern is a challenging roguelike that's easy to get into but tough to master. Conquer the huge 50 floor dungeon and its evil inhabitants in a quest to the bottom of the joint to find the mysterious lantern itself.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.1% ★, Roguelike 19.8%, RPG 11.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Retro 7.1%
- #57 Right and Down
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 227 reviews2022
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A deep roguelike and card game that is played using only two buttons: Right and Down! Choose your hero and explore randomly generated card dungeons, gather powerful artifacts to get new abilities, and fight against mighty enemies! Will you make it to level 50?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33.2% ★, Roguelike 19.3%, Dungeon Crawler 18.7%, Procedural Generation 15.5%, Fantasy 5.2%
- #58 Rezrog
70% matchMixed45% of 331 reviews2017
Dev: SoaphogPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Test your fighting spirit as you take your party of brave adventurers on an epic quest to restore peace to the lands of Rezrog in this table-top inspired, turn-based, dungeon crawler. Upgrade your skills & tactically exploit enemy weaknesses as you try to handle everything the dungeons will throw at you.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 20.7%, Dungeon Crawler 19.8%, Roguelike 19.6%, Tabletop 16.3%, Perma Death 13.2%
- #59 The Fortress
65% matchMixed70% of 136 reviews2026
Dev: Baryonyx Games
Windows · Mac
The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 40.6%, Roguelike 35.8%, RPG 7.5%, Turn-Based Combat 6.2%, 2D 4.6%
- #60 Emberlight
67% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: Quarter Onion Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Emberlight is a true roguelite dungeon crawler, set in a world where the Gods have given you a great gift - and a great curse. Explore procedurally generated dungeons as a Knight of the Ember Order. Conquer the quests set out before your party, and uncover the lore of the land.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 29.2%, RPG 21.4%, Procedural Generation 21.3%, Strategy 15.3%, Retro 12.8%