- #1 The Curse Of Yendor
97% matchVery Positive93% of 75 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 36.9% ★, Perma Death 11%, Dungeon Crawler 10%, Loot 9.4%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #2 Dungeonmans
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,217 reviews2014
Dev: Adventurepro Games LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 19.3%, Loot 3.5%, Dungeon Crawler 3.1%, RPG 2.7%
- #3 NetHack: Legacy
96% 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%
- #4 Tales of Maj'Eyal
95% matchVery Positive95% of 7,315 reviews2013
Dev: Netcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 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% ★, Perma Death 17.4%, Dungeon Crawler 12.9%, Roguelike 12.2%, Procedural Generation 3.2%
- #5 Dungeons of Dredmor
94% matchVery Positive94% of 5,406 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 16.6%, Dungeon Crawler 8.9%, Perma Death 6.8%, RPG 2.9%
- #6 Haque
94% matchVery Positive86% of 165 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 48.9% ★, Roguelike 31.5%, RPG 11.7%, Strategy 7.8%
- #7 Shattered Pixel Dungeon
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,045 reviews2022
Dev: Shattered Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
92% matchVery Positive84% of 1,600 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 43.4% ★, Perma Death 14%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Roguelike 9.6%, Tabletop 7.2%
- #9 Hack, Slash, Loot
93% matchMixed52% of 754 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 73.5% ★, Roguelike 14.7%, Perma Death 4.6%, RPG 2.4%, Dungeon Crawler 1.9%
- #10 Rogue Fable IV
91% matchVery Positive94% of 226 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 39.7% ★, Perma Death 13.7%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Roguelike 11.4%, Procedural Generation 6.8%
- #11 Quest of Dungeons
90% 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 40.5% ★, Perma Death 15%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Roguelike 9.9%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
- #12 Pixel Dungeon
89% matchVery Positive89% of 444 reviews2015
Dev: Retronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 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 36.9%, Dungeon Crawler 31.1%, RPG 11.8%, Perma Death 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #13 Xenomarine
89% matchVery Positive84% of 64 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 61.7% ★, Roguelike 15.9%, Perma Death 10.6%, Procedural Generation 7.7%, RPG 2.2%
- #14 Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 929 reviews2020
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.5 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 48.7% ★, Roguelike 20.8%, Dungeon Crawler 17.8%, RPG 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
- #15 魔塔地牢
87% matchMixed68% of 216 reviews2021
Dev: Zeros
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Randomly generated Magic Tower dungeons A strategy-based fixed-value Roguelike RPG
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38% ★, Roguelike 15.4%, Perma Death 12%, Retro 10.3%, RPG 7.1%
- #16 Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
86% matchVery Positive86% of 390 reviews2019
Dev: Portal Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Build unique class-and-race combinations, shape your talents, and test your strategy in a tactical roguelike dungeon crawler packed with campaigns, challenge runs, loot, bosses, and replayable depth. Your plan may be brilliant. The dungeon may disagree.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 31% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, Roguelike 12%, Perma Death 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.7%
- #17 OneBit Adventure
85% matchVery Positive87% of 719 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 39.1% ★, Roguelike 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15%, Perma Death 8.2%, RPG 4.7%
- #18 Rift Wizard
84% matchVery Positive92% of 1,051 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 26.1% ★, Perma Death 16.8%, Dungeon Crawler 12.7%, Roguelike 12.5%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #19 Zorbus
84% matchVery Positive90% of 368 reviews2022
Dev: Zorbus
Windows
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 41.6% ★, Perma Death 11.2%, Dungeon Crawler 10.9%, Roguelike 10.7%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #20 XLarn
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Swinfjord-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 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 75.1% ★, Roguelike 13.6%, Perma Death 4.1%, Dungeon Crawler 2.8%, Procedural Generation 2.8%
- #21 Pereelous
82% matchVery Positive86% of 86 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%, Perma Death 16.4%, RPG 13.2%, Fantasy 6.5%
- #22 Path of Achra
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,147 reviews2024
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 36.2% ★, Roguelike 16.1%, Perma Death 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 11.9%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
- #23 The Doors of Trithius
81% matchVery Positive94% of 883 reviews2021
Dev: Jake Donkersgoed
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 49.4% ★, Roguelike 13.4%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Dungeon Crawler 11.1%, Fantasy 3.3%
- #24 Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos
83% matchMixed50% of 506 reviews2021
Dev: Thomas BiskupPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.2 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 46.7% ★, Roguelike 13.3%, Dungeon Crawler 12.9%, Retro 8.6%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #25 Rogue's Tale
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 751 reviews2014
Dev: Epixx.org
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 Rogue Fable III
79% matchVery Positive93% of 733 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 71.3% ★, Roguelike 10.1%, Dungeon Crawler 4.7%, Procedural Generation 3.7%, Loot 2.9%
- #27 Delver
79% matchVery Positive88% of 2,842 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 28.4%, Perma Death 20.1%, Roguelike 18.5%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, RPG 8.1%
- #28 Kramora's Shadow
81% 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% ★, Roguelike 12.7%, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%, Perma Death 9.7%, Procedural Generation 6.1%
- #29 Desktop Dungeons
77% matchVery Positive84% of 2,347 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 53.4%, Traditional Roguelike 17.6% ★, RPG 7.3%, Dungeon Crawler 6.6%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #30 Luck & Loot
75% matchVery Positive91% of 191 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 22.7%, RPG 8.5%, Strategy 6.4%
- #31 Tangledeep
77% matchVery Positive82% of 1,471 reviews2018
Dev: Impact Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.6 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 47.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.9%, Roguelike 11.6%, Loot 8.6%, RPG 4%
- #32 Vulture for NetHack
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 197 reviews2015
Dev: DarkArts Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.8% ★, Roguelike 13.4%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Perma Death 8%, Dungeon Crawler 5.5%
- #33 One Way Heroics
76% matchVery Positive94% of 4,130 reviews2014
Dev: Smoking WOLFPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.6 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 43.1% ★, Perma Death 17%, Dungeon Crawler 12.8%, Roguelike 11.6%, Procedural Generation 5.7%
- #34 Monsters' Den: Book of Dread
76% matchVery Positive92% of 289 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 22%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Roguelike 14.4%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Loot 11.3%
- #35 Snake Eyes Dungeon
78% matchMixed57% of 562 reviews2017
Dev: TetabesterPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
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 38.2% ★, Roguelike 18.9%, Loot 7.6%, Dungeon Crawler 7.1%, Tabletop 5.5%
- #36 Cogmind
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,963 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 40.9 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 54.9% ★, Perma Death 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 10%, Roguelike 9.9%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #37 Siege of Dungeon
74% 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 31.6%, Roguelike 27.7%, Fantasy 11.9%, Retro 11.3%, Strategy 7.4%
- #38 Runestone Keeper
75% 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 52.8%, RPG 19.3%, Strategy 17.8%, Dungeon Crawler 10.1%
- #39 Wizardry Variants Daphne
73% matchMixed57% of 3,531 reviews2025
Dev: Drecom Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 67.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
3D Dungeon RPG The portal of despair opens again. The labyrinth calls you to destruction. Revel in the endless dangers, relish the risk, devour the rewards. Savor the risk.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 34.5%, Roguelike 26.5%, Retro 15%, RPG 11.2%, Fantasy 7%
- #40 Dungeon Scavenger
73% 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 34.2%, Roguelike 26.9%, Dragons 17.9% ★, RPG 9.1%, Strategy 6.8%
- #41 Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 649 reviews2023
Dev: QCF DesignPub: Prismatika
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 35.5% ★, Roguelike 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Loot 11.2%
- #42 Dungeon Mori
70% matchVery Positive97% of 63 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 14.5%, RPG 9.6%, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
- #43 Devil Spire
72% matchVery Positive87% of 509 reviews2022
Dev: Ithiro Sumi
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 23.1%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Loot 14.9%, Retro 11.2%
- #44 Slice & Dice
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,503 reviews2024
Dev: Tann
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 20.3 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 17.8%, Roguelike 16.8%, Dragons 12.8% ★, Loot 12.2%, Perma Death 11.9%
- #45 Terra Randoma
70% matchVery Positive90% of 164 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 41.5% ★, Perma Death 13.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Roguelike 8.5%
- #46 SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition
71% 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 19.9%, Roguelike 19.5%, Dungeon Crawler 15.5%, Retro 15.2%, RPG 12.9%
- #47 Right and Down and Dice
70% matchVery Positive82% of 114 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 23.5%, Procedural Generation 21.1%, RPG 8%, Fantasy 7.6%
- #48 Hieroglyphika
73% matchMixed65% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: M. HankaPub: Liu Lidan
Windows
Median: 4.0 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 62.5% ★, Roguelike 12.5%, Perma Death 8.5%, Dungeon Crawler 4.4%, Fantasy 2.8%
- #49 DungeonUp
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 512 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 44.8%, Dungeon Crawler 32.8%, Strategy 18.9%, Adventure 3.5%
- #50 Die in the Dungeon
66% matchVery Positive92% of 3,224 reviews2026
Dev: ATICOPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Dungeon Crawler 23.5%, Roguelike 22.8%, Procedural Generation 20.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #51 Deep Dungeons of Doom
71% 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 25.4%, Roguelike 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Fantasy 8.5%
- #52 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon
66% matchVery Positive93% of 169 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 20.2%, Dungeon Crawler 18.8%, Roguelike 18.2%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Loot 13.9%
- #53 Rift Wizard 2
66% matchVery Positive92% of 761 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 52.6% ★, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Roguelike 10.2%, Retro 7.3%, RPG 4.1%
- #54 Gloomgrave
67% matchVery Positive88% of 185 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 24.9%, Perma Death 21.5%, Roguelike 16.8%, Procedural Generation 14.4%, RPG 7.2%
- #55 MidBoss
69% 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% ★, Roguelike 11.8%, Perma Death 5.7%, Dungeon Crawler 5.3%, Procedural Generation 4.5%
- #56 Barony
67% matchVery Positive91% of 14,919 reviews2015
Dev: Turning Wheel LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Barony is the premier first-person roguelike with cooperative play! Adventure alone, or gather a party with iconic and unusual RPG classes to face off against the brutal dungeons. Test your resourcefulness, wits, and friendships, on your quest to lift the evil lich's curse!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 39.5%, Roguelike 33.3%, Fantasy 12.1%, RPG 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #57 The Fortress
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 147 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 40.7%, Roguelike 35.6%, RPG 7.6%, Turn-Based Combat 6.2%, 2D 4.6%
- #58 Emberlight
68% 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 21.5%, Procedural Generation 21.3%, Strategy 15.3%, Retro 12.8%
- #59 Crossroads: Lucky Edition
68% matchVery Positive82% of 67 reviews2019
Dev: icon.games
Windows · Mac
Crossroads is a hardcore roguelike RPG dungeon crawler stylized as a card game. Create your hero and go to the adventures to gain levels, loot new gear, learn different spells and finally complete your quest!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 68.3%, RPG 28.3%, Adventure 3.5%
- #60 Lord of the Dark Castle
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: Craze Creative StudiosPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Lord of the Dark Castle is a casual turn-based retro style roguelike dungeon crawler with elements of strategy. Randomized levels, lots of skills without dependencies and lots of spells to cast. Challenging Monster AI - play it smart or die. Remember: Death is Permanent!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 32.3%, Roguelike 27.3%, RPG 10.9%, Fantasy 8.8%, Strategy 7.7%