- #1 Reclaim The Sea
97% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: 1LastGame
Windows
Reclaim the Sea is a roguelike strategy game set in a pirate fantasy world. Fight your way through randomly generated maps and text events. Command your pirate crew, upgrade your ship and make tactical decisions to beat the boss and save the world… or die trying.
Why similar: Pirates 22.1% ★, Real-Time with Pause 17.2% ★, Perma Death 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.4%, Roguelike 9.2%
- #2 Abandon Ship
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,326 reviews2019
Dev: Fireblade Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.
Why similar: Pirates 23.1% ★, Naval Combat 14.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Perma Death 12.2%, Roguelite 8.6%
- #3 Void War
95% matchVery Positive94% of 3,537 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.6% ★, Perma Death 20.2%, Roguelite 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #4 High and Dry
96% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Justin StewartPub: Goose Games
Windows
High and Dry is a swash-buckling strategy rogue like where you race against time to save your soul from Davey Jones! You will fight against pirates, pillage ships, take your chances with dodgy treasure maps, and whatever else you must do to gain strength before the time comes for your final battle!
Why similar: Pirates 27.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 23.1%, Naval Combat 16.7% ★, Strategy 15%, Roguelike 13.6%
- #5 Aye Aye, Captain
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: North State Games
Windows
Aye Aye Captain is a game about crewing a ship on the high seas of the 1500 and 1600s. You'll have to manage a crew, provide them with consistent booty, rum, and fight off mutinies all while pillaging vessels of royal navies, other pirates, and trading companies.
Why similar: Pirates 31.9% ★, Naval Combat 19.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Roguelite 11.7%, Roguelike 7.9%
- #6 WARPSQUAD
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tom LoomanPub: LODZERO
Windows
WARPSQUAD is a space exploration rogue-lite in an ever-changing galaxy to be played solo or co-op. Encounter a wide range of hostile spaceships, special events, and upgrades to your ship and crew. Master the ship terminals and crew with unique traits to survive this hostile world.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24.1% ★, Perma Death 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Roguelite 12.9%, Roguelike 10.2%
- #7 Pirate Haven
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Downunder Games Studio
Windows
Sail the seas as a pirate captain in this challenging roguelike action adventure game! Battle other pirates, search for booty, and upgrade your ship at ports. You can also find ship power-ups and encounter dangerous boss events and storm events.
Why similar: Pirates 30.8% ★, Perma Death 18.6%, Naval Combat 17.1% ★, Roguelite 11.2%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #8 Crying Suns
92% matchVery Positive86% of 4,448 reviews2019
Dev: Alt Shift
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.8% ★, Perma Death 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, Roguelite 11.1%, Tactical 9.5%
- #9 Red Rogue Sea
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Firemage Studios
Windows · Linux
Red Rogue Sea is a roguelike strategy game that puts you in the shoes of a pirate captain and their crew. Manage your vessel as you sail through the treacherous waters of the archipelago, interact with the scum that inhabit it, and engage in battle using a tactical deck-building system.
Why similar: Pirates 24.2% ★, Naval Combat 18.3% ★, Perma Death 16.7%, Roguelike 11.3%, Choices Matter 10%
- #10 Poly Pirates
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Daniel CrandallPub: Shroud Studios
Windows
Build ye ship, battle ye enemies, and take the plunder! But beware, there be dangers in these waters...
Why similar: Pirates 47.1% ★, Perma Death 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Choices Matter 6%
- #11 FTL: Faster Than Light
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 77,568 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.8%, Real-Time with Pause 18.5% ★, Roguelike 17.8%, Strategy 9.1%, Procedural Generation 7.6%
- #12 SCP : CENTURA TYCOON
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ATallGoat
Windows
SCP: CENTURA TYCOON - Rebuild the SCP Foundation, contain anomalies, and face the Chaos Insurgency. Your choices shape humanity's fate. Can you secure, contain, and protect?
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29.3%, Perma Death 25.8%, Strategy 12.6%, Inventory Management 9.3%, Management 8.5%
- #13 Submarine Homesick Blues
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: MONOKU SAS
Windows · Mac
A real-time submarine management and survival game with tactical pause, where you manage crew, systems, and resources under constant pressure.
Why similar: Roguelike 15.1%, Tactical 13.4%, Perma Death 12.7%, Inventory Management 12.6%, Strategy 12.3%
- #14 Rogues Don't Cry
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Mythic Grid Studios
Windows
A game for those who played hundreds of strategy/roguelikes and want something new and wild. Build your army, explore a harsh random world, fight varied battles, die, start over, experiment, break the game, become godly and destroy everything. Be proud.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.9%, Real Time Tactics 20%, Roguelite 14.4%, Tactical 12.1%, Procedural Generation 10.8%
- #15 Sixty Jumps to Ceres
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Hartwich
Windows
In this strategy-roguelike game, you command a space ship on a desperate last mission in the asteroid belt. Negotiate, battle your foes, and upgrade your ship. Get stronger as you progress into increasingly hostile space. Only the boldest, most skilled captain will make it to Ceres. Will you?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.9% ★, Perma Death 14.3%, Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 11.8%, Procedural Generation 10.7%
- #16 XO
86% matchVery Positive87% of 102 reviews2019
Dev: Jumpdrive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a fleet and lead humanity to safety. Grow your fleet using force, diplomacy or guile... and try to stay ahead of the relentless Harvesters. Each ship you add to your fleet gives you powers but also reduces your limited resources in this challenging RTS-with-pause game.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24.2% ★, Pirates 21.9% ★, Perma Death 16%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Roguelite 10.8%
- #17 Starship Inspector
86% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 19.8% ★, Perma Death 19.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Roguelite 14.6%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #18 Brace for Dolphins!
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: We Are the Dolphins
Windows
A fast-paced 2D top-down roguelite strategy game where you command a shifting galactic warfront. Fight real-time battles on contested planets to prevent an advanced dolphin empire from conquering the galaxy. Race to out-build and out-gun your enemy before it's too late.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 23.2%, Roguelite 17.1%, Perma Death 14.9%, Strategy 14.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #19 Corpoct
85% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: WolderadoPub: TwoBros
Windows · Mac
Test your wits as well as your ability to lead an expedition in this deep space dungeon-crawler. Hire the best heroes and villains of the galaxy. Find unknown planets in uncharted space. Start small, plan big and get a fleet of warships capable enough to rival most fearsome enemies.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.2% ★, Perma Death 18.9%, Roguelike 10.9%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Tactical 9%
- #20 Heat Signature
84% matchVery Positive94% of 7,334 reviews2017
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.7% ★, Roguelike 13.1%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Perma Death 11.4%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #21 Skyland
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evan Bowman
Windows
In this gorgeous FTL-inspired tactical RTS, you and your crew must take command of a flying castle, and defend it from sky pirates while fighting enemies of increasing difficulty. Originally developed for Gameboy Advance, now available on Steam!
Why similar: Roguelike 21.6%, Naval Combat 19.2% ★, Strategy 19%, Tactical 16.9%, Perma Death 16.8%
- #22 Hunting Pack
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Vaeril Games
Windows
It’s a forest at night, and the hunt begins. Carefully plan your pack’s next move to avoid being seen, smelled or heard. Hunt enough prey to survive the next month, and develop your pack and tactics throughout changing seasons. You’ll fail – but learn from your mistakes and prepare for the next run!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.3% ★, Perma Death 22.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.3%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #23 Insurmountable
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 947 reviews2021
Dev: ByteRockers' GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Perma Death 23.2%, Tactical 12.9%, Roguelike 12%, Roguelite 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #24 Quinterra
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 49 reviews2021
Dev: Sidereal Studio
Windows
Customize your army and control the battlefield in this challenging turn-based tactics game with roguelike progression!
Why similar: Perma Death 19.3%, Roguelite 15.9%, Roguelike 14.6%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Strategy 10.4%
- #25 Pirates! Showdown: Enhanced Edition
80% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: FlashPoint Games, LLC
Windows
A fast-paced game combining real-time strategy and defense tactics. Face off against the fearsome Red Hand privateers in thrilling head-to-head pirate battles on the high sea! Capture towns, guard towers, and much more to strengthen your defense, buff up your ships, and increase your gold supply!
Why similar: Pirates 36.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.6%, Naval Combat 17% ★, Strategy 8.1%, Management 7%
- #26 Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
82% matchMixed66% of 297 reviews2015
Dev: Blazing Griffin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX
Why similar: Pirates 20.6% ★, Procedural Generation 17.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Roguelike 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 8.1%
- #27 Anchored Hearts: A Tale of Destiny
79% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Studio WitchstarPub: Lovewish
Windows
A pirate on the run, La Belladonna must escape imprisonment and prove her innocence in this roguelite adventure-meets-romance novel! Navigate wild waters, fight enemy ships, and decide to whom you’ll give your heart. Through narrative choices, unravel the truth behind your cursed fate!
Why similar: Pirates 36.2% ★, Naval Combat 18.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, Roguelite 12%, Tactical 9.7%
- #28 Status One
78% matchPositive80% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: LastCall Studio
Windows
Status One is a top-down 3D tactical shooter RPG where you create your own task force from scratch and lead your squad while being personally on the field
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.3% ★, Perma Death 22%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, Tactical 11.2%, Management 8.5%
- #29 Colonisator
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Royal Pourceau Studios
Windows
Play as a ship captain, at the head of your shipping company, in a fictional 17th century full of colors and dangers! Colonisator is a game combining turn-based strategy, management and simulation.
Why similar: Pirates 36.6% ★, Naval Combat 16.4% ★, Inventory Management 13.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #30 TEOM: The Enemy Of Mine
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voxel Studios
Windows · Mac
TEOM is a roguelite strategy game that draws inspiration from the tower defense genre to innovate it through dynamic levels, interactive elements, and high replayability. Follow Aiden and his friends on an unexpected journey through this vibrant world.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21.8%, Perma Death 21.5%, Roguelite 15%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Roguelike 12.3%
- #31 ReRoad
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: Rabbithole Games
Windows
ReRoad is a Tower Defense game with a brand new concept where the players dig their own paths. You need to consider the locations of the randomly placed towers of the stages as well as the towers you will build and strategically create a path. Stop the enemy through a path you have created!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.4%, Roguelite 14.7%, Tactical 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #32 Space Evolver
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JoaKing
Windows
Space Evolver is a roguelite management and genetics game that incorporates real-time strategy game elements. Upgrade your spaceship and technologies, complete missions, and guide the evolution of species.
Why similar: Roguelike 20.2%, Real-Time with Pause 16.7% ★, Roguelite 16.5%, Strategy 15.1%, Management 10.2%
- #33 Trigon: Space Story
76% matchMixed68% of 1,409 reviews2022
Dev: Sernur.techPub: Gameforge 4D GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.9% ★, Perma Death 19.9%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Roguelike 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #34 Welcome Back, Commander
75% matchVery Positive82% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads . Good luck Commander!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 22.5%, Tactical 14.9%, Strategy 7.7%, Choices Matter 6.4%
- #35 One Armed Bandit
75% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Gral
Windows
Spin to win in this slot-machine-building roguelike! Collect symbols, items and chips, play risky minigames and build a rigged slot machine full of incredible combos! Progress through 3 varied chapters to "escape" the casino, then do it all over again
Why similar: Perma Death 28.1%, Roguelite 16.9%, Roguelike 13.3%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #36 Warpflux
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zenflux Games
Windows
Warpflux is a top-down action based resource management game. As the commander of Earth's colony ship and a fleet of autonomous drones, collect supplies and defend against hostile forces during a thousand year voyage to save humanity.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.6%, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Roguelite 16.8%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Strategy 8.6%
- #37 Slotbound
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Optima Arch
Windows
A roguelike auto-battler defense where luck meets strategy. Spin a 3x3 slot machine to summon units and grow your army by absorbing others. Use Items and Cores to manipulate the odds and survive challenging judgement waves and boss waves. Every spin and every choice counts.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22.7%, Strategy 15.9%, Roguelike 14.3%, Roguelite 12.5%, Perma Death 11%
- #38 A pirate quartermaster
74% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: Ivan Armandy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Did you think you'd win with a snap of your fingers? Did you think you'd see a crew as a number? Did you think you'd gorge without fear of judgements? But, sir, you're not in the Royal Navy. The pirate's life is a life of dreams. And it's precisely because we have a shitty life that we have dreams.
Why similar: Pirates 35% ★, Naval Combat 20.4% ★, Perma Death 17.4%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Management 9.7%
- #39 Broken Space Traveler
73% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Seven Plums
Windows
"Broken Space Traveler" is a casual ROGUE game. Players will take on the role of travelers from different time and space, enhancing their abilities to manipulate various weapons and survive in the fragmented space.
Why similar: Perma Death 33.6%, Roguelite 20.7%, Roguelike 15.1%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #40 Tides of Lava
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YOXE Studios
Windows
A strategic tower defense roguelike game with a grid-based building system and constantly changing enemy paths and environments. Manage your builders efficiently to defend your base against a variety of enemies. Adaptiveness is the key to winning - do you have what it takes?
Why similar: Roguelike 18.9%, Perma Death 18.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Tactical 15%
- #41 Last Decree
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Crown Studio
Windows
Rule a dying medieval kingdom. Draw event cards, issue royal decrees, and decide how your realm meets its end.
Why similar: Strategy 16%, Roguelike 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Roguelite 13.2%, Management 12.6%
- #42 The Last Strand
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Rainbow Lotus Studio
Windows · Linux
The Last Strand is randomly generated twin stick shooter. You will play a pirate trying to escape a boat and seek vengeance, fighting enemies, helping NPC, discovering secrets and finding items.
Why similar: Pirates 40.6% ★, Perma Death 17%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Roguelike 11.2%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #43 Last Days Of Tascaria
72% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Baltica Games
Windows
Last Days Of Tascaria is a roguelite RPG where your decisions affect encounters and decide which one of the six endings you get. The depth of its real time pausable combat will put your skills to the test. Are you ready to save Tascaria?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28% ★, Strategy 20.1%, Perma Death 19.5%, Roguelite 16.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #44 Eversiege
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sebastian Romejko
Windows
Eversiege is a roguelike, tower defense in which you'll defend a castle in procedurally generated terrain. Establish a production, build defending buildings and survive waves of enemies coming from everywhere! After defeat, buy new buildings, unlock new leaders and prepare to fight again.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21.4%, Procedural Generation 15.6%, Roguelite 15.2%, Roguelike 13.1%, Tactical 11.6%
- #45 Wildmagic Wizardry
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pockets Productions
Windows · Linux
Wildmagic Wizardry is a Spell Mixing strategy rogue-like. Combine elements rolled on magical dice into powerful spells to fight your way through different enemy encounters. Collect unique items along your journey that will enhance your abilities and ensure that no two runs are the same.
Why similar: Perma Death 37.7%, Roguelite 25.4%, Roguelike 17.2%, Strategy 16.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #46 The Pirate: Plague of the Dead
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 627 reviews2017
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Command the most fearsome pirates in an exciting Caribbean adventure! Plague of the Dead is a new installment of The Pirate series, featuring an open world without loading screens, dynamic day and night cycle and weather system, it offers each gamer an unforgettable experience.
Why similar: Pirates 61% ★, Naval Combat 21.8% ★, Strategy 10%, Action 4%, Indie 2.4%
- #47 Swords and Sandals Pirates
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Whiskeybarrel StudiosPub: eGames.com
Windows · Mac
You have been a knight. You have been a gladiator. Now for the first time in Swords and Sandals, you are a PIRATE! Embark upon the grandest adventure of all in Swords and Sandals Pirates, the latest epic chapter in the hugely popular RPG series!
Why similar: Pirates 37.7% ★, Naval Combat 23.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Strategy 8.4%, Roguelike 8.4%
- #48 Roguebound Pirates
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Redbeak Games
Windows
Loot, upgrade & dominate! In this action roguelike, your inventory IS your ship. Combine weapons to become absurdly powerful, search for epic treasures, and claim your place as a pirate legend!
Why similar: Pirates 31.9% ★, Naval Combat 21.4% ★, Inventory Management 15.6%, Roguelite 11.6%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
- #49 Dice Trek
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RefresherTowel Games
Windows
Roam the galaxy, destroy enemy ships, and encounter special events as you explore! Make smart decisions with your dice rolls in order to survive. Buy upgrades at Galactic Bazaars, unlock new ships, and manage your fate in the cold expanse of space. Your choices decide your destiny!
Why similar: Perma Death 23.9%, Roguelite 13%, Roguelike 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Tactical 9.6%
- #50 Rogue Pirates
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Rogue Pirates is a swashbuckling roguelike turn-based RPG about captaining your crew of pirates through hostile seas. Recruit daring pirates to join your crew and lead them into peril and plunder. Battle sea monsters, other pirates and civilization itself all for the quest of becoming a legend.
Why similar: Pirates 26.1% ★, Perma Death 21.4%, Roguelite 16.5%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Roguelike 11.2%
- #51 Barda
66% matchPositive94% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: Mudita Games
Windows · Mac
In Barda, it won't be your sword that saves you. It's how you pack your bag. But hunger, fatigue and madness will take up space! Do your best as you climb an ever-changing mountain to spread the ashes of your grandfather, improve your base camp, and try again.
Why similar: Perma Death 23%, Inventory Management 21.7%, Roguelite 16.9%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Roguelike 10.4%
- #52 Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alt ShiftPub: Dotemu
Windows
In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Roguelite 15%, Tactical 13.1%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #53 Frost Protocol
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stonewake Studios
Windows
Lead a handful of survivors through a tactical struggle for survival. Upgrade your base, deploy and improve combat robots, and secure your outpost. Endure brutal conditions, mounting stress, and relentless monsters. This isn’t about winning - it’s about not losing.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.8%, Perma Death 23.4%, Management 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Tactical 10.3%
- #54 Terra Exodus
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: GreyHoodieGames
Windows
Defend the evacuation of Terra on the losing side of an alien invasion. This experimental action strategy game breaks out of genre norms to provide fresh mechanics to strategic gaming.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22.5%, Perma Death 21.5%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Roguelike 12.1%, Tactical 10.1%
- #55 Pirates of Black Cove
70% matchMixed66% of 169 reviews2011
Dev: Nitro Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Plunder your way to the top and claim the title of Pirate King. This humorous mix of adventure and strategy lets you unite pirate factions, manage strongholds, and dominate land and sea battles. Raid, recruit, and wreak havoc across the Caribbean in your quest for ultimate infamy.
Why similar: Pirates 80.6% ★, Strategy 19.4%
- #56 Chess Survivors
67% matchVery Positive85% of 158 reviews2023
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Chess Survivors is a grid based, quick-turn, roguelike where you outmaneuver and destroy an ever growing horde of chess based enemies. Combine abilities, upgrades, and relics to create game-breaking builds. Think fast, die, learn, repeat!
Why similar: Perma Death 22.3%, Real Time Tactics 21.9%, Roguelite 15.3%, Roguelike 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #57 Bermuda
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Short Sight Studios
Windows
Welcome to Bermuda! Take command of your ragtag crew and navigate a mysterious patch of ocean where physics bend, time twists, and nothing stays the same. Bermuda is a pause-based strategy game with roguelite elements, crew management, and physics-driven combat.
Why similar: Pirates 23.4% ★, Perma Death 23%, Naval Combat 19.8% ★, Roguelite 13.7%, Tactical 7.9%
- #58 Door Kickers
67% matchVery Positive94% of 9,980 reviews2014
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Why similar: Tactical 32.6%, Real-Time with Pause 26% ★, Strategy 15%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #59 Seas of Rebellion
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Austin Weeks
Windows · Mac
Seas of Rebellion is an action-adventure rogue-like in which you'll explore the open ocean and fight back against the many forces seeking to invade your land!
Why similar: Pirates 39.3% ★, Perma Death 18%, Roguelite 13.2%, Roguelike 12.8%, Naval Combat 10.7% ★