- #1 Echoes of Fear
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UDG
Windows
Containment has failed. As an amnesiac agent of the Bureau, face uncontained anomalies in a turn-based mystery RPG. Every tactical move and moral judgment creates a lasting echo. Record, research, and survive the consequences. Your judgment is the only shield.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.2%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Supernatural 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #2 ACCURSED
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bleedline Studios
Windows
Investigate the cursed town of Midnight Falls in a roguelike horror RPG. Scavenge powerful relics, outlast vicious foes, and cut down the awakened Ancient Deity before it devours everything. Every run is different, and the town hides secrets in every shadow.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Supernatural 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Text-Based 10.2%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #3 Dungeon Mercenaries
95% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Redboy GamesPub: Endless Magic Entertainment
Windows
Dungeon Mercenaries is an endless replayability RPG. Every time you wake up, it's a new start, procedurally generated map, randomly generated characters,explore the dungeon with different mercenaries, get reasure chests, gold coins, mercenaries, potions, food, and glory!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.8%, Turn-Based 20.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Perma Death 12.2%, Roguelike 10.4%
- #4 Darkest Dungeon®
94% matchVery Positive92% of 161,643 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.1%, Turn-Based Combat 19.6%, Turn-Based 15.9%, Roguelike 12.4%, Perma Death 8.6%
- #5 Miskatonic
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scary Dinner Games
Windows
Miskatonic is a text-based strategy game where players take the role of an ancient god, determined to harvest fear for power. Incept your victims through dialogues with their psyche, study the limits of their mind by unlocking their stories, and manipulate the maze with powerful abilities.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.5%, Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%
- #6 The Depths of Tolagal
93% matchPositive83% of 46 reviews2015
Dev: Angry Toad Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Depths of Tolagal is an addictive roguelike dungeon crawler with an emphasis on tactical combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26%, Lovecraftian 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Roguelike 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
- #7 Path of Thalanos
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roman Dammer
Windows
Path of Thalanos is a roguelike dungeon crawler with a rich random item and skill system. Encounter many random generated events, shrines, traps and enemies. Build your hero and find out how deep you can go into the dungeon. Each run is unique.
Why similar: Turn-Based 33.3%, Roguelike 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10%, Roguelite 9.4%
- #8 Darkest Dungeon® II
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 26,731 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.4%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Perma Death 11.2%, Roguelike 9.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%
- #9 The Consuming Shadow
90% matchVery Positive95% of 428 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.3%, Survival Horror 15.9%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Roguelite 7.4%, Psychological Horror 5.5%
- #10 Seals of Madness
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Unicorn Games
Windows
After a car accident, you find yourself trapped in a dark, decaying basement, haunted by visions of a mysterious little girl and ancient entities. As you delve deeper into the twisted surroundings, you uncover terrifying secrets that threaten your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.6%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Supernatural 12.8%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #11 Text Dungeon: The Ring of Life
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tawashi Works
Windows
No graphics, No tiles. Just text-RPG adventure! Explore a shifting labyrinth, regain the Ring of Life from the wizard Shingor. Classic roguelike-style messages guide your journey, with narrative scenes evoking the spirit of MUDs and gamebooks. Death is permanent. Every run brings new discoveries.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Perma Death 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 8.2%
- #12 The Passenger
88% matchVery Positive90% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Supernatural 11.7%, Text-Based 6.6%
- #13 Star Spark
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JoyFlow Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master combos, unleash powerful attacks, and survive dangerous encounters to win the Star Spark Tournament! Plan your moves and outwit your opponents in this roguelite, turn-based fighting game.
Why similar: Turn-Based 32.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%
- #14 Theatre of Sorrows
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cat-astrophe Games
Windows · Linux
Try to survive on the mysterious island in a lovecraftian 2D roguelite with branching narrative and elements of resource management.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #15 WORLD OF HORROR
84% matchVery Positive90% of 9,835 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.3%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #16 Crowntakers
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 685 reviews2014
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.8%, Perma Death 15%, Roguelike 13%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%
- #17 The Carcass
83% matchMostly Negative28% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: PiqFocus Interactive
Windows
A typing-driven Lovecraftian colony sim. You wake inside the corpse of a dead god, adrift in space. Carve a roguelike colony from procedurally generated anatomy. Negotiate with rival alien factions, evolve occult mutations, find your ending. The carcass remembers.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.4%, Text-Based 17.3%, Roguelike 10.8%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #18 Adventure Reznara
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 5 Years Now
Windows · Linux
A persistent, text-led open-world RPG roguelike set in the Reznara universe. Explore dangerous regions, shape your adventurer, and face every strange road on your own terms. Every decision matters.
Why similar: Roguelike 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Perma Death 15.4%, Text-Based 14.4%
- #19 DISPATCHED
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: GrazuleX
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Operator #15 at Pinefall Emergency Dispatch. Answer 911 calls, send the right units, and survive the shift. But the static is rising, your units aren't coming back, and some callers don't sound human. A roguelike horror dispatcher with CRT aesthetics.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.4%, Supernatural 14.8%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Roguelike 11.6%, Perma Death 9.7%
- #20 Maximilien — A Psychological Horror Interactive Novel
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yohan Dupuy
Windows · Linux
Interactive psychological horror novel, Boston 1926. Explore, investigate, lose your grip on reality. Your choices shape a branching narrative where your mental state influences what you see and the paths that open before you. 5 routes, 8 endings, 15 to 20 hours of reading.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Supernatural 8%
- #21 Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics
81% matchMixed67% of 265 reviews2018
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Ripstone
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Challenge the horrifying reign of Nazi terror and battle an immortal evil in Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics; a turn-based tactical strategy game set in the award-winning Achtung! Cthulhu universe.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.4%, Lovecraftian 20.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Text-Based 11.7%
- #22 Steam Marines
82% matchMixed50% of 333 reviews2014
Dev: Worthless Bums
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.
Why similar: Turn-Based 28.8%, Roguelike 24.8%, Perma Death 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
- #23 Crown Trick
80% matchVery Positive85% of 5,388 reviews2020
Dev: NEXT StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!
Why similar: Turn-Based 24%, Perma Death 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 15.4%, Roguelike 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%
- #24 Die Like a Hero
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinel Games
Windows
Die Like a Hero is a rogue-lite with turn-based combat, where the best strategy is to attack at the right moment. Fight like a die or die like a hero!
Why similar: Turn-Based 31.2%, Perma Death 15.9%, Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelite 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%
- #25 WazHack
79% matchVery Positive90% of 734 reviews2014
Dev: WazPub: Waz Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Time moves forward only when you do in the dungeons of WazHack. Think your way out of problems instead of just spamming 'attack' and 'drink healing potion'.
Why similar: Roguelike 23.7%, Perma Death 21.5%, Turn-Based 21.4%, RPG 9.9%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #26 Starless Abyss
77% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2025
Dev: Konafa GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Earth has fallen. Science and the Occult have united forces to brace for the arrival of the Eldritch. But will the efforts against this strange, alien race be enough? Play as one of many Proximae used to help defend humanity in this turn-based, roguelike, intergalactic deck builder.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.4%, Turn-Based 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Roguelike 8.5%
- #27 Cage of Kurikaesu
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: willPub: Aevimort
Windows
Cage of Kurikaesu is a turn-based roguelite where an ordinary person awakens in a dark cave and becomes trapped in an endless cycle of death and revival. Gather information through failure, grow stronger each run, and fight despair to uncover a way out.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Roguelite 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Roguelike 8.8%
- #28 Necken
78% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Joccish
Windows
Necken is a tilebased roguelike set in the Swedish forest. It focuses on resource management and tactical decisions, rather than deep complex game mechanics. Movement is not turn based - everything moves freely, but the modular combat is. Necken is a small, simplistic roguelike hybrid.
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.9%, Perma Death 16.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, Roguelike 11.7%, Procedural Generation 11.3%
- #29 The Pigment
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PlayBook
Windows
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, RPG 6.9%
- #30 Forrader Hero
76% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: VidyGames
Windows
Forrader Hero – turn-based game with roguelike elements where heroes can’t step back and must fight through the end to save their soul in ‘Forgotten Proto.World’ fighting hordes of monsters, undead creatures, and their overlords.
Why similar: Turn-Based 29%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Perma Death 14.3%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Roguelike 13.2%
- #31 jankenpon
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ACCRO BAT
Windows
The Rock Paper Scissors game where rules are meant to be broken. Pick an archetype and defeat your foes to become the ultimate champion. Make the crowd go wild at your unfair plays, buy bracelets that will help you get the upper hand, but be careful... Your opponents might be cheating too !
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.6%, Roguelike 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Roguelite 11.6%
- #32 Buriedbornes2 - Dungeon RPG -
74% matchVery Positive84% of 807 reviews2024
Dev: Nussygame
Windows
"The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever." The long-awaited sequel to the easy-to-play turn-based dungeon RPG series is finally here!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.4%, Text-Based 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.4%
- #33 Rezrog
76% matchMixed45% of 335 reviews2017
Dev: SoaphogPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 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: Turn-Based 34.3%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Roguelike 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #34 Eldritch Horror: Digital Edition
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cornerstone Software Development, Inc.
Windows
Uncover ancient cults, battle horrific monsters and thwart the rise of unfathomable Ancient Ones in a 1920s-themed adventure. In this faithful adaptation of the classic board game, you must race against time to save humanity from ancient powers and dark secrets before all is lost.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Roguelike 13.3%, Resource Management 6.9%, Roguelite 6.3%
- #35 fullybroKEN - A Unique Mix of 4X / Post-Apocalypse / RPG / Roguelike
75% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Not The Best Games
Windows
Play as single character in a 4x game. Survive. Thrive. Die. Unite the country of Mir. Kill, make hard choice, become anything you want in this unique post-apocalyptic game. Die. With ideas from 4X, Match-3 RPGs, Traditional RPGs and roguelikes, fullybroKEN offers an experience unlike anything else.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.5%, Perma Death 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Roguelike 9%
- #36 Tower of Spirit
73% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Hookaria Games
Windows
Tower of Spirit is a fast turn-based RPG where your choices matter. Gather a group of unique characters, survive a series of random encounters and battle your way to reach the enigmatic tower!
Why similar: Turn-Based 31.7%, Perma Death 13%, Roguelike 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
- #37 Ad Iterum
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gabriel MaldonadoPub: Krapao
Windows · Mac
Ad Iterum is a turn-based top-down 2D roguelike set in a decaying, ever-shifting world. Flesh is fragile, but you can hack it. Enhance your body, embrace mutations, or form ancient blood pacts. Descend into the depths, scavenge what’s left of humanity, and crawl back...if you can. Kill. Die. Repeat.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Perma Death 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Roguelike 12.9%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #38 Chef's Dogma
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Floor Pizza Studios
Windows
Chef’s Dogma is a Roguelite Turn-Based battler where you journey through the 7-layers of bean dip hell. Upgrade your team through Stats, Items, or ‘Entree’s creating even stronger foods. Experience a multitude of Play-styles, Enemies, and Locations to help the Chef ascend into purgatory…
Why similar: Turn-Based 34.1%, Perma Death 18.6%, Roguelike 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, RPG 7.3%
- #39 Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,342 reviews2021
Dev: Bit Golem
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #40 Dravora
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aveline Games
Windows
A narrative roguelite where you lead desperate people across a fractured dark fantasy continent. No combat screens — every choice is made in words and every consequence follows you. Your companions have their own reasons to leave. How you survive reveals who you are.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.4%, Perma Death 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #41 Insane Escape
71% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Organon Software
Windows · Linux
Escape and survive in an ever-changing asylum, where every run will always differ. Use strategy and items to survive the patients. Escape by solving puzzles, but the hardest one is how to survive.
Why similar: Perma Death 16.6%, Procedural Generation 16%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Roguelike 14.4%, Resource Management 14%
- #42 Victoriana - Steampunk Text Adventure
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Gadgets, conspiracy and conquest await you in this steampunk text adventure. An interactive romp through Victorian England and the British Empire.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.8%, Text-Based 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, RPG 9.7%
- #43 Stirring Abyss
70% matchVery Positive88% of 440 reviews2020
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.6%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
- #44 Summoner Arise!
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CookieLegends
Windows
Turn-based. Tactics. Roguelike. Summon units and battle your way past wave after wave of enemies. Start with a fixed amount of mana as you ascend a mysterious ruined world. Run out and you lose. With 300+ upgrades available, customize and command your army to victory!
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Procedural Generation 15.2%, Perma Death 11.5%, Roguelite 11.2%
- #45 Anchorhead
71% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2018
Dev: Michael Gentry
Windows · Mac
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little coastal town of Anchorhead.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.6%, Text-Based 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Horror 7%
- #46 Battle Poet
69% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Jesse Calder
Windows
Battle demons with poetry to reclaim the Holy Mountain in this Strategy Roguelike about combining lines of poetry in turn-based combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.2%, Perma Death 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Roguelike 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%
- #47 Nightmare Tale
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insanity Notes Studio
Windows
Nightmare Tale is an interactive horror novel with dark secrets and intricate puzzles. Take control of the fate of the main character named Tom, who inherited an old hotel. You will have to keep your sanity while discovering the horrifying secrets of the hotel.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 13%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #48 The Hunter's Journals - Tattered Sails
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Grindwheel Games
Windows
A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.7%, Text-Based 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Supernatural 11.1%
- #49 In the House of Silence
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Kai Ruma Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the House of Silence is a roguelike dungeon crawler RPG where your equipment is your own body parts. Mutate your body to fight otherworldly abominations as you delve deeper in the House of Silence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Perma Death 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #50 The Last Road
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Crow Station Studios
Windows
In this narrative-driven casual strategy RPG, you take on the role of The Driver, sworn to deliver goods along The Last Road. With each journey bringing different semi randomized events to challenge the player, you will need to manage your resources carefully in order to survive.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Perma Death 15.4%, Text-Based 12.8%, Roguelite 11%
- #51 Legend of Keepers: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive92% of 2,379 reviews2019
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You have been hired as a dungeon master by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: Protect their dungeons! Legend of Keepers: Prologue is a playable alpha that will help you get familiar with the game mechanics.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Turn-Based 22.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Perma Death 12.3%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #52 Monstrum Opus
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qiryth / Pitzwig
Windows
Monstrum Opus is a dungeon crawler where you sever monsters' limbs and graft them onto yourself. But beware: lose a graft, and you lose every power it gave you. Will you descend and risk it all to become the most monstrous thing in the dungeon?
Why similar: Perma Death 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Lovecraftian 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%, Roguelike 9%
- #53 The Crown of The Vermillion Devil
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dylan WilliamsPub: River's Edge Gaming
Windows
Follow an Emperor's bounty to a rain-soaked island where the locals are going strange, an ancient god is waking, and you are exactly where you were meant to be. A narrative text RPG with real consequences.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 12.8%
- #54 Rogue Pirates
67% 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: Lovecraftian 35.7%, Perma Death 14.4%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Roguelike 11.7%, Roguelite 10.3%
- #55 NO-SKIN
65% matchVery Positive95% of 1,379 reviews2025
Dev: NoEye-Soft
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Resource Management 12%, Roguelike 11.8%, Procedural Generation 11.7%
- #56 Look Outside
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,361 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.3%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, RPG 9.8%, Horror 6.6%
- #57 Bleakwood
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hyper Dive Studio
Windows
Absolute power corrupts absolutely in this roguelike deckbuilder that desecrates the very foundation of chess. Grow stronger with each run by unlocking cards, improving units, and making sacrifices - will you choose to defile your morals to reclaim what is yours?
Why similar: Turn-Based 24%, Lovecraftian 15.5%, Roguelike 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Roguelite 10.1%