- #1 Darklord's Tower
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mugigo
Windows
Darklord’s Tower is a vertical roguelite defense where building floors reshapes the route itself. Set traps by night, then fight by day—knockback, falls, and trap combos turn height into your deadliest weapon.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.7%, Action Roguelike 24.6%, Difficult 18.4%, Roguelike 14.5%, Action 3.6%
- #2 Curse Rounds
96% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: TENTACLES INTERACTIVE
Windows
A roguelike with unique curses, 60+ cards, incredible shots and power-ups. No two attempts are ever the same.
Why similar: Perma Death 28.9%, Action Roguelike 26.9%, Difficult 19.6%, Roguelike 17.7%, Action 3.6%
- #3 An Action Roguelite for when you have 20 minutes to spare
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Cinnamon Pupper
Windows
Dive, jump n' shoot, an Action Roguelite for when you only have 20 minutes to spare. Blast beasties, create builds, grow OP. Get a quick session during that dead empty time between appointments.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33%, Perma Death 27.4%, Difficult 23.4%, Roguelite 10.4%, Action 4.6%
- #4 Teleglitch: Die More Edition
95% matchVery Positive85% of 2,895 reviews2013
Dev: Test3 ProjectsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.7%, Roguelike 21.8%, Difficult 18%, Perma Death 16.5%, Roguelite 4.5%
- #5 Nice Dice: Game of Throws
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fishtank Games
Windows · Mac
Some roll the dice. Not you, though. You turn them into weapons. Throw your dice into enemies' faces, knock them around, and conjure powerful spells from the face-up side. Upgrade your dice with magic and crazy physics to hold back endless waves of enemies. Welcome to the Game of Throws!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, Action Roguelike 21%, Difficult 20.2%, Roguelike 9.8%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #6 Luxmithar
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: MythicDevil Studios
Windows
Defend a crashed forge in this 2D survival defense roguelite. Expand a modular world grid, build towers and traps, and survive relentless enemy waves across shifting days, storms, and darkness.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Action Roguelike 29.6%, Roguelike 14.5%, PvE 14%, Action 3.6%
- #7 Hecaton
93% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: NWatch Games
Windows
Hecaton is futuristic action rogue-like set on Titan, a terraformed moon of Saturn. Play as a Bounty Hunter and fight your way through an army of space pirates. Brave the surface of Titan and begin your descent to find the Pirate Base and your ultimate goal.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29%, Perma Death 21.8%, Difficult 21%, Roguelike 18.6%, Roguelite 3.9%
- #8 Fortuna Deluxe
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Takashi O
Windows
Survive waves of enemies raining bullets on you with the help of your trusty Automatic Turret Machines (ATMs) while you focus on more important priorities: making bank. It's equal parts bullet hell, tower defense, incremental game, and rogue-lite. Coming out later this year in 2024!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.4%, Action Roguelike 23.4%, Dark Comedy 21.1%, Roguelike 14%, PvE 9.8%
- #9 The Wizardz Dungeon
91% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Syntax34204
Windows · Linux
A difficult, fast-paced action-rogue-lite where you hack n'slash your way through a dungeon full of loot and monsters. Your goal is to get strong enough to be able to defeat the Guardian. Death means starting over again.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.8%, Perma Death 21.9%, Difficult 18.3%, Roguelike 12.8%, PvE 11.9%
- #10 ProtoBlue Tower
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: shinybluegames
Windows · Linux
Reborn as a defense tower, you must now protect a foreign village. Use roguelite mechanics in a mix of tower defense and survivor gameplay to defeat your enemies with powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.9%, Action Roguelike 34.6%, Roguelike 18.9%, Action 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #11 WallFront
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YajirushiPub: Yajirushi
Windows
Defend the final wall in this strategic blend of Tower Defense and Roguelite. Position an elite squad with unique abilities, combine powerful artifacts, and evolve with permanent meta-progression. In Wallfront, every defeat strengthens your next line of defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.8%, Action Roguelike 21.6%, PvE 16.4%, Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelite 6.8%
- #12 Our Darker Purpose
89% matchVery Positive81% of 740 reviews2014
Dev: Avidly Wild Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Journey to the dark heart of the Edgewood Home for Lost Children in this fiendishly difficult action RPG!When her teacher stepped out of the classroom a month ago, Cordy never imagined he would be gone for good. Now her fellow students have turned on each other as the school descends into chaos.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.9%, Roguelike 23.5%, Difficult 19%, Roguelite 9.4%, Perma Death 5.6%
- #13 Porta-Tower
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Novadisc Games Inc.
Windows
Porta-Tower is a roguelike tower defense game where you can pick up and move your towers. Relocate and upgrade your towers to defend your portal until the end.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.4%, Action Roguelike 24%, Roguelike 17.8%, Roguelite 10.1%, Action 4.5%
- #14 Dead Ground
88% matchMixed61% of 115 reviews2018
Dev: Shotx
Windows · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Tower defense reimagined! Dead Ground is a procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills and augments. You'll have to travel, collect scrap, water, manage your inventory and upgrade your base to survive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 56.7%, Action Roguelike 18.5%, Perma Death 8.2%, Difficult 7.6%, Roguelite 3.8%
- #15 Sole Saga
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 115 reviews2023
Dev: Dev It With Cat
Windows · Linux
Fast-paced action rogue-Like survival with a touch of Soul-like, Challenging yet rewarding gameplay!, Battle with horde of monsters, Build your favorite hero with powerful skills and weapons in Action Rogue-like style, Fight your way to the epic boss and become a legend.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.3%, Difficult 23.9%, Roguelike 14.6%, PvE 13.6%, Roguelite 9%
- #16 The Binding of Isaac
85% matchVery Positive95% of 62,317 reviews2011
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.8%, Roguelike 25.7%, Difficult 20.4%, Perma Death 5.8%, Roguelite 2.9%
- #17 Prophour23
86% matchMixed69% of 77 reviews2014
Dev: The Secret Pie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Prophour23 is a fast-paced, replayable real-time strategy. It's designed for short, quick plays. A single playthrough will take you about 15 minutes, if you're good. But the next one will be different. And another one as well.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.1%, Perma Death 23.9%, Difficult 17.8%, Roguelite 4.8%, Action 4%
- #18 Crimson Creed
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Script Smelter Studios
Windows
Crimson Creed is a tower defense and action roguelike hybrid where you fight directly on the battlefield while building strategic defenses. Defend every lane, build strategic towers, combine powerful skills, and survive escalating waves - solo or local co-op. Kill. Collapse. Learn. Return stronger.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.4%, Action Roguelike 26.1%, Roguelike 16.4%, PvE 14.5%, Roguelite 3.9%
- #19 GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gabe
Windows · Linux
GAARL! is a roguelike action platformer. Wield your chain gun to fight monsters in frantic arcade combat, or fire it into walls to climb through handcrafted arenas. Buy upgrades, create wacky builds, get good health insurance, and unlock the mysteries of GABE'S ACTION ARCADE ROGUELIKE!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.4%, Roguelike 20.4%, Perma Death 18%, Difficult 17.9%, Roguelite 5.6%
- #20 A Wizard's Lizard
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 444 reviews2014
Dev: Lost Decade Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Conquer the forces of Death in A Wizard’s Lizard, an action RPG for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Explore ever-changing dungeons, filled with powerful weapons and items. Battle back the hordes of evil. Rescue villagers to improve your town and increase your power for your next trek into the dungeon.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.4%, Roguelike 23.2%, Perma Death 12.1%, Roguelite 12%, Difficult 7.7%
- #21 Biorganic
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Discard
Windows
Biorganic is a top-down arena survival roguelike game. You have to survive with your towers! Choose your tower and go to the battle! Upgrade your skills, buy more towers, create unique builds, and survive until the end!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37%, Action Roguelike 30.6%, Roguelike 18%, Action 7.1%, Survival 5.5%
- #22 HatLand
82% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Shprot
Windows
HatLand is a game where you need to see GAME OVER many times to complete a level. But each time, passing further along the inner corridors of the Empire's spaceships, you will become stronger ...
Why similar: Action Roguelike 36.1%, Difficult 27.8%, Roguelike 21.8%, Roguelite 6.2%, Action 4.3%
- #23 G.NOM
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Hardcell
Windows
G.NOM is an action rogue-lite game you awaken as an experiment subject in a lab full of creatures where you need to hunt and eat them. Explore the mysterious lab, make use of abandoned lab equipments, research various genetic mutations, evolve into more powerful forms and uncover secrets of the lab!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.8%, Perma Death 23.2%, Roguelike 15%, PvE 13.6%, Roguelite 10.1%
- #24 Dunjungle
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 733 reviews2025
Dev: Bruno BombardiPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28%, Difficult 21.7%, Perma Death 21.6%, Roguelike 15%, Roguelite 7.1%
- #25 Seedovia
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ab
Windows
Seedovia is a rogue-like dungeon crawler where you traverse room after room, fighting challenging monsters. Chain your weapons, collect game-changing passive upgrades, and equip items to create unique builds and become increasingly more powerful.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.6%, Difficult 22.4%, Roguelike 18.6%, Perma Death 16.5%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #26 Godlings Unleashed
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mash Studio
Windows
Explore a world overflowing with divine power and adventure.Encounter all kinds of empowered individuals, recruit them to fight by your side—or defeat them.Experience strange and unpredictable events, carefully manage and deploy your resources,and ultimately face the gods themselves.
Why similar: Superhero 39% ★, Action Roguelike 28.1%, Roguelike 15.3%, Roguelite 9.2%, Hand-drawn 4.1%
- #27 Vector Prospector
81% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: SpinAttack Studio
Windows · Mac
Vector Prospector is an arcade action roguelite with simple, precise movement that rewards skill and quick thinking. Unlock powerups and ships to explore the caverns beneath an alien world, collect the five green gems, and escape alive.
Why similar: Perma Death 24%, Action Roguelike 23.4%, Difficult 19.5%, Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 9%
- #28 Asura: Vengeance Edition
79% matchVery Positive85% of 692 reviews2017
Dev: Ogre Head Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Asura is an Action Rogue-like set in a fantasy world inspired by the richness of Indian mythology. It features a unique procedural skill tree which changes on every play-through.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.8%, Difficult 19.7%, Perma Death 16.5%, Roguelite 11%, Roguelike 7%
- #29 Croak Crusader: the Champion of Canada
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Do you dare save the Land of the Maple Leaf? Croak Crusader is a fast-paced, momentum-based action platformer featuring tight controls, explosive combat, and a versatile grapple mechanic.
Why similar: Superhero 69.4% ★, Difficult 20.4%, Action 4.8%, Gore 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #30 Intern Pursuit Game
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Cat5 StudiosPub: Intern Pursuit LLC
Windows
A Third-Person Tower Defense game in which you are an Intern sucked through a portal who now must defend the objective from aliens.
Why similar: Superhero 47.9% ★, Tower Defense 33%, PvE 13.7%, Action 3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #31 Doom Keeper
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Auseitasau
Windows
Arena roguelike action where you choose a hero from dozens of unique fighters - each with their own playstyle, weapons, and abilities. Battle escalating waves of monsters in a dark sci-fi world, forge deadly builds on the fly, and fight your way to the final boss.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.8%, Perma Death 26.5%, Roguelike 16.9%, PvE 16.1%, Hand-drawn 5.6%
- #32 Galactic Escape
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: AntGames
Windows
In this top-down roguelike shooter game you go through levels of enemies to defeat [???] which escaped from [???]. You do this with the help of weapons and items you find on the way. You can equip up to two weapons. Mix and match the weapons and items you find to make combos that work together!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26%, Difficult 22.6%, Perma Death 20.4%, Roguelike 16%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #33 Architect of War
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Six Sided Studio
Windows
A strategic tower defense with roguelike elements where every enemy demands an answer. Prepare your team, adapt your defense, and face waves designed to break your strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.9%, Roguelike 19.4%, Action Roguelike 18.7%, PvE 9%, Action 4.9%
- #34 TEOM: The Enemy Of Mine
75% 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: Tower Defense 24.1%, Action Roguelike 22.1%, Perma Death 18.2%, Roguelike 14.4%, PvE 10.1%
- #35 DANGER ZONE BOMBER
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: SINABRO SOFT
Windows
Danger Zone Bomber is a survival defense roguelike game where you have to defeat waves of zombies and protect your base. Drop bombs from the plane to kill zombies and protect your base.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.9%, Action Roguelike 33.4%, Roguelike 21.2%, Survival 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #36 The Only Droid
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Musab.dev
Windows
Tear enemy robots apart piece by piece in a physics-based action roguelike. Destroy weak points, stack upgrades, and create your unique build as you turn relentless robotic enemy waves into mechanical graveyards.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.2%, Roguelike 17.8%, Difficult 13.4%, Perma Death 13.3%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #37 Survivor Cells
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: YAW Studios
Windows
Discover the beauty and fragility of life in Survivor Cells, a unique survival game against viruses and bacteria, which strategically combines the elements of roguelite, bullet hell and tower defense in a challenging experience. Your destiny depends on your agility and choices. How far will you get?
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Action Roguelike 23%, Perma Death 17%, Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #38 Smushie Time
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SAEGaming
Windows
Defend your farm from the invading Smushies! Slice, squish, and scorch through endless waves in this fast-paced roguelite defense game. Collect their souls to upgrade your farm, unlock bizarre items, wear way to many hats, and discover ridiculous builds with near endless combinations!
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.1%, Action Roguelike 33.1%, Roguelike 10.7%, Roguelite 9.3%, Action 3.2%
- #39 Don't Pop My Bubble
73% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: QDos
Windows
Shoot! Upgrade! Defend! In this twin-stick roguelike, protect all things bubble from infinite waves of pointy bad guys! Upgrade yourself and your base, or better yet, use a super attack, and stop everything from trying to pop you!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.2%, Action Roguelike 23.6%, Perma Death 18.5%, PvE 12.5%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #40 Legend vs. Legion
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Indiecation Creations
Windows
Legend vs. Legion is a roguelite HERO defense! A twist on the traditional tower defense game, play as a legendary hero empowered by a random arsenal of powerful spells and artifacts. Defend against hordes of monsters using strategy and reflexes, and save the realm of Valia.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, Perma Death 19.3%, Roguelike 13.5%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelite 9.5%
- #41 Checkmate Defence
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Checkmate Defence
Windows
“Checkmate Defence” is a strategic auto-battle tower defence game. Summon and merge units from ★1 to ★6 to stop incoming enemy waves. Every decision you make during battle—merging, selling, placing, and upgrading—becomes a decisive move that can turn the tide of the battlefield.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.7%, Roguelike 18.6%, PvE 16.7%, Roguelite 11.4%, Action 4.9%
- #42 Project: rEvolution
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Umbral Studios
Windows
Project: rEvolution is a tower defense game set in a dystopian Cyberpunk world. With placeable and wieldable turrets, modular upgrades, and evolving enemies, it blends strategic depth and replayability, offering a fresh experience within the genre.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.8%, Action Roguelike 31.5%, PvE 16.1%, Roguelike 14%, Action 1.5%
- #43 Evolution TD
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixelmoose
Windows
A strategic tower defense game where your arsenal evolves across time. Build base defenses and experiment by merging towers together to discover powerful new units. Manage your resources carefully, adapt your tactics, and survive enemy waves from the Stone Age to the far future.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34%, Difficult 20.8%, Perma Death 20.8%, PvE 13.3%, Roguelite 9%
- #44 Tunnel of Doom
72% matchMixed61% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: Antti VaihiaPub: Digerati
Windows
Tunnel of Doom is an action rogue-lite hybrid that mixes tower defense with melee and ranged combat gameplay. Randomly generated, every run is different as you guide Angel on a quest to rescue her husband. Gather resources, discover perks, and use what you find to battle waves of monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.4%, Action Roguelike 22.5%, Perma Death 21.3%, Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 7.8%
- #45 RogueCraft
70% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: CraftCoreGames
Windows
Merge, build, and defend in a brutal roguelike tower defense. Survive endless waves of monsters, evolve unique towers, outsmart epic bosses, and craft unstoppable builds in every run.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Action Roguelike 24.9%, Roguelike 18%, PvE 11.2%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #46 NO ENTRY: OUR BURROW
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: One Team
Windows
A roguelite incremental game where you fight by linking animals.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.9%, Action Roguelike 23.8%, Perma Death 17.6%, Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelite 7%
- #47 Overrun Survivors
70% matchMixed68% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Midquest Games
Windows
Overrun Survivors is a fast-paced action roguelite game that throws players into the middle of hordes of aliens and asks them to fight tooth and nail in order to survive. Play through different alien planets and feel powerful knowing that you're the only one who can save the day!
Why similar: Superhero 33% ★, Action Roguelike 23%, Perma Death 21.1%, Roguelike 13.5%, Roguelite 7.8%
- #48 Corvian Curse
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made by Gare
Windows · Linux
Corvian Curse is a roguelike platformer that offers a new experience on every run with randomized levels, potions, and items. Can you find and defeat the source of the curse that's causing the worlds to shift?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.8%, Perma Death 23.8%, Difficult 21.4%, Roguelike 21.3%, Action 1.8%
- #49 Risk of Rain (2013)
70% matchVery Positive93% of 29,799 reviews2013
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.3%, Roguelike 23.7%, Difficult 15.7%, Perma Death 14.3%, Roguelite 4.1%
- #50 Seth Slays Everybody
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Candeia Studio
Windows
A roguelike tower defense in the style of Plant vs Zombies! You’re Seth, the god of chaos, trapped in a guillotine—use traps, powers, and cursed treasures to slaughter Horus' followers and reclaim your divine body!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.6%, Action Roguelike 26.5%, Roguelike 17%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Perma Death 5.4%
- #51 Paint On Paint TD
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: nuckname
Windows
A Tower Defence where your own towers have friendly fire, creating a Bullet Hell style game that encourages an active playstyle, where you can’t just sit back and relax while thinking about anime girls.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.1%, Difficult 29.9%, Roguelike 10.9%, PvE 5.4%, Hand-drawn 4.7%
- #52 MEATGUN
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: candyhen127
Windows · Mac
The top-down roguelike shooter where your ammunition is edible. Delve into The Facility and fight off hordes of mutant vegetables with your MEATGUN: Shoot meat to damage enemies, and eat meat to heal. Collect various items and combine their effects to become a powerful, veggie-killing machine.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.3%, Perma Death 29.5%, Roguelike 16.2%, PvE 15.6%, Action 4%
- #53 Torecower
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Softwool
Windows · Mac · Linux
Torecower is an innovative combination of tower defense and roguelike where you build automatic turrets to shoot enemies. Each turret has an unique attack behaviour. After finishing a wave, you can get a point for upgrades on the skill tree. Choose wisely to make your unique build.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 36%, Tower Defense 28.1%, PvE 16.4%, Roguelike 13.2%, Action 4.9%
- #54 Enlightenment
69% matchMixed63% of 459 reviews2018
Dev: LizardKing
Windows
In Enlightenment, you play in a roguelike action-shooter with a fast-paced challenging journey deep into a underground complex called "the Ark". Players will be tested by large varieties of enemies in a procedurally-generated dungeon, and become stronger by learning from the inevitable deaths.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.8%, Difficult 16%, Perma Death 11%, Roguelike 9.1%, Roguelite 9%
- #55 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 392,863 reviews2014
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 43.8 hrsMean: 184.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.3%, Roguelike 24.3%, Difficult 24.3%, Roguelite 4.2%, Gore 3.7%
- #56 Nuclear Throne
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,540 reviews2015
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.1%, Roguelike 22.9%, Difficult 22.3%, Perma Death 8.4%, Roguelite 6.5%
- #57 Geometric Link
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paul TöpferPub: Brainscale
Windows
Tower Defense mixed with Roguelike! Build overpowered Towers to beat masses of enemies. Unlock up to 5 different characters, more than 25 Towers and conquer epic boss battles to prove your strategic prowess in this endless battle for survival!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Action Roguelike 22%, Perma Death 17.8%, Roguelike 14.4%, Roguelite 7.3%
- #58 Folly Of The Wizards
65% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: UpFox LabsPub: Numskull Games
Windows
Folly Of The Wizards is a comedic 2D roguelike action game that puts you in the shoes of a clumsy wizard apprentice. Join a wacky wizard cult and use unique spells to defeat enemies, explore procedurally generated dungeons, and save the world from chaos.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.6%, Difficult 20.4%, Roguelike 19.9%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Perma Death 8.8%
- #59 Elemental Shifter
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BYG Bang Games
Windows
Elemental Shifter is a top-down 2D roguelite where you harness the power of 'Elemental Shifting' adapting your abilities based on the last damage you took. Choose your path, battle mages, grow stronger, discover new weapons and defeat powerful bosses on your way to the Mage King.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.9%, Difficult 19%, Perma Death 18.9%, Roguelike 13.7%, PvE 12.7%