- #1 Aurora Trail
97% matchVery Positive87% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: Screenhit Studios
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A new epic game where the perspective of the camera changes everything. Do not let your body parts get in the same view as a wall with the same color, or you’ll lose it! Puzzle your way through challenging and appealing surroundings and try to stay in one piece!
Why similar: RPG 41.6%, Strategy 38.5%, Indie 19.9%
- #2 Shadownest
96% matchMixed55% of 507 reviews2021
Dev: Briny Boi StudiosPub: Briny Boi Studios
Windows
Asymmetric multiplayer meets atmospheric horror
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #3 Project Hunter
96% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: AstroChimps Games
Windows
Stealth and tactic game that give you the control of an alien that evolves, adquire new abilities and face levels in various ways.
Why similar: Strategy 84%, Indie 16%
- #4 Sin Castle
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2017
Dev: Primary cells studio
Windows
Sin Castle is a slightly high difficulty adventure game that focus on puzzling, contains various policy elements, rigorous rules. The key of puzzle this game is reasonable attributes assignment, props use, and equipment collocation. As the grids opened, game player will encounter all sorts of strategic monsters and puzzling design.
Why similar: RPG 42.3%, Strategy 40.5%, Indie 17.2%
- #5 Jacob
94% matchMostly Negative38% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Duck Duck ZeusPub: Centre For Longitudinal Studies
Windows
Jacob: an evidence-based puzzle
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #6 Radical Dungeon Sweeper
94% matchVery Positive80% of 205 reviews2018
Dev: Benjamin Soulé
Windows
Explore every floors. Find the key. Find the door. Escape. And make sure to use the safest path. Monsters are everywhere.
Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, RPG 40.5%, Indie 17.9%
- #7 Fate Hunters
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 876 reviews2019
Dev: Tower Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fate Hunters is a hardcore mix of strategy card battles and a roguelike adventure. Build your deck, explore the dangerous dark fantasy world and face fearsome foes! Risk your life to get powerful treasures!
Why similar: Strategy 60.2%, Indie 21.2%, RPG 18.6%
- #8 Your Quest
93% matchMixed60% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: Oblivionburn Productions
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Your Quest is a casual 2D Strategy/RPG with progressive gameplay where you gather resources to construct a village, craft new weapons and armor, and try to survive the depths of a procedurally generated dungeon under the surface.
Why similar: RPG 42.5%, Strategy 39.4%, Indie 18.1%
- #9 Card Hunter
91% matchVery Positive85% of 5,332 reviews2015
Dev: The Knights of Unity
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.
Why similar: Board Game 42.3%, RPG 27.1%, Strategy 26.8%, Indie 3.8%
- #10 Shards of Order
89% matchVery Positive90% of 644 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: RPG 66.9%, Strategy 22%, Indie 11%
- #11 Expect The Unexpected
91% matchMixed68% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Expect The Unexpected is a roguelike, fast-paced, turn-based game with RPG elements. Interact with random generated maps in which you have to deal with hundreds of different events and situations. What will you be? What will you become?
Why similar: RPG 44.7%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 15.1%
- #12 Shadow of Fear
90% matchMixed66% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: 抖音-小六热游
Windows
In 'Shadow of Fear', your only purpose is to solve puzzles and then escape; You can also continue to survive, whether you can survive until the end depends on yourself
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #13 Shelley Manor
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Terrors StudioPub: ESAT
Windows
Find your way through a puzzle filled manor while barely dodging human-eating monsters. You wake up in a dark room with one objective: escape those sharpened teeth. However, you should not worry; you will meet friends along the way.
- #14 Boogey Hunters
87% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Keep The Engine GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Boogey Hunters is a strategic ammo-building game where you travel the world hunting mythical creatures from different folklore. Plan your moves carefully, combine bullets to unleash powerful moves, battle terrifying boogies, and save the world in the shortest day possible!
Why similar: Strategy 60.6%, RPG 39.4%
- #15 Card Dungeon
89% matchMixed56% of 55 reviews2015
Dev: Playtap Games
Windows · Mac
Take on the invading hordes of the Nethermists as The Crusader and fight, think, and strategize to clear the monster infested, randomly created, dungeons in this card, board, and turn-based rogue-like.
Why similar: RPG 46.4%, Strategy 38%, Indie 15.6%
- #16 Draft of Darkness
86% matchVery Positive93% of 363 reviews2023
Dev: Crawly Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #17 The wild darkness
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 151 reviews2025
Dev: popeyed inc
Windows
Explore a survival-roguelike RPG set in an unknown and bizarre world. To withstand its many dangers, you'll need to gain new knowledge, scavenge for food, and acquire useful items. Craft, build, and learn your way through a crucial adventure to uncover the world's secrets.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #18 Darkest Hunters
86% matchMixed53% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: ECC GAMES S.A.Pub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Choose your hero, grab a weapon, learn new spells and… HUNT! Eliminate every nasty beast you meet, collect loot and find the rarest and the greatest equipment ever made. Remember, it’s the live of a Hunter you’ve become, only you are able to defeat the essence of evil.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #19 Bone Marrow
85% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: HugePixel
Windows
Bone Marrow is a game in the genre of role-playing board logic puzzle. During a certain time, combine the figures, increase your characteristics and do away with evil but consider the wrong step can lead to irreversible consequences!
Why similar: Strategy 70.6%, Indie 29.4%
- #20 Free Will
81% matchVery Positive96% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: RPG 75.6%, Indie 24.4%
- #21 Forbidden Terror: Board Game
81% matchVery Positive91% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: Elite Lords Studios
Windows
A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #22 REALITY
84% matchMixed68% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Grey Reality Studios
Windows
REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #23 Rencounter
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.
Why similar: RPG 43.7%, Strategy 38.7%, Indie 17.6%
- #24 Sneaky Sneaky
82% matchVery Positive90% of 283 reviews2014
Dev: Naiad Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sneak through the shadows, dash to cover, pick your moment and strike! Unleash your inner thief in this strategic stealth adventure.
Why similar: Strategy 45.3%, RPG 40.2%, Indie 14.6%
- #25 Shiner
80% matchVery Positive91% of 222 reviews2023
Dev: Team ShinerPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Learn every attack that gets used against you in this turn-based strategy game. Meet (and battle) a colorful cast of fully voice-acted characters as you search for the bully who wronged you.
Why similar: RPG 53%, Strategy 47%
- #26 Inkshade
78% matchVery Positive87% of 636 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Vezelle
Windows
Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.
Why similar: Board Game 44.2%, RPG 29.6%, Strategy 26.2%
- #27 Dungeon Raid: Zero Floor
79% matchVery Positive92% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: 4Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dungeon Raid is an adventure card roguelike. Dive deeper and deeper into the dungeon. Use everything you find to defeat enemies and kill the final boss. Good luck! And try not to die... from hunger.
Why similar: Strategy 78.5%, Indie 21.5%
- #28 Seek Or Die
82% matchMixed67% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: FlashynuravPub: FLNStudios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
You are an investigator hired to find evidence about the missing children in the manor off the road. Once you enter, the door locks behind you, and you can hear something, lurking...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #29 Lord of the Dark Castle
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 183 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: RPG 45.7%, Strategy 39.3%, Indie 15%
- #30 Dungeon Divers
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Wilson The BallPub: GIGATANK 3000
Windows · Linux
Dungeon Divers is a dungeon-themed roguelike puzzle game about clearing derelict dungeons. As the newest employee of Dungeon Divers Inc., you must advance through multiple levels, use your wits, and tools you acquire along the way to get to the core to defuse it and bring home the cash.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #31 Dice Eater: A Supernatural Mystery Card Game
76% matchMixed62% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Team Tetrapod
Windows
Dice Eater is a mystery card game based around supernatural powers where players must use their power to uncover the other player's tricks. Use your opponent's tricks against them to turn the tables and win.
Why similar: Board Game 56.7%, Strategy 43.3%
- #32 Island Marauder
78% matchVery Positive82% of 184 reviews2019
Dev: MSOL
Windows
Indie Puzzle Game
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #33 Ardor
75% matchVery Positive95% of 201 reviews2022
Dev: Thaddeus Psarris
Windows
A hex-grid puzzle-tactics card game. Outwit and outlive your enemies, while upgrading your deck. A lightweight game of bite-sized encounters.
Why similar: Strategy 82.4%, Indie 17.6%
- #34 InVein
73% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: SlowDrip StudiosPub: Student Game Developer Association
Windows
Traverse this never-ending hospital as you discover clues of where and who you are. As each day passes by, the world around you decays, and you can’t help but wonder what is real. Utilize your time and resources as you roam these collapsing halls, but be careful; you may not be alone after all...
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #35 Karisvale
75% matchVery Positive94% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: Brendan Tighe
Windows
Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.
Why similar: RPG 81.8%, Indie 18.2%
- #36 Blade Walker
76% matchMixed59% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: JW Eel Slug
Windows
Find clues and solve puzzles to escape
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #37 Kaamos: Puzzle Roguelike
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Pepperbox StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.
Why similar: RPG 52.7%, Strategy 47.3%
- #38 Shadow Alchemist
73% matchVery Positive96% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: PostHuman Interactive
Windows
Explore a mystical, ever-changing dungeon in this isometric puzzle-adventure game. Master self-transmutation abilities and solve increasingly complex challenges as you uncover the secrets of your past.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #39 Shadow of Kingdoms
77% matchMostly Negative32% of 110 reviews2015
Dev: TernGamePub: Admax Game
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Can you defeat the shadow of your kingdom? Play as the last of the survivors of a former glorious dynasty to defeat evil and restore the honor and glory to your land!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #40 Onirim - Solitaire Card Game
74% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2017
Dev: InPatience
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Wander through the chambers of dreams, hoping that chance will reveal the doors, or linger in each type of room. In either case, you will have to deal with the slithering Nightmares which haunt the hallways of the labyrinth.
Why similar: Strategy 68.1%, Board Game 31.9%
- #41 The Detective Reaper Invites
74% matchMixed52% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: SHIZU KANO UMIPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Use various cards to solve randomly generated murder cases in this roguelite deduction adventure game. The culprit always lies, and the innocent always tell the truth. Make too many mistakes, and it's back to square one. Put your wits to the test and solve as many cases as you can!
Why similar: Strategy 59%, Indie 41%
- #42 Lucky Hunter
71% matchVery Positive90% of 459 reviews2024
Dev: 159 StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lucky Hunter is a deck-building auto battler Roguelike game. Your pieces are automatically played on the board, and players will focus on building unique decks and artifacts, making the best of the synergies between pieces to defeat increasingly powerful prey.
Why similar: Board Game 40.4%, RPG 32%, Strategy 27.5%
- #43 Diablo The Abyss
71% matchVery Positive84% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: Friday Night
Windows
Diablo The Abyss is a strategic RPG full of random and roguelike elements. Within this randomized world, you can freely make strageties at your own pace and conquer formidable challenges, while shaping your unique adventure journey.
Why similar: Strategy 44.7%, RPG 38.9%, Indie 16.4%
- #44 The Fortress
71% matchMixed70% of 163 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: RPG 88.1%, Indie 11.9%
- #45 Lord Ambermaze: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive95% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Potata CompanyPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Lord Amber maze: Prologue is a free entry to a turn-based dungeon-crawler set in a labyrinth of frozen time. Plan each move carefully, battle quirky monsters, and solve intricate puzzles, one dungeon at a time.
Why similar: RPG 57.6%, Strategy 42.4%
- #46 Shine Within
70% matchVery Positive89% of 147 reviews2021
Dev: Ayetoons
Windows
A top-down action-adventure game as you collect & solve puzzles in order for you to explore & unravel this mysterious world.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #47 Armello
68% matchVery Positive82% of 16,067 reviews2015
Dev: League of Geeks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
Why similar: Board Game 45.8%, RPG 27.7%, Strategy 26.4%
- #48 Shadow of Pharos
68% matchMixed68% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Team Gaivot
Windows
Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 Blackout Hospital
67% matchVery Positive97% of 184 reviews2023
Dev: arcadekitten
Windows
When the power goes out while working night shift in the hospital, the emergency lights come on with an eerie glow...
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #50 Test Subject 901
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: SpinVR.ca
Windows
Trudge through haunting halls and desolate rooms, teleport through the darkness and hide in the shadows as you plan your escape. Feel your heart race as your doom looms ever closer. Find a way out before your fate is sealed.
Why similar: Strategy 84.8%, Indie 15.2%
- #51 Kill The Shadow
64% matchVery Positive88% of 621 reviews2026
Dev: ShadowlightPub: Phoenix Game
Windows
Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation. Play as Lucas, a former police officer, alongside a mysterious Shadow who can see the “past.” Remember—every choice you make will change the fate of countless characters!
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #52 Endor Awakens: Roguelite DRPG
67% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Javier Hernández Torres
Windows
Explore procedurally generated dungeons in this roguelite dungeon crawler. Battle epic monsters, collect loot, and customize your character in strategic turn-based combat. Adapt to a constantly changing world after the fall of Mordoth.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #53 Snake Eyes Dungeon
69% matchMixed56% of 603 reviews2017
Dev: TetabesterPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Enter the dungeon, get lost and roll the dice against the monsters! Play your chances against dangerous monsters like ghosts, werewolves or even the frankenstein monster himself!
Why similar: Board Game 34%, Strategy 31.1%, RPG 24.4%, Indie 10.6%
- #54 Seek Etyliv
69% matchVery Positive81% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Rokas
Windows · Mac · Linux
A puzzle game where every move counts, confined in a three by three grid you move about. A dungeon crawling poem reader, exploring just how far I could ever lead her.
Why similar: RPG 71.8%, Indie 28.2%
- #55 Roots Devour
64% matchMostly Positive73% of 584 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Strategy 81%, Indie 19%
- #56 Heroes of Shadow Guard
70% matchMixed53% of 64 reviews2016
Dev: Iron 27
Windows
Experience both sides of dungeon crawling! Navigate deadly labyrinth dungeons and design your own in this ground-breaking MMO. Unlock new heroes, new gear, and new labyrinth guards. Conquer single player sagas, climb multiplayer leaderboards, and challenge friends to custom matches.
Why similar: RPG 71.5%, Indie 28.5%
- #57 Project H
66% matchVery Positive88% of 446 reviews2021
Dev: HollowPixels
Windows
Project H is a horror escape room game. Solve various puzzles while being haunted by a spirit that would prefer you not to leave.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #58 The Foretold: Westmark Legacy
67% matchMixed59% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Nodbrim Interactive
Windows
Fight to investigate another day in this gothic horror adventure card game. Equip items and relics. Acquire cards and use them wisely to survive what lurks in the darkest corners of town. Take a short and mind-bending dive into the unknown with a cosy horror atmosphere.
Why similar: Board Game 67.2%, Strategy 32.8%