- #1 Space Grunts
97% matchVery Positive81% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.1%, Roguelike 12.5%, Space 12.5%, Roguelite 12.5%, Aliens 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the sci-fi, turn-based, and grid-movement mechanics of the seed game in a fast-paced roguelite format.
- #2 Shattered Pixel Dungeon
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,993 reviews2022
Dev: Shattered Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 40.5% ★, Turn-Based 22.8%, Procedural Generation 13%, Roguelike 12.1%, RPG 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same accessible, grid-based, turn-based roguelike DNA while offering deep tactical depth and procedural variety.
- #3 Steam Marines
96% matchMixed50% of 333 reviews2014
Dev: Worthless Bums
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 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 24.8%, Roguelike 22.5%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Space 10.1%, Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based, sci-fi roguelike that focuses on squad-based movement and environmental destruction.
- #4 Jupiter Hell
95% matchVery Positive92% of 2,058 reviews2021
Dev: ChaosForgePub: Hyperstrange
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.1% ★, Roguelike 21.5%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Grid-Based Movement 13.3%, RPG 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, high-fidelity take on the classic sci-fi, turn-based, grid-based roguelike experience that feels like a natural evolution.
- #5 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
94% matchVery Positive85% of 13,956 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Why similar: Roguelike 27.7%, Procedural Generation 16.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.6%, RPG 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines sci-fi exploration, grid-based movement, and roguelike survival elements in a unique, highly replayable package.
- #6 Into the Breach
93% matchVery Positive94% of 21,742 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.4%, Roguelike 15.2%, Isometric 13.3%, Strategy 12.5%, Roguelite 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers the ultimate turn-based, grid-based tactical experience with a strong sci-fi theme and high-stakes decision making.
- #7 Sproggiwood
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 592 reviews2014
Dev: Freehold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Bring civilization to Sproggiwood, a story-driven, turn-based roguelike set in a humorous world inspired by Finnish mythology. Grow your civilization and plunder procedural dungeons with six unique classes. Outsmart mischievous monsters who work together in unexpected ways. No two dungeon dives are alike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 25.4% ★, Turn-Based 23.1%, Grid-Based Movement 22.7%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Roguelike 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same accessible, grid-based, turn-based combat style with a charming, lighthearted aesthetic.
- #8 Xenomarine
92% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: Fourfold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience hardcore, sci-fi dungeon crawling in this dark, atmospheric roguelike. Xenomarine offers tactical turn-based combat with hundreds of unique items and upgradable weapons and armor, as well as massive replayability thanks to its randomly generated content.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 47.5% ★, Roguelike 13.8%, Grid-Based Movement 12.9%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Turn-Based 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional, sci-fi roguelike that emphasizes exploration, survival, and procedural dungeon generation.
- #9 Void Tyrant
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Quite Fresh GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Collect an intergalactic bounty of eccentric allies and deadly weapons, explore vibrant planets, and engage in risky turn-based battles to restore the Eyes of Chronos and save the galaxy in this strategic roguelike deckbuilder!
Why similar: Roguelike 18.6%, Procedural Generation 17.9%, Roguelite 16%, Space 12.1%, Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Blends roguelike exploration with a unique card-based combat system that feels fresh while maintaining a similar casual, sci-fi tone.
- #10 Depth of Extinction
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Turn-Based 33.8%, Roguelite 16.9%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, RPG 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, tactical RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world that emphasizes squad management and grid-based combat.
- #11 Shortest Trip to Earth
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,426 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
Why similar: Space 17.5%, Roguelite 15.1%, Roguelike 13.1%, Aliens 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A complex, sci-fi roguelike survival game that focuses on ship management and procedural exploration.
- #12 Deadnaut: Signal Lost
89% matchVery Positive87% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Linux
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44.9% ★, Roguelike 13.3%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.6%, RPG 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tension of exploring dangerous, procedurally generated sci-fi environments with turn-based tactical gameplay.
- #13 Battlevoid: Harbinger
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,057 reviews2016
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.
Why similar: Space 33.7%, Roguelike 19.4%, Strategy 16.8%, Roguelite 13.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A space-based, strategy-heavy roguelike that focuses on fleet management and tactical combat in a procedurally generated galaxy.
- #14 The Long Journey Home
87% matchMixed59% of 1,915 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Studio WestPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?
Why similar: Space 23%, RPG 14.9%, Strategy 13.5%, Roguelike 13%, Procedural Generation 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A space exploration game that emphasizes survival, resource management, and the unpredictable nature of deep-space travel.
- #15 FTL: Faster Than Light
85% 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: Roguelike 23.5%, Space 23.2%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Strategy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential sci-fi roguelike that emphasizes exploration, survival, and difficult decision-making in deep space.
- #16 Subterrain
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,385 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Survival 29.3%, Sci-fi 19.7%, Procedural Generation 19.3%, Roguelike 16%, Exploration 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, sci-fi survival game that emphasizes resource management and exploration in dangerous, isolated environments.
- #17 Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
86% matchMixed66% of 617 reviews2013
Dev: Digital Eel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a hybrid roguelike game of space exploration, adventure and starship combat.
Why similar: Strategy 23.6%, Roguelike 21.9%, Space 16.4%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Adventure 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A short-form, sci-fi exploration game that focuses on procedural generation and quick, meaningful choices.
- #18 Desktop Dungeons
83% matchVery Positive84% of 2,339 reviews2023
Dev: QCF Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Each step into the unknown heals you and reveals new obstacles as you guide fresh heros to glorious retirement or ignominious death. Master tactical spells, appease ancient gods and get rich through taxidermy in this award-winning quick-play puzzle-roguelike.
Why similar: Turn-Based 34.5%, Roguelike 33.6%, Traditional Roguelike 9.8% ★, RPG 8%, Procedural Generation 5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a bite-sized, highly tactical, grid-based roguelike experience that rewards careful planning and resource management.
- #19 Out There: Oceans of Time
84% matchMixed55% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.8%, Space 12.8%, Roguelike 10.9%, Roguelite 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven, sci-fi survival game that emphasizes exploration and the feeling of being lost in a vast, dangerous universe.
- #20 Dungeons of Dredmor
84% matchVery Positive94% of 5,389 reviews2011
Dev: Gaslamp Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 56.1% ★, Turn-Based 17.8%, Roguelike 17.3%, RPG 5.3%, Procedural Generation 2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, grid-based, turn-based roguelike that shares the humorous tone and deep character customization of the seed game.
- #21 Keplerth
82% matchVery Positive85% of 4,121 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Survival 24.7%, Sci-fi 24.1%, RPG 15.4%, Exploration 15.2%, Adventure 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game with procedural generation and exploration that shares the sci-fi, planet-hopping theme.
- #22 Star Renegades
82% matchVery Positive83% of 2,997 reviews2020
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.Pub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.1%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Roguelike 15.3%, Roguelite 13.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, tactical RPG with a strong sci-fi aesthetic and a focus on strategic combat encounters.
- #23 Tales of Maj'Eyal
80% matchVery Positive95% of 7,237 reviews2013
Dev: Netcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 45.3% ★, Turn-Based 27.5%, Roguelike 13.9%, RPG 6.3%, Procedural Generation 5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, turn-based, grid-based roguelike that offers immense variety and complex tactical combat for those seeking more depth.
- #24 Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 593 reviews2015
Dev: The BitfatherPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Enter the world of PIXEL HEROES and prepare yourself for a thrilling RPG/Roguelike experience like you have never seen before!
Why similar: Turn-Based 32.8%, RPG 21.2%, Roguelike 18.8%, Roguelite 18%, Adventure 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted, accessible, turn-based roguelike that captures the same spirit of adventure and party-based progression.
- #25 Cogmind
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,943 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.2% ★, Turn-Based 17.9%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Roguelike 9.4%, Sci-fi 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed, sci-fi, grid-based roguelike that focuses on modular robot construction and tactical survival.
- #26 Convoy
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,462 reviews2015
Dev: Convoy GamesPub: Indietopia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.
Why similar: Roguelike 26.6%, Roguelite 16.2%, Strategy 14.5%, RPG 13.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based, sci-fi roguelite that emphasizes vehicle combat and exploration across a hostile planet.
- #27 Golden Krone Hotel
79% matchVery Positive96% of 331 reviews2017
Dev: Vulgat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43.9% ★, Turn-Based 23.1%, Roguelike 11.5%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Strategy 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, grid-based, turn-based roguelike that features unique lighting mechanics and challenging combat.
- #28 Entity Researchers: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-CPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: Isometric 22.1%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Roguelike 16.5%, Roguelite 16.2%, RPG 10%
- #29 Space Pirates and Zombies
77% matchVery Positive91% of 3,143 reviews2011
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.
Why similar: Space 36.7%, Procedural Generation 19.2%, Sci-fi 14.8%, RPG 9.9%, Strategy 9.4%
- #30 RymdResa
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2015
Dev: Morgondag
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!
Why similar: Space 17.6%, Roguelike 14.3%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.3%, RPG 10.4%
- #31 Entity Researchers
76% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-C
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: Isometric 22%, Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelite 17.1%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, RPG 9.9%
- #32 Out There: Ω Edition
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,716 reviews2015
Dev: Mi-Clos Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Space 19.2%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Roguelike 14.9%, Roguelite 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.7%
- #33 Final Frontier Story
73% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Dodge lasers and explore! Planetary Development Simulation
Why similar: Aliens 29.2%, Sci-fi 22.5%, Strategy 17.3%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, 2D 9.1%
- #34 Curious Expedition
75% matchVery Positive91% of 4,456 reviews2016
Dev: Maschinen-Mensch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 24.7%, Roguelike 22.9%, Roguelite 17%, RPG 12.3%, Exploration 9.3%
- #35 Sword of the Stars: The Pit
76% matchVery Positive83% of 1,552 reviews2013
Dev: Kerberos Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.8% ★, Turn-Based 17.9%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Aliens 9.9%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #36 Lost Nova
74% matchVery Positive92% of 399 reviews2022
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
Why similar: Space 27.8%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Exploration 13.6%, 2D 6.8%
- #37 Welcome to Planet E1d0r4d0!
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: LuluGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Welcome to Planet E1d0r4d0 is a narrative-driven management sim and side-scrolling hunting adventure about a young girl searching for the meaning of existence at the edge of the cosmos. In this chaotic, lawless universe, even immortality feels devastatingly fragile.
Why similar: RPG 33.4%, Female Protagonist 32.9%, Adventure 13.4%, 2D 11.2%, Singleplayer 9.2%
- #38 Starship Inspector
75% 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: Strategy 15.1%, Space 14.5%, Roguelite 13.9%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #39 Space Prison
71% matchVery Positive85% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: Wooden AlienPub: Firesquid
Windows
Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 26.7%, Space 11.8%, Roguelike 11.4%, Roguelite 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #40 Day of the Shell
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 375 reviews2025
Dev: Duper GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Day of the Shell is a “one-click, one-turn” tactical rogue-lite. In a shattered and flooded world, travel from island to island with only hope and a revolver, challenging and appeasing the gods.
Why similar: Turn-Based 28%, Isometric 22.6%, Roguelite 18.4%, RPG 10.3%, Exploration 7.7%
- #41 Sandwalkers
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.5%, Procedural Generation 16.9%, Roguelike 14.2%, Survival 12.7%, Roguelite 11.9%
- #42 ASTRONAUTILUS
72% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: neozoid.games
Windows
Your ship has crash-landed on a stray rogue planet, and you're out of fuel... It's up to you to delve beneath the frozen surface and find a way to get your ship back into space while fighting strange sea creatures and uncovering the mysteries of the world beneath the ice!
Why similar: Procedural Generation 54.5%, Space 33.9%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #43 Rebirth of Island
74% matchMixed52% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: Yo_Serjio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Survive, adapt, and research in the New World, with its rules, dwellers, and their laws. Head the colonization of these locations and ensure the independence and security of your population.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 21.5%, RPG 17.1%, Strategy 16%, Space 15.4%, Survival 13.3%
- #44 Crowntakers
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 681 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 32.3%, Procedural Generation 17.9%, Roguelike 16.5%, Roguelite 11.4%, RPG 10.4%
- #45 Hostile Planet: Survival
71% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Survival 51.4%, Aliens 29.6%, Adventure 15%, Singleplayer 4%
- #46 Halfway
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,012 reviews2014
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds. Until now, they were alone ...
Why similar: Turn-Based 40.9%, RPG 20.4%, Strategy 16.9%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Space 7.4%
- #47 Space Bob vs. The Replicons
70% matchVery Positive90% of 98 reviews2018
Dev: Intravenous SoftwarePub: Independent
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help clueless Bob survive his first day of work in this procedurally generated, planet hopping, gravity simulator. Haul loot and resources back in to orbit while simultaneously fighting off a full scale alien invasion in this rogue-lite survival hybrid quite unlike anything you've played before.
Why similar: Space 31.5%, Survival 26%, Exploration 12.4%, RPG 9.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #48 Aquamarine: Explorer's Edition
69% matchMixed67% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Moebial StudiosPub: Hitcents
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based playable comic book about surviving in an alien ocean. Explore a planet reclaimed by nature. Forage, salvage, and cultivate to survive. Uncover a lost history. Discover who you are. Find your way home.
Why similar: Turn-Based 31.6%, Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelite 12.3%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Survival 11%
- #49 Crashlands
68% matchVery Positive90% of 6,633 reviews2016
Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Why similar: Survival 21.4%, Sci-fi 19.1%, RPG 19%, Exploration 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #50 NEO Scavenger
68% matchVery Positive90% of 5,359 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.5%, Survival 15.8%, Procedural Generation 15.8%, Roguelike 14.1%, Grid-Based Movement 13%
- #51 Approaching Infinity
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 709 reviews2025
Dev: IBOL
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.1% ★, Procedural Generation 15.2%, Space 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #52 Transcendence
69% matchVery Positive88% of 221 reviews2015
Dev: Kronosaur Productions
Windows
Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.
Why similar: Space 21.4%, Procedural Generation 20.8%, Roguelite 15.9%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Roguelike 11.1%
- #53 Stellar Initiative
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: Five Head Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!
Why similar: Roguelike 22.6%, Procedural Generation 19.1%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Aliens 14.3%, Strategy 11.7%
- #54 Astro Looter: Survivor
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 423 reviews2024
Dev: Soda Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Explore alien planets to mine resources, kill alien insects, build defense turrets, and survive waves of insect attacks across the galactic frontier. Astro Looter combines elements of survival, roguelike, and tower defense in a top-down shooter.
Why similar: Roguelike 28.6%, Roguelite 27.7%, Survival 16.1%, RPG 13.3%, Adventure 5.3%
- #55 Artificer: Science of Magic
68% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2020
Dev: Psilocybe GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Your exploration ship crashlands on a mysterious planet where apparently magic is real. Learn how to survive in this hostile territory by applying your technical abilities to the arcane. Discover how to cast spells and craft elixirs. Uncover the planet's secrets to find your way out.
Why similar: RPG 40.8%, Isometric 19.8%, Roguelike 14.5%, Survival 10.9%, Exploration 7.4%
- #56 Lilith Odyssey
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Chaystar Unlimited LLC
Windows
In the wake of the Nacho Wars, your alien family embarks on a galactic journey to Lilith -- a faraway planet of new hope. Discover the history of the Mugalo galaxy. Relax to in-game radio. Grow your fishing, farming and spacefaring skills in a casual adventure across a cosmos of 1000+ unique worlds.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 21.7%, Aliens 16.7%, Roguelike 14.6%, Survival 12.4%, Roguelite 11.9%
- #57 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 42.6%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Survival 15.2%, RPG 14.8%, Exploration 8.5%
- #58 Project Tarvotan
69% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2015
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Project Tarvotan allows you to explore the depths of the Milky Way and local universe. Use your wit and resources at hand to plan out your path through each sector. Your demise lurks around every decision. Can you survive long enough and restore balance to the universe?
Why similar: Strategy 53.3%, Space 46.7%