- #1 Caves of Qud
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,678 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 35.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 26.1% ★, Procedural Generation 17.4%, Moddable 15.5%, Open World 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly deep, procedurally generated open world with complex simulation systems and character mutations that mirror the freedom found in Soulash 2.
- #2 Elin
96% matchVery Positive93% of 9,240 reviews2024
Dev: Lafrontier
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Successor to the roguelike RPG "Elona". Adventure, survival, crafting, home-building, myths passed down, and stories of humans and Elea spun. What scars will you leave on the land of Ylva?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32.9% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 13.2%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Perma Death 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox RPG features extensive world simulation, crafting, and building mechanics that emphasize player agency in a persistent, procedurally generated environment.
- #3 The Doors of Trithius
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,001 reviews2021
Dev: Jake Donkersgoed
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 37.4% ★, Procedural Generation 15.4%, Open World 13.5%, Survival 8.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural open-world roguelike that focuses on deep character progression and tactical combat within a reactive, simulated world.
- #4 Kenshi
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 117,010 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 71.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.4%, Base Building 17.2%, Crafting 17.1%, Open World 16.9%, Survival 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: As the ultimate sandbox simulation RPG, it provides a massive open world where you can build, trade, and influence the world's history through your own actions.
- #5 Soulash
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 548 reviews2022
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Eat the villagers, murder bunnies, milk cows, or exterminate gods! Soulash is a traditional, turn-based roguelike where your goal is to consume the souls of the living, conquer the vast fantasy world and decide its fate.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.6% ★, Moddable 12.7%, Open World 9.1%, Perma Death 8.8%, Turn-Based Combat 7%
Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the seed game, it shares the same core design philosophy of a villain-protagonist roguelike with a focus on world domination.
- #6 Stoneshard
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 35,730 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 18.6%, RPG 18.4%, Survival 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Sandbox 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, turn-based roguelike RPG that features a challenging world, complex character builds, and a focus on survival and tactical combat.
- #7 Dwarf Fortress
92% matchVery Positive95% of 31,541 reviews2022
Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.1%, Base Building 22.7%, Survival 17%, Simulation 9%, Moddable 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for world simulation, it generates incredibly detailed histories and environments that provide endless opportunities for emergent storytelling.
- #8 UnReal World
93% matchVery Positive94% of 1,386 reviews2016
Dev: Sami Maaranen (creator)Pub: Enormous Elk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.6% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Open World 10.6%, Crafting 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This hardcore survival simulation offers a grounded, realistic approach to crafting, hunting, and living in a procedurally generated wilderness.
- #9 Terra Randoma
91% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: Deniz K.
Windows
Terra Randoma is a turn-based roguelike RPG in a procedurally generated open world. Travel a world full of curiousity and perilous dungeons. Develop your character however you want with skills, talent stones and randomized items while you discover an ancient secret.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33.8% ★, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Sandbox 13.4%, Open World 12.4%, Perma Death 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike that emphasizes sandbox exploration and procedural world generation with a focus on tactical turn-based combat.
- #10 Wayward
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,370 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34.9% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Survival 13.5%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused sandbox game that relies on procedural generation and complex crafting mechanics to drive the player's progression.
- #11 Tales of Maj'Eyal
90% matchVery Positive94% of 7,468 reviews2013
Dev: Netcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 25.0 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 51.8% ★, Perma Death 19.7%, Moddable 8.1%, RPG 7.5%, Procedural Generation 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Known for its massive variety of character classes and deep tactical combat, it provides a classic roguelike experience with high replayability.
- #12 Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
89% matchVery Positive87% of 549 reviews2023
Dev: CleverRavenPub: KorGgenT
Windows · Linux
The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 36% ★, Moddable 21.6%, Sandbox 14.6%, Survival 9.9%, RPG 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This open-source roguelike is the pinnacle of simulation depth, featuring extensive crafting, vehicle building, and world interaction systems.
- #13 Path of Achra
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,269 reviews2024
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 35.7% ★, Turn-Based Combat 15.5%, Perma Death 14.3%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike focuses on incredibly deep character customization and build-crafting, allowing for unique interactions in a procedural dungeon environment.
- #14 NEO Scavenger
89% matchVery Positive90% of 5,426 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 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: Survival 22.8%, Procedural Generation 17.5%, Perma Death 15.2%, Crafting 14.8%, Sandbox 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival roguelike that excels in deep crafting and inventory management within a harsh, post-apocalyptic open world.
- #15 Vagabond
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: Pierre Vigier
Windows · Linux
Explore procedurally generated living worlds in this 2D sandbox RPG. Meet hundreds of characters in cities, complete quests, craft powerful items, buy and furnish your home or fight monsters in dungeons.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 19.3%, Sandbox 18.5%, Open World 15.8%, Crafting 12.1%, RPG 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG that provides a vast, procedurally generated open world with a focus on player-driven exploration and crafting.
- #16 UnderRail
86% matchVery Positive86% of 7,264 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.
Why similar: RPG 29.3%, Turn-Based Combat 23.1%, Open World 15.6%, Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric RPG that features deep character customization and a complex, reactive world that rewards exploration and strategic planning.
- #17 Cogmind
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,013 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 41.7 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 64% ★, Procedural Generation 15.3%, Perma Death 14%, RPG 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike with a unique focus on modular crafting and tactical combat, offering a highly polished experience in a sci-fi setting.
- #18 Zorbus
85% matchVery Positive91% of 380 reviews2022
Dev: Zorbus
Windows
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.5% ★, Procedural Generation 14.4%, Perma Death 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, RPG 7%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike that emphasizes dungeon exploration and tactical combat with a focus on party-based dynamics and RPG elements.
- #19 Approaching Infinity
84% matchVery Positive94% of 745 reviews2025
Dev: IBOL
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 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 34.3% ★, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Open World 12.7%, Perma Death 11.2%, Crafting 11%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi roguelike that focuses on procedural exploration and discovery, offering a vast universe to traverse and interact with.
- #20 Necesse
82% matchVery Positive93% of 29,166 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Open World 17.6%, Crafting 15.8%, Survival 13%, Base Building 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world sandbox survival game that features procedural generation, crafting, and base-building with a focus on multiplayer progression.
- #21 Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
84% matchVery Positive86% of 397 reviews2019
Dev: Portal Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Build unique class-and-race combinations, shape your talents, and test your strategy in a tactical roguelike dungeon crawler packed with campaigns, challenge runs, loot, bosses, and replayable depth. Your plan may be brilliant. The dungeon may disagree.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 31.7% ★, Perma Death 12.1%, Procedural Generation 12%, Open World 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional roguelike that blends dungeon crawling with RPG progression and a persistent world map.
- #22 Keplerth
83% matchVery Positive84% of 4,170 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 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: Sandbox 23.8%, Open World 19.1%, Survival 15.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Base Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world sandbox game with procedural exploration and crafting, focusing on survival and base-building mechanics.
- #23 Valorborn
82% matchMixed61% of 545 reviews2026
Dev: Laps Games
Windows
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.2%, Open World 17.1%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 13%, Base Building 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG that emphasizes open-world exploration and procedural elements, allowing for a flexible approach to character development.
- #24 Kynseed
81% matchVery Positive83% of 3,904 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.4%, Crafting 17.8%, Open World 16.2%, RPG 9.3%, Exploration 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim sandbox game that features a deep world simulation where your actions and lineage impact the environment over generations.
- #25 KeeperRL
80% matchVery Positive83% of 1,814 reviews2024
Dev: Electric Succubi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
KeeperRL is a retro dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements. Take the role of an evil keeper and build a formidable dungeon. Recruit sinister minions, equip and train them to explore the world and fight the forces of good.
Why similar: Moddable 27.2%, Procedural Generation 17.7%, Sandbox 14.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional roguelike exploration with sandbox base-building, allowing you to manage a dungeon and influence the surrounding world.
- #26 Low Magic Age
81% matchVery Positive89% of 3,533 reviews2017
Dev: Low Magic Studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Adventure and fight in a medieval fantasy open world! Build heroic characters with various abilities, travel through villages, cities, or perilous dungeons. Strategic turn-based combat system and advanced character building - Fog of war, charging and flanking, and more in the fast-paced Arena mode.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.7% ★, Turn-Based Combat 24.4%, Sandbox 21.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based RPG that emphasizes character builds and party management in a classic tabletop-inspired setting.
- #27 Everwind
78% matchVery Positive81% of 3,899 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Sandbox 16.7%, Open World 15.4%, Crafting 15.3%, Procedural Generation 13%, Survival 12%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on sandbox elements and co-op exploration in a procedurally generated landscape.
- #28 Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
78% matchVery Positive96% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
You've been exiled to The Mirk - an unforgiving swampland where every step could be your last. You must constantly make choices: what paths to take, which tree to shelter under, what beasts to engage or avoid, what items to bring into the darkness of dungeons, and what treasures to leave behind.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Open World 12.6%, Survival 11.9%, Procedural Generation 11.6%
- #29 Project Zomboid
79% matchVery Positive94% of 484,416 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 89.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Survival 28.9%, Open World 25.1%, Sandbox 21.5%, Crafting 13.3%, RPG 6%
Why You'll Like It: A deep sandbox survival simulation that features extensive crafting, building, and world interaction mechanics in a persistent environment.
- #30 Lay of the Land
76% matchVery Positive80% of 1,234 reviews2026
Dev: Southern Cross Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.
Why similar: Sandbox 17.8%, Procedural Generation 15.5%, Open World 13.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Base Building 8.6%
- #31 Songs of Syx
77% matchVery Positive94% of 9,302 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 42.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: Moddable 21.2%, Sandbox 14%, Economy 12.9%, Base Building 12.1%, Open World 10.7%
- #32 Rogue Harvest
79% matchMixed57% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: Genetix Studio
Windows
Rogue Harvest is a finely crafted Rogue-like Open World Adventure - Dig, Mine, Build, Craft, Explore, and Survive in a massive Procedurally Generated World and work to unravel the mystery of how you ended up in this dream like place.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.6% ★, Procedural Generation 16.8%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Survival 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that incorporates crafting and exploration elements within a procedurally generated world.
- #33 Solace Crafting
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 899 reviews2022
Dev: Big Kitty Games
Windows · Linux
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Why similar: Crafting 16.4%, Sandbox 15.1%, Open World 15%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 13.4%
- #34 Stardeus
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,562 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Moddable 18.8%, Base Building 12.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Crafting 11.6%
- #35 Archmage Rises
76% matchMixed69% of 440 reviews2023
Dev: Defiance Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Experience the freedom normally only found in a tabletop RPG. Empowered with magic, you will create your own story, and experience real consequences from the decisions you make. Will you be the world’s savior... or its destroyer? The choice is yours.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 20.3%, Sandbox 20.1%, Base Building 17%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, RPG 9.8%
- #36 Endless RPG - Untold Tales
73% matchVery Positive98% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Kezarus
Windows
Craft a party of diverse characters, each with customizable skills and looks. Explore a living world with dynamic day-night cycles, changing seasons, and diverse biomes. Embark on an epic journey where you shape your destiny as the director of your unique story.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.5%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Moddable 16.4%, Open World 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%
- #37 The Bloodline
74% matchVery Positive83% of 3,985 reviews2023
Dev: Shieldbearer StudiosPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…
Why similar: Sandbox 27.2%, Open World 21.9%, RPG 13.8%, Combat 12.7%, Exploration 11.2%
- #38 Realms of Magic
74% matchVery Positive81% of 1,005 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.3%, Open World 22.3%, RPG 21.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 9.9%
- #39 Mortal Online 2
75% matchMixed60% of 13,925 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 151.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: Sandbox 22.1%, Open World 19.2%, Crafting 15.3%, Survival 11.2%, RPG 9.5%
- #40 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
71% matchVery Positive94% of 4,509 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Sandbox 18.5%, Survival 17.4%, Open World 16.8%, Crafting 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.6%
- #41 SAELIG
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,163 reviews2017
Dev: Atorcoppe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
SÆLIG is a game that blends together elements of simulation, strategy, RPG, and business management. Centred around the life of you and your family, you must try to survive and bring wealth and prosperity to your household.
Why similar: Economy 23.5%, Open World 17%, Sandbox 15.9%, Crafting 14.8%, RPG 12.2%
- #42 Super Fantasy Kingdom
69% matchVery Positive87% of 6,015 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Procedural Generation 35%, Turn-Based Combat 29%, RPG 17.6%, Fantasy 15.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #43 Star Traders: Frontiers
72% matchVery Positive83% of 3,816 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
Why similar: Moddable 23.1%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Sandbox 12.6%, Economy 11%, Perma Death 10.3%
- #44 Deep Despair 2
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Deep Despair 2 is an open world survival adventure action game with procedural generation and complete freedom of action: building, crafting, hunting, farming, livestock, brewing, cooking, traveling, fight, and more.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.2%, Procedural Generation 18.1%, Crafting 16%, Open World 14.9%, Survival 12.1%
- #45 Sandustry
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.8%, Crafting 16.5%, Open World 15.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 11.8%
- #46 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Force of Nature 2: Prologue is an introduction to the world of the main game. Explore one of the many worlds and uncover its mystery. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, RPG 10.9%, Base Building 10.8%
- #47 Deadzoned
68% matchVery Positive97% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Deadzoned is a sci-fi turn-based action Roguelike. Blast your way through zones battling the beasts, bandits, and monsters that stalk the blackouts. But you'll need your wits to make best use of the gear you stumble upon to survive and save the fate of the planet!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 43% ★, Procedural Generation 17%, Perma Death 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, RPG 5.9%
- #48 Rift Wizard 3
67% matchVery Positive89% of 343 reviews2026
Dev: Dylan White
Windows
Rift Wizard is a hardcore combat strategy roguelike and wizard simulator featuring an extremely deep build system. Customize your Wizard with more than 500 spells and magical artifacts. Blast, summon, or enchant your way through 20 levels of pure turn based chaos.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 62.1% ★, Procedural Generation 13.4%, RPG 11.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9%, Fantasy 3.7%
- #49 iZolated
70% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
Why similar: Sandbox 17.3%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Open World 13.5%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 10.6%
- #50 It Lurks Below
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,289 reviews2019
Dev: Graybeard GamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
It Lurks Below is an action-oriented, survival RPG in a randomly generated world. Fight through the massive underground dungeon, customize your character with random items and find out what evil lurks below.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Survival 22.9%, RPG 21.5%, Crafting 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #51 Death Trash
69% matchVery Positive92% of 3,724 reviews2021
Dev: Crafting Legends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.
Why similar: Open World 36%, Exploration 21.7%, RPG 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #52 Devil Spire Falls
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,132 reviews2025
Dev: Ithiro Sumi
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The open-world action-RPG, where you can do anything, of your dreams… as if it came out 30 years ago!
Why similar: Procedural Generation 22.9%, Sandbox 20%, Open World 18%, Crafting 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%
- #53 Of Blades & Tails
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 412 reviews2023
Dev: Felix LaukelPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A turn-based RPG that is action-oriented but rewards a thoughtful approach. Explore a fantastic land populated by different animal tribes. Follow the main story or hunt for treasures in ancient ruins and mysterious dungeons. Develop your character and gain powerful equipment.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 15.7%, Sandbox 15.6%, Open World 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%
- #54 Forsaken Isle
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 521 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: Crafting 26%, Survival 25.5%, Sandbox 23.6%, RPG 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%
- #55 Core Keeper
65% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Sandbox 15.1%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Open World 14.2%, Crafting 13.3%, Base Building 12.9%
- #56 Lantern Forge
72% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
Dev: Hearthfire Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Why similar: Sandbox 32.1%, Crafting 27.1%, Survival 21.2%, RPG 19.6%
- #57 Fata Deum - The God Sim
68% matchMixed60% of 463 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: Moddable 22.5%, Sandbox 14.6%, Open World 12.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Economy 11%
- #58 KINGDOMS
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,092 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Open World 26.7%, Sandbox 19.8%, Crafting 17.9%, Survival 16.3%, RPG 11.8%
- #59 Echo of the Wilds
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 198 reviews2014
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Echo of the Wilds is a puzzly narrativy adventure, featuring randomised wilderness survival. Explore and survive this mysterious tale of wilds. Gather resources to build gear and sustain yourself, learning new skills, lore and the intertwining interactions between the various areas, seasons, and weather.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.2%, Crafting 20.3%, Survival 16.8%, Open World 16.5%, Exploration 8.5%
- #60 Sands of Salzaar
66% matchVery Positive82% of 23,042 reviews2021
Dev: 汉家松鼠Han-Squirrel StudioPub: XD
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.
Why similar: Open World 31.1%, Moddable 30.8%, Sandbox 21.5%, RPG 14.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%