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Games Like Stoneshard

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include RPG, Singleplayer, Roguelike, Turn-Based.

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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.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 75% — of 34,711 reviews
Released: 2020-02-06
Developer: Ink Stains Games
Publisher: HypeTrain Digital
Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Median playtime: 6.2 hrs
Mean playtime: 38.3 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 87%

Overview

What makes Stoneshard stand out is how it mixes a classic turn-based RPG with real attrition: wounds, hunger, bad positioning, and overconfidence can all ruin a run long before a boss does. The best alternatives lean into that same harsh, methodical feel—gritty exploration, meaningful preparation, dangerous procedural content, and combat where every decision matters. We prioritized games that capture Stoneshard’s blend of mercenary hardship, open-ended adventuring, survival pressure, and punishing tactical play.

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    97% matchVery Positive94% of 937 reviews2021
    Dev: Jake Donkersgoed
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 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: Turn-Based 16.4%, Roguelike 14.2%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Dungeon Crawler 10.3%, Survival 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: It is one of the closest matches on Steam, offering a pixel-art open world, turn-based combat, procedural dangers, and a similarly unforgiving solo-adventurer feel.

  2. #2 Battle Brothers
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 27,916 reviews2017
    Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 94.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

    Why similar: RPG 28.7%, Medieval 23.5%, Sandbox 18%, Strategy 14.9%, Open World 11.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Its low-fantasy mercenary sandbox, brutal injuries, scarce supplies, and high-stakes tactical fights mirror Stoneshard’s harsh medieval road-life better than almost anything else.

  3. #3 Wartales
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 35,007 reviews2023
    Dev: Shiro Games
    Windows
    Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 51.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

    Why similar: RPG 23.8%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Medieval 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Survival 9%

    Why You'll Like It: Like Stoneshard, it revolves around trudging across a bleak medieval world, taking contracts, managing wounds and resources, and surviving one bad fight at a time.

  4. #4 Soulash 2
    95% matchVery Positive86% of 2,379 reviews2023
    Dev: Artur Smiarowski
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?

    Why similar: Procedural Generation 19.3%, RPG 18.1%, Survival 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Sandbox 11.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It delivers a similarly systemic open-world roguelike experience with lethal turn-based combat, survival mechanics, and lots of freedom to carve out your own story.

  5. #5 Caves of Qud
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,378 reviews2024
    Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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: Turn-Based 25.7%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Roguelike 10.5%, RPG 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Though stranger in setting, it shares Stoneshard’s appeal of deep turn-based builds, open-world exploration, procedural danger, and a constant risk of sudden death.

  6. #6 NEO Scavenger
    94% matchVery Positive90% of 5,384 reviews2014
    Dev: Blue Bottle Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 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 23.1%, Survival 20.6%, Roguelike 14.3%, RPG 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Its survival-first design makes every wound, item, and decision matter in the same punishing way Stoneshard turns simple expeditions into tense risk calculations.

  7. #7 Wayward
    93% matchVery Positive86% of 1,362 reviews2016
    Dev: Unlok
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 21.5 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: Open World Survival Craft 34.8%, Survival 13.6%, Roguelike 13.2%, Turn-Based 11.4%, RPG 9%

    Why You'll Like It: If Stoneshard’s survival pressure is what hooked you, Wayward pushes even harder on hunger, crafting, and procedural exploration in a similarly hostile world.

  8. #8 Quasimorph
    91% matchVery Positive83% of 6,219 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 25%, Roguelike 15%, RPG 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Procedural Generation 12%

    Why You'll Like It: It trades medieval fantasy for sci-fi extraction runs, but its brutal injuries, scarce resources, and procedural turn-based missions create very similar pressure.

  9. #9 UnReal World
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 1,361 reviews2016
    Dev: Sami Maaranen (creator)Pub: Enormous Elk
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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: Open World Survival Craft 26.1%, Turn-Based 17.3%, Roguelike 11.7%, Survival 10.3%, RPG 9.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This classic survival roguelike nails the same sense of vulnerability through hunger, wounds, weather, and dangerous travel in a ruthless open-ended world.

  10. #10 Tales of Maj'Eyal
    91% matchVery Positive95% of 7,336 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: Turn-Based 31.2%, Roguelike 18.7%, Dungeon Crawler 17.5%, RPG 12.2%, Difficult 12.1%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers rich turn-based character building and deadly roguelike combat that scratches the same itch for careful planning and punishing mistakes.

  11. #11 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 4,433 reviews2024
    Dev: Longplay Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.3 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: Open World Survival Craft 28.9%, Roguelike 12.3%, Survival 12.2%, Turn-Based 11.1%, RPG 9%

    Why You'll Like It: It matches the seed’s emphasis on turn-based survival, route planning, wounds, and open-world scavenging where preparation matters as much as combat.

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    90% matchVery Positive86% of 7,129 reviews2015
    Dev: Stygian Software
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.1 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: Turn-Based 33.2%, RPG 32.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.7%, Difficult 5%, Open World 3.9%

    Why You'll Like It: Its slow, punishing turn-based exploration and strict build commitment evoke the same old-school tension and caution-heavy pacing, even in a different setting.

  13. #13 Exanima
    89% matchVery Positive80% of 13,665 reviews2015
    Dev: Bare Mettle Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.

    Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 22.5%, RPG 22.3%, Dark Fantasy 17.4%, Medieval 14.7%, Difficult 12.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Despite being real-time, its oppressive medieval atmosphere, careful dungeon crawling, and severe consequences for mistakes feel very close to Stoneshard’s grim adventuring tone.

  14. #14 Shattered Pixel Dungeon
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,080 reviews2022
    Dev: Shattered Pixel
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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: Turn-Based 22.8%, Roguelike 14.3%, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, RPG 11.7%, Procedural Generation 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This is a cleaner, more traditional roguelike take on what Stoneshard does well: tactical turn-based combat, procedural dungeons, and meaningful item decisions.

  15. #15 Path of Achra
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,170 reviews2024
    Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.4 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: Roguelike 22.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, RPG 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It is more build-focused than exploratory, but the fast lethality and satisfying turn-based theorycrafting make it a strong fit for Stoneshard players who enjoy dangerous combat puzzles.

  16. #16 ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
    88% matchVery Positive84% of 1,608 reviews2015
    Dev: Thomas Biskup
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 26.4%, Roguelike 15.6%, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Difficult 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.7%

    Why You'll Like It: This is a foundational hardcore roguelike with demanding resource management, deadly dungeon delves, and the kind of unforgiving progression Stoneshard fans usually appreciate.

  17. #17 Darkest Dungeon®
    86% matchVery Positive92% of 160,055 reviews2016
    Dev: Red Hook Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, Dungeon Crawler 15.3%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Roguelike 14.6%, RPG 12.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Its expedition-based attrition, stress, injuries, and constant risk of collapse capture the same feeling of being slowly ground down by hostile dungeon runs.

  18. #18 Moonring
    85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,415 reviews2023
    Dev: Fluttermind, LLC
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 48 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    Why similar: RPG 23.5%, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, Roguelike 15.9%, Medieval 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%

    Why You'll Like It: This retro-styled open-world RPG captures a similar sense of lonely wandering, dangerous turn-based combat, and old-school hostility toward careless players.

  19. #19 Low Magic Age
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 3,470 reviews2017
    Dev: Low Magic Studios
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.9 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: Turn-Based 29.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.9%, Roguelike 13.4%, Medieval 11.4%

    Why You'll Like It: It delivers crunchy low-fantasy turn-based adventuring and dungeon crawling that will appeal if your favorite part of Stoneshard is methodical combat encounters.

  20. #20 Urtuk: The Desolation
    84% matchVery Positive88% of 2,511 reviews2021
    Dev: David Kaleta
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 24.3%, Procedural Generation 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Difficult 13.7%

    Why You'll Like It: This bleak tactical RPG shares a similarly oppressive world and punishing combat mindset, even if it is less about freeform exploration.

  21. #21 Elin
    82% matchVery Positive93% of 8,931 reviews2024
    Dev: Lafrontier
    Windows
    Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 67.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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: Roguelike 17.8%, RPG 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.4%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Difficult 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Its sandboxy open-world roguelike systems and procedural unpredictability can scratch the same long-form survival-RPG itch, though its tone is much more playful.

  22. #22 Of Blades & Tails
    83% matchMostly Positive77% of 400 reviews2023
    Dev: Felix LaukelPub: Pineapple Works
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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: Roguelike 11.3%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, RPG 9.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%

    Why You'll Like It: Its traditional roguelike structure, overworld roaming, and tactical turn-based fights make it feel like a lighter but clearly adjacent cousin to Stoneshard.

  23. #23 The Iron Oath
    82% matchMostly Positive77% of 908 reviews2023
    Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 28.2%, RPG 18%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Medieval 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Its grim mercenary management, lasting injuries, and contract-based structure are very compatible with Stoneshard’s unforgiving medieval tone, though it is more party-focused.

  24. #24 Terra Randoma
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 166 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: Turn-Based 28.1%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Dungeon Crawler 12.9%, Roguelike 11.6%, RPG 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: The procedural world, emergent questing, and open-ended turn-based exploration align nicely with Stoneshard’s appeal as a dangerous sandbox adventure.

  25. #25 Dungeonmans
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,222 reviews2014
    Dev: Adventurepro Games LLC
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.

    Why similar: Roguelike 46.7%, Turn-Based 23.5%, RPG 16.1%, Dungeon Crawler 7%, Strategy 4.7%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a more approachable but still rewarding pixel roguelike experience with procedural dungeons, strong build variety, and steady tactical tension.

  26. #26 Dungeons of Dredmor
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 5,411 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: Roguelike 33.3%, Turn-Based 29%, Dungeon Crawler 15.7%, RPG 14.9%, Procedural Generation 2.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Under the comedy is a genuinely solid turn-based dungeon crawler with procgen, traps, loot, and build experimentation that overlaps well with Stoneshard’s core loop.

  27. #27 Vagrus - The Riven Realms
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 1,778 reviews2021
    Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 30%, RPG 19.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Difficult 14.6%, Open World 8.7%

    Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes caravan hardship, mercenary logistics, and brutal travel decisions, echoing the grim journey-management side of Stoneshard even though it is more narrative-heavy.

  28. #28 Balrum
    80% matchMostly Positive79% of 793 reviews2016
    Dev: Balcony Softworks
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Balrum is an old-school, turn-based, open world RPG with deep tactical combat. Explore a huge living fantasy world with dozens of side quests next to an epic main quest. Grow your own crops, build your home, and craft your own custom items.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 25.2%, RPG 16%, Survival 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Sandbox 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This underrated fantasy RPG shares Stoneshard’s slow, harsh rhythm through turn-based combat, survival elements, and a grounded low-fantasy sense of isolation.

  29. #29 Aethermancer
    75% matchVery Positive91% of 2,396 reviews2025
    Dev: moi rai gamesPub: offbrand games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Monster Taming meets Roguelite. Become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. Explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death!

    Why similar: Turn-Based 20.9%, Roguelike 12.8%, Dungeon Crawler 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, RPG 10.3%

  30. #30 Tangledeep
    79% matchVery Positive82% of 1,475 reviews2018
    Dev: Impact Gameworks
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Enter the magical world of Tangledeep, a beautifully polished dungeon crawler inspired by classic 16-bit RPGs! Colorful characters, a unique job system, tons of skills, items, and diverse environments with deep, turn-based roguelike gameplay. A different adventure every time you play!

    Why similar: Turn-Based 25.6%, Roguelike 15.2%, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, RPG 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Its polished turn-based roguelike combat, class depth, and pixel presentation make it a great pick if you want Stoneshard’s thoughtful pacing in a friendlier package.

  31. #31 ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 10,488 reviews2018
    Dev: AtomTeam
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 32.5%, RPG 16.5%, Survival 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%

    Why You'll Like It: In a different setting, it still offers the same kind of old-school turn-based openness, rough survival flavor, and dangerous exploration that make Stoneshard compelling.

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    75% matchVery Positive87% of 5,770 reviews2025
    Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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: Turn-Based 20.3%, Roguelike 14.2%, Dungeon Crawler 12.1%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11%

  33. #33 Darkest Dungeon® II
    77% matchMostly Positive75% of 26,175 reviews2023
    Dev: Red Hook Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    76% matchVery Positive91% of 13,407 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 27.1%, RPG 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Roguelike 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%

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    76% matchMostly Positive75% of 536 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 19.2%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, Survival 14.3%, Roguelike 12.7%, Dungeon Crawler 10.9%

  36. #36 Escape The Mad Empire
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 414 reviews2025
    Dev: XperimentalZ Games
    Windows

    Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?

    Why similar: Roguelike 16.8%, Dungeon Crawler 15.9%, RPG 14.9%, Survival 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%

  37. #37 Dead Monarchy
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 139 reviews2023
    Dev: Kevin Zhang
    Windows

    Dead Monarchy is an open-world, turn-based tactical RPG set in a low fantasy world. Personally lead and manage your mercenary company as the captain and embark on your personal quest to defeat the arena champions.

    Why similar: RPG 22.7%, Turn-Based 20.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%, Roguelike 8.7%

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    73% matchMixed64% of 165 reviews2025
    Dev: Black Voyage GamesPub: WhisperGames
    Windows

    An unexpected assassination attempt leaves you wounded and fleeing across no man's land. To survive in this roguelike, low-fantasy tactical RPG, you must recruit strategically, fight desperately and repent sincerely.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 23.6%, Roguelike 16%, RPG 12.9%, Procedural Generation 11%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%

  39. #39 Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 392 reviews2019
    Dev: Portal Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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  40. #40 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
    72% matchMostly Positive76% of 731 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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    Why similar: RPG 31%, Survival 27.6%, Turn-Based Combat 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Indie 2.5%

  41. #41 Blightstone
    71% matchVery Positive80% of 530 reviews2026
    Dev: Unfinished Pixel
    Windows

    A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 34.5%, Roguelike 20.4%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, RPG 17.7%, Strategy 9.1%

  42. #42 Crawl Tactics
    72% matchVery Positive92% of 213 reviews2022
    Dev: icefill
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 29.6%, RPG 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Roguelike 11.4%, Strategy 8.6%

  43. #43 Kenshi
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 113,725 reviews2018
    Dev: Lo-Fi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 70.4 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: RPG 31.2%, Survival 30.9%, Sandbox 21.8%, Open World 16.2%

  44. #44 Loop Hero
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 36,343 reviews2021
    Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.

    Why similar: Roguelike 32.2%, RPG 21.5%, Dark Fantasy 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 17%, 2D 6%

  45. #45 Vagabond
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 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: Open World Survival Craft 35.4%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, RPG 14.4%, Sandbox 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

  46. #46 Dungeon No Dungeon
    73% matchMixed58% of 505 reviews2021
    Dev: 302 StudioPub: 302 GAMES INC
    Windows · Mac

    Dungeon No Dungeon is a turn-based roguelike game with a unique hand-drawn art style, with a strategy system based around body parts that you've likely never encountered before.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 18.6%, Roguelike 15.1%, RPG 13.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%

  47. #47 ZERO Sievert
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 14,958 reviews2024
    Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

    Why similar: Survival 44%, Pixel Graphics 22.2%, Strategy 13.6%, Open World 12.6%, Singleplayer 4%

  48. #48 UnderMine
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 9,796 reviews2020
    Dev: Thorium
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.

    Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.8%, RPG 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Roguelike 7.1%

  49. #49 Robothorium
    71% matchMostly Positive70% of 373 reviews2019
    Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Robothorium is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler with turn-based fights, where all your choices will have a direct impact on your revolution against Humankind. Deep Strategy, Crafting, Party Based management, Talents and so much more in this roguelike!

    Why similar: Turn-Based 27.7%, RPG 18.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%

  50. #50 Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 51 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: RPG 36.5%, Procedural Generation 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

  51. #51 Below the Stone
    68% matchVery Positive85% of 437 reviews2023
    Dev: StrollartPub: Apogee Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Below the Stone is an extraction roguelike about dwarves on the quest for the deepest depths. A place where each and every descent will lead to new adventures -- and where only the most determined dwarves with many lost lives will be rewarded by the hidden world lying below the stone.

    Why similar: Roguelike 30.5%, Dungeon Crawler 27.6%, Procedural Generation 25.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%

  52. #52 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 8,203 reviews2020
    Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!

    Why similar: RPG 22%, Roguelike 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.4%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%

  53. #53 Ash of Gods: Redemption
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,456 reviews2018
    Dev: AurumDust
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 23.1%, RPG 19.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Medieval 13%

  54. #54 Songs of Conquest
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 13,416 reviews2024
    Dev: LavapotionPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 46.7%, Pixel Graphics 29.2%, Strategy 24.1%

  55. #55 Little Dungeon Stories
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 115 reviews2019
    Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 31%

    Little Dungeon Stories is a challenging roguelike card-based RPG. Enter the dungeon full of secrets, hostile monsters, deadly traps, and legendary loots. How long can you survive?

    Why similar: Turn-Based 29.1%, RPG 20.5%, Roguelike 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Difficult 9.9%

  56. #56 Hero's Hour
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,692 reviews2022
    Dev: Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" HauerPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 36.5%, Procedural Generation 18.5%, RPG 17%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Strategy 9.6%

  57. #57 Dead Age
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 5,595 reviews2016
    Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!

    Why similar: RPG 21.5%, Turn-Based 20.3%, Survival 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Roguelike 8.2%

  58. #58 Undergrave
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 76 reviews2022
    Dev: Wired Dreams Studio
    Windows

    Undergrave is a tactical roguelike in which moving, jumping, managing your stamina, dashing and 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 strategically is vital for success.

    Why similar: Roguelike 21.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

  59. #59 MENACE
    62% matchVery Positive91% of 11,938 reviews2026
    Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.

    Why similar: Turn-Based 30.3%, RPG 21.8%, Turn-Based Combat 20.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Strategy 11.1%

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