- #1 Carnosis
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dungalot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Carnosis is a horror dungeon crawler set in a grimdark empire filled with mutated monstrosities and war machines. Sever enemy limbs, steal the flesh of defeated foes, and chain devastating status combos to butcher your way to the emperor.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.9%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Party-Based RPG 12.2%, Dungeon Crawler 11.5%
- #2 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,356 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.4%, Party-Based RPG 14.6%, Horror 9.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
- #3 Sin or Suffer
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Gritty PiggyPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sin or Suffer is a brutal mix of survival-horror and JRPG. Locked in a medieval prison, you awake amidst a cold silence. The guards are gone; inmates and madness own the place. Something terrible lurks underground. But the only way to the truth is down.
Why similar: Survival Horror 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10.1%, Horror 9.7%
- #4 Shadows Of Thornkeep
95% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
A dark fantasy, grid-based dungeon crawler where every step hides peril. Loot, adapt, and survive in turn-based battles as you lead lost souls through cursed halls in this rogue-lite descent into madness.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28.1%, RPG 17.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 12%
- #5 Dirge of the Scarlet Star
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Omnibatsu
Windows
A JRPG and Survival Horror,featuring turn based combat and 12 different playable characters.A day, morning ,afternoon,and evening under the Scarlet Star, to end the insanity,or join it.Dirge of the Scarlet Star is a descent into isolation,madness,and a slow death under the heat of the Scarlet Star.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, Party-Based RPG 17.5%, RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%
- #6 Dream Eater
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Knight Vision Games
Windows
Dream Eater is a turn-based RPG about exploring a dark land that dreams no more. Recruit new party members, slay monsters, manage resources, and craft items as you journey to Originaught Castle in search of answers. Can you help them dream again?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24.1%, Turn-Based Combat 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Dungeon Crawler 12.7%, RPG 11.6%
- #7 EMISSARY
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weevil Workshop
Windows
Assume the mantle of the Emissary in this dark whimsical RPG. Bring the world back from the brink of devastation as you purge the blight that occupies it.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22.7%, Turn-Based Combat 21.2%, Party-Based RPG 17.4%, RPG 16%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #8 Nine Prophets: The Abyss
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vyk1ing Productions
Windows
Nine Prophets: The Abyss, is a brutal, story-driven, horror RPG with roguelike elements. Featuring difficult, dismemberment turn based combat and strategic resource management. Craft Items, scavenge resources and fight alongside allies as you combat countless horrors and survive the unknowable.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.1%, Party-Based RPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 12%
- #9 KAILA
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Undergod
Windows
Kaila is a visceral adventure set in an unrelentless, vicious world. Take part of an unforgiving story, leading a gang of four unique outcasts on their quest for survival, or die trying.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 18%, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Perma Death 12%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Nonlinear 10.8%
- #10 The Depths of Duskraven Manor
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Apoptosis Games
Windows
First-person dungeon crawling meets turn-based horror. Lead five fugitives into the depths of a cursed manor—and survive what’s waiting below.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, Horror 13.2%, RPG 10.6%
- #11 Dungeon Nox Exotica
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KTN Games
Windows
A retro first-person dungeon RPG with manual exploration, automatic return routes, and battles you can automate or command. Loot, regroup, read your expedition logs, and descend one floor deeper.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25.5%, Dungeon Crawler 21.3%, RPG 18.3%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%
- #12 Nocturnis
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimlight Interactive
Windows
Nocturnis is a narrative-driven, party-based tactical RPG where a desperate attempt to restore magic twists mankind into beasts. Explore a handcrafted world, master tactical combat, and reach the Moon Temple before the night ends. Your choices and combat prowess will determine what remains by dawn.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 29.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, RPG 11.7%, Horror 8.4%
- #13 Dungeon of Calibris: Demon Orb
88% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Dalex Software Planning
Windows
Descend into a sprawling, perilous dungeon in this old‑school first‑person RPG. Build your party, uncover hidden rooms, battle deadly creatures, and meet a large cast of adventurers trying to survive the depths. Designed with the spirit of classic “dad‑era” dungeon crawlers.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 30.1%, Dark Fantasy 22.3%, RPG 20.9%, Dungeon Crawler 18.4%, Turn-Based Combat 7%
- #14 Within The Experiments
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 是政屋
Windows
A classic Wizardry-inspired turn-based RPG featuring reactive combat through the unique "Interrupt Timeline Battle" system.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 30.6%, RPG 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%
- #15 Starshard Brigands
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Zomia Studio
Windows
Starshard Brigands is a first-person dungeon crawler with grid-based movement, where shifting loyalties and hard choices shape your fate. As a nameless mercenary in a fractured world, decide where you stand—or stand alone.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.1%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Nonlinear 7.6%
- #16 Winter Winds
86% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: paintedReality
Windows · Linux
Winter Winds is a grim fantasy RPG where you play as a mute, recently resurrected sadist with the mission to return the missing sun to the sky, with or without the help of an outspoken angel detective.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.3%, Turn-Based Combat 17.6%, Survival Horror 15%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #17 Grimoire Limbo
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinite Loom
Windows
Grimoire Limbo traps you in a necromancer's grimoire with no idea how you got there. Explore an eerie world to find your memories as your sanity frays and warps what you see. Fight with turn-based combat and spend crystals to grow stronger or secure your progress.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.6%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, Horror 11.5%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #18 Hatred and Blood
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lia CallanPub: Amos Shade SRL
Windows · Mac
Hatred and Blood is a psychological horror RPG set in a dystopian 1980s. Nations have turned to isolation and walls to prevent another war. But a curse, or sickness, spreads... consuming people from within and erasing their humanity. Will you endure… or be Baptized in Dismay?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Horror 9.4%
- #19 Parting Shadows
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Blake WunderlePub: Wunderelf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative RPG where every choice reshapes the story. Build your party from 56 unique classes, fight through three branching tales of mystery and betrayal, and discover that some paths can't be retraced.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28.2%, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, RPG 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #20 Letalis
82% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Monkiato
Windows · Mac
Recruit over 1,000 Letalis, conquer coliseums and explore a non-linear world packed with secrets.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.3%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Dungeon Crawler 11.4%, Nonlinear 11%
- #21 Woe Reigns Unending
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Joshua SarverPub: n/a
Windows
Lead a cursed party through a ruined world in this grimdark side-scrolling RPG. Build your team, master tactical combat, and unleash forbidden powers to survive an endless parade of nightmares. Decide what, if anything, is worth salvaging from a world that has been reduced to ashes.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20.8%, Party-Based RPG 19.3%, Turn-Based Combat 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.4%, Horror 11.2%
- #22 Castle Greyrot
84% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: sawworm Games
Windows
Castle Greyrot is a tactical boss-rush rogue-lite RPG where brutal battles await at every turn. Train your party, master powerful abilities, and face the horrors of the ever-changing Castle. Can you break its unending curse… or will you fall like the rest?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.4%, Dark Fantasy 20.2%, Turn-Based Combat 18.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.5%, Difficult 8.5%
- #23 Warband & Magic
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Warband & Magic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forge your party. Shape your fate. Ever wanted to play Dungeons & Dragons but found gathering a group too hard? This card-based RPG captures the same spirit of adventure and non-linear storytelling, presented in a tabletop-style format you can enjoy solo.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.3%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Nonlinear 9.9%, RPG 9%
- #24 Zoid Zoid Tetsoidea II
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brewsterland Studios
Windows
The sequel to Zoid Zoid Tetsoidea! May be played as a stand alone. JRPG with dungeons, and turn based combat, in a modern sci-fi setting.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 35.1%, RPG 21.2%, Dungeon Crawler 18.3%, Dark Fantasy 16.7%, Exploration 8.5%
- #25 The Inverted Tower
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: cmrn_
Windows · Mac
A dark fantasy CRPG with multiple routes and endings, all surrounding the hunt for a wish-granting chalice guarded beneath a dungeon known as the INVERTED TOWER.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28.4%, Dungeon Crawler 17.9%, RPG 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%
- #26 The Crystal Realms Saga : Rise of the Crystals
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DayDreamStudios
Windows
Embark on an epic RPG adventure with strategic battles, diverse skills, and rich systems. Explore a world on the brink of collapse, complete side quests, craft essential items, and tackle combat challenges to grow stronger. Choose your path and shape the realm's fate in a epic campaign.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27.6%, Turn-Based Combat 19%, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, RPG 9.5%
- #27 Monsters' Den: Book of Vengeance
78% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Monstrum
Windows
An all-new dark fantasy dungeon-crawling RPG taking inspiration from the fan-favorite Monsters' Den: Book of Dread. Create your party of heroes using an innovative skill system and enter tactical turn-based combat against the enemies of humanity. Loot, optimize, strategize. Enact vengeance.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27.5%, RPG 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18.3%, Dungeon Crawler 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 17.3%
- #28 Skeleton Rebellion
79% match8 user reviews89% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Joe Renwick
Windows
A turn-based RPG about a rogue skeleton storming the halls of mage society on a quest for justice, peace and unity.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 32.3%, RPG 20.4%, Dungeon Crawler 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Exploration 7.9%
- #29 DEORUM
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joyhop Games
Windows
Descend into the forsaken dungeon and fight the horrors in the dark. Gather occult materials, craft nightmarish coins, and settle your debt to the cosmic powers. Obey the Divine Festival.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.5%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Horror 11.5%, Survival Horror 10.5%
- #30 Sahir: Shiv of Memories
76% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: HCY Games
Windows
The loved ones we lost long ago returned to us on the island, in different bodies. Who can we trust now? A classic story-driven JRPG blended with survival mechanics. Gather your party, choose who you trust amidst the mysterious events unfolding on the island, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21%, Turn-Based Combat 17.6%, Party-Based RPG 15.1%, RPG 10.1%, Difficult 8.9%
- #31 THYSIASTERY
75% matchVery Positive82% of 318 reviews2026
Dev: DIRGA
Windows · Linux
THYSIASTERY is a dungeon crawler RPG featuring traditional roguelike and turn-based gameplay. Command a party of bearers of the Brand, drawn into a vast Labyrinth. Recruit while exploring the Labyrinth in hope of finding a way out, and its secrets will be revealed as you delve deeper.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 19.4%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, RPG 8.6%
- #32 The Deep Calls
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RandyPotatoGames
Windows
Build every hero your way in The Deep Calls, a turn based Lovecraftian roguelite dungeon crawler. Choose distinct Disciplines, mix unlocked Skills , embrace dangerous Traits, and equip hard won relics. Forge powerful party synergies, then risk those builds in branching dungeons with no retreat.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27.7%, Turn-Based Combat 24.7%, Dark Fantasy 18.9%, Dungeon Crawler 16.9%, RPG 11.9%
- #33 Requiem for Faith
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seal Desk
Windows · Mac
Requiem for Faith is a dark fantasy turn-based RPG where timing, choices, and faith shape your fate. Parry, dodge, unleash Ritual-powered ultimates, forge Accords with gods or demons, and uncover the truth beneath a kingdom standing at the edge of a breaking faith
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.5%, Party-Based RPG 25.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, RPG 11.8%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #34 Antadin DX
77% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: Red Skald
Windows
A dark jrpg with tough choices that change the story. You play as the last of the antadins, the protector of the queen of your colony. You have to traverse bleak, corrupted caverns, inhabitated by a myriad of different insects. Trying to protect your ward.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27.6%, Dark Fantasy 19.9%, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%, RPG 7.8%
- #35 Crimson Rest
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Llama Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight relentless hordes of bloodthirsty monsters and choose which room lies beyond the next door in this retro-style dungeon crawler, where death is not an option. But tread carefully, do not awaken Count Dracula, or his curse will be unleashed upon you.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22.4%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Horror 10.3%, Nonlinear 8.9%
- #36 Nimaat
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RaObscura
Windows
Face corrupted gods, survive brutal combat, and shape Nimaat’s fate in a world where faith itself has turned hostile in this dark psychological turn-based RPG set in a fractured vision of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22%, Dark Fantasy 22%, RPG 17.3%, Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #37 Ultradian
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apushev Vitaly
Windows
Ultradian is an intense JRPG adventure featuring turn-based combat, Survival Horror elements, and resource management. You must escape the war-torn town of Lgov within 24 hours before a devastating nuclear bomb is unleashed! But beware, falling asleep means certain death!
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.6%, Dark Fantasy 21.6%, Horror 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, RPG 11.5%
- #38 Alter Animus
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verminick
Windows
Alter Animus is a turn-based RPG with horror elements, mysteries to unveil and a character-driven narrative. It's up to you if these unforeseen and unthinkable circumstances make these people truly come together or if they succumb to the consequences of their actions.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 26.5%, Turn-Based Combat 20.6%, RPG 19.1%, Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #39 Darkwood 2
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Roam freely around the scorched deserts of a dying sea as you secure resources and explore the mysteries of Darkwood. But beware nightfall – seek shelter, shore up your defenses, and pray for the morning light as the horrors of the world hunt the ill-prepared.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Horror 14%, RPG 9.9%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #40 Alone: Recode
74% match6 user reviews57% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Fengraf
Windows
Step into the world of Alone - a new take on the classic turn-based fantasy RPG. Featuring challenging bosses and asymmetric world design Alone will defy your expectations of gameplay and exploration. Whether you are an RPG veteran or new to the genre, you must experience Alone.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 32.7%, RPG 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%, Exploration 8%
- #41 Noctheron: The Eclipse Bringer
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vox Mortis
Windows
In a medieval world consumed by plague, fear, and corruption, a masked creature emerges to turn the vilest men into omens of horror. Become Noctheron, the Eclipse Bringer, and make those who thrive in darkness fear what they once claimed to command.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 27.4%, Turn-Based Combat 22.8%, RPG 18.7%, Romance 8.8%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #42 LURKS WITHIN WALLS
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Here Be MonstersPub: 2 Wedges
Windows
LURKS WITHIN WALLS is a tense survival horror game that combines modern dungeon-crawling RPG with fast-paced turn-based combat. Explore cursed environments infested with creatures born from the haunted art of Trevor Henderson.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Horror 13.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.2%, RPG 7.9%
- #43 Tales of Moriviha: Deadly Secret
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Centurion Symphony Games
Windows
A survival horror first person RPG with branching storylines and rich lore, where your dialogue choices can come back to haunt you. Use your wits to survive, put your sneaking skills to the test, and when all else fails, it's up to you to decide if your resources are worth the fight or not.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20.9%, Survival Horror 20.7%, Horror 12.2%, Perma Death 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #44 Darkest Dungeon®
70% matchVery Positive92% of 161,643 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.0 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 25.9%, Dark Fantasy 23.8%, Dungeon Crawler 16.6%, RPG 9.5%, Difficult 7.9%
- #45 Demon Lord Reincarnation
70% matchMixed67% of 123 reviews2023
Dev: Graverobber Foundation
Windows · Linux
Assemble a party, explore the dungeon, fight your way through hordes of monsters, and defeat the Demon Lord in this brutal dungeon crawler. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24.5%, Turn-Based Combat 18.3%, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, Dark Fantasy 15%, RPG 10.3%
- #46 Lost Carcossa
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: dotGame Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ascend the great tower, Babel, in this rogue-like to confront the tyrannical King in Yellow. Plan your moves in Turn-Based combat to ensure your victory and become stronger. Perhaps even recruiting new allies along the way.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 31.2%, Perma Death 17.9%, RPG 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%
- #47 Shores Unknown
71% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2021
Dev: VallynnePub: Hitcents
Windows
A turn-based RPG with deep character-driven combat, and a story written by Final Fantasy veterans. Finding yourself on the wrong side of the Crown, you and your companions must fight or perish. Build a team of mercenaries, forge alliances, and explore distant lands.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.2%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Difficult 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #48 Soul Food
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Exas's paint pot
Windows · Linux
A survival Rpg with Slow-burn weight-gain aspect! Lost on a pilgrimage, you end up in the ruins of a fallen kingdom. Feed on the animated guardians of this lost place to cultivate your various stats and abilities. Maybe even recruit other adventurers and guardians to your cause!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24.6%, Survival Horror 20.9%, RPG 18.5%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%
- #49 Fear & Hunger
69% matchVery Positive94% of 22,619 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 32.8%, Horror 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, RPG 10.3%, Dungeon Crawler 7.8%
- #50 Violet Kingdom
69% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Wolfs Moon Studios
Windows
A single player RPG adventure
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28.1%, RPG 20%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
- #51 Look Outside
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,361 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27%, Turn-Based Combat 19.3%, RPG 18.1%, Horror 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #52 Darkwood
68% matchVery Positive95% of 24,850 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: Survival Horror 19.4%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Horror 13.4%, RPG 9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #53 Fortress of Hell
71% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Aldorlea Games
Windows
Can you survive inside a fortress full of monsters, and free the many prisoners (including your own girlfriend!) from their unfortunate fate? Play as up to 4 different parties - you can even play evil heroes from darkness - and find out!
Why similar: Survival Horror 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Horror 10.4%
- #54 Cursed Memory
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Midnight Crew
Windows
A psychological dark fantasy visual novel with turn-based combat. Unravel the mystery of a curse that erases memories and transforms people into demons.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22.8%, Party-Based RPG 21.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #55 Rookie Taoist
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 糯米坊
Windows
A co-op survival horror game rooted in Chinese folk traditions. Team up with 1–4 players to survive haunted locations, use ritual tools, uncover hidden truths, and escape the grip of evil. But beware—your arrival may only be the beginning of a greater nightmare...
Why similar: Survival Horror 29%, Horror 20.7%, RPG 14.6%, Nonlinear 10.5%, Psychological Horror 6.5%
- #56 Anchorite: Heritage Ascension
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Effort 2 Pixel
Windows
Reclaim your legacy in a story-rich dark fantasy RPG. Master deep turn-based combat, rebuild and manage your settlement, restore control over your lands, and shape their future alongside companions whose beliefs may clash with your own.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25.8%, Turn-Based Combat 21.1%, Dark Fantasy 18.1%, RPG 17.1%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #57 Soul Ampz
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bliss BonZ
Windows
Summoned to another world, your choices will shape its fate. Build bonds with companions, unlock multiple endings, and turn monsters into power in this story-driven turn-based JRPG set in a handcrafted pixel fantasy world.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 30.5%, Turn-Based Combat 19.9%, Dungeon Crawler 11.9%, Romance 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #58 Bloodthorn
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apel Studios
Windows
A first-person dark fantasy dungeon crawler where death is not the end. Climb a cursed castle floor by floor, craft gear between runs, and manage your loot through a brutal save system. Complete a floor to keep it. Die in Limbo, and lose everything.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 28.3%, Dungeon Crawler 17.7%, Survival Horror 15.2%, Horror 13.8%, Nonlinear 8.1%
- #59 Pythonmancer
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dixon GamesPub: Dixon Games
Windows
Collect dungeon keys, fight enemies in turn-based combat and find several party members so you can escape a tower that has been overrun by deadly creatures.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 30.8%, RPG 21%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%, Nonlinear 7.5%