- #1 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,607 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 16.4%, Party-Based RPG 14.7%, Horror 9.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%
- #2 Shadows Of Thornkeep
96% 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 28.3%, RPG 17.2%, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%
- #3 Dirge of the Scarlet Star
96% 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 19.3%, Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Party-Based RPG 17.6%, RPG 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%
- #4 Dream Eater
95% 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 24.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Dungeon Crawler 12.7%, RPG 11.5%
- #5 Nine Prophets: The Abyss
94% 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 19.2%, Party-Based RPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Horror 11.9%
- #6 KAILA
94% 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 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 17%, Perma Death 12%, Survival Horror 11.2%, Nonlinear 10.7%
- #7 Perish Parade
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antang Software
Windows
Perish Parade is a roguelike dungeon-crawler RPG with positional turn-based combat, and an entirely hand-drawn art style. Manage your resources carefully as you explore and fight your way through each area. Create powerful synergies between your party and skills to reach the end. Prepare or perish.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Party-Based RPG 17.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, RPG 11.6%
- #8 The Depths of Duskraven Manor
92% 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 27.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16.6%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Horror 13.1%, RPG 10.4%
- #9 DEORUM
91% matchNo user reviews2026
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 20.2%, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.2%
- #10 Winter Winds
91% 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 25.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.7%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #11 Dungeon of Calibris: Demon Orb
89% match8 user reviews88% of 8 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 30.5%, Dark Fantasy 22.6%, RPG 20.5%, Dungeon Crawler 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 6.4%
- #12 Starshard Brigands
90% 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 23.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Nonlinear 7.5%
- #13 Parting Shadows
89% 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 28.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, RPG 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #14 Hatred and Blood
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lia CallanPub: Amos Shade SRL
Windows · Mac
Baptized in Dismay 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 19%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Horror 9.3%
- #15 Woe Reigns Unending
87% 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 20.9%, Party-Based RPG 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.3%, Horror 11%
- #16 Castle Greyrot
86% 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 23.6%, Dark Fantasy 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11.5%, Difficult 8.4%
- #17 Nimaat
86% 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 22.1%, Dark Fantasy 22.1%, RPG 17.1%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
- #18 Warband & Magic
85% 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 23.4%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Nonlinear 9.8%, RPG 8.8%
- #19 Zoid Zoid Tetsoidea II
84% 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 35.4%, RPG 21%, Dungeon Crawler 18.3%, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, Exploration 8.5%
- #20 The Inverted Tower
84% 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 28.6%, Dungeon Crawler 17.8%, RPG 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%
- #21 Void Martyrs
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mac n Cheese Games
Windows
A grimdark survival horror about a nun in space. Scavenge amongst the drifting space-Basilica, balance your faith with survival, and craft the tools of your salvation.
Why similar: Survival Horror 21.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.1%, Horror 13.1%, RPG 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #22 Spriters, Hopes Blooming Dawn
83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Tusk.inkPub: Andrew Vermeulen
Windows
Spriters: Hopes Blooming Dawn is an RPG-style game that takes you on an epic adventure through a world filled with magic, mystery, and danger. Battle dangerous creatures, collect Gems with unique powers, and uncover the mysteries of your past in this engaging and innovative game.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 32.6%, Turn-Based Combat 17.4%, RPG 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #23 Monsters' Den: Book of Vengeance
81% matchPositive86% of 37 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 27.6%, Turn-Based Combat 18.3%, RPG 18.1%, Dungeon Crawler 17.7%, Dark Fantasy 17.4%
- #24 The Crystal Realms Saga : Rise of the Crystals
82% 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 27.7%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, RPG 9.4%
- #25 THYSIASTERY
79% matchVery Positive81% of 266 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 19.6%, Dark Fantasy 18%, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, RPG 8.5%
- #26 Sahir: Shiv of Memories
79% 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 21.1%, Turn-Based Combat 17.6%, Party-Based RPG 15.2%, RPG 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #27 Skeleton Rebellion
80% 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 32.6%, RPG 20.2%, Dungeon Crawler 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Exploration 7.8%
- #28 Antadin DX
81% matchPositive82% of 32 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 27.7%, Dark Fantasy 20%, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, RPG 7.7%
- #29 Threaded Dungeons
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jani Elojoki
Windows
A world threaded in death. Can you cultivate a party of four that defies all odds? Make every action count in tactical turn-based combat. Choose your allegiances carefully. Scour dungeons in search of loot and secrets. Resist or acquiesce to tempting whispers in the darkness.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, Perma Death 11.4%
- #30 Ultradian
77% 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 23.5%, Dark Fantasy 21.9%, Horror 14.3%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, RPG 11.4%
- #31 Darkwood 2
77% 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 20.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.5%, Horror 13.9%, RPG 9.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #32 Alone: Recode
78% 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 32.9%, RPG 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%, Exploration 8%
- #33 LURKS WITHIN WALLS
76% 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 22.8%, Turn-Based Combat 19.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.2%, Horror 13.1%, RPG 7.9%
- #34 Tales of Moriviha: Deadly Secret
76% 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 21.1%, Survival Horror 20.5%, Horror 12.2%, Perma Death 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #35 Demon Lord Reincarnation
75% matchMixed68% of 120 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 24.6%, Turn-Based Combat 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, RPG 10.2%
- #36 Darkest Dungeon®
74% matchVery Positive92% of 159,462 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.7 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 26%, Dark Fantasy 24%, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, RPG 9.4%, Difficult 7.8%
- #37 Shores Unknown
75% matchMixed69% of 123 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 23.3%, Dark Fantasy 16.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Difficult 8.7%
- #38 Violet Kingdom
73% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Wolfs Moon Studios
Windows
A single player RPG adventure
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28.3%, RPG 19.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Dungeon Crawler 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 7.5%
- #39 Look Outside
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 12,602 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 15.1 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 27.8%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, RPG 17.1%, Horror 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #40 Soul Food
73% matchNo user reviews2026
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 24.8%, Survival Horror 20.8%, RPG 18.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%
- #41 Fear & Hunger
73% matchVery Positive94% of 21,597 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.1 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 33.2%, Horror 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, RPG 10.3%, Dungeon Crawler 7.7%
- #42 Cursed Memory
72% 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 22.9%, Party-Based RPG 21.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #43 Fortress of Hell
74% matchPositive83% of 12 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 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Nonlinear 12.5%, Horror 10.4%
- #44 Darkwood
72% matchVery Positive95% of 24,197 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 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: Dark Fantasy 19.5%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Horror 13.2%, RPG 9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #45 Rookie Taoist
71% 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 6.6%
- #46 DunJaunt
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Pelar.GameForge LLC
Windows
A focused dungeon running romp through the fantasy world of Relaryia! The land is sliding into chaos, and it's up to you with the help of a party of 4 elemental avatars to bring balance back to the world. Pick your favorites from Fire, Water, Storm, Earth, Light, and Darkness and cleanse the world!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 14%, RPG 11%
- #47 Pythonmancer
70% 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 31.1%, RPG 20.8%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%, Nonlinear 7.5%
- #48 Empire Reunited
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Casa Serena
Windows
Crawl through spaces you were not meant to see, make every move count, uncover a secret history, unite with age-old enemies, and change the future in this gameplay-focused JRPG.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 30.9%, Dungeon Crawler 18.2%, RPG 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, Exploration 10.2%
- #49 Catharsis
71% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Cathartic Games
Windows
Descend deep in the dungeons of Catharsis to reclaim what you've lost. Dive into this First Person Dungeon Crawler featuring a grim aesthetic with a heavy focus on character growth, exploration and customization!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27.7%, Dark Fantasy 20%, Dungeon Crawler 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 15.3%, RPG 9.8%
- #50 Slenderman: Unbecoming
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: FOLIO INTERACTIVE
Windows
Slenderman: Unbecoming is a new adaptation on the supernatural entity Slenderman. The game describes the events of a park ranger haunted by Slenderman. Go the right way, and you just may save yourself from the Slenderman.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 33.9%, Horror 23.8%, RPG 20.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #51 Wooden Ocean
70% matchVery Positive97% of 236 reviews2020
Dev: Leif Ian AndersonPub: Self
Windows
Kill cosmic gods and their fascist sycophants in a post-entropy future. Become Violence. Become Romantic.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22.7%, Party-Based RPG 14.5%, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Horror 13.1%, RPG 11.5%
- #52 The Count Lucanor
69% matchVery Positive93% of 2,890 reviews2016
Dev: Baroque DecayPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.9%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Horror 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, RPG 7.6%
- #53 TeleCollision
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zachary Fox
Windows
An RPG where something is off... Make an original character in a surprisingly in depth pixel character creator, and then choose one of three worlds to set out. Your choices are your own, but the game has its own devious plans for you.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 36.1%, Dungeon Crawler 19.4%, RPG 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%, Exploration 9.4%
- #54 Saviors of Sapphire Wings / Stranger of Sword City Revisited
69% matchMixed64% of 222 reviews2021
Dev: Experience Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Saviors of Sapphire Wings, a fallen hero is reincarnated 100 years after being defeated by the Overlord of Darkness. Bond with allies, explore dungeons, and vanquish monsters in this RPG gem!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 35.7%, Dungeon Crawler 22.4%, RPG 17.7%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Exploration 8.5%
- #55 Corvos Dynasty
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Dylan Blake
Windows · Mac
Build your heroes, loot the kingdom, and discover rare treasures. Corvos Dynasty is an RPG inspired by old-school classics. Will you be the legendary hero who saves the princess or the conquerer who burns the monarchy to the ground?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25%, Turn-Based Combat 20.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.6%, RPG 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #56 Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
66% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20.5%, Dark Fantasy 19.7%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, RPG 9.1%
- #57 Scissors in Hell
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Z. Bill
Windows
Scissors in Hell is a madcap 1st person Dungeon Crawler. Slice demons (in turn-based combat), explore among the flames (in real-time), then find a home (in hell)!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22.2%, Dark Fantasy 21.3%, Dungeon Crawler 18.2%, RPG 12.2%, Horror 12.1%
- #58 Old School RPG
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Head Buzz Games, LLC
Windows
Old School RPG is a first-person fantasy role playing game. It is heavily influenced by The Bard's Tale, Might and Magic and Wizardry series of games. Create a party of adventurers and clear out dungeons and solve puzzles. Find and eliminate the source of evil that has come to your lands.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 44.4%, Turn-Based Combat 27.9%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, RPG 13.7%
- #59 Cantarella: Dominion of Qualia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sound sepherPub: Mediascape
Windows
A dark turn-based RPG where you kill, devour, and command aberrations. In a mad tower where life itself is consumed as a resource, rewrite fate through choice and sacrifice in endless looping battles.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27.2%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.6%, Choices Matter 9%
- #60 Perfect Execution
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sean Wong
Windows · Mac
The roguelike RPG where you die in one hit. Upend turn-based combat to defy your fate: Steal turns. Stack buffs. Amass overkill to slay your judges and escape in one PERFECT EXECUTION.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 29.9%, Turn-Based Combat 25.1%, Dark Fantasy 23%, RPG 12.5%, Perma Death 8.6%