- #1 Subterrain
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,398 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Survival 28.7%, Crafting 18.1%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Top-Down 12.8%, Dark 8.2%
- #2 UnderRail
96% matchVery Positive86% of 7,229 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: Post-apocalyptic 28.3%, RPG 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 17.8%, Crafting 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #3 Quasimorph
95% matchVery Positive82% of 7,882 reviews2026
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.2 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 Combat 33.4%, Tactical 18.8%, Sci-fi 18.5%, RPG 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #4 NEO Scavenger
96% matchVery Positive90% of 5,410 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: Post-apocalyptic 26.3%, Survival 25.8%, Inventory Management 12.8%, Grid-Based Movement 12%, Crafting 11.7%
- #5 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,794 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.3%, Turn-Based Combat 24.9%, RPG 12%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Survival 7.3%
- #6 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
93% matchVery Positive94% of 4,475 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 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: Survival 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, RPG 10.6%
- #7 Stoneshard
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 35,466 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: RPG 31.3%, Survival 27.6%, Turn-Based Combat 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Indie 2.4%
- #8 Eventide Matter
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 915 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Inventory Management 24.4%, Crafting 15.3%, RPG 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Futuristic 10.3%
- #9 Anoxia Station
90% matchVery Positive80% of 211 reviews2025
Dev: BonereadersPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33%, Survival 25.2%, Dark 19.1%, Exploration 12.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #10 Wayward
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,366 reviews2016
Dev: Unlok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 21.6 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: Survival 26.1%, Grid-Based Movement 19.1%, Crafting 18.7%, Inventory Management 10.8%, RPG 10%
- #11 Shardpunk
89% matchVery Positive93% of 781 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 26.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 19.3%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 11.3%
- #12 Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
89% matchVery Positive94% of 78 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 18.6%, Inventory Management 16.8%, Survival 15.9%, Crafting 12.5%, RPG 9.7%
- #13 Space Haven
86% matchVery Positive86% of 11,081 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.8%, Survival 25.3%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Exploration 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #14 Space Prison
88% matchVery Positive84% of 288 reviews2024
Dev: Wooden AlienPub: Firesquid
Windows
Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 26.7%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 12.4%, Sci-fi 12.1%
- #15 Stirring Abyss
87% matchVery Positive88% of 440 reviews2020
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 29.1%, RPG 28.2%, Tactical 20.1%, Crafting 15.2%, Indie 5%
- #16 Chernobylite Complete Edition
86% matchVery Positive82% of 15,545 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.6%, Survival 19.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%, RPG 10%
- #17 Titan Outpost
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: The Boar Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.
Why similar: RPG 40%, Sci-fi 28%, Survival 21.9%, Indie 10.1%
- #18 Entity Researchers
83% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-C
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Turn-Based Combat 21.7%, Exploration 16.8%, RPG 16.2%, Sci-fi 13.3%
- #19 Highrisers
84% matchMostly Negative38% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Solar Powered GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.
Why similar: Survival 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Crafting 14%, Old School 12.2%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #20 INSOMNIA: The Ark
84% matchMixed59% of 1,267 reviews2018
Dev: Mono StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
INSOMNIA is a dieselpunk sci-fi RPG about the slowly degrading remnants of human society attempting to survive on an abandoned space metropolis. Develop your character, explore lovingly handcrafted locations, interact with peculiar NPCs and factions and try to stay alive in this brutal world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.7%, Sci-fi 15.7%, RPG 13.1%, Tactical 10.4%, Dark 9.8%
- #21 Avernum: Escape From the Pit
82% matchVery Positive91% of 1,316 reviews2012
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival in the monster-infested darkness. Hunt for glory, treasure, and justice in the underworld. Fight for survival, freedom, and even vengeance in the epic indie cult-classic.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 27.2%, RPG 25.5%, Turn-Based Combat 20.3%, Old School 17.2%, Indie 4.4%
- #22 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
81% matchVery Positive90% of 331 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Rate StudioPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
In this dystopic sci-fi Tactical RPG, save your patients from themselves. Craft your skills among millions of combinations, heal the mind and face ever growing nightmares in 10mn runs. Will you overcome the insidious being chasing you across minds?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.1%, Crafting 14.8%, Tactical 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.7%
- #23 Entity Researchers: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-CPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.2%, Turn-Based Combat 22.6%, RPG 15.5%, Exploration 14.8%, Sci-fi 11.6%
- #24 Gloomgrave
80% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2023
Dev: Netmancer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gloomgrave is a roguelike turn-based dungeon crawler where you will explore, loot, and fight your way through the ever-shifting dungeon to defeat the evil that lies below.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 24.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, RPG 15.6%, Dark 10.6%, Exploration 8.7%
- #25 Artificer: Science of Magic
81% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2020
Dev: Psilocybe GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Your exploration ship crashlands on a mysterious planet where apparently magic is real. Learn how to survive in this hostile territory by applying your technical abilities to the arcane. Discover how to cast spells and craft elixirs. Uncover the planet's secrets to find your way out.
Why similar: RPG 43.7%, Survival 17.5%, Crafting 17%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #26 It Lurks Below
79% matchVery Positive82% of 1,288 reviews2019
Dev: Graybeard GamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Survival 33.4%, RPG 27%, Crafting 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Indie 6.6%
- #27 Void War
76% matchVery Positive94% of 3,953 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Sci-fi 46.1%, Tactical 32.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #28 Cogmind
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,997 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 41.4 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: Sci-fi 43.1%, RPG 27%, Atmospheric 25.8%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #29 Dome Keeper
76% matchVery Positive92% of 22,186 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38.2%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Tactical 14.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #30 Depth of Extinction
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, RPG 19.1%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
- #31 Deadnaut: Signal Lost
77% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Linux
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
Why similar: Sci-fi 36.3%, Exploration 28.6%, RPG 28%, Atmospheric 7%
- #32 Dead Age
78% matchVery Positive82% of 5,605 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: Turn-Based Combat 26.1%, Survival 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, RPG 19.2%, Crafting 8.6%
- #33 ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
77% matchVery Positive85% of 10,540 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: Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Survival 20.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, RPG 12%, Exploration 11%
- #34 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: Grid-Based Movement 33.7%, Turn-Based Combat 20.9%, RPG 15.2%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #35 Aground Zero
75% matchVery Positive83% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Linux
The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27%, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 15.3%, Sci-fi 14.5%, RPG 13.7%
- #36 Stellar Tactics
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,731 reviews2026
Dev: Don WilkinsPub: Maverick Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19.6%, Exploration 13.5%, RPG 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.1%
- #37 Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,865 reviews2021
Dev: Rotorist Workshop
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.1%, Survival 22.2%, Crafting 16.5%, RPG 9.3%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #38 Spark in the Dark
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,195 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Fish
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The hardcore dark fantasy Dungeon Crawler where you will go to the endless depths of a mysterious grim Dungeon.
Why similar: RPG 30.3%, Dark 30.2%, Exploration 20%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #39 Notrium
74% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Ville Mönkkönen
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
You have crash-landed on Notrium. Your food supplies are running low, and a pack of predatory aliens have your scent. You're out of bullets for your pistol, your only weapon a handful of rocks. A freezing night is setting in, and you are desperately looking for firewood. Can you survive?
Why similar: Survival 21.3%, Crafting 18.9%, Old School 16.7%, Futuristic 12%, RPG 10.5%
- #40 Z Dawn
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.8%, Survival 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Crafting 15.9%, RPG 13.2%
- #41 Regenesis
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Klopsy
Windows
Guide a group of survivors trying to strive in this alien yet familiar environment. Fight against mutated creatures and use their parts to craft and upgrade your weapons.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Turn-Based Combat 20.7%, RPG 14.9%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Tactical 8.2%
- #42 Survive the Fall
70% matchMixed68% of 677 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, Survival 21%, Crafting 17.2%, Tactical 13.2%, RPG 11.2%
- #43 Beyond Mankind: The Awakening
73% matchMixed45% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Brytenwalda
Windows · Linux
Beyond Mankind: The Awakening is an indie old school type RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic world. The game sports a mature and deep narrative, rich exploration, tense combat, and immersive RPG mechanics.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, Inventory Management 18.5%, Survival 14.3%, Sci-fi 12.9%, RPG 11%
- #44 SKYHILL
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,747 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
Why similar: Survival 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 29.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%, Crafting 10%, RPG 8.7%
- #45 Emerald Flower
68% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Trash Men Studios
Windows · Mac
A miraculous fuel, or a parasitic plague that spells the end of humanity? In a civilization collapsed by global war, fight for survival against the brain-controlling Emerald Flower, feral armies, and ruthless factions, each driven by their own desperate ideologies.
Why similar: RPG 20%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Survival 12.6%, Inventory Management 12.6%, Action-Adventure 11.3%
- #46 Peregrino
69% matchMixed69% of 199 reviews2026
Dev: Inverge Studios
Windows
Peregrino is a dark isometric survival adventure where you explore a cursed forest by day and manage your caravan by night. Gather resources, hunt deadly creatures, upgrade your caravan, care for your companions, and lead them through the vast wilderness in search of New Eden.
Why similar: Inventory Management 39.5%, RPG 19.4%, Exploration 12.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Atmospheric 10%
- #47 Approaching Infinity
67% matchVery Positive95% of 740 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: Old School 19.8%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Crafting 17.7%, RPG 13.1%, Exploration 12.2%
- #48 Vaporum: Lockdown
70% matchVery Positive84% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: Fatbot Games, s. r. o.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Vaporum: Lockdown, a prequel to Vaporum, is a grid-based dungeon crawler RPG in an original steampunk setting, inspired by old-school classics of the genre. Follow the story of Ellie Teller, a scientist struggling to survive disastrous events that happened in the tower of Arx Vaporum.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 45.7%, RPG 22.5%, Old School 10.1%, Dark 6.8%, Tactical 5.9%
- #49 Lost Scavenger
72% matchMixed53% of 245 reviews2022
Dev: Rockbee
Windows
How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24%, Turn-Based Combat 20.8%, Survival 19%, Crafting 13.7%, RPG 8.3%
- #50 Tenebris: Terra Incognita
68% matchVery Positive87% of 267 reviews2024
Dev: Phantasmica Studios
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG in which you will explore a harsh planet teeming with terrifying monsters. Experiment with talent builds for 23 heroes. Combine abilities with equipment and other characters. Assemble a squad and learn the secrets of the planet Tenebris!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 26.1%, Dark 20.9%, RPG 19.7%, Tactical 18.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #51 Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 904 reviews2025
Dev: RetroStyle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.7%, Time Management 24.4%, Sci-fi 19.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 11%
- #52 Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Kerberos Productions
Windows
The Pit2 returns to the turn-based Roguelike roots of the indie classic and takes you to another alien facility filled with broken machines, warped creatures, and new surprises!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22.8%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Crafting 14.8%, RPG 13.6%, Tactical 13.5%
- #53 Rencounter
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.
Why similar: RPG 44.6%, Sci-fi 28.2%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Indie 11.9%
- #54 Xenomarine
69% matchVery Positive84% of 64 reviews2019
Dev: Fourfold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience hardcore, sci-fi dungeon crawling in this dark, atmospheric roguelike. Xenomarine offers tactical turn-based combat with hundreds of unique items and upgradable weapons and armor, as well as massive replayability thanks to its randomly generated content.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 61.5%, RPG 18.6%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Indie 5.3%
- #55 MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 245 reviews2026
Dev: Black AnchorPub: Webzen
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive. Plunge into The Dark Shroud to rescue survivors, inherit the memories of the fallen, and restore the shattered "Memolith" to reclaim the lost light.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.8%, Survival 16%, Tactical 15.4%, RPG 12.5%, Dark 11.7%
- #56 UnderMine
66% matchVery Positive90% of 9,846 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.3 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: RPG 35.5%, Pixel Graphics 31.8%, Top-Down 21%, Indie 7.5%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #57 AETHUS
63% matchVery Positive95% of 2,015 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
Why similar: Survival 24%, Crafting 21.5%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Top-Down 11.8%
- #58 Cataclysm: The Last Generation
64% matchVery Positive92% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: Worm Girl
Windows · Mac · Linux
A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Inventory Management 19.9%, Survival 16.1%, Crafting 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%