- #1 Prelude Dark Pain
97% matchVery Positive81% of 405 reviews2026
Dev: QUICKFIREGAMESPub: Firesquid
Windows
Prelude Dark Pain is a Tactical RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Assume the role of a local blacksmith named Soren, lead an uprising against the Order of the Ashen Crusade and save a world ravaged by war.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, JRPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%
- #2 Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG]
96% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Juggler GamesPub: Galaktus
Windows
Tarnished Blood is a turn-based roguelite RPG with a unique time-bending battle mechanic. Hunt massive beasts, harvest their essence, and help a group of hunters survive in the brutal world beneath the Dome!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 20.3%, RPG 14.8%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%
- #3 Sin Slayers: Reign of The 8th
96% matchMixed70% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Goonswarm Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Seven Deadly Sins. Have you heard about the 8th? Delve into madness in Sin Slayers, a challenging RPG Roguelite where you decide how much sin to bear as you transform the world. Assemble a party of wicked adventurers, kill, and pillage to drive off a gluttonous nightmare in turn-based battles
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.2%, JRPG 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 11%
- #4 The Severed Gods
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Topebox
Windows
A fantasy roguelite RPG where heroes reincarnate to stop the mystic dragon Umbra. Master turn-based combat, sever giant bosses, and shape your Karma through a journey filled with relics and evolving NPC interactions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.4%, Dark Fantasy 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, RPG 8.2%
- #5 Dungeon No Dungeon
95% 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 Combat 34.5%, Dark Fantasy 27.2%, RPG 16.9%, Fantasy 10.7%, Dark 8.3%
- #6 Revelatio
93% matchVery Positive93% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Guild Studio
Windows
"Revelatio" is a turn-based strategy game that combines tile-based combat and elements of roguelike. Strategically summon and control units to claim victory. Stain the world with your darkness by corrupting various units, bosses and even NPCs.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.7%, Strategy RPG 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #7 Malice & Greed
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Xendra
Windows
Malice & Greed is a Roguelike Turn-based RPG where you force enemies & bosses to join you after each fight, sell them to the Shady Smuggler, and butcher them to steal their skills. Customize & upgrade a new team every run to build the ultimate combo as you battle to reach Nirvana!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 34.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, RPG 16%, Dark 6.7%
- #8 The Hidden Scrolls
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 146 reviews2026
Dev: Red Dragon StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
A turn-based tactical roguelike fusing Spring and Autumn history with supernatural fantasy. Assemble knights in an ink-oil aesthetic world, venture into five perilous realms, battle monsters and human-born demons, and collect lost bamboo slips to unravel hidden secrets.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Strategy RPG 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
- #9 Dark Fairy Tale
91% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Fun Workshop
Windows
《Dark Fairy Tale》 is a role-playing game blending light Rogue elements, deconstructing classic fairy tales into a shattered world of dark fantasy. Build powerful characters through weapons, talents, and runes. Gradually uncover the truth and save this world corrupted by evil thoughts!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.3%, Strategy RPG 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, RPG 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 6.8%
- #10 BLACK SOULS II
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,286 reviews2025
Dev: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Despair. Fear, Madness, once again. An original work based on "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass." Dark Fairy Tale Fantasy x Psychological Horror RPG focusing on the themes of "Exploration of a Mad World" and "Life or Death Combat against Demonbeasts".
Why similar: Souls-like 20.7%, JRPG 20.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%
- #11 DarkMaus
91% matchVery Positive81% of 438 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Wright
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
DarkMaus is an indie action RPG with challenging, skill-based combat that punishes careless play.
Why similar: Souls-like 81.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, RPG 8%
- #12 Way Back Witness
90% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: 青椒
Windows
《归路:见证 》是一款架空世界回合制RPG游戏。 玩家将在这本不属于自己的世界内,见证忒瑞阴德上的悲欢离合,是是非非。 在冒险和旅行中,踏上那条注定不平凡的归路。
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 40.8%, RPG 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, JRPG 12.1%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
- #13 Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
88% matchVery Positive93% of 721 reviews2025
Dev: 红锈雨
Windows
Cradle of Nightmare: Flowers to You is an adventure game featuring a turn-based ATB system. Step into the shoes of Yue Qing, an ordinary high schooler thrust into a world of darkness as an otherworldly force tears reality asunder. Navigate a ruined world and end the filth festering within humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.2%, JRPG 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, RPG 9.3%
- #14 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
89% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 32.3%, JRPG 32.1%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, RPG 9.9%, Dark 7.6%
- #15 Purgatory Dungeoneer
87% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Cannibal InteractivePub: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Purgatory Dungeoneer is a townbuilding roguelite RPG about plundering a psychic hellmaw for personal closure, and the resources to build a village beyond the grave.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, RPG 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, Anime 12.9%
- #16 Effulgence RPG
86% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Andrei Fomin
Windows
Effulgence RPG is a party-based RPG set in a unique character-based world where enemies are more than just obstacles - they ARE the resource. 💀 Destroy them to forge better gear!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 34.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 30.6%, RPG 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Singleplayer 2%
- #17 Eastern Exorcist
85% matchVery Positive84% of 6,774 reviews2021
Dev: Wildfire Game(无锡野火数字科技有限公司)
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Eastern Exorcist is a stunning 2D side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy eastern world with the vicious spirits and monsters. Play as a skilled exorcist against chaotic evil to fight your way through the brutal world, and experience different stories of joy and sorrow.
Why similar: Souls-like 26.8%, Martial Arts 18.1% ★, RPG 17.6%, Hand-drawn 14%, Magic 9%
- #18 Remnants Of Isolation
86% matchVery Positive80% of 126 reviews2015
Dev: Team IsolationPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight horrific enemies and utilize powerful spell fusions to overcome the cruel fate of mages and see the light of freedom.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.4%, JRPG 23.3%, RPG 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%
- #19 Shattered Heaven
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 125 reviews2023
Dev: Leonardo ProductionPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Shattered Heaven is a single-player deck builder card game with RPG elements and an ambitious branching narrative, set in a dark fantasy world. The game focuses on a card game and roguelike gameplay fueled by a great replay value, thanks to procedural dungeons, a deep crafting system.
Why similar: RPG 31.3%, Dark Fantasy 27.4%, Strategy RPG 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, 2D 9.2%
- #20 狩魔之旅:万界仙踪
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: 知北游
Windows
Hunting Demon Journey is a modern pixel-art RPG blending deep elemental combat with endless progression. Master shared energy tactics, trigger powerful reactions, craft randomized gear, and conquer endless Rifts in this robust single-player adventure!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 54.3%, RPG 21.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #21 Trainee Death Simulator
82% matchVery Positive93% of 2,003 reviews2024
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.
Why similar: JRPG 27.8%, 2D Platformer 21.8%, Dark Fantasy 20%, RPG 17.5%, Anime 10.8%
- #22 Deck of Souls
82% matchVery Positive81% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: Bigboot StudiosPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.6%, Strategy RPG 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 10%
- #23 Lost in Prayer
81% matchVery Positive84% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Nine Dots StudioPub: Nine Dots Publishing
Windows
Solve intricate tactical challenges to escape purgatory —through Hell or Heaven — or die trying. When you die (and you will), you unlock a new creature, with a unique skill set and multiple playstyles to master. The challenge is to survive, yet the reward lies in dying
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.8%, Magic 24.2%, Dark Fantasy 21%, RPG 13.1%, Dark 12.1%
- #24 MementoMori
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 513 reviews2025
Dev: Bank of Innovation, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Dive into a World Where Sorrow Meets Beauty
Why similar: JRPG 24.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, RPG 11.4%
- #25 Soulblight
84% matchMostly Negative36% of 195 reviews2018
Dev: My Next GamesPub: Movie Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Soulblight is a dark, unforgiving, top-down action roguelike luring you to cross the thin line between good and evil. Embrace your flaws to survive a journey through an unforgiving Sanctuary. Gluttony, Lust, Cannibalism - how far are you willing to go?
Why similar: RPG 40.6%, Dark Fantasy 35.8%, Souls-like 10%, Dark 9.3%, 2D 3.3%
- #26 SiNiSistar Lite Version
80% matchVery Positive86% of 880 reviews2021
Dev: UuPub: DLsite
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A simple 2D action game centered on themes of masochistic tendencies, yearning for death, as well as despair at being attacked by terrifying beings.
Why similar: Souls-like 25.5%, 2D Platformer 21.7%, Dark Fantasy 18.1%, Anime 14.6%, Dark 7%
- #27 Dark Bestiary
79% matchVery Positive89% of 525 reviews2020
Dev: Qd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dark Bestiary is a turn-based tactic game with RPG elements. The very core of the game consists of continuous and exciting battles with monsters rather than a deep story. So, you will have to explore a rich combat system and discover your character’s possibilities.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 38.7%, Dark Fantasy 22.7%, RPG 14.2%, Fantasy 10.1%, Dark 7.4%
- #28 侠落:百花杀尽
77% matchMixed70% of 492 reviews2026
Dev: 上海江湖逸客信息技术有限公司
Windows
"Xialuo: Kill All Flowers" is an innovative turn based adventure RPG that combines the commonly used "dice elements" and "big map exploration" in board games. In the game, you will gradually uncover various monsters in this dark and mysterious world, achieve your mission.
Why similar: Martial Arts 39.1% ★, Turn-Based Combat 26.8%, Strategy RPG 15.1%, RPG 10.2%, Dark 4.5%
- #29 梦魇:无归 Nightmare without return
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 627 reviews2022
Dev: 青衣工作室
Windows
This is a journey without return When you wake up... In the strange space, the bronze gate that eats people, the strange rules of the game, and the ever-changing nightmare world appear in front of you Everything starts from here
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 36.3%, JRPG 23.2%, RPG 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.5%
- #30 Stoneshard
78% 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: Turn-Based Combat 35.7%, RPG 35.2%, Dark Fantasy 20.7%, 2D 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #31 Unsouled
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 365 reviews2022
Dev: Megusta GamePub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Unsouled is a 2D action RPG game requiring immense elaborate control. Take a break from repetitive attack and dodge action by challenging yourself with the world of Unsouled.
Why similar: Souls-like 59.4%, RPG 30.6%, 2D 10%
- #32 Letalis
74% 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: Turn-Based Combat 29.8%, JRPG 23.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, RPG 12.3%, Magic 10.4%
- #33 Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999
74% matchVery Positive90% of 269 reviews2026
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows
A brutally challenging puzzle novel RPG. Reincarnate as a dark lord, plan your path, and conquer the world. *NOT a passive idle game*
Why similar: RPG 34.2%, Magic 25.8%, Fantasy 16.8%, 2D 12.9%, Dark 8.5%
- #34 Back To Ashes
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: InDID
Windows
Explore alternative realities while trying to save Your own from approaching annihilation. Dark fantasy rpg action game which will take You on a journey deep into the realms of Errent.
Why similar: Souls-like 54.7%, RPG 28.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.1%
- #35 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
75% 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 31.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.1%, Strategy RPG 18.3%, RPG 12.1%, Dark 6.8%
- #36 The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,581 reviews2026
Dev: Schisma GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This is a narrative role-playing game telling the story of a crown prince of the Blessed Arknian Empire. You possess great power, but are also burdened by duty. Can you change the world and stay true to yourself? Every decision comes with a cost.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 33.7%, RPG 25.5%, Hand-drawn 21.9%, Fantasy 10.8%, 2D 5.7%
- #37 Idle Fairy Fantasy
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: okyakusamaPub: okyakusama
Windows
Class dark brush game, equipment driven, there are combat AIDS, liver can be placed
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 24.8%, Magic 22.6%, 2D Platformer 22.4%, RPG 21.9%, 2D 7.1%
- #38 Idle Taoist Mage Warrior 2
76% matchMixed51% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: okyakusamaPub: okyakusama
Windows
This is a well-built place hang-up RPG game, for players to bring fighters, mage, Taoist three career choices, each career has unique characteristics, so that players in the game to experience different combat pleasure.
Why similar: RPG 34.4%, Strategy RPG 31.7%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, Dark 7.7%, 2D 6.1%
- #39 勇者与亡灵之都
73% matchVery Positive94% of 346 reviews2024
Dev: grade
Windows
《勇者与亡灵之都》是一款在半开放世界探索的回合制RPG游戏,游戏借鉴了NPCDream、Blacksouls等rpg,采用了ATB行动条的设定,加快了战斗的节奏和策略性。 亡灵、魔物亦或是人类,只要阻挡在你面前的尽管杀光就是。勇者就是这样的存在啊... 游戏带有多结局与二周目元素,突出一个量大管饱。
Why similar: JRPG 24.6%, Turn-Based Combat 22.9%, Souls-like 20%, RPG 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%
- #40 Soul Wargame
75% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: 趣品堂(Hardcore Studio)
Windows
This is a dark style strategy game that combines Wargame and Rogulike. Everyone received a mysterious invitation after destroying the conspiracy of the cult. You will lead a group of undead warriors on an adventure journey to defeat invincible enemies one by one.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, RPG 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
- #41 Worship Demon
73% matchVery Positive82% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: 森罗游戏Senlo GamePub: 森罗游戏Senlo Game
Windows
"Worship Demon" is a fast 2D survivor with anime xianxia art and dazzling effects. Play a demonic cultivator, explore secret realms, ruins, and seek spells. Survive, beat boss, master Dao, and grow stronger. Each run unlocks new Arts, bonds, talents—forge your own immortal path.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 41.4%, RPG 24.9%, Dark 17%, 2D 13.1%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #42 SiNiSistar 2
70% matchVery Positive91% of 3,537 reviews2026
Dev: UuPub: Eroge Japan
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a beautifully somber pixel art world of decay filled with grotesque, writhing abominations...A dark action RPG that follows the journey of a demon-slaying nun who must resist destruction and despair while purging the corruption from this world one boss after another!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 28.7%, Souls-like 20.9%, Anime 16.9%, RPG 15.9%, 2D 9.8%
- #43 Crimson Oath
70% matchVery Positive82% of 804 reviews2026
Dev: Parry Frames Team
Windows
Long may the sun shine! Prepare to suffer! Souls-like combat adventure in a unique world. Learn to fight... then fight to realize your belief.A warrior gradually grows and uncovers the ultimate truth of world change.
Why similar: Alternate History 35.3%, Souls-like 30.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.1%, Fantasy 10%, RPG 4.3%
- #44 Journey of Realm:Dawn Dew
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,330 reviews2025
Dev: 葱色兔兔/Scallion RabbitPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
"JOR: Dawn Dew" is a 2D turn-based game with a box-like map. In the game, act "Dew" to adventure. On adventure, collect and freely choose your way of fighting. As the exploration progresses, deter the threat of the black beast tide, and finally defeat the monstrous malice.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 19.2%, Turn-Based Combat 17.7%, Souls-like 13.1%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #45 BLACK SOULS
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,588 reviews2025
Dev: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Long, long ago, there existed a kingdom shrouded in dense mist: the Lost Empire. This mist twisted humans into terrifying beasts, plunging the world into despair. War raged endlessly. Heroes rose, seeking fame and glory. It is in this place you awaken—a nameless undead.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, JRPG 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, RPG 7.9%
- #46 Earthling's Undertaking
72% matchMixed65% of 1,005 reviews2023
Dev: Current Games
Windows
《天地归虚》是一款中国上古神话题材的修仙RPG+策略战棋游戏。玩家扮演一名落魄宗门的掌门人,游历神秘莫测的太初世界,经营门派培养弟子,寻仙求道提升修为,探索太初世界天道倾斜的原因,揭露诸仙背后隐藏的阴谋,打破命运的樊笼,谱写属于自己的神话传说。
Why similar: Martial Arts 20.3% ★, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Alternate History 11%, Strategy RPG 11%
- #47 再刷一把 PlayAgain
71% matchMixed66% of 4,526 reviews2022
Dev: 滑稽工作室
Windows
Median: 22.8 hrsMean: 128.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
你是一个前往轮回的灵魂,被神秘人拦截,送你到了一个叫做"神魔之塔"的地方,冒险由此开始... 本游戏融合了卡牌抽取+角色养成+宠物养成+宠物合成+暗黑类刷宝+爬塔+轻微肉鸽+符文之语等玩法的游戏,如果你是一个喜欢刷宝玩家千万不要错过!!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 25.7%, JRPG 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Alternate History 10.2%, Strategy RPG 9.3%
- #48 Entropy
67% matchVery Positive95% of 190 reviews2026
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Entropy is a tactical turn-based RPG inspired by classic JRPGs. Assemble your party of mercenaries and forge your own path towards an expedition into hell to stop the demonic incursion. Choices you make along the way will determine the fate of your world.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 23.6%, Turn-Based Combat 23.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.7%, Magic 14.5%, RPG 9.2%
- #49 龙胤立志传
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 7,517 reviews2026
Dev: TPP StudioPub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 57.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
《龙胤立志传》是一款融合门派经营的开放江湖武侠游戏。在各大门派割据一方的神州之上,你可以自由驰骋,历经奇遇,修炼神功,踏上行侠仗义或行凶作恶之路,也可以经营自己的门派,攻城略地,称霸一方,最终谱写一段独一无二的武林传奇。
Why similar: Martial Arts 37.9% ★, Turn-Based Combat 21.4%, Strategy RPG 15.2%, RPG 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%
- #50 魔塔地牢
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 243 reviews2021
Dev: Zeros
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Randomly generated Magic Tower dungeons A strategy-based fixed-value Roguelike RPG
Why similar: JRPG 23.9%, Strategy RPG 21.5%, RPG 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%
- #51 Wulin Chess
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 489 reviews2024
Dev: LameCat StudioPub: East2west Games
Windows
Wulin Chess is a turn-based strategy game set in a captivating dark fantasy world. Employ diverse characters across various boards/battlefields, and devise strategic thinking for victory. Strengthen your heroes by collecting equipment and enhancing attributes to face the challenges that lie ahead.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24.2%, Strategy RPG 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, RPG 9.2%
- #52 Soulash
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 548 reviews2022
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Eat the villagers, murder bunnies, milk cows, or exterminate gods! Soulash is a traditional, turn-based roguelike where your goal is to consume the souls of the living, conquer the vast fantasy world and decide its fate.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 40.3%, Dark Fantasy 22.6%, RPG 20.8%, Fantasy 14.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #53 Winnie's Hole
66% matchVery Positive95% of 347 reviews2026
Dev: Twice Different
Windows
Join Winnie on a new adventure, from within! Play as a virus in his body and mind. Capture cells to mutate and build a deck of actions to unleash in combo-driven combat. A genre-blending roguelite with a dark yet charming story. Embrace discomfort - Sometimes we can't help being seen as a monster...
Why similar: Strategy RPG 31.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, Dark 11.6%, 2D 7%
- #54 Dark SASI
72% matchMixed59% of 423 reviews2018
Dev: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
As you progress through the game level of difficulty will increase, so that Dark SASI will be for you the most serious game test. Can you survive thousands of deaths? Dark SASI is an adventure in the style of an RPG, with its own characteristics.
Why similar: Souls-like 68%, RPG 32%
- #55 Sin and Love
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: XingCaiStudio
Windows
"Sin and Love" is a dark narrative roguelike game with a background set in a fantastical version of the Tang Dynasty. You will play as a princess from the ‘Stone’ Kingdom, who has been poisoned and rises from the ashes.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 53.6%, RPG 28.4%, 2D 14.3%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #56 Miseria
68% matchMixed58% of 325 reviews2026
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Miseria is a dark fantasy idle incremental game in which you lead a party of damned souls through the depths of the world.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 52.4%, RPG 47.6%
- #57 Shards of Order
65% matchVery Positive90% of 543 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 34.5%, Dark Fantasy 24.2%, RPG 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Dark 5%
- #58 Eternal Sword Tomb
66% matchVery Positive81% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: 阿郎
Windows
No chosen one, only a mortal soul. In this hardcore cultivation Roguelike, found a sect and forge a legacy across generations. Fall in battle to become a Sword Soul that protects those who follow. Master the Five Elements, defy fate, and turn every death into a step toward a greater awakening.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 53.3%, Strategy RPG 29.6%, Anime 17.1%
- #59 Spark in the Dark
64% 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: Souls-like 30.8%, Dark Fantasy 30%, RPG 18.5%, Fantasy 10.9%, Dark 8.5%
- #60 face the immortal
66% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: DYPub: MkJump
Windows
MianXian is a 2D platform action RPG with Taoist cosmology, Diablo-style affixes, Metroidvania exploration across 40 maps, and unique Seal & Vessel systems for deep builds. Endgame Fissure mode offers a loot-extract-retreat loop with exclusive gear.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 32.4%, 2D Platformer 29.4%, Hand-drawn 20.4%, Fantasy 15%, Singleplayer 2.9%