- #1 Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG]
97% matchVery Positive90% of 98 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 14.5%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%
- #2 Sin Slayers: Reign of The 8th
96% matchMixed70% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Goonswarm Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 18.3%, JRPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%
- #3 Revelatio
95% matchVery Positive93% of 97 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%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #4 Malice & Greed
96% 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 25.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, RPG 15.7%, Dark 6.7%
- #5 Dungeon No Dungeon
94% 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 34.9%, Dark Fantasy 27.6%, RPG 16.8%, Fantasy 10.7%, Dark 8.4%
- #6 Way Back Witness
94% 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 41.1%, RPG 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, JRPG 11.8%, 2D Platformer 7.8%
- #7 Dark Fairy Tale
92% matchMixed68% 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 28.4%, Strategy RPG 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, RPG 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 6.9%
- #8 BLACK SOULS II
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,523 reviews2025
Dev: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 20.8%, JRPG 19.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
- #9 Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
91% matchVery Positive93% of 616 reviews2025
Dev: 红锈雨
Windows
Cradle of Nightmares: Flowers for You is an ATB turn-based game based on combat adventures made by RPGMaker. Players will take on the role of a high school student named Yue Qing, who will fall into the dark and gloomy "second world" and embark on a journey to end the filthy fate of mankind.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.2%, JRPG 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Magic 9.2%
- #10 DarkMaus
93% matchVery Positive81% of 437 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Wright
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
DarkMaus is an indie action RPG with challenging, skill-based combat that punishes careless play.
Why similar: Souls-like 80.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, RPG 8%
- #11 Journey of Realm:Dawn Dew
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,023 reviews2025
Dev: CongSe StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
"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 19.6%, Turn-Based Combat 17.6%, Souls-like 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #12 Eastern Exorcist
90% matchVery Positive84% of 6,714 reviews2021
Dev: Wildfire Game(无锡野火数字科技有限公司)
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 26.6%, Martial Arts 18% ★, RPG 17.5%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Magic 9.1%
- #13 Effulgence RPG
89% matchVery Positive91% of 54 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 30.8%, RPG 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Singleplayer 2%
- #14 Shattered Heaven
88% matchVery Positive84% of 117 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 30.7%, Dark Fantasy 27.7%, Strategy RPG 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, 2D 9.3%
- #15 Soul's Chronicle: Immortal Slayer
86% matchVery Positive80% of 450 reviews2026
Dev: 正向星光工作室
Windows
这是一款砍杀刷宝类的ARPG游戏,我们将修仙成长体系和刷宝游戏进行有机融合,多样的装备体系,构建专属于您的修仙刷宝bd,喜欢刷宝类游戏的玩家不容错过
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 26.7%, RPG 23.1%, Magic 17.8%, Anime 14.7%, Dark 8.3%
- #16 SiNiSistar Lite Version
86% matchVery Positive87% of 699 reviews2021
Dev: UuPub: DLsite
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 45.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 25.6%, 2D Platformer 21.4%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Anime 14.2%, Dark 7.1%
- #17 Deck of Souls
85% matchVery Positive83% of 211 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 17.8%, Strategy RPG 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%
- #18 侠落:百花杀尽
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 260 reviews2025
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 31.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 22.6%, RPG 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, 2D 4.2%
- #19 Lost in Prayer
84% matchVery Positive84% of 114 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 28%, Magic 24%, Dark Fantasy 21.2%, RPG 12.9%, Dark 12.1%
- #20 Trainee Death Simulator
82% matchVery Positive93% of 1,956 reviews2024
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 27.4%, 2D Platformer 21.7%, Dark Fantasy 20.5%, RPG 17.4%, Anime 10.7%
- #21 Soulblight
87% matchMostly Negative37% of 192 reviews2018
Dev: My Next GamesPub: Movie Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 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 40.1%, Dark Fantasy 36.3%, Souls-like 9.8%, Dark 9.4%, 2D 3.3%
- #22 Dark Bestiary
83% matchVery Positive89% of 523 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 38.8%, Dark Fantasy 22.9%, RPG 13.9%, Fantasy 10%, Dark 7.4%
- #23 梦魇:无归 Nightmare without return
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 625 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 36.7%, JRPG 22.7%, RPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.5%
- #24 MementoMori
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 450 reviews2025
Dev: Bank of Innovation, Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Dive into a World Where Sorrow Meets Beauty
Why similar: JRPG 24.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, RPG 11.2%
- #25 Unsouled
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 357 reviews2022
Dev: Megusta GamePub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 59.2%, RPG 30.5%, 2D 10.3%
- #26 Stoneshard
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 33,430 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 36.7 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 36.2%, RPG 34.5%, Dark Fantasy 20.5%, 2D 6.8%, Singleplayer 2%
- #27 Soul Wargame
79% matchVery Positive84% of 134 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 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, RPG 13.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.3%
- #28 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
77% matchVery Positive90% of 318 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 25.2%, Strategy RPG 18.2%, RPG 11.9%, Dark 6.8%
- #29 Back To Ashes
79% 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 54.3%, RPG 28.2%, Dark Fantasy 17.5%
- #30 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
78% matchVery Positive86% of 77 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 32.7%, JRPG 31.5%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, RPG 9.8%, Dark 7.7%
- #31 Idle Fairy Fantasy
78% 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 25.2%, Magic 22.6%, 2D Platformer 22.1%, RPG 21.6%, 2D 7.3%
- #32 再刷一把 PlayAgain
77% matchMixed66% of 4,525 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 25.9%, JRPG 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Alternate History 10%, Strategy RPG 9.4%
- #33 Earthling's Undertaking
76% matchMixed66% of 998 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% ★, Turn-Based Combat 18.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Strategy RPG 11%, Alternate History 10.9%
- #34 勇者与亡灵之都
74% matchVery Positive95% of 307 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 24.2%, Turn-Based Combat 23.1%, Souls-like 20%, RPG 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%
- #35 Elder Ring
76% matchMixed49% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: Funny as HellPub: 2P Games
Windows
As a Grand Immortal Cultivator(you), facing your greatest crisis! Having lost your body, your soul hides within a ring. Many people with different personalities will become your "master". Some of them are smart, some are stupid, some are greedy, some are righteous...
Why similar: Martial Arts 41.5% ★, JRPG 23.6%, Strategy RPG 16.4%, RPG 10.6%, 2D 6.3%
- #36 Winnie's Hole
71% matchVery Positive95% of 315 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 31.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.6%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Dark 11.5%, 2D 7.1%
- #37 Break Wolf
71% matchVery Positive99% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: RE Atelier
Windows
"Have we all been acting waywardly?" An Adventure RPG that deals with the life and death of wayward humans, striving to escape a syndicate that creates monsters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 30.1%, Dark Fantasy 22.2%, JRPG 19.1%, Anime 10%, RPG 7.7%
- #38 Wulin Chess
73% 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 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, RPG 9%
- #39 Soulash
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 547 reviews2022
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.7 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 40.5%, Dark Fantasy 22.8%, RPG 20.5%, Fantasy 14.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #40 Sin and Love
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 284 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 53.9%, RPG 27.8%, 2D 14.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #41 BLACK SOULS
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,938 reviews2025
Dev: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 21.7%, Turn-Based Combat 20%, JRPG 18.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, RPG 7.9%
- #42 浮世万千之前世今生
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: 飞天大胖喵
Windows
"Floating world before the world this life" is an independent stand-alone game, this game is floating world myriad game series in the second.The game is a full-length xiuxian novel stream game, using the traditional turn-based combat system.
Why similar: JRPG 28.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, RPG 12.8%, Anime 11.6%
- #43 Dark SASI
75% matchMixed59% of 407 reviews2018
Dev: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.7 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%
- #44 Idle Taoist Mage Warrior 2
73% matchMixed51% of 67 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%, Strategy RPG 31.7%, Dark Fantasy 18.9%, Dark 7.8%, 2D 6.3%
- #45 Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 218 reviews2024
Dev: Nyou
Windows
Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears is a strategic RPG where you use combinations of various heroes to clear dungeons. Train and utilize heroes to fight off those corrupted by the Black Tears and overcome difficult trials.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 18%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
- #46 Remnants Of Isolation
73% matchVery Positive81% of 124 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 25.2%, JRPG 24.4%, RPG 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%
- #47 Hellslave
70% matchVery Positive85% of 3,129 reviews2022
Dev: Ars GoetiaPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Hellslave is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler where you make a pact with the Devil to fight back a demon invasion. Customize your character with powerful demonic abilities, explore a cursed world, and battle nightmarish enemies to save humanity if you can resist the darkness.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 30.9%, Dark Fantasy 19.5%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, RPG 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%
- #48 Obscure Chronicle of Dynasty
70% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: IsaacZhang
Windows
This is a "fictional, but plausible" strategy role-playing game with a plot which can be regarded as a history of the Three Kingdoms in a different realm. Thus, those who have received little or no attention in the original history may blossom in this very different time and space.
Why similar: JRPG 18.8%, Alternate History 18.3%, Strategy RPG 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #49 Gregory Horror Show: Soul of Roses
68% matchVery Positive98% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Unframe
Windows · Mac
Soul of Roses is a 2D rogue light action game. Absorb the abilities of your enemies, fight, die, revive, and repeat to advance the story.
Why similar: 2D 68.6%, Singleplayer 31.4%
- #50 Salt and Sanctuary
69% matchVery Positive89% of 21,497 reviews2016
Dev: Ska Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: Souls-like 56.6%, Dark Fantasy 22%, RPG 11.6%, 2D 5.8%, Dark 3.4%
- #51 Path of Achra
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,085 reviews2024
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 50.9%, Dark Fantasy 23.9%, RPG 18.9%, 2D 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #52 平妖奇谭 Kungfu & Monster
72% matchMixed49% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Warthog Studio
Windows
“Kungfu & Monster is a turn based SLG, the idea of the combat system is from Chinese Kungfu, it’s trying to show you a unique journey to hunt monsters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 100%
- #53 INTO EVIL
66% matchVery Positive93% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Mind's Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hotline Miami x Dark Souls. Greatswords, demons, miniguns; up to 4 players. You are not prepared.
Why similar: Souls-like 40.2%, Dark Fantasy 24.1%, RPG 20.8%, 2D 8.6%, Dark 6.2%
- #54 The 7th Circle - Endless Nightmare
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: 68k StudiosPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
The 7th Circle - Endless Nightmare is a First Person Dungeon Crawler RPG for hardcore gamers. Inspired by classic games from the 90s, the game try to add new juicy features to modernize a classic genre of role playing games.
Why similar: RPG 96.2%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #55 Voidsayer
67% matchMixed69% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Pavel AuseitasauPub: indie.io
Windows
The world has fallen into darkness, cursed by the Abyss. You are one of the many hapless survivors at risk of being consumed. Unlike others, you have a chance to fight back. Voidsayer is a dark monster tamer jRPG. Assemble your monster team, take on eldritch horrors, and return hope to the world.
Why similar: JRPG 31.9%, Turn-Based Combat 30.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, RPG 12.2%, Dark 6%
- #56 Soulash 2
66% matchVery Positive86% of 2,323 reviews2023
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 40.7%, Dark Fantasy 23%, RPG 21.9%, Fantasy 12.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #57 魔塔地牢
69% matchMixed68% of 215 reviews2021
Dev: Zeros
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Randomly generated Magic Tower dungeons A strategy-based fixed-value Roguelike RPG
Why similar: JRPG 23.4%, Strategy RPG 21.6%, RPG 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%
- #58 Radix Chronicle
65% matchVery Positive100% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Luna Flora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Radix is a tactical RPG inspired by SNES and Playstation classics. With dark themes but bright characters, this fantasy tale changes depending on how you fight! Your magic can even alter the land itself. Use your timing and skill, rather than your luck, to lead your party home safely each day!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.2%, JRPG 20.8%, Magic 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%
- #59 LISA: The Painful
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 14,938 reviews2014
Dev: Dingaling ProductionsPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Why similar: JRPG 50.9%, RPG 23.7%, Dark 13.1%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #60 Aethermancer
63% matchVery Positive92% of 2,187 reviews2025
Dev: moi rai gamesPub: offbrand games
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Monster Taming meets Roguelite. Become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. Explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death!
Why similar: JRPG 43.7%, Dark Fantasy 29%, RPG 17.6%, 2D 7.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%