- #1 Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens
97% matchVery Positive82% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: Chris McFarland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lady Tallowmere's kittens have been acting strange. Still, the dungeon's rituals must be carried out. Despite the unusual circumstances, how many rooms can you clear?
Why similar: Loot 11.8%, Perma Death 11.3%, Local Co-Op 9.5%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%, Action Roguelike 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it refines the original's chaotic 2D platforming and gore-filled dungeon crawling with expanded mechanics and co-op support.
- #2 Caveblazers
96% matchVery Positive85% of 4,500 reviews2017
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.6%, Action Roguelike 20.1%, Local Co-Op 12.4%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Procedural Generation 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the intense, fast-paced 2D action and procedural platforming elements that make Tallowmere so addictive.
- #3 In Celebration of Violence
96% matchVery Positive87% of 506 reviews2018
Dev: Julian Edison
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A fantasy action roguelike of exploration and murder. Live, kill, die, improve, live again.
Why similar: Perma Death 16.8%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Local Co-Op 12.7%, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Hack and Slash 12%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal, souls-like action-roguelike that captures the same sense of danger and gore found in Tallowmere.
- #4 Vagante
95% matchVery Positive89% of 5,003 reviews2018
Dev: Nuke Nine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Vagante is an action-packed platformer that features permanent death and procedurally generated levels. Play cooperatively with friends both locally and online, or adventure solo in this challenging roguelike-inspired game.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.7%, Perma Death 13.3%, Local Co-Op 12.8%, 4 Player Local 12.4%, Roguelite 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D platformer that emphasizes dungeon exploration, loot management, and roguelike difficulty.
- #5 Dead Cells
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 180,167 reviews2018
Dev: Motion Twin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 26.1%, Action Roguelike 25.3%, Procedural Generation 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Roguelite 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly polished, visceral 2D combat experience with a focus on fast-paced action and roguelite progression.
- #6 Chronicon
94% matchVery Positive94% of 9,628 reviews2020
Dev: Subworld
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Use the magical device known as the Chronicon to travel into the souls and memories of fallen heroes to re-live their grand tales! Epic adventures full of loot and monsters await!
Why similar: Loot 24.8%, Hack and Slash 15.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, 4 Player Local 12.8%, Local Co-Op 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: While top-down, it captures the satisfying loot-grind and hack-and-slash intensity that fans of Tallowmere enjoy.
- #7 Dungreed
93% matchVery Positive93% of 9,532 reviews2018
Dev: TEAM HORAY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dungreed is a 2D side-scrolling action game with 2D Rogue-LITE elements. You become an adventurer exploring a continuously evolving dungeon to prevent the town from being destroyed. Eliminate enemies, use a variety of weapons and magic, eat food, and defeat evil in the dungeon!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.8%, Dungeon Crawler 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Roguelite 12.3%, Action 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-roguelite that combines dungeon exploration with a deep loot system and challenging boss encounters.
- #8 Hammerwatch
92% matchVery Positive89% of 6,496 reviews2013
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment. Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch. Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique environments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 30.2%, Local Co-Op 19.9%, Hack and Slash 15%, 4 Player Local 10%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style dungeon crawler that focuses on cooperative play and satisfying hack-and-slash combat.
- #9 Rogue Legacy
91% matchVery Positive92% of 18,707 reviews2013
Dev: Cellar Door Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 51.1%, Indie 10.6%, Roguelite 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Action 8%
Why You'll Like It: This title defines the 2D platforming roguelite genre with its procedural castle layouts and rewarding character progression.
- #10 Skelly Selest
91% matchVery Positive93% of 286 reviews2018
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Skelly Selest is a score-attack hack slash dash run 'n' gun-athon. Venture into the procedurally generated perdition depths of Hell to purge the evil taint of the Deamonica Netherlords and their fiendly followers.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22%, Dungeon Crawler 15.9%, Perma Death 14.8%, Hack and Slash 14.6%, Roguelite 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A frantic, pixel-art action-roguelike that emphasizes fast combat and high-difficulty dungeon survival.
- #11 Heroes of Hammerwatch
90% matchVery Positive87% of 9,461 reviews2018
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30%, Dungeon Crawler 24.2%, Roguelite 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Hack and Slash 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelite expansion of the Hammerwatch formula adds persistent progression and deeper dungeon-crawling mechanics.
- #12 Risk of Rain Returns
89% matchVery Positive90% of 28,557 reviews2023
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.7%, Local Co-Op 29%, Loot 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Action 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This 2D action-roguelike focuses heavily on loot, character builds, and surviving increasingly difficult waves of enemies.
- #13 A Robot Named Fight!
89% matchVery Positive88% of 888 reviews2017
Dev: Morningstar Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.2%, Gore 16.7%, 4 Player Local 11.7%, Local Co-Op 10.8%, Procedural Generation 9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D roguelike metroidvania that features procedural generation and intense combat against grotesque enemies.
- #14 Fury Unleashed
88% matchVery Positive87% of 2,857 reviews2020
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 37.9%, Perma Death 27.2%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Roguelite 8.5%, Action 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, comic-book-styled action-roguelite that mirrors the high-octane combat and platforming of Tallowmere.
- #15 Lost Castle / 失落城堡
86% matchVery Positive87% of 23,823 reviews2016
Dev: Hunter StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.3%, Loot 19.2%, Dungeon Crawler 16.8%, Hack and Slash 16.5%, Action Roguelike 16.5%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling beat-em-up roguelike that emphasizes loot collection and cooperative dungeon crawling.
- #16 Dungeon Souls
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,228 reviews2016
Dev: Lamina Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 21.9%, Action Roguelike 21.2%, Hack and Slash 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Perma Death 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art action-roguelike that focuses on rapid-fire combat and exploration within procedurally generated dungeons.
- #17 Bravery and Greed
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,030 reviews2022
Dev: Rekka GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 18.3%, Perma Death 16.9%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Loot 13.7%, Dungeon Crawler 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced beat-em-up roguelite that focuses on hack-and-slash combat and cooperative dungeon exploration.
- #18 Slasher's Keep
85% matchVery Positive83% of 2,282 reviews2020
Dev: Damian Schloter
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hack, slash, shoot and loot your way through procedurally generated dungeons! Smack your enemies into spikes with your inventory sack!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24.1%, Action Roguelike 21.6%, Gore 11.8%, Hack and Slash 10.5%, Loot 9%
Why You'll Like It: A dungeon crawler that emphasizes action and hack-and-slash mechanics within a procedurally generated environment.
- #19 Son of a Witch
84% matchVery Positive86% of 434 reviews2018
Dev: Bigosaur
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Action roguelike for 1-4 players with cute graphics and deep game mechanics. Combine dozens of different weapons, magic items, potions and spells with unique effects to beat 8 enemy factions and 28 bosses. Can you find the ancient goblin artifact at the end of the dungeon?
Why similar: Loot 16.9%, 4 Player Local 16.2%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, Hack and Slash 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that features dungeon-crawling and beat-em-up combat mechanics similar to Tallowmere.
- #20 Neon Abyss
81% matchVery Positive86% of 23,532 reviews2020
Dev: Veewo GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.
Why similar: Loot 27.4%, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Action Roguelike 14%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant 2D action-roguelike that focuses on chaotic gunplay, loot, and dungeon exploration.
- #21 Diehard Dungeon
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 499 reviews2014
Dev: Tricktale
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.2%, Gore 20%, Dungeon Crawler 10.5%, Violent 9.4%, Action 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward action-roguelike that focuses on dungeon exploration and combat in a retro pixel-art style.
- #22 Vertical Drop Heroes HD
83% matchVery Positive80% of 743 reviews2014
Dev: Nerdook Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.8%, Local Co-Op 26%, Procedural Generation 15.2%, Roguelite 10.3%, Perma Death 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique 2D platformer that uses procedural generation to create challenging, vertical dungeon-crawling experiences.
- #23 TowerClimb
82% matchVery Positive92% of 408 reviews2015
Dev: Davioware and Quazi
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33%, Gore 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Violent 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult 2D platformer with roguelike elements that requires precision and quick reflexes to survive.
- #24 Cryptical Path
80% matchVery Positive88% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: Old Skull Games
Windows
Cryptical Path is an action rogue-lite that pushes the boundaries of the genre. Play the Architect, build your own rooms, and tame an ever-changing labyrinth you've been summoned in.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 21.4%, Action Roguelike 20%, Perma Death 13.1%, Dungeon Crawler 11.4%, Procedural Generation 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A modern action-roguelike that prioritizes hack-and-slash combat and deep dungeon exploration.
- #25 Spelunky 2
79% matchVery Positive93% of 21,674 reviews2020
Dev: Mossmouth
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Why similar: Perma Death 23.3%, 4 Player Local 18.3%, Local Co-Op 15.5%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Action Roguelike 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in procedural platforming that shares the high difficulty and emergent gameplay found in Tallowmere.
- #26 Legend of Dungeon
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,638 reviews2013
Dev: Robot Loves Kitty
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.2%, Dungeon Crawler 16.6%, Local Co-Op 15.3%, Perma Death 12.8%, 4 Player Local 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style action-roguelike that focuses on deep dungeon crawling and loot collection.
- #27 Ants Took My Eyeball
79% matchVery Positive93% of 252 reviews2024
Dev: Bosmic Forge
Windows
Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.
Why similar: Loot 16.6%, 4 Player Local 13.5%, Perma Death 12.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11.3%, Action Roguelike 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art action-roguelike that focuses on loot and difficult, fast-paced combat.
- #28 Labyrinth Legend
81% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Shinobi Games
Windows · Mac
Labyrinth Legend is an action RPG with hack and slash elements. Explore the automatically-generated dungeons, collect powerful equipment, and battle against unknown, formidable enemies!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 22.9%, Dungeon Crawler 21.5%, Local Co-Op 17.7%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A hack-and-slash action-RPG that features dungeon crawling and loot collection in a pixel-art aesthetic.
- #29 Infected Shelter
78% matchVery Positive85% of 529 reviews2019
Dev: Dark Blue Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Infected Shelter is an ultra-violent rogue-lite post-apocalyptic beat'em up. Singleplayer and co-op for up to four players.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.3%, Gore 19.9%, Hack and Slash 13.3%, Local Co-Op 11.7%, Loot 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty action-roguelike that blends beat-em-up combat with RPG elements and dungeon exploration.
- #30 Striving for Light
76% matchVery Positive80% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: Igniting Spark Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.
Why similar: Perma Death 17.6%, Hack and Slash 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Loot 14.3%
- #31 Rampage Knights
76% matchVery Positive93% of 3,602 reviews2015
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.4%, Local Co-Op 23%, Dungeon Crawler 14.7%, Hack and Slash 9%, Action 7.4%
- #32 Deep Dark Dungeon
77% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: GlassCats
Windows · Mac
Deep Dark Dungeon is a rogue-lite action game in which the player dives into the deep, dark depths of various dungeons filled with bad-tempered monsters that will attack them on sight.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.1%, Hack and Slash 18.8%, 4 Player Local 14.6%, Local Co-Op 14%, Perma Death 12.7%
- #33 Stones of Sorrow
78% matchMixed56% of 117 reviews2015
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Real cave paintings. Brutal executions. Procedural Death Labyrinth. Single player & couch co-op. Your closest blood brother has betrayed you and tricked you into a cave labyrinth. Restore your honour by brutally crushing his skull with one of the STONES OF SORROW.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 18.5%, Gore 15.6%, Dungeon Crawler 15.2%, Action Roguelike 15%, Local Co-Op 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-roguelike that features brutal combat and dungeon crawling with a focus on local cooperative play.
- #34 Dungeon Looter
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Wappen Games
Windows
Hack and slash rogue lite. Take on the role of an adventurer of various classes, fight through random-generated dungeons and make a fortune! Support multiplayer online co-op up to 8 players or play it solo offline.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 22.4%, Action Roguelike 21.6%, Dungeon Crawler 20.8%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Loot 9.3%
- #35 Otherworld Legends
74% matchMixed66% of 1,619 reviews2024
Dev: ChillyRoom
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A "blood-pumping, face-bashing" roguelike brawler. Master heroes of your choice, craft uniquely broken builds, and hack & pummel through a myriad of dungeons in a thrilling rampage.
Why similar: Perma Death 26.4%, Hack and Slash 23.2%, Dungeon Crawler 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Roguelite 8.9%
- #36 Heroes of Loot
77% matchMixed69% of 94 reviews2015
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A brutal mix between dungeon-crawler and shoot-em up. The dungeon will learn from you and become more dangerous every time you play!
Why similar: Loot 25.8%, Dungeon Crawler 19.5%, Local Co-Op 14.4%, Hack and Slash 13%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #37 Zombie Party
75% matchVery Positive85% of 698 reviews2016
Dev: Peach Pie Productions
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.3%, Dungeon Crawler 20%, Action 11.9%, Indie 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #38 Barony
73% matchVery Positive91% of 14,919 reviews2015
Dev: Turning Wheel LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Barony is the premier first-person roguelike with cooperative play! Adventure alone, or gather a party with iconic and unusual RPG classes to face off against the brutal dungeons. Test your resourcefulness, wits, and friendships, on your quest to lift the evil lich's curse!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.8%, 4 Player Local 20.8%, Action Roguelike 19.2%, Local Co-Op 18.5%, Fantasy 7.7%
- #39 Crawl
73% matchVery Positive95% of 7,253 reviews2017
Dev: Powerhoof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.4%, 4 Player Local 21.2%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Local Co-Op 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #40 Brut@l
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 167 reviews2017
Dev: Stormcloud Games LimitedPub: Rising Star Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A modern re-imagining of the classic ASCII dungeon crawler. Choose your hero and descend into a procedurally generated world constructed entirely from ASCII letters. Can you survive?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.9%, Gore 28.8%, Dungeon Crawler 24.4%, Action 13.8%, Indie 3.2%
- #41 Halls of Torment
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,421 reviews2024
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.1%, Hack and Slash 23.9%, Roguelite 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #42 TEMPLE of RUBBO
73% matchPositive84% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced co-op dungeon crawler for up to four players! 🏛️ Fight enemies and collect loot through 16 floors of caves, sewers, dungeons and hell to rescue an ancient wizard and regain your humanity.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.8%, Hack and Slash 19.2%, Local Co-Op 19%, Action Roguelike 18%, Roguelite 6.5%
- #43 Heroes Of Loot: Gauntlet Of Power
71% matchVery Positive87% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mount and upgrade your weapons into special combos in this randomly generated action RPG shooter. Mow down thousands of dungeon dwelling creatures and survive as you descend deeper into the dungeon! Unlock items, complete quests, and find all the secrets to help you reach the boss of bosses!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.4%, Action Roguelike 22.8%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #44 Mortal Sin
68% matchVery Positive95% of 5,791 reviews2025
Dev: Nikola Todorovic
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Mortal Sin is a chaotic, blood-soaked roguelike where skill is power, and overconfidence is death. Carve through procedurally generated nightmares with brutal melee and flashy, satisfying combos.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.4%, Action Roguelike 18%, Hack and Slash 17.9%, Loot 15.2%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
- #45 Dungeons of Edera
72% matchMixed68% of 1,058 reviews2022
Dev: Monster Tooth Studios
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Dungeons of Edera is a rogue-lite action RPG dungeon crawler featuring procedurally generated levels where you will battle through hordes of monsters to restore Edera to its former glory.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.7%, Hack and Slash 19.2%, Action Roguelike 15%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #46 Catacomb Kids
72% matchVery Positive87% of 628 reviews2015
Dev: FourbitFriday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.5%, Roguelite 14.2%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Local Co-Op 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #47 Ember Knights
68% matchVery Positive94% of 6,833 reviews2023
Dev: Doom TurtlePub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.2%, Dungeon Crawler 17.5%, Hack and Slash 16.5%, Local Co-Op 15.3%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #48 Mana Spark
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 690 reviews2018
Dev: BEHEMUTT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A challenging action RPG with deep souls-like combat and rogue-like elements. Explore a dreadful dungeon and fight smart enemies that will plan and collaborate between themselves to defeat you.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.8%, Action Roguelike 22.6%, Local Co-Op 14.7%, Procedural Generation 12%, Roguelite 9.4%
- #49 Berserk Mode
69% matchVery Positive94% of 239 reviews2023
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Berserk Mode is a visceral time-attack fantasy rogue-lite. Become the Berserker and wade into a dungeon battlefield swarming with monsters. Unleash the absurd power of your Beast in a storm of blood and gibs. Prepare to enter Berserk Mode.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 22.5%, Perma Death 21.4%, Action Roguelike 21%, Fantasy 9%, Roguelite 8.1%
- #50 Toroom
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 199 reviews2021
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Toroom is a dungeon crawler roguelike-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist just wants to come back to his bedroom after waking up in a world of fantasy. Fight your way through multiple biomes, clear rooms full of enemies, get as much loot as possible and defeat the bosses in your way.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22%, Loot 21.4%, Dungeon Crawler 19.9%, Local Co-Op 11.8%, Roguelite 8.3%
- #51 A Violent Revelry
71% matchMixed66% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Julian Edison
Windows
Explore a procedurally generated world while bolstering your power in increasingly absurd ways. Mechanics-heavy and brimming with deliberate, messy bladeplay. Join the revelry!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.2%, Hack and Slash 21.3%, Procedural Generation 17%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #52 bit Dungeon II
70% matchVery Positive82% of 2,214 reviews2014
Dev: Kinto Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
bitDungeon II is fast action-adventure game with a giant overworld to explore. You are a spirit in an undead world of demons. Your "loved one's " grave has been desecrated. Fight through these corrupted lands, and bring peace to her soul.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.1%, Dungeon Crawler 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Perma Death 10.4%, Action 7.2%
- #53 Wizard of Legend
67% matchVery Positive91% of 20,929 reviews2018
Dev: Contingent99
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.7%, Dungeon Crawler 19.6%, Local Co-Op 18.8%, Hack and Slash 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #54 Delver
68% matchVery Positive88% of 2,842 reviews2018
Dev: Chad CuddiganPub: Priority Interrupt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Delve into the shifting dungeons on your hunt for the Yithidian orb, but getting it might just be the easy part. Delver is a single player first-person action roguelike dungeon crawler, just like you wished they used to make.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.3%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Perma Death 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Roguelite 7.5%
- #55 30XX
66% matchVery Positive91% of 2,768 reviews2023
Dev: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Why similar: Perma Death 24.1%, Action Roguelike 19.6%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10%
- #56 Shadow of the Depth
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 475 reviews2025
Dev: ChillyRoom
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Shadow of the Depth is a top-down action Roguelite game. Delve into a dungeon world of light and shadow to eradicate the monsters that ravage your home. Be prepared to step into the abyss before you!
Why similar: Perma Death 21.1%, Hack and Slash 20.9%, Dungeon Crawler 19.3%, Action Roguelike 19%, Roguelite 8%
- #57 UnderMine
66% matchVery Positive90% of 9,783 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 17.5 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: Action Roguelike 37.7%, Dungeon Crawler 24.4%, Roguelite 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Procedural Generation 5.7%
- #58 Abandoned Archive
64% matchVery Positive94% of 750 reviews2025
Dev: Vedal
Windows · Mac · Linux
Abandoned Archive is a fantasy, spell-casting, rogue-like, featuring a wide variety of relics, a unique spell-upgrading system, with compelling and engaging bosses. Each floor is filled with items and mysteries for the player to uncover; what will you discover in the Abandoned Archive?
Why similar: Perma Death 23%, Dungeon Crawler 19.6%, Action Roguelike 18.2%, Local Co-Op 15.1%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #59 Scarlett's Dungeon
69% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Scarlett's Dungeon is a retro-inspired action RPG dungeon crawler with roguelite elements. Explore randomly generated dungeons, fight monsters, and collect loot in beautifully crafted pixel art reminiscent of the Game Boy Advance era. Test your skills as you dive deep into ever-changing challenges!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.9%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Hack and Slash 15.8%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #60 99 Levels To Hell
70% matchMixed60% of 609 reviews2014
Dev: Zaxis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
99 Levels to Hell is a platform shooter with lots of guns, upgrades, magic, traps and monsters to kill. 99 Levels to Hell is a rogue-like, which means surviving is key and every time you play you get a new set of levels to play. When you complete 10 levels, the 10th being a boss-fight you unlock a door to the next dungeon.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19.3%, Action Roguelike 17.7%, Perma Death 16.1%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Roguelite 8.4%