- #1 Stirring Abyss
97% matchVery Positive88% of 435 reviews2020
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.2 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: Tactical RPG 28.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, RPG 9.5%, Tactical 8.8%
- #2 Dark Bestiary
96% matchVery Positive89% of 524 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: Tactical RPG 19.5%, Dungeon Crawler 19.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Dark 11.9%, RPG 9.6%
- #3 Revelatio
96% 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: Tactical RPG 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #4 Stoneshard
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 34,711 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Dungeon Crawler 23.1%, RPG 22.7%, Roguelike 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Strategy 11.4%
- #5 MENACE
94% matchVery Positive91% of 11,938 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Tactical 13.4%, RPG 10.7%
- #6 The Hand of Merlin
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 359 reviews2022
Dev: Room-C GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Tactical 11.4%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #7 SKALD: Against the Black Priory
92% matchVery Positive94% of 3,552 reviews2024
Dev: High North Studios ASPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 38%, Strategy 16.9%, Horror 14%, Atmospheric 12.9%, RPG 11.7%
- #8 Pathway
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,251 reviews2019
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%, Tactical 8.4%
- #9 Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG]
91% 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: Roguelike 19.9%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, RPG 15.4%, Dark 12.6%
- #10 Stellar Tactics
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,691 reviews2026
Dev: Don WilkinsPub: Maverick Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 14.6 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: Tactical RPG 28.1%, Dungeon Crawler 21.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.3%, Tactical 8.5%
- #11 Thyria
90% matchVery Positive80% of 158 reviews2024
Dev: TwokatsPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Linux
Thyria is an RPG, a unique combination of dynamic exploration, turn-based combat and crafting. Summon and train a team of Guardians, who will accompany Thyria into the minds of the cursed villagers. Help them vanquish their nightmares.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Tactical RPG 19.5%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%
- #12 Urtuk: The Desolation
89% matchVery Positive88% of 2,511 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 24.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Dark 11.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%
- #13 Deck of Ashes
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,066 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?
Why similar: RPG 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Strategy 14%, Hand-drawn 13%, Roguelite 12.2%
- #14 Darkest Dungeon® II
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 26,175 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18%, Dungeon Crawler 17.3%, Gothic 15.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #15 Netherguild
87% matchVery Positive96% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: David Vinokurov
Windows · Linux
Descend into Netherguild, a tactical grid-based roguelite. Lead expeditions deep into mysterious, strange depths. Explore, battle dangerous foes, and manage resources carefully. Push your limits before returning to resupply. What secrets await below?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.1%, Dungeon Crawler 19.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Roguelike 10.6%
- #16 The Fortress
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: Baryonyx Games
Windows · Mac
The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 21.7%, Gothic 21.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Roguelike 11.9%, Dark 9.8%
- #17 Quasimorph
84% matchVery Positive83% of 6,219 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 26.2 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 Strategy 19.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Tactical 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, Roguelike 13.9%
- #18 Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 219 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: Dungeon Crawler 19.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Roguelike 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%
- #19 Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
86% matchMixed61% of 259 reviews2020
Dev: Shockwork GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.
Why similar: Gothic 20.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Tactical 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%
- #20 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 731 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 26.1%, Dark 21%, RPG 19.4%, Tactical 18.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #21 Siege of Dungeon
82% matchVery Positive85% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: Binary Tree StudioPub: FirePillar2
Windows
Siege of Dungeon is a strategic team-based rogue-lite, where you challenge strong, cunning monsters and combine relics and skills to build up your team in turn-based combat. What’s waiting for you deep in the dungeon? Could it be a rare treasure or the beginning of despair...?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.1%, Dungeon Crawler 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Tactical 11%
- #22 THYSIASTERY
81% matchVery Positive82% of 283 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: Dungeon Crawler 31.1%, Roguelike 15.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, RPG 11.5%, Roguelite 11.3%
- #23 Darkest Dungeon®
82% matchVery Positive92% of 160,055 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.4%, Turn-Based Combat 20.1%, Roguelike 13.4%, Gothic 9.3% ★, RPG 8.9%
- #24 Veterum
81% matchVery Positive92% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.4%, Tactical 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%
- #25 Valor of Man
80% matchVery Positive90% of 155 reviews2026
Dev: Legacy ForgePub: Numskull Games
Windows
Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Gothic 7.9% ★
- #26 Shores Unknown
83% matchMixed69% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: VallynnePub: Hitcents
Windows
A turn-based RPG with deep character-driven combat, and a story written by Final Fantasy veterans. Finding yourself on the wrong side of the Crown, you and your companions must fight or perish. Build a team of mercenaries, forge alliances, and explore distant lands.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 39.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, RPG 11.5%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #27 Guards II: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive94% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Assemble a team of four brave heroes and embark on a nightmarish journey through the circles of Hell, filled with demons and ancient horrors! The free tactical game Guards II: Prologue will immerse you in battles inspired by myths from various cultures. Are you ready to challenge the darkness?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 25.9%, Dungeon Crawler 20%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%, Strategy 7.4%
- #28 Aethermancer
77% matchVery Positive91% of 2,396 reviews2025
Dev: moi rai gamesPub: offbrand games
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Dungeon Crawler 29.1%, Roguelike 18%, Roguelite 12.3%, RPG 11.4%, Strategy 11.1%
- #29 The Bell Echoes
76% matchVery Positive97% of 117 reviews2026
Dev: 七颗枚
Windows
The Bell Echoes is a story-driven tactical roguelite. Fight alongside a cast of distinctive companions as you venture deeper into the Corrupted Lands, defeat powerful foes, collect Echoes and memory fragments, and uncover the truth behind the characters and the world.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #30 Dark Deity
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,034 reviews2021
Dev: Sword & Axe LLCPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Tactical 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%
- #31 The Dungeon Beneath
78% matchVery Positive89% of 887 reviews2020
Dev: Puzzle Box Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Dungeon Crawler 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.5%
- #32 Wulin Chess
77% 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: Tactical RPG 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Dark 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #33 Warbanners
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 610 reviews2017
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Tactical 10.4%
- #34 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
76% matchVery Positive81% of 101 reviews2022
Dev: Kenisoft Game Studio
Windows
Experience a Fast-Paced Roguelite Turn-Based Strategy game with a New Turn-Based System which will need you to plan early on and create strategies that would lead your army to victory. Create an army with different Characters and Leaders to choose from and explore this Roguelite world.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Tactical 10.2%, RPG 9%
- #35 AETHERIS
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 244 reviews2023
Dev: WILD WITS
Windows · Mac
Aetheris is a tactical RPG with challenging turn-based battles set in an immersive and vibrant environment. Make the right choices and find the best strategy to survive in the unforgiving Wilderness. Journey alone or as a party of four—the adventure awaits!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%
- #36 Guards II: Chaos in Hell
72% matchVery Positive96% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Assemble a squad of four fearless heroes and embark on a deadly journey through the circles of Hell, inspired by dark myths from around the world. Battle legions of demons and challenge the Devil himself!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.6%, Dungeon Crawler 18.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%, Tactical 10.3%
- #37 Hellslave
73% matchVery Positive85% of 3,265 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: Dungeon Crawler 24.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Hand-drawn 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Dark 11.1%
- #38 The Lamplighters League
74% matchMixed69% of 1,176 reviews2023
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Tactical 13%, RPG 9.1%
- #39 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 410 reviews2019
Dev: Tortuga Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Tactical 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%
- #40 Trials of Fire
73% matchVery Positive86% of 3,255 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.7%, Dungeon Crawler 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Roguelite 7.8%
- #41 Sandwalkers
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 536 reviews2025
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Dungeon Crawler 17.9%, Tactical 12%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #42 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
71% matchVery Positive94% of 746 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, Roguelike 11.8%
- #43 Die For The Lich
70% matchVery Positive81% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: MonovoidPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Gather magical dice, adapt your gear and venture through a land haunted by folklore creatures.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Roguelike 10.6%
- #44 Escape The Mad Empire
70% matchVery Positive89% of 414 reviews2025
Dev: XperimentalZ Games
Windows
Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 31.9%, Dungeon Crawler 24.6%, Roguelike 14.3%, Roguelite 10.4%, RPG 9.9%
- #45 Dungeon Rushers
75% matchMixed62% of 1,236 reviews2016
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A Heroic-Parody tactical RPG combining dungeon crawler’s gameplay and turn-based fights. Dive in an off-beat universe, manage your team and craft mighty gear to equip them! Build your own dungeon by hiding traps and monsters in your galleries, then challenge other players to clean it!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Roguelike 10.1%
- #46 Voidspire Tactics
73% matchVery Positive97% of 288 reviews2015
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
An indie turn-based Tactics RPG with a heavy emphasis on exploration, character progression, and highly tactical combat. Create your own deeply customizable party of Warriors, Sorcerers, and Shiftcloaks to take on the Spire!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 29.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.3%, RPG 17.7%, Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
- #47 Novus Orbis
70% matchVery Positive91% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Seizo GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
A combo-based deckbuilding roguelike through a space-time loop: collect cards, receive blessings, add pets to your party, and grow stronger. Chain together cards in the right order for max power, and act before the enemy does. Build synergistic decks, find many secrets, and make BIG numbers!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Roguelike 16%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, Roguelite 9%
- #48 Low Magic Age
71% matchVery Positive89% of 3,470 reviews2017
Dev: Low Magic Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Adventure and fight in a medieval fantasy open world! Build heroic characters with various abilities, travel through villages, cities, or perilous dungeons. Strategic turn-based combat system and advanced character building - Fog of war, charging and flanking, and more in the fast-paced Arena mode.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.6%, Dungeon Crawler 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13%
- #49 Blightstone
67% matchVery Positive80% of 530 reviews2026
Dev: Unfinished Pixel
Windows
A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Tactical 12.2%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #50 Dark Quest 2
71% matchVery Positive84% of 659 reviews2018
Dev: Brain Seal Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dark Quest 2 is a turn based RPG where you control a party of heroes on your epic quest to defeat the evil sorcerer and his minions.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 35.5%, RPG 19.4%, Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Tactical 10.5%
- #51 Draft of Darkness
67% matchVery Positive93% of 361 reviews2023
Dev: Crawly Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 25%, Roguelike 14.4%, Dark 10.3%, Strategy 9.4%
- #52 Tendryll
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Brute Farce
Windows
Delve into grid-based tactical combat in this roguelike deckbuilder. Coordinate your heroes, modify your cards with unique runes, construct powerful item builds, and sidestep card-corrupting terrain to survive a gauntlet of befouled enemies.
Why similar: Tactical 22.5%, Dungeon Crawler 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Roguelike 18.3%, Strategy 10.8%
- #53 Archaelund
68% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2024
Dev: 4 Dimension Games
Windows
Explore a vast open world and crawl through dungeons in first person, then fight tactical turn-based battles from a top-down perspective. Guide your adventuring party through Archaelund, mankind's last frontier, and uncover its many secrets.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 59.2%, RPG 29.2%, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #54 Nightmare Frontier
67% matchVery Positive83% of 210 reviews2025
Dev: Ice Code Games
Windows
Behold the first-ever Tactical Extraction Looter where you pit your courage and leadership against fears made manifest: the Dreadweavers. Lead a band of scavenger roughnecks into a devastated boom town of the alternative 1900s. Get in, face the monsters, grab what you can carry and get out. Alive.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 24.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Roguelike 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10%
- #55 Terra Randoma
67% matchVery Positive90% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: Deniz K.
Windows
Terra Randoma is a turn-based roguelike RPG in a procedurally generated open world. Travel a world full of curiousity and perilous dungeons. Develop your character however you want with skills, talent stones and randomized items while you discover an ancient secret.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 25.1%, Dungeon Crawler 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Roguelike 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%
- #56 The Last Spell
65% matchVery Positive91% of 13,407 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, Tactical 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
- #57 Ash of Gods: Redemption
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,456 reviews2018
Dev: AurumDust
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 27%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, RPG 10.3%
- #58 Path of Achra
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,170 reviews2024
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Dungeon Crawler 30.8%, Roguelike 26.4%, Turn-Based Combat 23.5%, RPG 13.9%, 2D 4%
- #59 Trench Face
64% matchVery Positive94% of 661 reviews2025
Dev: Pulse Blue
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.
Why similar: RPG 22.2%, Turn-Based Combat 20.6%, Strategy 18.9%, Horror 14%, Dark 10.1%
- #60 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
69% matchMixed66% of 2,514 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: RPG 31%, Turn-Based Combat 26.7%, Horror 14.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Strategy 6.1%