60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include RPG, Roguelike, Perma Death, Traditional Roguelike.
No graphics, No tiles. Just text-RPG adventure! Explore a shifting labyrinth, regain the Ring of Life from the wizard Shingor. Classic roguelike-style messages guide your journey, with narrative scenes evoking the spirit of MUDs and gamebooks. Death is permanent. Every run brings new discoveries.
Rogue
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
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Adventure game based on a real life story! Get a knife, put on rags and go down!
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 29.4% ★, Perma Death 17.7%, Roguelike 13.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Dungeon Crawler 8.4%
Adventure game based on a real life story! Get a knife, put on rags and go down!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 22.6% ★, Text-Based 15.4%, CRPG 11.2%, Roguelike 11%, Perma Death 10.9%
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 29% ★, Perma Death 15.6%, Roguelike 13.4%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%, RPG 6.8%
Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy world that is inspired by traditional text-based adventure and interactive fiction games.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, RPG 7.6%, Fantasy 6.2%
The modern way to play NetHack
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33.6% ★, Roguelike 15%, Perma Death 12.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%, RPG 10.6%
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: Traditional Roguelike 23% ★, Perma Death 18.8%, Roguelike 18.7%, Dungeon Crawler 10%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%
Dawn of the Mexica is a turn-based roguelike that blends accurate history and mythical fantasy. It features complex combat mechanics, tactics and skills, yet also brings you an easy to use interface. Fight your way through the procedurally generated scenarios and stop the fall of the Fifth Sun!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 22.8% ★, Perma Death 15.5%, CRPG 11.9%, Roguelike 11.2%, Dungeon Crawler 8.1%
A persistent, text-led open-world RPG roguelike set in the Reznara universe. Explore dangerous regions, shape your adventurer, and face every strange road on your own terms. Every decision matters.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.3%, Roguelike 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Text-Based 17.1%, RPG 12.9%
Open the gate to the egyptian underworld! Hieroglyphika is a roguelike game completely without text but with pictograms.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 38.4% ★, Roguelike 13.7%, Perma Death 10.4%, Turn-Based 6.5%, Dark Fantasy 6.1%
A turn-based traditional roguelike featuring 10 character classes with unique gameplay styles. Explore five ancient realms to find ancient magical artifacts you will need to survive tactical battles against their evil inhabitants. Can you save the world from the wrath of Kramora?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.9% ★, Roguelike 15.3%, Perma Death 13.1%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%, Turn-Based 6.9%
You will embark on the journey of immortality as a disciple brought back and raised by Jiang Ziya. While searching and saving Jiang Ziya, you will uncover the secrets surrounding yourself and write a different legend.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.1% ★, Perma Death 21.1%, Text-Based 17.5%, Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 11.4%
A classic turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler with D20 dice combat. Three unique classes — a soul-projecting Cultivator, a monster-recruiting Mask Master, and a shadow-stalking Rogue. 117 monsters, randomized identification, and procedural dungeons make every run a new adventure.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34% ★, Perma Death 24%, Roguelike 14%, RPG 10.6%, Dark Fantasy 5.2%
A solo old-school D&D-inspired ASCII roguelike set in Valoria, with race and class, spells, quests, dangerous dungeon crawls, and a primordial dragon stirring.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.7% ★, Perma Death 18.6%, CRPG 14.2%, Roguelike 10.7%, Dungeon Crawler 9.6%
Highly moddable classical roguelike with persistence dungeons and fully simulated physics and chemistry.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 25.4% ★, Perma Death 18%, Text-Based 16.6%, Roguelike 10.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%
Roguecraft DX is a turn-based roguelike set in a Lovecraftian dungeon that rebuilds itself every run. Fight tentacled horrors and scary chickens, and free a caged badger who'll fetch loot for you. Compact runs that respect your time: die, learn, and dive right back in!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 20.4% ★, Perma Death 15.2%, Roguelike 12%, Dungeon Crawler 9.3%, Roguelite 8.3%
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.2% ★, Perma Death 18.1%, CRPG 15.6%, Roguelike 11.1%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%
In this classic roguelike, released in 1983 for the Commodore 64 by Epyx, search the dark depths of a twisted dungeon, teeming with fiendish enemies and dangerous traps, for the legendary Sword of Fargoal, the only thing that can defeat the evil wizard Umla.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 30.2% ★, Perma Death 21.8%, Roguelike 12.4%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, RPG 7.4%
Ancient sacrifices saved the world, but their legacy is unraveling. A party based roguelike inspired by classic '80s RPGs, where every descent into cursed dungeons carries permanent consequences.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 25.9% ★, Perma Death 19%, CRPG 14.3%, Roguelike 10.4%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%
Slay your enemies in this sword and sorcery roguelike! Ancient dungeons, fallen ruins and cyclopean towers and their primordial denizens present a tactical and deadly challenge that can only be overcome by the most resourceful heroes.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32.8% ★, Roguelike 13.7%, Perma Death 12.7%, RPG 8.5%, Dungeon Crawler 8.2%
A turn-based ASCII roguelike RPG set in the shattered dark-fantasy realm of Scherbenmark. Listen for monsters beyond your sight, survive shifting floors, and follow the echoes left by your missing sister Mara into an ancient rift.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 18.2% ★, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Roguelite 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%, Roguelike 10.3%
Craft, fight, and explore a procedural 2D world — biomes, ruins, crypts, and vaults. Choose a class, build your kit, and delve solo or in friends co-op. Hunt Story bosses across the map, or push Crawler runs and extract before greed kills the run.
Why similar: Text-Based 23%, Roguelike 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%, Roguelite 14.4%, RPG 10.1%
Delve into the Tomb of Vercilias as a bounty hunting adventurer in this old-school CRPG styled dungeon crawling rogue-lite. Your goal is to find the dark mage Vercilias and bring him to the King, dead or alive. Many before you have tried—will you be the first to succeed?
Why similar: Perma Death 20.3%, CRPG 15.5%, Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelite 10.8%, Dungeon Crawler 10.6%
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 30.7% ★, Perma Death 23.7%, Roguelike 15%, Dungeon Crawler 11.9%, Turn-Based 8.2%
Build unique class-and-race combinations, shape your talents, and test your strategy in a tactical roguelike dungeon crawler packed with campaigns, challenge runs, loot, bosses, and replayable depth. Your plan may be brilliant. The dungeon may disagree.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 24% ★, Perma Death 18.6%, Roguelike 11.4%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%
A narrative roguelite where you lead desperate people across a fractured dark fantasy continent. No combat screens — every choice is made in words and every consequence follows you. Your companions have their own reasons to leave. How you survive reveals who you are.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Roguelike 11.9%, Roguelite 11%
Spin your way to victory in this slotmachine-driven dungeon crawler. Battle monsters, collect loot and unleash the power of the random reels !
Why similar: Roguelike 19.3%, RPG 17.4%, Dungeon Crawler 15%, Perma Death 14.6%, Roguelite 13.6%
A simple traditional roguelike with ASCII art where you save the monsters instead of hurting them.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34.7% ★, Text-Based 15.7%, Roguelike 15.4%, Perma Death 11.2%, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%
Many came before, many failed. Copies of previous players are still scattered throughout the dungeon! Thirty-five floors of unforgiving turn based combat with unique spells and weapons. Explore, craft, learn spells and much more on your journey to the top! Will you stay safe?
Why similar: Perma Death 23.3%, Roguelike 15.8%, Traditional Roguelike 14.3% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Turn-Based 7.7%
Combine 14 Sookuma lineages with 19 classes and descend into an ever-changing dream dungeon. Identify strange items, bargain with 19 gods, steal the Dream Core, and fight your way back out in a traditional turn-based roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 33.2% ★, Perma Death 22.3%, Roguelike 12.2%, Dungeon Crawler 11.9%, RPG 9.2%
Dungeon of Rikka is a turn based Rogue-like game with the goal to save your village from the impending doom of the beast that's been sealed away to rot in the deepest corner of the Dungeon. The beast will break his shackles and ascend the Dungeon, becoming stronger the longer you take to get to him.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 25.8% ★, Perma Death 18.8%, Roguelike 10.8%, Roguelite 10%, Dungeon Crawler 9.6%
Warrior Quest is a single-player, text-driven dark-fantasy RPG where old-school dungeon crawling meets next-gen, free-form, offline AI diplomacy. Fight, sneak, negotiate in your own words, recruit unlikely companions... and whatever you do, roll well.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 26.2% ★, Text-Based 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, RPG 10.8%, Perma Death 9.2%
Time moves forward only when you do in the dungeons of WazHack. Think your way out of problems instead of just spamming 'attack' and 'drink healing potion'.
Why similar: Perma Death 28.5%, Roguelike 25.9%, RPG 16.1%, Dungeon Crawler 7.5%, Roguelite 7%
Death is one mistake. A whispering demon is your only guide. Climb a procedurally generated tower — four skill trees, 60+ monsters, permadeath — and see if your name belongs on the Wall of Heroes, or in the halls as another ghost.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 22.1% ★, Roguelike 16.7%, CRPG 13.4%, RPG 10.7%, Roguelite 10.4%
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44.1% ★, Roguelike 21.5%, Perma Death 9.8%, Dungeon Crawler 8.6%, RPG 6.2%
Beyond the Bridge is a tribute to one of the earliest roguelikes, Moria. Your journey begins with creating your character by choosing a class. From there, you'll explore six procedurally generated levels before reaching the goal of your quest and making your escape!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 32.7% ★, Roguelike 18.9%, RPG 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
EmbeRogue is a real roguelike: turn-based, grid-based and boom-based, where everything can burn. Make your escape or tame your inner flames to defeat the FireLords.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.6% ★, Perma Death 18.9%, Roguelike 10.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%
A blend of old school gameplay and new school controls. Experience a classically styled roguelike in a way you never have before!
Why similar: Perma Death 24.7%, Text-Based 18.9%, Roguelike 14.1%, Roguelite 12.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.9%
Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 29.8% ★, Perma Death 18.5%, Roguelike 12.5%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%, CRPG 8%
A turn-based roguelike where you can shape the dungeon to your advantage. Discover terrain powers which help you to fight your enemies more efficiently.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 30.2% ★, Perma Death 19.7%, Roguelike 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 8.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%
A traditional turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler. Pick a class, descend through a procedurally generated dungeon, and recover the shards of the Amulet of Ascension. Combine them and the dungeon turns on you, and now you have to fight your way back out.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.1% ★, Roguelike 17%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, RPG 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 5.2%
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.3% ★, Perma Death 17.9%, Roguelike 13.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.1%, Turn-Based 6.9%
Die By Die is a rogue-lite text adventure game with lite rpg elements where every run is a new story. The dice of fate decide the setting and plot points for each run, but your actions and your dice rolls will tell the story.
Why similar: Roguelike 14.9%, Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Roguelite 11.9%
A dark fantasy dungeon crawler/roguelike. Fight one-on-one in turn-based combat. Find gear that improves or completely changes your tactics. Delve procedurally generated dungeons where choices matter. Die, upgrade your characters, unlock new skills and experiment with perks to find the best build.
Why similar: Perma Death 22%, Roguelike 14.4%, CRPG 11.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.6%
One Die. One Life. Infinite Delving. From a single d6 and a paper prototype at my desk, ODDD is a tight, focused roguelike where every roll matters. Master meaningful class abilities and watch your hero visibly grow with every piece of loot. How deep will you delve?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 25.8% ★, Perma Death 19.8%, Roguelike 11.6%, Roguelite 10.5%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%
GOLD'S DUNGEON is a modern text-based roguelike with RPG elements. Venture through a randomly generated dungeon while building a new character each run! Are you brave enough to enter GOLD'S DUNGEON?
Why similar: Text-Based 28.7%, Roguelike 16%, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Perma Death 12%, Roguelite 11.1%
Possession is a traditional turn-based roguelike where you play as a ghost trying to make your way to the surface. You are incredibly frail, but have one advantage: you can possess the bodies of the monsters you encounter, and use their strength and abilities as your own.
Why similar: Roguelike 41.3%, Traditional Roguelike 15.7% ★, Perma Death 12.6%, RPG 11.3%, Dungeon Crawler 7.3%
The sunken Aldermere Keep spews demonic miasma across the valley. Those who linger within it slowly lose their sanity and become monsters. Descend into the keep, find the source, and end the corruption in this retro fantasy turn-based roguelite.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 28.6% ★, Perma Death 16.2%, Roguelite 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 10%
Become the titan Prometheus in this tactical turn-based roguelike, where every battle is a chessboard and every move counts. In a world that only moves when you move, dominate strategic battles, upgrade your skills, and face mythical enemies and permadeath.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 29% ★, Perma Death 16.4%, Roguelike 13.2%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Roguelite 9%
Cast powerful magic by actually writing the magical words in the right syntax, as you explore the Plane of Shadows in this complex and intriguing roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 26.6% ★, Perma Death 20%, Roguelike 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%
Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, RPG 18.3%, CRPG 16.6%, Fantasy 4%
Hyper Dungeon Crawler is a turn-based roguelike RPG with crafting. Collect materials and craft your unique tools, weapons, magic spells and other supplements and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated scenes.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 26.7% ★, Perma Death 17.7%, CRPG 14.2%, Roguelike 10.7%, Roguelite 9.8%
Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 26.2% ★, Perma Death 20.5%, Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 10.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10.5%
A Deeply Tactical ASCII Roguelike with unique and often surprising mechanics. Explore Hanwu Divinity College and uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27% ★, Perma Death 19.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Roguelike 11.4%, Dungeon Crawler 10.1%
Violence spreads across Europe as Viking raids intensify. In this choice-driven RPG, your fate is shaped by hard decisions, brutal turn-based combat, and a legacy system where death is permanent—but not the end. Live, die, and fight again. Valhalla awaits.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.7%, Text-Based 18.7%, CRPG 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Roguelite 11.6%
Rogue’s Dark Descent is a traditional roguelike about exploring a dangerous, procedurally generated wilderness and the forgotten places beneath it. Fight, explore, meet survivors, uncover lost history, find powerful artifacts, and see how long your story lasts.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 34% ★, Perma Death 21.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.3%, Roguelike 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 9%
Head out into the woods and find the dreaded Underlair in this traditional turn-based roguelike.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.2% ★, Roguelike 18.7%, RPG 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%, Turn-Based Combat 4.1%
Lost Flame is a modern roguelike game featuring unique and challenging turn-based combat. Find your way in the ruined kingdom of Hiraeth while fighting against legendary warriors of the past and spawn of the unfathomable Abysm.
Why similar: Roguelike 41%, Traditional Roguelike 27.9% ★, Perma Death 13.8%, RPG 10.3%, Turn-Based 5.3%
Experience hardcore, sci-fi dungeon crawling in this dark, atmospheric roguelike. Xenomarine offers tactical turn-based combat with hundreds of unique items and upgradable weapons and armor, as well as massive replayability thanks to its randomly generated content.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 46.9% ★, Roguelike 21.7%, Perma Death 16%, RPG 4.9%, Procedural Generation 4.5%
《江湖宝鉴》是一款武侠题材，带有轻度肉鸽元素的文字冒险游戏。你将扮演一位初出茅庐的少年，踏上游历江湖的艰险旅程。是一心向善，带领村民抵抗山贼侵扰，成为一代大侠；还是落草为寇，卷入山贼寨子中的阴谋诡计，杀出一片天地；抑或是访仙问道，遁入山林逍遥自在，都在你的一念之中。
Why similar: Text-Based 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Roguelite 20.7%, RPG 17.3%, Choices Matter 4.4%
