- #1 The King is Watching
97% matchVery Positive88% of 9,222 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: RTS 16.2%, Base Building 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Resource Management 10.4%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%
- #2 Cataclismo
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1% ★, RTS 17.3%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 10.4%
- #3 The Tribe Must Survive
96% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Walking Tree Games GmbH
Windows · Mac
The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.1% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Resource Management 10%, Management 8.8%
- #4 Nordhold
95% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Base Building 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Roguelite 11.4%, Management 11.4%, RTS 11.1%
- #5 dotAGE
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,581 reviews2023
Dev: Michele Pirovano
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6% ★, Resource Management 16%, Tabletop 14.6%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #6 Ascent of Ashes
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Base Building 16.5%, Dark Humor 13.2%, Management 12.6%
- #7 Worshippers of Cthulhu
93% matchVery Positive82% of 1,460 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Management 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Dark 9.7%
- #8 Deck of Haunts
92% matchVery Positive87% of 1,207 reviews2025
Dev: MantisPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Why similar: Base Building 28.7%, Card Game 25.3%, Roguelite 21.7%, Roguelike 13.7%, Strategy 10.6%
- #9 Decks of the Damned
91% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Thorian GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!
Why similar: Card Game 22.7%, Management 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Survival 14.6%, Roguelite 13%
- #10 Dark Moon
91% matchMixed49% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
Windows
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5% ★, Base Building 14.4%, RTS 13.9%, Management 12.2%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #11 Roots Devour
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 515 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Card Game 30.2%, Resource Management 23.2%, Dark 18.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Roguelite 12.7%
- #12 Black Forest
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 409 reviews2023
Dev: LemuriaPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: RTS 18.3%, Colony Sim 14.7% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Resource Management 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
- #13 IXION
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,015 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22% ★, Resource Management 16.1%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 14.5%, Strategy 7.8%
- #14 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
88% matchVery Positive84% of 3,305 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Dark Humor 23%, Tactical 19.1%, Roguelike 18.9%, Roguelite 14.9%, Survival 13.6%
- #15 These Doomed Isles
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23% ★, Card Game 16.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Resource Management 14.1%, Roguelike 10.9%
- #16 Loop Hero
86% matchVery Positive93% of 36,055 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Card Game 13.8%, Time Management 12.2%, Tactical 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Resource Management 11.5%
- #17 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: RTS 21.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Tactical 11.1%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #18 The Last Spell
84% matchVery Positive92% of 12,839 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.8 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: Dark Fantasy 22%, Tactical 19%, Base Building 18.8%, Roguelite 14.5%, Roguelike 12.3%
- #19 WitchHand
84% matchVery Positive91% of 609 reviews2024
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.
Why similar: Card Game 28.9%, Management 22.3%, Tabletop 19.8%, Survival 13.2%, Strategy 11.2%
- #20 War for the Overworld
85% matchVery Positive86% of 8,005 reviews2015
Dev: Brightrock GamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.
Why similar: Base Building 23.5%, Management 19%, RTS 17.6%, Old School 16.7%, Colony Sim 16.1% ★
- #21 Underworld Overseer
82% matchPositive92% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Myron Games
Windows
Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Old School 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Dark Humor 12.5%
- #22 Dwelvers
83% matchMixed68% of 319 reviews2023
Dev: Rasmus LjunggrenPub: Dancing Devils
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Dwelvers is a unique real-time strategy Dungeon Keeper-like with resource management, logistics, battles, magic spells, trading, crimes against humanity, labyrinths, and so much more. Are you able to eradicate the pesky humans once and for all? Of course you are. The Dark Mother wills it.
Why similar: Base Building 29.1%, Management 22.6%, Resource Management 20.3%, Dark 17.1%, Strategy 8.8%
- #23 Hadean Tactics
81% matchVery Positive89% of 1,857 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Why similar: Card Game 23.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelite 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%
- #24 Cult of the Lamb
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 121,567 reviews2022
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
Why similar: Base Building 29.2%, Colony Sim 27.3% ★, Dark Humor 21.1%, Roguelite 14.8%, Strategy 5.1%
- #25 Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
81% matchVery Positive80% of 539 reviews2023
Dev: Balcony SoftworksPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!
Why similar: Card Game 33%, Dark Fantasy 29.7%, Roguelike 24%, Strategy 13.3%
- #26 As We Descend
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,106 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Card Game 34.7%, Roguelike 21.4%, Roguelite 19.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Strategy 10.9%
- #27 After Long Night
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7% ★, RTS 19.3%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 12.6%, Survival 9.8%
- #28 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
82% matchMixed63% of 329 reviews2023
Dev: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.
Why similar: Card Game 28.7%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Roguelike 16.4%, Roguelite 15.1%, Dark 9.6%
- #29 Becoming Saint
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 170 reviews2025
Dev: Open Lab GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose your doctrine and preach across medieval Italy in this real-time strategy roguelike. Gather your diverse cast of followers, venture out to convince and convert new believers, conquer towns, and strive to become a saint in your lifetime—or die trying.
Why similar: RTS 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Management 10.4%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #30 Whispers of the Eyeless
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: VenrisPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 30.3%, Roguelike 25.6%, Roguelite 21.9%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Strategy 8.1%
- #31 Against the Storm
76% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 14.7%, Management 13.9%, Survival 12%
- #32 Project Thea
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Wake to a brutal world bent on destroying your colony. Rebuild, Explore the Wastelands, and Gather scarce resources. Will you strike a deal with the ruthless Baba Yaga - or hack a rogue Cyber-Rat to turn it into an ally? A dark strategy-survival RPG with card-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1% ★, Card Game 19.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Roguelite 13.3%, Survival 12.5%
- #33 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
76% matchVery Positive86% of 8,142 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 27.6%, Roguelike 23.4%, Strategy 18.8%, Roguelite 18.5%, Dark 11.6%
- #34 Sultan's Game
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 32,886 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Card Game 17.3%, Time Management 16.4%, Dark Humor 16.1%, Tabletop 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%
- #35 Grim Realms
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2% ★, Base Building 22.5%, Management 14%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Tactical 10.3%
- #36 The Shrouded Isle
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,510 reviews2017
Dev: Jongwoo KimPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Your Excellency, in this short systems-management survival game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...
Why similar: Dark Humor 35.1%, Management 31.1%, Choices Matter 21%, Strategy 12.8%
- #37 Cultist Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,737 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Why similar: Card Game 18.5%, Tabletop 15.2%, Resource Management 14.1%, Management 13.4%, Roguelike 11.4%
- #38 The Fabulous Fear Machine
73% matchVery Positive90% of 560 reviews2023
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: AMC Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.9%, Dark Humor 21.6%, Card Game 18.9%, Management 18.2%, Strategy 14.4%
- #39 Here Comes The Swarm
71% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: Colony Sim 18% ★, RTS 16.7%, Base Building 14%, Resource Management 11.3%, Survival 10.5%
- #40 Deep Among the Swarm
72% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Pebble Mountain Games
Windows
Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?
Why similar: RTS 20.4%, Base Building 15.8%, Time Management 14%, Resource Management 12.8%, Survival 11.4%
- #41 Throne of Bone
71% matchVery Positive86% of 328 reviews2025
Dev: Windmill Slam
Windows · Mac
Draft minions to defeat all who oppose the noble art of necromancy. Wield spells, discover dark relics, and reclaim your castle to unite the land through undeath in this unholy amalgam of roguelike, deckbuilder, and autobattler.
Why similar: Card Game 32.5%, Dark Fantasy 26.9%, Roguelike 23.8%, Strategy 13.9%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #42 Kingdom's Deck
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4% ★, Card Game 17.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 10.8%, Survival 10.6%
- #43 Chromosome Evil
73% matchVery Positive83% of 348 reviews2022
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
Why similar: RTS 20.4%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Resource Management 14.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Survival 11.7%
- #44 Gord
73% matchMixed54% of 976 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3% ★, RTS 19.3%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Survival 12.4%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #45 Pyrene
70% matchVery Positive93% of 727 reviews2024
Dev: Two Tiny DicePub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac
Defeat hellish monsters and rebuild your home in Pyrene, a fast paced roguelike dungeon-crawler. Play with different heroes & spells, collect powerful relics to upgrade your deck while uncovering the mysteries behind your village’s destruction.
Why similar: Card Game 26.4%, Dark Fantasy 22.8%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Roguelike 17.7%, Strategy 10.4%
- #46 The Hive
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 417 reviews2016
Dev: Skydome Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Hive is a strategy game with RPG elements where you assume command as the insectoid hivemind. Build and expand your underground colony, harvest resources, and evolve your swarm using DNA. Will you survive in this hostile yet beautiful underworld?
Why similar: RTS 28.6%, Base Building 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Resource Management 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%
- #47 Railroads & Catacombs
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 398 reviews2025
Dev: MadRailsPub: IndieArk
Windows
In this exciting Card Building Roguelike game you create your cards from scratch adding different upgrades. Build your train, explore the Labyrinth and survive. Discover infinite synergies. How far will you go?
Why similar: Base Building 25.4%, Card Game 19.1%, Dark 14.3%, Tactical 13.9%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #48 Ring of Pain
70% matchVery Positive92% of 5,015 reviews2020
Dev: Simon BoxerPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
Why similar: Card Game 29.6%, Roguelite 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Roguelike 15.4%, Dark 12.7%
- #49 Deck of Souls
69% 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: Card Game 38.5%, Tactical 23.4%, Dark Fantasy 22.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #50 Journey to the Void
67% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: RuneHeads
Windows · Mac
Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.
Why similar: Card Game 34.2%, Roguelike 20.3%, Roguelite 17.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%
- #51 Balantica
68% matchVery Positive94% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: Team HanzanPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Safely guide the twins to the altar. The path to the altar branches into multiple routes, each filled with trials and unexpected events awaiting the twins. As their companion, you will choose their path, build a deck of cards to give hope and overcome increasingly challenging trials.
Why similar: Card Game 51.3%, Strategy 19.8%, Roguelike 17.8%, Dark 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #52 Cryptical Path
68% matchVery Positive88% of 164 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: Roguelike 33.4%, Dark Humor 31.1%, Roguelite 18.5%, Dark 14.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #53 Goblin Stone
70% matchMixed54% of 775 reviews2024
Dev: Orc Chop Games
Windows · Mac
Goblins have been hunted to extinction by cruel adventurers. Embark on a heartwarming adventure to rebuild their lair and help them thrive in this award-winning turn-based RPG where every decision counts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Dark Humor 18.2%, Management 12.9%, Roguelike 12.6%
- #54 The HELL
66% matchVery Positive92% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: METROPOLICE
Windows
Take up the role of the Hell Governor and embrace the challenge of welcoming souls who perished in major, historically real human disaster. Build your city, manage your resources while defending the chaos from demons who steal and kill your folks....and also that GIANT TITAN lurking around.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.1%, Time Management 17.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 13.7%
- #55 Cartel Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,719 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: RTS 20.3%, Colony Sim 16.2% ★, Resource Management 14.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Management 11.8%
- #56 Knock on the Coffin Lid
66% matchVery Positive84% of 2,838 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 28%, Card Game 26.9%, Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 16.1%, Strategy 9.4%
- #57 Overboss
68% matchMixed51% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: BlanketGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a villain in this retro-inspired board game. Draft terrain tiles, recruit monsters, build your dungeon, and become the OVERBOSS!
Why similar: Base Building 21.8%, Card Game 18.6%, Tabletop 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Resource Management 16.5%
- #58 The Wratch's Den
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: PUNKCAKE Delicieux
Windows · Mac · Linux
A byte-sized Dungeon Keeping roguelike: dig out your lair, populate it with monsters and protect the Wratch from heroes come for easy prestige.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4% ★, Base Building 26.4%, Roguelike 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Strategy 10.3%
- #59 The Royal Writ
64% matchVery Positive83% of 463 reviews2025
Dev: Save Sloth StudiosPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
Why similar: Card Game 26%, Dark Humor 23.6%, Tactical 15%, Roguelike 12%, Roguelite 11.1%