- #1 Tactical Breach Wizards
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 12,205 reviews2024
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.5%, Funny 14.1%, Tactical 12.6%, Puzzle 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same sharp, humorous writing and deeply tactical turn-based puzzle combat.
- #2 Cobalt Core
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,401 reviews2023
Dev: Rocket Rat GamesPub: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 29.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.8%, Funny 15.3%, Tactical 11.2%, Strategy 11%
Why You'll Like It: Combines clever roguelike strategy with quirky sci-fi writing and tight spatial positioning mechanics.
- #3 Gem Wizards Tactics
96% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: Keith Burgun Games
Windows
Choose your faction and test your skill in this one-player tactical masterpiece, where positioning is everything! Clear forests, pave roads, knock enemies into pits, yank them out from behind their defenders, before the Business Demons burn it all down!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 21.8%, Tactical 21.8%, Roguelite 16.4%, Funny 15.3%, Magic 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar vibrant aesthetic combined with roguelite tactical grid movement and clever spell combos.
- #4 King of the Bridge
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,778 reviews2024
Dev: Finn Schuuring
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Face off against the bridge troll in his bizarre game of chess! Decrypt, Twist and Enforce the rules as your devious opponent attempts to break them in King of the Bridge!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 36.5%, Comedy 24.3%, Strategy 18.5%, Puzzle 18.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: Matches Titanium Court's puzzle-strategy focus wrapped in a heavy layer of sharp comedy and wit.
- #5 Merge & Blade
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: Magic Cube
Windows
Experience an addictive puzzle and a massive auto-battler in one game. The world's first puzzle auto-battler game! Only your brain can save the world.
Why similar: Match 3 32%, Auto Battler 19.2%, Tactical RPG 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Roguelite 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends match-3 puzzle mechanics with auto-battler tactical deployment in a delightfully engaging loop.
- #6 Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 744 reviews2026
Dev: Buried ThingsPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
From letters to lunacy, Cursed Words is a roguelike chasing ever-stronger synergies. Start with simple words like BUY or THIS or GAME, then use game-altering combos to break the rules. Before long you’ll be ¼♖♙K5XNG the ⅗H♗4 out of these 83VK??7?!
Why similar: Auto Battler 23.5%, Roguelite 22.2%, Strategy 19%, Funny 17.8%, Comedy 15.6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the eccentric puzzle-box structure and tongue-in-cheek self-aware naming conventions.
- #7 The Royal Writ
92% matchVery Positive83% of 539 reviews2025
Dev: Save Sloth StudiosPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Tactical RPG 23%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Tactical 15.1%, Roguelite 13.1%, Strategy 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines strategic card-based decision making with dark humor and political satire.
- #8 Star Vikings Forever
93% matchVery Positive89% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Rogue SnailPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Star Vikings Forever is a humorous Puzzle/RPG developed by the award-winning creators of Chroma Squad, Dungeonland, and Relic Hunters Zero.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.6%, Funny 15%, Comedy 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Tactical 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a humorous tactical puzzle experience with strong rogue-lite elements and quirky characters.
- #9 Trash of the Titans
91% matchVery Positive92% of 336 reviews2024
Dev: Raccoon Tour
Windows
It's turn-based fantasy tactics with trash animals. Defend your trash from invading rats, and eat your trash to upgrade your team. Think your way out of ruin by using the shape of each level to your advantage. Be creative, and try to not die.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 25.6%, Tower Defense 25.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Roguelite 13.1%, Magic 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a chaotic tactical RPG experience packed with roguelite dungeon crawling and quirky challenges.
- #10 Attack of the Earthlings
91% matchVery Positive83% of 453 reviews2018
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.
Why similar: Strategy 39.2%, Comedy 33.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Tactical 7.1%, Story Rich 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features tactical turn-based strategy infused with a heavy dose of dark humor and satirical themes.
- #11 Magicbook AutoBattler: Contract
90% matchVery Positive80% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: JXGS
Windows
This is a brand - new strategic auto - chess game that integrates RPG and roguelike elements. In the world of the Grimoire, players can freely create combinations and indulge in endless battles.
Why similar: Auto Battler 33.8%, Roguelite 16.8%, Magic 10.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Tactical 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features auto-battler synergies and tactical strategy wrapped in a whimsical magical theme.
- #12 Nubby's Number Factory
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 19,640 reviews2025
Dev: MogDogBlog Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Why similar: Surreal 65.4%, Strategy 20.1%, Roguelite 8.4%, Singleplayer 4.1%, Puzzle 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the bizarre, surreal atmosphere and arcade strategy loops found in Titanium Court.
- #13 Ballionaire
89% matchVery Positive84% of 2,700 reviews2024
Dev: newobjectPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
BALLIONAIRE is a fast-paced, kinetic roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth! Find and exploit game-breaking synergies as you theorycraft your way to victory. Welcome to the autobonker genre!
Why similar: Auto Battler 35.7%, Roguelite 26.2%, Funny 19%, Strategy 15%, Singleplayer 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on quirky puzzle-roguelike mechanics with plenty of strategic scaling and casual fun.
- #14 Dungeon No Dungeon: Tyrant's Endgame
89% matchVery Positive96% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: 302 StudioPub: 302 GAMES INC
Windows · Mac
Unique Match-3 Gameplay with Exciting Elemental Clashes. This is a casual strategy indie game that combines match-3, synthesis, and deck-building gameplay.
Why similar: Match 3 41.1%, Auto Battler 26.8%, Roguelite 11.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Tactical 7%
Why You'll Like It: Mixes strategic match-3 puzzle mechanics with roguelite party management and tactical depth.
- #15 Q-UP
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,203 reviews2025
Dev: Everybody House Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator, and 100% completely random.
Why similar: Auto Battler 45.5%, Surreal 39.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends incremental gameplay and auto-battler strategy with quirky mechanical progression.
- #16 Tangy TD
85% matchVery Positive90% of 1,546 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 51%, Funny 17.5%, Tactical 15.3%, Strategy 13.1%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers fast-paced tower defense strategy mixed with rogue-like progression elements.
- #17 Candy Disaster - Tower Defense
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 338 reviews2021
Dev: ACE Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Candy Disaster is 3D trap-style tower defense game where you guard candies against alien thieves! Unlock powerful and clever traps, choose your arsenal for different bases, and find the deadliest trap combination - then watch those space goons walk into their death!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.4%, Auto Battler 21.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Funny 16%, Comedy 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides whimsical tower-defense mechanics and traps that require heavy tactical placement.
- #18 Grumpy Gaffer
84% matchVery Positive94% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: RC Games Studio
Windows
Join Mr. Gaffer on his mission to protect the peace of his home in this dynamic strategy game. Test your wits and reflexes as you face intense waves of enemies, and compete in thrilling mini-games against other players.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.2%, Surreal 29.3%, Funny 12.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Comedy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features classic cartoonish tower-defense action with strategic planning and witty charm.
- #19 Sleep Attack
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 76 reviews2015
Dev: Bad Seed
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Enjoy an amazing new TWIST in Tower Defense! You control the layout of the battlefield, and you decide the paths your enemies follow!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.8%, Surreal 25.2%, Funny 12.6%, Strategy 9%, Resource Management 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense strategy with clever lane-based puzzle challenges and cute visuals.
- #20 Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3
82% matchVery Positive96% of 362 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know you needed.
Why similar: Match 3 39.8%, Narrative 32.7% ★, Comedy 10%, Puzzle 8.3%, Story Rich 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the delightfully absurd premise and puzzle-solving exploration focus.
- #21 Crush the Industry
82% matchVery Positive90% of 396 reviews2025
Dev: Cognoggin Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Work your way to the top of a cutthroat game studio in this retro roguelike deckbuilder! Crush the Industry features strategic combat with a unique twist and deep replayability.
Why similar: Roguelite 35.3%, Funny 31.5%, Strategy 27.6%, Singleplayer 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a roguelike deckbuilding challenge with sharp satirical humor and retro presentation.
- #22 Ledgerbound
81% matchVery Positive93% of 643 reviews2026
Dev: OmniMegaSuperCorp
Windows · Mac
Deny an insurance claim, save the world. Ledgerbound is a hilarious, narrative-driven tactical RPG/dating sim filled with all your favorite epic fantasy activities: battling evil enemies, filling out paperwork, rescuing your company from financial ruin, pursuing HR-approved relationships, and more!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.2%, Comedy 13.3%, Funny 9.4%, Tactical 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based strategy with story-rich comedy and eccentric character interactions.
- #23 Tomb of Tyrants
84% matchVery Positive81% of 329 reviews2015
Dev: Jake Huhman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Claim and defend the Tomb of Tyrants against greedy adventurers by matching tiles to build a deadly dungeon full of traps, minions, and more!
Why similar: Match 3 52.7%, Tower Defense 22.7%, Strategy 14.7%, Puzzle 8.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: Merges casual match-3 puzzle elements with strategic dungeon defense and pixel art.
- #24 No Creeps Were Harmed TD
81% matchVery Positive89% of 501 reviews2024
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb to greed!
Why similar: Tower Defense 61%, Strategy 15.2%, Tactical 13.2%, Combat 7%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers solid tower defense strategic planning with fun sci-fi twists and challenging maps.
- #25 Mostly Intense Monster Defense
83% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2019
Dev: Patsui Games
Windows
Defend your dungeon against a bunch of impolite humans in this humorous tower/lane defense game. Summon monsters, change tactics on the fly & skip funny dialogue to defeat waves and waves of the most generic heroes mankind has ever seen!
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.3%, Funny 22.3%, Strategy 12.5%, Tactical 9.6%, Comedy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Brings humorous monster-battling mechanics to a classic tower-defense and tactical framework.
- #26 TORSO TENNIS
80% matchVery Positive100% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Michael MatoPub: Too Much Tomato
Windows
A grid-based action roguelike with autobattler-inspired synergy systems. Break the game and become a TENNIS GOD.
Why similar: Surreal 37.9%, Auto Battler 24.6%, Comedy 21.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Embraces an equally bizarre comedic tone combined with fast-paced action roguelike elements.
- #27 The Swashbugglers
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 182 reviews2026
Dev: Asmodeus GamePub: Shuffle Play Games
Windows
A cartoon-style 2D roguelike autochess focused on tactical strategy. Recruit insect "heroes" from the forest to form a team. Develop their skills, equipment, and stone inscriptions through battles to defeat the source of chaos within the time limit.
Why similar: Auto Battler 37%, Roguelite 16.6%, Tactical 14.5%, Resource Management 12.4%, Comedy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines auto-battler roguelite strategy with playful pirate themes and tactical decisions.
- #28 Yap Wizards Tower Defence
78% matchVery Positive96% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: Noffty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dynamic tower defence with an ever-scaling battlefield and unexpected twists!
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.4%, Strategy 24.6%, Funny 16.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers lighthearted wizard-themed tower defense strategy with casual mechanics.
- #29 Brutal Orchestra
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,103 reviews2021
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: Hellbent Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brutal Orchestra is a Turn-Based Roguelike Strategy Game. You died, someone killed you. You are in Purgatory and you will never escape. Make a deal with the "demon" Bosch and set off into Purgatory finding all manner of demented friends and foes on your quest to get petty revenge.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 39.1%, Roguelite 30.6%, Strategy 18.9%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #30 Judge, Jury, and Keyboard
79% matchMixed66% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Virtue Enforcer
Windows
In an era dominated by viral trends, you become the "Internet Judge"—where a few keystrokes can sway public opinion and determine fates. This darkly humorous strategy game lets you experience the absurdity and power of "keyboard justice." Every judgment you make reshapes this chaotic digital world.
Why similar: Surreal 53.8%, Comedy 21.1%, Funny 19.5%, Story Rich 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: Leans heavily into surreal comedy, simulation elements, and card-based strategic choices.
- #31 Moonlight Chess
77% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Moonlight Chess is a turn-based tactical auto-battler where you must assemble your own army, defeat waves of enemies, and vanquish the evil ravaging the kingdom!
Why similar: Auto Battler 30.5%, Tower Defense 28.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Tactical 10.3%, Strategy 7.3%
- #32 Nonentity Galaxy
74% matchVery Positive94% of 633 reviews2026
Dev: Brick-Up StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Fight, Scavenge, Survive, and File Your Taxes. A grim yet hilarious space strategy roguelite where you must balance hull integrity against your company's relentless profit margins. Warning: Contains lethal doses of dark humor and corporate exploitation.
Why similar: Auto Battler 30.3%, Roguelite 17.5%, Tactical 16.1%, Resource Management 15.9%, Strategy 10.2%
- #33 Glittermitten Grove
78% matchVery Positive82% of 578 reviews2016
Dev: Mostly Tigerproof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Just like the faeries in your garden, we love collecting berries for our prickleberry loaves and finding treasure with our special fribblesham fireworks. Come join us in our faerieland, full of strange adventure!
Why similar: Surreal 36.6%, Comedy 21.4%, Resource Management 18.1%, Magic 13.6%, Strategy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a deceptively deep management layer wrapped in surreal humor and meme culture.
- #34 Utopia Must Fall
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,376 reviews2024
Dev: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Defend humanity's last surviving metropolis from mysterious alien machinations in this challenging base-defense arcade shooter. Featuring rapid upgrade progression, procedurally generated attack waves, dark humor and laser-sharp aesthetics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.2%, Roguelite 21.7%, Funny 17.6%, Tactical 15.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #35 Meme Mayhem
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,075 reviews2024
Dev: Cr3 Studio
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Hurl emojis and battle the internet's biggest stars to rise as a meme master in Meme Mayhem! Collect powerful perks and relics, enjoy a darkly comic social media story, and assemble the ultimate emoji attack stack in this roguelite idle RPG.
Why similar: Auto Battler 39.6%, Roguelite 19.5%, Funny 16.2%, Strategy 10.5%, Comedy 7.5%
- #36 FrankenStorm TD: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive88% of 357 reviews2021
Dev: Doodad Games
Windows
Roguelite TD: all towers & enemies start the same, but you have 1 choice per wave affecting BOTH and stacking up for dramatic variance. Gradually salvage and make some choices permanent to build deeper strategies. Also a unique mazing challenge where wires and towers must be linked to a power source
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.2%, Roguelite 26.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #37 Legends of Kingdom Rush
76% matchMixed66% of 1,786 reviews2022
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
RPG turn-based combat game with deep tactics and bad jokes! Do you have what it takes to save the kingdom?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 33.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.3%, Roguelite 17.1%, Funny 13.9%, Strategy 9.3%
- #38 Knights in Tight Spaces
75% matchMixed69% of 945 reviews2025
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.8%, Tactical 14.5%, Funny 13.5%, Strategy 9.2%
- #39 CUBE ROYALE
75% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Creature Factory
Windows
The agile multiplayer arcade battle royale experience for soldiers of fortune and strategy experts.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 52%, Comedy 27%, Strategy 21%
- #40 Slime Soup
73% matchVery Positive91% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Linux
Run a grimy fantasy soup kitchen where you drop and link bouncing slimes to trigger messy chain reactions. Build wild combos with strange ingredients, serve bizarre customers, and turn your filthy cauldron into a chaotic score machine.
Why similar: Match 3 67%, Roguelite 18.7%, Puzzle 9.2%, Magic 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #41 Pluto
71% matchVery Positive94% of 560 reviews2026
Dev: Siege Wizard InteractivePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
A roguelike deckbuilder where you cast elemental spells, outwit monstrous foes, and escape prison on your way to your niece’s birthday party.
Why similar: Strategy 40.3%, Magic 28.4%, Surreal 19.2%, Puzzle 7.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #42 Seer's Gambit
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 532 reviews2024
Dev: Unleash The Giraffe
Windows
Draft a party that shouldn't work. Then save the world against all odds. Seer's Gambit is a tactical roguelite with unlikely hero synergies. Explore a dangerous world area by area. Every conquest is yours to upgrade. Unlock new heroes, earn powerful buffs, and turn victories into your next weapon.
Why similar: Auto Battler 29.6%, Tactical RPG 24.6%, Roguelite 15.4%, Tactical 11.7%, Funny 10.7%
- #43 Deified
70% matchVery Positive93% of 437 reviews2026
Dev: UnexpectedPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forge your strategy around powerful relics in this turn-based tactical roguelite. Choose your slots, manage their constraints, and face formidable bosses.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 29.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Roguelite 17.7%, Strategy 17.6%, Philosophical 10%
- #44 Smash it Wild: Tactical Volleyball Roguelike
71% matchVery Positive87% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Smash it Wild is a tactical turn-based game combining volleyball and dodgeball in a fantasy universe. Upgrade your players and defeat your opponents in an intense roguelike competition!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 33%, Turn-Based Tactics 27.8%, Roguelite 19.9%, Tactical 11.3%, Strategy 7.5%
- #45 CrossOver: Roll For Initiative
72% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Gaterooze, InkPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Defend your tabletop RPG character sheet from invading pixel enemies. Find matches in your tray of dice to power attacks to clear the evil from your shelf full of campaign books. Extremely frantic match-3 RPG puzzle meets action-strategy tower defence. Sort of. NOT a relaxing game!
Why similar: Match 3 43.2%, Tower Defense 27%, Magic 9.3%, Strategy 7.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #46 Flawed Tactics
70% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Flawed Games
Windows
The autobattler where the market IS the balance patch. Build your team, cast your spells, create powerful relics, optimize synergies - but watch the ticker. Every minion you buy raises its price for every player. No permanent metas. No overpowered favorites. Just tactics, and flawed ones at that
Why similar: Auto Battler 51.3%, Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Tactical 13.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #47 Bella Wants Blood
70% matchVery Positive97% of 155 reviews2024
Dev: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Entertain the god-like Bella’s thirst for blood in this absurd bite-sized roguelike terror defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.2%, Funny 21.3%, Roguelite 14.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #48 Apokerlypse
68% matchVery Positive83% of 754 reviews2026
Dev: Breaker Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A card-strategy roguelike inspired by a variety of poker games. You play as a highly skilled card shark in the Tavern at the End of the World, combining all kinds of demon chips to rewrite the rules of play, compete with players from across the globe, and ultimately rise to the top.
Why similar: Roguelite 45.4%, Strategy 45.3%, Singleplayer 9.3%
- #49 Zet Zillions
69% matchVery Positive88% of 792 reviews2024
Dev: OTA IMON StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Zet Zillions is a single-player roguelike deckbuilder where you use your cards to make freakish combinations and explode entire planets. BIG-BADDA-BOOM!
Why similar: Roguelite 58.9%, Strategy 33.3%, Singleplayer 7.8%
- #50 Let's! Revolution!
69% matchVery Positive92% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: BUCK Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Let’s! Revolution! is a colorful roguelite puzzle mashup about stopping a narcissistic King from ruining your world. Flip tiles to uncover the hidden path to the King. Use deductive reasoning to avoid his cronies or take them all down in strategic turn-based combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30.5%, Roguelite 23%, Funny 21.6%, Strategy 13%, Puzzle 12%
- #51 Red Rocket Defencism
67% matchVery Positive98% of 203 reviews2026
Dev: tiny cactus studio
Windows
You, a military officer from our great autocratic motherland, must protect our precious rockets from the evil capitalist enemy in this revolutionary base building strategy game. Bribe! Surveil! Purge! Imbibe! The end justifies the means when you have to protect our invaluable rockets!
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.5%, Auto Battler 31.7%, Roguelite 17%, Strategy 10.7%
- #52 Agent Awesome
72% matchMixed63% of 949 reviews2015
Dev: Chaos IndustriesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Agent Awesome is a humorous strategy game in which you will have to help Agent A plan the perfect strategy to take down E.V.I.L., all of this in order to win a drunk dare. Awesome, right?
Why similar: Strategy 30.3%, Tactical 26.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 24%, Comedy 19.3%
- #53 Firework War
68% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: 正方形劳伦斯Pub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Use a variety of fireworks to fend off misfortune and protect your family!
Why similar: Tower Defense 45%, Funny 19.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Roguelite 11.2%, Comedy 6.8%
- #54 WizardChess
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: TwoPM StudiosPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Mac
What if chess was invented by silly cosmic wizards? WizardChess is a turnbased roguelite where all the pieces have insane abilities that came to us in a shamanic vision. Fight chaotic-yet-tactical encounters with magic powers out of a fever dream! Defeat the FaeQueen and Claim Your Wish!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.7%, Roguelite 14.3%, Tactical 11.8%, Magic 11.7%
- #55 OTTTD
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 360 reviews2014
Dev: SMG Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Take command of HEROCORP™ and launch a Preemptive Defence Campaign™ against parallel dimensions in OTTTD, the most outrageous Tower Defence title around.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.8%, Funny 23.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #56 Curtain Call
67% matchVery Positive88% of 156 reviews2024
Dev: 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)Pub: IndieArk
Windows
Curtain Call: the latest game from the Noobs Want to Live devs. A strategic roguelite combining auto-battling and deck-building mechanics—recruit performers, take to the stage, and prepare for battle! Win glory and the rapturous applause of the audience. Take that curtain call!
Why similar: Roguelite 33.7%, Funny 25.7%, Strategy 19.9%, Resource Management 18.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #57 Hell is Empty, Demons are playing Apokerlypse
66% matchVery Positive82% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Breaker Games
Windows
A deck-building roguelike shedding card game. You will play as Satan—a humble civil servant in Hell—and embark on a 3-chapter Story Mode. By combining various skills and demonic chips, you will take down powerful bosses and claim your throne as the new King of Hell.
Why similar: Roguelite 51.4%, Strategy 39.7%, Singleplayer 8.8%
- #58 Fantasy Town Regional Manager
69% matchVery Positive80% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Caps Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a fantasy town for adventurers. Save it from monsters. Save it from itself. Watch it crumble to dust. Do it all again.
Why similar: Roguelite 30.2%, Funny 26.1%, Comedy 17.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #59 The Rookery
66% matchVery Positive94% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Glyder Games
Windows · Mac
An exciting and fast-paced chess roguelite, full of ridiculous abilities! Explode your opponent's pieces, spawn queens all over the board, move twice in a row... But watch out for the bosses, who have crazy powers of their own!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.5%, Roguelite 26%, Tactical 18.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Puzzle 8.2%