- #1 Chaos Bringer
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Beff Inc.
Windows
Outsmart foes in fast-paced tactical dungeons, then become a raid leader who stops time to command your party. Explore, craft, and conquer giant bosses single-handedly for the ultimate MMORPG-level satisfaction.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.4% ★, Strategy RPG 16.7%, Party-Based RPG 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Class-Based 7.7%
- #2 Koi Unleashed
96% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: WILDGRIP
Windows · Linux
Koi Unleashed is a party-based RPG, with real-time combat and inspired by Japanese folklore. Join a guild that has just set foot on an unknown world, filled with mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 43.5% ★, Party-Based RPG 15%, Tactical 10%, Difficult 6.9%, Strategy RPG 6.7%
- #3 Of Blood and Descent
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kotakoren
Windows
A roguelike strategy RPG where each expedition shapes a multi-generational legacy. Explore, recruit allies, and continue your adventure through your descendants.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 41.4% ★, Strategy RPG 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Difficult 6.3%, Party-Based RPG 5.5%
- #4 Escape The Mad Empire
95% matchVery Positive88% of 433 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: Real-Time with Pause 31.8% ★, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Party-Based RPG 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Difficult 8.5%
- #5 Crab Raid Tactics
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Servelat @ Ex TenebrisPub: Ex Tenebris
Windows
Imagine an MMO raid as a real-time strategy, where you are the Raid Leader and everyone is a crab! Command crustaceans in real-time tactical battles, help them combine their powers and manage their squabbles over loot just like in your favorite MMO - now as a roguelike dungeon crawl!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 39.3% ★, Party-Based RPG 13.9%, Tactical 11.3%, Roguelite 9.8%, Difficult 8.2%
- #6 Red Sea
94% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Eternal Sands Media
Windows
Red Sea is an intense Real-time Tactics game where you control a small team of vigilantes in increasingly challenging battles. It features a Scriptable Tactics system that mixes auto-battling with manual overrides and has a ton of powerful ability interactions to discover.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 43% ★, Strategy RPG 16%, Party-Based RPG 13.7%, Tactical 11.3%, Difficult 8.3%
- #7 Sixty Jumps to Ceres
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Hartwich
Windows
In this strategy-roguelike game, you command a space ship on a desperate last mission in the asteroid belt. Negotiate, battle your foes, and upgrade your ship. Get stronger as you progress into increasingly hostile space. Only the boldest, most skilled captain will make it to Ceres. Will you?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 40.7% ★, Strategy RPG 12.6%, Tactical 10.1%, Roguelite 9.7%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #8 Aarklash: Legacy
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 851 reviews2013
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Aarklash: Legacy take command of a mercenary squad in search of truth and guide it through countless battles.Welcome to Aarklash, a land of chaos where incessant battles between the forces of Light, Destiny and Darkness have lasted since the beginning of time.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 55.6% ★, Tactical 18.4%, Strategy 8.4%, RPG 7.4%, Party-Based RPG 6.7%
- #9 Shattered Mythos
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rattleaxe Games
Windows
Sally forth into the shattered remains of the world with a party of heroes at your command in real time combat. Explore the world, gain loot and levels by defeating the mythology inspired monsters to challenge the bosses and break through to the Lich's realm.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 40.8% ★, Strategy RPG 14.5%, Party-Based RPG 13.8%, Roguelite 9.3%, Action RPG 7.1%
- #10 Rebirth Scroll: Naihe
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 烂游戏
Windows
Rebirth Scroll Naihe is a dark Eastern fantasy roguelike RPG. Manage a squad of fading souls against a strict underworld countdown. Gather resources, build skills via the 'Myora' system, and win real-time card battles to cross the Naihe Bridge and return to the living!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.7% ★, Strategy RPG 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Party-Based RPG 11.1%, Roguelite 8.4%
- #11 Dread Admiral
89% matchVery Positive88% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Tescrin Games
Windows
Dread Admiral is a turn-based naval roguelite where every ship you lose is gone forever. Forge a floating empire, fend off the Black Fleet, and protect your Flagship through a brutal campaign to destroy the Dread Admiral himself.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 48.6% ★, Roguelite 13.6%, Tactical 11.8%, Difficult 11.6%, Strategy 5.8%
- #12 Blade Prince Academy
90% matchMixed70% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Angel CorpPub: Firesquid
Windows
Blade Prince Academy is a new take on tactical RPGs, where you lead your squad of Blade Princes to defend the city of Abjectalia in real-time with pause combat. Use your team's power to devastate any threat, but be vigilant, there is always a price to pay when you make a pact with darkness.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.1% ★, Strategy RPG 15.5%, Party-Based RPG 13.7%, Tactical 8.7%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%
- #13 Void War
89% matchVery Positive94% of 4,044 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 40.1% ★, Roguelite 13.1%, Difficult 12.8%, Tactical 9.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%
- #14 Skills & Raids
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Eddie H.Hinestroza
Windows
Manually trigger every ability in Real-Time in this Party-Based Extraction RPG. Manage cooldowns and react to enemy mechanics. Loot resources to complete quests, craft powerful gear, and combine skills. The world has fallen into the grasp of a creature that erases everything, even thoughts.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36% ★, Party-Based RPG 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Strategy RPG 9.5%, Class-Based 9.2%
- #15 Elengard: Ascension
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 120 reviews2026
Dev: Stèphano M. M. G.
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure to rise to power in this new Real-Time-With-Pause medieval fantasy RPG that combines action and strategy mechanics. Fight a lot, explore, choose how you fight, configure your abilities, create powerful builds and combos. Awaken your true power!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 37.7% ★, Party-Based RPG 17.3%, Strategy RPG 16.4%, Tactical 11.3%, Action RPG 5.4%
- #16 Worldstone Chronicles
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cover Club Media
Windows
Lead a party of adventurers through a dark fantasy world using tactical real-time-with-pause combat. Control companion behaviors, manage cooldown-based abilities, explore dangerous regions, and shape relationships, reputation, and story outcomes through your decisions.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36.9% ★, Party-Based RPG 17.2%, Class-Based 11%, Strategy RPG 10.8%, Tactical 9.3%
- #17 Masquerada: Songs and Shadows
86% matchVery Positive88% of 547 reviews2016
Dev: Witching Hour StudiosPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Masquerada is a single-player tactical RPG set in a Renaissance-inspired city of magic, where real-time combat can be paused to set up elemental combos powered by Venetian-styled masks. Come for gorgeous hand-drawn art; stay for the rich lore & a thoughtful, fully-voiced tale of intrigue & tragedy.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 44.9% ★, Party-Based RPG 15.9%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Tactical 9.2%
- #18 Caduca
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crypt
Windows
Lead the last of the faithful in this tactical roguelike adventure through a ruined world and into the gates of hell. Master deep elemental combat in a game where abilities have meaningful upgrades, items have surprising combinations, and every run demands new strategies.
Why similar: Tactical 21.9%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Party-Based RPG 16%, Roguelike 9.5%, Roguelite 8.7%
- #19 Door Kickers
85% matchVery Positive94% of 10,059 reviews2014
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 37.9% ★, Tactical 35.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Top-Down 7.8%, Difficult 3.8%
- #20 Iron Vulture
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 001Studios
Windows
Iron Vulture is a squad-based tactical Roguelite game where players command a team of elite soldiers in a fight for survival. Choose 4 soldiers, each with unique abilities and roles, and dive into procedurally generated maps filled with strategic challenges and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.8% ★, Party-Based RPG 15.8%, Class-Based 10.9%, Tactical 9.9%, Roguelite 9%
- #21 The Umbral Seal
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dominictus Games
Windows
WoW raid mechanics meet FTL's pause-and-plan combat. Command 5-20 heroes through 30+ tactical boss encounters. No grinding. No filler. Pure single-player boss-rush strategy.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 20.2%, Party-Based RPG 19.8%, Tactical 18.9%, Class-Based 12.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%
- #22 Dustwind: Resistance
82% matchVery Positive86% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Dustwind StudiosPub: Z-Software GmbH
Windows
Dustwind: Resistance is a single-player tactical game. Lead your squad—including your dog—against a brutal raider army. Pause to plan tactics. Use overwhelming firepower, stealth, traps, turrets, or an armored car to outmaneuver enemies. Protect your home and freedom. No surrender!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.7% ★, Strategy RPG 14.7%, Party-Based RPG 14.5%, Tactical 10.9%, Action RPG 7.1%
- #23 Runes of the Abyss
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NOBLPub: NOBL Games
Windows
A turn-based roguelike with JRPG-style combat where the heroes are the reason the world is dying — and they don’t even realize it.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 22.5%, Party-Based RPG 21.6%, Roguelite 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #24 Brain Hack Squad
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CETVE LLC
Windows
Build and lead your own cybernetic hit squad as you battle rival groups. Use real time tactical combat with pause to direct your cybernetic agents in combat. Upgrade your team, brainwash enemy agents, and deploy informants to gain control of the city.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 49.2% ★, Tactical 16.7%, Strategy RPG 13%, Top-Down 6.5%, Strategy 5%
- #25 The Shadow of the Warring States Period
80% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: 李小鹏的个人开发
Windows
This is a RPG game, you can operate a team of 5 people to explore together. Combat is real-time, but allows players to pause the game mid-game to give orders to their team members.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 53.5% ★, Party-Based RPG 17.8%, Tactical 11.4%, Top-Down 5%, Strategy 4.6%
- #26 Jagged Alliance - Back in Action
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,775 reviews2012
Dev: Coreplay GmbHPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A contemporary remake of the much-loved series of turn-based mercenary-themed strategy games.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 50.9% ★, Tactical 25.6%, Strategy 13.5%, RPG 8.4%, Action 1%
- #27 SHADOW OF THE KINGDOM
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OCG K studioPub: 株式会社ワンコネクト
Windows
Your three heroes fight on their own. What you command is hatred. A real-time party RPG built on MMO combat, not turns: chain weapon skills within 4 seconds, burst them with magic for 4x damage, and keep the aggro pinned on your shield. Past the shifting dungeons waits a 100-floor abyss.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25%, Action RPG 15.9%, Roguelite 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Class-Based 11.8%
- #28 Deadlock Station
77% matchVery Positive81% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Turn the battlefield into your ally in this tactical rogue-like with indirect controls. Assemble a unique squad, destroy the alien invaders with precise planning, and uncover the truth about the Event and the mysterious disappearance of humans.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 43.2% ★, Tactical 13.4%, Class-Based 12.6%, Roguelite 10.8%, Roguelike 5.9%
- #29 ウエステリア戦記
77% match9 user reviews80% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: SignTychePub: Tyche's Bookshelf
Windows
This product is a country theft strategy game set in a fictional modern world. At the end of the "Age of Quietness," the faraway world of "Westarea" descends into a great war in which guns, artillery, swords, and magic intersect. In there caos, what kind of story do you desire and see?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 65% ★, Tactical 10.4%, Strategy 9%, Strategy RPG 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
- #30 Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,092 reviews2026
Dev: Alt ShiftPub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.9% ★, Tactical 15.2%, Roguelite 13.2%, Difficult 13%, Roguelike 6.8%
- #31 Dustwind
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 392 reviews2018
Dev: Dustwind StudiosPub: Z-Software GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ARE YOU READY FOR CLASSIC REALTIME TACTICS? Be the nameless heroine in the wastelands of DUSTWIND's story campaign or find with two friends a new home or fight against and with human players in the elaborate Multiplayer mode or design your very own story campaigns and maps in the mighty map editor!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 39.4% ★, Strategy RPG 14%, Tactical 13.2%, Party-Based RPG 12.9%, Action RPG 7.7%
- #32 Triste
75% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Santiago OrdizPub: Ruasen
Windows
Triste is a surreal tower defense, with no text or tutorials, designed to feel like a repeating nightmare that disorients you. It’s a relentless torture with no escape.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 32.2%, Tactical 14.8%, Roguelike 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Strategy 11.2%
- #33 Star Souls
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: DrankiKets
Windows
One by one, the stars begin to die without reason. Thousands of inhabited worlds are turned to dust. You and your crew must find “the Transition”, your last desperate hope to find new worlds. Assemble your fleet, customize your spaceships and fight for the salvation of all intelligent life!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 48% ★, Tactical 14.1%, Difficult 12.7%, Roguelite 10.9%, Strategy 5%
- #34 Serpent in the Staglands
78% matchMixed66% of 207 reviews2015
Dev: Whalenought Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A true role-playing adventure. Set in the icy Staglands, this party-based CRPG has you take the role of a trapped god on a perilous journey across a beautiful, deadly peninsula.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 46.1% ★, Party-Based RPG 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, RPG 8.2%, Tactical 7.6%
- #35 HOPENOTHING
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: RyoLion
Windows
A tactical RPG in search of hope. You are a traveler who is "no one," and you can wield every weapon type. Burn your foes on the grasslands, call down lightning on rain-soaked battlefields — or simply drop them into a pit. 11 endings await, and what you wish for decides how your story ends.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 33.2%, Tactical 22.8%, Dark Fantasy 17.1%, Strategy 8.1%, RPG 6.2%
- #36 Has-Been Heroes
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 392 reviews2017
Dev: FrozenbytePub: GameTrust Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Has-Been Heroes is a challenging, lane-based roguelike game of strategy and action, featuring a band of heroes on a quest to escort the King's twin princesses to school!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 43.1% ★, Tactical 15.6%, Roguelite 13.4%, Roguelike 8.5%, Strategy 7%
- #37 The Fall of Aether Station
74% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Nibble & Byte Game Studio
Windows
Customize your Ships, Upgrade your fleet, and Command your way to victory in this ruthless rogue-lite tower defense/real time strategy hybrid. Take on an enemy that learns from your moves and adjusts its own path. Do you have what it takes to persevere?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 51.1% ★, Tactical 15.2%, Difficult 10.2%, Roguelite 7.8%, Strategy 6.1%
- #38 Wulin Chess
73% 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: Strategy RPG 22.9%, Tactical 14%, Difficult 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Roguelite 11.7%
- #39 Rookie Raiders
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Neverending
Windows
Rookies, raid the dungeons — claim your wealth and fame! Craft your own builds with a cast of one-of-a-kind characters and complete your party. Everything runs on your design. Rookie Raiders — the fully automated combat roguelite RPG!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 23.5%, Party-Based RPG 22.1%, Class-Based 16.8%, Roguelite 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 10%
- #40 Reclaim The Sea
72% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: 1LastGame
Windows
Reclaim the Sea is a roguelike strategy game set in a pirate fantasy world. Fight your way through randomly generated maps and text events. Command your pirate crew, upgrade your ship and make tactical decisions to beat the boss and save the world… or die trying.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 41.4% ★, Difficult 14.8%, Roguelite 11.5%, Roguelike 9.6%, Strategy 6.7%
- #41 Chrono Stone
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BBBoom
Windows · Mac
Chrono Stone is a semi-automatic Roguelike RPG. Assemble a team, create unique skill builds, and craft powerful gear. As the commander, you’ll devise sound battle strategies and give timely commands to help your squad dodge danger, turning the tide to defeat powerful monsters and opponents.
Why similar: Tactical 21.7%, Strategy RPG 20.9%, Party-Based RPG 19.6%, Roguelite 15%, Roguelike 9.2%
- #42 UFO: Afterlight
74% matchMixed66% of 538 reviews2014
Dev: Altar GamesPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
The story is situated on Mars. It starts where UFO: Aftermath left off and runs simultaneously with UFO: Aftershock. While the Laputans on Earth are fighting Wargots and Starghosts and finding out what caused the destruction of their home planet, a small colony on Mars is trying to survive and flourish.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 60.1% ★, Tactical 21.6%, Strategy 14.4%, RPG 1.7%, Indie 1.3%
- #43 Slashin' Around
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TavroxPub: MastocGames
Windows
Slashin' Around is a 2D Hack'n'Slash mixing RPG and turn based elements. Choose a character, buy perks and fight epic monsters!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 28.8%, Tactical 25%, Roguelite 16.4%, Action RPG 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #44 ShemHaMephorash
71% matchPositive95% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: SignTychePub: Tyche's Bookshelf
Windows
"ShemHaMephorash" is a historical low fantasy strategy game set in the battlefield at the end of the 19th century, where you can explore the language of miracles. Treat the unique "rabbi" and the soldiers skillfully and guide them to the end.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 54.3% ★, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Tactical 13.7%, Strategy 5.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
- #45 Grimmlins Tale
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Rat Games
Windows
Grimmlins Tale is an action adventure monster tamer where you catch, train, and bond with all fairy tale inspired monsters. Fight alongside your monster friends in deep, real-time strategic combat, and hop on their backs to explore in the whimsical world of Never Everland.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 45.1% ★, Party-Based RPG 18.7%, Strategy RPG 17.4%, Action RPG 10.4%, RPG 4.6%
- #46 Magic Tower: Legion
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 没工作工作室
Windows
"Magic Tower: Legion" is a roguelike Magic Tower-like game. You will play as a legion commander and lead your team into the magic tower. Use each character's strengths to defeat powerful enemies. Remember to plan every step carefully, for all resources in the magic tower are non-renewable.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 33.9%, Roguelite 15.9%, Strategy 14.2%, Roguelike 12.4%, Tactical 11%
- #47 The Black Breath
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Silverland Games
Windows
Lead a caravan of survivors fleeing from the Black Breath. Manage your resources, explore, and choose your path carefully, as the journey will be unforgiving. When hardships arise, you will rely on a diverse group of heroes willing to give their lives to defend the caravan.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24.1%, Strategy RPG 20%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Difficult 15.2%, Roguelite 14.6%
- #48 Kingsvein
69% matchVery Positive92% of 317 reviews2024
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
Explore and reclaim the infested castle-city of Kingsvein! Ride into its depths on your trusty wyvern, and lead your customizable party of Knights and Mystics in deep tactical combat.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 23.4%, Party-Based RPG 22.4%, Dark Fantasy 17.1%, Class-Based 8.3%, Tactical 7.4%
- #49 Ember Kingdom
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Pick Huang
Windows
A dark-fantasy, turn-based adventure RPG with deckbuilding-style runs. Choose a hero, shape your talents, read enemy intent, and fight your way back to the lost throne.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 32.4%, Class-Based 22%, Roguelite 21%, Dark Fantasy 19%, RPG 4.3%
- #50 7,62 High Calibre
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 480 reviews2014
Dev: ApeironPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
7.62 High Calibre is a tactical action game, sequel to Brigade E5. A professional mercenary is in pursuit of a certain Russian "businessman", who stole a large amount of money from his "colleagues". Now he is hiding in a small country of Latin America to avoid an inevitable punishment.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 44.8% ★, Tactical 24.9%, Strategy 16.7%, RPG 12.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #51 Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
71% matchVery Positive86% of 31,505 reviews2010
Dev: BioWarePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures. The Ultimate Edition includes Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 47.2% ★, Party-Based RPG 23.2%, RPG 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Tactical 5.8%
- #52 Entropy Architects
68% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Nexus Forge Studio
Windows
"With each layer's laws collapsing, every decision reforges the world!" Will you become a desperate gambler, or emerge as a calculating tactician? Every choice remolds your fate – and sometimes, you'll need a dash of luck to tip the scales. Forge your ultimate build and conquer the impossible!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 25.9%, Roguelite 18.5%, Roguelike 13%, Tactical 12.6%, Strategy 8.6%
- #53 Cursebound
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MetaSin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cursebound is a roguelite ‘reverse tower defense’ game where you recruit and evolve a party of powerful creatures. Shape the battlefield, harness unique synergies, and master deep RPG mechanics to survive endless cursed cycles. Strategize, adapt, and break the curse!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 20.5%, Tactical 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Party-Based RPG 13.7%, Roguelite 13.4%
- #54 Healed To Death
67% matchVery Positive81% of 171 reviews2025
Dev: Branno
Windows · Linux
Healed To Death is a single-player Rogue-Lite where you play as the Healer. The gameplay is inspired by healing in MMORPGs. Manage a party, Heal your allies, Explore dungeons and Destroy undead monsters with Healing & Support Spells.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25.7%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, Class-Based 15.8%, Roguelite 15.6%, Action RPG 10.3%
- #55 Band of Crusaders
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Virtual AlchemyPub: NC
Windows
Band of Crusaders is a dark medieval strategy RPG in which you become Grandmaster of a knightly order and lead it against a demonic invasion of Europe. Craft your sandbox adventure - explore a vast simulated world, recruit crusaders, grow your camp, and face demons & human foes in real-time combat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 46.7% ★, Party-Based RPG 21.8%, Strategy RPG 18.6%, Strategy 5.8%, RPG 5.5%
- #56 FTL: Faster Than Light
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 78,865 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36.7% ★, Roguelike 15.2%, Difficult 12.4%, Tactical 11%, Roguelite 8.2%
- #57 Drakensang
70% matchVery Positive81% of 797 reviews2009
Dev: Radon LabsPub: DTP Entertainment
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Drakensang is a third-person party-based RPG based on the pen & paper role-play rules of The Dark Eye. Drakensang is the first PC game for over 10 years to be based on Germany's most successful and popular role-play system. Drakensang builds on the pen & paper rules as applied in version 4.0.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 50.1% ★, Party-Based RPG 26.5%, RPG 15%, Dark Fantasy 5.5%, Atmospheric 2%
- #58 Sanctuary Saga
67% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Boomer's WorkshopPub: V Publishing
Windows
Protect your caravan and face the brutal Untamed Wilds in roguelite turn-based RPG Sanctuary Saga. Engage in row-based combat across multiple varied biomes and keep your group together using a dynamic relationship system.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20.4%, Strategy RPG 18.8%, Class-Based 13.7%, Roguelite 13.4%, Tactical 13.3%
- #59 Our Ascent
66% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Noobilator7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Our Ascent is an incremental roguelite RPG with many layers of metaprogression.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 27.1%, Party-Based RPG 26.2%, Roguelite 15.3%, Roguelike 11%, RPG 6.9%