- #1 Ring of Pain
97% matchVery Positive92% of 5,048 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: Dungeon Crawler 29.6%, Roguelite 20.5%, Roguelike 15.1%, Dark 11.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the dark, surreal, and claustrophobic atmosphere found in Winnie's Hole.
- #2 Inscryption
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,872 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.6%, Roguelite 16.6%, Roguelike 14.8%, Dark 12.8%, Story Rich 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its meta-narrative, dark aesthetic, and innovative deckbuilding mechanics provide a similarly eerie and engaging experience.
- #3 Draft of Darkness
96% matchVery Positive93% of 358 reviews2023
Dev: Crawly Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.1%, Deckbuilding 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Roguelike 11.5%, Resource Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines survival-horror themes with deckbuilding mechanics in a way that mirrors the dark, oppressive tone of the seed game.
- #4 Tainted Grail: Conquest
95% matchVery Positive90% of 8,213 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 39%, Roguelike 21.3%, Roguelite 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy roguelite that emphasizes grim storytelling and deep, strategic deckbuilding combat.
- #5 Wildfrost
94% matchVery Positive83% of 8,698 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.6%, Roguelite 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Roguelike 17.4%, Strategy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: While visually distinct, its brutal roguelite difficulty and strategic card-based combat align well with the core gameplay of the seed.
- #6 Hadean Tactics
93% matchVery Positive89% of 1,887 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 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: Deckbuilding 17.8%, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, Strategy RPG 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Roguelite 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines auto-battler mechanics with deckbuilding in a dark, infernal setting that feels very similar to the seed's vibe.
- #7 Dungeon No Dungeon
94% matchMixed58% of 505 reviews2021
Dev: 302 StudioPub: 302 GAMES INC
Windows · Mac
Dungeon No Dungeon is a turn-based roguelike game with a unique hand-drawn art style, with a strategy system based around body parts that you've likely never encountered before.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.3%, Roguelite 22.6%, Roguelike 17.4%, Dark 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 12%
Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy roguelite that emphasizes unique character builds and turn-based strategy.
- #8 Monster Train
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,834 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 31.6%, Roguelite 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Roguelike 17.7%, Strategy 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in roguelite deckbuilding that shares the strategic depth and dark, hellish aesthetic of Winnie's Hole.
- #9 Darkest Dungeon®
91% matchVery Positive92% of 159,462 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 36.6%, Roguelike 20.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.3%, Roguelite 8.9%, Dark 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential dark, turn-based dungeon crawler that focuses on stress and mutation-like mechanics.
- #10 Vault of the Void
91% matchVery Positive92% of 2,966 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 35.6%, Roguelite 22.5%, Roguelike 18%, Strategy 8.3%, Exploration 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly strategic deckbuilding experience where managing your resources and mutations is key to survival.
- #11 Slice & Dice
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,503 reviews2024
Dev: Tann
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat. Take control of 5 heroes, each with their own unique dice. Fight your way through 20 levels of monsters and try to take on the final boss. If you lose a single fight you have to start over so be careful (and lucky!).
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 29.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.1%, Roguelite 19.9%, Roguelike 18.7%, 2D 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly tactical, turn-based roguelite that relies on clever dice and ability management similar to the combo-driven combat of the seed.
- #12 Cobalt Core
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,240 reviews2023
Dev: Rocket Rat GamesPub: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 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: Turn-Based Strategy 29.3%, Deckbuilding 22.7%, Roguelike 21.2%, Funny 13.1%, Strategy 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tight, tactical deckbuilder that focuses on positioning and combo-driven combat in a roguelite structure.
- #13 Decktamer
88% matchVery Positive85% of 1,843 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon EdgePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 45.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 27%, Strategy 9.4%, Roguelike 9.1%, 2D 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on creature collection and deckbuilding, sharing the mutation and growth themes found in the seed.
- #14 Little Dungeon Stories
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 114 reviews2019
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Little Dungeon Stories is a challenging roguelike card-based RPG. Enter the dungeon full of secrets, hostile monsters, deadly traps, and legendary loots. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Roguelite 47.4%, Roguelike 23.7%, Strategy 13.1%, 2D 7.1%, Adventure 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based roguelike that focuses on exploration and dark, randomized encounters.
- #15 Griftlands
87% matchVery Positive94% of 14,364 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.5%, Dark Humor 23%, Roguelite 20.8%, Roguelike 12.6%, Story Rich 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends narrative-heavy storytelling with deckbuilding, offering a dark and gritty world similar to the seed's tone.
- #16 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
86% matchVery Positive84% of 3,319 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.5 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 28.6%, Roguelike 19.6%, Dungeon Crawler 19%, Roguelite 18.7%, Strategy 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the dark humor and chaotic, roguelite dungeon-crawling elements of the seed game.
- #17 Card Hog
86% matchVery Positive94% of 548 reviews2023
Dev: SnoutUp
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Card Hog is a pig-based dungeon crawler with roguelike and deck building elements. Take the role of an adventurous hog and interact with more than 100 cards of dangerous enemies, powerful weapons and exciting spells!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 31.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.5%, Roguelite 21.8%, Roguelike 8.4%, Funny 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky, turn-based roguelite that uses card-based movement and combat to create a fast-paced, addictive experience.
- #18 Across the Obelisk
85% matchVery Positive81% of 12,889 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 53.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Dungeon Crawler 19.3%, Roguelite 15%, Roguelike 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a party-based deckbuilding experience with deep customization that mirrors the mutation and growth systems in the seed game.
- #19 Cross Blitz
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,604 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.8%, Roguelite 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Roguelike 9.6%, Funny 7%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep deckbuilding and RPG elements with a dark, humorous edge that complements the seed's tone.
- #20 Sol Cesto
82% matchVery Positive91% of 4,195 reviews2026
Dev: TambouillePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.4%, Deckbuilding 21.2%, Roguelike 19.5%, Roguelite 16.9%, Strategy 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, dungeon-crawling roguelike that emphasizes puzzle-like combat encounters.
- #21 Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
84% matchVery Positive80% of 552 reviews2023
Dev: Balcony SoftworksPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 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: Deckbuilding 24.7%, Dungeon Crawler 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Roguelike 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, dungeon-crawling deckbuilder that emphasizes tactical decision-making and resource management.
- #22 Aethermancer
81% matchVery Positive92% of 2,358 reviews2025
Dev: moi rai gamesPub: offbrand games
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Monster Taming meets Roguelite. Become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. Explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.5%, Roguelite 19%, Roguelike 18.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Exploration 8%
Why You'll Like It: A party-based roguelite that emphasizes creature collection and tactical turn-based combat.
- #23 Roots Devour
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 544 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 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: Deckbuilding 22.7%, Dark 13.6%, Roguelite 12.1%, Resource Management 11.3%, Exploration 9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, dark-themed exploration game that shares the unsettling tone of the seed.
- #24 Deck of Ashes
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,064 reviews2020
Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 40.7%, Roguelite 18.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Dark 8.1%, Dark Fantasy 8%
Why You'll Like It: A grim, dark-fantasy deckbuilder where managing your deck and resources is essential for survival.
- #25 Brotato
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 114,107 reviews2023
Dev: Blobfish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Roguelike 47.4%, Roguelite 40.9%, 2D 7%, Singleplayer 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, quirky roguelite that focuses on building a character through strange mutations and upgrades.
- #26 The Royal Writ
79% matchVery Positive82% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: Save Sloth StudiosPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 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: Dark Humor 23.7%, Deckbuilding 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Roguelite 11.4%, Roguelike 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused deckbuilder that incorporates dark humor and challenging turn-based combat.
- #27 Peglin
79% matchVery Positive84% of 17,376 reviews2024
Dev: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 40.8%, Roguelite 25%, Roguelike 21%, Strategy 7.6%, 2D 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite that uses unconventional mechanics to drive its combat, much like the mutation-based systems in the seed.
- #28 Breachway
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,404 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.1%, Dungeon Crawler 24.6%, Roguelite 18.4%, Roguelike 16.5%, Strategy 7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic deckbuilder that focuses on ship-based combat and exploration in a dark, sci-fi setting.
- #29 Dungeon Clawler
77% matchVery Positive89% of 3,740 reviews2026
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 22.3%, Dungeon Crawler 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Roguelite 15.9%, Roguelike 13%
- #30 Cult of the Lamb
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 123,767 reviews2022
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 25.3 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: Dark Humor 29.7%, Dungeon Crawler 28.4%, Roguelite 21.2%, Funny 8.7%, Strategy 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines dark humor and roguelite dungeon crawling with base management and character growth.
- #31 Die For The Lich
77% matchVery Positive82% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: MonovoidPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Gather magical dice, adapt your gear and venture through a land haunted by folklore creatures.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 21.5%, Dungeon Crawler 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Roguelite 13.3%, Roguelike 12.3%
- #32 Mewgenics
73% matchVery Positive91% of 48,055 reviews2026
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows
Median: 16.3 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.
Why similar: Dark Humor 33.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 26%, Roguelite 23.4%, Funny 10.4%, Horror 4%
- #33 CloverPit
74% matchVery Positive90% of 23,947 reviews2025
Dev: Panik ArcadePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!
Why similar: Dark Humor 26%, Roguelite 20.5%, Roguelike 16.7%, Dark 11.5%, Resource Management 10%
- #34 Revelatio
76% matchVery Positive93% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Guild Studio
Windows
"Revelatio" is a turn-based strategy game that combines tile-based combat and elements of roguelike. Strategically summon and control units to claim victory. Stain the world with your darkness by corrupting various units, bosses and even NPCs.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 17.9%, Strategy RPG 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Roguelite 13%, Roguelike 11.8%
- #35 UnderMine
76% matchVery Positive90% of 9,783 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 42.4%, Roguelite 38.7%, Roguelike 5.6%, Funny 4.6%, 2D 2.6%
- #36 Die in the Dungeon
72% matchVery Positive92% of 3,224 reviews2026
Dev: ATICOPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but dice! Deal with enemies by combining powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.1%, Dungeon Crawler 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Roguelite 15.7%, Roguelike 13.5%
- #37 Hungry Horrors
71% matchVery Positive98% of 243 reviews2026
Dev: Clumsy Bear Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Feed legendary Horrors before they feed on the princess. Hungry Horrors is a roguelite card-based adventure through British and Irish mythology where you cook traditional dishes, build flavour synergies and serve the perfect meal. No prince. No servants. Just a recipe book and a talking cat.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 31.6%, Dungeon Crawler 21.5%, Roguelite 19.8%, Funny 11.5%, Strategy 7.3%
- #38 He is Coming
72% matchVery Positive85% of 3,840 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoclePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 27%, Dungeon Crawler 25.5%, Roguelite 19.1%, Roguelike 16.3%, Strategy 6.9%
- #39 The Monster Within
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: GMO Free Games
Windows · Mac
A 50's horror comic themed deck building card game with roguelike progression elements. Stop yourself from turning into a monster, or embrace your inner evil and use your new gifts. Choose from a roster of classic monsters and duke it out in The Monster Within!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 43.3%, Roguelite 26.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Horror 5.7%, Stylized 5.1%
- #40 Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: Nyou
Windows
Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears is a strategic RPG where you use combinations of various heroes to clear dungeons. Train and utilize heroes to fight off those corrupted by the Black Tears and overcome difficult trials.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 22.7%, Dungeon Crawler 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Roguelike 13.2%
- #41 Fate Hunters
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 875 reviews2019
Dev: Tower Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Fate Hunters is a hardcore mix of strategy card battles and a roguelike adventure. Build your deck, explore the dangerous dark fantasy world and face fearsome foes! Risk your life to get powerful treasures!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 44.6%, Roguelite 22.2%, Roguelike 18.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Adventure 1.1%
- #42 The Dark Cave
73% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Leaves GamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Every move you make counts in this gritty turn-based game! Fight against foes in opposite 3x3 grid boards. Plan ahead of your enemies’ attacks and carefully choose your moves: running out of moves will cost you health, but enemies will always keep coming. How deep can you get into The Dark Cave?
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 18.7%, Strategy RPG 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Roguelite 14.3%, Deckbuilding 14.2%
- #43 Demon's Mirror
71% matchVery Positive87% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Be-Rad EntertainmentPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Step into the Demon’s Mirror and enter a fantastical, nightmarish world in this roguelike deckbuilder! Strategy meets the arcane in a unique fusion of deck-building and chain-3 mechanics. Can you face your demons and come out unscathed?
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28%, Dungeon Crawler 22.2%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%
- #44 Beneath Oresa
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,679 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Spear Inc.Pub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Beneath Oresa, a fighting roguelike deckbuilder, takes you deep within the city to confront your foes. As a strategist, choose your cards, upgrades, and artifacts wisely, but as a fighter, turn their positioning to your advantage.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 45.8%, Roguelike 24.1%, Roguelite 15.9%, Strategy 10.2%, Adventure 2.3%
- #45 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
69% matchVery Positive82% of 3,382 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Moss CollectorsPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 39%, Roguelike 23%, Roguelite 22.6%, Strategy 9.6%, 2D 3.7%
- #46 Deified
67% matchVery Positive99% of 214 reviews2026
Dev: Unexpected
Windows · 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: Dungeon Crawler 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.3%, Roguelite 16.9%, Roguelike 16.3%, Strategy 10.6%
- #47 Knights in Tight Spaces
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 860 reviews2025
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Deckbuilding 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Strategy RPG 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, Roguelike 12%
- #48 Meme Mayhem
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,062 reviews2024
Dev: Cr3 Studio
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.3 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: Roguelite 20.1%, Dark Humor 19.4%, Roguelike 17.8%, Deckbuilding 17.5%, Funny 10.7%
- #49 Dice With Death
66% matchVery Positive93% of 763 reviews2026
Dev: Sea Glass Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dice With Death is a Dicebuilding Roguelike – Unfortunately you have already died. Fortunately, Death is up for some friendly competition. Collect new dice and relics, create damage stacking combos, and even cheat Death himself to emerge victorious.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 31.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.2%, Roguelike 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%, Strategy 6.6%
- #50 Anomaly Collapse
68% matchVery Positive86% of 636 reviews2024
Dev: RocketPunch Games
Windows
Command a squad of adorably fierce warriors in Anomaly Collapse, a turn-based Roguelite strategy game that offers a fresh twist to an old formula! Face off against otherworldly beings and uncover the dark secrets of supernatural calamities. Immerse yourself in a story where every move counts!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 36.7%, Roguelite 25.9%, Roguelike 20.1%, Strategy 8.6%, 2D 3.7%
- #51 UnderMine 2
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 803 reviews2025
Dev: Thorium
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Delve into the dangerous, ever-shifting labyrinth that is the Undermine. Discover, craft, and combine hundreds of unique items. Pair them with an ever-expanding roster of distinct playable characters for a new run every time! Grab a partner and uncover UnderMine 2's secrets together in local co-op.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.7%, Dark Humor 25.5%, Roguelite 22.8%, Roguelike 17.9%, 2D 4.1%
- #52 Sin Slayers: Reign of The 8th
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Goonswarm Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Seven Deadly Sins. Have you heard about the 8th? Delve into madness in Sin Slayers, a challenging RPG Roguelite where you decide how much sin to bear as you transform the world. Assemble a party of wicked adventurers, kill, and pillage to drive off a gluttonous nightmare in turn-based battles
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%, Roguelike 13.8%, Strategy RPG 12.4%, Dark 11.5%
- #53 Overlooting
66% matchVery Positive81% of 1,377 reviews2025
Dev: Posing Possums
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Adapt your strategy to a skill tree that changes every run, combine pieces of equipment to form powerful synergies and create a game-changing build capable of defeating the bosses that will try to stop you. In this Inventory Management Roguelike two games never feel the same!
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24.1%, Roguelite 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy RPG 14.1%, Roguelike 13.3%
- #54 Claustrophobia: The Downward Struggle
74% matchMixed43% of 202 reviews2014
Dev: The Indie Forge
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Grab your weapon of choice, polish your Rogue senses, and get ready to be thrown into the dark and oppressing dungeons of Claustrophobia! Experience deep character development, fast-paced tactical combat, and mountains of epic loot. Here begins a roguelike quest for glory, slaughter, and anything shiny!
Why similar: Roguelike 66.4%, Strategy 33.6%
- #55 Hive Blight
65% matchVery Positive94% of 229 reviews2026
Dev: OptizOnion
Windows
Hive Blight is a roguelite autobattler where you lead a team of insect warriors against a corrupting Fungal Threat. Build powerful synergies, uncover the source of the plague, and destroy it to save your world!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.1%, Dungeon Crawler 19.6%, Roguelite 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Roguelike 14.4%
- #56 Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG]
67% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Juggler GamesPub: Galaktus
Windows
Tarnished Blood is a turn-based roguelite RPG with a unique time-bending battle mechanic. Hunt massive beasts, harvest their essence, and help a group of hunters survive in the brutal world beneath the Dome!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 36%, Roguelike 24.5%, Dark 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, 2D 5.4%
- #57 Decks & Daggers
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Osarion
Windows
DECKS & DAGGERS is a Deck-Building RPG Card Game where you venture down into the dungeons to slay monsters and collect treasure.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 38%, Deckbuilding 36.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Adventure 4.5%, Story Rich 3.2%
- #58 Stronghold’s Dungeon
70% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: FazerdooPub: Fazerdoo's Studio
Windows
Stronghold's Dungeon is a Deck Building Dungeon Crawler game with Rogue-lite mechanics. You will get to craft a deck to fight and try to overcome this dungeon and its terrible master.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 39.3%, Dungeon Crawler 27%, Roguelike 21.5%, Strategy 10.8%, 2D 0.7%
- #59 Snotty's Sewer
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Alarming Ladder Studios
Windows
Welcome to Mr Snotty's Sewer! Stealthy explore an abandoned sewer, collect items and activate the only escape in this small indie horror! Just don't get caught by Mr Snotty or any of his friends!
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.5%, Roguelike 24.9%, Dark 12.6%, Funny 11.3%, Horror 10.3%