- #1 The Deep Calls
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RandyPotatoGames
Windows
Build every hero your way in The Deep Calls, a turn based Lovecraftian roguelite dungeon crawler. Choose distinct Disciplines, mix unlocked Skills , embrace dangerous Traits, and equip hard won relics. Forge powerful party synergies, then risk those builds in branching dungeons with no retreat.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.5%, Party-Based RPG 19.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.4%, Lovecraftian 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%
- #2 Nine Prophets: The Abyss
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vyk1ing Productions
Windows
Nine Prophets: The Abyss, is a brutal, story-driven, horror RPG with roguelike elements. Featuring difficult, dismemberment turn based combat and strategic resource management. Craft Items, scavenge resources and fight alongside allies as you combat countless horrors and survive the unknowable.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Party-Based RPG 12.9%, Horror 8.9%
- #3 Zjawa: Bloodstained Soul
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Platty Gems
Windows
Zjawa: Bloodstained Soul is a 2D Survival Horror RPG mixing turn-based combat with real-time elements and hand-drawn art, set in 13th century France during a crusade against heresy. Slash, parry, and collect items to survive to see the end, whatever it may be. Find absolution or damnation.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Gothic 13.3% ★, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Lovecraftian 9.8%, Horror 8.5%
- #4 Darkest Dungeon®
95% matchVery Positive92% of 161,643 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.0 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: Turn-Based Combat 22.5%, Lovecraftian 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Dungeon Crawler 16.7%, Gothic 6.6% ★
- #5 Carnosis
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dungalot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Carnosis is a horror dungeon crawler set in a grimdark empire filled with mutated monstrosities and war machines. Sever enemy limbs, steal the flesh of defeated foes, and chain devastating status combos to butcher your way to the emperor.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Dungeon Crawler 15.4%, Party-Based RPG 12.4%, Gore 9.3%
- #6 Fear & Hunger
93% matchVery Positive94% of 22,619 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.6%, Violent 12.3%, Lovecraftian 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, Horror 9.7%
- #7 Remnants Of Isolation
94% matchVery Positive80% of 126 reviews2015
Dev: Team IsolationPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight horrific enemies and utilize powerful spell fusions to overcome the cruel fate of mages and see the light of freedom.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Lovecraftian 13.2%, Dungeon Crawler 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 11%
- #8 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,356 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17%, Party-Based RPG 14.8%, Lovecraftian 14.2%, Gothic 13.8% ★, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%
- #9 Shadows Of Thornkeep
91% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
A dark fantasy, grid-based dungeon crawler where every step hides peril. Loot, adapt, and survive in turn-based battles as you lead lost souls through cursed halls in this rogue-lite descent into madness.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28%, Dungeon Crawler 19.3%, RPG 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%
- #10 Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
90% matchVery Positive89% of 172 reviews2025
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, Party-Based RPG 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%
- #11 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
91% matchMixed66% of 2,521 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.1%, Turn-Based Combat 17.3%, RPG 12.9%, Horror 10.6%, Violent 9.8%
- #12 Pinku Kult Hex Mortis
89% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Dream OniPub: Valorware
Windows
Welcome to RAZORE CITY – a desolate, grim metropolis with one big problem: DEMONS. Control your own Razore City denizen as you investigate bizarre happenings around the city and track down the mastermind behind it all in this narrative-based RPG!
Why similar: Gothic 20.9% ★, Party-Based RPG 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, Supernatural 8.8%
- #13 Sin or Suffer
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Gritty PiggyPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sin or Suffer is a brutal mix of survival-horror and JRPG. Locked in a medieval prison, you awake amidst a cold silence. The guards are gone; inmates and madness own the place. Something terrible lurks underground. But the only way to the truth is down.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Violent 9.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #14 Darkest Dungeon® II
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 26,731 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Gothic 13% ★, Party-Based RPG 12.2%
- #15 Nocturnis
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimlight Interactive
Windows
Nocturnis is a narrative-driven, party-based tactical RPG where a desperate attempt to restore magic twists mankind into beasts. Explore a handcrafted world, master tactical combat, and reach the Moon Temple before the night ends. Your choices and combat prowess will determine what remains by dawn.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19%, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Lovecraftian 15.1%, RPG 9.2%
- #16 Stray Magic
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starlit Castle
Windows
The Everley University of Magic has fallen, but a quest led you here... a mission still waiting to be fulfilled. Explore, fight, recruit and survive as you cross paths with other lost souls. A turn-based JRPG influenced by dungeon crawlers and survival horror.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20.8%, Party-Based RPG 19.3%, Turn-Based Combat 17.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.4%, Horror 11.2%
- #17 South of the March
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small Gray Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
South of the March is an RPG that combines visual novel exploration with turn-based combat in a hand-drawn dark fantasy world. Meet the locals and unravel a mystery, equip your party for the dangers ahead, and set out into the unforgiving wilderness.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21.7%, Turn-Based Combat 20.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
- #18 The Prophecy of Horn
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ELITENKO
Windows
Lead your heroes through a psychedelic grimdark world in a fast-paced hybrid turn-based mode, where heroes take turns while hordes of enemies attack simultaneously. Execute devastating combos and gain extra turns through Rampage to annihilate the legions of the Demon Horn!
Why similar: Gothic 15.9% ★, Party-Based RPG 15%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Lovecraftian 13.8%
- #19 Dream Eater
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Knight Vision Games
Windows
Dream Eater is a turn-based RPG about exploring a dark land that dreams no more. Recruit new party members, slay monsters, manage resources, and craft items as you journey to Originaught Castle in search of answers. Can you help them dream again?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24.5%, Turn-Based Combat 24.1%, Dungeon Crawler 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, RPG 10.4%
- #20 RAVENSBURG
83% matchPositive96% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Lilian Duleroux
Windows
RAVENSBURG is a haunting RPG where you play as a vampire. Here Lovecraftian Horror meets Anime. Liberate a cult-ridden city, uncover mysteries, and fight horrors beyond imagination while befriending attractive companions. Unravel a gothic mansion, and explore the city’s darkest depths.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Party-Based RPG 14%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Horror 10.4%
- #21 Novella Oscura Reverie
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Michael Moses DodiPub: Michael Moses Dodi
Windows
Novella Oscura Reverie is a dark fantasy JRPG set in the ruined kingdom of Albion and the mysterious Dreaming Realms of humanity. Explore a dying world, uncover its darkest secrets, and face enemies in a unique combat system that seamlessly blends real-time action with turn-based strategy.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.7%, Lovecraftian 19.1%, Gothic 13.9% ★, RPG 13%, Dungeon Crawler 8.8%
- #22 Billy the Hero
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JOJOJOJOsoft
Windows
Billy woke up on Hell Island as a bear. No memories. No regrets. Apparently, this is just who he is now. A Dark Fantasy Turn-Based RPG where math kills, heroines are unhinged, and the truth about Billy is the one thing the game won't hand you easily.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.3%, Party-Based RPG 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
- #23 Persona 6
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
The iconic RPG series returns! The highly anticipated next chapter delivers a bold, new standalone story blending heartfelt daily life and new characters with pulse-pounding, supernatural adventure. Whether it’s your first Persona game or you’ve been here since the beginning, this one’s for you.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.3%, Gothic 11.6% ★, RPG 11.5%
- #24 Magic Cauldron - Dungeons
81% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Manuel Schenk Games
Windows · Mac
Magic Cauldron - Dungeons is a classic dungeon crawler with a pixel art look. The game is reminiscent of the good old days of grid crawlers, which were still completely 3D-free.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 17%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Gothic 16.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 15%, RPG 8.1%
- #25 Monsters' Den: Book of Vengeance
79% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Monstrum
Windows
An all-new dark fantasy dungeon-crawling RPG taking inspiration from the fan-favorite Monsters' Den: Book of Dread. Create your party of heroes using an innovative skill system and enter tactical turn-based combat against the enemies of humanity. Loot, optimize, strategize. Enact vengeance.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24.2%, Dungeon Crawler 20.8%, Turn-Based Combat 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, RPG 14.2%
- #26 Shadows of Eldemir
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Shadows of Eldemir is a retro-inspired, Victorian cosmic-horror, point-and-click adventure RPG, where a London schoolmaster travels to a remote Eastern European village searching for his missing fiancée, only to discover the archaeological expedition she joined may have disturbed something ancient.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.7%, Gothic 14.1% ★, Horror 11.2%, Supernatural 10.5%
- #27 Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
81% matchMixed61% of 261 reviews2020
Dev: Shockwork GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.3%, Gothic 18.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
- #28 Scorched Sun
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skeleton Coffee Games
Windows
Scorched Sun is a short experience that combines top down survival horror with turn based combat. As a new initiate, delve into the depths of a monastery of The Scorched Sun Order and discover the secrets within.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 26.5%, Lovecraftian 25.4%, Horror 12.9%, RPG 12.9%, Supernatural 10.8%
- #29 Torchless
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ink Eclipse Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Torchless is a dark and gothic dungeon crawler RPG played through a text-based retro console. Forge your party and take up arms against the horrors lurking within the dungeon halls in strategic, turn-based combat, clinging on to survival using everything at your disposal.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 17.3%, Gothic 16.4% ★, Lovecraftian 16%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%
- #30 Castle Greyrot
79% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: sawworm Games
Windows
Castle Greyrot is a tactical boss-rush rogue-lite RPG where brutal battles await at every turn. Train your party, master powerful abilities, and face the horrors of the ever-changing Castle. Can you break its unending curse… or will you fall like the rest?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21.2%, Turn-Based Combat 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Horror 7%
- #31 End the Endless
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: WhalesPub: After Alive Studios
Windows
End the Endless is a dark fantasy Monster Collector set in the Purgatorial Realms. Harness every resource at your disposal, including your own party members to slay a variety of horrors. Explore the Afterlife, meet the ones who call this land home and seek to conquer the Seven Terraces.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20.1%, Dark Fantasy 19.9%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Lovecraftian 15.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.1%
- #32 Hatred and Blood
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lia CallanPub: Amos Shade SRL
Windows · Mac
Hatred and Blood is a psychological horror RPG set in a dystopian 1980s. Nations have turned to isolation and walls to prevent another war. But a curse, or sickness, spreads... consuming people from within and erasing their humanity. Will you endure… or be Baptized in Dismay?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.7%, Party-Based RPG 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
- #33 Within The Experiments
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 是政屋
Windows
A classic Wizardry-inspired turn-based RPG featuring reactive combat through the unique "Interrupt Timeline Battle" system.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 29%, Dungeon Crawler 20.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, RPG 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%
- #34 Requiem for Faith
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seal Desk
Windows · Mac
Requiem for Faith is a dark fantasy turn-based RPG where timing, choices, and faith shape your fate. Parry, dodge, unleash Ritual-powered ultimates, forge Accords with gods or demons, and uncover the truth beneath a kingdom standing at the edge of a breaking faith
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 23.3%, Party-Based RPG 22.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, RPG 9.4%, Violent 8.5%
- #35 Parting Shadows
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Blake WunderlePub: Wunderelf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative RPG where every choice reshapes the story. Build your party from 56 unique classes, fight through three branching tales of mystery and betrayal, and discover that some paths can't be retraced.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 26.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20%, Dark Fantasy 15.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, RPG 9.1%
- #36 Hellslave
75% matchVery Positive85% of 3,375 reviews2022
Dev: Ars GoetiaPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Hellslave is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler where you make a pact with the Devil to fight back a demon invasion. Customize your character with powerful demonic abilities, explore a cursed world, and battle nightmarish enemies to save humanity if you can resist the darkness.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.4%, Dungeon Crawler 18.6%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, RPG 8.2%
- #37 Dungeon of Calibris: Demon Orb
74% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Dalex Software Planning
Windows
Descend into a sprawling, perilous dungeon in this old‑school first‑person RPG. Build your party, uncover hidden rooms, battle deadly creatures, and meet a large cast of adventurers trying to survive the depths. Designed with the spirit of classic “dad‑era” dungeon crawlers.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28.7%, Dungeon Crawler 23.4%, Dark Fantasy 21.8%, RPG 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 7.6%
- #38 Dungeon Nox Exotica
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KTN Games
Windows
A retro first-person dungeon RPG with manual exploration, automatic return routes, and battles you can automate or command. Loot, regroup, read your expedition logs, and descend one floor deeper.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 27.5%, Party-Based RPG 24.9%, Dark Fantasy 16%, RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%
- #39 Cantarella: Dominion of Qualia
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sound sepherPub: Mediascape
Windows
A dark turn-based RPG where you kill, devour, and command aberrations. In a mad tower where life itself is consumed as a resource, rewrite fate through choice and sacrifice in endless looping battles.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20.8%, Gothic 13.6% ★, Dungeon Crawler 13.5%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%
- #40 Moonshadows
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bagged Tacos LLC
Windows
Moonshadows is a streamlined yet thoughtful 2D turn-based RPG where eight friends get lost in Eveshame forest, a still, unforgiving mockery of a forest hellbent on preventing their escape. Reunite the friends and discover the yet-deeper secrets buried within and around them.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 29.4%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, PvE 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, RPG 12.6%
- #41 EMISSARY
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weevil Workshop
Windows
Assume the mantle of the Emissary in this dark whimsical RPG. Bring the world back from the brink of devastation as you purge the blight that occupies it.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 25.8%, Dark Fantasy 24.6%, Party-Based RPG 18.5%, RPG 15%, Dark 4.3%
- #42 Queen Slayer
71% matchMixed54% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Mantaray161
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tightly focused, streamlined turn-based roguelike RPG you can finish in 2–3 hours. Challenge the short but razor-sharp journey to slay 8 corrupted queens.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.6%, Gothic 19.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Dungeon Crawler 17.6%, Dark 7.3%
- #43 Grimoire Limbo
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinite Loom
Windows
Grimoire Limbo traps you in a necromancer's grimoire with no idea how you got there. Explore an eerie world to find your memories as your sanity frays and warps what you see. Fight with turn-based combat and spend crystals to grow stronger or secure your progress.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 19.1%, Dungeon Crawler 18%, Horror 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
- #44 Break Wolf
71% matchVery Positive99% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: RE Atelier
Windows
"Have we all been acting waywardly?" An Adventure RPG that deals with the life and death of wayward humans, striving to escape a syndicate that creates monsters.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 23.1%, Turn-Based Combat 19%, Violent 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Gore 7.1%
- #45 Nimaat
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RaObscura
Windows
Face corrupted gods, survive brutal combat, and shape Nimaat’s fate in a world where faith itself has turned hostile in this dark psychological turn-based RPG set in a fractured vision of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23%, Dark Fantasy 20.4%, RPG 13.8%, Violent 11.6%, Horror 9%
- #46 The Depths of Duskraven Manor
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Apoptosis Games
Windows
First-person dungeon crawling meets turn-based horror. Lead five fugitives into the depths of a cursed manor—and survive what’s waiting below.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27.4%, Turn-Based Combat 18.8%, Dungeon Crawler 18.5%, Horror 12.2%, RPG 9.2%
- #47 Hollowforge
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Imaad AhmadPub: JBOStudios
Windows
Hollowforge is a fast-paced stealth/action FPS where you explore a decaying mining complex overrun by monstrous experiments. Sneak, shoot, and survive using an array of weapons while conserving resources. Uncover the dark secrets of a megacorporation in this atmospheric, immersive world.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24.4%, Violent 15.2%, Horror 12.6%, Gothic 11.7% ★, Lovecraftian 10.2%
- #48 Innerworld
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nemoto Keisuke
Windows
Horror-RPG game with anthropomorphic casts called “Beastchild”. Defeat monsters and cults tring to kill Nicolas, and rescue his friends and family. It features speedy, and tense battles with ATB system. Analyze the enemy and gain advantages. Make full use of the items and destroy them.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28.5%, Turn-Based Combat 19.5%, Horror 11.9%, Violent 11.2%, RPG 9.9%
- #49 The Season of the Warlock
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: enComplot
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Season of the Warlock is a weird adventure game inspired by the gothic tale tradition, with two storylines to choose from. The soul of a warlock of yore, trapped in a portrait, will present Lord Alistair Ainsworth with an offer he will not be able to resist. Or will he? It’s your call...
Why similar: Gothic 22% ★, Lovecraftian 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Horror 10.5%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
- #50 The Backworld
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Numor GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Slip between the cracks of reality into a world where danger awaits at every turn. Survive with strategy, battling when necessary or fleeing when the odds are stacked against you. Collect strange items, unlock new abilities, and recruit unique companions. Forge your own path; every choice matters.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 18.6%, Lovecraftian 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Horror 11.9%, Violent 10.5%
- #51 Anchorite: Heritage Ascension
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Effort 2 Pixel
Windows
Reclaim your legacy in a story-rich dark fantasy RPG. Master deep turn-based combat, rebuild and manage your settlement, restore control over your lands, and shape their future alongside companions whose beliefs may clash with your own.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23%, Turn-Based Combat 21.5%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, RPG 13.5%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #52 Look Outside
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,361 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20.1%, RPG 14.4%, Horror 13.9%, Violent 6.4%
- #53 Remnants Of The Witch
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Daniel Freitas
Windows
Follow the story of Mari, as she becomes a witch hunter and discovers what's really going on in Sthalgrave city. Use various skills in the fast-paced turn-based battles! Use free time after missions to hang out with teammates!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24.8%, Turn-Based Combat 20.7%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Dungeon Crawler 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%
- #54 Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 264 reviews2021
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Escape from “Yomi” – a dungeon filled with riches – and danger. Make use of your powerful skills and magic items to create exits and reach the surface alive.
Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 29.2%, Turn-Based Combat 19.9%, RPG 15.4%, Violent 10.3%, Dark 8.2%
- #55 Innacorde: Remember Me
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Innacorde
Windows
Build, refine and mutate your team of horrors to fight your way out of the nightmare you find yourself in. Everything is expendable. Everything is usable. Twist the world to your will and make them remember your name.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.2%, Dark Fantasy 20.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, RPG 11.7%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
- #56 Vestenelon
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vestenelon
Windows
This is a comedy RPG/Visual Novel hybrid which does not follow conventional rules. Fight monsters for a meager paycheck, fight trained mercs who steal said paycheck (Like the bullies at lunch!), watch your family starve, watch the news to see how badly you screwed up, get yelled at for not tipping.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.3%, Lovecraftian 23%, Turn-Based Combat 20.4%, Dungeon Crawler 15.7%, RPG 9.4%
- #57 Dreadloop
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 42traviss
Windows
Dreadloop is a turn-based RPG set in a dark-fantasy world, where life is bound by memories - etched in text, captured in paint and sculpted by hand - a gift turned curse, that must be broken. Gather a team, claim powerful gear and kill anyone in your way.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.5%, Dark Fantasy 20.2%, Party-Based RPG 18.7%, Gothic 12.6% ★, RPG 9.6%
- #58 Occult: Scarlet Elegy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Biomacchia
Windows · Linux
Delve into an occult society of exorcists and spirit mediums through the eyes of Lily: a shy healer possessed by the spirit known as Lament. Explore atmospheric 3D environments, build relationships with your team, and fight stylish turn-based battles in this love letter to "Those who are alone."
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25.6%, Turn-Based Combat 18.3%, Dungeon Crawler 17.6%, Supernatural 12%, RPG 8.7%
- #59 Skiv
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SvnDev
Windows
Skiv is a dungeon crawler RPG set in dark fantasy world. With systems blending turn based combat and soulslike elements.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 31.4%, Dungeon Crawler 31%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, RPG 11.7%, Hand-drawn 6.5%
- #60 What Could Possibly Go Wrong
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alicorndragon
Windows
Play as the rival to the destined chosen hero. See the world through a lenses not warped to you. Follow the path or fight to choose who you are, in this turn-based strategy adventure, that is super customizable in terms of actions.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 29%, Dark Fantasy 17%, RPG 16.1%, Violent 9.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%