- #1 Cogmind
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,997 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 63.8% ★, Roguelike 11.1%, Perma Death 8.2%, Procedural Generation 5.8%, Turn-Based 5.4%
- #2 Caves of Qud
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,599 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 35.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 55% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, Procedural Generation 14%, Turn-Based 10.6%, Sci-fi 3.1%
- #3 Dungeonmans
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,233 reviews2014
Dev: Adventurepro Games LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 68% ★, Roguelike 18.3%, Grid-Based Movement 7.6%, Turn-Based 2.8%, RPG 1.6%
- #4 Tales of Maj'Eyal
95% matchVery Positive94% of 7,427 reviews2013
Dev: Netcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 58.1% ★, Roguelike 15.5%, Perma Death 13%, Turn-Based 7.8%, RPG 2.5%
- #5 Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
94% matchVery Positive86% of 397 reviews2019
Dev: Portal Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Build unique class-and-race combinations, shape your talents, and test your strategy in a tactical roguelike dungeon crawler packed with campaigns, challenge runs, loot, bosses, and replayable depth. Your plan may be brilliant. The dungeon may disagree.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 55.2% ★, Roguelike 14.3%, Perma Death 12.4%, Procedural Generation 7.9%, Turn-Based 7.3%
- #6 Sword of the Stars: The Pit
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,554 reviews2013
Dev: Kerberos Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 48.9% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, Perma Death 12%, Procedural Generation 8.7%, Turn-Based 6.9%
- #7 Approaching Infinity
92% matchVery Positive95% of 740 reviews2025
Dev: IBOL
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 57.1% ★, Roguelike 12.5%, Perma Death 11%, Procedural Generation 9%, RPG 3.4%
- #8 ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
93% matchVery Positive84% of 1,615 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Biskup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 56.5% ★, Roguelike 12.2%, Perma Death 10.5%, Turn-Based 6.2%, Grid-Based Movement 5.2%
- #9 Zorbus
91% matchVery Positive90% of 374 reviews2022
Dev: Zorbus
Windows
Zorbus is a fantasy-themed, tile-based, turn-based, traditional roguelike game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 57.3% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, Perma Death 8.9%, Grid-Based Movement 8.5%, Procedural Generation 7.4%
- #10 Mainframe Defenders
91% matchVery Positive88% of 792 reviews2020
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot. Items don't just provide stats boost, but also offer distinct mechanics that can be combined into powerful builds.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 64.7% ★, Roguelike 17.5%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, RPG 3.8%, Strategy 3.6%
- #11 Rogue Fable III
90% matchVery Positive93% of 746 reviews2021
Dev: Pixel Forge Games
Windows · Mac
Rogue Fable III is a traditional rogue-like game which combines the depth, complexity, and challenge of the genre classics with a shorter, more tightly focused game length.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 80.3% ★, Roguelike 11.1%, Procedural Generation 2.5%, Turn-Based 2.3%, RPG 1.5%
- #12 Quasimorph
89% matchVery Positive82% of 7,882 reviews2026
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: Roguelike 37.4%, Procedural Generation 20.6%, Turn-Based 18.2%, RPG 8.9%, Strategy 8.2%
- #13 Dungeons of Dredmor
89% matchVery Positive94% of 5,431 reviews2011
Dev: Gaslamp Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 68.6% ★, Roguelike 18.3%, Turn-Based 4.8%, Perma Death 4.4%, RPG 2%
- #14 Path of Achra
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,239 reviews2024
Dev: UlfsirePub: Slouching Beast LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.7% ★, Roguelike 23.8%, Perma Death 12.7%, Procedural Generation 5.9%, RPG 3.9%
- #15 Shattered Pixel Dungeon
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,162 reviews2022
Dev: Shattered Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 56.4% ★, Roguelike 14.4%, Perma Death 10.3%, Turn-Based 6.9%, Procedural Generation 6.9%
- #16 Terra Randoma
86% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: Deniz K.
Windows
Terra Randoma is a turn-based roguelike RPG in a procedurally generated open world. Travel a world full of curiousity and perilous dungeons. Develop your character however you want with skills, talent stones and randomized items while you discover an ancient secret.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.4% ★, Roguelike 10.7%, Perma Death 9.7%, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Turn-Based 7.8%
- #17 Stoneshard
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 35,466 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Roguelike 40.6%, Procedural Generation 18.8%, Turn-Based 16.6%, RPG 14.6%, Strategy 7.3%
- #18 StarCrawlers
85% matchVery Positive83% of 899 reviews2017
Dev: Juggernaut Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
StarCrawlers is a modern take on a classic cRPG dungeon crawler set in a gritty spacepunk universe. Build a crew of renegade adventurers on the fringes of space, taking jobs from megacorps to hunt bounties, sabotage rivals and conduct corporate espionage.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 43.2%, RPG 18.7%, Turn-Based 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Indie 5.9%
- #19 Jupiter Hell
84% matchVery Positive92% of 2,108 reviews2021
Dev: ChaosForgePub: Hyperstrange
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 44% ★, Roguelike 29.3%, Grid-Based Movement 7.8%, Turn-Based 6.9%, Procedural Generation 2.7%
- #20 Jupiter Hell Classic
82% matchVery Positive96% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: ChaosForgePub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Jupiter Hell Classic is a old-school true Roguelike shooter with turn-based tactics, permadeath, procedural levels, and 90s sci-fi carnage in its purest form. Rip and Tear!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51% ★, Roguelike 13.7%, Grid-Based Movement 11.8%, Perma Death 9.9%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
- #21 Steam Marines
86% matchMixed50% of 333 reviews2014
Dev: Worthless Bums
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.
Why similar: Roguelike 44.1%, Perma Death 13.1%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Strategy 7.4%
- #22 Rift Wizard
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,059 reviews2021
Dev: Dylan White
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Rift Wizard is a tough as nails fantasy roguelike featuring challenging turn based combat and deep open ended character building. Craft your spellbook from over 100 unique spells and abilities and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated challenges to defeat your nemesis.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 42.6% ★, Roguelike 19.7%, Perma Death 15.6%, Turn-Based 9.1%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #23 Rogue Fable IV
81% matchVery Positive94% of 238 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Forge Games
Windows · Mac
Storm the lair of the immortal wizard Yendor in this fast paced, turn based, traditional rogue-like. The massive scope, deep mechanics and challenging gameplay that define the genre distilled into dense and highly varied one hour runs.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 60.1% ★, Roguelike 16.9%, Perma Death 11.9%, Procedural Generation 6.3%, RPG 2.5%
- #24 Rogue's Tale
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 756 reviews2014
Dev: Epixx.org
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Rogue's Tale is a single player turn-based dungeon crawling game.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 74% ★, Roguelike 20.7%, RPG 2.2%, Turn-Based 2.1%, Indie 0.8%
- #25 MidBoss
82% matchVery Positive86% of 276 reviews2017
Dev: Kitsune Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kill your enemies, possess their bodies, and take their abilities as your own in this turn-based procedurally generated death labyrinth.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 73.6% ★, Roguelike 13.3%, Perma Death 3.8%, Procedural Generation 3.1%, Turn-Based 2.9%
- #26 Rift Wizard 3
78% matchVery Positive89% of 275 reviews2026
Dev: Dylan White
Windows
Rift Wizard is a hardcore combat strategy roguelike and wizard simulator featuring an extremely deep build system. Customize your Wizard with more than 500 spells and magical artifacts. Blast, summon, or enchant your way through 20 levels of pure turn based chaos.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 71.3% ★, Roguelike 14.8%, Procedural Generation 5.6%, RPG 3.9%, Strategy 3.6%
- #27 Rogue
80% matchVery Positive94% of 509 reviews2020
Dev: Epyx, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 61.5% ★, Roguelike 15.8%, Perma Death 10.7%, Procedural Generation 7.7%, RPG 2.2%
- #28 UnderRail
79% matchVery Positive86% of 7,229 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.
Why similar: Turn-Based 44.2%, RPG 36.2%, Sci-fi 10%, Indie 6.5%, Adventure 3.2%
- #29 Deep Sky Derelicts
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,882 reviews2018
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
Why similar: Roguelike 31.5%, Turn-Based 21.7%, RPG 18.2%, Strategy 15.9%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #30 Stellar Tactics
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,731 reviews2026
Dev: Don WilkinsPub: Maverick Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
Why similar: RPG 50.2%, Sci-fi 32.9%, Adventure 17%
- #31 Haque
78% matchVery Positive86% of 165 reviews2017
Dev: SuperTry Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haque is a glitch fantasy roguelike adventure about cute monsters, low-bit hauntings, and a suspiciously talkative narrator. Choose your character and battle through forests, deserts and dungeons to defeat a mysterious evil. Die often. Try again!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 51% ★, Roguelike 32.2%, RPG 7.6%, Strategy 6.3%, Indie 3%
- #32 Gloomgrave
76% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2023
Dev: Netmancer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gloomgrave is a roguelike turn-based dungeon crawler where you will explore, loot, and fight your way through the ever-shifting dungeon to defeat the evil that lies below.
Why similar: Roguelike 29.6%, Perma Death 22.3%, Grid-Based Movement 17.8%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, RPG 8%
- #33 Siralim Ultimate
75% matchVery Positive93% of 2,535 reviews2021
Dev: Thylacine StudiosPub: Thylacine Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Siralim Ultimate is a monster-catching, dungeon-crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 46.1%, RPG 18.1%, Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Indie 4.5%
- #34 Robothorium
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 374 reviews2019
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Robothorium is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler with turn-based fights, where all your choices will have a direct impact on your revolution against Humankind. Deep Strategy, Crafting, Party Based management, Talents and so much more in this roguelike!
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.4%, Roguelike 23.4%, Strategy 16.3%, RPG 14.6%, Procedural Generation 13.7%
- #35 Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos
76% matchMixed49% of 510 reviews2021
Dev: Thomas BiskupPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience the sequel of the traditional roguelike dungeon-crawling classic. Enjoy unlimited replayability through endless procedurally generated dungeons, countless monsters, grafting, crafting and a vast amount of skill trees. Journey into the ever changing depths of the Caverns of Chaos.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 69% ★, Roguelike 19.3%, RPG 4.2%, Strategy 3.8%, Adventure 2%
- #36 Deadnaut: Signal Lost
73% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Linux
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 59.4% ★, Roguelike 15.1%, Perma Death 13.6%, Procedural Generation 5.8%, RPG 3.2%
- #37 Entity Researchers
74% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-C
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: Roguelike 38.2%, Perma Death 34.6%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, RPG 8%, Sci-fi 4.5%
- #38 Kramora's Shadow
75% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: Slashware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
A turn-based traditional roguelike featuring 10 character classes with unique gameplay styles. Explore five ancient realms to find ancient magical artifacts you will need to survive tactical battles against their evil inhabitants. Can you save the world from the wrath of Kramora?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 54.7% ★, Roguelike 15.8%, Perma Death 7.2%, Turn-Based 6.5%, Grid-Based Movement 5.4%
- #39 魔塔地牢
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 243 reviews2021
Dev: Zeros
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Randomly generated Magic Tower dungeons A strategy-based fixed-value Roguelike RPG
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 53.1% ★, Roguelike 21.1%, Perma Death 9.7%, RPG 6.2%, Strategy 5.6%
- #40 Lootbound
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,172 reviews2026
Dev: ArtDockPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Lootbound is a tactical roguelite with turn-based combat, loot management and D&D elements set in a dark fantasy world. Fight dangerous enemies, collect epic loot, recruit allies and lead them on a path of adventure.
Why similar: Roguelike 42.1%, Procedural Generation 20%, Turn-Based 17.2%, Strategy 8.7%, RPG 8.1%
- #41 One Way Heroics
72% matchVery Positive94% of 4,141 reviews2014
Dev: Smoking WOLFPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 57% ★, Roguelike 14.9%, Perma Death 12.9%, Turn-Based 7.6%, Procedural Generation 4.6%
- #42 Tangledeep
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,482 reviews2018
Dev: Impact Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Enter the magical world of Tangledeep, a beautifully polished dungeon crawler inspired by classic 16-bit RPGs! Colorful characters, a unique job system, tons of skills, items, and diverse environments with deep, turn-based roguelike gameplay. A different adventure every time you play!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 70.8% ★, Roguelike 16.9%, Turn-Based 8.6%, RPG 3.7%
- #43 The Dungeon Beneath
71% matchVery Positive89% of 893 reviews2020
Dev: Puzzle Box Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.
Why similar: Roguelike 38.1%, Perma Death 35.3%, Procedural Generation 16.8%, Strategy 7.5%, Indie 2.4%
- #44 Card Quest
72% matchVery Positive86% of 378 reviews2017
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Card Quest is a dungeon crawling adventure game with unique card combat. Play with a variety of unique character classes, and customize decks to fit your playstyle. Explore the strategic depth of tactical roguelike gameplay, and crush the undead plague.
Why similar: Roguelike 40.7%, Perma Death 22.8%, Turn-Based 13.6%, RPG 9.8%, Strategy 9%
- #45 Obsidian Prince
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 143 reviews2022
Dev: Unleash The Giraffe
Windows
Fight through dungeons in a tactical, turn-based roguelike where choices have real consequences. Craft your backstory & inspiration decks & combine classes, skills & gear to create truly powerful heroes. Explore & rebuild Emalon in the campaign or top the highscore in a challenging roguelike mode.
Why similar: Roguelike 33%, Grid-Based Movement 29.6%, Turn-Based 23.6%, RPG 6.9%, Strategy 6.9%
- #46 The Doors of Trithius
69% matchVery Positive94% of 979 reviews2021
Dev: Jake Donkersgoed
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 63.7% ★, Roguelike 17.1%, Procedural Generation 10%, Turn-Based 5.9%, RPG 2.5%
- #47 Galaxy Squad
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 432 reviews2019
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 39.3%, Strategy 36%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Indie 5.9%
- #48 Templar Battleforce
70% matchVery Positive93% of 984 reviews2015
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.
Why similar: Perma Death 31.9%, Roguelike 31.7%, Turn-Based 18.3%, RPG 6.6%, Strategy 6.1%
- #49 Dungeon Deathball
69% matchVery Positive96% of 221 reviews2021
Dev: Matt Glanville
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
🏆🏀💀 TACTICS, TERROR & TOUCHDOWNS. Turn-based roguelike meets arcade death-sport, where every dungeon is a unique gauntlet of brutal challenges. Can you survive the trials of Dungeon Deathball and win back your freedom?
Why similar: Roguelike 23.6%, Grid-Based Movement 22.9%, Perma Death 21.9%, Procedural Generation 16.9%, Turn-Based 10.5%
- #50 Undergrave
70% matchVery Positive88% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Wired Dreams Studio
Windows
Undergrave is a tactical roguelike in which moving, jumping, managing your stamina, dashing and 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 strategically is vital for success.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 58% ★, Roguelike 21%, Grid-Based Movement 8.5%, Procedural Generation 8.3%, Strategy 4.2%
- #51 Hack, Slash, Loot
73% matchMixed52% of 755 reviews2012
Dev: David Williamson
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 78.5% ★, Roguelike 15.2%, Perma Death 2.8%, RPG 1.6%, Turn-Based 1.2%
- #52 Moonring
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,451 reviews2023
Dev: Fluttermind, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 54.9% ★, Roguelike 19%, Grid-Based Movement 13.3%, RPG 6.6%, Procedural Generation 6.1%
- #53 THYSIASTERY
67% matchVery Positive82% of 318 reviews2026
Dev: DIRGA
Windows · Linux
THYSIASTERY is a dungeon crawler RPG featuring traditional roguelike and turn-based gameplay. Command a party of bearers of the Brand, drawn into a vast Labyrinth. Recruit while exploring the Labyrinth in hope of finding a way out, and its secrets will be revealed as you delve deeper.
Why similar: Roguelike 35.2%, Grid-Based Movement 24.6%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, RPG 8%
- #54 Crawl Tactics
68% matchVery Positive92% of 219 reviews2022
Dev: icefill
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.
Why similar: Roguelike 27.8%, Grid-Based Movement 26.5%, Turn-Based 21.8%, RPG 10.6%, Strategy 9.6%
- #55 Enter the Chronosphere
63% matchVery Positive95% of 454 reviews2026
Dev: Effort StarPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Everything moves when you do in Enter the Chronosphere, the turn-based roguelike. Each chronosphere is procedurally generated with defenders and biomes from the worlds it has consumed. Break in, find exotic weaponry and gadgets, outsmart hostile aliens, and fight your way to the core.
Why similar: Roguelike 40.6%, Procedural Generation 21.6%, Turn-Based 19.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Strategy 8.6%
- #56 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 741 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 61.5%, RPG 18.6%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Indie 5.3%
- #57 Endor Awakens: Roguelite DRPG
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Javier Hernández Torres
Windows
Explore procedurally generated dungeons in this roguelite dungeon crawler. Battle epic monsters, collect loot, and customize your character in strategic turn-based combat. Adapt to a constantly changing world after the fall of Mordoth.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 72.3% ★, Roguelike 22.4%, RPG 5.3%
- #58 Nexoria: Dungeon Rogue Heroes
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: TERNOX
Windows
NEXORIA — is a hardcore roguelike about dungeons with hybrid battles, combining classical turn based combat system and a collectible card game. Collect the best spells and conquer the dungeons!
Why similar: Roguelike 51.7%, Procedural Generation 25.2%, RPG 12.5%, Indie 5.6%, Adventure 4.9%
- #59 Ebony Spire: Heresy
69% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Bearded Giant Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crawl, throw, summon and smash your way through 20 levels of pure mishap in this first person turn based dungeon crawling game! Every item can be used both by the player and against him! And there are more than 100 items (+ stats variations) ranging from potions, to scrolls, weapons and artifacts!
Why similar: RPG 42.5%, Procedural Generation 41.6%, Indie 15.9%
- #60 SFD : Rogue TRPG
67% matchVery Positive85% of 102 reviews2018
Dev: icefill
Windows · Mac · Linux
SFD is a unique hybrid of tactical RPG and roguelike. Manage a party of adventurers as you attempt to be one of the few to conquer the Sigma Finite Dungeon.
Why similar: Roguelike 25.8%, Grid-Based Movement 25.3%, RPG 15.9%, Turn-Based 14%, Strategy 12.9%