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01 StarDrive 2 Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, PC

StarDrive 2

82%

StarDrive 2 is a 4X Turn Based Strategy game built in the classic style of the singular and incredible Master of Orion 2. In StarDrive 2 you will explore a vibrant galaxy filled with danger and intrigue in a deep turn-based strategy layer. You will design cust...

  • Indie
02 Clans to Kingdoms Cover

2019 · PC

Clans to Kingdoms

75%

Clans to Kingdoms is a 4X Turn-Base Strategy City Building Video Game for Windows PC. You start as a small Clan with one single settlement and the aim is to manage and develop your civilization up to a Kingdom with several cities and armies. The game has 6...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
03 For the King Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

For the King

74%

For The King is a turn based roguelike, RPG that can be played solo or cooperatively online and features strategic adventuring, turn based combat, and persistent choices. Players must survive cunning enemies and creatures, wicked weather and brutal traps in th...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
04 Cult of the Lamb Cover

2022 · Mac, Switch, PC

Cult of the Lamb

64%

Cult of the Lamb casts players in the role of a possessed lamb saved from annihilation by an ominous stranger, and must repay their debt by building a loyal following in his name. Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
05 Dungeon of the Endless Cover

2014 · Mac, Switch, PC

Dungeon of the Endless

64%

In Dungeon of the Endless, the player takes the role of the survivors of a prison spaceship, its escape pod having crashed to the surface of a strange planet. To escape, they must take an energy crystal through several floors, each floor filled with a number o...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
06 Wildermyth Cover

2021 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Wildermyth

63%

Wildermyth is a character-driven, procedurally-generated tactical RPG. Lead a band of unique heroes as they grow from a reluctant farmers into legendary fighters. Battle threats lurking in the Yondering Lands and discover secrets that the land has to offer.

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
07 Bronze Age Cover

2017 · Android, Linux, Mac

Bronze Age

56%

Two small classics from Clarus Victoria published in 2013, Stone Age and Bronze Age, are now available on Steam! Manage an ancient tribe in the African Savannah, build the first city in the Fertile Crescent, guide your people across prehistory and lead them to...

  • Indie
08 Supreme Ruler Ultimate Cover

2014 · Mac, PC

Supreme Ruler Ultimate

56%

Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make ev...

  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
11 Nuclear Throne Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Nuclear Throne

55%

Nuclear Throne is an action roguelike-like by Vlambeer about mutants fighting their way through a post-apocalyptic world. The radioactive waste in the world allows mutants to get ahead by mutating new limbs on the fly, the abundant availability of powerful wea...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
12 Streets of Rogue Cover

2019 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Streets of Rogue

55%

Streets of Rogue is a top-down rogue-lite with an emphasis on player agency and freedom. It combines shooting, stealth, and role-playing elements in a procedurally generated city. Rather than taking place in a dungeon, the game is set in a functioning, proced...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
13 Hero Siege Cover

2014 · Android, Linux, Mac

Hero Siege

55%

Hero Siege is a Hack 'n' Slash game with roguelike- & RPG elements. Annihilate hordes of enemies, grow your talent tree, grind better loot and explore up to 7 Acts enhanced with beautiful Pixel Art graphics! This game offers countless hours of gameplay and up...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
14 Crawl Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Crawl

55%

Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! It’s bullet-hell beat-em-up meets old-school RPG, in an arcadey party-game for up to 4 players. One player is the hero, exploring a randomly generated dungeon full of traps...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
15 Death Road to Canada Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Death Road to Canada

55%

Death Road to Canada is a Permadeath Randomized Road Trip Simulator. You manage a group of survivors through decision making events as you travel from Florida to Ontario, Canada. This is mixed in with exploring, sneaking around, or fighting in randomly generat...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
17 The Swords of Ditto Cover

2018 · Android, Linux, Mac

The Swords of Ditto

55%

"The Swords of Ditto is a compact action RPG that creates a unique adventure for each new hero of legend in the relentless fight against the evil Mormo. Explore a delightful but dangerous overworld, brave menacing dungeons, and improve your hero in a charming...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
18 Dungeon Souls Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, PC

Dungeon Souls

55%

Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
19 Slay the Spire II Cover

2026 · Linux, Mac, PC

Slay the Spire II

54%

The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns! Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2 - featuring new characters, cards, events, alternate acts, and more!

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
20 Curious Expedition Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Curious Expedition

54%

Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

  • Multiplayer
  • Roguelike
  • Indie
21 Sorcerer King Cover

2015 · PC

Sorcerer King

54%

Sorcerer King is a new direction for 4X game design, pitting the player against a single overwhelmingly powerful enemy instead of a set of evenly matched factions racing for abstract victory conditions. Think of the Sorcerer King as the evil mage who won the...

  • Indie
22 Stardew Valley Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Stardew Valley

53%

Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrow...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
23 Baldur's Gate III Cover

2023 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Baldur's Gate III

53%

An ancient evil has returned to Baldur's Gate, intent on devouring it from the inside out. The fate of Faerun lies in your hands. Alone, you may resist. But together, you can overcome.

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
24 Among Us Cover

2018 · Android, Switch, PC

Among Us

53%

Play with 4-15 player online or via local WiFi as you attempt to prepare your spaceship for departure, but beware as one or more random players among the Crew are Impostors bent on killing everyone! Originally created as a party game, we recommend playing wit...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
25 Balatro Cover

2024 · Android, Mac, Switch

Balatro

53%

Balatro is a deck-building roguelite in which players construct poker hands to earn chips and overcome enemy blinds. The game features mechanics for enhancing a deck of playing cards, purchasing Jokers that modify hand effects, and discovering synergies to pro...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
26 Into the Breach Cover

2018 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Into the Breach

53%

The remnants of human civilization are threatened by gigantic creatures breeding beneath the earth. You must control powerful mechs from the future to hold off this alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in thi...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
27 Battle Brothers Cover

2017 · Switch, PC, PS4

Battle Brothers

53%

Battle Brothers is a turn based strategy RPG mix which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what contracts to take and how to train and equip your men in a procedu...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
29 Black Book Cover

2021 · Mac, Switch, PC

Black Book

53%

A fusion of card-based RPGs and Adventure games, “Black Book” is a haunting tale of a young sorceress, who gave her life to serve the dark forces. Dive into the cold, yet alluring world of folk tales - and uncover the secrets that hide in the darkness.

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
30 Caves of Qud Cover

2024 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Caves of Qud

53%

Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retro-futurism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. The game weaves a handwritten narrative through rich physical, social, and historical simulations. The result is a hybrid handcrafted &...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
31 Realm of the Mad God Cover

2011 · Mac, PC, browser

Realm of the Mad God

51%

Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players an...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
33 Eador: Imperium Cover

2017 · PC

Eador: Imperium

50%

Hire heroes, build an army, prevail in battles and try to keep your empire intact in the face of grave danger. Eador. Imperium is a new chapter in Eador series, known for its unique blend of grand strategy, turn-based tactics and RPG elements.

  • Indie
34 Reverse Crawl Cover

2015 · Mac, Switch, PC

Reverse Crawl

49%

A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from...

  • Indie
36 Villagers Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, PC

Villagers

48%

Villagers is a beautifully illustrated and richly detailed town-building game where you build a thriving community using the people and resources around you. Success or failure depends on your ability to create a town that can grow and prosper, and overcome th...

  • Indie
37 Diablo Cover

1996 · Mac, PC, PS1

Diablo

45%

Diablo is an isometric strategy RPG and one of the most well-known examples of the action-RPG subgenre. Although some of the game mechanics resemble a typical RPG, all actions are done in real-time just like in an action game. The player have to kill hordes of...

  • Co-op
  • Roguelike
  • Strategy
38 Spelunky Cover

2012 · Switch, PC, PS3

Spelunky

45%

Spelunky (also known as Spelunky HD) is a remake of Spelunky (now known as Spelunky Classic), an open source indie platformer video game created by Derek Yu and originally released as freeware for Microsoft Windows. The player controls a spelunker who explores...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
39 Risk of Rain Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Risk of Rain

45%

Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or wit...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
41 Muck Cover

2021 · Linux, Mac, PC

Muck

45%

Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
42 Spelunky 2 Cover

2020 · Switch, PC, PS4

Spelunky 2

45%

Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for tre...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
43 ToeJam & Earl Cover

1991 · Linux, Mac, PC

ToeJam & Earl

45%

ToeJam & Earl is an early 1990s dungeon crawler. The game features two alien rappers, who have crash-landed on Earth and parodies 1980s urban culture. The game's design was heavily influenced by the role-playing video game Rogue, and took from it such features...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
44 Dome Keeper Cover

2022 · Linux, Mac, PC

Dome Keeper

45%

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action mining game. Use the time between attacks to dig beneath the surface in search of valuable resources and relics – deliver them back to your dome to unlock powerful upgrades and useful new g...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
45 Roboquest Cover

2023 · PC, PS4, PS5

Roboquest

45%

Roboquest is a fast FPS Roguelite in a scorched futureworld. You're a rebooted Guardian, ready to kick some metal ass! Fight with your buddy or by yourself and annihilate hordes of deadly bots in ever-changing environments.

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
46 Gunfire Reborn Cover

2021 · Android, Switch, PC

Gunfire Reborn

45%

Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, roguelite and RPG. Players can control heroes with various abilities to experience diverse Build gameplay, use various weapons to explore procedurally-generated levels. You can play the game alone,...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
47 Necropolis Cover

2016 · Mac, PC, PS4

Necropolis

45%

Necropolis is a third-person action roguelike, set in a living dungeon that changes every time you play, filled with monsters, myth and magic, and lorded over by the mad mystical intellect known only as the Brazen Head.

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
48 Risk of Rain Returns Cover

2023 · Switch, PC

Risk of Rain Returns

45%

Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! This remake of the classic Risk of Rain packs enhanced visuals, an updated codebase, and tons of new content. No two runs in the iconic rog...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
50 FTL: Faster Than Light Cover

2012 · Linux, Mac, PC

FTL: Faster Than Light

44%

In FTL you experience the atmosphere of running a spaceship trying to save the galaxy. It's a dangerous mission, with every encounter presenting a unique challenge with multiple solutions. What will you do if a heavy missile barrage shuts down your shields? Re...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
51 Inscryption Cover

2021 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Inscryption

44%

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...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
52 Loop Hero Cover

2021 · Android, Linux, Mac

Loop Hero

44%

The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
53 Dungeons of Dredmor Cover

2011 · Linux, Mac, PC

Dungeons of Dredmor

44%

The roguelike games are back! Enter in this amazing adventure as an giant eyebrow boy or girl, your quest is defeat the Lord Dredmor and save the kingdom from the forces of dark! Each level is a floor randomly generate made of interconnected rooms, filled with...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
54 Heat Signature Cover

2017 · PC

Heat Signature

44%

Fly your tiny defenceless pod up to larger ships, dock with their airlock, and sneak inside. Once you're in, you creep through their corridors, ambushing guards, hiding bodies, stealing new weapons, blowing them up from the inside, or hijacking their turrets a...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
55 Sid Meier's Civilization V Cover

2010 · Linux, Mac, PC

Sid Meier's Civilization V

43%

Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based strategy game in which players lead a civilization from the ancient era through the future. Players found cities, research technologies, build improvements, train military units, and engage in diplomacy with AI or hum...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
57 Dragon Age: Inquisition Cover

2014 · PC, PS3, PS4

Dragon Age: Inquisition

43%

Dragon Age: Inquisition is a role-playing game and the third main game in the Dragon Age series. It is set in the Thedas continent, the same fantasy world as the two previous games. It consist of two large countries: Ferelden (from Dragon Age: Origins) and Orl...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
58 Terraria Cover

2011 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Terraria

43%

Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build structures, and fight enemies. Progression...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
59 Cuphead Cover

2017 · Mac, Switch, PC

Cuphead

43%

Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuphead or Mugman in sin...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
60 Hearthstone Cover

2014 · Android, Mac, PC

Hearthstone

43%

Hearthstone is a free-to-play digital collectible card game set in the Warcraft universe. Originally subtitled Heroes of Warcraft, the game features turn-based one-on-one matches where players build 30-card decks and select heroes from eleven classes, each wit...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
62 Sid Meier's Civilization VI Cover

2016 · Android, Linux, Mac

Sid Meier's Civilization VI

43%

Civilization VI is a 4X turn-based strategy game in which players guide a civilization from its founding as a small settlement through multiple eras of development. Players explore a procedurally generated map, found cities, research technologies, develop cult...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
63 XCOM: Enemy Unknown Cover

2012 · Android, Linux, Mac

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

43%

XCOM: Enemy Unknown will place you in control of a secret paramilitary organization called XCOM. As the XCOM commander, you will defend against a terrifying global alien invasion by managing resources, advancing technologies, and overseeing combat strategies a...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
65 Darkest Dungeon Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Darkest Dungeon

43%

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 h...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
66 XCOM 2 Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

XCOM 2

43%

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
67 Hand of Fate Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, PC

Hand of Fate

43%

Inspired by tarot and fantasy, all bets are off as you create your own journey by building a collection of cards used to deal out a boardgame-like dungeon teeming with enemies, treasure, and adventure. Upon entering combat, the cards come to life as the player...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
69 Darkest Dungeon II Cover

2023 · Mac, Switch, PC

Darkest Dungeon II

43%

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Red Hook's smash hit gothic horror RPG! DDII will test your mettle and drive you to the brink of madness. Armor yourself with purpose and provision your party for the journey ahead. It will be arduous.

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
70 Transistor Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Transistor

42%

Transistor is an action role-playing game presented from an isometric perspective. Players control Red, a singer in the city of Cloudbank, as she wields a greatsword-like weapon called the Transistor against robotic enemies known as the Process. Combat can be...

  • Indie
71 League of Legends Cover

2009 · Mac, PC

League of Legends

40%

League of Legends is a fast-paced, competitive online game that blends the speed and intensity of an RTS with RPG elements. Two teams of powerful champions, each with a unique design and playstyle, battle head-to-head across multiple battlefields and game mode...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
72 Dota 2 Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, PC

Dota 2

40%

Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena video game and the stand-alone sequel to the Defense of the Ancients (DotA) mod. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
74 Slay the Spire Cover

2019 · Android, Linux, Mac

Slay the Spire

38%

Slay the Spire is a single-player roguelike deck-building game. Players choose from four characters, each with a unique set of cards, and attempt to climb a procedurally generated spire consisting of multiple floors of increasingly difficult enemies and bosses...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
75 Returnal Cover

2021 · PC, PS5

Returnal

35%

Returnal is a 2021 roguelike third-person shooter video game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It follows Selene Vassos, an astronaut who lands on the planet Atropos in search of the mysterious "White Shadow" signal and...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
76 Hades Cover

2020 · Mac, Switch, PC

Hades

34%

A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various layers of the ever-shifting underworld, while gett...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
77 Diablo II Cover

2000 · Mac, PC

Diablo II

34%

Like its predecessor, Diablo II is an action role-playing game with dark fantasy and horror themes. The player controls a new hero attempting to stop the destruction unleashed by Diablo's return. The game's 4 acts feature a variety of locations and settings to...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
78 Battlefield 3 Cover

2011 · PC, PS3, X360

Battlefield 3

34%

In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines. As the first boots on the ground, players will experience heart-pounding missions across diverse locations including Paris, Tehran and New York. As a U.S. Marine in the field, periods of t...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
79 Diablo III Cover

2012 · Mac, PC, PS3

Diablo III

34%

Diablo III is the third installment in Blizzard's franchise. The game, like its predecessors, is a dungeon crawler in which the player fights against hordes of enemies ranging from beasts and undead to actual demons. The game has four acts, two game modes (nor...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
81 Path of Exile Cover

2013 · Mac, PC, PS4

Path of Exile

34%

You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Created by hardcore gamers, Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fant...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
82 The Binding of Isaac Cover

2011 · Mac, PC

The Binding of Isaac

34%

The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac's form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
83 Euro Truck Simulator 2 Cover

2012 · Linux, Mac, PC

Euro Truck Simulator 2

34%

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a vehicle simulation game and a direct sequel to the 2008 game Euro Truck Simulator. Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore from t...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
84 Don't Starve Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Don't Starve

34%

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
85 Moonlighter Cover

2018 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Moonlighter

34%

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
86 Hades II Cover

2025 · Mac, Switch, Switch 2

Hades II

34%

Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
87 Blue Prince Cover

2025 · Mac, Switch 2, PC

Blue Prince

34%

Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will the unpredictable path you create lead you to the rumored Room 46?

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
91 Curse of the Dead Gods Cover

2021 · Switch, PC, PS4

Curse of the Dead Gods

34%

You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters. Your greed will lead you to death, but that is not an escape. Rise to fight again. Delve dee...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
92 Long Live the Queen Cover

2012 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Long Live the Queen

34%

Rule the world or die trying! Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end. Now power is up...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
93 Neon Abyss Cover

2020 · Switch, PC, PS4

Neon Abyss

34%

Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelike action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss as part of the Hades formed ‘Grim Squad’. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
94 World of Horror Cover

2023 · Mac, Switch, PC

World of Horror

34%

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
95 Below Cover

2018 · PC, PS4, XONE

Below

34%

Test your adventurer mettle against The Isle’s procedural subterranean labyrinths. Explore a large, interconnected underworld crawling with cunning wildlife, deadly traps and stalked by a shadowy presence. Survive the perils of The Depths and unearth what lies...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
96 Peglin Cover

2024 · Android, Mac, Switch

Peglin

34%

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!

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
97 Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, PC

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

34%

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (aka Cataclysm DDA or CataDDA) is an open source survival horror roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic and fictional New England. Unlike most roguelikes, it has no goal: the player is free to explore the procedurally generated map, cl...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
98 Wildfrost Cover

2023 · Android, Switch, PC

Wildfrost

34%

Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
99 Cloverpit Cover

2025 · Android, Switch, Switch 2

Cloverpit

34%

You wake up in a rusty, narrow cell, standing over a dangerously unstable grate. Someone has kidnapped you, demanding payment, and your only way out is to play the Slot Machine and pay off your debt. Don’t let yourself fall —literally— into ruin!

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
100 Rogue Cover

1980 · Amiga, ACPC, Atari8bit

Rogue

34%

Rogue is a dungeon crawling video game first developed by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman around 1980. It was a favorite on college Unix systems in the early to mid-1980s, in part due to the procedural generation of game content.

  • Roguelike
  • Strategy
101 Soulstone Survivors Cover

2025 · Linux, Mac, PC

Soulstone Survivors

34%

Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the voi...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
102 Mass Effect 3 Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, X360

Mass Effect 3

33%

Mass Effect 3 is an action role-playing game in which Commander Shepard leads a final campaign against the Reapers, a machine race that has invaded Earth and is conquering civilizations across the galaxy. Players recruit squad members from various species and...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
104 StarCraft Cover

1998 · Mac, PC

StarCraft

33%

StarCraft is a real-time strategy game set in a distant sector of the Milky Way galaxy in the 26th century. Players command one of three species across separate campaigns: the Terrans, resourceful human colonists cut off from Earth; the Zerg, an insectoid swar...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
105 Rocket League Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Rocket League

33%

Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, speci...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
107 Age of Empires Cover

1997 · Mac, PC

Age of Empires

33%

Age of Empires (AoE) is a history-based real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. The game uses the Genie, a 2D sprite-based game engine. The game allows the user to act as the leader of an ancient civilization by...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
108 Plants vs. Zombies Cover

2009 · Android, Mac, PC

Plants vs. Zombies

33%

Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense game in which players protect their suburban home from waves of approaching zombies by placing various plants on a grid-based lawn. Each plant has a unique defensive function, from shooting projectiles to blocking or explo...

  • Co-op
  • Strategy
109 No Man's Sky Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch 2, PC

No Man's Sky

33%

No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade their equipment while following an overarch...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
110 Pokémon Emerald Version Cover
33%

Pokémon Emerald Version is a sister game to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Emerald Version provided the main storyline with more depth and length, as well as making small aesthetic changes to the world and adding unique animations for each Pokémon.

  • Multiplayer
  • Turn-based strategy (TBS)
111 Pokémon Red Version Cover

1996 · Game Boy, 3DS

Pokémon Red Version

33%

Pokémon Red, along with Pokémon Green, are the first video games in the Pokémon series of games. They are the first paired versions of Generation I. Developed over the course of several years, Red and Green established several standards for later Pokémon games...

  • Multiplayer
  • Turn-based strategy (TBS)
112 Pokémon FireRed Version Cover

2004 · GBA, Switch

Pokémon FireRed Version

33%

Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version are a pair of core series Generation III games that are set in the Kanto region. They were released in Japan on January 29, 2004, in North America on September 9, 2004, in Australia on September 23, 2004 an...

  • Multiplayer
  • Turn-based strategy (TBS)
113 Shovel Knight Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, 3DS

Shovel Knight

33%

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
115 Pokémon Blue Version Cover

1996 · Game Boy, 3DS

Pokémon Blue Version

33%

Pokémon Blue is the third core series Pokémon game released as a minor revision of Pokémon Red and Green, which were released earlier that year. It was thus the first solitary version in the core series of Pokémon games. Various fixes in the game include a gra...

  • Multiplayer
  • Turn-based strategy (TBS)
116 Age of Mythology Cover

2002 · Mac, PC

Age of Mythology

33%

Age of Mythology is a real-time strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Drawing inspiration from Greek, Egyptian, and Norse mythology rather than historical events, it diverges from the Age of Empires series while s...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
117 Garry's Mod Cover

2004 · Linux, Mac, PC

Garry's Mod

33%

Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine. In its base mode, there are no objectives. Players can spawn non-player characters, ragdolls, and props, then manipulate them using a physics gun that can pick up, rotate, and freeze o...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
118 Age of Empires III Cover

2005 · Mac, PC

Age of Empires III

33%

In this highly anticipated next installment in the Age of Empires franchise from Ensemble Studios, Age of Empires III places players in the time period of roughly 1500–1850, picking up where Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings left off. As players work to esta...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
119 Pokémon Platinum Version Cover
33%

In Pokémon Platinum, another world has emerged in the Sinnoh Region, a world where space and time are altered! Catch, train, and battle your favorite Pokémon, and discover ancient, mythical Pokémon in this exciting adventure! The platinum version also has expa...

  • Multiplayer
  • Turn-based strategy (TBS)
121 Pokémon Silver Version Cover

1999 · GBC, 3DS

Pokémon Silver Version

33%

Pokémon Silver, along with Pokémon Gold, are the sequels to Pokémon Red and Blue. They offer 100 new Pokémon to capture and train, 8 more Gyms to take on and a new Pokémon League challenge. Featuring an expanded post-game, Pokémon Gold and Silver additionally...

  • Multiplayer
  • Turn-based strategy (TBS)
122 Pokémon Gold Version Cover

1999 · GBC, 3DS

Pokémon Gold Version

33%

Pokémon Gold, along with Pokémon Silver, are the sequels to Pokémon Red and Blue. They offer 100 new Pokémon to capture and train, 8 more Gyms to take on and a new Pokémon League challenge. Featuring an expanded post-game, Pokémon Gold and Silver additionally...

  • Multiplayer
  • Turn-based strategy (TBS)
123 Pokémon SoulSilver Version Cover
33%

Pokemon HeartGold Version and Pokemon SoulSilver Version return players to the scenic Johto region first introduced in the beloved original Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver games nearly a decade ago. The richly detailed adventure of Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Sil...

  • Multiplayer
  • Turn-based strategy (TBS)
124 Frostpunk Cover

2018 · Mac, PC, PS4

Frostpunk

32%

Frostpunk, the newest title from the creators of This War of Mine, is a society survival game where heat means life and every decision comes at a price. In an entirely frozen world, people develop steam-powered technology to oppose the overwhelming cold. You f...

  • Indie
125 Super Mario Galaxy 2 Cover

2010 · Wii, WiiU

Super Mario Galaxy 2

31%

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is the sequel to Super Mario Galaxy and the fourth 3D platformer entry in the Mario franchise. The sequel retains many elements from its predecessor, such as the adventure being in outer space, the element of gravity, and recurring objects...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
126 Fall Guys Cover

2020 · Android, Switch, PC

Fall Guys

30%

Fall Guys flings hordes of contestants together online in a mad dash through round after round of escalating chaos until one victor remains! Battle bizarre obstacles, shove through unruly competitors, and overcome the unbending laws of physics to avoid both hu...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
127 The Sims 2 Cover

2004 · Mac, PC

The Sims 2

30%

In The Sims 2, your Sims will be more lifelike, more responsive, and more complex than ever before. You'll be able to control your Sims over their entire lifetimes, taking them from their first steps to their golden years. Guide them through "Life's Big Moment...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
128 Far Cry 2 Cover

2008 · PC, PS3, X360

Far Cry 2

25%

A civil war has swept through the country and you're caught in the middle of it. Track down the person at the forefront of the fighting, a ruthless arms dealer known only as "The Jackal". As you undertake deadly missions and form fragile alliances with conflic...

  • Multiplayer
  • Roguelike
130 The Elder Scrolls: Blades Cover

2020 · Android, Switch, iOS

The Elder Scrolls: Blades

25%

Take the Elder Scrolls anywhere you go with The Elder Scrolls: Blades. Revealed during the 2018 Bethesda E3 Showcase, Blades is an all-new Elder Scrolls game from Bethesda Game Studios. Launching in winter 2019, Blades will be free-to-play on iPhone, iPad and...

  • Multiplayer
  • Roguelike
132 Let It Die Cover

2016 · PC, PS4

Let It Die

25%

LET IT DIE is a hyper-violent hack-and-slash action experience with roguelike elements. Fight your way to the top in this free-to-play collaborative creation brought to you by Grasshopper Manufacture and GungHo Online Entertainment America.

  • Multiplayer
  • Roguelike
133 Grand Theft Auto V Cover

2013 · PC, PS3, PS4

Grand Theft Auto V

24%

Grand Theft Auto V is a vast open world game set in Los Santos, a sprawling sun-soaked metropolis struggling to stay afloat in an era of economic uncertainty and cheap reality TV. The game blends storytelling and gameplay in new ways as players repeatedly jump...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
134 Portal 2 Cover

2011 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Portal 2

24%

Sequel to the acclaimed Portal (2007), Portal 2 pits the protagonist of the original game, Chell, and her new robot friend, Wheatley, against more puzzles conceived by GLaDOS, an A.I. with the sole purpose of testing the Portal Gun's mechanics and taking reven...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
136 Elden Ring Cover

2022 · Switch 2, PC, PS4

Elden Ring

24%

Elden Ring is an action RPG developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, released in February 2022. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, with world-building contributions from novelist George R. R. Martin, the game features an expansive ope...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
137 Far Cry 3 Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, X360

Far Cry 3

24%

Explore an island playground as stunningly beautiful as it is diverse – from mountain ranges to swampy grasslands and white sandy beaches. Fight your way through the island’s towns, temples, river ports and more. Encounter a diverse and realistic cast of char...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
139 Minecraft: Java Edition Cover

2011 · Linux, Mac, PC

Minecraft: Java Edition

24%

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
140 Dark Souls III Cover

2016 · PC, PS4, XONE

Dark Souls III

24%

Dark Souls III is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Released in March 2016, it is the fourth entry in the Souls series and the final instalment in the Dark Souls trilogy. Set in the decaying king...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
141 Doom Cover

2016 · PC, PS4, XONE

Doom

24%

Developed by id software, the studio that pioneered the first-person shooter genre and created multiplayer Deathmatch, Doom returns as a brutally fun and challenging modern-day shooter experience. Relentless demons, impossibly destructive guns, and fast, fluid...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
142 Borderlands 2 Cover

2012 · Android, Linux, Mac

Borderlands 2

24%

A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside th...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
143 Bloodborne Cover

2015 · PS4

Bloodborne

24%

An action RPG in which the player embodies a Hunter who, after being transfused with the mysterious blood local to the city of Yharnam, sets off into a "night of the Hunt", an extended night in which Hunters may phase in and out of dream and reality in order t...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
146 Dark Souls Cover

2011 · Switch, PC, PS3

Dark Souls

24%

Dark Souls is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Released in September 2011 as a spiritual sequel to Demon's Souls, it is set in a dark, medieval fantasy world. It is renowned for its challenging...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
149 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cover

2010 · Mac, PC, PS3

Call of Duty: Black Ops

24%

Call of Duty: Black Ops is the seventh main Call of Duty game and the sequel to Call of Duty: World at War. The game differs from most previous installments, which would involve a usual three-country campaign, while Call of Duty: Black Ops features two playabl...

  • Co-op
  • Multiplayer
150 Dead Cells Cover

2018 · Android, Linux, Mac

Dead Cells

24%

Dead Cells is a 2D side-scrolling action platformer combining roguelike and Metroidvania design. Players control the Prisoner, an immortal creature that possesses corpses and fights through procedurally generated levels filled with mutated enemies. Combat cent...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
152 Grand Theft Auto 2 Cover

1999 · DC, PC

Grand Theft Auto 2

24%

Grand Theft Auto 2 is an open world action-adventure video game. It is the sequel to Grand Theft Auto, part of the Grand Theft Auto series. The open world design lets players freely roam Anywhere City, the setting of the game.

  • Multiplayer
153 Grand Theft Auto Cover

1997 · DOS, N64, PC

Grand Theft Auto

24%

Grand Theft Auto is the first game in the Grand Theft Auto series and a sandbox-crime game published by Rockstar Games. The original Grand Theft Auto is made up of a series of levels each set in one of the three cities in the game. In each level, the player h...

  • Multiplayer
155 Rogue Legacy Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Rogue Legacy

24%

You control a family of characters one at a time, and when your character dies, you choose who his or her successor is, whether it is a barbarian son of yours who has OCD, your daughter who became a ninja even though she can't see well, an assassin who is figh...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
156 Downwell Cover

2015 · Android, Switch, PC

Downwell

24%

Downwell is a curious game about a young man with guns for boots venturing down a well in search of untold treasures. Make your way further and further down into a darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets and collect the spectacular red gems...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
157 We Happy Few Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, PC

We Happy Few

24%

We Happy Few is the tale of a plucky bunch of moderately terrible people trying to escape from a lifetime of cheerful denial. Set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England, you'll have to blend in with its other inhabitants, who d...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
158 The Flame in the Flood Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch, PC

The Flame in the Flood

24%

A rogue-lite river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators. Travel by foot and by raft down a procedurally-generated river as you scrounge for resources, craft tools, remedy afflictions, evade the vi...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
159 Pacific Drive Cover

2024 · PC, PS5, Series X|S

Pacific Drive

24%

Pacific Drive is a first-person driving survival game with your car as your only companion. Navigate a surreal reimagining of the Pacific Northwest, and face supernatural dangers as you venture into the Olympic Exclusion Zone. Each excursion into the wildernes...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
160 Chasm Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Chasm

24%

Chasm is a procedurally-generated RPG Platformer for PC (Win, Mac, & Linux), Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Taking equal inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, it will immerse you in a procedurally-generated fa...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
161 Ziggurat Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Ziggurat

24%

Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots! Ziggurat is the best combination of First Person Shooter and Rogue-LITE you have ever seen....

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
162 Everspace Cover

2017 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Everspace

24%

Everspace is an action-focused single-player space shooter with rock solid 6DOF controls combining roguelike elements with top-notch visuals and a captivating non-linear story as well as VR support in the final version.

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
163 Mullet Madjack Cover

2024 · Switch, PC, XONE

Mullet Madjack

24%

Mullet Madjack is a single-player fast-paced FPS that brings you directly inside a classic anime. Power up your character and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… of your enemies!

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
164 Post Void Cover

2020 · Switch, PC, PS4

Post Void

24%

Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; kill what you can to see it mend; get the high score or try again.

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
165 BPM: Bullets Per Minute Cover

2020 · Switch, PC, PS4

BPM: Bullets Per Minute

24%

In BPM, all of your actions and the actions of your enemies are tied to the beat of the music. Your enemies perform a dance-like sequence of attacks to an epic rock opera. BPM is inspired by retro shooters of the 90’s. It is fast, frenetic and rhythmical. You...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
166 Have a Nice Death Cover

2023 · Switch, PC, PS4

Have a Nice Death

24%

Have a Nice Death is a 2D action roguelite where you play as an overworked Death, whose employees have run rampant, completely throwing off the balance of souls - and his vacation plans. In order to restore order, you'll have to grab your trusty scythe and sho...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
168 Tower of Guns Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, PC

Tower of Guns

24%

Tower of Guns is a fast-paced, bullet-hell, first person shooter with randomized levels and enemies, power ups, epic bosses and tons of unlockable items and weapons. You never know what to expect next! It is a pure FPS experience for players who just want to...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
169 Routine Cover

2025 · PC, XONE, Series X|S

Routine

24%

Routine is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror title set on an abandoned Lunar base designed around an 80’s vision of the future. Curious exploration turns into a need for survival when a lunar base goes completely quiet. Searching for answers puts you face to face w...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
170 Immortal Redneck Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Immortal Redneck

24%

"Lost. Furious. Immortal! When a redneck awakes bandaged in the Ancient Egypt with the only company of his most beloved weapons… The bloodbath starts! Use a ton of different weapons to kill bizarre enemies (from blue dinosaurs to flying skulls) and finish o...

  • Roguelike
  • Indie
171 Undertale Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Undertale

23%

A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface through hostile environments, all the while engaging...

  • Indie
172 Hotline Miami Cover

2012 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Hotline Miami

23%

A top-down slasher/shooter with unlockable gameplay-altering masks and weapons, featuring a neon-flavoured electronic aesthetic, in which a hitman receives anonymous calls ordering him to travel to certain residences and crime dens and massacre those within, a...

  • Indie
173 Disco Elysium Cover

2019 · Mac, PC

Disco Elysium

23%

Disco Elysium is a role-playing game developed and published by ZA/UM. It is set in the fictional city of Revachol, where players assume the role of an amnesic detective investigating a murder. The game emphasizes dialogue and skill-based choices, with charact...

  • Indie
174 Battlefield 4 Cover

2013 · PC, PS3, PS4

Battlefield 4

23%

Battlefield 4 is the genre-defining action blockbuster created by Dice, and made from moments that blur the line between game and glory, moments found only in Battlefield. Go to Boot Camp to learn the basics of Battlefield 4's engaging single player and intens...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
176 Bastion Cover

2011 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Bastion

23%

A hack-and-slash RPG featuring a reactive narrator, various unlockable weapons, weapon upgrades, practice mini-games and optional difficulty modifiers, set in an imaginary world in the aftermath of an uncertain apocalypse, in which the player embodies a teenag...

  • Indie
177 Cities: Skylines Cover

2015 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Cities: Skylines

23%

Cities: Skylines is a single-player city-building simulation game. Players manage all aspects of a growing city including zoning residential, commercial, and industrial areas, constructing infrastructure such as roads, public transit, and utilities, and balanc...

  • Strategy
178 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Cover

2010 · Android, PC, PS3

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

23%

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments." New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
179 The Sims 3 Cover

2009 · Mac, PC

The Sims 3

23%

In The Sims 3, you can create Sims with unique personalities, fulfill their desires, and control their lives within a customizable living neighborhood. Unlock all-new Karma Powers and unleash them on your Sims: help your Sim get lucky with the power of "love c...

  • Strategy
180 EarthBound Cover

1994 · GBA, New 3DS, SFAM

EarthBound

23%

A turn-based JRPG and sequel to the then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters, and defeat an unknowable...

  • Turn-based strategy (TBS)
181 Black Mesa Cover

2020 · Linux, PC

Black Mesa

23%

Black Mesa is a re-envisioning of Valve Software's classic science fiction first person shooter, Half-Life. Powered by Source Engine, You will re-visit the inaugural role of Gordon Freeman and his memorable journey through the Black Mesa Research Facility. Exp...

  • Multiplayer
  • Indie
182 To the Moon Cover

2011 · Android, Linux, Mac

To the Moon

23%

Join Dr. Rosalene and Dr. Watts as they enter a patient named Johnny's mind on his death bed to grant his final request. Watch, interact, and change the past as Johnny's life unfolds before you and takes you on a magical journey inside one's head that asks the...

  • Indie
184 Planescape: Torment Cover

1999 · Linux, Mac, PC

Planescape: Torment

23%

A CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons setting of Planescape in which The Nameless One, an immortal amnesiac, sets off on a quest across the infinite Planes and gathers a party of conflicted companions to find out who he is and reclaim his mortality. Throughout...

  • Strategy
185 Spore Cover

2008 · Mac, PC

Spore

23%

From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations. Play through Spore's five evolutionary stages: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization, and Space. Each stage has its own unique style, challenges, and goals.

  • Strategy
187 Braid Cover

2008 · Linux, Mac, PC

Braid

22%

Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where you can manipulate the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a...

  • Indie
189 Overwatch Cover

2016 · Switch, PC, PS4

Overwatch

20%

Join the fight for the future in the world of Overwatch and choose your hero from a diverse cast of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities. Bend time, defy physics, and unleash a dizzying array of extraordinary powers and weapons. Engage your enemies...

  • Multiplayer
  • Strategy
190 Pokémon Go Cover

2016 · Android, iOS

Pokémon Go

20%

Pokémon Go is an augmented reality mobile game that uses GPS to let players locate, capture, train, and battle Pokémon in real-world locations. Players explore their physical surroundings to find PokéStops for items, battle at Gyms for team control, participat...

  • Multiplayer
191 Hollow Knight Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Hollow Knight

16%

A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones and uncovers the ki...

  • Indie
193 Half-Life Cover

1998 · Linux, Mac, PC

Half-Life

14%

Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman, a theoretica...

  • Multiplayer
195 Red Dead Redemption Cover

2010 · PC, PS3, X360

Red Dead Redemption

14%

A modern-day Western epic, Red Dead Redemption takes John Marston, a relic from the fast-closing time of the gunslinger, through an open world filled with wildlife, mini-games, and shootouts. Marston sets out to hunt down his old gang mates for the government,...

  • Multiplayer
196 Tomb Raider Cover

2013 · Android, Linux, Mac

Tomb Raider

14%

Tomb Raider explores the intense and gritty origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor. Armed only with raw instincts and the ability to push beyond the limits of human endurance, Lara must fight to unravel the dark his...

  • Multiplayer
197 Super Mario World Cover

1990 · Arcade, New 3DS, SFAM

Super Mario World

14%

A 2D platformer and first entry on the SNES in the Super Mario franchise, Super Mario World follows Mario as he attempts to defeat Bowser's underlings and rescue Princess Peach from his clutches. The game features a save system, a less linear world map, an exp...

  • Multiplayer
198 Grand Theft Auto IV Cover

2008 · PC, PS3, X360

Grand Theft Auto IV

14%

Grand Theft Auto IV is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the eleventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game is played...

  • Multiplayer
199 Super Mario Odyssey Cover

2017 · Switch, Switch 2

Super Mario Odyssey

14%

Explore incredible places far from the Mushroom Kingdom as you join Mario and his new ally Cappy on a massive, globe-trotting 3D adventure. Use amazing new abilities, like the power to capture and control objects, animals, and enemies to collect Power Moons so...

  • Co-op
201 Super Mario Bros. 3 Cover

1988 · Arcade, famicom, 3DS

Super Mario Bros. 3

14%

Super Mario Bros. 3, the third entry in the Super Mario Bros. series and Super Mario franchise, sees Mario or Luigi navigate a nonlinear world map containing platforming levels and optional minigames and challenges. The game features more diverse movement opti...

  • Multiplayer
203 Assassin's Creed III Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, WiiU

Assassin's Creed III

14%

Assassin's Creed III is an open-world action-adventure game set primarily in 18th-century Colonial America during the American Revolution. Players control two characters across the story: Haytham Kenway, a British Templar operating during the French and Indian...

  • Multiplayer
204 Rise of the Tomb Raider Cover

2015 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Rise of the Tomb Raider

14%

Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game in which players control Lara Croft as she searches for the legendary city of Kitezh and a promise of immortality. Combat involves firearms, stealth, and melee weapons, while semi-open hub areas o...

  • Co-op
205 Life Is Strange Cover

2015 · Android, Linux, Mac

Life Is Strange

13%

Life Is Strange is a five part episodic game that sets out to revolutionize story based choice and consequence games by allowing the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

  • Indie
206 Inside Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch, PC

Inside

13%

Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding...

  • Indie
207 Limbo Cover

2010 · Android, Linux, Mac

Limbo

13%

Limbo is a black and white puzzle-platforming adventure. Players take the role of a young boy traveling through an eerie and treacherous world in an attempt to discover the fate of his sister.

  • Indie
208 Celeste Cover

2018 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Celeste

13%

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mount...

  • Indie
210 Firewatch Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Firewatch

13%

Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start t...

  • Indie
212 L.A. Noire Cover

2011 · PC, PS3, Steam VR

L.A. Noire

13%

L.A. Noire is a neo-noir detective action-adventure video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games. It was initially released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms on 17 May 2011; a Microsoft Windows port was later released on 8 Nove...

  • Strategy
214 The Stanley Parable Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, PC

The Stanley Parable

13%

A first-person exploration game built around branching narrative choices and an omniscient narrator who reacts to the player's decisions. Players navigate an office environment, choosing whether to follow or defy the narrator's directions, with each choice lea...

  • Indie
216 Outer Wilds Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Outer Wilds

13%

Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a space shuttle and tra...

  • Indie
217 Super Meat Boy Cover

2010 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Super Meat Boy

13%

Super Meat Boy is a platform game in which players control Meat Boy, a small, dark red, cube-shaped character who must rescue his girlfriend Bandage Girl from the scientist Dr. Fetus. The game is divided into chapters containing over 300 levels, each requiring...

  • Indie
218 Little Nightmares Cover

2017 · Android, Stadia, Switch

Little Nightmares

13%

Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Set in a mysterious world, Little Nightmares follows the journey of Six, a hungry little girl who must escape the Maw, an iro...

  • Indie
219 Papers, Please Cover

2013 · Android, Linux, Mac

Papers, Please

13%

The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin. Your job as immigration inspector is to control the flow of people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from...

  • Indie
220 Stray Cover

2022 · Mac, Switch, Switch 2

Stray

13%

Stray is a third-person cat adventure game set amidst the detailed neon-lit alleys of a decaying cybercity and the murky environments of its seedy underbelly. Roam surroundings high and low, defend against unforeseen threats and solve the mysteries of this unw...

  • Indie
221 Outlast Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Outlast

13%

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enou...

  • Indie
222 Soma Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Soma

13%

SOMA is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It is an unsettling story about identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human. Enter the world of SOMA and face horrors buried deep beneath the ocean waves...

  • Indie
223 Subnautica Cover

2018 · Android, Mac, Switch

Subnautica

13%

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more, all while trying to survive.

  • Indie
224 SuperHot Cover

2016 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

SuperHot

13%

Superhot is an independent first-person shooter built around a single core mechanic: time only moves when the player moves. Without health regeneration or ammo drops, players must navigate through enemies using improvised tactics, grabbing weapons from fallen...

  • Indie
225 Gris Cover

2018 · Android, Mac, Switch

Gris

13%

Gris is a 2D platformer developed by Nomada Studio and published by Devolver Digital. It is a visually striking game that follows the journey of a young woman named Gris as she navigates a world of grief and loss. The game features no dialogue, relying on its...

  • Indie
227 Gone Home Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Gone Home

13%

A first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home. Kati...

  • Indie
228 Amnesia: The Dark Descent Cover

2010 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

13%

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror video game by Frictional Games. The game features a protagonist named Daniel exploring a dark and foreboding castle, while trying to maintain his sanity by avoiding monsters and other terrifying obstructions. The...

  • Indie
229 The Witness Cover

2016 · Mac, PC, PS4

The Witness

13%

The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There's no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea...

  • Indie
233 Abzu Cover

2016 · Switch, PC, PS4

Abzu

13%

Abzu is an exploration game where you are a lone diver in a lush ocean world. The diver descends deeper and deeper into the depths, where she will encounter majestic creatures, discover ancient secrets, and search for her true purpose. Abzu roughly translates...

  • Indie
234 Hollow Knight: Silksong Cover

2025 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Hollow Knight: Silksong

13%

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the epic action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to you...

  • Indie
235 The Talos Principle Cover

2014 · Android, Linux, Mac

The Talos Principle

13%

The Talos Principle is a philosophical first-person puzzle game from Croteam, the creators of the legendary Serious Sam series, written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

  • Indie
236 Fez Cover

2012 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Fez

13%

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 d...

  • Indie

Game DNA / Methodology

Why these games are like Contested Space

WhatIsLike compares every game with Contested Space using genres, themes, perspective, game modes, world design, and defining mechanics. The highest-ranked games share the most of these characteristics with the starting game.