Games like Mainframe Defenders
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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.
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-40%$2.99Thuggin It Further
2 days ago · Firetoad Games, Nebula Radiance
Both: Exploration · Roguelite · Roguelike
High intensity co-op roguelite space adventure party game for 2–4 players (or bots). Take on crew jobs, keep a failing ship alive, and survive procedural missions with endless exploration, light RPG progression, and real-time crisis gameplay.
Early AccessAction RoguelikeExplorationStrategyRoguelitePvEArcadeParty GameAction-AdventureRoguelike
-10%$11.69Boardlike
3 days ago · Bozz
Both: Roguelike · Traditional Roguelike · Roguelite
Classic tabletop games meet roguelite elements and card-based combat. Dice rolls, fate cards, deadly encounters, minigames, and countless unknowns await you in this strange adventure.
AdventureStrategyRPGCard GameBoard GameRoguelikeStrategy RPGTraditional RoguelikeCard BattlerRoguelite
-25%$11.24There Is mORE
4 days ago · ByteBeyond
Both: Roguelite · Exploration
Mine by day, defend by night. Master 25+ spells, sell rare ores for gear upgrades, and grow stronger each run in this procedurally generated roguelite tower defense. Enjoy full controller and Steam Deck support.
RogueliteTower DefenseAction RoguelikeMiningSurvivalProcedural GenerationExplorationMagicBase Building2D
-50%$4.99Asgard's Fall — Viking Survivors
12 days ago · Soulpotion
Both: Roguelite · Roguelike
Embark on an epic saga in Asgard's Fall, a norse Survivors-like Roguelite. Fight your way through hordes of creatures and let the gods feel your relentless wrath. How will your saga unfold?
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteCasualPixel GraphicsIndie2DRoguelikeHack and SlashStrategy👍 1,305
-20%$7.99Cat a Loop
3 days ago · Kitten Purradise Studios
Both: Traditional Roguelike · Roguelite
Lead a cat in a tactical roguelike auto-battler! Fight your way through 4 dangerous biomes, combine 200+ items to create powerful synergies, and unlock passive abilities. Unravel the mystery of the portal, defeat unique bosses, and save the feline world from the encroaching evil!
Auto Battler2DDungeon CrawlerPixel GraphicsProcedural GenerationTraditional RoguelikeCatsCutePvERoguelite
$5.00GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab
Aug 23 · GLITCHED MATRIX
Both: Exploration · Sandbox
Play a major role in an evolving simulation of simulations. Explore endless 2D and 3D dimensions spanning nearly every game genre, with 50+ experimental prototypes and stories whose worlds, systems, discoveries, and ideas can become part of the greater experience.
Action RoguelikeExplorationFPSCreature CollectorDungeon CrawlerColony SimSandboxUtilitiesEducationArcade
-10%$17.99RIG Riot
7 days ago · Sage Boatman
Both: Mechs · Roguelike · Roguelite
RIG Riot is a roguelike third-person mech-action shooter. Fight increasingly difficult enemies while completing objectives, level up, and choose the Weapons and Volatile Mods that will let you return from your raids victorious. Discover thousands of permanent parts, and build a RIG unlike any other.
ActionMechsAction RoguelikeCharacter CustomizationLooter ShooterRobotsSingleplayerThird-Person ShooterRoguelikeRoguelite👍 270
-20%$10.39Two Sides of Hell
4 days ago · Red Sky Games
Both: Roguelike · Roguelite
Think fast, kill faster. Blast through shifting alien hellscapes in this roguelite platform-twin stick shooter, switching between Soldier precision and demonic destruction. Survive relentless hordes, brutal bosses, and endless roguelite chaos.
ActionRoguelikeRogueliteBullet HellTwin Stick ShooterShooterLocal Co-OpPlatformerPvEFuturistic
-15%$12.74Biovoid
3 days ago · Dzedou
Both: Sandbox
Biovoid is a creature-building roguelike game where you slay hordes of hostile aliens. Combine a variety of cells and mutations to create game-breaking builds and evolve from a fragile hatchling to a deadly predator.
Action RoguelikeSimulationSandboxNatureSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuildingPerma DeathDifficultAliens
FreeLast Gambit
Aug 27 · Mads
Both: Roguelike · Roguelite
Chess, but you build the army yourself: pieces that evolve, unicorns, catapults that hurl your own men. Then you take it online, one on one or even two on two. Roguelite.
Early AccessTurn-Based TacticsChessRoguelikeTurn-Based StrategyPvPRogueliteStrategyBoard Game2D
$1.00Dealer's Dice
Sep 7 · OFFMOON Inc.
Both: Roguelike · Roguelite
Trapped in the twisted game room of a mysterious entity, Dealer's Dice is a high-stakes roguelike dice-defense game. Collect powerful dice, manage your betting table, and gamble against relentless waves of invaders. Push your luck, test your greed, and survive.
Tower DefenseIncrementalCasualDiceRoguelikeRogueliteStrategyChoices MatterIndieArcade
$11.99Sublight
6 days ago · CODEBREW SOFTWARE LTD
Both: Roguelite
Sublight is a space bullet heaven roguelike, where you captain a powerful warship and carve through escalating waves of enemies. Upgrade your arsenal, unlock new ships, and experiment with countless builds to dominate the battlefield.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteArcade3DTop-DownActionCasualLootSci-fi
New-20%$3.99PixelPop 2087
Yesterday · StylerFunk Games
Both: Roguelite · Roguelike
Enter the rooms, grab the keys, proceed and... try to stay alive! Choose your style: melee or fireguns? Fight your way through, get the keys and unlock new rooms!
Early AccessAction RoguelikeBullet HellDungeon CrawlerRogueliteArcadeAction-AdventureRoguelikeFemale Protagonist2D
-40%$29.99STRATA
3 days ago · Gamesforgames
Both: Roguelike · Exploration
STRATA is an arcade descent through rock that is destroyed cell by cell. You pilot a drilling capsule from a dome on the surface, and everything below the first metre is procedurally generated geology: dirt, clay, stone, shale, granite, basalt, obsidian, ironstone.
CasualRoguelikeExplorationDungeon CrawlerPixel Graphics2DAtmosphericFamily FriendlyOld SchoolSingleplayer
New-20%$2.39肉鸽卡牌:商业帝国
Yesterday · COO Studio
Both: Roguelite · Roguelike
"Roguelike Card Game: Business Empire" combines roguelike with card strategy. Choose your character, build your industrial park from scratch using cards, experience multiple victory paths, and compete on the global leaderboard.
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteCard GameTurn-Based StrategyTabletopRoguelikeStrategy2DColorfulTactical
-15%$4.24Waterjacked!
3 days ago · A Frog's Pond
Both: Traditional Roguelike
Waterjacked! is a turn-based roguelike where you are a gunslinging succulent chosen to wield the GRID. Uncover destructive combos and develop clever strategies from an assortment of Modules, Augments, and Herbals to push back the invading robots from The Valley.
Early AccessTraditional RoguelikeRoguelike DeckbuilderPuzzleTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatTurn-BasedDeckbuildingPerma DeathStrategy
$3.99HOSHIKUI
Aug 28 · rspepe
Both: Roguelite
An action roguelite with no attack button. You are a dying star: ramming other stars is how you attack, heal, move, and grow. Steal their heat, gain mass, and outrun the heat death of the universe — across an infinite, procedurally generated galaxy.
Action RoguelikeRoguelitePerma DeathArcade2DTop-DownControllerProcedural GenerationActionMinimalist
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3 days ago · Urulginka Studio
Both: Roguelike · Roguelite
Fly, dodge, and score points — this is a real test of reaction and concentration, where every new record feels like a big victory over the ruthless cosmos.
RoguelikeRogueliteDifficultFast-PacedPrecision PlatformerSurvival HorrorCatsSpaceMusicScore Attack
$19.99Fracture Point
Sep 4 · Kyrylo Burlaka
Both: Roguelite · Exploration
After years in prison, you return to a dark megacity ruled by a ruthless corporation. The only way forward is up - through countless floors of a heavily guarded skyscraper - to reach the corporation's leader and take your revenge.
Action RoguelikeLooter ShooterRogueliteExplorationFPSPerma DeathPvEShooterWarInventory Management👍 161
-20%$3.99Died in the Tower Again
3 days ago · BANANAK
Both: Roguelike · Roguelite
Climb a tower that never lets you leave. Move — your spells fire themselves. Combine 8 elements into automatic synergies, awaken them twice, and gamble on relics that break the rules. Die, bank your gold, climb again. 100 floors, 35 relics, 14 artifacts, and a leaderboard that remembers.
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeRoguelikeRogueliteBullet HellPixel GraphicsSingleplayer2DTop-DownAction
-10%$17.09ArmorSim
5 days ago · Timerlan Galimov
Both: Sandbox · Exploration
An armour penetration sandbox. Build the target from plates, thicknesses and angles, pick a penetrator from American, Soviet and German service rounds, fire. The hit is not animated — it is solved from real terminal-ballistics models.
SimulationSandboxBullet HeavenBullet HellExploration2DRealistic3DMinimalistEarly Access👍 119
$1.00Crazy Pocket
Sep 7 · OFFMOON Inc.
Both: Roguelike · Roguelite
Crazy Pocket is a roguelike deckbuilder inspired by classic pocket billiards! Chain diverse ball abilities together to build game-breaking synergies, and execute the ultimate shot to clear the table in a single turn!
DeckbuildingRoguelikeRogueliteTurn-BasedStrategyArcadeDifficult2DTop-DownFunny
$3.99TOWERPULSE
13 days ago · HAT Media
Both: Roguelite
Climb a living tower in this tactical survival roguelite. Build your arsenal on the move, survive shifting objectives, and break the signal before the tower consumes you.
Action RoguelikeBullet HeavenIncrementalRogueliteActionRhythmPerma DeathCyberpunkBullet TimeChoices Matter
-10%$17.99Kernel Hearts
4 days ago · Ephemera Games
Both: Roguelite · Roguelike
Gather your allies. Eliminate Angels. Transform into a Magical Girl. Slay god. Kernel Hearts is a Multiplayer Co-Op Roguelike Action RPG about four magical girls and their attempt to save a world that's drowning in ashes
Hack and SlashAction RPGOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction RoguelikeActionAnimeRogueliteRPGRoguelike👍 102
$2.99霓虹尖塔
6 days ago · romming778
Both: Roguelike · Roguelite
Loaded with loot. Low on health. A deadly foe ahead—fight or extract? Neon Ascent fuses cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilding with extraction gameplay. Build killer decks, grab the loot—but push one floor too far and risk it all. It’s only yours if you make it out!
Roguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingStrategyRPGCard BattlerTurn-Based TacticsRoguelikeCyberpunkRogueliteCard Game
-20%$15.99Chibi Legends: Mini Mayhem
3 days ago · Could Care Less
Both: Roguelite · Roguelike
A cute and chaotic action roguelike bullet hell packed with RNG loot, powerful builds, animated 3D enemies, and epic boss fights! Collect, upgrade, and combine hundreds of items and abilities to become ridiculously OP.
Action RoguelikeRPGBullet HellRoguelitePvEActionAction RPGCasualRoguelike3D
$7.99Abyssal Breeder's Journal
Aug 27 · sasoriken-games
Both: Roguelite
A dark, text-and-pixel monster-breeding sim. Hatch abominations, train them with a TRPG card hand, and send them off to the surface for good. Stats and Traits inherit down two separate bloodlines, so every generation is a deliberate choice, not a reroll.
Creature CollectorVillain ProtagonistDark FantasyRogueliteSimulationDeckbuildingRPGStrategyManagementPixel Graphics
$2.99Tridan
Aug 24 · HRUST
Both: Roguelite · Roguelike
Push your luck in a fast-paced 3-card poker roguelite. Spin the wheel of fortune for powerful bonuses, risky drawbacks, and endless combinations as you chase your highest round.
PokerRogueliteCasualCard GameArcadeDeckbuildingRoguelikeDesktop Companion2DRelaxing
$9.99Noctiria
3 days ago · Daniele Doesn't Matter
Both: Roguelite · Roguelike
Noctiria is a horror roguelite deckbuilder set in a decaying 1990s city. Choose one of six heroes, combine brutal status effects, manage your Sanity and consumable relics, and permanently upgrade your arsenal between descents.
Card GameHorrorCard BattlerTurn-Based StrategyRogueliteStrategyDarkTrading Card Game1990'sRoguelike
-25%$11.24Ragnar
8 days ago · Fimbulwinter Games
Both: Roguelike · Roguelite
In this epic Norse myth-inspired roguelike dungeon crawler, wield divine power to challenge Loki and uncover the secrets of the Nine Realms through the branches of Yggdrasil. Grow stronger and reshape Ragnarok’s fate with legendary weapons of the gods.
ActionIndieRoguelikeRogueliteRPGHack and SlashAction RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerMythologyPost-apocalyptic
-20%$9.59Sigilfarer: A Dice-Rolling Roguelite
7 days ago · Viabo Games
Both: Roguelite
Sigilfarer is a single-player roguelite adventure where every decision rests on the roll of your dice. Master a dice-building system while navigating a sprawling, procedurally generated world. Strategize your route, manage resources and push your luck to the limit!
DiceRoguelike DeckbuilderRogueliteSingleplayerParty-Based RPGTurn-Based CombatHex GridProcedural GenerationDeckbuildingFantasy
-10%$7.19Bot slash Bot
3 days ago · Traveller's Box
You click - You dash - You slash. Bot slash Bot is a fast-paced, top-down Hack n‘ Slash in which you control a rogue robot slashing & dashing through your former co-machines holding you captive! It's all about speed. Time is running out.
Fast-PacedHack and SlashArcadeIndieDifficultTop-DownPost-apocalypticCombatTime AttackSwordplay
-35%$20.79The Crust
11 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Sandbox
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Base BuildingSpaceAutomationColony SimResource ManagementSandboxStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagement👍 3,556
-30%$4.89Davy bones
5 days ago · Yona games
Both: Roguelite · Roguelike
Roll five dice, stack powerful relic synergies, and turn simple Yacht combinations into absurd scores while rule-breaking sea monsters force you to adapt.
DiceRogueliteScore AttackBoard GameTurn-Based StrategyStrategyRoguelikeTabletopPiratesSingleplayer
-25%$5.99Bones and Coins
Sep 7 · Troyd Games
An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.
IncrementalAuto BattlerDungeon CrawlerParty-Based RPGLootIdlerStrategyRPGDeckbuildingStrategy RPG👍 668
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Both: Roguelite
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-15%$5.09Lopem
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Both: Roguelite
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ActionStrategyAction RoguelikeCard GameBullet HellCard BattlerRogueliteTurn-Based Tactics2DCute
-10%$14.39Fright Train
6 days ago · WildArts Games
Both: Roguelike · Exploration
Fight through a train overtaken by monsters and survive Antarctica’s cold as paranormal special agent Doug Barker in this chilling single-player third-person survival horror roguelike.
Survival HorrorThird-Person ShooterRoguelikeExplorationHorrorShooter3DStylizedThird PersonAtmospheric👍 203
$7.99Crystalyn
Aug 26 · Soulstone Forge
Both: Roguelite
Start with one bullet. End with hundreds. Crystalyn is a fast-paced top-down bullet-hell looter shooter about pushing your build to its absolute limits. Fight monsters, defeat bosses, and turn their loot into unstoppable firepower.
Early AccessAction RoguelikeRogueliteBullet HellLooter ShooterSingleplayerPixel GraphicsHack and SlashShoot 'Em UpTop-Down Shooter
$4.99TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Aug 27 · AZAMATIKA
Both: Exploration · Sandbox
A challenging trading and combat game with a story and quests, where goods have unique properties, and the more you carry, the more dangerous the journey becomes.
ExplorationComedySide Scroller2DPixel GraphicsSandboxAuto BattlerTradingOpen WorldWalking Simulator👍 1,533
$2.99Last Bastion Protocol
12 days ago · mr_pancake
Defend the last evacuation corridors in a tactical tower defense game. Build and upgrade specialized towers, counter varied machine threats, and withstand HECATE's forces across the campaign, Siege, Skirmish, and Endless modes.
StrategyTower DefensePvEIndieAbstractDystopian Level EditorAtmosphericSingleplayerCasual
$24.99Anymaker
3 days ago · Geometa
Both: Sandbox
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
Early AccessSandboxSimulationOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingFirst-PersonRealisticCo-opDriving👍 115
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6 days ago · Matter Team
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Both: Exploration
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Both: Exploration
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