Games like Living the Nightmare
by Reanimate Games
Living the Nightmare is a fast-paced, turn-based, Horror Roguelike about a Slasher who just met his end. Be the Faceless, a Killer slain by a would-be victim and cast into a dark, purgatorial realm. There may be a way out... but there's a lot of monsters to turn inside out first.
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$7.99Forgotten Mines
Jul 23 · Cannibal Goose
Both: Roguelite · Strategy RPG · Perma Death
Wreak vengeance and retake lost mines from goblins, orcs, skeletons, and demons in this small-scale tactical roguelite RPG. Build the perfect expedition team and turn the underworld red with each challenging, fast-paced run.
Tactical RPGDwarvesRogueliteTurn-Based TacticsStrategy RPGPerma DeathTurn-Based StrategyDungeon CrawlerRoguelikeRPG👍 304
$4.99Slash or Die
Jun 3 · ClickGames
Both: Hack and Slash · Roguelite · Perma Death
In this game you will face violence and extraordinary complexity. You will have to become one of three heroes to slash enemies or to die from their hands. What will your hero do? It depends only on your skills…
Souls-likeHack and SlashRogueliteRhythmPerma DeathMartial ArtsPvEDifficultAction RPGArcade👍 150
-70%$5.99Ring of Pain
Oct 15 · Simon Boxer, Twice Different
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Roguelite · Difficult
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
Dungeon CrawlerCard GameRogueliteTurn-BasedRoguelikeDifficultDarkStrategyRPGStylized👍 3,261
$24.99Mortal Sin
Aug 29 · Nikola Todorovic
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Hack and Slash · Roguelite
Mortal Sin is a chaotic, blood-soaked roguelike where skill is power, and overconfidence is death. Carve through procedurally generated nightmares with brutal melee and flashy, satisfying combos.
First-PersonAction RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerHack and SlashRPGIndieActionDark FantasyRogueliteProcedural Generation👍 5,583
$9.99Hollow Survivors
Apr 10 · Danny Deer
Both: Roguelite · Hack and Slash · Dungeon Crawler
Battle through hordes of horrific creatures as you hack and slash your way to the top of the Tower in this rogue-like dungeon crawler game. Choose from a variety of upgrades and weapons, and save the Tower.
Bullet HellRogueliteAction RoguelikeHack and SlashStory RichDungeon CrawlerRPGPixel GraphicsDifficultAction RPG👍 177
$29.99Rotwood
Mar 3 · Klei Entertainment
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Hack and Slash · Roguelite
The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.
Dungeon CrawlerHack and SlashRogueliteBeat 'em upPvERoguelikeFamily FriendlyRPG2DAction👍 7,460
$24.99Loot River
May 3 · straka.studio
Both: Difficult · Dungeon Crawler · Roguelite
Explore procedurally generated labyrinths in this challenging, narrative-rich roguelike. Master deep combat. Slide blocks of ancient ruins. Defeat bestial abominations. Loot, level up, strategize, fight, die and wake up anew. Unlock the secrets of the Loot River. Immortality is a bittersweet gift.
DifficultAction RoguelikeSouls-likeDungeon CrawlerRogueliteRPGFast-PacedPerma DeathRoguelikeStrategy👍 355
$15.99Doomsday Hunters
Jul 20 · Moregames
Both: Difficult · Perma Death · Dungeon Crawler
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
ArcadeTwin Stick ShooterDifficultPerma DeathBullet HellDungeon Crawler2.5DAction RoguelikePost-apocalypticCyberpunk👍 704
$14.99Moon Hunters
Mar 10 · Kitfox Games
Both: Roguelite · Hack and Slash · Dungeon Crawler
Play alone or with friends! A co-op personality test about exploring an ancient, occult world in 5 days. How will you be remembered?
RelaxingRogueliteHack and SlashAction RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerExplorationFamily FriendlyAction RPG2DRPG👍 3,919
$24.99SULFUR
Oct 28 · Perfect Random
Both: Roguelite · Dungeon Crawler · Difficult
SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end.
Early AccessGun CustomizationStylizedRogueliteBoomer ShooterExtraction ShooterFPSDungeon CrawlerDifficultShooter👍 9,653
$14.99Dead Estate
Oct 19 · Milkbar Lads
Both: Horror · Difficult · Dungeon Crawler
Cornered with nowhere else to turn, can you escape the monster-filled mansion? Dead Estate is a gory, fast-paced, challenging roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on horror.
Action RoguelikeTwin Stick ShooterRoguelikeHorrorDifficultBullet HellShoot 'Em UpReplay ValueDungeon CrawlerPerma Death👍 5,778
-80%$3.39The Unliving
Oct 26 · RocketBrush Games
Both: Hack and Slash · Dungeon Crawler · Perma Death
Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.
RPGActionSingleplayerAdventureZombiesHack and SlashVillain ProtagonistDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikePerma Death👍 762
$39.99Darkest Dungeon® II
May 8 · Red Hook Studios
Both: Roguelite · Dungeon Crawler · Perma Death
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteDark FantasyDungeon CrawlerLovecraftianSingleplayerRoguelikePerma DeathTurn-BasedTurn-Based Combat👍 24,264
$9.99One Deck Dungeon
May 18 · Handelabra Games Inc.
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Roguelite · Perma Death
The hit roguelike adventure that captures all the fun of a dungeon crawl in a single deck of cards!
Dungeon CrawlerBoard GameRoguelitePerma DeathCard GameTabletopRoguelikeFemale ProtagonistRPGStrategy👍 784
$13.99Slasher's Keep
Nov 19 · Damian Schloter
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Roguelite · Hack and Slash
Hack, slash, shoot and loot your way through procedurally generated dungeons! Smack your enemies into spikes with your inventory sack!
Action RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerFirst-PersonActionRPGIndieRogueliteRoguelikeGoreHack and Slash👍 2,126
$24.99Deadzone: Rogue
Aug 11 · Prophecy Games
Both: Roguelite · Horror · Dungeon Crawler
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
RoguelikeFPSOnline Co-OpPvERogueliteLooter ShooterFirst-PersonShooterHorrorDungeon Crawler👍 15,055
$19.99Dungeoneers
Nov 15 · Rogue Sword: Strategy & Adventure Games
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Roguelite · Strategy RPG
You stand before a dungeon crawler 10 years in the making. Fast-paced, tabletop-insipred gameplay. Light story and banter. 80's nostalgia. Quick sessions. Multi-platform. Classic art & narration. Easy to learn. Hard to master. Enter if you dare.
Turn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerRogueliteStrategy RPGTabletopTurn-Based StrategyStrategyRPG2.5DIsometric
$2.99SNAKE FARM
Sep 5 · HEATHER FLOWERS
Both: Hack and Slash · Roguelite · Perma Death
A top-down action roguelike about buying snakes, fighting them, selling their oil, and buying more snakes. Upgrade your weapons, get stronger snakes to fight, and chase down a high score with only ten days to live.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterHack and SlashRoguelitePerma DeathPvERoguelike2D👍 392
$29.99NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION
Jul 12 · Harebrained Schemes
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Roguelite · Difficult
NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION is a major update featuring a new playable adventurer (The Brute), a completely new outdoor environment (The Black Forest), and lots of new enemies, weapons, armor, traps, potions, scrolls, and other big improvements to the game.
Souls-likeAction RoguelikeCo-opAdventureRoguelikeActionDungeon CrawlerRogueliteDifficultIndie👍 3,695
$9.99The Backrooms: Survival
Sep 15 · RE:CODE
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Dungeon Crawler
Survival horror with roguelike elements. Explore randomized levels with different items and entities while trying to maintain your thirst, hunger, and sanity, ensuring a new experience every time. Play alone or with up to TEN friends online! Cross-platform multiplayer with Nintendo Switch.
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opRoguelikeDarkDungeon CrawlerRoguelite👍 881
$19.99WORLD OF HORROR
Oct 19 · panstasz
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Roguelite
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 playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
HorrorLovecraftianPixel GraphicsPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPoint & ClickRogueliteDifficultRPG2D👍 8,992
$9.99Unexplored
Feb 22 · Ludomotion
Both: Roguelite · Dungeon Crawler · Perma Death
The ROGUELITE that feels like a ROGUELIKE. Praised for its fantastically generated dungeons, real-time combat and surprising amount of content and depth. One of the BEST GAMES OF THE YEAR according to PC Gamer and VICE Waypoint.
Action RoguelikeRogueliteRPGIndieAdventureActionProcedural GenerationDungeon CrawlerReplay ValuePerma Death👍 565
$4.9920 Minutes Till Dawn
Jun 8 · flanne
Both: Roguelite · Horror
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
Action RoguelikeBullet HellSurvivalRogueliteShoot 'Em UpHorrorTop-Down ShooterCombatPixel GraphicsLovecraftian👍 27,879
$19.99Corpse Keeper
May 28 · Melancholia Studio
Both: Hack and Slash · Dungeon Crawler · Difficult
Corpse Keeper is a very challenging action-strategy roguelite. You'll need to lead a squad of three corpses to explore the grim and dark medieval world within limited time, build a powerful army of the living dead, and finally kill the demon lurking in the deep end of the cathedral.
Action RPGDarkFantasySingleplayer3DHack and SlashDungeon CrawlerReplay ValueStrategyDifficult👍 1,126
-80%$3.99Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
Apr 29 · Goblinz Studio
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Difficult · Roguelite
Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!
Pixel GraphicsTurn-Based CombatVillain ProtagonistRoguelikeDungeon CrawlerStrategyReplay ValueDifficultManagementRoguelite👍 3,939
$3.99Tallowmere
Mar 3 · Chris McFarland
Both: Hack and Slash · Dungeon Crawler · Perma Death
Raise your shield. Indulge Lady Tallowmere and her lovingly violent dungeons. New rooms are created every time you play. How deep can you delve?
ActionIndieGoreAction Roguelike2D PlatformerHack and SlashDungeon CrawlerPerma DeathLootFantasy👍 768
$12.99Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Jul 24 · Test3 Projects
Both: Difficult · Perma Death · Roguelite
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
Action RoguelikeRoguelikeIndieTop-Down ShooterDifficultActionPerma DeathSingleplayerSci-fiRoguelite👍 1,005
$14.99Ziggurat
Oct 23 · Milkstone Studios
Both: Roguelite · Dungeon Crawler
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!
RogueliteActionShooterFPSAction RoguelikeFirst-PersonProcedural GenerationMagicRoguelikeDungeon Crawler👍 2,835
$4.99ROGUE-FP
Mar 30 · Jurax Games
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Roguelite · Perma Death
A blend of old school gameplay and new school controls. Experience a classically styled roguelike in a way you never have before!
ExplorationDungeon CrawlerRoguelitePerma DeathArcadeRoguelikeRPGStrategyFirst-PersonCyberpunk
$9.99The Realm of Reincarnation
Nov 26 · lvhanjian, fengshuyun
Both: Hack and Slash · Roguelite · Dungeon Crawler
This game centers on monster hunting, equipment collection, random talents, gear enhancement, and top-tier loot drops.
Early AccessAction RoguelikeHack and SlashRogueliteDungeon CrawlerAction RPGRPGRoguelikeCharacter Customization3D
-40%$14.99Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
Oct 9 · Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Both: Roguelite · Turn-Based Strategy
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGJRPGRoguelikeStrategyTurn-Based CombatTop-DownGrid-Based Movement👍 1,299
$17.99HyperParasite
Apr 3 · Troglobytes Games
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Roguelite · Perma Death
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Twin Stick ShooterDungeon CrawlerRogueliteShooterPerma DeathProcedural GenerationDifficultFunnyTop-DownRoguelike
$5.99Legendary Creatures 2
Oct 17 · HideChara
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Strategy RPG · Turn-Based Strategy
Sequel to the acclaimed Legendary Creatures, created by HideChara, and a fun treat combining both roguelike and auto-battler gameplay. Recruit and evolve a large array of troops, creatures, and an arsenal of weapons, to defeat the demon lord spreading corruption across the land.
ExplorationAuto Battler4XDungeon CrawlerStrategy RPGRoguelikeStrategyTurn-Based StrategyProcedural GenerationReplay Value👍 885
$14.99Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
Jan 25 · Portal Entertainment
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Perma Death · Open World
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.
Traditional RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerPerma DeathTurn-BasedRoguelikeCharacter CustomizationRPG2DChoices MatterOpen World👍 355
$5.99Hack, Slash, Loot
Apr 5 · David Williamson
Both: Perma Death · Hack and Slash · Difficult
A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.
Traditional RoguelikeRoguelikeIndieRPGPixel GraphicsCasualPerma DeathSingleplayerHack and SlashDifficult👍 309
