swap_horiz Monster Train Alternatives

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NetHack

NetHack is a classic turn-based dungeon crawler developed by the NetHack DevTeam. Released in 1987, it’s renowned for it...

Dungeon Classic Turn Based Traditional

9.7 Brilliant

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is an open source turn-based roguelike game built around tactical tile movement and combat. It’...

Dungeon Turn Based Open Source Traditional

9.4 Excellent

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Slice & Dice

Slice & Dice is a dice-based roguelike by Tann, notable for assigning each hero abilities to die faces across short, tac...

Strategy Turn Based Party Dice

9.0 Excellent

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Moria

Moria is a 1983 computer game based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s *The Lord of the Rings*, wherein players navigate the Mines of...

Strategy Fantasy Video Game Classic

8.5 Great

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Loop Hero

Loop Hero is a 2021 roguelike deck-building RPG by Russian studio Four Quarters, notable for having players place cards...

Strategy Deckbuilder Loop Auto Battler

8.4 Great

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One Step From Eden

One Step From Eden is a 2020 action roguelike by Thomas Moon Kang, notable for mixing deck-building with real-time grid...

Action Deckbuilder Grid Cards

8.2 Great

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Wildfrost

Wildfrost is a 2023 deck-building roguelike by Deadpan Games and Gaziter, notable for party cards that keep injuries bet...

Turn Based Deckbuilder Tactics Cards

8.1 Great

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Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate is a 2022 chess roguelike by French studio PUNKCAKE Delicieux, notable for arming the...

Strategy Turn Based Board Chess

8.1 Great

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Vault of the Void

Vault of the Void is a 2022 deck-building roguelike by Spider Nest Games, notable for deterministic card rewards and pre...

Strategy Turn Based Deckbuilder Cards

8.0 Great

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Meteorfall: Krumit's Tale

Meteorfall: Krumit's Tale is a roguelike deck-building game developed by Slothwerks and released in 2019, serving as a s...

Fantasy Deckbuilder Grid Cards

8.0 Great

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Pawnbarian

Pawnbarian is a chess-card roguelike by j4nw, notable for moving a hero with a small deck of chess-piece cards on compac...

Turn Based Puzzle Chess Cards

7.9 Good

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Tainted Grail: Conquest

Tainted Grail: Conquest is a roguelike RPG set in the dark fantasy world of the Tainted Grail board game, developed by A...

Turn Based Deckbuilder Dark Fantasy Cards

7.8 Good

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Across the Obelisk

Across the Obelisk is a 2022 cooperative deck-building roguelite RPG by Dreamsite Games, notable for party play with up...

Turn Based Deckbuilder Party Cards

7.6 Good

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Gordian Quest

Gordian Quest is a 2022 party-based deck-building RPG by Singapore studio Mixed Realms, notable for combining roguelite...

RPG Turn Based Deckbuilder Cards

7.4 Good

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Backpack Hero

Backpack Hero is a 2023 inventory-management roguelike by Jaspel, notable for making grid-based bag placement the core c...

Strategy Dungeon Turn Based Inventory

7.4 Good

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Nowhere Prophet

Nowhere Prophet is a deck-building roguelike developed by Sharkbomb Studios, set in a post-apocalyptic science-fiction w...

Post Apocalyptic Deckbuilder Cards Convoy

7.4 Good

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Massive Chalice

Massive Chalice is a 2015 tactical turn-based roguelike developed by Double Fine, featuring multi-generational hero bree...

Strategy Turn Based Tactics Bloodline

7.4 Good

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Peglin

Peglin is a pachinko roguelike by Red Nexus Games, notable for turning Peggle-like orb shots into turn-based RPG battles...

Strategy Fantasy Turn Based Pachinko

7.3 Good

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Breach Wanderers

Breach Wanderers is a 2021 roguelike deck-builder developed by Baronnerie Games, emphasizing flexible pre-expedition dec...

Fantasy Turn Based Deckbuilder Cards

7.2 Good

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Deep Sky Derelicts

Deep Sky Derelicts is a turn-based RPG with roguelike elements developed by Mandragora and released in 2017, set in a dy...

Sci Fi Turn Based Deckbuilder Cards

7.1 Good