swap_horiz Pawnbarian 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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Brogue

Brogue is Brian Walker's 2009 roguelike, notable for pairing strict single-character dungeon play with polished color AS...

Modern Dungeon Turn Based Traditional

9.2 Excellent

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Brogue Community Edition

Brogue Community Edition is a community-maintained fork of Brian Walker's Brogue, notable for keeping the open-source ro...

Dungeon Turn Based Community Traditional

9.2 Excellent

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Cogmind

Cogmind is a 2017 science-fiction roguelike by Grid Sage Games, notable for robot part scavenging and a dense terminal-s...

Dungeon Sci Fi Turn Based Traditional

9.2 Excellent

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ADOM

ADOM, or Ancient Domains of Mystery, is Thomas Biskup's 1994 roguelike, notable for its Ancardia world and major-rogueli...

Fantasy Dungeon Classic Turn Based

9.1 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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Monster Train

Monster Train is a 2020 Shiny Shoe deck-building roguelike, notable for defending a train across three vertical combat f...

Strategy Turn Based Deckbuilder Cards

8.9 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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Cinco Paus

Cinco Paus is a 2017 roguelike by New Zealand designer Michael Brough, notable for hiding Portuguese wand powers on a co...

Turn Based Puzzle Minimal Magic

8.1 Great

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Michael Brough's Cinco Paus

Michael Brough's Cinco Paus is the App Store title for Cinco Paus, a 2017 small-grid roguelike built around five unident...

Mobile Turn Based Puzzle Magic

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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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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Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon is a roguelike game within the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. Players assume the role of...

Tactical Adventure Video Game Family Friendly

7.2 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

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Road Not Taken

Road Not Taken is a 2014 puzzle roguelike by Spry Fox, notable for turn-based child rescues, resource management, and a...

Turn Based Survival Puzzle Forest

6.7 Fair