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Pawnbarian

Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!

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Dark Chess

76% 👍 OF 212
About This Game

THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is an asymmetric puzzle-strategy game featuring fog of war. Survive a story-driven campaign filled with custom boards, traps, and rule-breaking Kings and Queens of the past. Stealth, calculated risks and outsmarting the unknown are your only ways to win.

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Chess Brain

90% 👍 OF 164
About This Game

Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!

In this game, you can…

  • …plan a full path where you're never allowed to step on the same square twice.
  • …watch enemy pieces stack on the same square at once, even though that's not how normal chess works.
  • …draw your king's entire route to an orange goal while every enemy piece advances at the same time each second.
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Crown Trick

85% 👍 OF 5.4K
About This Game

Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!

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Iratus: Lord of the Dead

86% 👍 OF 8.2K
About This Game

Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!

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Darkest Dungeon®

92% 👍 OF 161K
About This Game

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 heroes together when all hope is lost?

In this game, you can…

  • …watch a hero snap from stress and start refusing orders or even attacking teammates mid-fight.
  • …deliberately let the torch go out to change how battles work and gamble for better loot before looting a chest.
  • …come back from a failed mission diseased and traumatized, then send heroes to the tavern, abbey, brothel, or sanitarium to recover.
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Mortal Glory

87% 👍 OF 582
About This Game

Mortal Glory is a fantasy-themed tactical roguelike game about recruiting a team of gladiators and pitting them against brutal competition in a blood-soaked tournament. Train your gladiators, find a legendary sword, learn ancient spells, recruit a celebrity, cheat - do whatever it takes to bring glory to your name!

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Path of Achra

98% 👍 OF 3.2K
About This Game

Path of Achra is a dark fantasy roguelike of the ancient earth, with a focus on streamlined controls and rapid hero customization. A "broken build sandbox." Fight through the deadly lands of Achra to reach the horrors of the Obelisk, and discover what lies beyond...

In this game, you can…

  • …accidentally build an infinite loop where every attack triggers more attacks and healing until the turn never really ends.
  • …stack 40,000 doom, become effectively unkillable, and press space once to delete the final boss while the battle log scrolls forever.
  • …summon dozens of worms every turn in a feedback loop, sacrifice items until your weapon hits for a billion damage, and keep powering it up.
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9 Kings

93% 👍 OF 22K
About This Game

A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.

In this game, you can…

  • …spawn thousands of rats, stack hundreds of buffs on them, and watch their damage scaling spiral until the run can't even keep running.
  • …hire 18,000+ mercenaries, then carry that army into endless mode until the battlefield math becomes too big to finish a year.
  • …choose a king, pick who to fight, and steal cards from the kings you beat so your deck evolves around your rivalries.