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Mainframe Defenders

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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Rift Wizard 2

92% 👍 OF 777
About This Game

Rift Wizard 2 is a tough as nails traditional roguelike wizard simulator. You play as an immortal amnesiac wizard who must journey through the cosmos to defeat his nemesis. Each run, you'll build a unique repertoire of spells, passive skills, and magical artifacts.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Forge Spell Combos
  • …Choose Your Next Realm
  • …Raise Undead Armies
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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

87% 👍 OF 551
About This Game

The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …gut an RV to build an armored APC with cameras, remote-controlled doors, solar panels, water collection, and a powered turret.
  • …mutate into things like a cyborg, catgirl, or slime-mold creature, with your DNA rewritten over time by serums or radiation.
  • …hotwire or salvage a car, weld a makeshift ram onto it, and smash through a lab wall or a story gate.
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Dungeonmans

91% 👍 OF 1.2K
About This Game

Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …wear armor that makes most enemies drop dead just from seeing you.
  • …find a dead hero's favorite sword again in a later run, revived as a stronger version.
  • …spray a torrent of bees at enemies when everything is going wrong.
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Jupiter Hell

92% 👍 OF 2.1K
About This Game

True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …hack sentries and mechs so they switch sides mid-fight and start shooting their own allies.
  • …stack dodge so high you can sprint through bullets, grenades, and explosions and keep swinging an axe.
  • …teleport from enemy to enemy and kill them in a chain instead of walking.
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Shattered Planet

68% 👍 OF 660
About This Game

Explore a dangerous planet that's different every time and try to survive! The Galactic Union's job for you is clear: research the alien wildlife -- for science! However, researching may include lasers, explosions, hungry aliens, space sushi, and other similarly delicious-or-terrifying hazards.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Research Alien Wildlife
  • …Tame Alien Creatures
  • …Upgrade Future Clones
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Rogue Fable III

93% 👍 OF 747
About This Game

Rogue Fable III is a traditional rogue-like game which combines the depth, complexity, and challenge of the genre classics with a shorter, more tightly focused game length.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Raise The Dead
  • …Blast Foes Into Pits
  • …Electrocute Water Pools
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Soulash

71% 👍 OF 546
About This Game

Eat the villagers, murder bunnies, milk cows, or exterminate gods! Soulash is a traditional, turn-based roguelike where your goal is to consume the souls of the living, conquer the vast fantasy world and decide its fate.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Consume Souls
  • …Slay Gods
  • …Turn Rivers to Blood
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Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD-

51% 👍 OF 221
About This Game

A thousand adventures in one! — Discover the roots of the Mystery Dungeon series. Packed with the challenge, tension, and rewarding gameplay of a classic roguelike adventure, this is a journey we're excited for a new generation of players take on!