Games Like Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

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.

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UnReal World

94% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …wake up stranded on an island, hunt a wild pig for days, turn its hide into rope, then build a raft to escape.
  • …bait a lever trap with your roasting fish, catch the raven that keeps stealing it, and eat the raven instead.
  • …get hit in the eye and lose part of your field of view, or splint a broken leg by ripping up your fur cloak.
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Mainframe Defenders

88% 👍 OF 796
About This Game

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.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Command Four Prototype Mechs
  • …Combine Gear Drawbacks
  • …Overheat Enemy Robots
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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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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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Soulash 2

85% 👍 OF 2.4K
About This Game

Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Generated Worlds
  • …Craft Material-Based Gear
  • …Build Working Settlements
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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