Games like Darkest Dungeon

3.7average player rating•5 games

Darkest Dungeon’s pull is brutal, positional dungeon runs where stress, wounds, and bad rolls cascade into hard roster choices. These picks keep that party-attrition loop — formation-first tactics, lasting scars, and meta decisions between runs.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic79

Avg. player rating3.7/5

Avg. playtime4h

Main genreRPG

Released2017–2022

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

RPG5 of 5
Strategy5 of 5
Indie4 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Battle Brothers
RPGSimulationStrategy
Company management under permadeath and morale checks, where wounds, pay, and supplies shape who you dare send next.
4.4/5Player ratingMC80View game
2
Wildermyth
RPGStrategyIndie
Scars and transformations that persist across chapters, turning setbacks into traits and forcing party role shifts over time.
4.0/5Player ratingView game
3
Gordian Quest
AdventureRPGStrategy
Row-based combat and camp events, with injuries and traits that stick, pushing long-run attrition choices over single-fight wins.
3.8/5Player ratingView game
4
Iratus: Lord of the Dead
RPGStrategyIndie
Positional, turn-based fights with stress and morale damage, where party composition and skills sync decide every hallway push.
3.2/5Player ratingMC78View game
5
Deep Sky Derelicts
ActionRPGStrategy
Hub-to-dungeon sorties with dwindling energy as torchlight, rationed scans and retreats, and gear scrounged between desperate scraps.
3.2/5Player ratingView game