Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Elin (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Elin on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Stoneshard, which both open world, strategy and difficult.
- Elin is tagged Early Access, Character Customization, Open World, Rogue-like, JRPG, Traditional Roguelike, Pixel Graphics, RPG by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Stoneshard
Why it matched: both open world, strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Rogue-like and Pixel Graphics; released around the same time (2020).
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Stoneshard at a glance Released 2020 Studio Ink Stains Games Player sentiment 75% positive of 35,515 Price $24.99 RPGRogue-likePixel GraphicsProcedural Generation2DDungeon CrawlerDifficultSandbox
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Noita
Why it matched: both open world and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Rogue-like, Pixel Graphics and Difficult; released around the same time (2020).
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Noita at a glance Released 2020 Studio Nolla Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 88,598 Price $19.99 Rogue-likePixel GraphicsDifficultDungeon CrawlerSandbox2DPerma DeathRPG
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Dungeon of the ENDLESS
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Rogue-like, Pixel Graphics and RPG.
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Dungeon of the ENDLESS at a glance Released 2014 Studio AMPLITUDE Studios Player sentiment 85% positive of 14,040 Price $11.99 Rogue-likePixel GraphicsRPGDungeon CrawlerPerma DeathProcedural GenerationDifficult2D
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Dwarf Fortress
Why it matched: both open world, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Sandbox, Rogue-like and Procedural Generation; released around the same time (2022).
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Dwarf Fortress at a glance Released 2022 Studio Bay 12 Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 31,446 Price $29.99 SandboxRogue-likeProcedural GenerationDifficultExploration
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Neon Abyss
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 8 player tags including Rogue-like, Loot and Procedural Generation; released around the same time (2020).
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.
Neon Abyss at a glance Released 2020 Studio Veewo Games Player sentiment 86% positive of 23,613 Price $19.99 Rogue-likeLootProcedural GenerationPixel GraphicsDungeon CrawlerRPG2DCharacter Customization
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Difficult, Rogue-like and Pixel Graphics.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Crypt of the NecroDancer at a glance Released 2014 Studio Brace Yourself Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 26,481 Price $14.99 DifficultRogue-likePixel GraphicsDungeon CrawlerRPG2DProcedural Generation
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The Escapists 2
Why it matched: both open world, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Pixel Graphics, 2D and Sandbox.
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
The Escapists 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Team17 Player sentiment 91% positive of 33,775 Price $19.99 Pixel Graphics2DSandboxCharacter CustomizationDifficult
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Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Why it matched: both open world, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Exploration and 2D.
You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game at a glance Released 2015 Studio Interplay Inc. Player sentiment 94% positive of 25,164 Price $9.99 RPGExploration2DDifficultSandbox
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The Escapists
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Pixel Graphics, 2D and Difficult.
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
The Escapists at a glance Released 2015 Studio Mouldy Toof Studios Player sentiment 90% positive of 16,194 Price $3.59 Pixel Graphics2DDifficultRPGSandboxRogue-like
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Slay the Spire
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Rogue-like, Difficult and Dungeon Crawler.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Slay the Spire at a glance Released 2019 Studio Mega Crit Player sentiment 97% positive of 217,947 Price $24.99 Rogue-likeDifficultDungeon CrawlerRPG2DProcedural Generation
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Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Rogue-like and 2D; released around the same time (2020).
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!
Iratus: Lord of the Dead at a glance Released 2020 Studio Unfrozen Player sentiment 86% positive of 8,251 Price $2.99 RPGRogue-like2DDifficultDungeon Crawler
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Darkest Dungeon
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Dungeon Crawler, Rogue-like and RPG.
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?
Darkest Dungeon at a glance Released 2016 Studio Red Hook Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 161,942 Price $3.74 Dungeon CrawlerRogue-likeRPGDifficultPerma Death2D
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Across the Obelisk
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Rogue-like, 2D and RPG; released around the same time (2022).
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
Across the Obelisk at a glance Released 2022 Studio Dreamsite Games Player sentiment 80% positive of 13,086 Price $19.99 Rogue-like2DRPGDungeon CrawlerDifficult
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Never Split the Party
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 7 player tags including Rogue-like, Difficult and Dungeon Crawler.
Never Split the Party is an ultra social rogue-like! You're one of four adventurers joining together to explore a procedurally generated dungeon, amass powerful upgrades, and cooperate with your fellow adventures to conquer and crush the evil dungeon champions!
Never Split the Party at a glance Released 2019 Studio Legend Studio Player sentiment 76% positive of 4,400 Price Free Rogue-likeDifficultDungeon CrawlerPixel GraphicsProcedural GenerationRPG2D
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The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
Why it matched: both open world and strategy; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Sandbox and Early Access; released around the same time (2026).
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome at a glance Released 2026 Studio ConchShip Games Player sentiment 65% positive of 70,159 Price $29.99 RPGSandboxEarly AccessRogue-like2D
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DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 6 player tags including Rogue-like, Difficult and Dungeon Crawler; released around the same time (2023).
DR LIVESEY: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA, gentlemen, from now on, rom and death means the same thing for you.
DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION at a glance Released 2023 Studio Agafonoff Player sentiment 94% positive of 13,792 Price $0.65 Rogue-likeDifficultDungeon CrawlerProcedural GenerationRPG2D
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Core Keeper
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Sandbox and Exploration; released around the same time (2024).
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Core Keeper at a glance Released 2024 Studio Pugstorm Player sentiment 93% positive of 66,196 Price $19.99 Pixel GraphicsSandboxExploration2DDungeon CrawlerProcedural Generation
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Death Trash
Why it matched: both open world and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Early Access, Pixel Graphics and Exploration; released around the same time (2021).
Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.
Death Trash at a glance Released 2021 Studio Crafting Legends Player sentiment 92% positive of 3,722 Price $19.99 Early AccessPixel GraphicsExplorationRPGCharacter Customization
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Don't Starve
Why it matched: both open world and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Sandbox, Perma Death and Exploration.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Don't Starve at a glance Released 2013 Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 97% positive of 113,392 Price $9.99 SandboxPerma DeathExplorationRogue-likeDifficult2D
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Oxygen Not Included
Why it matched: both open world, strategy and difficult; shares 4 player tags including 2D, Sandbox and Difficult.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Oxygen Not Included at a glance Released 2019 Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 97% positive of 143,589 Price $24.99 2DSandboxDifficultExploration
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The Binding of Isaac
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 7 player tags including Rogue-like, Difficult and Procedural Generation.
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The Binding of Isaac at a glance Released 2011 Studio Edmund McMillen Player sentiment 95% positive of 62,842 Price $4.99 Rogue-likeDifficultProcedural Generation2DDungeon CrawlerRPGPerma Death
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Rogue-like, Perma Death and Difficult.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
FTL: Faster Than Light at a glance Released 2012 Studio Subset Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 78,616 Price $9.99 Rogue-likePerma DeathDifficultProcedural Generation2D
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Dragon Cliff
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Loot and Pixel Graphics.
Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!
Dragon Cliff at a glance Released 2018 Studio Meta Interaction Player sentiment 89% positive of 8,184 Price $1.99 RPGLootPixel GraphicsDungeon Crawler2DJRPG
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Magicite
Why it matched: both difficult; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Rogue-like and Pixel Graphics.
Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.
Magicite at a glance Released 2014 Studio Sean Young Player sentiment 85% positive of 7,585 Price $9.99 RPGRogue-likePixel Graphics2DPerma DeathDifficultSandbox
Common questions
What game is most like Elin?
Stoneshard, on the evidence we have. It both open world, strategy and difficult. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Elin" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Elin. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.