Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Iratus: Lord of the Dead (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Iratus: Lord of the Dead 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: Darkest Dungeon, which both horror, fantasy, strategy and difficult.
- Iratus: Lord of the Dead is tagged RPG, Strategy, Indie, Turn-Based Combat, Rogue-like, Villain Protagonist, Dark Fantasy, Rogue-lite 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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Darkest Dungeon
Why it matched: both horror, fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 15 player tags including Turn-Based Combat, Dark Fantasy and Dungeon Crawler; released around the same time (2016).
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 Turn-Based CombatDark FantasyDungeon CrawlerRogue-likeRPGLovecraftianDifficultTurn-Based
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Across the Obelisk
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 11 player tags including Rogue-like, Strategy and 2D; 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-likeStrategy2DFantasyRPGTurn-BasedRogue-liteDungeon Crawler
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Stoneshard
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 11 player tags including RPG, Rogue-like and Strategy; 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-likeStrategyTurn-Based2DDungeon CrawlerTurn-Based CombatDark Fantasy
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Darkest Dungeon II
Why it matched: both horror, fantasy and strategy; shares 11 player tags including Turn-Based Tactics, Dungeon Crawler and Rogue-lite; released around the same time (2023).
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Darkest Dungeon II at a glance Released 2023 Studio Red Hook Studios Player sentiment 75% positive of 26,801 Price $12.39 Turn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerRogue-liteDark FantasyLovecraftianRogue-likeTurn-BasedTurn-Based Combat
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Slay the Spire
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 11 player tags including Rogue-like, Turn-Based and Strategy; released around the same time (2019).
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-likeTurn-BasedStrategyRogue-liteReplay ValueIndieDifficultDungeon Crawler
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Why it matched: both horror, fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, RPG and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2018).
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden at a glance Released 2018 Studio The Bearded Ladies Player sentiment 90% positive of 20,534 Price $34.99 StrategyRPGTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedDark FantasyDifficultFantasy
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Blackguards
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy; published by the same company.
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Blackguards at a glance Released 2014 Studio Daedalic Entertainment Player sentiment 62% positive of 3,917 Price $0.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyFantasyIndieDark FantasyTurn-Based TacticsDifficult
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The Last Spell
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Strategy, RPG and Turn-Based Tactics; released around the same time (2023).
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
The Last Spell at a glance Released 2023 Studio Ishtar Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 13,649 Price $6.24 StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based2DDark FantasyRogue-lite
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Library Of Ruina
Why it matched: both horror, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Difficult and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2021).
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
Library Of Ruina at a glance Released 2021 Studio ProjectMoon Player sentiment 94% positive of 44,826 Price $29.99 StrategyDifficultTurn-Based CombatIndieGoreTurn-Based2DRPG
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The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2020).
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos at a glance Released 2020 Studio Artefacts Studio Player sentiment 87% positive of 8,064 Price $5.24 RPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedStrategyDungeon CrawlerIndieDifficultFantasy
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Monster Train
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Rogue-lite, Turn-Based Tactics and Rogue-like; released around the same time (2020).
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Monster Train at a glance Released 2020 Studio Shiny Shoe Player sentiment 96% positive of 22,925 Price $24.99 Rogue-liteTurn-Based TacticsRogue-likeStrategyDifficultTurn-Based CombatRPGFantasy
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Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Why it matched: both horror, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Difficult, Gore and Indie; released around the same time (2018).
A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation at a glance Released 2018 Studio ProjectMoon Player sentiment 94% positive of 56,811 Price $24.99 DifficultGoreIndieStrategy2DLovecraftianRogue-likeRogue-lite
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Difficult, Rogue-like and Dungeon Crawler.
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-likeDungeon CrawlerIndieRPG2DRogue-liteFantasy
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Gloomhaven
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Dark Fantasy, Turn-Based Combat and Strategy; released around the same time (2021).
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
Gloomhaven at a glance Released 2021 Studio Flaming Fowl Studios Player sentiment 82% positive of 16,097 Price $34.99 Dark FantasyTurn-Based CombatStrategyDifficultRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based
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Dungeon of the ENDLESS
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Rogue-like, Strategy and Indie.
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-likeStrategyIndieRPGDungeon CrawlerDifficultRogue-liteReplay Value
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Loop Hero
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Rogue-like, Rogue-lite and Indie; released around the same time (2021).
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Loop Hero at a glance Released 2021 Studio Four Quarters Player sentiment 93% positive of 36,517 Price $14.99 Rogue-likeRogue-liteIndie2DDark FantasyFantasyRPGTurn-Based Tactics
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Salt and Sanctuary
Why it matched: both horror, fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Dark Fantasy, 2D and Difficult; released around the same time (2016).
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Salt and Sanctuary at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ska Studios Player sentiment 89% positive of 21,874 Price $17.99 Dark Fantasy2DDifficultRPGIndieDarkGore
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Dragon Cliff
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Indie; released around the same time (2018).
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 RPGStrategyIndieDungeon CrawlerTurn-Based Combat2DTurn-BasedFantasy
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For The King
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2018).
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
For The King at a glance Released 2018 Studio IronOak Games Player sentiment 88% positive of 43,739 Price $19.99 RPGStrategyTurn-BasedRogue-likeTurn-Based CombatRogue-liteIndieFantasy
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Eastern Exorcist
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including RPG, 2D and Strategy; released around the same time (2021).
Eastern Exorcist is a stunning 2D side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy eastern world with the vicious spirits and monsters. Play as a skilled exorcist against chaotic evil to fight your way through the brutal world, and experience different stories of joy and sorrow.
Eastern Exorcist at a glance Released 2021 Studio Wildfire Game（无锡野火数字科技有限公司） Player sentiment 84% positive of 6,775 Price $17.99 RPG2DStrategyFantasyViolentIndieDifficult
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Eador. Masters of the Broken World
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Fantasy and Turn-Based.
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
Eador. Masters of the Broken World at a glance Released 2013 Studio Snowbird Games Player sentiment 68% positive of 2,811 Price $19.99 StrategyFantasyTurn-BasedRPGIndieDifficultTurn-Based Tactics
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Halls of Torment
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Rogue-lite, Dark Fantasy and Rogue-like; released around the same time (2024).
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Halls of Torment at a glance Released 2024 Studio Chasing Carrots Player sentiment 95% positive of 31,787 Price $6.66 Rogue-liteDark FantasyRogue-likeRPG2DDarkGothicFantasy
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Soda Dungeon
Why it matched: both fantasy and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, 2D and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2017).
Pop the top on some legendary action with Soda Dungeon, the fresh and fizzy hit mobile RPG adventure, now available on your desktop! Manage your team as you raid the local dungeons, upgrade your tavern, and attract new party members. Gold, legendary items, and more await you.
Soda Dungeon at a glance Released 2017 Studio AN Productions Player sentiment 94% positive of 6,332 Price Free RPG2DTurn-BasedDungeon CrawlerFantasyStrategyIndieTurn-Based Combat
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Into the Breach
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 9 player tags including Strategy, Indie and Turn-Based Tactics; released around the same time (2018).
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Into the Breach at a glance Released 2018 Studio Subset Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 22,246 Price $14.99 StrategyIndieTurn-Based TacticsRogue-likeTurn-BasedRogue-liteTurn-Based CombatRPG
Common questions
What game is most like Iratus: Lord of the Dead?
Darkest Dungeon, on the evidence we have. It both horror, fantasy, 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 Iratus: Lord of the Dead" 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 Iratus: Lord of the Dead. 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.