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A chill single-player survival-roguelike RPG about scavenging, crafting, and uncovering secrets in an unknown world over roughly 20 hours.

Terra Randoma
A turn-based roguelike RPG in a procedurally generated open world with free character development and a moderately challenging, ~20-hour adventure.
2024-05-23
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)

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Buriedbornes2 - Dungeon RPG -

A dark, free-to-play turn-based dungeon RPG with roguelike depth and a revival mechanic, offering an engaging offline solo crawl that reviewers often spend around 6 hours in.

2024-01-09

Fantasy
Role-playing (RPG)

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Grim Quest - Old School RPG

A dark fantasy turn-based dungeon crawler with roguelike mechanics and choose-your-own-adventure storytelling, offering a compact ~4.5-hour experience playable in short bursts or long sessions.

2022-04-01

Text
Role-playing (RPG)

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Into the Emberlands

A cozy single-player exploration and village-building roguelite where you rescue villagers and rebuild a haven across an ever-changing, Miasma-shrouded land, with a chill gathering-focused loop and roughly 23 hours of play.

2025-01-20

Puzzle
Adventure
Survival
Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Open world

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Card Survival: Tropical Island

A single-player card-based desert-island survival sim where combining cards to explore and craft is a punishing but rewarding knowledge game.

2022-09-16

Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Darkwood

A tense single-player survival-horror game with a day-night cycle — scavenge by day, defend your hideout at night — set in a story-rich, atmospheric free-roam world.

2017-08-17

Action
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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The Long Dark

A solo survival game in a frozen post-disaster wilderness, blending a story campaign with an open-ended sandbox survival mode.

2017-08-01

Shooter
Action
First person
Adventure
Survival
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Open world
Sandbox

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Sandwalkers

A tough turn-based roguelike exploration RPG where you lead a team through procedurally generated hostile lands to resurrect the Mother Tree.

2025-04-08

Adventure
Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Tactical
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)

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ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL

A single-player top-down survival adventure in a frozen land, with crafting, resource-gathering, and a story of memory and redemption praised for satisfying, progressive gameplay.

2025-12-05

Adventure
Indie

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Don't Starve

A harsh wilderness survival game blending science and magic, with crafting, sanity management, and permadeath—playable in short brutal bursts or long-term survival grinds.

2013-04-23

Action
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Open world
Sandbox

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NEO Scavenger

A spooky, turn-based wasteland survival RPG with scavenging and crafting, featuring a trial-and-error challenge and a median reviewer playtime around 12.5 hours.

2014-12-15

Science fiction
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)

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Echo of the Wilds

A quiet, mystery-driven wilderness survival adventure with randomized exploration and crafting, set in a seasonal world — though its writing can be a stumbling block.

2014-06-10

Adventure
Indie