Games Like Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate (2026)

Shared: Roguelike, Run-Based

A punishing roguelike action-platformer where every run tries to kill you faster than the last. Survive long enough and you might just become unstoppable.

Shared: Build Synergy

Poker logic meets roguelike obsession in a package so deceptively compact it has erased entire weekends. If multiplier math sounds fun, budget your sleep accordingly.

Shared: roguelike

Proof that dying can be the best part of a story: Hades turns every failed escape attempt into a character beat, and the combat is sharp enough that you will want to fail a few more times just to try the shield next run.

Shared: Turn-Based Combat

97% positive across 844k Steam reviews, a Metacritic 96, and it still somehow undersells itself. If you have any affection for D&D or narrative RPGs, clear your calendar.

Shared: Run-Based

Forty-five minutes, three Nightfarers, eight Nightlords, and zero time to breathe. Nightreign is FromSoftware's most radical self-reinvention, and it mostly works if you bring two friends.