Games like Black Book
Closest overall match: Crown Trick (★ 3.6). Highest rated: Hades at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Crown Trick at about 3 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Black Book — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Roguelike, Dungeon Crawler and Turn-Based. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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65%
1. Crown Trick
Shares Dungeon Crawler, Roguelike, Turn-Based, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
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63%
2. For The King
Shares Roguelite, Roguelike, Turn-Based, Early Access and Fantasy and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
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62%
3. Dungeon of the Endless
Shares Procedural Generation, Dungeon Crawler, Roguelite, Replay Value and Roguelike and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 37%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
-
61%
4. Stoneshard
Shares Procedural Generation, Dungeon Crawler, Roguelite, Replay Value and Roguelike and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 8%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
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61%
5. Monster Sanctuary
Shares Turn-Based, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 27%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
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60%
6. Hades
Shares Dungeon Crawler, Roguelite, Replay Value, Roguelike and Early Access and 5 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; about 5h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, Indie
-
59%
7. Battle Brothers
Shares Procedural Generation, Replay Value, Roguelike, Turn-Based and Fantasy and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
-
57%
8. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Shares Replay Value, 2D and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
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57%
9. Darkest Dungeon
Shares Dungeon Crawler, Roguelite, Roguelike, Turn-Based and Fantasy and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
-
56%
10. Distrust
Shares Procedural Generation, Roguelike and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
-
56%
11. Kingdom: Two Crowns
Shares Roguelike, Fantasy, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
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56%
12. Beholder
Shares Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Black Book?
On our similarity model, Crown Trick is the closest match to Black Book — shares Dungeon Crawler, Roguelike, Turn-Based, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
Which game like Black Book is rated highest?
Hades holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,124 players.
Are there games like Black Book on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 11 games like Black Book on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Black Book on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.