swap_horiz Cardinal Quest Alternatives

1

NetHack

NetHack is a classic turn-based dungeon crawler developed by the NetHack DevTeam. Released in 1987, it’s renowned for it...

Dungeon Classic Turn Based Traditional

9.7 Brilliant

2

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is an open source turn-based roguelike game built around tactical tile movement and combat. It’...

Dungeon Turn Based Open Source Traditional

9.4 Excellent

3

ADOM

ADOM, or Ancient Domains of Mystery, is Thomas Biskup's 1994 roguelike, notable for its Ancardia world and major-rogueli...

Fantasy Dungeon Classic Turn Based

9.1 Excellent

4

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Shattered Pixel Dungeon is Evan Debenham's Pixel Dungeon fork, notable for a 2021 version 1.0 after years of mobile-focu...

Fantasy Dungeon Mobile Turn Based

8.7 Great

5

Dungeons of Dredmor

Dungeons of Dredmor is a 2011 roguelike by Canada's Gaslamp Games, notable for making tile-based dungeon play more acces...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Comedy

8.2 Great

6

Zorbus

Zorbus is a 2019 fantasy roguelike, notable for tactical party-like dungeon play, active NPC factions, and a tabletop RP...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Traditional

8.1 Great

7

Pixel Dungeon

Pixel Dungeon is Oleg Dolya's 2012 roguelike, notable as an Android-origin open-source game that spawned many community...

Fantasy Dungeon Mobile Turn Based

8.1 Great

8

Omega

Omega is a roguelike by Laurence Brothers, notable for a large countryside, extended plot and multiple endings beyond a...

Fantasy Dungeon Classic Turn Based

7.7 Good

9

Yet Another Pixel Dungeon

Yet Another Pixel Dungeon is a Pixel Dungeon variant, notable for reworking the open-source mobile roguelike's balance a...

Fantasy Dungeon Mobile Turn Based

7.5 Good

10

Dungeonmans

Dungeonmans is a 2014 roguelike by Adventurepro Games, notable for mixing permanent deaths with persistent academy progr...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Academy

7.4 Good

11

Larn

Larn is a 1986 Unix roguelike by Noah Morgan, notable for a persistent town and a time-limited quest to cure the hero's...

Fantasy Dungeon Classic Turn Based

7.4 Good

12

Crown Trick

Crown Trick is a 2020 Chinese roguelike RPG by NExT Studios, notable for simultaneous turns where enemies move only afte...

Fantasy Tactical Dungeon Turn Based

7.3 Good

13

Shadow of the Wyrm

Shadow of the Wyrm is an open-source fantasy roguelike, notable for a large overworld, towns, dungeons, crafting, and wi...

Fantasy Dungeon Open World Turn Based

7.2 Good

14

Haque

Haque is a 2017 glitch-fantasy roguelike by SuperTry, notable for low-bit horror styling, procedural maps and memorials...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Retro

7.2 Good

15

Caverns of Xaskazien II

Caverns of Xaskazien II is a fantasy roguelike by Jeff Sinasac, notable as a Windows sequel to his long-running Xaskazie...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Complex

7.2 Good

16

Remixed Dungeon

Remixed Dungeon is a Pixel Dungeon variant, notable for extending Oleg Dolya's open-source roguelike with added content...

Fantasy Dungeon Mobile Turn Based

7.1 Good

17

Sword of Fargoal

Sword of Fargoal is a 1982 roguelike by Jeff McCord, notable as an early commercial dungeon crawler with randomized leve...

Fantasy Dungeon Classic Turn Based

7.1 Good

18

Legerdemain

Legerdemain is a 2005 Java roguelike by Nathan D. Jerpe, notable for blending Unicode dungeon play with interactive-fict...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Story

7.0 Good

19

MidBoss

MidBoss is a 2017 turn-based roguelike developed by Kitsune Games where players possess defeated monsters to gain new ab...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Possession

6.8 Fair

20

Quest of Dungeons

Quest of Dungeons is a 2014 roguelike by Portuguese studio Upfall Studios, notable for bringing fast turn-based dungeon...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Retro

6.6 Fair