4 RPG games like Desktop Dungeons that you should try

It resembles Desktop Dungeons most in how it is built: adventure storytelling, a casual, approachable feel and procedural generation. To that it adds fantasy world and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings deep simulation and historical setting.

Its point of contact with Desktop Dungeons is deep RPG systems, procedural generation and fantasy world. Both also lean on single-player focus and resource management. The distance is in progression and genre — its own ground is deep simulation and a sandbox world.

On paper it is what Desktop Dungeons is — deep RPG systems, single-player focus and resource management — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is strong narrative focus and open world exploration.

What carries over from Desktop Dungeons is deep RPG systems, a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on genre: this one brings tower defense planning.