19 Casual games like Desktop Dungeons that you should try

It resembles Desktop Dungeons most in how it is built: roguelike runs, a casual, approachable feel and procedural generation. To that it adds an isometric view and single-player focus. They part company on genre and visuals: this one brings card game strategy and pixel art.

Held in common with Desktop Dungeons: adventure storytelling, punishing difficulty and fantasy world. The common ground extends to single-player focus and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is setting and genre: tower defense planning and a cartoon aesthetic.

What brings it close to Desktop Dungeons is puzzle design, a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and progression. To that it adds resource management and an isometric view. They part company on setting: this one brings a mythological setting.

The genre is the same as Desktop Dungeons’s, and with it adventure storytelling, a casual, approachable feel and single-player focus. The common ground extends to resource management. Where the two diverge is setting and world: strong narrative focus and open world exploration.

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.

The common ground with Desktop Dungeons is structural: roguelike runs, a casual, approachable feel and procedural generation. The common ground extends to an isometric view and fantasy world. Where the two diverge is genre and progression: deep simulation and cozy, relaxing feel.

What carries over from Desktop Dungeons is puzzle design, a casual, approachable feel and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and genre: card game strategy and a first-person view.

It meets Desktop Dungeons on adventure storytelling, a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world. To that it adds single-player focus and an isometric view. They part company on genre: this one brings card game strategy.

The thread back to Desktop Dungeons runs through puzzle design, a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world. To that it adds an isometric view and single-player focus. They part company on genre: this one brings cozy, relaxing feel.

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.

Its point of contact with Desktop Dungeons is puzzle design, a casual, approachable feel and procedural generation. To that it adds resource management and an isometric view. They part company on progression and genre: this one brings sandbox freedom and open world exploration.

What carries over from Desktop Dungeons is puzzle design, a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world. Both also lean on an isometric view and single-player focus. The distance is in genre and setting — its own ground is tower defense planning and historical setting.

What carries over from Desktop Dungeons is a casual, approachable feel, procedural generation and fantasy world. Both also lean on single-player focus and resource management. The distance is in visuals and genre — its own ground is tower defense planning and strong narrative focus.

The thread back to Desktop Dungeons runs through adventure storytelling, a casual, approachable feel and single-player focus. Both also lean on resource management. The distance is in progression and genre — its own ground is deep simulation and base building.

The thread back to Desktop Dungeons runs through turn-based strategy, a casual, approachable feel and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and genre: this one brings card game strategy and a first-person view.