Slay the Spire

The genre is the same as Hand of Fate’s, and with it procedural generation, fantasy world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: 2D presentation.
Released 4 years after Hand of Fate.

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Hand of Fate is hard to replace: few games combine roguelike runs, procedural generation and melee combat in quite the same way. The NextGameLike team compared Hand of Fate against over 6,700 titles across 14 gameplay attributes and found 8 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. Slay the Spire, Dicey Dungeons and FORCED SHOWDOWN lead the list, with Slay the Spire reaching a 73/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes Hand of Fate special.
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The closest game to Hand of Fate is Slay the Spire — scoring 73/100 on our similarity scale. Dicey Dungeons and FORCED SHOWDOWN follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Hand of Fate. Each one has been evaluated across 14 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

The genre is the same as Hand of Fate’s, and with it procedural generation, fantasy world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: 2D presentation.
Released 4 years after Hand of Fate.

Shelved next to Hand of Fate for good reason: procedural generation, fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is a cartoon aesthetic and 2D presentation.
Released 4 years after Hand of Fate.

On paper it is what Hand of Fate is — procedural generation, melee combat and fantasy world — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals and combat: this one brings ranged combat and a sci-fi setting.

It meets Hand of Fate on procedural generation and a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is 3D presentation.
Released 7 years after Hand of Fate.

With Hand of Fate it shares procedural generation and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.

What brings it close to Hand of Fate is roguelike runs, procedural generation and melee combat, and the two track each other on combat, game mode and setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals and genre — its own ground is 3D presentation.

What it holds in common with Hand of Fate is shape: roguelike runs, procedural generation and melee combat. The common ground extends to fantasy world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: a mythological setting and an isometric view.
Released 5 years after Hand of Fate.

The common ground with Hand of Fate is structural: roguelike runs, procedural generation and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and genre — its own ground is pixel art.
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