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Dwerve: Prologue

2021

Should you play it?

Begin your apprenticeship as Dwerve! Tinker with a couple of the turrets! Meet your companions! Learn the basic strategies and tactics of turret-based combat. Hone your tower-defense dungeon-crawling skills so you're ready for the full game!

What works
  • Innovative mix of tower defense and dungeon crawler
  • Charming pixel art and sound design
  • Engaging and strategic combat mechanics
  • Interesting story and world setting
  • Good pacing and level design
Things to keep in mind
  • Linear and restrictive progression
  • Some ui and control issues
  • Repetitive or predictable enemy waves
  • Lack of skip dialogue option
  • Bugs and performance issues reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial

  • Corpse Keeper

  • Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

  • 恶魔迷宫 | Evil Maze

  • Ajax’s Trial

  • .Forty-Five

  • Thorne - Death Merchants

  • ASTLIBRA Revision

  • Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

  • Thorne - Death Merchants

  • Heroes Wanted
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Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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  • Competence

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Dwerve: Prologue: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Status. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Autonomy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Creativity

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  • Domination

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  • Escapism

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  • Experimenting

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  • Expression
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  • Growth

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  • Story

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