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Damascus

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2020

Should you play it?

Damascus is a pixel-art MMORPG created by two guys. Create a unique character and explore the strange and fantastic world that is before you. Train any of your 19 different skills. Chat and trade with other players. Make friends and slay all sorts of Dragons!

What works

  • Friendly and helpful community
  • Active and communicative developers
  • Nostalgic and relaxing gameplay
  • Large skill system with varied playstyles
  • Frequent updates and planned content

Things to keep in mind

  • Small and declining player base
  • Paywalls and membership gating
  • Slow movement and grind
  • Limited character customization
  • Early development with bugs and missing features

What to play next

Top picks

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Less idle-friendly

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Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Damascus but with less of a community feel

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Damascus. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Damascus. These titles are not in What to play next.

Damascus: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Thrill.

Last update: 24/08/2026