DashBored similar games & best alternatives

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DashBored

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

Enter a bizarre and idiosyncratic world! Adventure into the unknown, and defeat horrid monsters! A story of Love, Loss, and the end of the Multiverse.

What works

  • Engaging story and characters
  • Memorable soundtrack
  • Multiple endings and secrets
  • Unique surreal atmosphere
  • Reasonable price and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Some combat is repetitive and easy
  • Navigation can be frustrating
  • Lack of save points early on
  • Minor bugs and glitches
  • No localization beyond english

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Ikenfell

  • Beast Saga

  • Sakura Gozen

  • HorrorVale

  • Heroines of Swords & Spells

  • Treasure Hunter Claire

Less fellowship-oriented

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

  • The Count Lucanor

  • Fallen Priestess: My Sister's Demonic Bloodline

  • Underhero

  • Wolf & Rabbit

  • Nightmare Knight ~Sacred Maiden & Fallen Magic~

  • Princesses Never Lose!

Less intimate

Games that feels like DashBored but with less focus on close relationships

  • Doom & Destiny

  • Labyronia RPG 2

  • Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4

  • Aground

  • Kingdoms of the Dump

  • Memories of a Vagabond

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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.
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  • 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).

DashBored: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Competition.

Last update: 03/08/2026