Desktop Dungeons: Rewind similar games & best alternatives

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Desktop Dungeons: Rewind

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2023

Should you play it?

Desktop Dungeons: Rewind bestows bites of tactical roguelike action, which will quickly fester into a deep, lingering, and strategic obsession. Bargain with gods, equip your spoon and pick your battles, before retreating into the healing darkness. But beware… there are still many monsters to face!

What works

  • Deep strategic gameplay
  • High replayability
  • Generous free upgrade for original owners
  • Challenging but fair difficulty
  • Unique puzzle-roguelike hybrid

Things to keep in mind

  • Ui changes divisive among players
  • Lack of controller support
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some prefer original art style
  • Minor bugs and missing codex

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • UnderMine

  • Flamebreak

  • Unexplored

  • Curse of the Dead Gods

  • Desktop Dungeons

  • Nordhold

More expressive

Games that feels like Desktop Dungeons: Rewind but with more self-expression and customization

  • Machick 2

  • Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG

  • Soulstone Survivors: Prologue

  • Roguebook

  • Backpack Hero

  • Magic Rune Stone

Less competitive

Games that feels like Desktop Dungeons: Rewind but with less competition against others

  • Crown Trick

  • Chained Echoes

  • Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy

  • Stoneshard

  • Dungeon Souls

  • Into the Necrovale

More relaxing

Games that feels like Desktop Dungeons: Rewind but with a more relaxing feel

  • Tales & Tactics

  • HoloCure - Save the Fans!

  • The Braves

  • Fidel Dungeon Rescue

  • bit Dungeon II

  • Tiny Tactics

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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).

Desktop Dungeons: Rewind: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026