Doom & Destiny similar games & best alternatives

Doom & Destiny

PlayStation 4, Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2015

Should you play it?

Be ready for the nerdiest adventure of your life! Journey with four everyday friends into this turn based hilarious jrpg filled with parodies and cameos! Explore a huge fantasy world full of secrets, monsters, dungeons and preposterous villains! Nerds are storming fantasy and it's awesome!

What works

  • Humorous and engaging story
  • Customizable character builds
  • Large world with secrets and side quests
  • Solid turn-based combat system
  • Nostalgic old-school jrpg style

Things to keep in mind

  • Random encounters can be repetitive
  • Some grinding required
  • Graphics are simple rpg maker style
  • Minor translation and text errors
  • Lack of minimap can cause navigation issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Pathway

  • Last Dream

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

  • Rise of the Third Power

  • Queen's Wish: The Conqueror

  • Of Blades & Tails

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Doom & Destiny but with less leadership over others

  • Ocean's Heart

  • Cultivation Story: Reincarnation

  • ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)

  • יום פתוח (Open Day)

  • Ittle Dew 2+

  • Serin Fate

More intimate

Games that feels like Doom & Destiny but with more focus on close relationships

  • Ikenfell

  • BLACK SOULS

  • Sins Of The Demon RPG

  • Sakura Gozen

  • The Albino Hunter (Original)

  • 8-Bit Adventures 2

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Similarity map

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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.
  • 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).

Doom & Destiny: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Relaxation, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026