Quest for Glory 1-5 similar games & best alternatives

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Quest for Glory 1-5

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

The world of Gloriana, with all its wonderful diversity, awaits you.

What works

  • Strong nostalgic appeal
  • Blend of rpg and adventure
  • Multiple character classes and hybrid builds
  • Ability to import characters across games
  • Rich story and humor

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics and ui in early games
  • Some tedious or frustrating puzzles
  • Combat can be repetitive or clunky
  • Qfg5 less well received
  • Technical issues with dosbox on modern systems

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Chained Echoes

  • SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered

  • King's Bounty: Armored Princess

  • SaGa Frontier Remastered

  • GRANDIA II HD Remaster

  • Rise of the Third Power

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Quest for Glory 1-5 but with less survival pressure

  • The Book of Unwritten Tales

  • PRIM

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

  • Lucy Dreaming

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • FoxTail

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Quest for Glory 1-5 but with less leadership over others

  • Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok

  • FIGHT KNIGHT

  • Fabled Lands

  • Esoteric Ebb

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • WitchSpring R

Less expressive

Games that feels like Quest for Glory 1-5 but with less self-expression and customization

  • Indiana Jones® and the Last Crusade™

  • Voodoo Detective

  • The Drifter

  • VirtuaVerse

  • Beyond Shadowgate

  • Fran Bow

Choose your own criteria ->

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.
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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).

Quest for Glory 1-5: 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 Story, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026