Tainted Grail: Conquest similar games & best alternatives

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Tainted Grail: Conquest

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2021

Should you play it?

A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.

What works

  • Deep and complex character building
  • 9 distinct classes with unique playstyles
  • Immersive dark fantasy atmosphere and story
  • Excellent voice acting and soundtrack
  • High replayability and meta-progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Grindy and slow meta progression
  • Some balance issues between classes
  • Performance/resource heavy
  • Repetitive combat and pacing
  • Minor bugs and occasional crashes

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Monster Slayers

  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps

  • Eternium

  • SpellRogue

  • Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel

  • SUCCUBUS

Less competitive

Games that feels like Tainted Grail: Conquest but with less competition against others

  • Knock on the Coffin Lid

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

  • BLACKTAIL

  • Age of Barbarian Extended Cut

  • Operencia: The Stolen Sun

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Tainted Grail: Conquest but with more leadership over others

  • Darkest Dungeon® II

  • King Arthur: Knight's Tale

  • Age of Wonders 4

  • Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG

  • Heroes of Might & Magic V

  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Tainted Grail: Conquest but with less focus on status and recognition

  • GRIME

  • AWAKEN - Astral Blade

  • Deck of Ashes

  • Hand of Fate

  • Darkblade Ascent

  • The Bloodline

Choose your own criteria ->

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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).

Tainted Grail: Conquest: 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, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026