Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince similar games & best alternatives

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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.

What works

  • Beautiful graphics and art style
  • Engaging and creative puzzles
  • Fun cooperative multiplayer
  • Immersive fairy tale atmosphere
  • Balanced character abilities and progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat is simplistic and repetitive
  • Story is simple and not very engaging
  • Some bugs and save issues in co-op
  • Limited character customization
  • Some puzzles can feel guided or easy

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Trine Enchanted Edition

  • Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy

  • Split Fiction

  • We Were Here Forever

  • Trine 2: Complete Story

  • It Takes Two

Less social

Games that feels like Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition

  • The Night of the Rabbit

  • Ori and the Blind Forest

  • Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan

  • The Dark Eye: Memoria

  • Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

More expressive

Games that feels like Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince but with more self-expression and customization

  • Enshrouded

  • Lost Castle 2

  • Zombie Vikings

  • Child of Light

  • Creatures of Ava

  • Voyagers of Nera

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Drake Hollow

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Abyssus

  • Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™

  • We Were Here Together

  • Nikoderiko: The Magical World — Director’s Cut

Less intimate

Games that feels like Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince but with less focus on close relationships

  • Journey To The Savage Planet

  • Disney Alice in Wonderland

  • Wuthering Waves

  • DYSPLACED

  • First Dwarf

  • Witchspire

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Trine 2: Complete Story

  • Trine Enchanted Edition

  • Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy

  • Shadwen

  • Nine Parchments

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Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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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).

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Expression, Violence.

Last update: 04/08/2026