Choose Crown Trick
Choose Crown Trick if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 86.7% positive across 563 reviews.
Crown Trick vs Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
Crown Trick and Desktop Dungeons: Rewind both land in Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam. Crown Trick (2020) is 3 years older than Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (2023). Crown Trick scores higher on Steam reviews (86.7% positive) than Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (74.3% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
Choose Desktop Dungeons: Rewind if you want the Steam Leaderboards side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Desktop Dungeons: Rewind launched in 2023.
Both Crown Trick and Desktop Dungeons: Rewind sit in Strategy, Indie, and Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Crown Trick |  Desktop Dungeons: Rewind | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2023 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Adventure, RPG | Strategy, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 86.7% positive (563 reviews) | 74.3% positive (342 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | NEXT Studios | QCF Design |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Crown Trick (2020) is 3 years older than Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (2023).
- Crown Trick scores higher on Steam reviews (86.7% positive) than Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (74.3% positive).
- Desktop Dungeons: Rewind is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Crown Trick (19.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Crown Trick is Deck Unsupported, Desktop Dungeons: Rewind is Deck Playable.
Crown Trick vs Desktop Dungeons: Rewind — FAQ
- Which is better, Crown Trick or Desktop Dungeons: Rewind?
- On Steam reviews Crown Trick scores higher (86.7% positive) than Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (74.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Crown Trick is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Crown Trick or Desktop Dungeons: Rewind first?
- If you want chronology, Crown Trick (2020) came out before Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (2023). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Crown Trick and Desktop Dungeons: Rewind similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.