Choose Road Not Taken
Choose Road Not Taken if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 78.3% positive across 180 reviews.
Road Not Taken vs Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
Road Not Taken and Desktop Dungeons: Rewind both land in Indie 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 are Indie games on Steam. Road Not Taken (2014) is 9 years older than Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (2023). Road Not Taken scores higher on Steam reviews (78.3% 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 a Strategy and Adventure experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Desktop Dungeons: Rewind launched in 2023.
Both Road Not Taken and Desktop Dungeons: Rewind sit in Indie on Steam and both list Steam Leaderboards, 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
 Road Not Taken |  Desktop Dungeons: Rewind | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2023 |
| Genres | Indie | Strategy, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 78.3% positive (180 reviews) | 74.3% positive (342 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Spry Fox | QCF Design |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Road Not Taken (2014) is 9 years older than Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (2023).
- Road Not Taken scores higher on Steam reviews (78.3% positive) than Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (74.3% positive).
- Road Not Taken is currently ~25% cheaper on Steam than Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (14.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Desktop Dungeons: Rewind is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Road Not Taken has no Deck rating yet.
Road Not Taken vs Desktop Dungeons: Rewind — FAQ
- Which is better, Road Not Taken or Desktop Dungeons: Rewind?
- On Steam reviews Road Not Taken scores higher (78.3% positive) than Desktop Dungeons: Rewind (74.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Road Not Taken is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Road Not Taken or Desktop Dungeons: Rewind first?
- If you want chronology, Road Not Taken (2014) 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 Road Not Taken and Desktop Dungeons: Rewind similar?
- They overlap on Indie 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.