Games like Cardinal Quest 2
If Cardinal Quest 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG, Pixel Dungeon and Haque — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its achievements unlock meaningful upgrades, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Cardinal Quest 2: Hack, slash and rush the forces of darkness. Assault castles and mountain lairs to liberate all in this super-sleek modernization of the classic roguelike formula! Will you play a crafting Alchemist, a sneaky backstabbing Thief... or something else?
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Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Cardinal Quest 2.
Top pick for Cardinal Quest 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Explore randomly generated content and experience the thrill of a classic tactical turn-based rogue-like RPG! Choose from a diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique abilities and strengths. Get ready for an unforgettable journey of strategy, skill, and discovery.
Pixel Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a retro mood with Cardinal Quest 2.
Second-strongest match for Cardinal Quest 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Pixel Dungeon is an exciting and extremely popular roguelike (more than 2 million mobile installs!). Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items and fight fierce monsters to find the Amulet of Yendor - the ultimate artefact of this game world!
Haque
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Cardinal Quest 2.
Third-strongest match for Cardinal Quest 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Haque is a glitch fantasy roguelike adventure about cute monsters, low-bit hauntings, and a suspiciously talkative narrator. Choose your character and battle through forests, deserts and dungeons to defeat a mysterious evil. Die often. Try again!
Dungeonmans
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Cardinal Quest 2.
Ranked #4 for Cardinal Quest 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.
Caves of Qud
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Cardinal Quest 2.
Ranked #5 for Cardinal Quest 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
I Am Overburdened
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Cardinal Quest 2.
Ranked #6 for Cardinal Quest 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
I Am Overburdened is a silly turn-based roguelike full of crazy artifacts and a "hero" who has 20 inventory slots.
Rogue Fable III
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cardinal Quest 2.
Ranked #7 for Cardinal Quest 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Rogue Fable III is a traditional rogue-like game which combines the depth, complexity, and challenge of the genre classics with a shorter, more tightly focused game length.
XLarn
WHY THIS
Shares perma death, procedural generation and a retro mood with Cardinal Quest 2.
Ranked #8 for Cardinal Quest 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
This is a heavily extended version of one of the most famous roguelike games of the 80’s named LARN. Your choice is to find a magic elixier for your daughters recovery. Therefore you have to explore a lot of unknown caves, filled with monsters, demons and traps. Good luck! You may need it!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cardinal Quest 2 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cardinal Quest 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cardinal Quest 2.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cardinal Quest 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Cardinal Quest 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cardinal Quest 2.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cardinal Quest 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cardinal Quest 2.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cardinal Quest 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cardinal Quest 2 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Cardinal Quest 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Cardinal Quest 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cardinal Quest 2.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cardinal Quest 2.
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!
Soda Dungeon
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Pop the top on some legendary action with Soda Dungeon, the fresh and fizzy hit mobile RPG adventure, now available on your desktop! Manage your team as you raid the local dungeons, upgrade your tavern, and attract new party members. Gold, legendary items, and more await you.
Battle for Wesnoth
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cardinal Quest 2.
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
Soda Dungeon 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Everyone’s favorite laid-back dungeon crawler returns in Soda Dungeon 2. Featuring a new adventure, a whole town to upgrade, crafting, new classes, alternate dimensions, and more! It’s everything you loved about the original plus all the stuff you’ve been asking for.
Stoneshard: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
You come to your senses in a sinister dungeon. The Ritual is about to commence – you have only one chance to escape. Stoneshard: Prologue is a demo to the main game, presenting its basic mechanics.
Legend of Keepers: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
You have been hired as a dungeon master by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: Protect their dungeons! Legend of Keepers: Prologue is a playable alpha that will help you get familiar with the game mechanics.
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!
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Frequently asked about Cardinal Quest 2
- How much does Cardinal Quest 2 cost?
- Cardinal Quest 2 is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cardinal Quest 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cardinal Quest 2 are Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG, Pixel Dungeon, Haque.
- Who developed Cardinal Quest 2?
- Cardinal Quest 2 was developed by Randomnine Ltd.
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