Games like Dragonwake
If Dragonwake is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blood & Chaos, ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) and EmbeRogue — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Dragonwake: Dragonwake is an ASCII roguelike set in Valoria, the land once ruled by the old empire of Istaris before the Starfall. Your heirloom, a blackglass star amulet, draws you to the land just as the primordial dragon begins to stir.
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Steam players who put hours into Dragonwake also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Blood & Chaos
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Top pick for Dragonwake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
Ancient sacrifices saved the world, but their legacy is unraveling. A party based roguelike inspired by classic '80s RPGs, where every descent into cursed dungeons carries permanent consequences.
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dragonwake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dragonwake.
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.
EmbeRogue
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Third-strongest match for Dragonwake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dragonwake.
EmbeRogue is a real roguelike: turn-based, grid-based and boom-based, where everything can burn. Make your escape or tame your inner flames to defeat the FireLords.
Golden Krone Hotel
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Ranked #4 for Dragonwake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dragonwake.
Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
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Ranked #5 for Dragonwake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
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Ranked #6 for Dragonwake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
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.
Vulture for NetHack
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Ranked #7 for Dragonwake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dragonwake.
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
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Ranked #8 for Dragonwake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dragonwake.
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dragonwake at current Steam store prices.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Dragonwake on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
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?
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Dragonwake on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Nodebuster
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Priced ~63% under Dragonwake on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dragonwake.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Streets of Rogue
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Priced ~50% under Dragonwake on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
shapez
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Priced ~88% under Dragonwake on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dragonwake.
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!
Tower Wizard
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Priced ~63% under Dragonwake on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dragonwake.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~75% under Dragonwake on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Dragonwake.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Frequently asked about Dragonwake
- How much does Dragonwake cost?
- Dragonwake is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dragonwake?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dragonwake are Blood & Chaos, ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery), EmbeRogue.
- Who developed Dragonwake?
- Dragonwake was developed by Mr Crops.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Dragonwake.
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