Games like miniquest
If miniquest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pocket Squire: Arena, SALT SWEEPER and Replacement Heroes — 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 miniquest: A retro fantasy quest shrunk down to mini-size! Challenging turn-based combat meets the tight pacing of an arcade game in this minimalist RPG. Become the Chosen Ones and vanquish the Dark Lord, all in the span of a couple of hours. Then do it again! And again. And again... forever?
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Pocket Squire: Arena
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Top pick for miniquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with miniquest.
Pocket Squire: Arena is a single-player turn-based combat game built around one simple, punishing structure: 5 themed arenas, 9 fights each, with no rest in between. You play a squire stepping into the arena as one of 18 combat classes, a handful of gold, and a backpack of potions.
SALT SWEEPER
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Second-strongest match for miniquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with miniquest.
SALT SWEEPER is a roguelite twist on minesweeper. Sweep corrupted desert mines, fight enemies in turn-based combat, and grow more powerful with weapons and spells you find along the way.
Replacement Heroes
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Third-strongest match for miniquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with miniquest.
The usual renowned heroes have been captured, and it's up to the backup squad to save them! Create your protagonist, recruit a team of replacement heroes, and navigate through maze-like caves in this turn-based JRPG dungeon crawler.
Usurper Reborn
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Ranked #4 for miniquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with miniquest.
Wake with no memory. Descend 100 dungeon floors. Build relationships, start a family, lose companions forever. A text-based RPG remake of the 1993 BBS classic—with a living world and multiple endings shaped by your choices.
Dungeons of Delveria
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Ranked #5 for miniquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with miniquest.
A turn-based roguelike where you can shape the dungeon to your advantage. Discover terrain powers which help you to fight your enemies more efficiently.
Trinity Archetype
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Ranked #6 for miniquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with miniquest.
Create busted builds and unleash crazy combos in this Skill-Crafting Roguelike RPG! Mix and match bazillions of runes, boost it up in battle, and shatter the chaos consuming your broken world.
无尽地下城
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Ranked #7 for miniquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with miniquest.
A turn-based tactical RPG with deep build crafting, fully customizable equipment, massive dungeon exploration, unique handcrafted bosses, town building, romance, character questlines, and 100+ hours of loot-driven progression.
The Severed Gods
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Ranked #8 for miniquest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A fantasy roguelite RPG where heroes reincarnate to stop the mystic dragon Umbra. Master turn-based combat, sever giant bosses, and shape your Karma through a journey filled with relics and evolving NPC interactions.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below miniquest at current Steam store prices.
The Test
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Priced ~60% under miniquest on Steam right now. Shares RPG with miniquest.
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?
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under miniquest on Steam right now. Shares RPG with miniquest.
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
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Priced ~60% under miniquest on Steam right now. Shares RPG with miniquest.
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
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Priced ~60% under miniquest on Steam right now. Shares RPG with miniquest.
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".
The NOexistenceN of Lilith
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Priced ~64% under miniquest on Steam right now. Shares RPG with miniquest.
Lilith has returned from the fantasy world to become your desktop companion. Watch her wander freely across your screen with lively animations and dynamic real-time behaviors. Spend cozy everyday moments together as she keeps you company and eases the stress of daily life.
Could You Be a Gal Master?
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Priced ~60% under miniquest on Steam right now. Shares RPG with miniquest.
An introverted girl who is bad at games, an artist who struggles with drawing human anatomy, a wealthy young lady who wants to play visual novels for the rest of her life, and a younger sister trying her best to understand what anime is—you will play their protagonist and start a romantic comedy!
The Binding of Isaac
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Priced ~60% under miniquest on Steam right now. Shares RPG with miniquest.
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STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™
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Priced ~50% under miniquest on Steam right now. Shares RPG with miniquest.
It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. You are the last hope of the Jedi Order. Can you master the awesome power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side?
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with miniquest.
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.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with miniquest.
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 miniquest.
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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 miniquest.
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.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with miniquest.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with miniquest.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Frequently asked about miniquest
- How much does miniquest cost?
- miniquest is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to miniquest?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside miniquest are Pocket Squire: Arena, SALT SWEEPER, Replacement Heroes.
- Who developed miniquest?
- miniquest was developed by Dennis Gallant.
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 miniquest.
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