Games like Once upon a Dungeon
If Once upon a Dungeon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hack, Slash, Loot, Sword of the Stars: The Pit and Shattered Pixel Dungeon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and retro. 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 Once upon a Dungeon: Explore dark dungeons, defeat challenging creatures and collect unique loot in this hardcore traditional roguelike game.
Players who liked Once upon a Dungeon also play
Steam players who put hours into Once upon a Dungeon 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.
Hack, Slash, Loot
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Once upon a Dungeon.
Top pick for Once upon a Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Once upon a Dungeon.
Second-strongest match for Once upon a Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
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!
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Once upon a Dungeon.
Third-strongest match for Once upon a Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
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.
Dungeons of Dredmor
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Once upon a Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
Tales of Maj'Eyal
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Once upon a Dungeon.
Ranked #5 for Once upon a Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Once upon a Dungeon.
Ranked #6 for Once upon a Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
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.
Soulash
WHY THIS
Shares crafting, inventory management and a challenging mood with Once upon a Dungeon.
Ranked #7 for Once upon a Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
Eat the villagers, murder bunnies, milk cows, or exterminate gods! Soulash is a traditional, turn-based roguelike where your goal is to consume the souls of the living, conquer the vast fantasy world and decide its fate.
Vulture for NetHack
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Once upon a Dungeon.
Ranked #8 for Once upon a Dungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Once upon a Dungeon at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Once upon a Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Once upon a Dungeon.
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 Once upon a Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
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 Once upon a Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Once upon a Dungeon.
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 Once upon a Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Once upon a Dungeon.
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 Once upon a Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
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 Once upon a Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
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 Once upon a Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
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 Once upon a Dungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Once upon a Dungeon.
"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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Once upon a Dungeon.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Once upon a Dungeon.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Once upon a Dungeon.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Once upon a Dungeon.
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.
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Frequently asked about Once upon a Dungeon
- How much does Once upon a Dungeon cost?
- Once upon a Dungeon is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Once upon a Dungeon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Once upon a Dungeon are Hack, Slash, Loot, Sword of the Stars: The Pit, Shattered Pixel Dungeon.
- Who developed Once upon a Dungeon?
- Once upon a Dungeon was developed by Koto Games.
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 Once upon a Dungeon.
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