DELTARUNE similar games & best alternatives

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DELTARUNE

PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!

What works

  • Deep, emotional storytelling
  • Engaging and varied gameplay
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Free initial chapters with save carryover
  • Strong community and anticipation for future chapters

Things to keep in mind

  • Long waits between chapter releases
  • Some challenging boss fights can be frustrating
  • Chapter 3 minigames have difficult score requirements
  • Game is incomplete with future content pending
  • No physical activity, fully sedentary

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Ib

  • Cassette Beasts

  • Patch Quest

  • Heroines of Swords & Spells

  • vivid/stasis

  • In Stars And Time

Less intimate

Games that feels like DELTARUNE but with less focus on close relationships

  • Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

  • HoloCure - Save the Fans!

  • Everhood 2

  • Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

  • Siralim 2

  • Dokimon: Quest

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like DELTARUNE but with less of a community feel

  • My Big Sister

  • Grimm's Hollow

  • Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass

  • OneShot: World Machine Edition

  • HorrorVale

  • Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like DELTARUNE but with more leadership over others

  • Zorbus

  • Athenian Rhapsody

  • Look Outside

  • Creator of Another World

  • Mr. Sun's Hatbox

  • Super Lesbian Animal RPG

Less social

Games that feels like DELTARUNE but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Catgirl

  • Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils

  • Prodigal

  • OMORI

  • Ikenfell

  • DashBored

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with DELTARUNE. These titles are not in What to play next.

DELTARUNE: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026