Delver similar games & best alternatives

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Delver

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2018

Should you play it?

Delve into the shifting dungeons on your hunt for the Yithidian orb, but getting it might just be the easy part. Delver is a single player first-person action roguelike dungeon crawler, just like you wished they used to make.

What works

  • High replayability
  • Engaging combat and exploration
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Active developer support and modding
  • Charming pixel art and music

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and short runs
  • No multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Some bugs and occasional crashes
  • Lack of deep narrative or story
  • Inventory and ui could be improved

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Hands of Necromancy

  • Project Warlock

  • Angeline Era

  • Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes

  • The Rogue Prince of Persia

  • SULFUR

Less expressive

Games that feels like Delver but with less self-expression and customization

  • PowerSlave Exhumed

  • Eldritch

  • Viscerafest

  • Darkenstein 3D

  • DUSK

  • Dungeon Souls

More intense

Games that feels like Delver but with a more intense feel

  • Chantelise - A Tale of Two Sisters

  • Slasher's Keep

  • Lovecraft's Untold Stories

  • RUNGORE

  • Zortch

  • FOUNTAINS

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Delver. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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 Delver. These titles are not in What to play next.

Delver: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026