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Dream Quest

PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2016

Should you play it?

Play cards! Kill monsters! Level Up! Dream Quest is a roguelike deckbuilding game inspired by the likes of Ascension, Magic: the Gathering, and Shandalar. Explore randomly generated levels as one of 13 classes in short, 30 minute, sessions.

What works

  • Deep and challenging deckbuilding gameplay
  • High replayability with many classes and unlocks
  • Unique blend of roguelike and card mechanics
  • Strong strategic and tactical depth
  • Engaging risk-reward dungeon exploration

Things to keep in mind

  • Very simplistic and crude graphics
  • Grindy progression and unlock system
  • Some frustrating rng and difficulty spikes
  • Dated ui and lack of modern quality-of-life features
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Lucky Hunter

  • Lost For Swords

  • DungeonTop

  • Vault of the Void

  • Stray Path

  • Forgotten Mines

  • StarVaders

  • Slay the Spire

  • Pixel Dungeon

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • The Temple of Elemental Evil

  • Mortal Glory 2

  • Feed the Deep

If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Continuation

    Circadian Dice
  • Experimenting

    Lost For Swords
  • Growth

    Meme Mayhem

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • 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 out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Dream Quest: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Sensation, Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 25/07/2026