FATE similar games & best alternatives

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FATE

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2013

Should you play it?

Play (or Re-play) This Classic Dungeon Crawler!During the golden days of action RPGs, FATE was a powerhouse, winning runner-up for PC Magazine’s Role-Playing Game of the year. Popular enough to spawn 3 sequels, this was one of the premier dungeon crawlers of its time.

What works

  • Strong nostalgia and replay value
  • Simple yet deep dungeon crawling gameplay
  • Character and pet customization
  • Procedurally generated dungeons
  • Affordable price

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics and audio
  • Limited story and narrative depth
  • Inventory management can be frustrating
  • Some grind required
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • FATE: Undiscovered Realms

  • Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde

  • Halls of Torment: Prelude

  • FATE: Reawakened

  • FATE: The Traitor Soul

  • Keeper's Toll

More story-driven

Games that feels like FATE but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Svarog's Dream

  • KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-

  • Fabled Lands

  • Drova - Forsaken Kin

  • Chained Echoes

  • Zwei: The Arges Adventure

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like FATE but with more leadership over others

  • The Temple of Elemental Evil

  • King's Bounty: Crossworlds

  • Railroads & Catacombs

  • Tavern of Gods

  • Beyond the Map

  • Cursemark

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Similarity map

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Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with FATE. 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.
How to use the graph

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

FATE: 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 Relaxation, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026