Leap of Fate similar games & best alternatives

Leap of Fate

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

Leap of Fate is a furiously-paced cyberpunk roguelite about overcoming your fears and achieving your fate. In a New York City where magic is real, you play as a technomage who must develop unspeakable powers to confront the Crucible of Fates. Can you survive the trials?

What works
  • Addictive and replayable gameplay
  • Diverse characters with unique playstyles
  • Randomized skill trees and card-based levels
  • Strong cyberpunk occult atmosphere
  • Tight and responsive controls
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited content and levels
  • Lack of multiplayer or co-op
  • Some visual clarity issues in busy combat
  • Story is minimal and secondary
  • Difficulty can be punishing for new players

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Sifu

  • Homura Hime

  • Slasher's Keep

  • Raw Metal

  • Menace from the Deep

  • DEAD OR SCHOOL

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  • ELDERBORN
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Raw Metal

  • Ground Zero

  • RAM: Random Access Mayhem
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Fantasy

    Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
  • Autonomy

    Hand of Fate
  • Competence

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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    "Focus is on individual progression and personal challenge rather than direct competition or leaderboards."

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  • Continuation

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  • Cooperation

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  • Creativity

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  • Domination

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  • Escapism

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    "Players use the game as a relaxing, immersive escape into a cyberpunk aesthetic world."

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  • Exploration

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    "Discovery of new story branches, character secrets, and endings encourages curiosity-driven exploration."

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  • Growth

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  • Health

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    "No physical activity or health-related gameplay elements."

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  • Idle

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  • Intimacy

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  • Leadership

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  • Progression

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  • Story

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    "Narrative immersion through character development, lore, and environmental storytelling, though story is secondary to gameplay."

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  • Value

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