Tangledeep similar games & best alternatives

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Tangledeep

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Enter the magical world of Tangledeep, a beautifully polished dungeon crawler inspired by classic 16-bit RPGs! Colorful characters, a unique job system, tons of skills, items, and diverse environments with deep, turn-based roguelike gameplay. A different adventure every time you play!

What works

  • Deep and flexible job system
  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • Beautiful pixel art and music
  • High replayability with meta progression
  • Active and responsive developers

Things to keep in mind

  • Some ui clunkiness
  • Fixed story events reduce replay variety
  • Limited character visual customization
  • Pet system can be resource intensive
  • Difficulty spikes can frustrate new players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG

  • UnderMine

  • Dungeonmans

  • Monster Sanctuary

  • Super Fantasy Kingdom

  • HoloCure - Save the Fans!

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Tangledeep but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Of Blades & Tails

  • Stoneshard

  • Balrum

  • The Doors of Trithius

  • Crown Trick

  • Tiny Tactics

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Tangledeep but with more leadership over others

  • Battle Brothers

  • Pathway

  • Seer's Gambit

  • Blightstone

  • Shardpunk

  • Last Dream

Less competitive

Games that feels like Tangledeep but with less competition against others

  • Kingsgrave

  • ZERO Sievert

  • Serin Fate

  • UnderRail

  • Chained Echoes

  • GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath

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

Tangledeep: 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 Status, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026