Trove similar games & best alternatives

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Trove

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2015

Should you play it?

Grab your friends, hone your blades, and set off for an epic procedurally generated adventure in Trove! Battle the Shadow in realms filled with dungeons and items created by your fellow players. Whether hunting treasure or building realms of your own, it’s never been this good to be square!

What works

  • Free to play with extensive content
  • Strong social and cooperative features
  • High creativity and customization
  • Varied classes and engaging combat
  • Frequent updates and active community

Things to keep in mind

  • Long queue times and server lag
  • Grindy endgame progression
  • Language barrier for non-english speakers
  • Limited pvp and competitive modes
  • Some repetitive gameplay elements

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Spiral Knights

  • Super Animal Royale

  • PixARK

  • Creativerse

  • SUPERVIVE

  • WAKFU

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Trove but with less leadership over others

  • My Little Universe

  • Megabyte Punch

  • Nobody Saves the World

  • Swords 'n Magic and Stuff

  • Cave Crawlers

  • Minecraft Dungeons

Less competitive

Games that feels like Trove but with less competition against others

  • 9th Dawn Remake

  • Rock the Islands

  • Citywars Tower Defense

  • Craftopia

  • Islet Online

  • Born Again

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Trove. 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 Trove. These titles are not in What to play next.

Trove: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Leadership, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026