Similar games

[darcek]

This game is so good!
It reminds me of SpiderWeb Software games.
Is there any other similar game?
I probably own them all,but maybe someone knows of more?

[Neo007]

-Ultima series,
-Serpent in the staglands,
-someone mentioned darklands on this forum,
-dr. dungeon's madman is a weird obscure one (can't vouch for quality) but in the vein of spiderweb stuff,
-dungeon's of chaos,

-hell...if you like classic ms-dos jank then warwizard, disciples of steel and knights of legend can scratch the itch,
- magic candle 3 and its spiritual sequel bloodstone an epic dwarven adventure
-Aethra chronicles
-Aleshar world of ice
-wizard's crown

And many more...

I love finding these hidden/niche gems and there are so many out there...though your individual mileage may vary, one man's trash and all that

[xShapelessx]

Kingsvein - Steam
Eye of the Beholder - SNES
Wizardry V: Heart of Maelstrom - SNES

[darcek]

Originally posted by Neo007:

-Ultima series,
-Serpent in the staglands,
-someone mentioned darklands on this forum,
-dr. dungeon's madman is a weird obscure one (can't vouch for quality) but in the vein of spiderweb stuff,
-dungeon's of chaos,

-hell...if you like classic ms-dos jank then warwizard, disciples of steel and knights of legend can scratch the itch,
- magic candle 3 and its spiritual sequel bloodstone an epic dwarven adventure
-Aethra chronicles
-Aleshar world of ice
-wizard's crown

And many more...

I love finding these hidden/niche gems and there are so many out there...though your individual mileage may vary, one man's trash and all that

This seems like an amazing variety of games.. however I cant find most of them!!
Ultima games..I have delved in extensively as a boy..one of the best games series I ever played together with FA1 and 2.
Serpent game Ive tried long time ago..and didn't connect to it at all.
Darklands looks way too outdated to still enjoy today.

Thanks for the effort though.

Originally posted by xShapelessx:

Kingsvein - Steam
Eye of the Beholder - SNES
Wizardry V: Heart of Maelstrom - SNES

That Kingsvein is surprisingly high cost in comparison to other games.
It also looks completely different experience then SKLAD and similar games,focusing more on combat and less on other stuff.It looks more like an ARPG..I rather buy DIABLO 4 if im going that route.
As for emulators and other consoles I have no access to those,im solely focusing on STEAM games.

[Neo007]

Dungeons of chaos: https://store.steampowered.com/app/613390/DUNGEONS_OF_CHAOS/
Dr. Dungeon's madman: https://store.steampowered.com/app/684570/Dr_Dungeons_MADMAN/

Just remembered this one Faery tale adventure 2 (Setup instructions included) can be played turned based: http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/306/Faery+Tale+Adventure+II+-+Halls+of+the+Dead.html

FTA2 is older but its worth it though, here is a youtube video of gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNTdx4aSaHw

probably easiest out of the box to play out of some of those older games

[game-zerox]

Have you tried Caves of Lore or Moonring? They're the closest I've found similar to this game. Maybe caves of Qud to a similar extent

Originally posted by darcek:

Originally posted by xShapelessx:

Kingsvein - Steam
Eye of the Beholder - SNES
Wizardry V: Heart of Maelstrom - SNES

That Kingsvein is surprisingly high cost in comparison to other games.
It also looks completely different experience then SKLAD and similar games,focusing more on combat and less on other stuff.It looks more like an ARPG..I rather buy DIABLO 4 if im going that route.
As for emulators and other consoles I have no access to those,im solely focusing on STEAM games.

Kingsvein focuses as much on the tactical combat as on map exploration. It's not that wordy, but I do see where the comparison to the game comes from.

[rasabt]

Planescape Torment
Tides of Numenera (ignore the bad rep; it is not Torment, yet it is still a good game)
Wildermyth (looks cutsy, is a pretty indepth crpg and can go some dark places)
Felvidek (highly recommend this one; looks weird and it actualy is in all the best ways)

PS: Forgot Vendir. Yeah, it was/is also a mobile game, but frankly a very good one in a very dark/bizzare scenario, with a pretty deep combat, item and progression system (and without mtx on PC)

[Neo007]

Originally posted by game-zerox:

Have you tried Caves of Lore or Moonring? They're the closest I've found similar to this game. Maybe caves of Qud to a similar extent

Originally posted by darcek:

That Kingsvein is surprisingly high cost in comparison to other games.
It also looks completely different experience then SKLAD and similar games,focusing more on combat and less on other stuff.It looks more like an ARPG..I rather buy DIABLO 4 if im going that route.
As for emulators and other consoles I have no access to those,im solely focusing on STEAM games.

Kingsvein focuses as much on the tactical combat as on map exploration. It's not that wordy, but I do see where the comparison to the game comes from.

Moonring is awesome as an ultima like and caves of lore is closest party, turned based old skool rpg completely forgot about those, caves of qud is a rogue lite but can be played like an rpg by turning off perma death.

[darcek]

Originally posted by game-zerox:

Have you tried Caves of Lore or Moonring? They're the closest I've found similar to this game. Maybe caves of Qud to a similar extent

Amazing!!
You actually brought me two games I haven't heard of and they both seem exactly what I was looking for,not that I mind the price,but free on top?

Thanks man,much appreciated!

edit: I stand corrected, Three games to boot! yeeha you made my day! 🥳🥳 🙌

[Dav]

Knights of the Chalice

[Talamarie]

Originally posted by darcek:

As for emulators and other consoles I have no access to those,im solely focusing on STEAM games.

GOG is your answer.

[1jovemtr00]

Dude wants to play 2D PIXEL ART GAMES and says Darklands is "outdated to enjoy nowadays".
Priceless millenial comment.

[etalian]

Originally posted by Talamarie:

Originally posted by darcek:

As for emulators and other consoles I have no access to those,im solely focusing on STEAM games.

GOG is your answer.

GOG also seems to do a better job at providing versions which work much better on modern hardware.

[andersonm]

Maybe Dark Sun: Shattered Lands has some of the aspects of Skald in a different setting

[Cahalith]

I've never played the game, so I don't know if it's any good, but Nox Archaist is another one of these Ultima-inspired throwback RPGs. The Gold Box games have also made it to Steam, but you'd need to go to GOG for the old Ultima games, as others have pointed out.

If you're willing to go with a first-person blobber, you could try the Bard's Tale Trilogy, which has been remastered to have greater graphical fidelity. Or you could try the Realms of Arkania trilogy, which is also mostly a blobber, but it does have top-down turn-based combat.

Wasteland has also been remastered, though I've heard some criticism of that remaster. The original is still available, though.

[5k Chicken]

Originally posted by Dav:

Knights of the Chalice

Doesn't get mentioned enough!