More games like Grimrock?

[Dekinai]

Like the title says. Any games similair to Grimrock?
Still playing part 2 which is keeping me busy for a while but just wondering.

[Puzzlemint]

Legend of Grimrock was a revival of a genre that was effectively dead for the better part of a decade.

You can try checking around abandonware sites for things like the Eye of the Beholder and Dungeon Master games. Those are the ones closest to the Grimrock feel.

There's also similar titles, like Stonekeep[www.gog.com] and the Lands of Lore[www.gog.com] Trilogy[www.gog.com].

You can also try out the Wizardry titles which have a similar presentation style, but a different gameplay feel (less action, more rpg), and Might & Magic X, which is a newer game with more of a Wizardry feel.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/245410/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/245430/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/238750/

If you have a Nintendo DS laying around, I'd also heartily recommend Orcs & Elves.

[Dr.Disaster]

Speaking about EoB: GoG recently managed to resurrect the Forgotten Realms series from software limbo and re-published it. Due to this you can now get all 3 EoB games in one package: http://www.gog.com/game/forgotten_realms_the_archives_collection_one

[53 & still gaming]

I recommend Might&Magic X which is even better than LOG2 in some aspects (party management, skill system, story, shops) and also currently the revival of the Bard's Tale series is crowdfunded to create "Bard's Tale 4" so look out for this.

[Dekinai]

Thanks for the recommandations.

EoB, Dungeon master and Wizardry look way to old for me to enjoy it.
Might&Magic X i will look into.

Looking more for something up-to-date graphics wise like Grimrock / Might&Magic but didn't know this genre was dead for so long.

[Dr.Disaster]

Actually you can play some pretty good representations of Dungeon Master and it's expansion Chaos Strikes Back with the LoG mods made by comscript: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198024120757/myworkshopfiles/?appid=207170

[SebfromMTL]

StarCrawlers. Kind of reminds me of LOG but with a sci-fi twist

[[FOAD]Iron]

MaMX is pointless until they get rid of N00bplay (which won't be long).

[TheDragonfly]

Dont forget the Modding Community ;)

[Terpor]

Also Shining in the Darkness on Megtadrive is also pretty good. I used to play that on my old Megadrive over 20 years ago :)

[Greg]

If you have a Nintendo DS or 3DS, you'll probably enjoy the Etrian Odyssey series. Tile-by-tile movement, except turn-based combat for "random" encounters. You can duck out of your dungeon and go to town to purchase items, etc. I've only played 2 and 4 for this series, but I can tell you that 2 is closer to LoG1 in terms of set-up (work your way through the dungeon floor by floor) and 4 is more like LoG2 (more open world, a choice of dungeons to tackle at most times).

Really good series if you have the platform. And if you can stomach the anime artwork, but it's pretty superficial anyway since there is very little story beyond spelunking and preparing to spelunk.

[Ranger Gilan]

Orcs and Elves and Shining in the darkness are both some fond memories from my earlier childhood lol. I remember playing through Orcs and Elves and wanting more by the end of it. Never finished Shining in the Darkness though...

[s.plisskin [Linux Decker]]

Dungeon Kingdom: Sign of the moon is going into Early Access on the 25th.

I Can't Escape: Darkness - greenlit

Forgotten Forces - was just greenlit.
2 more:

https://www.underworldascendant.com/

https://bardstale.inxile-entertainment.com/

[JH1000]

I am not sure what exactly would qualify as "like Grimrock" to you.

Gameplay wise, it will almost exclusively be older games (meaning VERY old most of the time), like the ones mentioned: Wizardry series, Ultima series, Eye of the Beholder, etc. There are TONS of those. Since graphics matter to you, and since old games usually have worse design than new ones as well (even I have to admit that though almost all I play are old games), those are indeed unlikely to be for you since I'd argue you need a lot of nostalgia to enjoy them today.

If good graphics to you also means good 2D/sprite-based graphics, then there are some options, as mentioned, for the Nintendo 3DS. But almost all of them, like the Etrian Odyssey series, as opposed to what other people have said here, are simply NOT like Grimrock at all. The only common aspect are the fact that you explore a single dungeon and that the movement may be grid based (at least in most of those games). In the end they are just JRPGs though, not dungeon crawlers. Turn based combat, cliché story, no actual puzzles similar to Grimrock and the classic dungeon crawling games. They are rather like Phantasy Star (the first one) for the Genesis/Megadrive.

That means that, if you want games like Grimrock, which I assume means similar gameplay, you will have no other option besides the old classics. Most of them are available for free or for a few dollars these days, so you won't lose much if you give them a try.

Many people that are from a whole different generation still enjoy games from the NES or SNES/Genesis era and the like even though they only played them for the first time decades after they were made, so even if you don't expect it you wouldn't be the first one to like retro games without expecting it. Worth a try I would say. Ask around which dungeon crawlers are most accessible first, though.