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24 alternatives to Crypt of the NecroDancer

Rhythm-based RPG you can play with a dance pad! (Or not.)

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Crypt of the NecroDancer launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Dance your way through rouge-like dungeons

    2015 · its alternatives →

  2. 2AO

    I just released my latest Godot project, a rhythm-based dungeon crawler a la Crypt of the Necrodancer. The entire game plays out in 16 x 9 pixels because of a dare from my game dev group. I've open-sourced (MIT) the code and project files. Of course, the music files I don't own aren't included in the Github project, but I'm releasing the game's hand-crafted pixel sprites under CC0. The Github page also talks about some of the tricks you need to make the rhythm part of the game play nice with the dungeon crawling part.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    A fantasy roguelike

    2016 · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    Gorgeous Old-School RPG inspired by Dungeon Master on Ipad

    2015 · its alternatives →

  5. 5BW

    Hi HN ! This is an open source project I've been working on for a while. It's actually the third breakout-like game I've built. I really like the simplicity of the concept, having just one input (the puck horizontal position) and a simple gameplay that gives a low skill floor. My girlfriend and I played a lot of the excellent LBreakoutHD, an open source breakout game that follows the traditional formula of having multiple lives, scoring points by breaking bricks and catching the good upgrades that spawn randomly and fall down, while avoiding bad upgrades. She liked this game because it is…

    2025 · breakout.lecaro.me · its alternatives →

  6. 6

    Collect, train and battle with unique fighters with Ethereum

    2018 · its alternatives →

  7. 7
    EITR▲67

    Isometric action RPG inspired by Diablo and Dark Souls

    2016 · its alternatives →

  8. 8
    Werewolf▲140

    A party game for devious people

    2014 · its alternatives →

  9. 9

    Defeat an opposing army and to necromance their dead bodies!

    2015 · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    Roguelike 2D shooter set in the future

    2015 · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    Sci-Fi themed RPG masterpiece from the makers of Bastion

    2015 · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Hello everyone! It was so fun working on this project for the past few months with some of my fellow high school students :) I am so excited to share our first prototype and hopefully we'll be done with it all soon! <3 (ofc, it's open source, contribute here: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;hackclub&#x2F;sinerider) The goal of the game is to slowly teach function composition that get progressively more complex while you also help the ghosts ski on the slopes and explore the entire map!

    2022 · sinerider.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Loot-centric roguelike shooter

    2015 · its alternatives →

  14. 14
    RPG 404▲88

    A tiny NFT game free to mint and play

    2023 · rpg404.com · its alternatives →

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    CNTR▲109

    A platformer where you got to escape the circuit labyrinth

    2016 · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    The isometric tactical RPG comes to consoles

    2015 · its alternatives →

  17. 17AR
  18. 18

    A roguelike deckbuilding adventure

    2015 · its alternatives →

  19. 19

    Retro Arcade Swiping Adventure

    2016 · its alternatives →

  20. 20CA
  21. 21
    Tyranny▲68

    From the makers of Pillars of Eternity comes Tyranny!

    2016 · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    A metroidvania-style action-adventure game

    2016 · its alternatives →

  23. 23VA
  24. 24

    An NFT-based game to keep digital flowers alive

    2021 · its alternatives →

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