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24 alternatives to Progress Quest

The most addictively useless RPG you'll ever play

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

1. 1
   Nuclear Throne▲63

   A brutal, yet adorable, roguelike shooter

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Quest▲56

   An old-school, hand-drawn RPG

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Steamroll▲68

   A steampunk adventure and puzzle game

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Bit Pit▲74

   Score-hoarding arcade jumparound

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   QUEST▲234

   Clear your real-life to-do's like a game

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Spelunky▲73

   Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dungeon League▲60

   Everything awesome about RPG's without the boring bits

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Rogue quest: Necromancer▲53

   A fantasy roguelike

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Overland (First Access)▲89

   Make the most of a terrible situation

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Legacy Quest▲61

    Brick-Based Dungeon Crawling RPG Action!

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Quest Keeper▲69

    Help a lowly peasant on his journey

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sublevel Zero▲85

    Roguelike 6DoF shooter where reality is falling apart

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    No Man's Sky▲272

    Explore a nearly endless procedurally generated universe

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Chain Quest▲73

    Addicting RPG based Puzzle game for iOS.

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Roguelands▲66

    A pixelated multiplayer RPG

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Cave Story + ▲61

    Easily the best game I've ever played on a computer

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Starbound▲67

    An extraterrestrial sandbox adventure game

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hammercoin▲73

    Bitcoin fuelled RPG

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Oort Online▲65

    A voxel MMORPG sandbox

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III▲72

    DEATH COMES FOR ALL. DESTINY CHOOSES A FEW.

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    KeeperRL▲65

    A dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements.

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Planescape: Torment▲66

    Classic Forgotten Realms DnD based cRPG. Possibly the best.

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Stardew Valley▲76

    A Phenomenal Open-Ended Country-Life RPG

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Undertale▲70

    A super peaceful RPG

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →