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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 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Quest▲56

   An old-school, hand-drawn RPG

   2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Steamroll▲68

   A steampunk adventure and puzzle game

   2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Bit Pit▲74

   Score-hoarding arcade jumparound

   2015 · voishark.itch.io · 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 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dungeon League▲60

   Everything awesome about RPG's without the boring bits

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Rogue quest: Necromancer▲53

   A fantasy roguelike

   2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Overland (First Access)▲89

   Make the most of a terrible situation

   2016 · finji.itch.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Legacy Quest▲61

    Brick-Based Dungeon Crawling RPG Action!

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Voxel Quest▲77

    An Isometric, Voxel-Based, Roguelike-Simulation-RPG-thing

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Path of Exile▲57

    The F2P RPG that Diablo 3 should have been

    2015 · pathofexile.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Quest Keeper▲69

    Help a lowly peasant on his journey

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sublevel Zero▲85

    Roguelike 6DoF shooter where reality is falling apart

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Chain Quest▲73

    Addicting RPG based Puzzle game for iOS.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Binding of Isaac: Rebith▲70

    One of the most addictive roguelike ever, updated.

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Roguelands▲66

    A pixelated multiplayer RPG

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Cave Story + ▲61

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

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Quest of Dungeons▲58

    A turn based, roguelike, dungeon crawler game

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Starbound▲67

    An extraterrestrial sandbox adventure game

    2015 · playstarbound.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hammercoin▲73

    Bitcoin fuelled RPG

    2016 · megogame.itch.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Oort Online▲65

    A voxel MMORPG sandbox

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III▲72

    DEATH COMES FOR ALL. DESTINY CHOOSES A FEW.

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    KeeperRL▲65

    A dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements.

    2015 · keeperrl.com · its alternatives →

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