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Dark Cloud pairs action combat in randomly generated dungeons with the Georama system, letting you rebuild ruined villages the way you want. Weapons must be upgraded and maintained, giving the combat its own collecting and improvement loop.

  • Loot and gear
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Fantasy setting
  • Strong character progression

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In short: Games like Dark Cloud

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dark Cloud special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Cult of the Lamb

88 %Match

2022USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified95 % positive22.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Dark Cloud: hunting for loot and gear, melee combat with weapons or fists as well as a fantasy setting.

As a possessed lamb you found your own cult, managing a village of adorable woodland followers between fast roguelike dungeon runs. Its charm comes from the clash of cute visuals and gleefully macabre humor.

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Rune Factory 5

Strong character progression

A blend of farming sim and action RPG: as an amnesiac ranger you tend fields, fish, befriend townsfolk and fight monsters in real-time combat alongside them.

Harvestella

Strong character progression

Harvestella blends farming and daily life with an action RPG set in a world threatened by Quietus, a deadly season. You tend crops, build friendships and fight with a job-class system in real-time combat, all wrapped in a Square Enix-style story.

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Strong character progression

As the harvest goddess Sakuna, you fight demons in 2.5D hack-and-slash stages and then grow rice in a detailed farming sim, from planting to cooking. The quality of your harvest directly boosts your stats, tightly linking farming and combat.

Fell & Sell

Loot and gear

A first-person blend of hack'n'slash roguelike and shop management: raid dangerous dungeons, bring back loot, craft and stock your shop for profit, then dive back in for another risky run.

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

Strong character progression

A cozy life-sim RPG where you take up jobs like blacksmith, angler, cook or fighter, explore a colorful fantasy world, build up your island and home, and set out to save time itself. Combat, gathering and crafting blend together in a relaxed loop, with co-op available.

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

Strong character progression

You run an item shop as a young merchant paying off her father's debt: haggle with customers by day, then hire an adventurer to delve into randomized dungeons for stock. The blend of shop management and action dungeon crawling is carried by plenty of humor.

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