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Games like Wayward

2016PC, Steam Deck playable86 % positive7.79 €

A turn-based, top-down wilderness survival roguelike with no classes or levels. Your skills grow by interacting with items and the world, and you can play in whatever way you like.

Resources and survival
Sandbox with your own goals
Runs that play out differently every time
Open world

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In short: Games like Wayward

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

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Best match

Elin

94 %Match

2024PC, Steam Deck playable93 % positive19.50 €

Elin is the successor to the cult roguelike Elona: a huge sandbox world of adventuring, survival, crafting and home-building where you can do almost anything. It offers deep character growth, companions and a quirky tone.

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UnReal World

Sandbox with your own goals

An extremely detailed roguelike survival simulator set in Iron Age Finland, where you freely live as a hunter, fisherman, trader or hermit. Realism and immersion come before comfort, and the learning curve is steep.

Dungeons of Dredmor

Runs that play out differently every time

A humorous turn-based roguelike with randomly generated dungeons, where you mix skills from a huge skill tree to craft your own builds. Quirky monsters, items and references keep it funny, while hunger, traps and permadeath keep it challenging.

Caves of Qud

Runs that play out differently every time

An extremely deep science-fantasy roguelike where you explore a vast, part handcrafted, part procedural world turn by turn. Dozens of mutations and interlocking simulation systems enable unusual builds and emergent stories where you can do almost anything.

Dwarf Fortress

Sandbox with your own goals

An immensely deep simulation where you build and manage a dwarven fortress or roam a procedurally generated, persistent world as an adventurer. Its interlocking systems produce chaotic, memorable stories, though the learning curve is notoriously steep.