Traditional RoguelikePerma Death
8 games that share both with Tales of Maj'Eyal
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Tales of Maj'Eyal, but with crafting, and a third of the hours
Liked · 83%
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Dungeon CrawlerPerma Death
6 games that share both with Tales of Maj'Eyal
Dungeon CrawlerRoguelike
4 games that share both with Tales of Maj'Eyal
And more like Tales of Maj'Eyal
Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.
Caves of Qud
Tales of Maj'Eyal, but turn-based, and sci-fi
Loved · 95%Traditional Roguelike · Turn-Based
Desktop Dungeons
Tales of Maj'Eyal, but a puzzle game, and a fifth of the hours
Liked · 84%Traditional Roguelike · Roguelike
Sproggiwood
Tales of Maj'Eyal, but cute, and a tenth of the hours
Liked · 80%Traditional Roguelike · Turn-Based
The Binding of Isaac
Tales of Maj'Eyal, but a twin-stick shooter, and darker
Loved · 95%Roguelike · Procedural Generation
Tangledeep
Tales of Maj'Eyal, but built by hand, and a quarter of the hours
Liked · 82%Traditional Roguelike · Dungeon Crawler
FTL: Faster Than Light
Tales of Maj'Eyal, but a real-time tactics game, and in space
Loved · 95%Perma Death · Roguelike
Stoneshard
Tales of Maj'Eyal, but about survival, and half the hours
Mixed · 75%Roguelike · Turn-Based
Dungeon of the ENDLESS
Tales of Maj'Eyal, but a tower defense game, and a third of the hours
Liked · 85%Roguelike · Perma Death
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
Tales of Maj'Eyal, but anime, and more divisive
Mixed · 76%Traditional Roguelike · Dungeon Crawler
How this list is made
A game is here when it shares the strongest of Tales of Maj'Eyal's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of Tales of Maj'Eyal's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. Games that share the same kinds with Tales of Maj'Eyal stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.
Under each name, how it differs from Tales of Maj'Eyal: a kind of game it is that Tales of Maj'Eyal is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Tales of Maj'Eyal's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Tales of Maj'Eyal, and how its reviewers feel beside Tales of Maj'Eyal's.
The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.