Grid-Based MovementDungeon Crawler
10 games that share both with The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Might & Magic X - Legacy
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but open world, and more divisive
Mixed · 66%Games like Might & Magic X - Legacy
Legend of Grimrock
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but full of puzzles
Loved · 93%Games like Legend of Grimrock
Legend of Grimrock 2
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but a puzzle game, and harder
Loved · 91%Games like Legend of Grimrock 2
Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but anime, and three times the hours
Dungeon CrawlerParty-Based RPG
5 games that share both with The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Darkest Dungeon II
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but a roguelike, and dark fantasy
Mixed · 75%Games like Darkest Dungeon II
CRPGParty-Based RPG
4 games that share both with The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but story-rich, and twice the hours
Loved · 92%Games like Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but co-op
Loved · 90%Games like Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but a turn-based tactics game, and three times the hours
Lords of Xulima
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but isometric, and twice the hours
Liked · 81%Games like Lords of Xulima
And more like The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.
Avernum: Escape From the Pit
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but isometric
Loved · 91%Grid-Based Movement · Party-Based RPGGames like Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Avadon: The Black Fortress
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but a turn-based tactics game, and isometric
Liked · 81%Grid-Based Movement · Old School
Low Magic Age
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but a turn-based tactics game, and team-based
Liked · 89%Grid-Based Movement · Party-Based RPGGames like Low Magic Age
Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake)
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but story-rich
Liked · 84%Remake · FantasyGames like Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake)
Final Fantasy III (3D Remake)
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but more divisive
Liked · 82%Remake · Old SchoolGames like Final Fantasy III (3D Remake)
GRANDIA II HD Remaster
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but story-rich, and anime
Liked · 84%Remake · Turn-Based CombatGames like GRANDIA II HD Remaster
Dawnsbury Days
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but half the hours
Loved · 98%CRPG · Grid-Based MovementGames like Dawnsbury Days
DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but 2.5D, and cute
Mixed · 78%Remake · Party-Based RPGGames like DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but a traditional roguelike, and with permadeath
Liked · 84%Dungeon Crawler · CRPGGames like ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Chained Echoes
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but pixel art, and with mechs
Liked · 89%Party-Based RPG · Turn-BasedGames like Chained Echoes
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
The Bard's Tale Trilogy, but isometric, and story-rich
Liked · 89%Party-Based RPG · Turn-Based CombatGames like Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
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How this list is made
A game is here when it shares the strongest of The Bard's Tale Trilogy'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 The Bard's Tale Trilogy'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. A game Steam marks adult-only is listed only for a game that is one too. Games that share the same kinds with The Bard's Tale Trilogy 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 The Bard's Tale Trilogy: a kind of game it is that The Bard's Tale Trilogy is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that The Bard's Tale Trilogy's barely do, how many hours people play it beside The Bard's Tale Trilogy, and how its reviewers feel beside The Bard's Tale Trilogy'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%.