Games like The Bard's Tale Trilogy
If you like The Bard's Tale Trilogy (rpg, dungeon crawler and classic), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
FINAL FANTASY III
- In common: progression and long sessions
When you want a classic JRPG at your own pace: you can turn off random encounters and earn up to four times the experience.
FINAL FANTASY
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: easier
When you want to discover the origin of the series and a classic JRPG to return to unhurriedly, in hour-long stints.
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more story
When you want a classic RPG where a smooth-talking character can solve quests, and even the ending, without shooting.
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more story
When you're in the mood for a long RPG where every town hides quests with several solutions and nods to movies.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more story
When you want to get properly lost in a strange, fascinating world, with no rush and no arrows to follow.
Gothic 1 Classic
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more story
When you fancy a classic RPG where you earn the respect of a camp in which every prisoner follows a daily routine.
Gothic II: Gold Edition
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more story
When you fancy a long RPG with quests that have several solutions and a world where every resident follows their own routine.
Final Fantasy IX
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more story
When you fancy a long, classic adventure to come back to every day, unhurriedly.
Darkest Dungeon
- In common: progression and a challenge
When you want a tense tactical adventure and have an hour to plan an expedition.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition
- In common: long sessions and progression
- Difference: more story
When you want to lose yourself in a classic open world, unhurried, following whatever path you like.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About The Bard's Tale Trilogy
The three Bard's Tale games from the 80s, remastered: you create a party of up to seven adventurers and take it through all three, roaming streets and dungeons in first person with turn-based combat. Adds an automap and near-free saving.
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