Games like When I Die

"Backspace Bouken" is a randomly generated action-adventure game where players explore procedurally generated dungeons, battle enemies, and collect items. The game features a unique mechanic of editing the game's text to affect the environment and gameplay. With permadeath, roguelike elements, and a variety of items and abilities, each playthrough offers a distinct experience.

The Dwarf Run is a fast-paced, arcade-style running game. Players control a dwarf on a mission to reclaim stolen gold, avoiding obstacles, battling enemies, and collecting power-ups along the way. With simple controls and procedurally generated levels, each playthrough offers a new challenge.

Unepic is a fantasy platformer game with versatile multiplayer options, including co-op and single-player modes. The game features a compelling story where Daniel, an average guy and RPG fan, gets transported to a castle and inhabited by a dark spirit. With humor, sensational visuals, and perfect music, Daniel must overcome enemies and the spirit's attempts to kill him, to free the Pure-Spirits and ultimately defeat Harnakon. Grinding is abundant, making it highly replayable.

"Hardland is a single-player, open world fantasy game with a good plot and masterful graphics, featuring mild swearing, alcohol use, and surreal themes. As an adventurer in the kingdom of Hardland, you'll uncover secrets, solve mysteries, and search for clues to influence the power struggle between the Elder King, the Queen in Snow Peak, and shadowy forces. The game encourages exploration and delving deep into the stories of its inhabitants for a memorable and hilarious experience."

Underhero is a single-player mystery platformer RPG with unique timing-based combat and an interesting plot, reminiscent of Paper Mario. Its splendid visuals, exceptional music, and hilarious characters create a wholesome story, but it can be quite buggy and grinding at times. In Underhero, you play as an underling of the main villain who becomes the new "hero" in a quest to defeat your evil boss, Mr. Stitches.

"One Way Heroics Plus" is an indie pixel RPG where you play as an adventurer trying to stop the end of the world by defeating the Demon Lord. The screen's left side is constantly consumed by darkness, forcing you to move right and confront various creatures and obstacles. With multiple classes to unlock and an endless supply of procedurally generated worlds, the game offers nearly infinite replayability. The "Plus" DLC adds even more content, including new classes, enemies, and features.

Wyvia is an open world 3D action RPG inspired by classic JRPGs. Save your world from a monstrous invasion. Choose from 10 classes customizing them with a robust cross-class skill system, craft and upgrade tons of weapons, explore dungeons battling a variety of enemies, and defeat terrifying bosses! Story So Far The Wyverns are gone... Now your home is plunged into chaos as monsters invade from…

Summoner is a Fantasy Role Playing game for PlayStation 2, featuring an action-oriented combat system, a cast of 120 characters, and 16 summoned creatures. The game follows Joseph, one of the last Summoners, in his quest for the legendary Summoner rings, offering 50+ hours of storyline and unique weapons/spells. It supports single-player, co-op, and multi-player modes with up to 5 person battle parties, accompanied by an outstanding soundtrack and some grinding.

"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" is a single-player action game known for its outstanding story, spectacular gameplay, and very atmospheric exotic worlds. The game features the Prince with powers to bend time and combats mythical creatures in medieval Persia, resulting in a suspenseful tale of betrayal and triumph. Its key feature, the Sands of Time, is a technological breakthrough that offers unlimited gameplay variations.

"Divine Divinity" is a fantasy RPG with hack-and-slash combat and a humorous tone, featuring a vast world, over 100 hours of gameplay, and classless character development with 96 skills to choose from. The game boasts an enormous amount of interactive objects, but is plagued with bugs and poor optimization, making it a mixed experience despite its intriguing story, pretty visuals, and phenomenal soundtrack. Overall, it provides a lengthy and entertaining adventure, but with some significant drawbacks.