Minecraft Dungeons is a third-person dungeon-crawling fantasy RPG game with many great predecessors to rely on for inspiration. If you like it, here are some other games you might enjoy – perhaps some with a longer and deeper single-player story.
The Elder Scrolls series
The Elder Scrolls is a game series with three award-winning entries so far – Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim – and a new entry in the series is coming in the near future.
The Elder Scrolls is well-known for its vast, elaborate open world that players can explore, and more than enough dungeons filled with puzzles and dangerous creatures to defeat.
It may lack the playful and lighthearted nature of Minecraft Dungeons but if you enjoy the genre, it will give you countless hours of exploration, magic, and fighting.
Warhammer: Chaosbane
The Warhammer universe is an interesting fusion of science-fiction and high fantasy, with vast ships crossing the depths of interstellar space, filled with brave, almost superhuman soldiers armed to their strengthened teeth fighting off the orcs, the Eldar, and the countless creatures sent by the Chaos to end humanity once and for all.
Chaosbane is a recent entry in the series – a dungeon crawler where players can take on the role of a Space Marine, a mage, a Slayer, a scout, or an Engineer and reach the heart of the Old World while fighting off the forces of the Chaos. It’s a violent, bloody game that will take you through ruins and blood to an intriguing endgame.
Eternity: The Last Unicorn
Eternity: The Last Unicorn is a classic action-RPG based on Norse mythology. Players take on the role of Lead Aurehen, a young Pure Elf set on a mission to free the last Unicorn that ensures the survival of its race.
The game has two playable characters, a large world called Vanaheim (the Norse mythological realm inhabited by gods where they can see the future), strong lore, and over 12 hours of gameplay, with more than enough dungeons to explore.
Diablo
Diablo is a classic, one of the most successful role-playing games ever built. It has been around since 1997, and it has four main entries and several expansions you can explore.
Players take on the role of a brave warrior, archer, sorcerer, and many other classes, in a quest to fight the evil forces of Hell trying to take over the world of Tristram, with the ultimate goal to descend into Hell and fight Diablo, Lord of Terror.
Diablo was released on pretty much every platform, from classic Mac OS to Nintendo Switch, and it may even get a mobile version for Android and iOS.
Hytale
Finally, let’s not forget about the upcoming open-world fantasy sandbox game with a procedurally generated world and striking similarities to Minecraft (which is not an accident) called Hytale, set to be released next year.
Hytale is built by the folks at Hypixel Studios created by the developers of the Hypixel multiplayer Minecraft server, later overtaken by Riot Games. The game, once released, will be a lot like a Hypixel server, with procedurally generated biomes, dungeons, and creatures, not to mention minigames.
The game was announced in 2018, and it is expected to be released in 2021.