Games Like DLC Quest

tERRORbane is a comedic adventure where bugs are your FRIENDS! Enjoy exploring a crazy and outlandish world, full of unique, quirky characters and homages to the history of videogaming, challenge the Developer with your creativity and be the Bane of Errors!

Why similar: Parody 41.6% ★, Comedy 22%, Funny 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Retro 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative adventure that actively mocks game development and bugs, much like DLC Quest mocks monetization.

There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

Why similar: Parody 30.3% ★, Comedy 27.2%, Funny 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: An incredibly clever, meta-humorous puzzle game that constantly breaks the fourth wall to subvert player expectations.

Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.

Why similar: Parody 42.2% ★, Retro 13.6%, Indie 12.9%, Comedy 8.9%, Funny 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-journey through the history of RPG mechanics that evolves its graphics and gameplay as you play.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Comedy 65.5%, Funny 19.9%, Singleplayer 5.3%, Exploration 4.9%, Adventure 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive meta-narrative experience that uses humor to deconstruct the relationship between the player and the game designer.

OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!

Why similar: Satire 32.9% ★, Parody 23.4% ★, Comedy 11.5%, Retro 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A loving, high-energy parody of 8-bit culture and open-world tropes that shares the pixel-art aesthetic of the seed game.

Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.

Why similar: Satire 53.6% ★, Comedy 15.3%, Indie 9.1%, Funny 7.6%, Parody 7.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: A satirical take on consumerism and addictive game loops that uses a simple, focused mechanic to deliver its message.

Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration.

Why similar: Comedy 56.9%, Funny 15.2%, Indie 10.5%, Parody 8.9% ★, Exploration 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, slapstick comedy game that mocks spy tropes with the same irreverent tone found in DLC Quest.

Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 36.1%, Indie 29.9%, Funny 15.9%, Singleplayer 7.7%, 2D 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-horror satire that disguises itself as a broken game, forcing the player to interact with the interface in unexpected ways.

McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.

Why similar: Comedy 29.8%, Funny 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 20%, 2D 9.6%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, absurdist comedy game that relies on short, punchy scenarios similar to the bite-sized humor of DLC Quest.

"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.

Why similar: Platformer 32.1%, Satire 22.9% ★, Comedy 14.7%, Indie 6.1%, Retro 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult platformer that serves as a direct parody of retro gaming culture and the frustrations of the 8-bit era.

Devolver Bootleg contains eight original rip-offs of Devolver Digital games. Pay money for it now.

Why similar: Parody 38.1% ★, Indie 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Retro 8.2%, Side Scroller 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of intentionally low-budget parodies that mock the publisher's own catalog with a similar sense of irony.

The world is at an end, and you have 30 seconds to save it!

Why similar: Parody 50.9% ★, Comedy 22.8%, Retro 6.8%, Indie 4.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced parody of RPG tropes that forces players to complete quests within a strict 30-second time limit.

The lord of insanity, Cthulhu was all set to plunge the world into insanity and destruction when his powers were sealed by a mysterious sorcerer. The only way for him to break the curse is to become a true hero. Save the world to destroy it in an epic parody RPG journey of redemption, romance, and insanity!

Why similar: Comedy 61.2%, Parody 11.4% ★, Indie 8.9%, Retro 7.8%, Funny 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A comedic, self-aware take on JRPG tropes that features a humorous narrative and retro-inspired gameplay.

The classic web game, reborn! Enjoy this remaster in glorious 4k resolution! Follow this frog on its arcade action adventure through swarm of bugs and beyond! Purchase the hat DLC for the ultimate experience, if you want to eat bugs while wearing a hat!

Why similar: Comedy 38.5%, Indie 24.1%, Funny 13.1%, Casual 9.2%, Adventure 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in subverting player expectations that starts as a simple educational game and quickly descends into absurdity.

Resurrect the classic era of RPGs with the retro parody RPG, Breath of Death VII: The Beginning. Join Dem the Skeleton Knight, Sara the ghost historian, Lita the vampire techie, and Erik the zombie prince as they explore an undead world in search of the secrets of the past. Laugh! Cry! Laugh some more!

Why similar: Comedy 26.9%, Parody 25.4% ★, Funny 16.4%, Indie 10.4%, Retro 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A satirical, retro-styled RPG that pokes fun at genre conventions with a witty and self-deprecating script.

A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.

Why similar: Platformer 55.4%, Comedy 18.9%, Funny 7.1%, Metroidvania 6.9%, 2D 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Fast-paced, absurd action with a comedic edge that matches the irreverent tone of DLC Quest.

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Why similar: Platformer 62.6%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Indie 10.4%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven platformer that uses simple shapes and a clever script to create a self-aware and emotionally resonant experience.

A Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions.

Why similar: Comedy 65.6%, Funny 9.5%, Indie 9.1%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted, humorous adventure that captures the whimsical spirit of indie gaming with a unique, charming premise.

A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

Why similar: Platformer 48.1%, Comedy 16.2%, Funny 15.9%, Indie 9.3%, Singleplayer 7%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-commentary on the nature of frustration in gaming, delivered through a challenging and intentionally awkward platforming experience.

Reverse the roles & play as a goblin rather than a knight or wizard in this parody dungeon game. Level editor & online sharing - Mario Maker with goblins! Watch your family get blasted by a lvl 100 paladin & embark on an epic quest of revenge, beset on all sides by greedy powerleveling adventurers.

Why similar: Satire 30.8% ★, Parody 22.5% ★, Platformer 16.5%, Comedy 12.7%, Funny 5%

Why You'll Like It: A comedic platformer that flips the script by letting you play as the monsters defending their home from heroes.

When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.

Why similar: Platformer 53.9%, Funny 18.3%, Indie 8.7%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that celebrates indie gaming history through its mechanics and humorous references.

Join Knight Sigi as he runs, jumps, and battles in a flatulent quest to save Melusina, the love of his life, in this light-hearted homage to the golden days of simple but fun classic action platformers.

Why similar: Parody 35.8% ★, Platformer 26%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Retro 8%, Funny 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, humorous 2D platformer that embraces its retro feel and silly premise with enthusiasm.

A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.1%, Indie 21.3%, Retro 15.7%, 2D 9.4%, Zombies 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled zombie shooter that captures the 8-bit aesthetic and simple, addictive gameplay loop of early indie titles.

Lovish is an outrageous 8-bit action-adventure game! Quest with Sir Solomon through a series of bite-sized rooms, as he attempts to free Princess Tsuna, the woman he loves, from the Devil Lord's clutches!

Why similar: Parody 32.1% ★, Platformer 21.7%, Comedy 16.5%, Funny 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

A platform game about running, jumping and breathing.

Why similar: Satire 39.1% ★, Platformer 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Retro 5.6%, Side Scroller 5.4%

Join brave sir Lootalot on his epic quest in this little Zelda-lite adventure. Explore and fight your way through the dangerous dungeons filled with traps, puzzles and magical artifacts. And, of course, show the evil bosses who is the real boss here.

Why similar: Parody 35.4% ★, Comedy 11%, Indie 11%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Retro 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted dungeon crawler that features classic, humorous charm and accessible gameplay mechanics.

Embark on a great Dadventure in this unique comedy, story-based 2D platformer. Raise your child to become the weapon they were always meant to be.

Why similar: Parody 35.9% ★, Platformer 30.4%, Metroidvania 10.8%, Funny 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-platformer with a bizarre, humorous premise that focuses on the absurdity of its core mechanics.

Spoiler Alert is a video game that tests your platforming skills… in reverse. It’s a comedy platformer that you play backwards.

Why similar: Platformer 50.5%, Indie 21.1%, Comedy 17.5%, Casual 4.9%, Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique platformer played in reverse that mocks standard game progression and level design.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Indie 72.6%, Singleplayer 17.7%, Adventure 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative exploration of game design and developer intent that challenges the player to think critically about the games they play.

Step into rhythmic bliss with Runner2! Best Indie Game winner, Guinness World Record holder, and narrated by Charles Martinet. Unleash vibrant moves and beats in 120 levels!

Why similar: Platformer 53.5%, Comedy 22%, Indie 10.6%, Side Scroller 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Rhythmic platforming with a quirky, humorous personality that keeps the gameplay engaging and lighthearted.

GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

Why similar: Platformer 49.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Retro 11.5%, Indie 10.3%, Funny 9.2%

McPixel is a save-the-day guy that you guide through 100 short challenges to prevent stuff from blowing up. You have only 20 seconds to save the day! Think quick!

Why similar: Comedy 45.3%, Indie 12.2%, Parody 12% ★, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Funny 9.2%

The spiritual successor to DLC Quest! Earn that sense of pride and accomplishment in the way that only repetitive clicking can deliver. It's a clicker game, so chill out, have a few chuckles, and watch numbers get bigger while the industry burns around us all.

Why similar: Satire 73.8% ★, Funny 10.1%, Indie 6.2%, Memes 3.5%, Dark Comedy 2.4%

After a psychologist visit goes terribly wrong, you find yourself trapped in the mind of a game developer on the brink of physical and emotional burnout during the final stages of an intense project. Experience a metroidvania-lite drenched in anxiety and based on a very true story.

Why similar: Parody 27.1% ★, Platformer 26.7%, Comedy 15.6%, Metroidvania 8%, Retro 6.9%

tERRORbane is a comedic adventure where bugs are your FRIENDS! Enjoy exploring a crazy and outlandish world, full of unique, quirky characters and homages to the history of videogaming, challenge the Developer with your creativity and be the Bane of Errors!

Why similar: Satire 41.3% ★, Parody 24.8% ★, Comedy 16.5%, Indie 5.4%, Retro 4.2%

Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus is the surreal puzzle game set in the dreams of its protagonist. Will you be able to save the thing you love most and overcome the neverending whirlwind of nightmares? Now in a new shiny edition.

Why similar: Satire 44.3% ★, Parody 25.9% ★, Comedy 17.6%, Funny 7.3%, Memes 2.6%

Comedy Quest is a point and click adventure game by Trav Nash. Can you become the greatest comedian in three gigs?

Why similar: Comedy 40.9%, Indie 22.7%, Funny 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Casual 6.6%

"So, I made a game, right? I filled it with harmless funny puzzles, narrated it a little bit, and then players started making fun of it! They broke the game, ignored my rules! They... they... laughed at me! As if it was some kind of a joke! Why do they have to be so mean?!" - developer of Dude, Stop

Why similar: Satire 43.7% ★, Comedy 23.5%, Funny 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Indie 5.2%

With your final build missing, and only till the end of the night to publish his game, Warren must take up the difficult adventure to make a new build before the end of the night through whatever means necessary. Join Warren's quest to publish his title before the end of the night and become an indie dev.

Why similar: Indie 45.2%, Funny 37.5%, Adventure 8.7%, Singleplayer 6.1%, Casual 2.6%

Bust some bugs and save the world with the most average of heroes in this retro style platformer! Overcome obstacles such as killer cars, lava floors and one seriously @!&#^% off sun, tackle the horrors of the daily commute but with more fire and randomness.

Why similar: Parody 35.8% ★, Platformer 28.1%, Funny 8.2%, Retro 7.1%, Side Scroller 6.8%

A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd you will ask yourself: WHAT THE GOLF?

Why similar: Satire 41.9% ★, Parody 25.9% ★, Comedy 14.6%, Funny 6.2%, Indie 4%

A NOT Troll Game, a platformer where you journey through a world that constantly trolls you. Can you make it to Zoobtryx? Beware…

Why similar: Platformer 40.3%, Comedy 15.4%, Funny 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Retro 8.9%

Shadow of Loot Box is a first-person shooter about micropayments, loot boxes, cut content and everything we "love" in modern video games.

Why similar: Comedy 30.4%, Indie 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Retro 10.5%, Adventure 5.5%

Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.

Why similar: Parody 28.3% ★, Retro 17.5%, Indie 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Comedy 10.1%

When a mysterious beam from space transforms the world into a game, the Angry Video Game Nerd must return to put the "ASS" in ASSimilation. Utilize new mechanics, power-ups, abilities, and collectible armor pieces to defeat your most powerful foe yet, and save the world!

Why similar: Platformer 47.5%, Indie 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Retro 5.9%, Adventure 4.7%

Potatoman will put your reflexes and worldview to the test as you journey through scorching deserts, dark forests, busy cities, the tallest mountains and eventually your own potato-consciousness in search of the ultimate answer. Are you prepared to face the TROOF?

Why similar: Platformer 49.9%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Retro 12.2%, Indie 11.3%, Comedy 6.8%

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Why similar: Indie 43.4%, Funny 13.1%, Comedy 12.7%, 2D 12.3%, Singleplayer 10%

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Platformer 64%, Indie 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Exploration 3.5%, 2D 2%

Pants Quest is a tiny, lovingly crafted point & click adventure game about finding your way in life. And your pants. Sometimes just getting dressed & leaving the house feels like an impossible task. Follow one man's emotional journey to deal with the hurdles that life can throw at you on a bad day.

Why similar: Comedy 32.2%, Funny 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Retro 16.4%, 2D 7.2%

This game is a cross between The Stanley Parable, Undertale, and rage games like I Wanna Be the Guy. And the deeper you get, the less the fourth wall is respected. This game is a parody of game design and laughs on the surface, but there is a deeper and darker story to this game's origin to unravel.

Why similar: Parody 42.2% ★, Comedy 22.5%, Platformer 18.3%, Funny 9.4%, Memes 3.9%

A comical puzzle platformer where you must die to progress. The bodies you leave behind are your only tools to solve puzzles on your quest to find the Cup of Life.

Why similar: Platformer 45.6%, Comedy 28.6%, Funny 15%, Indie 4.2%, Side Scroller 2.4%

A collection of 9 award winning indie games from the creator of "Binding of isaac" and "Super Meat Boy"!

Why similar: Platformer 54.9%, Indie 29.2%, 2D 6.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%, Adventure 3.5%

A crazy platformer with a touch of RPG and tons of quirky but challenging things! Lovely hand-drawn-looking graphics, for a world crowded with funny creatures and bizarre weapons. Join Rufus, the antihero with broom and bucket, on his absurd journey.

Why similar: Parody 29.6% ★, Platformer 24.2%, Comedy 18.9%, Metroidvania 9.2%, Funny 8.5%

Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!

Why similar: Platformer 31.9%, Indie 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Funny 9.5%, Retro 9.1%

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Platformer 66.8%, Indie 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%, 2D 5.1%, Funny 3.5%

Depart on a life-changing turn-based adventure to save the President!

Why similar: Satire 41.6% ★, Comedy 28.9%, Funny 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, 2D 4.2%

Exciting Adventure About the Joys of Working at an Amazin' Fulfillment Center! Short, social commentary game that is 100% free, no micro-transactions.

Why similar: Indie 36.1%, Pixel Graphics 25.2%, 2D 10.1%, Casual 9.2%, Adventure 8%

The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.

Why similar: Satire 50.7% ★, Comedy 31.2%, Funny 7.7%, Indie 6.2%, Exploration 1.6%