Top 20 Diablo Clone PC games

[swlovinist]

I am by far an expert on PC titles, but I was wondering if there is a list of the best Diablo knock off games for the PC? I know that there is not a true "Diablo Killer" but I am looking for a list of some great action/RPG item hunts that are like Diablo. I have a 1.7 Athlon with about 700 megs of ram with a 256 meg graphics card. Games like Titan Quest wont work, I am looking for games a year back and before. As for the list does anyone want to give it a shot?

[Damaniel]

Two that I liked are Space Hack and Fate. Both should run pretty well on older systems (especially Fate). I don't know if I can name 18 more, but that should start your list...

Links:

Space Hack: http://spacehack.rebelmind.com/en/main
Fate: http://www.playfate.com

[roushimsx]

I know that there is not a true "Diablo Killer"

Nox would like to have a word with you, good sir. I found the singleplayer to be more enjoyable than either Diablo 1 and 2 while the multiplayer was just flat out awesome. There was even a free expansion for it. Sacred and Divine Divinity would also like your attention, as both are excellent action RPGs. Divine Divinity spawned a sequel, "Beyond Divinity", that I haven't yet played but have heard strongly negative things about.

Beyond that, you might want to take a look at Darkstone (available on GameTap now, actually!). Dink Smallwood (completely free now!) is more of an action/adventure like Legend of Zelda or Twinsen's Adventure, but is still a title you should check out.

Dungeon Lords looked interesting but I never gave it a play. Soul Bringer and Throne of Darkness aren't terribly bad, but you really should be playing Nox, Sacred, or Divine Divinity right now. Seriously.

[dlopez9069]

Sacred is truly the greatest! I love it more than Diablo. more freedom, quest, items, characters, pretty much Diablo but better. I found a copy of it at Wal-mart for cheap but if you want to know more just message me.

[PSXferrari]

Top 20?? Somebody better start programming games so we can finish this list.

[swlovinist]

I know that there are more out there and this list gives me a start. Any more?

[theshizzle3000]

I will second Darkstone especially since it can be found for cheap.

[GillianSeed]

There's Space Hack. (oops, already mentioned)

[cyberfluxor]

Top 20?? Somebody better start programming games so we can finish this list.

Quite actually it can easily hit 20, the real question is who knows of 20 off the top of their head? I own a lot of Diablo-like games, most of which are older and a few newer that are obvious knock-offs.

Dungeon Siege is created by Gas Powered games, which personally I feel are one of the next big powers in the PC gaming world. They have some of the old Blizzard programmers over there and idealists from the Total Annihilation days. I'm sure they'll at some point begin cracking at a MMORPG to compete with WoW, EQ2 and some of those others.

The Boulders Gate series is a great one. It's worth a pick-up for either console or PC and has many spells, detailed colors, dynamic character featuristics including clothes and decent story lines. Controls are fluid and comparable to Diablo and packages of the games can be bought new for $20-30 at retail and game stores.

I'd suggest to stay clear of Dungeon Lords though. I downloaded their demo a few months after their launch and it was sloppy and poor quality. It was just a little while afterwards I found the game for under $10 used but still $60 new at Game Stop. You can actually go on eBay and people aren't even bidding on it for pennies and dollars for shipping. It really says a lot.

For a larger list though, check out this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...-Playing_Games

[FantasiaWHT]

Dungeon Siege is ok. I didn't like it much because the process was SO streamlined that it seemed all you were doing was steering your characters. I know a lot of people liked it though.

I'll toss Titan Quest into the ring. Recent and very well done, quite enjoyable!

[PSXferrari]

Quite actually it can easily hit 20, the real question is who knows of 20 off the top of their head? I own a lot of Diablo-like games, most of which are older and a few newer that are obvious knock-offs.

Right, but how many would belong in a Top 20? The Diablo games are great, and they have a few good clones. But they also have a bunch of bad ones. So while you can recommend several games, if you made a "Top 20" you'd start listing some awful games towards the end.

[ablang]

Great thread guys!

I counted over 41 games mentioned.

What I'd like to know is, how many of these games can play on a Win XP $300 netbook?

And does anyone know of any Diablo clones that can be played online in a browser?

[Johnny_Boy]

I'm not sure it's such a good idea to resurrect an old thread (necroposting) but to answer your second question, the best sort-of browser-based rogue-like would probably be TRIGLAV http://www.smokymonkeys.com/triglav/ (must use Internet Explorer, unfortunately.)