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2009 PlayStation

A tongue-in-cheek mini-RPG where every mission lasts just 30 seconds. You rescue the world by planning routes, grinding and spending money cleverly while the game parodies genre clichés.

What defines Half-Minute Hero:

  • Lots of humour
  • Fantasy setting
  • Tactical depth
  • Strong character progression

The closest matches for Half-Minute Hero are Fluffy Horde, Necronator: Dead Wrong and Unholy Heights. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Half-Minute Hero special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Necronator: Dead Wrong

Lots of humour

A comedic micro real-time strategy game with roguelike deckbuilding, where you play an undead commander summoning armies of skeletons and monsters to overthrow the self-righteous Livmor Alliance.

Unholy Heights

Lots of humour

As the Devil you run an apartment block for monsters, collecting rent and furnishing their homes. When heroes attack, you call tenants to fight, blending tower defense with a humorous management sim.

Dwarven Skykeep

Lots of humour

A cute pixel-art card management game where you play dwarves and use magical cards to build an ever-taller tower. Humorous and strategic at once.

Naheulbeuk's Dungeon Master

Lots of humour

You build and run your own dungeon and defend it against invading heroes, all set in the satirical fantasy world of Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Its humor and chaotic dungeon management take center stage.

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

Strong character progression

You run an item shop as a young merchant paying off her father's debt: haggle with customers by day, then hire an adventurer to delve into randomized dungeons for stock. The blend of shop management and action dungeon crawling is carried by plenty of humor.

Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

Lots of humour

You rule a fantasy kingdom, but your heroes act on their own and can only be steered by placing bounties that tempt them toward quests and monster hunts. This tongue-in-cheek real-time strategy game is built on indirect control and dry humor.

Majesty Gold HD

Lots of humour

A real-time strategy game where you rule a fantasy kingdom indirectly: heroes act on their own and can only be lured by bounties you place. Tongue-in-cheek humor and willful heroes give it its charm.

CastleStorm

Strong character progression

CastleStorm blends 2D physics destruction with tower defense as you fire siege weapons, deploy troops and cast spells in a war between Knights and Vikings. It also offers a castle editor, a humorous campaign, and co-op and online modes.

Impire

Lots of humour

As the snarky demon Báal-Abaddon you build a dungeon, manage hordes of nasty minions and repel invading heroes. A humorous dungeon-management strategy game in the vein of Dungeon Keeper.

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