- #1 Sometimes Always Monsters
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 161 reviews2020
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows
Join a cross-country bus tour as a newlywed author, and combat vicious rumors that you're a plagiarist. Truth isn't important, when you control the narrative.
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, Indie 18.5%, RPGMaker 16.6% ★, Choices Matter 7.3%, LGBTQ+ 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel that continues the exploration of life's consequences and the burden of past choices.
- #2 To the Moon
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 84,848 reviews2012
Dev: Freebird Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
Why similar: RPGMaker 46.8% ★, Story Rich 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Indie 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional, story-driven RPG Maker classic that focuses on the life journey of its characters.
- #3 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
96% matchVery Positive93% of 124,984 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: RPG 39.8%, Choices Matter 24.5%, Story Rich 24.4%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive choice-driven RPG that mirrors the gritty, philosophical, and deeply personal narrative style of the seed game.
- #4 Night in the Woods
95% matchVery Positive95% of 19,753 reviews2017
Dev: Infinite FallPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Why similar: Story Rich 42.6%, Choices Matter 36.8%, Adventure 6.9%, Visual Novel 5.9%, Singleplayer 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same feeling of aimless, grounded life struggles and the complexities of returning home.
- #5 OneShot
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 61,459 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: RPGMaker 39% ★, Story Rich 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative experience that relies on player choices and emotional connection to the protagonist.
- #6 If Found...
93% matchVery Positive90% of 2,276 reviews2020
Dev: DREAMFEELPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44%, Indie 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Story Rich 12.4%, Casual 5%
Why You'll Like It: A poignant, LGBTQ-focused narrative game about identity, memory, and the passage of time.
- #7 Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
94% matchVery Positive80% of 4,374 reviews2013
Dev: Cardboard Computer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
Why similar: Story Rich 30.3%, Indie 30%, Great Soundtrack 23.9%, Adventure 10.2%, Walking Simulator 3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, narrative-heavy cross-country journey that emphasizes atmosphere and character interaction.
- #8 Citizen Sleeper
92% matchVery Positive93% of 9,761 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: RPG 48.3%, Story Rich 29.9%, Indie 17.7%, Adventure 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the struggle of survival and personal choices in a harsh, unforgiving world.
- #9 Super Lesbian Animal RPG
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,846 reviews2022
Dev: ponett
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Melody has decided to become a healer in this classic-inspired turn-based RPG about love, anxiety, and fighting funny-looking monsters in dungeons.
Why similar: RPGMaker 48.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, RPG 10.3%, Story Rich 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, character-focused RPG Maker game with strong LGBTQ themes and a focus on relationships.
- #10 LISA: The Painful
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 14,938 reviews2014
Dev: Dingaling ProductionsPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 29.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Why similar: RPGMaker 53.8% ★, RPG 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, gritty RPG Maker game that forces brutal moral choices and explores themes of loss and regret.
- #11 Actual Sunlight
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 611 reviews2014
Dev: WZOGI
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation.
Why similar: RPGMaker 77.7% ★, Indie 12.5%, Story Rich 5.7%, Adventure 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A raw, unflinching look at depression and life that mirrors the cynical and grounded tone of the seed game.
- #12 A Story Beside
89% matchVery Positive96% of 308 reviews2022
Dev: Wayward Prophet
Windows
Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.
Why similar: RPGMaker 52.7% ★, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 9.3%, LGBTQ+ 9%, Romance 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim that explores the emotional impact of choices and the passage of time on a character's life.
- #13 Roadwarden
89% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: RPG 38.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, Indie 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy, choice-driven journey through a harsh, unforgiving world where every decision carries weight.
- #14 Cinders
88% matchVery Positive87% of 787 reviews2014
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.9%, Story Rich 23.4%, Romance 15.7%, Female Protagonist 7%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy visual novel that subverts traditional fairy tale narratives with complex character motivations.
- #15 The Endless Empty
87% matchVery Positive96% of 297 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: RPGMaker 44.8% ★, RPG 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 8%, Indie 7.6%, Great Soundtrack 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, introspective RPG Maker game that explores themes of life, death, and existential dread.
- #16 NORCO
85% matchVery Positive93% of 3,013 reviews2022
Dev: Geography of RobotsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
Why similar: Story Rich 46.5%, Pixel Graphics 39.2%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 5%, 2D 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, narrative-driven exploration of a decaying town that feels both grounded and dreamlike.
- #17 HEARTBEAT
86% matchVery Positive85% of 618 reviews2018
Dev: CHUMBOSOFT LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Make friends, make enemies, go fishing, collect cards, beat up sharks, beat up tigers, obtain the denim blade, train a fuzzy infantile insect for battle, and uncover ancient secrets in this monster-filled adventure.
Why similar: RPGMaker 52.9% ★, RPG 21.6%, Indie 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, character-driven RPG Maker game with a strong focus on interpersonal relationships.
- #18 Monster Loves You!
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,197 reviews2013
Dev: Radial Games Corp
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!
Why similar: RPG 35.6%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Indie 17.8%, Story Rich 11.4%, Casual 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven simulation that explores the consequences of your actions in a world of monsters.
- #19 The Red Strings Club
84% matchVery Positive94% of 13,842 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.
Why similar: Story Rich 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Choices Matter 17.3%, LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 16%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy game focused on choices, ethics, and the manipulation of human nature.
- #20 Life is Strange - Episode 1
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 172,233 reviews2015
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Why similar: Story Rich 28.5%, Choices Matter 25.8%, Great Soundtrack 23.5%, Female Protagonist 5.1%, LGBTQ+ 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential choice-driven narrative game about personal growth, relationships, and the impact of your actions.
- #21 Half Past Fate
82% matchVery Positive92% of 299 reviews2020
Dev: Serenity ForgePub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Love is in the air, but work, life, and spicy Ramen keep getting in the way! From 8 hours to 8 years, this time-jumping saga will change the way you feel about fate forever.
Why similar: RPG 43.2%, Indie 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Romance 8.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A charming, character-driven story about romance and the small events that define a life.
- #22 DashBored
84% matchVery Positive81% of 335 reviews2016
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Enter a bizarre and idiosyncratic world! Adventure into the unknown, and defeat horrid monsters! A story of Love, Loss, and the end of the Multiverse.
Why similar: RPGMaker 53.9% ★, RPG 27.6%, Indie 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, Adventure 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, surreal RPG Maker game with a unique, moody aesthetic and focus on exploration.
- #23 HorrorVale
79% matchVery Positive99% of 407 reviews2024
Dev: BatWorks Software
Windows
HorrorVale: A grand Spooktacular adventure about a girl, her dog, and her long journey to save him in a strange and horrifying Underworld.
Why similar: RPGMaker 58.3% ★, RPG 27.9%, Indie 10.9%, Adventure 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A quirky, narrative-driven RPG Maker game with a distinct, dark atmosphere and exploration focus.
- #24 Coffee Talk
80% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.1%, Story Rich 18%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Indie 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A grounded, character-focused narrative game about listening to others' lives and offering support.
- #25 Last Word
82% matchVery Positive82% of 410 reviews2015
Dev: Twelve TilesPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In a society where having the last word means having power over others, a small party is disrupted by a gentleman who politely issues orders via one-way intercom.
Why similar: RPG 33.3%, RPGMaker 29.3% ★, Indie 14.1%, Casual 4.4%, LGBTQ+ 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique RPG Maker game that emphasizes social interaction and dialogue choices as the primary mechanics.
- #26 Choice of Robots
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,000 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.6%, RPG 26%, Story Rich 14.7%, Indie 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based game where your decisions significantly alter the trajectory of your life and the world around you.
- #27 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 37,969 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.6%, Story Rich 18.8%, Choices Matter 17%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Female Protagonist 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intimate, personal lives of characters within a gritty, atmospheric setting.
- #28 Tales Across Time
81% matchVery Positive82% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: Critical Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Tales Across Time is a story-driven RPG experience from the creator of 8-Bit Adventures: The Forgotten Journey. It uses the classic short-story format to tell the tale of three different characters...
Why similar: RPGMaker 57.5% ★, RPG 20.9%, Indie 8%, Pixel Graphics 5%, Story Rich 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A collection of short, narrative-driven RPG Maker stories that focus on human connection.
- #29 Papers, Please
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,508 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Indie 34.5%, Pixel Graphics 24.7%, Story Rich 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Singleplayer 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A game defined by the moral weight of your daily choices in a difficult and restrictive environment.
- #30 Oxenfree
78% matchVery Positive91% of 12,023 reviews2016
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Why similar: Story Rich 28.7%, Choices Matter 26%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Indie 11.8%, Walking Simulator 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven game where dialogue choices define your relationships and the outcome of the story.
- #31 Grimm's Hollow
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 14,295 reviews2019
Dev: ghosthunter
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Why similar: RPGMaker 45.9% ★, RPG 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Story Rich 8.9%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%
- #32 Scars of Summer: After
75% matchVery Positive93% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Shinachiku-castellaPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Live out your last two summers with your childhood friend and attempt to save her from the many fates that await her in the backwards village where she grew up.
Why similar: RPG 39.5%, RPGMaker 30.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Indie 5.9%, Adventure 4.9%
- #33 Little Goody Two Shoes
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,301 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.2%, RPG 27.9%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 10.2%, Romance 6.4%
- #34 Amarantus
76% matchVery Positive82% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: ub4q
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.1%, LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Story Rich 18.1%, Romance 15.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%
- #35 a new life.
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,375 reviews2020
Dev: Angela He
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.3%, Indie 18.5%, Romance 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #36 Mushroom Musume
73% matchVery Positive97% of 212 reviews2025
Dev: Mortally Moonstruck Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Raise a mushroom from a spore into a fine young woman, then discover the twists and turns her life may take in this creepy-cute fairytale life simulation game.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31%, RPG 26.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Romance 7.6%
- #37 Knight Bewitched
77% matchVery Positive91% of 167 reviews2018
Dev: Joshua Keith
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Knight Bewitched is a turn-based jRPG that follows the love story of innocent witch Gwen and Ruth, the stalwart knight tasked to slay her. The Enhanced Edition includes new features and new content.
Why similar: RPGMaker 44% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, RPG 10.4%, Story Rich 7.1%, Romance 6.5%
- #38 NTR Office
72% matchVery Positive87% of 527 reviews2025
Dev: NineDayPub: Mango Party
Windows
In this story-oriented 2D pixel-art RPG, you will embark on a very emotional journey, where you must choose carefully to protect your cherished relationship.
Why similar: RPGMaker 30.8% ★, Story Rich 20.7%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Nudity 11.4%
- #39 Fields of Asphodel
73% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?
Why similar: RPG 33.1%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Story Rich 11.9%, Romance 10%, LGBTQ+ 8.8%
- #40 Monster Garden
75% matchVery Positive98% of 89 reviews2018
Dev: Zack WoodPub: Self
Windows · Mac
Befriend strange monsters as you explore the surreal magic of the monster garden and discover its secrets!
Why similar: RPGMaker 39.9% ★, RPG 19.7%, Indie 8.8%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%, Choices Matter 4.9%
- #41 Life After Magic
72% matchVery Positive98% of 264 reviews2023
Dev: Team StarlightPub: Chirashi Games
Windows · Linux
Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.6%, Story Rich 17.7%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Romance 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #42 Demons Roots
71% matchVery Positive94% of 2,167 reviews2023
Dev: Quick nail AristocratPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In a final struggle for survival, demonkind again invaded the human world. However, the world they return to after years in the darkness isn't the same as it once was...
Why similar: RPGMaker 61% ★, RPG 19.5%, Story Rich 6.6%, Indie 3.6%, Adventure 2.6%
- #43 Choice of the Deathless
74% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.
Why similar: RPG 70.5%, Indie 29.5%
- #44 Lovely Lady RPG
69% matchVery Positive100% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: DAS POPPY UND MIA KUNSTKOLLEKTIV
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.
Why similar: RPG 35.7%, LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Indie 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #45 Meg's Monster
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,271 reviews2023
Dev: Odencat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Take control of the Underworld’s grumpiest ghoul to help a lost little girl find her way home in this creepy-cute indie adventure. Just be warned: if she cries, the whole world dies.
Why similar: RPG 30.7%, Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Indie 18.4%, Story Rich 18%, Adventure 4.3%
- #46 Earthshine
73% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: ElleivPub: Phoenix_co
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.
Why similar: Indie 30.7%, Great Soundtrack 21.7%, Story Rich 17.9%, Casual 10.4%, Adventure 8.6%
- #47 Get In The Car, Loser!
70% matchVery Positive84% of 487 reviews2021
Dev: Love Conquers All Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A lesbian road trip RPG by the co-creator of Ladykiller in a Bind about fighting for love and justice in the face of indifference, inspired by choice-driven visual novels, and a battle system influenced by classic and modern JRPGs. WILL YOU STAND AND FIGHT IN THE FACE OF EVIL?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.8%, RPG 31.6%, Indie 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Female Protagonist 6%
- #48 Ceress and Orea
71% matchVery Positive88% of 131 reviews2018
Dev: Plueschkatze
Windows
Ceress is sentenced to death for being in love with the oracle Orea. But stubborn as she is, she calls out to an old deity, demanding a chance to change this unrighteousness. - Can Ceress overcome death to be reunited with the woman she loves?
Why similar: RPGMaker 53.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Walking Simulator 7.9%, Romance 6.4%, RPG 5.6%
- #49 Sins Of The Demon RPG
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,078 reviews2016
Dev: Chandler RounsleyPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Follow the journey of Kenshi, a wandering demon hunter, and his brother, a demon cat seeking a way to return to his true form. Can they find a way to end the curse and save Lanistra?
Why similar: RPGMaker 66.8% ★, RPG 17.6%, Indie 3.7%, Story Rich 3.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%
- #50 The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
65% matchVery Positive94% of 5,842 reviews2023
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.8%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Indie 6.9%
- #51 Under the River
64% matchVery Positive96% of 188 reviews2026
Dev: 夜火游戏（Night Fire Game）
Windows
Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots. To survive, you must devour her. One begs you to eat her. One begs you to stay human. What will you choose?
Why similar: RPG 64.2%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Visual Novel 6.5%, Female Protagonist 3.9%, Adventure 3.6%
- #52 Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
64% matchVery Positive95% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: 雏形游戏Pub: Comma 49
Windows
"Throne of Monsters" is a fantasy visual novel with map exploration and card-based combat.Trapped in a mist-covered city, you must slay the false king to escape.Face monsters, confront tears and regret, and lead the world to rebirth.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.5%, RPG 26.1%, Story Rich 17.8%, Romance 12.2%, Female Protagonist 5.3%
- #53 non-binary
67% matchVery Positive93% of 291 reviews2022
Dev: owof games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 60.3%, Story Rich 20.4%, RPG 11.4%, Visual Novel 5.5%, 2D 1.8%
- #54 Pendula Swing - The Complete Journey
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 64 reviews2020
Dev: Valiant Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Explore a memorable 1920s fantasy world where you interact with, befriend and romance hundreds of characters with unique quests, as an already rich and famous heroine.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.1%, RPG 23.9%, Story Rich 15%, Romance 10.7%, Indie 10%
- #55 Manafinder
67% matchVery Positive95% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Wolfsden LLC
Windows · Mac
Take the role of a manafinder in this console-style turn-based RPG set in the beautiful but unforgiving world of Aevi. Fight your way against ferocious beasts and other threats in the quest for manastones as you define the fate of the exiled.
Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Story Rich 16.7%, Choices Matter 16.5%, RPGMaker 14.8% ★, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #56 夜弦之音 - Echoes of Nocturnal Chords
68% matchVery Positive100% of 111 reviews2020
Dev: 秋之忧郁Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
On a rainy night, Xiaoyin disappears searching for the legendary “Miracle Grass.” Yixuan follows clues into a trap-filled cave where bodies, monsters, lies, and warmth intertwine. Multiple endings guide you through fairy tale and reality, revealing a fate woven from hope and loss.
Why similar: RPGMaker 57.5% ★, RPG 14.4%, Story Rich 6.1%, Romance 6%, Indie 5.5%
- #57 Helen's Mysterious Castle
68% matchVery Positive93% of 902 reviews2016
Dev: SatsuPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A young girl with a hidden past sets off on an epic and mysterious journey in hope of learning more about her own origins in this beautifully rendered, classic-style RPG adventure.
Why similar: RPGMaker 55% ★, RPG 17%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, Indie 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #58 𝄞Gaia's Melody: ECHOED MELODIES
69% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Echo607
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gaia's Melody is a story about friendship. About bonds, family - lies, deception, and the truth. Overcoming yourself, and accepting. Do you have the courage to accept the truth?
Why similar: RPGMaker 56.2% ★, RPG 27.8%, Indie 10.8%, Adventure 3.2%, Female Protagonist 1.9%
- #59 Samsa and the Knights of Light
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2015
Dev: AtixxPub: ClorithStudio
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
BE THE HERO; OR NOT....IT'S UP TO YOU!Samsa and the Knights of Light is a RPG game, with 2D retro-style.
Why similar: RPGMaker 52.9% ★, RPG 21.4%, Indie 9%, Great Soundtrack 7.5%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #60 Roomie Romance
68% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Will love blossom between you and your housemate, when you start a new job and have to live with her? The choices you make will determine the relationship you have in this love story between two women.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.3%, Indie 13.8%, Story Rich 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Nudity 8.9%
