Games Like Back to the Dawn

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: Detective 30.8%, Choices Matter 18.7%, RPG 17.4%, Story Rich 15.6%, CRPG 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the gold standard for choice-driven, detective-focused RPGs with deep narrative branching and complex character interactions.

Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 52.5%, RPG 27.1%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 7.6%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the prison setting and turn-based tactical combat while focusing on faction politics and survival.

The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 46.8%, RPG 14.5%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 9.6%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is the quintessential prison escape simulator that focuses on crafting, routine management, and planning your breakout.

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 31.5%, Story Rich 28.4%, Multiple Endings 28.3%, Adventure 6.8%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of surviving in a restrictive environment through social RPG mechanics and meaningful, choice-based progression.

Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.

Why similar: Detective 22%, RPG 21.7%, Crime 18.8%, Mystery 12.4%, Simulation 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep investigative experience where gathering evidence and outsmarting targets is the core gameplay loop.

Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!

Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Crime 22.5%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 9.8%, Story Rich 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This collection focuses heavily on the detective work and evidence gathering required to solve complex crimes.

The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, CRPG 14.7%, Investigation 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%, RPG 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric RPG that balances deep story-rich narrative with tactical combat and social investigation.

Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, CRPG 11%, Investigation 10.9%, RPG 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A pure detective RPG that emphasizes investigation and player choices over combat, similar to the investigative aspects of the seed game.

Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.

Why similar: Detective 55.6%, Mystery 19.8%, Story Rich 18.6%, Adventure 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title features a high-stakes confinement setting where social deduction and mystery-solving are essential to survive.

"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.

Why similar: Detective 44%, Story Rich 14.6%, Investigation 14.6%, Mystery 10.1%, RPG 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich detective game that focuses on piecing together evidence to solve complex mysteries.

When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.

Why similar: Choices Matter 23%, Story Rich 22.8%, Multiple Endings 21.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 11%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the tension of living under a restrictive system where you must manipulate social dynamics to survive.

Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.2%, Story Rich 21.1%, Multiple Endings 20%, Mystery 17.1%, Detective 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a claustrophobic, high-stakes prison-like environment with complex puzzles and branching narrative paths.

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Detective 25.5%, Investigation 20.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at deep, choice-heavy investigation within a confined, historically rich setting.

Hero's Adventure:Road to Passion is a wuxia open-world RPG. You will commence your journey as an underdog in the tumultuous Martial World and will be met with a wide array of choices as you navigate your own heroic saga.

Why similar: RPG 34.3%, Multiple Endings 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Strategy 6.1%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art RPG that provides significant freedom in choices and character development within a structured world.

Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.

Why similar: RPG 37.5%, Pixel Graphics 25.7%, Story Rich 20%, Strategy 5%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art RPG features deep tactical combat and a world that reacts to your character's progression.

Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.

Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Strategy RPG 21.6%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, RPG 12%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy, choice-driven game that focuses on the struggle of escaping a restrictive, prison-like facility.

Prison Notes is a RPG with text-based ADV and cultivation elements. You act as a young migrant worker, wrongly imprisoned in the prison known as "The Coral Reef".What challenges and adventures are awaiting? Will you finally find a way out? Your choices and actions will decide the end of your story.

Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Crime 14.6%, RPG 12.6%, Story Rich 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A prison-themed RPG that incorporates card-battling and visual novel elements to tell its story.

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Crime 24.4%, Investigation 12.8%, RPG 10.1%, Story Rich 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique detective experience that relies on audio investigation to piece together the truth behind crimes.

Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!

Why similar: Multiple Endings 27.5%, Choices Matter 26.6%, RPG 19.3%, Story Rich 13%, Simulation 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A life-sim RPG where managing relationships and choices leads to multiple branching endings.

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 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Story Rich 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Detective 9%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that emphasizes exploration, survival, and the impact of your choices on the world around you.

The toughest prison sim in the yard has been locked back up to serve another sentence in 2D!

Why similar: RPG 52.7%, Simulation 20.6%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, raw simulation of prison life that emphasizes the struggle for survival and social status among inmates.

Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.

Why similar: Detective 29%, Choices Matter 23.1%, RPG 16.6%, Story Rich 12.5%, Mystery 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique social combat system where dialogue and manipulation are your primary tools for navigating a dangerous environment.

Take back your identity in Muffles’ Life Sentence- a darkly quirky RPG set in a prison where inmates are remade to match their crimes.

Why similar: Crime 28%, RPG 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Story Rich 17.9%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG set in a prison that uses dark humor and card-battling to explore its narrative.

A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family.

Why similar: Crime 24.3%, Detective 24.1%, RPG 11.1%, Story Rich 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric crime game that focuses on the investigation and the moral weight of your actions.

《学生时代》是一款可自由构筑的校园人生模拟器。你将在高度还原的中国校园中，从入学一路走到高考，与多个性格鲜明的同学一起成长，互相陪伴。你的养成和选择，不但会决定你的人生，也会影响到朋友们的未来。

Why similar: Multiple Endings 35.4%, RPG 35%, Story Rich 29.5%

Why You'll Like It: A social simulation game that forces you to navigate complex relationships and choices in a confined environment.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: RPG 31.8%, Choices Matter 23.2%, CRPG 22.3%, Story Rich 16.5%, Adventure 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This RPG focuses on faction politics and the consequences of your choices in a world where you are constantly under pressure.

Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.4%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, RPG 18.2%, Story Rich 16.9%, Simulation 5.8%

Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.

Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Choices Matter 21.2%, Story Rich 17.9%, Mystery 14.3%, RPG 13.6%

Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

Why similar: RPG 44.3%, CRPG 21.8%, Story Rich 19.3%, Strategy 5.9%, Adventure 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a compelling mix of team building, crime-solving, and tactical RPG combat in a dystopian setting.

Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.

Why similar: Detective 28.2%, Crime 19.9%, Investigation 12.5%, Story Rich 10.5%, Mystery 8.7%

Play as a Prisoner or a Guard with up to 12 players(or alone) in an online prison game. Loot, Craft, and make your way to the exit, or investigate and arrest wanted players as a guard!

Why similar: Detective 47.2%, RPG 21.5%, Strategy RPG 15.5%, Strategy 6%, Simulation 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on the day-to-day management and social interactions within a prison.

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: Pixel Graphics 29.8%, Multiple Endings 22%, Story Rich 16.3%, Simulation 11.3%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the oppressive atmosphere of a restrictive system where every choice you make has moral and survival consequences.

Command your minions to solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class boarding school, where the competition is cut-throat and image is everything. But be careful - one of your minions is a traitor.

Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Investigation 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%, RPG 12.4%, Story Rich 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy detective game where you must manage resources and social dynamics to solve mysteries.

A young single man returns to his hometown and takes over the family's matchmaking business. Matchmaking Inc. is a modern-themed RPG designed for men that combines gameplay elements of simulation management and text adventure.

Why similar: Choices Matter 22.5%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, RPG 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Story Rich 16.8%

Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.

Why similar: Crime 22.6%, Choices Matter 21.4%, Investigation 18.5%, Story Rich 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13%

You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

Why similar: Choices Matter 29.3%, RPG 20.9%, Story Rich 17.4%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Strategy RPG 6.2%

Untangle a gripping conspiracy in this noir-influenced mystery, laced with classic RPG elements. Navigate seedy streets to collect clues, upgrade skills and customize weapons. Brawl in turn-based combat with timed hits & combos, to reveal the dark truth that plagues the city’s core and your sanity.

Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Crime 18%, Strategy RPG 13.3%, RPG 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?

Why similar: Detective 42%, RPG 17%, Story Rich 14.3%, Mystery 10.5%, Simulation 4.9%

Home Behind 2 is a Roguelike RPG which set in Scaria, a country engulfed in a ten-year civil war. Lead a patchwork group of revolutionary fighters into the depths of the government's territory as you struggle to overthrow a brutal authoritarian regime!

Why similar: RPG 38.4%, Story Rich 21.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%

Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.

Why similar: Story Rich 47.1%, Strategy 24%, Adventure 18.4%, Singleplayer 10.6%

It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.

Why similar: Detective 35%, Crime 16.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Story Rich 10.4%

Getting away with murder has never been easy. These three members of a proud and noble family are separated by five centuries, but have in common a vengeful and murderous intent. Plans must be formed, blood must be spilled and evidence must be planted ...

Why similar: Crime 26.6%, Detective 23.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, RPG 10.1%

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Why similar: Detective 46.4%, Investigation 19.7%, Mystery 16%, Story Rich 11.3%, Adventure 2.7%

Following the previous one, “Fate Seeker II” character development, thinking and exploration and other elements. You can experience real-time combat without switching scenes, and feel the delightful martial arts anytime.

Why similar: RPG 56%, Investigation 25.1%, Story Rich 14.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Sexual Content 1.3%

Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33.7%, Story Rich 26.6%, RPG 24.4%, Adventure 7.6%, Singleplayer 4.1%

《觅长生》是一款想要还原真实修仙世界的开放世界角色扮演游戏。 在这里，你可以体验到从零开始一步步积攒修为突破境界的逆天修仙之旅，也可以体验到那些充满修仙味的故事和剧情。当然也少不了寻求奇遇、探索秘境，更可以和游戏中的角色互动，与人为善或是杀人夺宝全都由你自己抉择。

Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Strategy RPG 26.9%, Story Rich 14.6%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 4.8%

Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.

Why similar: Detective 41.4%, Mystery 13.5%, Story Rich 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Investigation 9.3%

MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.1%, Multiple Endings 20.6%, RPG 20.4%, Story Rich 20%, Adventure 5.2%

The game world is set in a turbulent state and the mighty Tang-Man declines. The threats from the old enemies keep coming one after another.As a nobody, will you choose either to leave yourself out of it or to fight for Tang-Man's future and turning the tide? The journey of yours,is unpredictable.

Why similar: Choices Matter 32.4%, RPG 27.8%, Multiple Endings 27.2%, Strategy 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Beast Saga is an open-world RPG set in a martial arts universe where you play as a young wolf tribe member named Lang Jiusi. Immerse yourself in a world of free exploration, gathering, crafting, life skills, martial arts cultivation, forming alliances and experiencing unique Jianghu adventures.

Why similar: CRPG 18.1%, Choices Matter 17.7%, RPG 17.2%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 14.4%

Soulflow is a 2.5D fantasy-detective game that offers a unique experience with its graphic style. In this story-based role play game, players must gather information from others during the day and try to solve the murders in the neighborhood to stay free.

Why similar: Detective 23.6%, Investigation 14.1%, Crime 12%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%

"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 35.3%, RPG 35.2%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Adventure 6.6%

The player will play the role of an older unmarried young man Lao Wang, because of the lack of money for marriage in thinking of ways to accidentally be attracted by the pop-up ads of an online game endorsed by a certain celebrity, and the gears of destiny began to turn at that moment.

Why similar: CRPG 43.1%, RPG 22.8%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Story Rich 14.5%

Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...

Why similar: Detective 45.7%, Mystery 16%, Story Rich 14.8%, CRPG 9.2%, RPG 6.4%

'Warm Snow' is a Rogue-like action game with a background set in a dark fantasy world, where the eerie 'Warm Snow' holds sway. You will play as the Warrior 'Bi-an' on a crusade against the Five Great Clans, in order to save a world teetering on the brink of destruction.

Why similar: RPG 29.2%, Multiple Endings 28.9%, Story Rich 25.9%, Adventure 5.6%, Sexual Content 3.6%

Justice.exe is a dialogue-heavy dystopian legal drama in which you defend sentient AI in court. Discover key story elements in dialogue, build your case by studying arguments, and engage the opposing counsel in wits, charisma and skullduggery. Small choices might alter the fate of your clients.

Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%

Demonic Mahjong is a Roguelike deckbuilding game inspired by the timeless mechanics of Mahjong. Masterfully use the tiles in your hand to craft powerful combinations, reach staggering high scores, and develop strategies that are uniquely your own!

Why similar: Strategy 64.4%, Sexual Content 15.2%, Funny 12.4%, Singleplayer 8%

《龙胤立志传》是一款融合门派经营的开放江湖武侠游戏。在各大门派割据一方的神州之上，你可以自由驰骋，历经奇遇，修炼神功，踏上行侠仗义或行凶作恶之路，也可以经营自己的门派，攻城略地，称霸一方，最终谱写一段独一无二的武林传奇。

Why similar: Strategy RPG 39.6%, RPG 24.8%, Story Rich 17.7%, Simulation 7.6%, Strategy 4.4%

Confront time and fate in the 2D action RPG, Astlibra Revision. Explore meticulously crafted worlds, fight brutal boss battles, and upgrade your skills to take down enemies lurking around every corner.

Why similar: RPG 68.6%, Story Rich 22.9%, Adventure 8.5%