- #1 Fool!
97% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jest your way from obscurity to royal acclaim as the King’s pet, beloved by all! As a talented young court fool with dreams of fame, scrabble with other young jesters to secure prestigious positions in the courts of Brenton's nobility.
Why similar: RPG 36.7%, Text-Based 24.2%, Adventure 23.1%, Indie 15.9%
- #2 T-Rex Time Machine
96% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face the world's fiercest dinosaurs and make it back to the future in one piece! You're a physics student with a dream: travel back in time and document the world of dinosaurs. Can you survive the terrors of the Tyrannosaurus rex?
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #3 Yeti's Parole Officer
96% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Yeti, Loch Ness Monster, Chupacabra, and Mothman are aliens, sentenced to prison on Earth by the Pan-Galactic Prisons Bureau. As the Yeti's parole officer, you must defend the galaxy from these convicts, unravel their criminal conspiracy, and bring them to justice!
Why similar: RPG 38.9%, Text-Based 24.4%, Adventure 21.3%, Indie 15.3%
- #4 Trial of the Demon Hunter
95% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle the forces of evil in this thrilling interactive fantasy novel! When a powerful demon destroys your village, you embark on a perilous journey alongside your shape shifting companion, determined to avenge your shattered village and banish the devil back to the Netherworld.
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #5 Showdown at Willow Creek
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Saddle up and defend the town of Willow Creek from nefarious outlaws and city slickers! It all starts when a rancher's daughter goes missing, and it ends at the showdown at Willow Creek, where greed, lust, science and Mother Nature will face off at high noon.
Why similar: RPG 38.9%, Text-Based 24.4%, Adventure 21.3%, Indie 15.3%
- #6 Hero or Villain: Genesis
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the greatest hero or villain that the world has ever seen! Balance the challenges of a normal life, while fighting evil... or wreak havoc yourself.
Why similar: RPG 38.9%, Text-Based 24.4%, Adventure 21.3%, Indie 15.3%
- #7 Highway Wars
93% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a road warrior in the arid plains! Take the role of a Highway Marshall, in a bid to enforce the rule of civilization on a post-apocalyptic world. Will you prevent the sacking of the last remaining cities, rule over them as a Warlord, or attempt to seek a better future for humanity?
Why similar: RPG 38.1%, Text-Based 25.1%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 15%
- #8 The Aether: Life as a God
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Create a mortal race to worship you and grow your strength. Guide them in their daily lives and help them grow. The power you collect will grow your mind and body. Dabble in the affairs of other gods or seek to destroy them and steal their power.
Why similar: RPG 37.6%, Text-Based 24.7%, Adventure 21.5%, Indie 16.2%
- #9 Choice of the Rock Star
91% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rock your way to the top of the '80s charts in this interactive tale of music and mayhem! But beware, mischievous managers, fickle fans, and gossiping groupies stand between you and rock immortality.
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #10 I, Cyborg
91% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outfly, outshoot, and outwit your enemies as an outlaw cyborg on the run! You're a cyborg copy of Ypsilanti Rowe, the interstellar outlaw, whose enemies (and exes) are gunning for you. Can you upgrade your brain and pull one last heist?
Why similar: RPG 36.6%, Text-Based 26.5%, Adventure 21%, Indie 15.9%
- #11 Heaven And Earth
90% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Michael Hobbs
Windows · Mac
War threatens to engulf the world, and your choices will determine how it plays out.
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #12 Tally Ho
89% matchVery Positive94% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and unruffled grace?
Why similar: RPG 35.2%, Text-Based 26.8%, Adventure 21.3%, Indie 16.8%
- #13 The Eagle's Heir
89% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend Napoleon's heir in this steampunk alternate history game of political maneuvering, airship adventure, and romantic intrigue! Will you bring liberty to France, or plunge Europe into bloody war?
Why similar: RPG 35.7%, Text-Based 27.2%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 15.5%
- #14 Love at Elevation
87% matchMixed41% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Romance is as easy as one, two...three lovers! Find love and ascend to new heights in your new home of Boulder, Colorado.
Why similar: RPG 35.4%, Text-Based 30.3%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 13.9%
- #15 Samurai of Hyuga Book 4
85% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the vagabond you always knew you were. Rely on your blade and wits, for little else will save you amidst the cold and unforgiving North! Retrace the steps of your past and rekindle a love once lost. Or try your best to snuff it out—either way, it’s going to burn.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.7%, RPG 31.6%, Adventure 19%, Indie 13.7%
- #16 Zombien
86% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The dead walk. The aliens have arrived. It's the end of the world as we know it! Explore a world where everything you thought you knew is wrong.
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #17 Choice of the Vampire: The Fall of Memphis
86% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Feast on the blood of a dying city: Memphis, 1873! Make your national debut in the Society, a conspiracy of vampires who convene in Memphis to elect a new "senator." The city burns with yellow fever, as the nascent Ku Klux Klan rises.
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #18 Chinomikon
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: dimosha_92
Windows
You are a young teacher, who arrived in China, with the aim to earn some money and have a jorney. During it you are going to learn some basic Chinese words. Learn and play at the same time!
Why similar: RPG 49.6%, Adventure 29.9%, Indie 20.5%
- #19 The Great Tournament
83% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play a young peasant boy who becomes squire to a legendary knight. Travel the realm competing in jousts, archery, and melee competitions. Train hard in order to become a powerful knight and eventually compete in The Great Tournament to decide the fate of the realm in this medieval story.
Why similar: RPG 41.6%, Adventure 22.7%, Text-Based 18.8%, Indie 16.9%
- #20 遇见猎人
84% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: 亘游
Windows
An independent single game. The game's enclave is very small, the game is open to the world, Sandbox games. Players can explore freely on a large map, and can manipulate a pair of male and female characters to fight at the same time.
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #21 Sky Pirates of Actorius
82% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infiltrate a pirate airship and foil the captain’s plans! Can you survive the greedy crew and ruthless officers and disrupt their schemes in time?
Why similar: RPG 47.7%, Adventure 26.4%, Indie 19%, Text-Based 7%
- #22 Broadway: 1849
82% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight your way to box office glory, while fending off the gangs of New York! Will you spur a revolution or keep order in a fractious city?
Why similar: RPG 38.7%, Text-Based 24.2%, Adventure 21.2%, Indie 16%
- #23 Choice of the Vampire
81% matchMixed53% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slake your thirst, without becoming a Beast! Blessed with the blood-soaked gift of immortality, will you tend the flock of humanity—or twist it to your whims? When a brash young country butts heads with a brash young vampire, who will come out ahead?
Why similar: RPG 37.6%, Text-Based 27%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 14.8%
- #24 Evertree Inn
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mysterious tavern with a deadly secret! Check-in to this magical tale of murder and mystery where not everything is as it seems. Explore the tavern in secret or in style, meet and mingle with guests and staff, wield weapons and magic and uncover clues before the killer strikes again!
Why similar: RPG 38.2%, Text-Based 25.2%, Adventure 20.9%, Indie 15.7%
- #25 El Remedio de Aldorf
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Breakover Interactive
Windows
Un librojuego digital donde deberás tomar decisiones que determinarán el final de tu aventura. Toma decisiones y consigue objetos para resolver el puzle, conseguir el remedio y encontrar el mejor final posible.
Why similar: RPG 46.5%, Adventure 25.4%, Indie 18.3%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #26 Highlands, Deep Waters
79% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
While investigating a murder in a small Scottish town, you’ll find yourself embroiled in a world of secrets, cultists, and abyssal horror. What are you willing to do to solve the case? And what will you do when you don’t like the answer?
Why similar: RPG 37.4%, Text-Based 25.8%, Adventure 21.4%, Indie 15.4%
- #27 Fatehaven
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Combat, romance, adventure, and of course—magic! Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic, interactive fantasy tale! Six possible endings. Four hours for a single playthrough. Three love interests. Countless choices. Male or female? Leader or loner? Good or evil? What kind of mage will you be?
Why similar: RPG 38.5%, Text-Based 25.3%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 15.2%
- #28 Gohan Quest
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hurma Games
Windows
Gohan Quest is a humorous adventure RPG that takes place in modern Eastern Europe. Play as anime girls, explore the typical russian town, beat the shit out of gopniks and find the missing "children"! Inspired by golden age JRPGs, from fans to fans.
Why similar: RPG 51%, Adventure 28.8%, Indie 20.1%
- #29 Neighbourhood Necromancer
79% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command the undead to take revenge on the suburbs! Oh, everyone at school laughed at you, but no one will laugh when your minions seize control of critical local infrastructure. Perhaps you’ll start by taking over a convenience store.
Why similar: RPG 37.5%, Text-Based 24.7%, Adventure 22.4%, Indie 15.4%
- #30 Life of a Wizard
78% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Write an archmage's autobiography in this 80-year 130,000-word interactive fiction! Play good or evil, man or woman, as you bring peace to the kingdom or take over the world with your sorcery. Brew potions, raise the dead, summon mythical beasts, control men's minds, and blast away your enemies.
Why similar: RPG 39.5%, Text-Based 24.9%, Adventure 20.7%, Indie 14.9%
- #31 The Superlatives: Aetherfall
77% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead a superpowered team of "Superlatives" to defend 19th-century Victorian London! Battle a Martian warship, clockwork monsters, and nefarious inventors. Don your mask, take to the skies, and God save the Queen!
Why similar: RPG 39.7%, Text-Based 21.9%, Adventure 21.7%, Indie 16.6%
- #32 Creatures Such as We
76% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Living on the moon is lonely, and stressful, and exhausting. Video games have always offered you an escape to a better life. The easy, happy life you wish you had. Which makes it so frustrating when the game you've been playing ends badly.
Why similar: RPG 36.5%, Text-Based 29.2%, Adventure 20%, Indie 14.4%
- #33 Grand Academy II: Attack of the Sequel
73% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Seize your destiny and vanquish your rivals at the world's finest evil preparatory school! The whole gang is back for a deliciously meta sequel.
Why similar: RPG 50.8%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 20%
- #34 Blackstone Academy for the Magical Arts
73% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast spells, pass your exams, and save the world! You’ll compete for glory in the sky sailing tourney, find love, and steer the fate of magic itself.
Why similar: RPG 45%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 18.1%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #35 The Hero Project: Redemption Season
77% matchMixed63% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
America's #1 reality show for heroes is back for another season! Harness your superpowers to steal the spotlight, win votes, and save your sister!
Why similar: RPG 42.5%, Adventure 23.3%, Text-Based 18%, Indie 16.2%
- #36 Runt of the Litter
74% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steal and raise a baby war gryphon! Will you fight dragons together to save the empire, or defy the empire and lead your people to freedom?
Why similar: RPG 37.2%, Text-Based 28%, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 15.4%
- #37 To the City of the Clouds
75% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Search for the lost Incan city known as La Ciudad de las Nubes in the mountains of Colombia. Your fledgling archaeologist will battle venomous pit vipers, tropical diseases, and the FARC guerrilla army to secure fame, fortune, and tenure at a prestigious university.
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #38 Machinations: Fog of War
76% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gunpowder diplomacy in a city primed to explode! Steal, lie, and persuade your way to success. Navigate plots and treachery as a shapeshifting android.
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #39 叙事曲:难忘的回忆 / Ballade: with Memories
70% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: 286studio
Windows · Mac
主人公南望,离家多年之后,考上了故乡所在地的名校“朗润大学”。在那里,认识了自己的好朋友文朔,和文朔的女朋友程可。 三个人快乐地度过了一年的大学生活之后,转眼间进入了大学三年级。南望在开学前的一天,回到了朗润大学。结果发现……
Why similar: RPG 50.5%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 20.4%
- #40 Sixth Grade Detective
74% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Round up the usual suspects—the mean girl, the new kid, the bully, the nerd, maybe even your best friend! Middle school crime doesn't stand a chance.
Why similar: RPG 49.2%, Text-Based 32.4%, Indie 18.5%
- #41 非正式警探 Informal Detective
72% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: SpaceMola Games
Windows
成为警探,打击犯罪!在《非正式警探》中,玩家将通过一系列的搜查证物,收集证言的行动,来揭露犯人的谎言,找出事件的真相!
Why similar: RPG 50.8%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 20%
- #42 The Eerie Inn VR
73% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Historajzer
Windows
The Eerie Inn is a mystery, puzzle-solving horror VR game with a strong emphasis on the narrative. You play as one of the girls staying at a guest house and your mission is to find out the truth behind the mysterious things happening there. You will soon realize that things aren't what they appear to be..
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #43 Fururu Project : Ruby
69% matchVery Positive96% of 123 reviews2019
Dev: Meowshmallow Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
《 Fururu Project : Ruby 》 is an adventure game (AVG). The game focuses on interactions with objects in scenes and exploring through the map. Players are able to trigger various events in game and affect how the story goes.
Why similar: RPG 50.8%, Adventure 28.6%, Indie 20.6%
- #44 Psy High 2: High Summer
70% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You’ve saved your high school – now save summer camp! When the ghost stories at Camp Cedarcrest turn out to be even stranger than you thought, you need to make some tough choices about how to use this powerful new magic.
Why similar: RPG 51%, Adventure 28.8%, Indie 20.1%
- #45 DinoKnights
71% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Saddle up to defend the queen on dino-back! Fight duels and cast spells with a dinosaur at your side and sword in hand—the realm’s fate rests on you!
Why similar: RPG 50.8%, Adventure 29.2%, Indie 20%
- #46 Rent-a-Vice
71% matchMixed70% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
What doesn't kill you...kills someone else, and leads you down an ethical rabbit hole. Can you do what's right in a world where vice is a virtue?
Why similar: RPG 50.8%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 20%
- #47 Mayonez - Dark Comedy Slav Adventure RPG
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Mold
Windows
A dark comedy adventure RPG, set in the fictional Slavic industrial town of Mayonez.
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #48 The World of Labyrinths: Labyronia
70% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: LabyrinthinePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Labyronia has been remade, returning as the definitive version of the first game. Expanding the original story and introducing revamped visuals and gameplay mechanics, this is the best way to experience the popular RPG. To save the world, you must uncover the secrets of the Labyrinths!
Why similar: RPG 50.6%, Adventure 29.5%, Indie 19.9%
- #49 Haeven
72% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Cleril Calamity Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Explore fantastical interpretations of different parts of the mind including the Hippocampus, Ego, and more! Battle against your oppressive Subconscious as you struggle for control of your mind.
Why similar: RPG 50.9%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 20%
- #50 Ferret Scoundrels
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Cryogenic Entertainment
Windows
Let loose your inner swashbuckler with this Open World Adventure Pirate Game. Sail into unknown waters in search of grit, glory and gold. Become an infamous pirate, prolific tradesman, or respected general. Which discoveries, alliances, and treasures await you is your choice, captain.
Why similar: RPG 50.7%, Adventure 28.7%, Indie 20.6%
- #51 Micronomicon: Heroes
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: SVP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Classic tactical role-playing fantasy game with turn-based style of combat!
Why similar: RPG 50.7%, Adventure 28.7%, Indie 20.6%
- #52 Terror World
75% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: GHSSJ
Windows
This is a survival adventure game. You need to drive a train to explore the world. Cold and a large number of enemies will threaten your life at any time. Can you survive?
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #53 Drag Star!
67% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get ready, honey! You're a contestant on Drag Star!, the reality TV drag competition. You better throw shade, serve looks, and slay each episode to become the next drag icon!
Why similar: RPG 50.3%, Adventure 28.9%, Indie 20.8%
- #54 Lantern of Worlds - Storybook
67% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Fasold Games
Windows · Mac
'Lantern of Worlds - Storybook' is a collection of adventure games and stories set in the Lantern of Worlds universe.
Why similar: RPG 50.3%, Adventure 28.9%, Indie 20.8%
- #55 System Goose Overload
68% matchVery Positive91% of 100 reviews2017
Dev: Joseph Calabro
Windows
The great war between Geese and Humans has come to an end. All that remains of the Goose Empire, is you!
Why similar: RPG 50.4%, Adventure 28.8%, Indie 20.7%
- #56 The Island of Eternal Struggle
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Wimbus Studios
Windows
The Island of Eternal Struggle is a turn-based jRPG adventure where four outcasts battle malicious wildlife, topple a corrupt empire, and battle powerful deities in an attempt to save the world.
Why similar: RPG 50.7%, Adventure 28.7%, Indie 20.6%
- #57 Lantern of Worlds - The First Quest
66% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Fasold Games
Windows · Mac
Lantern of Worlds - The First Quest is an RPG inspired by West-European fairytales and mythology, and based on older games like Quest for Glory and Eye of the Beholder.
Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #58 Meriwether: An American Epic
67% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Sortasoft LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this historically rigorous RPG, you'll play as Meriwether Lewis & join with Captain William Clark to lead an epic expedition across North America. Can you endure harsh climates, keep starvation at bay, befriend Native Americans, document new species for science, and map these uncharted lands?
Why similar: RPG 50.3%, Adventure 28.9%, Indie 20.8%
- #59 Future Ghost
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinebox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A blend of 2D point & click adventure and JRPG, Future Ghost is a narrative adventure with retro comic-styled visuals.
Why similar: RPG 52%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 19.5%