- #1 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
97% matchVery Positive91% of 2,629 reviews2025
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
Why similar: Dice 19.8% ★, Narrative 11.4% ★, Cyberpunk 8%, Dystopian 7%, Tabletop 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it continues the unique dice-based mechanics and atmospheric narrative exploration of the original.
- #2 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
96% matchVery Positive93% of 130,397 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Story Rich 26.9%, RPG 26.6%, Point & Click 20.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Exploration 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same focus on deep, philosophical dialogue and internal character development within a decaying, politically charged world.
- #3 Roadwarden
96% matchVery Positive94% of 5,150 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: Text-Based 36.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, RPG 16.5%, Story Rich 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a rich, text-based RPG experience that emphasizes exploration and survival in a hostile, unforgiving world.
- #4 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,802 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Futuristic 19.4%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends life-simulation mechanics with branching narrative choices that define your character's growth and survival.
- #5 NORCO
94% matchVery Positive92% of 3,226 reviews2022
Dev: Geography of RobotsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 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: Dystopian 43.9%, Point & Click 24.3%, Story Rich 15.4%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This Southern Gothic point-and-click adventure captures a similarly melancholic, surreal, and deeply atmospheric dystopian vibe.
- #6 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
94% matchVery Positive88% of 12,656 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Text-Based 23.3%, Story Rich 15.9%, RPG 14.8%, Tabletop 8%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative-heavy RPG focuses entirely on the weight of your choices and their long-term consequences on your character's life and society.
- #7 The Red Strings Club
93% matchVery Positive93% of 14,255 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: Cyberpunk 46.8%, Story Rich 13.1%, Dystopian 11.1%, Point & Click 9.9%, Sci-fi 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk narrative experience that explores themes of identity and corporate control through intimate, choice-based interactions.
- #8 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
92% matchVery Positive92% of 2,943 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 19%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Futuristic 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi detective game focuses on meaningful choices and moral dilemmas within a gritty, futuristic setting.
- #9 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
91% matchVery Positive84% of 3,471 reviews2019
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.
Why similar: Space 21.5%, Story Rich 19.4%, RPG 19.3%, Exploration 17.4%, Atmospheric 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines survival resource management with a haunting, story-rich exploration of a Victorian-era space setting.
- #10 Esoteric Ebb
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,245 reviews2026
Dev: Christoffer BodegårdPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
Why similar: Narrative 26.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Tabletop 13.3%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This isometric CRPG emphasizes deep world-building and complex, choice-driven narrative paths.
- #11 Pentiment
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,748 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Narrative 24.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Hand-drawn 15%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Story Rich 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong emphasis on historical narrative and character-driven choices that ripple through the lives of a small community.
- #12 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,735 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Cyberpunk 30.9%, Text-Based 16.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, RPG 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric, choice-driven RPG set in a cyberpunk future where your decisions define your identity and the outcome of investigations.
- #13 Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
91% matchVery Positive80% of 4,444 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: Narrative 31.3% ★, Point & Click 26.1%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This surreal, narrative-driven adventure captures the same sense of wandering through a strange, dreamlike, and deeply human landscape.
- #14 Neo Cab
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,886 reviews2019
Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.6%, Cyberpunk 15%, Narrative 14.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Point & Click 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A character-driven narrative game that explores the human cost of automation and corporate dominance in a near-future city.
- #15 The Pale Beyond
86% matchVery Positive89% of 2,234 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Narrative 45.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This survival-focused narrative game forces you to manage resources and lead a crew through a desperate, high-stakes situation.
- #16 In Other Waters
87% matchVery Positive87% of 2,561 reviews2020
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?
Why similar: Futuristic 17.4%, Space 16.9%, Point & Click 15.9%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Story Rich 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, interface-heavy sci-fi narrative experience that relies on discovery and environmental storytelling.
- #17 The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
86% matchVery Positive92% of 2,804 reviews2023
Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure in which you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to journey between reality and book worlds, and steal legendary items like Thor's Hammer and Excalibur to restore your ability to write.
Why similar: Dystopian 32.4%, Point & Click 17.4%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Story Rich 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven adventure features a unique premise of jumping into books, blending exploration with choice-based moral conflicts.
- #18 Celestial Return
84% matchVery Positive88% of 159 reviews2026
Dev: Metaphor GamesPub: Shoreline Games
Windows
Loot, bribe, gamble, survive. The dice will be your savior or your downfall in this story-driven RPG. Every roll matters when trying to uncover cosmic horrors and outwit megacorps. Pray your next roll won’t be your last.
Why similar: Dice 27.4% ★, Narrative 16.1% ★, Cyberpunk 10.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Tabletop 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes dice-based mechanics and deep RPG systems to drive a story-rich experience about choices and consequences.
- #19 Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
84% matchVery Positive88% of 4,190 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.8%, Dialogue Heavy 20.5%, Dystopian 15.9%, Space 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a gritty, turn-based RPG experience centered on the social and political struggles of life in a confined, dystopian space environment.
- #20 Jack Move
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,334 reviews2022
Dev: So RomanticPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Jack Move is a JRPG that features a unique blend of gritty cyberpunk story telling, turn based battles and beautiful modern pixel art. Take on the role of Noa, a vigilante hacker who is thrust into a world of murder, kidnapping and dark research after her father goes missing.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.5%, Dystopian 26.1%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Story Rich 10.4%, RPG 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk RPG that captures the aesthetic and rebellious spirit of the genre through its turn-based combat and narrative focus.
- #21 Duskpunk
82% matchVery Positive92% of 182 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.5%, Tabletop 16.3%, Text-Based 12.1%, Dystopian 10.4%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tabletop-inspired RPG that focuses on dialogue-heavy interactions and narrative depth within a steampunk setting.
- #22 King Of The Castle
83% matchVery Positive88% of 1,729 reviews2023
Dev: Tributary GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take your rightful place on the throne in this multiplayer-only party game for 4+ players. Rule the kingdom with an iron fist or silver tongue as you steer through bloodshed, intrigue & madcap disaster! Can you keep your crown when others plot your downfall? More importantly, can you keep your head?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 60.4%, Story Rich 39.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the impact of choices within a story-rich environment, emphasizing the weight of leadership and political maneuvering.
- #23 The Invincible
81% matchVery Positive88% of 13,189 reviews2023
Dev: Starward IndustriesPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.2%, Futuristic 15.9%, Space 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A hard sci-fi narrative adventure that focuses on philosophical exploration and dialogue-heavy investigation.
- #24 Cloudpunk
82% matchVery Positive87% of 15,433 reviews2020
Dev: ION LANDS
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 38.5%, Futuristic 16.5%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Story Rich 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply atmospheric exploration of a vertical cyberpunk city, focusing on the personal stories of its inhabitants.
- #25 A Guidebook of Babel
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,787 reviews2023
Dev: StarryStarryPub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.6%, Hand-drawn 32.6%, Story Rich 23.9%, Adventure 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative-heavy adventure uses time-manipulation mechanics to explore complex, interconnected character stories.
- #26 SIGNALIS
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,140 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Dystopian 32.8%, Cyberpunk 31.1%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi horror game excels at building a melancholic, existential atmosphere through its cryptic narrative and dystopian setting.
- #27 GNOSIA
80% matchVery Positive94% of 5,092 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: Space 26.7%, Sci-fi 26.5%, Story Rich 19.6%, Atmospheric 11%, RPG 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi social deduction game uses repetitive loops to build a complex, character-focused narrative about trust and survival.
- #28 Griftlands
79% matchVery Positive94% of 14,455 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.4%, RPG 20.6%, Story Rich 19.9%, Multiple Endings 19.6%, Sci-fi 18.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deckbuilding with a strong focus on narrative choices and character relationships in a harsh sci-fi world.
- #29 Sable
78% matchVery Positive86% of 6,432 reviews2021
Dev: ShedworksPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.5%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Story Rich 13.4%, Exploration 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This atmospheric exploration game captures the same sense of lonely, introspective discovery found in the quiet moments of Citizen Sleeper.
- #30 Black Skylands
77% matchVery Positive84% of 4,496 reviews2023
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the captain of an airship and explore the world of the skies, gather resources and build powerful weapons, uncover ancient secrets and fight beneath your ship's sails.
Why similar: Sci-fi 30.4%, RPG 28.7%, Atmospheric 22.9%, Indie 9.8%, Adventure 8.2%
- #31 Loddlenaut
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,219 reviews2023
Dev: Moon LagoonPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play as an interstellar custodian sent to clean up a polluted ocean planet. Pick up trash, explore the vibrant waters, and take care of axolotl-like alien creatures!
Why similar: Sci-fi 40.9%, Exploration 24.4%, Atmospheric 21.2%, Adventure 13.5%
- #32 Mediterranea Inferno
77% matchVery Positive83% of 568 reviews2023
Dev: EyeguysPub: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore the inner demons of three childhood friends on a summer retreat. Unearth secrets, fears and obsessions as you help them reconnect and rediscover themselves. A mature and treacherous visual novel from the creator of Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 36.4%, Hand-drawn 35.6%, Story Rich 24.3%, Adventure 3.7%
- #33 Minds Beneath Us
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,307 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Cyberpunk 24.2%, Dystopian 22.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Point & Click 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #34 The Pegasus Expedition
78% matchMixed63% of 390 reviews2023
Dev: Kalla GameworksPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival. Facing an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends expeditions to the Pegasus Galaxy in a desperate attempt to find a refuge for the population of Earth.
Why similar: Narrative 36.7% ★, Space 16.4%, Futuristic 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Story Rich 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy game provides a deep, narrative-heavy look at the political and survival challenges of space colonization.
- #35 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
76% matchVery Positive92% of 3,259 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Point & Click 37%, Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Adventure 8.3%
- #36 Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,224 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter brings you an authentic and historically accurate destroyer simulation along with gripping anti-submarine warfare set in the turmoils of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
- #37 Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
74% matchVery Positive92% of 4,507 reviews2023
Dev: Little Leo GamesPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.
Why similar: Dice 77.5% ★, Hand-drawn 12.5%, RPG 7.4%, Indie 2.5%
- #38 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,317 reviews2022
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Embark on a road trip like no other in this co-op narrative survival adventure. Visit fun locations, meet wacky characters, and manage your resources wisely. And yes: you still can date some hot monsters ;)
Why similar: Multiple Endings 34.1%, Text-Based 32.8%, Story Rich 26.3%, Indie 6.8%
- #39 Zoeti
75% matchMixed64% of 522 reviews2023
Dev: Dusklight CO., LTD.Pub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Zoeti is a turn-based roguelite that features a deck of playing cards used to create card combos and activate skills in the heat of battle. Bolster your arsenal of skills through battles, discoverable upgrades, or aid from the locals which enhance your plays to overcome the evil plaguing your land.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 53.7%, Story Rich 31.4%, Adventure 14.8%
- #40 McPixel 3
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,882 reviews2022
Dev: Sos SosowskiPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.
Why similar: Point & Click 44.6%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10%, Exploration 9%
- #41 Heretic's Fork
72% matchVery Positive85% of 4,109 reviews2023
Dev: 9FingerGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck!
- #42 KarmaZoo
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,419 reviews2023
Dev: PastagamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Share the love and die trying! KarmaZoo is a joyful, altruistic, cooperative platformer where up to 10 random players help each other with the unique abilities of 50 different characters - all for the sake of good Karma.
- #43 Terraformers
71% matchVery Positive88% of 3,737 reviews2023
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
Why similar: Space 28.2%, Futuristic 26.7%, Sci-fi 21.2%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Exploration 11.2%
- #44 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,794 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
Why similar: RPG 23.1%, Sci-fi 22.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Story Rich 12.1%, Exploration 11.5%
- #45 Figment 2: Creed Valley
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,431 reviews2023
Dev: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Figment 2: Creed Valley is an action-adventure game set in the human mind. Face bosses in musical showdowns, make your way through puzzles, and explore unique environments.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 26.4%, Exploration 22.5%, Story Rich 21.6%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Adventure 7.8%
- #46 Inkulinati
70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,211 reviews2024
Dev: Yaza GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Inkulinati is a turn-based strategy game straight from medieval manuscripts, where a rabbit’s bum can be deadlier than a dog's sword. Become a master of the Living Ink, build your own bestiary, defeat medieval superstars and collect perks to unleash hidden powers.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 100%
- #47 2064: Read Only Memories
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,676 reviews2015
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.8%, Cyberpunk 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Point & Click 8.2%, Futuristic 7.8%
- #48 Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
69% matchVery Positive94% of 14,748 reviews2022
Dev: Dancing Dragon Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Story Rich 38.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Indie 6.4%
- #49 Bravery and Greed
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,058 reviews2022
Dev: Rekka GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #50 Astral Ascent
68% matchVery Positive95% of 8,519 reviews2023
Dev: Hibernian Workshop
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 43.2%, Story Rich 27.2%, Atmospheric 20.8%, Indie 8.9%
- #51 Afterimage
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 10,285 reviews2023
Dev: Aurogon ShanghaiPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 29.3%, Exploration 25.8%, RPG 23.9%, Story Rich 21%
- #52 Amanda the Adventurer
67% matchVery Positive94% of 7,259 reviews2023
Dev: MANGLEDmaw GamesPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Amanda and her pal Wooly on a series of adventures as they explore and learn about our wonderful world! With several NEW play-along, laugh-along, learn-along episodes there's always fun to be had! Just make sure to do everything Amanda says or she might get angry.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Point & Click 22.6%, Story Rich 18.7%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Exploration 9.9%
- #53 Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
70% matchMixed52% of 3,137 reviews2023
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wage a campaign of brutal conquest in this realm-shattering real-time strategy game set in the Warhammer Age of Sigmar universe. Become a warlord and lead four unique factions to conquer the wild and savage Realm of Ghur in tense and tactical battles.
Why similar: Story Rich 100%
- #54 Children of Silentown
69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,564 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Hand-drawn 22.1%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Story Rich 15%, Atmospheric 11.8%
- #55 The Legend of Tianding
68% matchVery Positive94% of 4,372 reviews2021
Dev: Creative Games Computer Graphics CorporationPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Legend of Tianding is a sidescrolling action game about Liao Tianding, the legendary Taiwanese Folk Hero. Explore the dazzling streets of Colonial Japanese Taiwan in the early 20th century.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 32.1%, RPG 30.8%, Story Rich 22.5%, Adventure 14.6%
- #56 The Thaumaturge
67% matchVery Positive83% of 5,876 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Narrative 40.4% ★, Point & Click 12.2%, RPG 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Story Rich 10%
- #57 Foretales
68% matchVery Positive85% of 1,180 reviews2022
Dev: AlkemiPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.
Why similar: Tabletop 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Multiple Endings 14%, Story Rich 11.8%, RPG 7.8%
- #58 Cryptmaster
65% matchVery Positive93% of 2,281 reviews2024
Dev: Paul HartPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SAY ANYTHING in this bizarre dungeon adventure where words control everything. Fill in the blanks with text or voice to uncover lost abilities, embark on strange quests, and solve mindbending riddles. Can you conquer the crypt and uncover the mystery at the heart of CRYPTMASTER?
Why similar: RPG 52.4%, Story Rich 47.6%
- #59 Aces & Adventures
66% matchVery Positive89% of 3,467 reviews2023
Dev: Triple.B.TitlesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Aces & Adventures is a deckbuilding RPG with poker-powered combat. Craft your deck, combining poker hands with powerful ability cards. Journey through 13 fully-voiced campaigns to save the Life Tree, or tackle procedurally-generated runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.
Why similar: RPG 39.2%, Atmospheric 38.2%, Adventure 22.6%
- #60 Dordogne
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,612 reviews2023
Dev: UN JE NE SAIS QUOIPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost family secrets in this touching formative journey.
Why similar: Narrative 55.3% ★, Hand-drawn 14%, Story Rich 9.6%, Exploration 8%, Atmospheric 7%