- #1 Roadwarden
97% matchVery Positive94% of 5,205 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 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: Text-Based 36.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, RPG 16.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This text-based RPG excels at creating a sense of place and survival through narrative, much like the exploration of the Erlin's Eye station.
- #2 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
96% matchVery Positive93% of 131,540 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 23.1 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 27%, RPG 26.6%, Point & Click 20.1%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Exploration 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive narrative-heavy RPG that shares the same focus on internal monologue, complex world-building, and profound character-driven consequences.
- #3 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,851 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 19.3%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the life-sim and narrative-heavy structure of the seed, where every choice and card-based interaction shapes the protagonist's future.
- #4 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
95% matchVery Positive88% of 13,129 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 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 28.1%, Text-Based 23.3%, Story Rich 16%, RPG 14.7%, Tabletop 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly intense, text-heavy experience where your choices dictate the fate of a character within a rigid, oppressive societal structure.
- #5 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
94% matchVery Positive91% of 2,726 reviews2025
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 19.5% ★, Narrative 11.5% ★, Cyberpunk 8.2%, Dystopian 7.1%, Tabletop 7%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it expands upon the core dice-based mechanics and narrative depth that made the original game so compelling.
- #6 The Red Strings Club
94% matchVery Positive93% of 14,320 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 46.9%, Story Rich 13.1%, Dystopian 11%, Point & Click 9.9%, Sci-fi 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk narrative game that focuses on dialogue, moral choices, and the philosophical implications of a high-tech, controlled society.
- #7 NORCO
93% matchVery Positive92% of 3,267 reviews2022
Dev: Geography of RobotsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 43.8%, Point & Click 24.3%, Story Rich 15.5%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a surreal, atmospheric, and deeply narrative experience that captures the same melancholic, dystopian vibe found in the seed game.
- #8 Griftlands
92% matchVery Positive94% of 14,485 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 20.7%, Story Rich 19.9%, Multiple Endings 19.6%, Sci-fi 18.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deckbuilding mechanics with a rich, branching narrative and RPG elements that make every encounter feel personal and consequential.
- #9 Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
91% matchVery Positive88% of 4,308 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.3 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 23.3%, Dystopian 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Space 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, turn-based RPG experience set in a confined, dystopian environment where social choices are as important as combat.
- #10 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,755 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 31.1%, Text-Based 16.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, RPG 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric, choice-heavy RPG set in a cyberpunk future that prioritizes investigation and dialogue over traditional combat.
- #11 Pentiment
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,846 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.9 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 24.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Story Rich 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A highly narrative-driven game where your choices have long-lasting, meaningful impacts on the community and the protagonist's life.
- #12 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
90% matchVery Positive84% of 3,482 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 19.4%, Exploration 17.4%, Atmospheric 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features a haunting, atmospheric sci-fi setting with a heavy emphasis on survival, resource management, and narrative exploration.
- #13 Esoteric Ebb
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,761 reviews2026
Dev: Christoffer BodegårdPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.0 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 13.5%, Tabletop 13.1%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Story Rich 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric RPG that focuses on complex, choice-driven narratives and deep character interactions.
- #14 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
89% matchVery Positive92% of 2,977 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 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Text-Based 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Futuristic 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused detective game set in a sci-fi world where your decisions significantly alter the outcome of the story.
- #15 The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
88% matchVery Positive91% of 2,845 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 32.3%, Point & Click 17.4%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Story Rich 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique narrative premise where you jump between different worlds, emphasizing story-rich exploration and choice-based gameplay.
- #16 Jack Move
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,346 reviews2022
Dev: So RomanticPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 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 32.6%, Dystopian 26%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Story Rich 10.4%, RPG 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk JRPG that features a strong female protagonist and a focus on hacking and turn-based combat within a high-tech dystopia.
- #17 Celestial Return
84% matchVery Positive87% of 179 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 27.3% ★, Narrative 16.5% ★, Cyberpunk 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%, Tabletop 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A CRPG that incorporates dice-based mechanics and deep, choice-driven storytelling within a sci-fi setting.
- #18 Paradise Killer
85% matchVery Positive93% of 4,539 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.4%, Multiple Endings 21.4%, Story Rich 16.2%, RPG 14.6%, Exploration 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world investigation game shares a surreal, stylized aesthetic and a focus on uncovering deep lore through dialogue and exploration.
- #19 Neo Cab
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,901 reviews2019
Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 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: Cyberpunk 17.8%, Narrative 17.5% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Point & Click 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A character-driven narrative game set in a near-future city that focuses on survival and the emotional weight of human connections.
- #20 Duskpunk
82% matchVery Positive92% of 189 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: Tabletop 19.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Dystopian 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tabletop-inspired RPG that leans into the narrative and dialogue-heavy elements that define the seed game's experience.
- #21 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,818 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.0 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 12.2%, Exploration 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style CRPG that emphasizes player choice and survival in a hostile, sci-fi environment.
- #22 In Other Waters
83% matchVery Positive87% of 2,577 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: A unique sci-fi narrative experience that uses a minimalist interface to tell a deep, immersive story about exploration and discovery.
- #23 Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
81% matchVery Positive92% of 4,561 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 76.9% ★, Hand-drawn 12.9%, RPG 7.6%, Indie 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a dice-based mechanic that mirrors the TTRPG-inspired systems found in the seed game.
- #24 Cloudpunk
82% matchVery Positive87% of 15,507 reviews2020
Dev: ION LANDS
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 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 38.7%, Futuristic 16.5%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Story Rich 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the atmospheric, rainy, and neon-drenched aesthetic of a cyberpunk city while focusing on the stories of its inhabitants.
- #25 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
81% matchVery Positive92% of 3,334 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 27.2%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Adventure 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy, atmospheric adventure that focuses on uncovering dark secrets through dialogue and exploration.
- #26 The Invincible
79% matchVery Positive88% of 13,757 reviews2023
Dev: Starward IndustriesPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.4 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 20.1%, Futuristic 17.6%, Space 13.7%, Sci-fi 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dialogue-heavy, narrative-driven adventure that focuses on the philosophical and existential themes of space exploration.
- #27 SIGNALIS
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,748 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 32.7%, Cyberpunk 31.2%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi game that excels at building a dense, melancholic atmosphere and telling a story through environmental and narrative clues.
- #28 A Guidebook of Babel
79% matchVery Positive91% of 1,805 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 33.5%, Hand-drawn 32.6%, Story Rich 23.9%, Adventure 10%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich adventure game that uses time manipulation and investigation to tell a complex, character-focused story.
- #29 Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
78% matchVery Positive88% of 48,452 reviews2023
Dev: Owlcat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 59.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Why similar: Space 29.5%, Sci-fi 21.8%, Story Rich 15.6%, RPG 15%, Atmospheric 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A massive, choice-heavy CRPG that offers deep narrative consequences and complex character management in a dark, sci-fi universe.
- #30 Zoeti
80% matchMixed64% of 525 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 53.6%, Story Rich 31.4%, Adventure 15%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique card and dice-based combat system that provides a similar strategic, luck-based feel to the seed game.
- #31 Black Skylands
77% matchVery Positive84% of 4,521 reviews2023
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 22.8%, Indie 9.8%, Adventure 8.3%
- #32 Loddlenaut
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,308 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 41%, Exploration 24.4%, Atmospheric 21%, Adventure 13.6%
- #33 Mediterranea Inferno
77% matchVery Positive83% of 573 reviews2023
Dev: EyeguysPub: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 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 36.3%, Hand-drawn 35.6%, Story Rich 24.3%, Adventure 3.8%
- #34 Minds Beneath Us
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,428 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.2 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 24.3%, Dystopian 22.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Point & Click 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #35 King Of The Castle
76% matchVery Positive88% of 1,738 reviews2023
Dev: Tributary GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 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%
- #36 Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,232 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 Bravery and Greed
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,065 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%
- #38 KarmaZoo
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,420 reviews2023
Dev: PastagamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.8 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.
- #39 Afterimage
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 10,497 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 29.2%, Exploration 25.9%, RPG 23.9%, Story Rich 21%
- #40 Figment 2: Creed Valley
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,443 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 22.4%, Story Rich 21.6%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Adventure 7.8%
- #41 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,320 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 32.7%, Story Rich 26.4%, Indie 6.8%
- #42 McPixel 3
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,894 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%, Adventure 12.5%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10%, Exploration 9%
- #43 Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
74% matchMixed52% of 3,151 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%
- #44 Terraformers
71% matchVery Positive88% of 3,758 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 26.8%, Sci-fi 21.2%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Exploration 11.2%
- #45 Heretic's Fork
71% matchVery Positive85% of 4,125 reviews2023
Dev: 9FingerGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.2 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!
- #46 The Thaumaturge
71% matchVery Positive83% of 5,995 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 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 40.1% ★, Point & Click 12.2%, RPG 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #47 Sable
70% matchVery Positive86% of 6,495 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 17.4%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Story Rich 13.4%, Exploration 10.9%
- #48 Aces & Adventures
69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,486 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 39.3%, Atmospheric 37.9%, Adventure 22.8%
- #49 Amanda the Adventurer
68% matchVery Positive94% of 7,298 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 13.4%, Exploration 9.8%
- #50 Foretales
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,192 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 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Multiple Endings 14%, Story Rich 11.9%, RPG 7.9%
- #51 Coromon
69% matchVery Positive84% of 8,092 reviews2022
Dev: TRAGsoftPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on a complete 30+ hour monster-taming RPG adventure, now remastered for PC! Catch and train more than 120 Coromon, explore six diverse biomes, and master strategic turn-based battles as you unravel a mystery that could change Velua forever.
Why similar: Exploration 32.4%, Story Rich 28.6%, RPG 27.7%, Adventure 11.3%
- #52 Inkulinati
68% matchVery Positive85% of 1,231 reviews2024
Dev: Yaza GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 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%
- #53 Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
68% matchVery Positive94% of 14,883 reviews2022
Dev: Dancing Dragon Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 18.6 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 38.2%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 6.4%
- #54 Children of Silentown
69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,586 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 cyberpunkdreams
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,348 reviews2021
Dev: Late Night Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 168.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.1%, Text-Based 16%, Dystopian 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #56 Cryptmaster
66% matchVery Positive93% of 2,298 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%
- #57 Astral Ascent
66% matchVery Positive95% of 8,595 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 43.4%, Story Rich 27.2%, Atmospheric 20.6%, Indie 8.8%
- #58 Ultros
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,270 reviews2024
Dev: HadoquePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
Why similar: Sci-fi 32.2%, Hand-drawn 32%, Exploration 17.5%, Adventure 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #59 1000xRESIST
64% matchVery Positive94% of 7,061 reviews2024
Dev: sunset visitor 斜陽過客Pub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.
Why similar: Narrative 36.2% ★, Futuristic 20.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #60 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
65% matchVery Positive89% of 22,441 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Space 35.7%, Sci-fi 24.1%, Dystopian 24%, Futuristic 16.2%