- #1 梦魇:无归 Nightmare without return
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 625 reviews2022
Dev: 青衣工作室
Windows
This is a journey without return When you wake up... In the strange space, the bronze gate that eats people, the strange rules of the game, and the ever-changing nightmare world appear in front of you Everything starts from here
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, JRPG 15.1%, RPG 13.5%, Sci-fi 8%
- #2 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
96% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.5%, Story Rich 23.2%, Anime 15.2%, RPG 9.1%, Cute 8.1%
- #3 The Nameless: Slay Dragon
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,994 reviews2024
Dev: The Nameless EpicPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, JRPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, RPG 10.9%
- #4 Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,656 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Delve into the enthralling world of Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum, the acclaimed RPG Maker gothic horror game that'll take you on a moving journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 23.4%, Dark 17.8%, RPG 15.6%, Top-Down 8.2%, Anime 7.3%
- #5 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
94% matchVery Positive84% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.5%, JRPG 23.6%, Dark 19.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, RPG 9.1%
- #6 Break Wolf
92% matchVery Positive99% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: RE Atelier
Windows
"Have we all been acting waywardly?" An Adventure RPG that deals with the life and death of wayward humans, striving to escape a syndicate that creates monsters.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22.8%, Turn-Based Combat 21.8%, JRPG 12.3%, Dark 11.1%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #7 Sweet Lily Dreams
94% matchMixed51% of 158 reviews2014
Dev: RosePortal GamesPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
The peaceful Realm of Dreams is about to be consumed by a terrible and maleficent nightmare. You must venture into the darkness and battle fearsome literary foes such as Hyde, the Headless Horseman and Dracula. Join Lily on a sugar-coated adventure about inner strength with a dark interior.
Why similar: JRPG 34.8%, RPG 27.2%, Adventure 10.7%, Anime 9.6%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #8 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
91% matchVery Positive95% of 511 reviews2025
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Answer the summons to the parallel world of "Kamitsubaki City" and meet a cast of colorful characters as you set out on a quest to save this city from the brink of destruction in this dark-fantasy sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 61%, Adventure 13.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Anime 7.5%, 2D 6.2%
- #9 Remnants Of Isolation
93% matchVery Positive81% of 124 reviews2015
Dev: Team IsolationPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight horrific enemies and utilize powerful spell fusions to overcome the cruel fate of mages and see the light of freedom.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.4%, JRPG 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, RPG 11.7%, Dark 10.9%
- #10 勇者与亡灵之都
90% matchVery Positive95% of 323 reviews2024
Dev: grade
Windows
《勇者与亡灵之都》是一款在半开放世界探索的回合制RPG游戏,游戏借鉴了NPCDream、Blacksouls等rpg,采用了ATB行动条的设定,加快了战斗的节奏和策略性。 亡灵、魔物亦或是人类,只要阻挡在你面前的尽管杀光就是。勇者就是这样的存在啊... 游戏带有多结局与二周目元素,突出一个量大管饱。
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.2%, JRPG 18.8%, Dating Sim 12%, RPG 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #11 Gears of Dragoon: Fragments of a New Era
91% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: NinetailPub: JAST
Windows
Dungeon crawl through a magical JRPG world. Turn-based battles, waifu romance, and visual novel choices await!
Why similar: JRPG 26.8%, Turn-Based Combat 21.7%, RPG 15.1%, Exploration 7.3%, Adventure 7.2%
- #12 Purgatory’s Flower
89% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows
Hand-drawn 2D point and click Horror x Dating sim Meet the 'Flowers' imprisoned in hell. They long for an escape to purgatory. Your job here is simple. Listen to their stories, and break out together. Easy, right? ...But, doesn't it seem strange? These people... seem to be out of their mind, a bit.
Why similar: Dating Sim 40.2%, Dark Fantasy 36.2%, Adventure 11.5%, 2D 7.3%, Colorful 4.9%
- #13 Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,060 reviews2024
Dev: Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: XD
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the newest tactical RPG from the creators of Girls’ Frontline. Some 30 years in the future, AU agent Mendo and the mysterious girl Jefuty find themselves in gruesome battles against armed URNC forces…
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.4%, Sci-fi 19.8%, Top-Down 12.2%, RPG 11.2%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #14 Prophecy of Ashen
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: hhyuGame
Windows
Prophecy of Ashen: a dark fantasy tactical CRPG. Be a secret messenger between the Hall's judgment and the Ashborne's vengeance. Recruit allies, use terrain and magic in turn-based combat. Your choices reshape Rattalan: uphold order or ignite destruction.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Magic 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%
- #15 Veloria
87% matchVery Positive91% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: WANDERING WITCH PROIECTUM
Windows · Mac
An Adventure game with environmental puzzles. Veloria awakens from a nightmare in an abandoned orphanage. As childhood fears resurface, she must piece together fragmented memories and uncover a dark past. Explore, solve puzzles, and survive this twisted place to reach her true ending.
Why similar: JRPG 25.6%, Dating Sim 19.2%, RPG 17.1%, Story Rich 12.8%, Adventure 7.3%
- #16 Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,197 reviews2023
Dev: Bar Holographic Otaku
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore Gensokyo from an outsider's perspective in this old-school Touhou DRPG!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 37.8%, JRPG 26.3%, RPG 14.2%, Adventure 7%, Exploration 6%
- #17 Journey of Realm:Dawn Dew
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,147 reviews2025
Dev: CongSe StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"JOR: Dawn Dew" is a 2D turn-based game with a box-like map. In the game, act "Dew" to adventure. On adventure, collect and freely choose your way of fighting. As the exploration progresses, deter the threat of the black beast tide, and finally defeat the monstrous malice.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, RPG 12.8%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #18 Tower Song
84% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: OI Games
Windows · Mac
Tower Song is a challenging turn-based RPG that rewards clever planning and decisive tactics in unrepeatable battles. Eldritch tower-borne beasts threaten to breach reality and overrun the capital of Qadam. Lead your chosen Mana Knight in this tightly plotted quest to push back the darkness.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.3%, Dark Fantasy 18.1%, JRPG 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #19 夜弦之音 - Echoes of Nocturnal Chords
85% matchVery Positive100% of 113 reviews2020
Dev: 秋之忧郁Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
On a rainy night, Xiaoyin disappears searching for the legendary “Miracle Grass.” Yixuan follows clues into a trap-filled cave where bodies, monsters, lies, and warmth intertwine. Multiple endings guide you through fairy tale and reality, revealing a fate woven from hope and loss.
Why similar: JRPG 24.1%, RPG 20.5%, Story Rich 12.2%, Anime 9.7%, Adventure 9.2%
- #20 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,379 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: RPG 17.1%, Story Rich 16.3%, Dark 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Anime 10.1%
- #21 Night of The Black Goat
82% matchVery Positive89% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: サークルRENPub: 072 Project
Windows
Ordinary you are suddenly taken to the dreamlands one day. What unfolds before your eyes is the cruel Cthulhu mythical world where gods and mythical creatures coexist, and the strong can do whatever they want. To return to the real world or achieve a happy ending with the heroine...?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22.9%, JRPG 19.8%, Magic 15.7%, RPG 10.1%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #22 Mato Anomalies
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 197 reviews2023
Dev: ArrowizPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Mato Anomalies takes players on a journey through a neo-futuristic version of a bygone oriental city. Investigate strange happenings across the city and uncover secrets behind the walls. Join a cast of enigmatic unlikely heroes in this anime-inspired RPG experience.
Why similar: JRPG 28.5%, Dark 22%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.9%, RPG 12.7%, Anime 8.9%
- #23 Radix Chronicle
81% matchVery Positive100% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Luna Flora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Radix is a tactical RPG inspired by SNES and Playstation classics. With dark themes but bright characters, this fantasy tale changes depending on how you fight! Your magic can even alter the land itself. Use your timing and skill, rather than your luck, to lead your party home safely each day!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24.9%, JRPG 16.9%, Magic 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, RPG 8%
- #24 FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 617 reviews2024
Dev: Mistwalker CorporationPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on an adventure to discover your memories and save the world from a mechanical infection. Maneuver your skill trajectories during battle, and dive into a new dimension with a unique twist on a classic RPG experience.
Why similar: JRPG 35.4%, RPG 20%, Story Rich 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #25 Dreamed Away
79% matchVery Positive93% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: WAKE UP GAMESPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dreamed Away is an emotional action-adventure RPG with psychological horror elements. Play as Théo, a boy lost in a dark, mysterious world. Explore a unique reality, duel against darkness in a unique, fast paced combat system and mind your choices.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.2%, JRPG 21%, RPG 11.8%, Story Rich 11%, Top-Down 7.5%
- #26 ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,920 reviews2025
Dev: AdglobePub: Binary Haze Interactive
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 53.4%, RPG 19.1%, 2D 9.6%, Story Rich 9.1%, Anime 6.4%
- #27 Yoru ga Kuru! -Square of the Moon- Remastered
78% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: AlicesoftPub: Kagura Games
Windows
In the city of Otsuna, a crimson-eyed girl invites Ryou to help her defeat a powerful enemy. An endless night approaches... but alongside his new friends, can Ryou cut through the darkness and save the world? Find out in this urban fantasy visual novel-dungeon crawler hybrid!
Why similar: JRPG 38.8%, RPG 30.4%, Adventure 15.4%, Anime 9.6%, 2D 5.7%
- #28 Entity Researchers: Prologue
80% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-CPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: JRPG 28.9%, Turn-Based Combat 25.5%, RPG 14.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Exploration 9.7%
- #29 OMORI
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 86,619 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Why similar: Story Rich 27%, RPG 19.6%, JRPG 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Exploration 5.9%
- #30 Little Goody Two Shoes
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,377 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.8%, RPG 20.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Exploration 9.8%
- #31 Loser Reborn
79% matchVery Positive86% of 74 reviews2019
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
A Lovecraftian Retro MetaRPG. Marty Stu got reincarnated as a prince in another world. But happily-ever-after comes with Daemon Sultan Azathoth, naturally, and a tough decision to make. When Marty finally realizes life is never that easy, he also learns something is unspeakably wrong...
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 35.1%, JRPG 27%, RPG 15%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Anime 6.1%
- #32 LAST EMBRYO -EITHER OF BRAVE TO STORY-
77% matchVery Positive93% of 609 reviews2020
Dev: Kujirabo。Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The young girl "Sill", who longed to become an adventurer, came to the Developing City Aletia. However, shadows came quietly... No one had expected what kind of crisis Sill would encounter. But every footprint left by her will soon become mythology...
Why similar: JRPG 21.4%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Magic 11.2%, RPG 10.5%
- #33 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
74% matchVery Positive94% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: 符离游戏(FuliGames)
Windows
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women. You will travel to the Land of Women, meet the mysterious young lady Jian Ling, and gradually uncover the bloody and dark secrets behind this realm. Death, resistance, or degeneration? Everything depends on your choices.
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.9%, RPG 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Story Rich 13.6%, Adventure 9.2%
- #34 Minds Beneath Us
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,730 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Sci-fi 27.3%, RPG 24.4%, Story Rich 23.2%, Adventure 10.3%, 2D 8.4%
- #35 Potato Flowers in Full Bloom
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 650 reviews2022
Dev: Pon Pon GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore an underground labyrinth in search of mythical seeds in this 3D dungeon crawler RPG! Leaving things to chance will prove fatal🌱Explore underground labyrinths, expanding your range of actions as you go🌿Light up the path, defeat those in front of you, grow stronger, and unravel the mysteries
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 51%, RPG 30.3%, JRPG 10.9%, Exploration 4.9%, Cute 3%
- #36 Entity Researchers
76% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-C
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: JRPG 29.9%, Turn-Based Combat 23.3%, RPG 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Exploration 10.5%
- #37 The Heart of Darkness
75% matchVery Positive86% of 303 reviews2022
Dev: BigWednesdayPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore the Sanctuary of Darkness, a mysterious dungeon beneath the Kingdom of Haillard. Obtain the soul of the Cursed Saintess waiting in its depths and unravel the truth of this strange world in this sinister turn-based RPG.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 33.1%, JRPG 31.9%, RPG 18.8%, Anime 9.8%, Adventure 6.4%
- #38 VARLET
74% matchMixed52% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: FURYU CORPORATION
Windows
To be a "leader" that guides others forward, or to be an uncompromising "ruler"...VARLET is a school life RPG where, through encounters with troubled boys and girls who are also searching for themselves, you begin to uncover a version of yourself you never knew existed.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.8%, JRPG 20.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Sci-fi 10.8%, RPG 9.5%
- #39 Ekorella Vol 1
73% matchVery Positive100% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Rockmaker TeamPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
A turn-based RPG set in a fantastic society of plants and animals. Fight against monsters and visit exotic places that have their unique culture and history. Beware of what lurks in the darkness...
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, JRPG 16.6%, Sci-fi 15.3%, RPG 11.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #40 BLACK SOULS
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,538 reviews2025
Dev: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Long, long ago, there existed a kingdom shrouded in dense mist: the Lost Empire. This mist twisted humans into terrifying beasts, plunging the world into despair. War raged endlessly. Heroes rose, seeking fame and glory. It is in this place you awaken—a nameless undead.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 17.7%, JRPG 14.8%, Dark 10.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #41 Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
71% matchVery Positive95% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: 雏形游戏Pub: Comma 49
Windows
"Throne of Monsters" is a fantasy visual novel with map exploration and card-based combat.Trapped in a mist-covered city, you must slay the false king to escape.Face monsters, confront tears and regret, and lead the world to rebirth.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 31.4%, JRPG 27.3%, RPG 13.7%, Story Rich 13.1%, Exploration 8.7%
- #42 Path of the Midnight Sun
73% matchVery Positive85% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Daimon
Windows
Protect a noblewoman reckoning with unholy powers as she wards off the soul of the Demon King sealed inside her. Doubt your own companions, survive against unforgiving hordes of monsters. But beware; every choice has consequences in this epic JRPG adventure of betrayal, romance & self-acceptance.
Why similar: JRPG 27.5%, Turn-Based Combat 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Story Rich 11.6%, RPG 9%
- #43 Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
72% matchVery Positive95% of 259 reviews2023
Dev: Studio [notes.]
Windows
Explore a surreal world inspired by Kowloon Walled city in this turn-based RPG inspired by Japanese dungeon crawlers from the late 1990s.
Why similar: JRPG 30.8%, Dark 18.7%, RPG 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18%, Adventure 8.9%
- #44 Eremidia - Archivist's Curse
72% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Crescent SunPub: YSY Softworks
Windows
Archivist's Curse brings you into an otherworldly harbor of knowledge: The Great Library, although unfortunately, you ended up in the dangerous section of the complex called Hall of Pawnsmoor.
Why similar: JRPG 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, RPG 15%, Magic 10.9%, Anime 7.2%
- #45 RGB GlitchGazer
69% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Sci-fi 39%, Anime 19.6%, Adventure 17.1%, 2D 12.3%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #46 Demons Roots
70% matchVery Positive94% of 2,238 reviews2023
Dev: Quick nail AristocratPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In a final struggle for survival, demonkind again invaded the human world. However, the world they return to after years in the darkness isn't the same as it once was...
Why similar: JRPG 36.5%, RPG 25%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 12.1%, Anime 9.5%
- #47 PARASiTE FLOWER
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: Catowo
Windows
PARASiTE FLOWER is a beautiful yet disturbing side scroller game where you slowly uncover the story of Ari.
Why similar: JRPG 38.2%, Dark 24.5%, RPG 20.6%, Anime 10.3%, 2D 6.4%
- #48 Manafinder
71% matchVery Positive95% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: Wolfsden LLC
Windows · Mac
Take the role of a manafinder in this console-style turn-based RPG set in the beautiful but unforgiving world of Aevi. Fight your way against ferocious beasts and other threats in the quest for manastones as you define the fate of the exiled.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.5%, JRPG 26%, RPG 14.8%, Story Rich 11.6%, Exploration 8.4%
- #49 Bloomtown: A Different Story
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,498 reviews2024
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Bloomtown: A Different Story is a narrative JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming and social RPG set in a seemingly pleasant 1960s Americana world. Join Emily and her group of friends to save their cozy town from the demonic creatures that live in the hearts of its residents!
Why similar: JRPG 27.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.5%, RPG 15.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Exploration 7.9%
- #50 Blood Lily Loop
69% matchVery Positive84% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Sounding Stone / 老奉毊
Windows
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Story Rich 27.3%, Exploration 15.6%, RPG 15.4%, Anime 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #51 侠落:百花杀尽
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 268 reviews2025
Dev: 上海江湖逸客信息技术有限公司
Windows
"Xialuo: Kill All Flowers" is an innovative turn based adventure RPG that combines the commonly used "dice elements" and "big map exploration" in board games. In the game, you will gradually uncover various monsters in this dark and mysterious world, achieve your mission.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 36.4%, Dark 18.1%, RPG 14.9%, Story Rich 12.3%, Exploration 9.6%
- #52 OneShot
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 62,700 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Story Rich 33.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, RPG 11.9%, Adventure 9.5%, Cute 9.2%
- #53 You Are NOT Bunnygirl
66% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: (Just)JordanPub: Jordan Peloquin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Bunnygirl through a lab of malfunctioning robots in this RPG about self-care! Learn how to weaponize her emotions in combat and meet unhinged robots who seem to know more about her than she does. Can you protect Bunnygirl? And...who is she, anyway??
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 25.5%, JRPG 20.4%, Dark 15%, RPG 10.4%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #54 人类动物园 Human Zoo
68% matchVery Positive90% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: 土豆火锅Pub: Cosmic Train
Windows
Beautiful teenagers, dreams, grotesque orgies. When no one in the world is awake anymore, is your sanity an alternative madness? A turn-based surrealist psychological horror game with beautiful L2D combat artwork and a deep, philosophical plot.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22.9%, JRPG 19.1%, Dark 16.9%, RPG 10.1%, Exploration 6.9%
- #55 春と修羅|Haru to Shura
69% matchVery Positive91% of 94 reviews2021
Dev: MIYAKOpubl
Windows
Explore a mysterious world as the protagonist in this short adventure game with pixel graphics.
Why similar: Dark 35.4%, Story Rich 18.3%, Exploration 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Anime 8.4%
- #56 ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
66% matchVery Positive94% of 44,489 reviews2021
Dev: Live WirePub: Binary Haze Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
ENDER LILIES is a dark fantasy 2D action RPG about unraveling the mysteries of a destroyed kingdom. On this sorrowful journey, encounter horrific enemies against whom a moment of inattention could be fatal. Overcome these hardships and seek the truth with the help of fallen knights.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 58.7%, Dark 24.1%, 2D 7.3%, Anime 5.8%, Multiple Endings 4%
- #57 子夜之章:历史的终局~MidNights of Desperado~
67% matchVery Positive98% of 305 reviews2021
Dev: 银阼Pub: NPC Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The protagonist of this lonely life is you. You leave your hometown and come to a strange world. The world is prosperous and cold, strange but real. You may like it or wish you could tear it to pieces. The good news is, you have the choice!
Why similar: JRPG 27.7%, Sci-fi 21.1%, Story Rich 16.3%, RPG 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #58 Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
65% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2025
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 34.3%, Dark Fantasy 27.1%, Dark 15.9%, RPG 13.4%, Exploration 4.6%
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64% matchVery Positive100% of 238 reviews2024
Dev: 流比奈梦工厂
Windows
Embark on a journey of several can-be-seen-everywhere ordinary students from the "Breakfast High School" saving the world, in this simple traditional turn-based RPG that makes no sense at all.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 38.7%, Story Rich 11.9%, JRPG 10.5%, RPG 9.8%, Adventure 9%