- #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 23.9%, Drama 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, JRPG 13%, RPG 11.7%
- #2 The Nameless: Slay Dragon
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,960 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 23%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, JRPG 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, RPG 11.1%
- #3 Journey of Realm:Dawn Dew
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,023 reviews2025
Dev: CongSe StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
"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 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Drama 12.5%, RPG 11.1%
- #4 Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,607 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 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 23.6%, Dark 17.8%, RPG 15.5%, Top-Down 8.3%, Anime 7.2%
- #5 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
94% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 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 25%, Drama 22.1%, Story Rich 21.7%, Anime 14.1%, Cute 7.5%
- #6 Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,179 reviews2023
Dev: Bar Holographic Otaku
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore Gensokyo from an outsider's perspective in this old-school Touhou DRPG!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 38%, JRPG 26.2%, RPG 14.2%, Adventure 7%, Exploration 6%
- #7 Break Wolf
92% matchVery Positive99% of 156 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 23.5%, Turn-Based Combat 22.4%, JRPG 12.5%, Dark 11.3%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #8 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 37.1%, RPG 29.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Anime 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 5%
- #9 OMORI
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 85,929 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 24.5 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 28.8%, RPG 20.6%, JRPG 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Exploration 6.2%
- #10 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
91% matchVery Positive86% of 77 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 24%, JRPG 20.4%, Dark 16.8%, Drama 14.3%, Story Rich 9%
- #11 勇者与亡灵之都
89% matchVery Positive95% of 307 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 20.3%, JRPG 18.6%, Dating Sim 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, RPG 11.1%
- #12 BLACK SOULS II
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,523 reviews2025
Dev: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Despair. Fear, Madness, once again. An original work based on "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass." Dark Fairy Tale Fantasy x Psychological Horror RPG focusing on the themes of "Exploration of a Mad World" and "Life or Death Combat against Demonbeasts".
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.6%, JRPG 15.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, Dark 12.1%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #13 Way Back Witness
90% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: 青椒
Windows
《归路:见证 》是一款架空世界回合制RPG游戏。 玩家将在这本不属于自己的世界内,见证忒瑞阴德上的悲欢离合,是是非非。 在冒险和旅行中,踏上那条注定不平凡的归路。
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Drama 15.4%, RPG 13.3%, Story Rich 11%
- #14 Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,975 reviews2024
Dev: Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: XD
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 30.5 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 28.9%, Sci-fi 20.8%, Top-Down 13%, RPG 11.7%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #15 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
87% matchVery Positive94% of 509 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 66.4%, Adventure 15%, Anime 8%, 2D 6.7%, Cute 3.8%
- #16 Star Knightess Aura
86% matchVery Positive89% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: AuraGamedev
Windows
Follow Aura's adventure as she is thrust into the fantasy world of Roya. What she initially believed to follow the conventional plotline of a "summoned to another world"-story quickly turns into her worst nightmare.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22.7%, Turn-Based Combat 21.8%, JRPG 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, RPG 10.1%
- #17 Prophecy of Ashen
85% matchVery Positive80% of 213 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 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Magic 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%
- #18 夜弦之音 - Echoes of Nocturnal Chords
84% matchVery Positive100% of 111 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 20.8%, Drama 19.6%, RPG 17.7%, Story Rich 10.7%, Anime 8.4%
- #19 Eremidia - Archivist's Curse
83% 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 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, RPG 15%, Magic 11%, Anime 7.2%
- #20 侠落:百花杀尽
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 260 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 Strategy 27.1%, RPG 24.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Dark 12.5%, Adventure 12%
- #21 Remnants Of Isolation
84% 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 23.3%, JRPG 19.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, RPG 12.6%, Dark 11.8%
- #22 LAST EMBRYO -EITHER OF BRAVE TO STORY-
82% matchVery Positive93% of 605 reviews2020
Dev: Kujirabo。Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 3.8 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 21.5%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Magic 11.5%, RPG 10.7%
- #23 Bakahazard 3
79% matchVery Positive100% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: 流比奈梦工厂
Windows · Mac · Linux
An RPG that turns BAD ENDING from the prequel into GOOD ENDING! Follow the steps of Nobi and his classmates from Breakfast High School as they find themselves on another bizarre adventure after the prequel Bakahazard Series!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.6%, RPG 18.1%, Drama 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8%
- #24 유어 블라이트
81% matchVery Positive89% of 312 reviews2022
Dev: IGNOST
Windows
'Your Blight' is a turn-based dark fantasy RPG that survives in a city sealed off by the appearance of a vampire. Survive for a limited time of 21 days. Explore the city. Meet the survivors. And uncover the secrets surrounding you and the world.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.8%, JRPG 19.8%, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, Dark 11.4%, RPG 10.8%
- #25 Tales of the Black Forest
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,083 reviews2019
Dev: 拾英工作室Pub: SakuraGame
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.
Why similar: RPG 31.9%, Story Rich 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Adventure 12.6%, Anime 9.6%
- #26 Bakahazard 1+2
78% matchVery Positive100% of 235 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 30.4%, Drama 21.6%, Story Rich 9.4%, JRPG 8.2%, RPG 7.7%
- #27 Manafinder
80% matchVery Positive95% of 87 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 25.1%, JRPG 23.5%, RPG 13.4%, Drama 11.8%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #28 Purgatory’s Flower
77% matchVery Positive95% of 91 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 31.5%, Dark Fantasy 28.6%, Drama 21.4%, Adventure 9%, 2D 5.7%
- #29 VARLET
79% matchMixed53% of 121 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 22%, JRPG 20.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%, RPG 9.5%
- #30 Dreamed Away
76% matchVery Positive92% of 93 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 22.6%, JRPG 22.2%, RPG 12.5%, Story Rich 11.8%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #31 Yume Nikki
78% matchVery Positive94% of 9,908 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 72.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Dark 40.4%, Exploration 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Adventure 11.1%, 2D 8.6%
- #32 OneShot
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 61,459 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.1 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 35.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, RPG 12.5%, Adventure 10%, Cute 9.7%
- #33 ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,444 reviews2025
Dev: AdglobePub: Binary Haze Interactive
Windows
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 18.3 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 19.2%, 2D 9.4%, Story Rich 9%, Anime 6.4%
- #34 Radix Chronicle
74% matchVery Positive100% of 75 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 25.1%, JRPG 16.8%, Magic 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, RPG 8%
- #35 FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 592 reviews2024
Dev: Mistwalker CorporationPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 32.4 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 34.9%, RPG 20%, Story Rich 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #36 Yoru ga Kuru! -Square of the Moon- Remastered
74% matchVery Positive87% of 120 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 38.7%, RPG 30.5%, Adventure 15.4%, Anime 9.6%, 2D 5.8%
- #37 Gears of Dragoon: Fragments of a New Era
75% matchVery Positive82% of 67 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 23%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, Drama 14.5%, RPG 12.9%, Exploration 6.3%
- #38 Loser Reborn
77% matchVery Positive86% of 73 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 37.4%, JRPG 28.4%, RPG 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Anime 6.4%
- #39 Night of The Black Goat
73% matchVery Positive89% of 91 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 21.1%, JRPG 18.1%, Magic 14.5%, Drama 14.3%, RPG 9.2%
- #40 Noctuary
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,534 reviews2023
Dev: GratescaPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Two young illuminators, Fancia and Alina, start their adventure in the bright and fascinating Inlixaland... ...in pursuit of becoming trustworthy "The Arborangers."
Why similar: JRPG 29.9%, Drama 20.1%, Story Rich 14.1%, RPG 12.6%, Anime 9.1%
- #41 Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
71% matchVery Positive95% of 190 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 31.5%, JRPG 27.1%, RPG 13.6%, Story Rich 13.2%, Exploration 8.8%
- #42 Tide Up
73% matchVery Positive92% of 263 reviews2022
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Tide Up is a rather dark and gloomy adventure game. Accompany the girl in a dreamlike world of wonder. Collect the pearls scattered around the world and help the girl escape!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 26.7%, Dark 23.6%, Anime 13.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%
- #43 Potato Flowers in Full Bloom
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 618 reviews2022
Dev: Pon Pon GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 51.1%, RPG 30.2%, JRPG 10.8%, Exploration 4.9%, Cute 3%
- #44 呆呆大冒险
72% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: slowpoke
Windows
《呆呆大冒险》是一个2D回合制RPG游戏,玩家将扮演出生在夏朝的呆呆,在结交伙伴、收集五灵珠的同时,逐步发掘邪教的真相。本作还包含Roguelike模式和大秘境玩法,让玩家拥有丰富的游戏体验。
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, JRPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Drama 10.2%
- #45 Bloomtown: A Different Story
70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,422 reviews2024
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 27.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, RPG 15.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, Exploration 8%
- #46 神魔决之江湖行
70% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: 水狗工作室
Windows · Mac
该游戏是一款独立制作的仙侠风格的战棋角色扮演游戏,主角弈剑秋为了追回被人盗走的魔剑离开门派,途中遇到女主顾梦瑶,随后二人一起展开一段冒险,冒险途中也会有各具特色的队友加入其中,众人共同应对强敌,最终将其击败。
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 26.2%, Drama 13.6%, RPG 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, JRPG 9.4%
- #47 Fear & Hunger
70% matchVery Positive94% of 21,050 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 41.2%, Turn-Based Combat 19%, RPG 13.6%, Dark 13.5%, JRPG 8.5%
- #48 HorrorVale
68% matchVery Positive99% of 407 reviews2024
Dev: BatWorks Software
Windows
HorrorVale: A grand Spooktacular adventure about a girl, her dog, and her long journey to save him in a strange and horrifying Underworld.
Why similar: RPG 64.5%, Adventure 28.2%, Cute 7.4%
- #49 Ekorella Vol 1
69% matchVery Positive100% of 59 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 18.5%, JRPG 16.5%, Sci-fi 15.3%, RPG 11.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #50 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,133 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 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 17.6%, Story Rich 17.1%, Dark 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Anime 10.4%
- #51 精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss
71% matchVery Positive83% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: CHARONPub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
话题作《精神病大王花》重制作品。 追求精神病少女们的恋爱游戏,你能活到最后吗?
Why similar: Dating Sim 37.7%, Drama 32%, Adventure 10.8%, Anime 7.9%, 2D 6.1%
- #52 幻现的花海 - Sea of Phantom Flowers
67% matchVery Positive96% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: 可爱因子工作室Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
在讨伐魔王的前一天,勇者回到了她久别的故乡,想要履行昔日对同行者的承诺。 然而,时间似乎定格在了临行前的这一天…… 她承诺过的那片花海,还会如约盛开吗?
Why similar: JRPG 20.1%, Drama 19%, Magic 17.8%, RPG 13.4%, Exploration 6.7%
- #53 花园魔三国2 -The Sacrificial Girl of the Fantasy 3 Kingdoms 2-
68% matchVery Positive90% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: selenophobiaPub: 2P Games
Windows
本作舞台将会发生在曹魏的大陆,数十个全新的人物将会登场,因此即使是没玩过前作的玩家也不会有困扰~ 而且后期可以驾驭飞龙自由飞行在大陆上! 本作除了主线剧情外~支线可以达成和女主角的恋爱结局哦~
Why similar: JRPG 19.5%, Drama 15.5%, Magic 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, RPG 10.5%
- #54 Entity Researchers: Prologue
69% 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 28.7%, Turn-Based Combat 25.6%, RPG 14.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Exploration 9.8%
- #55 Claris the Princess Knight
69% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Circle Fairy FlowerPub: BokiBoki Games
Windows
《Claris the Princess Knight》 is a cute style RPG game. Claris is the best mage and swordsman in the kingdom. One day, she is possessed by the robber who killed her. His mission is to manipulate and kill her, till she has fallen. Knight Claris’s fate is depending on you !
Why similar: JRPG 22.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, RPG 13%, Drama 12%, Exploration 6.5%
- #56 Knights of Messiah IF: Castle in an Alternate Dimension
66% matchVery Positive97% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: GyuPub: Tensei Games
Windows
Enjoy traveling around the beautiful world of Knights of Messiah as the leader of a party of adventurers! When Alicia and Maya are captured by the evil prince of Windsor, Ritz, you and your friends must explore dungeons in search of the Gemstones that'll allow you to access his castle!
Why similar: JRPG 31.3%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, RPG 16.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Anime 5.7%
- #57 BLACK SOULS
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,938 reviews2025
Dev: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 18.8%, Turn-Based Combat 18.2%, JRPG 15.1%, Dark 11.1%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #58 Ib
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 28.5%, Story Rich 17.2%, RPG 16.3%, Exploration 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #59 Path of the Midnight Sun
67% matchVery Positive85% of 247 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 27.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Story Rich 11.6%, RPG 8.9%