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  1. #1 Battle Bands: Rock & Roll Deckbuilder
    96% matchVery Positive91% of 202 reviews2023
    Dev: Aerie Digital
    Windows

    Get the band together and take on the world in this battle of the bands, deckbuilding card game set in the fantasy land of Riff City. Play solo or with friends to conquer offbeat bosses in a coop campaign. Wits and a sick riff are key to becoming a rock legend.

    Why similar: Hand-drawn 80.4%, PvE 17.6%, Singleplayer 2%

  2. #2 Music Band Manager
    97% matchMixed54% of 361 reviews2017
    Dev: Hamsters Gaming
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Always dreamed of creating your own music band? We will realize your dream! Record songs, release albums and manage group activities! With the advancement of the group, managers will help you, and you will also have to face more than one difficult choice. Compete for a place in the top 100! Conquer the whole world!

    Why similar: Simulation 34%, Strategy 21.2%, Indie 16.6%, Retro 16.5%, 2D 9.3%

  3. #3 Plebby Quest: The Crusades
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 2,902 reviews2020
    Dev: PiedPipers TeamPub: NEOWIZ
    Windows
    Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”

    Why similar: Simulation 24.1%, Strategy 23.8%, Indie 15%, Adventure 11.3%, PvE 9.3%

  4. #4 Has-Been Heroes
    95% matchMostly Positive76% of 392 reviews2017
    Dev: FrozenbytePub: GameTrust Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Has-Been Heroes is a challenging, lane-based roguelike game of strategy and action, featuring a band of heroes on a quest to escort the King's twin princesses to school!

    Why similar: Strategy 27.6%, Indie 19.6%, Linear 14.9%, Action 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.6%

  5. #5 Rock Star Life Simulator
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 538 reviews2025
    Dev: HOGO Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Rock Star Life Simulator is an extensive fame simulation game. Start this adventure by playing the guitar on the street, form your own band. Protect the fame, money, and charisma you earned with the right decisions and become a world star!

    Why similar: Quick-Time Events 46.9%, Simulation 26.2%, Adventure 12.5%, Indie 12.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%

  6. #6 Beats Warrior: Nian
    94% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2019
    Dev: Liujiajun
    Windows

    "Beats Warrior: Nian" is a strange rhythm action adventure game. The story tells that Nian and Bao never miss the adventure! Nian will use special beat combat techniques to defeat creatures and bosses in several worlds.

    Why similar: Indie 28.2%, Action 19.2%, Retro 18.1%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, 2D 8.5%

  7. #7 赛博拼好团!
    92% matchVery Positive87% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: 普雷丽亚工作室
    Windows

    A cyberpunk-themed band management simulation game where you recruit musicians, plan tours, release albums, and lead your band to the top of Music City's entertainment industry.

    Why similar: Adventure 59.7%, 2D 40.3%

  8. #8 March to a Million
    93% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Run a music talent agency and make platinum-selling records!

    Why similar: Simulation 56.1%, Strategy 20.4%, 2D 14.5%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%

  9. #9 Vegangsters
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2025
    Dev: Poison Pill Games
    Windows

    Embark into a deck-building roguelike where real-time action will challenge your reaction and strategy skills. Face the deadliest criminals in intense turn-based combat, where each card defines the pace of the battle and save the city from the Vegangsters!

    Why similar: Hand-drawn 48.1%, Procedural Generation 26.1%, Strategy 16.8%, 2D 6.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%

  10. #10 Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim
    91% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2026
    Dev: Triple ToppingPub: Akupara Games
    Windows

    Gordy and her punk band, Dead Pets, haven't hit it big but they will any day now! Go to band practice, crush a diner shift, chat with friends and manage Gordy’s mess of a life. Unleash your inner demon in a feminist, slice-of-life, management-lite, minigame-heavy narrative rhythm game!

    Why similar: Hand-drawn 59.3%, Indie 18.5%, Adventure 10.7%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%

  11. #11 Rising Star 2
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 692 reviews2020
    Dev: Gilligames
    Windows · Mac

    Start a band, and take on the world in this music industry simulation/role-playing game. Success doesn't come without hard work, and making connections in your local music scene is the only path to stardom.

    Why similar: Simulation 42.4%, Retro 20.7%, Indie 20.4%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%

  12. #12 Hard Times
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2020
    Dev: Radical Fiction
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Hard Times is an extreme urban survival game where you have to put yourself into the shoes of a homeless man, taking on all the challenges that daily survival places in the great metropolis of indifference.

    Why similar: Simulation 42.8%, Indie 26%, Action 18%, Strategy 7%, 2D 5.2%

  13. #13 Retale
    87% matchVery Positive94% of 98 reviews2024
    Dev: Grocery Guys
    Windows

    Experience working in retail with hardly any similarities to actually working in retail! Manage your time wisely to keep the shelves stocked, control the complaints of colorful and cranky customers, and be wary of the watchful eye of your manager to avoid being fired... or worse.

    Why similar: Strategy 35.7%, Hand-drawn 32.3%, Multiple Endings 22.3%, Indie 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  14. #14 Unforgiving Trials: The Darkest Crusade
    89% matchMixed65% of 654 reviews2016
    Dev: Amaterasu Software
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Embark on an epic adventure to save the lands. Form a party by selecting 4 different adventurers from a pool of over 12 unique classes. Battle your way through the cursed lands scaling the highest mountains and exploring the darkest dungeons. Face more than 30 unique challenging bosses in order to reach the capital of the kingdom.

    Why similar: Indie 28.2%, Linear 24.2%, Adventure 20.4%, 2D 17.8%, Action 6.9%

  15. #15 Magical Runes
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 110 reviews2025
    Dev: ZERO5GAMES
    Windows

    Three ruthless kings have declared war on your lands!

    Why similar: Simulation 36.1%, Flight 33.5%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  16. #16 Agent Murphy
    88% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2021
    Dev: xprojectPub: KazakovStudios
    Windows

    Agent Murphy: Hardcore pixel platformer shooter with unlimited pistol, MP5, shotgun, and grenades. Navigate 20 levels, battle random enemies, and face epic bosses with a clockwork soundtrack.

    Why similar: Hand-drawn 26.5%, Retro 14.9%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 11%, PvE 9.6%

  17. #17 Break the Loop
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 89 reviews2024
    Dev: Mastodonte
    Windows

    Break the Loop is a turn-based Rogue-like RPG. Compose your team and create a timeline by selecting the events you'll go through. Each decision will bring you one step closer to the ultimate threat, but will you have accumulated enough power to stop the apocalypse?

    Why similar: Class-Based 52%, Strategy 19.6%, Indie 13.8%, 2D 9.3%, Adventure 3.4%

  18. #18 Euphoria: Supreme Mechanics
    85% matchMostly Positive76% of 249 reviews2020
    Dev: Whale Rock Games
    Windows

    The ability to discern hidden connections is both a gift and a curse. The covert mechanisms of reality do not reveal themselves to any and all, and there is a price to pay for this knowledge…

    Why similar: Simulation 32%, Indie 20.1%, Adventure 15.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Action-Adventure 11.5%

  19. #19 Unconventional Warfare
    84% matchVery Positive85% of 72 reviews2022
    Dev: Nightlife Strangers
    Windows · Linux

    In this top-down tactical shooter RPG, guide a band of cute soldiers through a warzone to safety. Rescue, train and manage your squad for the upcoming war of survival.

    Why similar: Real Time Tactics 45.8%, Simulation 14%, Strategy 13.6%, Indie 10.9%, Adventure 7.6%

  20. #20 Crush the Industry
    82% matchVery Positive90% of 395 reviews2025
    Dev: Cognoggin Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Work your way to the top of a cutthroat game studio in this retro roguelike deckbuilder! Crush the Industry features strategic combat with a unique twist and deep replayability.

    Why similar: Retro 45.5%, Strategy 28.6%, 2D 13.9%, Indie 8.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%

  21. #21 Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,459 reviews2025
    Dev: Ritual StudiosPub: Klei Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    In this turn-based RPG, wield powerful legendary instruments, gather mighty riff attacks and save the land from Rick Riffson's devilish goons and musical hybrid monsters!

    Why similar: Strategy 38.7%, Indie 34.5%, 2D 21.8%, Singleplayer 5%

  22. #22 Rhythm Fighter
    84% matchVery Positive80% of 457 reviews2020
    Dev: echo gamesPub: Coconut Island Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    This is a Roguelike Horizontal Action game that players need to follow the beat to defeat opponents. Beat to follow, fist to the bone. Face the foe, and dance to kill!

    Why similar: Indie 37.2%, Adventure 29.9%, Action 27.5%, Singleplayer 5.3%

  23. #23 Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 269 reviews2026
    Dev: Cuddle Code
    Windows

    A brutally challenging puzzle novel RPG. Reincarnate as a dark lord, plan your path, and conquer the world. *NOT a passive idle game*

    Why similar: Strategy 27.7%, Simulation 24.2%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Indie 11.3%, 2D 9.3%

  24. #24 Music Wars Empire
    83% matchMixed46% of 179 reviews2016
    Dev: Antuan JohnsonPub: Music Wars
    Windows

    Take the role of a manager or CEO of a record label, and try to make your mark on the music industry!

    Why similar: Simulation 41.5%, Strategy 33.4%, Indie 25.2%

  25. #25 Heroes Against Time
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: David Vinokurov
    Windows · Linux

    Heroes Against Time is the ally-drafting game where you build a team and power up in a dangerous enchanted forest. Navigate events, fight enemies and dig through ruins while trying to avoid the creeping magical fog… Will your team endure… or be lost to the mist?

    Why similar: Retro 30.4%, Strategy 27.5%, Procedural Generation 20.7%, Indie 19.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  26. #26 GRIDbeat!
    78% matchVery Positive99% of 107 reviews2026
    Dev: Ridiculous GamesPub: Acclaim, Inc.
    Windows

    Dungeons! Danger! Rhythm Action! You just hacked into the biggest corporation in the world and stole an unfeasibly valuable amount of data, but getting in was the easy part. To get back out you’ll need to explore the Mainframe, solve puzzles, battle security programs… and do it all on the beat!

    Why similar: Action 33.7%, Adventure 31%, 2D 29.3%, Singleplayer 6%

  27. #27 Godless Tactics
    80% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2020
    Dev: Ice Arrow Games
    Windows

    Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.

    Why similar: Strategy 53.4%, Adventure 30.8%, 2D 13%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  28. #28 Counter Terrorist Agency
    82% matchMixed45% of 544 reviews2019
    Dev: Play2ChillPub: Games Operators
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Counter Terrorist Agency lets you fight international terrorism and prevent attacks all over the world. Use modern invigilation techniques, discover connections, interrogate suspects, eliminate threats and dismantle terrorist networks.

    Why similar: Real Time Tactics 35.7%, Simulation 20.8%, Strategy 16.9%, Indie 12.1%, Action 8.1%

  29. #29 Metavoidal
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Yellow Lab Games
    Windows · Mac

    Heavy metal might be immortal, but you're not. In Metavoidal, you play as a drummer as they attempt to escape the clutches of a threatening metal band by using off-beat techniques to defeat each band member... Or die trying!

    Why similar: PvE 33.1%, Linear 29.8%, 2D 18.9%, Action 18.2%

  30. #30 Self-Isolation
    78% matchVery Positive86% of 491 reviews2020
    Dev: Dymchick1
    Windows

    This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

    Why similar: Simulation 31.7%, Indie 22.9%, Adventure 17.1%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Action 8.5%

  31. #31 Gladiator School
    79% matchMostly Positive72% of 349 reviews2017
    Dev: Raptor Claw Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Gladiator School is a Tycoon-style simulation game. You play as the master of a newly formed school for gladiators. Your job is to prepare and train recruits before you send them away to fight for their survival and entertain the crowd in the arena.

    Why similar: Simulation 38.4%, Strategy 28.7%, Indie 20.6%, 2D 6.2%, Action 4.7%

  32. #32 Time Bandit – Part 1: Appendages of the Machine
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2023
    Dev: Joel Jordon
    Windows · Mac

    A who̴͊leso̶̬̙̍me real-time adventure with a dark secret. At your relaxing new job managing resources and collecting crystals, everything you do seems to take ... much, MUCH longer than it should. In retro 3D cutscenes, uncover a company's conspiracy--and sneak around at work to steal back your time.

    Why similar: Simulation 27.5%, Strategy 21.9%, Retro 20.5%, Indie 15.5%, Adventure 14.7%

  33. #33 Age of Goblins
    76% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
    Dev: Bruno Valla
    Windows

    AoG is a real-time strategy game (RTS) with simplified mechanics and cute visuals, but VERY challenging at times. Lead your goblin tribe into what they do best: expand, conquer, and exterminate each other. Any resemblance to humans is purely coincidental.

    Why similar: Real Time Tactics 52%, Hand-drawn 24.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Indie 5.2%, 2D 4%

  34. #34 ONE BTN BOSSES
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 214 reviews2024
    Dev: Midnight Munchies
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    It's One Button Bosses, it's all in the name. You have one button. There are big bosses to beat. Push, tap, and bash in the handcrafted campaign or in the roguelike rifts.

    Why similar: Strategy 47.6%, 2D 30.7%, Action 21.7%

  35. #35 No Plan B
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 809 reviews2024
    Dev: GFX47
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.

    Why similar: Strategy 24.8%, Real Time Tactics 23.3%, Simulation 16.9%, Indie 13%, Time Manipulation 9.3%

  36. #36 life is not auto
    74% matchVery Positive95% of 101 reviews2024
    Dev: Bold Fish
    Windows

    "LIFE IS NOT AUTO"is a rhythm + survival based timing game. You manually control the organs to keep your character alive until life ends.

    Why similar: Quick-Time Events 52.8%, Simulation 20.4%, Multiple Endings 17%, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 2%

  37. #37 A Healer Only Lives Twice
    76% matchVery Positive81% of 241 reviews2016
    Dev: Pon Pon GamesPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    All You Need Is Heal! Monsters have cornered you in the dungeon corridors. As a newly hired Priest, your duties are to use your magical abilities to heal your comrade, a Knight on the front-line, and provide support during battle. Will these two brave souls live to see the light of day again?

    Why similar: Strategy 29.7%, Simulation 26.1%, Indie 21.3%, Linear 19.8%, Singleplayer 3.2%

  38. #38 Vandals
    75% matchMostly Positive78% of 107 reviews2018
    Dev: CosmografikPub: ARTE France
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 54 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    Play the role of a young graffiti artist ready to do anything to tag his works on the walls of the world's biggest cities. Be sneaky, sharp and fast. But above all, help him avoid getting caught!

    Why similar: Strategy 38.8%, Indie 24.5%, Adventure 19.3%, 2D 11%, Singleplayer 6.3%

  39. #39 Hardcore and Death
    71% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2025
    Dev: ZERO5GAMES
    Windows

    Run through huge multi-level locations, avoiding spikes, falling platforms, and flying blades, use double jumps, and choose your route to reach the Heart before the lights go out.

    Why similar: Adventure 48.6%, Indie 22.7%, 2D 15.6%, Action 11.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  40. #40 REPLAY BOYS
    72% matchVery Positive94% of 132 reviews2023
    Dev: Split Narrative Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    Band emergency! This was supposed to be Hannah’s day off, but now she’s been roped into managing The Replay Boys, an up-and-coming boy band. Make choices to stoke multi-timeline romances, keep the band from killing each other, and fight a resurrected ’80s pop star ghost. Can you manage?

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 56.9%, 2D 23.7%, Adventure 17.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  41. #41 Disposable Heroes
    75% matchMixed63% of 83 reviews2016
    Dev: Stake deep interactivePub: Evilized productions
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Meet the disposable heroes... A rag-tag band of nobodies who - quite by accident- represent the kingdom's last hope. With the royal army slain it is they who must venture across the land on a quest to bring back the head of the king's son so that the light might return.

    Why similar: Indie 40.2%, Adventure 32.8%, Action 27%

  42. #42 Recon Control
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 144 reviews2021
    Dev: Dmitry KozlovPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.

    Why similar: Simulation 33.1%, Strategy 32.2%, Indie 19.3%, 2D 12.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%

  43. #43 Away From Home
    70% matchMixed70% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Squishy
    Windows

    A Rhythm based RPG experience. Providing detailed pixel art and expressive animation. Experience a fun world with lots of colorful characters. Come and disrupt their peace! This is a prequel to a larger story.

    Why similar: Strategy 20.4%, PvE 18.7%, Linear 16.8%, Indie 16.8%, Multiple Endings 15.4%

  44. #44 Loot Rascals
    73% matchMixed69% of 206 reviews2017
    Dev: Hollow Ponds
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Explore an outlandish outer space, gather Loot Cards, and fight your way to The Thing Below in this innovative and offbeat strategy roguelike.

    Why similar: Indie 58%, Adventure 42%

  45. #45 Rough Justice: '84
    71% matchMostly Positive75% of 109 reviews2023
    Dev: Gamma MinusPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Do what it takes to make your fledgling security agency thrive in this 80s noir crime bustin', dirty crossing, vengeance-seeking board game inspired strategy game with dice and cards.

    Why similar: Simulation 31.3%, Strategy 28.4%, Indie 21.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%

  46. #46 RITE
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 351 reviews2020
    Dev: Pond Games PTY LTD
    Windows · Linux

    RITE is a high-speed, precision platformer where you must conquer a series of challenging trials, a rite of passage for every Nim.

    Why similar: Indie 21.3%, Retro 19.3%, Adventure 18.9%, Action 17.2%, 2D 10.9%

  47. #47 Gobs and Gods
    68% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2024
    Dev: Alexandre GilottePub: None
    Windows · Linux

    Hire a band of almost-heroic goblins to fight and die for you in tactical turn-based battles, accomplish silly quests for the weird inhabitants of this fantastic world, and truly become a god - at least by goblin standards.

    Why similar: Procedural Generation 42.5%, Strategy 37.8%, 2D 19.6%

  48. #48 Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 107 reviews2022
    Dev: Spiderweb Software
    Windows · Mac

    You are in a barbarian land. They are trying to kill you. The Queen demands you tame them. So what now? Escape into an exciting, open-ended story and cunning tactical combat. Epic, indie fantasy adventure. Freely explore a huge world, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose.

    Why similar: Strategy 32.3%, Retro 26.9%, Adventure 21.3%, 2D 13.2%, Indie 5.7%

  49. #49 Purple Heart
    72% matchMixed47% of 131 reviews2017
    Dev: Artalasky
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 26%

    Hardcore pixel indie platformer with puzzle elements and history. Can you get to the end?

    Why similar: Indie 39.9%, Adventure 31.6%, Retro 28.4%

  50. #50 All Guns On Deck
    73% matchMostly Negative34% of 504 reviews2015
    Dev: Decaying Logic
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%

    All Guns On Deck is a naval strategy, real time tactics action rpg with a unique battle system and unforgiving world to conquer.

    Why similar: Simulation 28.5%, Strategy 25.2%, Indie 18.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Action 12.8%

  51. #51 Heads Will Roll
    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 184 reviews2021
    Dev: 1917 Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you taste the life of a medieval soldier.

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 47.8%, Adventure 28.2%, 2D 20.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%

  52. #52 Wartorn
    67% matchMostly Positive73% of 153 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Kite Studios
    Windows

    Harness the elements in fierce real-time battles while gathering and upgrading a crew of fantasy creatures in this rogue-lite adventure across a world torn apart by war.

    Why similar: Real Time Tactics 52%, Strategy 18%, Indie 11.9%, Action 9.1%, Adventure 7.1%

  53. #53 The Wind and Wilting Blossom
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 188 reviews2020
    Dev: Picklefeet Games
    Windows · Mac

    Navigate the war-torn lands of an alternate history Heian Japan battling yokai hordes in challenging turn-based combat. Encounter hundreds of story events, level-up your party, and unlock new allies and weapons. Die, learn from your mistakes, and try again.

    Why similar: Strategy 42.1%, Indie 32.1%, Hand-drawn 24.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  54. #54 Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 281 reviews2024
    Dev: MoonanaPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows

    In a silent world where music is outlawed, play as a singer to shatter the strings of fate and sing the melody of freedom in this unforgiving Turn Based Rhythm JRPG.

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 42.6%, Retro 36.1%, 2D 18.1%, Singleplayer 3.2%

  55. #55 Our Adventurer Guild
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,502 reviews2024
    Dev: GreenGuy
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Become the new Guild Master of the Adventurer Guild and lead your adventurers in explorations and turnbased tactical battles. Will the Guild thrive under your leadership? Or will it finally disband under it?

    Why similar: Class-Based 36.1%, Hand-drawn 31.3%, Indie 11%, Strategy 10.8%, 2D 9.6%

  56. #56 Skills & Raids
    66% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2026
    Dev: Eddie H.Hinestroza
    Windows

    Manually trigger every ability in Real-Time in this Party-Based Extraction RPG. Manage cooldowns and react to enemy mechanics. Loot resources to complete quests, craft powerful gear, and combine skills. The world has fallen into the grasp of a creature that erases everything, even thoughts.

    Why similar: Class-Based 82.8%, 2D 13.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%

  57. #57 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
    66% 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: Simulation 29.3%, Indie 21.7%, Strategy 21.4%, Adventure 16.4%, 2D 7.7%

  58. #58 SATANIC PANIC 666
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 161 reviews2021
    Dev: deadworld games
    Windows

    Descend into hell and destroy the cursed tapes with occult music known as †HEAVY METAL† to save our children's souls. On your way you will face Satan himself.

    Why similar: Indie 37.8%, Retro 30.6%, Action 27.4%, Singleplayer 4.1%

  59. #59 Indemon Tales
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2023
    Dev: Luzian
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Earn the respect of a guild full of monsters and demons as a lone human by taking part in dangerous dungeon adventures and uncover secrets behind the mysterious demon kingdom of Tarborea.

    Why similar: Action-Adventure 41.1%, Adventure 24.2%, 2D 15.2%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Indie 4.3%

  60. #60 QUICKERFLAK_RUTHLESSMOD
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2022
    Dev: Walter Machado
    Windows

    QUICKERFLAK_RUTHLESSMOD is the standalone "pretty hard" expansion of the retro-hardcore minigame QUICKERFLAK.

    Why similar: Retro 31.8%, Action-Adventure 26.7%, Action 13.3%, Quick-Time Events 11.2%, 2D 11.1%

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