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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Indie, Retro, Singleplayer.

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Dawnthorn is a topdown, pixel-art ARPG with a character and experience firmly rooted in the 8bit era. It features action-adventure style gameplay. Players will experience hectic, item-driven real-time combat, puzzle solving, and Metroidvania-style progression across a sprawling, dungeon-filled…

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Dawnthorn is a topdown, pixel-art ARPG with a character and experience firmly rooted in the 8bit era. It features action-adventure style gameplay. Players will experience hectic, item-driven real-time combat, puzzle solving, and Metroidvania-style progression across a sprawling, dungeon-filled world!

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Aloft Studio LLC
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    Why similar: Adventure 84.7%, Classic 12.5%, Retro 2.7%, Indie 0.1%

  2. #2 The Abbey of Crime Extensum
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    Why similar: Adventure 73.2%, Retro 26.8%

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    Dev: West Coast Software
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    Median: 12 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    A virus has escaped at Genoq HQ in London, and Derrida, the lead scientist at Genoq, has asked you to help save the day. Travel up through the Genoq skyscraper rescuing the stranded employees and putting an end to the escaped virus.

    Why similar: Adventure 74.7%, Retro 25.3%

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    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 57 reviews2019
    Dev: Flova Interactive
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    She wakes up alone, missing, and trapped in the frozen tundra of Hyperborea, Hypatia must use her wits and wileys if she is to escape this accursed corner of the world. the choices she makes will determine not only her future, but that of the imperial exploratory legion.

    Why similar: Adventure 86.9%, RPG 9.2%, Indie 3.9%

  5. #5 The Eye of Borrack
    94% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2019
    Dev: JimJams Games
    Windows

    The Eye of Borrack will take you back to yesteryear, with our take on the classic text adventure. You'll put the world of action games to one side, as you delve deeply into a rich, funny, imagination led text adventure.

    Why similar: Adventure 46.5%, Classic 31.4%, Retro 14.9%, Indie 7.2%

  6. #6 Litil Divil
    95% matchMixed46% of 442 reviews2014
    Dev: Gremlin InteractivePub: Funbox Media Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 9%

    Welcome to the Underworld, where you guide Mutt, the bad luck Litil Divil, through the Labyrinth of Chaos to retrieve the Mystical Pizza of Plenty. Our “hero” takes a fateful step through the Mortal Portal to prowl five hellish levels of treacherous tunnels with more than 50 raucous rooms of gameplay.

    Why similar: Adventure 50.9%, Classic 25.3%, Retro 23.8%

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    93% matchVery Positive83% of 260 reviews2015
    Dev: Brushfire Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Shipwreck is a top down adventure game in which you must travel the land, explore dungeons, and defeat monsters to earn safe passage off the island on which you are stranded.

    Why similar: Adventure 61.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Top-Down 10.5%, Indie 10.3%, RPG 6.7%

  8. #8 Renegade Grounds: Episode 1
    92% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2017
    Dev: Astronomic GamesPub: New Reality Games
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%

    First episode of a thrilling adventure! Two mercenaries, Agela and Ingus, are tasked to infiltrate the criminal underworld to retrieve a device of high value that was stolen from the council. The job gets more complex as more factions join the hunt for the item, but to Agela and Ingus, failure is not an option!

    Why similar: Adventure 93.8%, RPG 4.5%, Indie 1.7%

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    91% matchVery Positive88% of 6,585 reviews2016
    Dev: Spearhead Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Stories: The Path of Destinies is an Action RPG, an enchanted storybook filled with madcap fantasy tales, each told by a zippy narrator attuned to the player’s choices and actions.

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    91% matchMixed46% of 135 reviews2017
    Dev: RPG VideoPub: Back To Basics Gaming
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Join Terret in his small, but dangerous adventure through a mysterious and forgotten land of Dasthir

    Why similar: Adventure 80.6%, RPG 13.8%, Indie 5.6%

  11. #11 Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
    90% matchVery Positive88% of 1,411 reviews2014
    Dev: Crystal Shard
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18 minMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%

    A retro styled adventure/RPG hybrid with atmosphere like the classics. Play as warrior, sorceress, or rogue as you travel through the rich world of Norse mythology to keep it from eternal winter. Each class has different puzzle solutions, making for good replay value. Fully free, no hidden costs.

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    89% matchVery Positive90% of 242 reviews2016
    Dev: DopterraPub: Nicalis, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    A conspiracy is welling deep within the stone walls of an ancient castle.The keep’s master is leading its denizens to construct a revolutionary new device made to move the world forward onto a new path of evolution.

    Why similar: Adventure 45.8%, Retro 20.3%, RPG 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Indie 7.5%

  13. #13 Liveza: Death of the Earth
    89% matchMixed54% of 173 reviews2016
    Dev: Nikita NefedovPub: Sometimes You
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A global catastrophe has literally torn our planet apart, breaking Earth into many pieces. You are the survivor that explores the remains of our planet and investigates the anomalies that have settled upon it. You start out with only a single item: a broken weapon that also functions as a flashlight.

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    81% matchNo user reviews
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    87% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,558 reviews2014
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    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    It’s 2035 in Buenos Aires, or where Buenos Aires used to be. You’ve just woken up in a hospital, and you can’t remember anything. All you know is you have to escape and find out what happened to the city. And how to save it.

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    86% matchMostly Positive79% of 291 reviews2016
    Dev: Alon Zubina
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 32%

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    86% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2018
    Dev: Ma-mu-iPub: Punica
    Windows · Mac

    Player play as "Lantarima", female protagonist who has the sense of darkness, to solve the mystery murder. "Garin", her extremely unfriendly classmate, is the only one who can tell what this mystery is all about. She has to deal with him or the next murder can’t be stop.

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    85% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
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    Dev: Stroboskop
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    75% matchNo user reviews
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    74% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    82% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2018
    Dev: Paul Georghiou
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    79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
    Dev: Project Whitecard Digital Inc.Pub: Project Whitecard Studios Inc.
    Windows

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    80% matchMixed40% of 15 reviews2019
    Dev: OFF1C1AL
    Windows

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    71% matchNo user reviews
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    79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    Dev: Enki
    Windows

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    77% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2018
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    78% matchNegative14% of 21 reviews2016
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    Windows

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    78% matchNo user reviews2020
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    75% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2018
    Dev: bHaptics Inc.
    Windows

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    65% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    76% matchMostly Positive74% of 179 reviews2015
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    73% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2019
    Dev: NickyH
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    72% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
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    63% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
    Dev: Cryobolt Interactive
    Windows

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    74% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2017
    Dev: AppFactoryHaru-Ni
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    73% matchPositive81% of 47 reviews2016
    Dev: Catch A CatPub: LabOne48
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    69% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2019
    Dev: Candied ArsenicPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
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    71% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    68% matchPositive89% of 45 reviews2019
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    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2017
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    Windows

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    53% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2025
    Dev: 電話倉庫
    Windows

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    70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
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    68% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2019
    Dev: Atreyu Games Pty. Ltd.
    Windows

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    54% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    67% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    67% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2019
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    67% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2018
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    66% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
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