- #1 Haeven
97% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Cleril Calamity Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Explore fantastical interpretations of different parts of the mind including the Hippocampus, Ego, and more! Battle against your oppressive Subconscious as you struggle for control of your mind.
Why similar: RPG 74.4%, Indie 25.6%
- #2 iTownGamePlay UNIVERSE
96% matchMixed50% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Undermax Games
Windows
Warning: This Game is only available on Spanish. Acompaña al YouTuber ITownGamePlay en está increíble aventura junto a sus suscriptores para restaurar la paz en su mundo!
Why similar: RPG 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #3 Phobos
96% matchMixed64% of 197 reviews2020
Dev: Myth Entertainment
Windows
Discover an expansive online multiplayer world of battle, stories, and intrigue. Wield great weapons or conjure terrifying magics. Explore the world, solve quests, and slay great beasts and players alike.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #4 Soulscape
95% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Samu
Windows
Explore a bizarre world and defeat eldritch demons in your stylish wheelchair.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #5 Project "Fire"
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 reviews2016
Dev: Distant AlliancePub: ElvenNeko
Windows
Welcome to "Project Fire" - free adventure\role-playing game! This game is for the people who love good stories, fantasy, sci-fi, steampunk universes, and tactical combat in jrpg style. And yes, it's free for everyone, and let no one be left behind!
Why similar: RPG 76.7%, Indie 23.3%
- #6 Lunacid - Tears of the Moon
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 801 reviews2025
Dev: KIRA LLC
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Lunacid: Tears of the Moon is a First Person Dungeon Crawler made with the Sword of Moonlight - King’s Field making tool from 2000. Explore various dungeons for powerful weapons and spells to forestall the previsioned end of the world.
Why similar: RPG 84.3%, Indie 15.7%
- #7 Nick Beard: The Fedora of Destiny
93% matchVery Positive85% of 256 reviews2018
Dev: dhamster
Windows
The fedora: a mark of a true gentleman...
Why similar: RPG 75.2%, Indie 24.8%
- #8 Dark Fear
91% matchVery Positive94% of 233 reviews2016
Dev: Arif Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Dark Fear is a pixel horror game with RPG and adventure game elements. Explore a diverse landscape filled with forests, mountains, lakes and deserts. Make allies in the local village, upgrade your weapon and armor, go hunting/fishing and fight your way to the truth by slaying your foes, solving puzzles and helping people with their...
Why similar: RPG 75.9%, Indie 24.1%
- #9 The Land of Dasthir
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: RPG 73.5%, Indie 26.5%
- #10 The Lar
89% matchVery Positive95% of 1,100 reviews2019
Dev: MarvelSushi
Windows
Become an experiment and flee with friends from this chaotic and amazing place. And as the exploration deepens, the truth gradually emerges...
Why similar: RPG 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #11 The Fog Knows Your Name
89% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the fog to confront your terror: the evil that hides within. Unravel the fog's mysteries before you become its next victim. Or join us, instead.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.5%, RPG 38.1%, Indie 15.3%
- #12 DarkEnd
90% matchMixed52% of 355 reviews2014
Dev: Kodots Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Conquer the ever changing dungeons of DarkEnd and save the fall of humanity! Choose your heroes and venture into a world filled with numerous treasures, mysterious secrets and discover a haunting past in this 10+ hours of retro 2D Dungeon-Crawling!
Why similar: RPG 77.2%, Indie 22.8%
- #13 non-binary
87% matchVery Positive94% of 296 reviews2022
Dev: owof games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 85.3%, RPG 12.7%, Indie 2%
- #14 Team Four Star RPG
88% matchVery Positive82% of 93 reviews2017
Dev: Shadow Blade Productions
Windows
Join Lanipator, Master Wugglez, and LordMoonStone. Also known as Nick, Grant and Kirran, as they venture through worlds based on games they once played.
Why similar: RPG 75.1%, Indie 24.9%
- #15 FAREWELL SEN
86% matchVery Positive94% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: amoxy
Windows
MAKE FRIENDS WITH GHOSTS
Why similar: RPG 79.5%, Indie 20.5%
- #16 Memories of a Vagabond
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,252 reviews2014
Dev: Darkelite Studio IncPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You play as a young mercenary and travel from soul to soul to avenge your fiance and her family. While finding a way to change the flow of past events, you will encounter many obstacles and meet new allies. Will you be brave enough?
Why similar: RPG 84.2%, Indie 15.8%
- #17 Armored Suit Solgante
84% matchVery Positive84% of 197 reviews2024
Dev: GapTaxPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Play as a mech pilot battling against threats to your nation. But in your struggle to defeat the terrorist forces, you become implicated in one of the very schemes you're fighting against...
Why similar: RPG 88.7%, Indie 11.3%
- #18 Get In The Car, Loser!
84% matchVery Positive84% of 491 reviews2021
Dev: Love Conquers All Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A lesbian road trip RPG by the co-creator of Ladykiller in a Bind about fighting for love and justice in the face of indifference, inspired by choice-driven visual novels, and a battle system influenced by classic and modern JRPGs. WILL YOU STAND AND FIGHT IN THE FACE OF EVIL?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 56.5%, RPG 32.7%, Indie 10.7%
- #19 Orogenesis
85% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Samu
Windows
Orogenesis, an RPG with the twist of exploring a nightmarish and funky universe!
Why similar: RPG 77%, Indie 23%
- #20 水母之夜
82% matchVery Positive99% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: 古早五花
Windows
一款剧情向角色扮演小游戏。
Why similar: RPG 51.2%, LGBTQ+ 37.4%, Indie 11.3%
- #21 Knights of Pen and Paper 2: Free Edition
83% matchMixed60% of 268 reviews2018
Dev: Kyy GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Join the retro RPG world of Paperos - become a Knight of Pen and Paper in the newly revamped "Free Edition"!
Why similar: RPG 76.2%, Indie 23.8%
- #22 DashBored
82% matchVery Positive81% of 336 reviews2016
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Enter a bizarre and idiosyncratic world! Adventure into the unknown, and defeat horrid monsters! A story of Love, Loss, and the end of the Multiverse.
Why similar: RPG 74.8%, Indie 25.2%
- #23 Mothlight
81% matchVery Positive94% of 420 reviews2017
Dev: Samu
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
In a world corrupted by Eldritch abominations, Enzo must climb out of the hellish depths of the universe. From the Black Sea to the Planes of Neethan, it is your job to make your pilgrimage back to the Worlds above. In the black hell of this world, only Moths and demons await you.
Why similar: RPG 76.4%, Indie 23.6%
- #24 Lethal RPG: War
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 229 reviews2015
Dev: EyeSpyda Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Journey on an epic quest with Lethal and his elite party of warriors through a huge fantasy land. Play as Lethal and his companions in exciting turn based battles against a variety of fantasy creatures.
Why similar: RPG 75.7%, Indie 24.3%
- #25 DEPO : Death Epileptic Pixel Origins
78% matchVery Positive95% of 298 reviews2022
Dev: Guiliam Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
DEPO is a first person 3D platformer where you control a rebel pixel inside a computer with an evil Operating System governing everything. You'll find final bosses, cinematic scenes, arcade mini-games, 70 huge levels full of surprises, ¡and big stories to discover!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 75.1%, Indie 24.9%
- #26 Sometimes Always Monsters
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 161 reviews2020
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows
Join a cross-country bus tour as a newlywed author, and combat vicious rumors that you're a plagiarist. Truth isn't important, when you control the narrative.
Why similar: RPG 67.1%, Indie 21.7%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%
- #27 Bomber Bother
79% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2019
Dev: Dare Looks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight back against thieving Greyman Grifterham and his horde of beavery bullies and experience the thrill (and frustration) of herding low-poly beavers into a bottomless pit, retro-style!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 Free Will
75% matchVery Positive97% of 344 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: RPG 77.9%, Indie 22.1%
- #29 Your Adventure
78% matchVery Positive89% of 101 reviews2021
Dev: Zachary Fox
Windows
Create a custom character, and be whoever you want to be! Enjoy traversing strange worlds, and mastering action command combat as you fight strange and odd and weird enemies and bosses! Remember, this is your adventure!
Why similar: RPG 61.5%, LGBTQ+ 28.6%, Indie 10%
- #30 Arevan
80% matchMixed48% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: Overcloud9Pub: Aldorlea Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arevan is an adventure RPG with an original storyline, enjoyable features and interesting game play. Travel with Maurean as he makes his way through challenging puzzles, gut-wrenching monsters, and intriguing side quests.
Why similar: RPG 76.1%, Indie 23.9%
- #31 缄默咖啡厅
76% matchVery Positive84% of 221 reviews2022
Dev: plasmafall
Windows
Silence Coffee Shop is a JRPG game inspired by SCP and 规则类怪谈(creepy rule).In this game,you'll act as a regular customer,unveil the truth of Silence Coffee Shop behind it conflicting rules.Of cause,you are not the only one attracted by this abnormal shop...
Why similar: RPG 89.1%, Indie 10.9%
- #32 Project Oasis
77% matchVery Positive92% of 211 reviews2020
Dev: 大以巴狼艾斯Pub: 上海翎迹网络科技有限公司
Windows
Be the light.
Why similar: RPG 83.5%, Indie 16.5%
- #33 Heroes de Peronia
76% matchVery Positive83% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: zadoch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save the kingdom by fighting the rats and their cronies, restore the health of the people.
Why similar: RPG 96.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #34 Witch of Eclipse
73% matchVery Positive89% of 255 reviews2025
Dev: ONEONE1Pub: Kagura Games
Windows
Travel the world as a witch and help the people by defeating threats, going to dungeons in search of materials, and granting other special favors.
Why similar: RPG 89.3%, Indie 10.7%
- #35 You Doesn't Exist
77% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: yo252yo
Windows · Linux
Set out on an adventure that challenges all the codes of the RPG genre, toying with its boundaries to create something unlike anything you've ever seen. In a world full of magic and adventure, a young boy starts his apprenticeship to become a knight... And it will change his life... and yours.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #36 Ms.Director
75% matchVery Positive97% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: SketchyNonsense
Windows
Cameras and heads are rolling in this noir inspired RPGmaker horror game. Save the spectral starlets trapped in the deadly director's mansion, and escape without joining them in their fate.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 86.9%, Indie 13.1%
- #37 Labyronia RPG
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,412 reviews2015
Dev: LabyrinthinePub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Labyronia is an epic RPG. Only by defeating the gods can you, and your friends, save the world.
Why similar: RPG 88.5%, Indie 11.5%
- #38 Niramare Quest: Saving a World That Loves Hating Me
68% matchVery Positive89% of 187 reviews2026
Dev: SeguzecutePub: Kagura Games
Windows
Reincarnate as a man in a misandrist world in this classic turn-based RPG! Meet colorful characters, fight your way through many dungeons, and unravel the mysteries of a story that hides much more than meets the eye. Do you have what it takes to save a world where everybody hates you?
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #39 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
70% 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: RPG 71.6%, Indie 28.4%
- #40 Finding Hope
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: Falling Star Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Discover a new world in this quirky RPG full of colorful characters - a story of love and madness filled with twists and surprises!
Why similar: RPG 74.4%, Indie 25.6%
- #41 Markus Ritter - The Lost Family
70% matchVery Positive85% of 178 reviews2021
Dev: Flimmersoft
Windows · Linux
Play as Markus Ritter in this short full motion video game in the style of the famous 90's point-and-click adventures.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 100%
- #42 Secret Of Magia
72% matchMixed54% of 1,015 reviews2015
Pub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Secret of Magia is an action RPG. Explore a huge world and free your people from the tyranny of an evil, supernatural dictator.
Why similar: RPG 74.9%, Indie 25.1%
- #43 Eternal Dreamers
70% matchVery Positive82% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Biest
Windows
Eternal Dreamers is a battle-focused RPG offering deep tactical combat action. With a wide selection of classes and equipment pieces, the game puts much emphasis on customizability and player choice.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #44 Deep Dark Fight
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 152 reviews2017
Dev: EncoderX
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
♂The mighty master Van Darkholme is awakening! Defeat your opponents and arrange the order on this earth! ♂
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 83.8%, Indie 16.2%
- #45 The Frosty Leaves 寒叶下的薄冰
71% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2018
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
This is a tragedy cause by illegal plant collecting. The main character, Leng Xiaobing, was a normal shop keeper form a grocery store, but ever things changed after she met a strange man…
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, LGBTQ+ 35.7%, Indie 17.2%
- #46 Madness
72% matchMixed56% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Indie Games StudioPub: Enoops
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You a hero, so have to explore a world full of dangers. overcome various difficulties, traps and demons.
Why similar: RPG 76%, Indie 24%
- #47 The Dungeon of Lulu Farea
69% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2019
Dev: Galaxy WarsPub: DLsite
Windows
The Dungeon of Lulu Farea is a puzzle dungeon spanning 60 underground levels. You are an adventurer who has come to take on the dungeon. Enemies, money, and items are all limited, so use your brain to find a way through!
Why similar: RPG 74.4%, Indie 25.6%
- #48 QuattroMan
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: natamigame
Windows
Escape from creepy and irrational enemies. Fight your fear!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 THANATOS
67% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
Windows · Mac
THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.
- #50 Lydina and the Dungeon of Debauchery
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: TyphoonComPub: Mango Party
Windows
The sheltered Princess Lydina must save the world from the newly revived Demon King in this classic RPG. Can she do it without succumbing to the hordes of lustful monsters in her path?
Why similar: RPG 94.4%, Indie 5.6%
- #51 Franzen
66% matchVery Positive97% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Franzen is a turn-based RPG set in a dystopian-steampunk world. Explore themes of empathy and politics as Franz and Lefsa Dellia work to uncover the truth of "The Scream". Meet a cast of colorful characters and fight bizarre creatures in your journey through the world of Branzen!
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #52 Dungeons of Betrayal
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2019
Dev: Darkelite Studio IncPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Become a young hero and travel from dungeon to dungeon to regain your lost memories. While fighting your way through, you will encounter characters from your past. It's your quest to figure out if they are friends or foes. But be careful anyone can betray you in the Dungeons of Betrayal.
Why similar: RPG 74%, Indie 26%
- #53 Byakuya Museum
64% matchVery Positive93% of 748 reviews2023
Dev: 墨染_Aifeimo
Windows
“I should have...died...”Opened eyes again, he found himself in a bustling museum!Players need to take on the role of a raven specimen boy "Gregorio" to explore the Byakuya Museum. Your mission is to plumb the secrets of Time Town, uncover your own past, and escape from the museum.
Why similar: RPG 64%, Indie 36%
- #54 Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together
64% matchVery Positive90% of 1,883 reviews2021
Dev: Dream Toaster Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%
A 2-Player Networked Horror Co-Op game. Explore the deepest recesses of your mind to put yourself back together. Work together to defend yourself from its denizens.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 100%
- #55 Vickinachi
71% matchVery Negative16% of 212 reviews2017
Dev: Hariharan S
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Experience the fun with vickinachi
Why similar: RPG 88.2%, Indie 11.8%
- #56 White Pearl
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 77 reviews2017
Dev: Tristanthewolf
Windows
White Pearl is a classic-like 2D RPG journey told over a large main cast with several villains. Replete with content, in-depth combat, unique equipment system, as well as a deep story to uncover. With their destinies already written, will calamity be prevented a fifth time?
Why similar: RPG 73.9%, Indie 26.1%