Games Like [DE:]Fanastasis

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 24.4%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Story Rich 13.1%

Recruit over 1,000 Letalis, conquer coliseums and explore a non-linear world packed with secrets.

Why similar: Nonlinear 32%, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Exploration 10.1%, Top-Down 9.8%

THYSIASTERY is a dungeon crawler RPG featuring traditional roguelike and turn-based gameplay. Command a party of bearers of the Brand, drawn into a vast Labyrinth. Recruit while exploring the Labyrinth in hope of finding a way out, and its secrets will be revealed as you delve deeper.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 33.9%, Turn-Based Combat 17.8%, Exploration 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, RPG 10.7%

This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Exploration 16.2%, Mystery 16.1%, Top-Down 13.7%, Horror 11.2%

Hope Deferred is a first-person psychological horror RPG. Explore nightmare worlds and search for understanding in this PSX inspired dungeon crawler.

Why similar: Nonlinear 31.1%, Philosophical 24.6%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 10.7%

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: Story Rich 19.7%, RPG 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Top-Down 12.3%, Horror 12.2%

Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 35.7%, Exploration 16.9%, Story Rich 14%, RPG 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%

Become the exorcist that the world needs! Use Holy Relics and the knowledge from your book to fight demonic possessions. Investigate unholy events and take part in church rituals in this medieval pixel horror game.

Why similar: Faith 43% ★, Demons 15.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

Explore a vast, open world - evade or defeat its monsters, arm yourself with knowledge and equipment, unravel layer upon layer of secrets, and ultimately confront the very magic threatening to destroy everything.

Why similar: Collectathon 29.8%, Nonlinear 25.3%, Exploration 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Top-Down 10.3%

Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.1%, Horror 22.4%, Mystery 20.9%, Exploration 18.9%, Story Rich 13.7%

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Nonlinear 31.6%, Exploration 21%, Horror 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Mystery 15.1%

Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.

Why similar: Collectathon 27.3%, Top-Down 13%, Exploration 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

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 25.1%, Horror 24.7%, Top-Down 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Exploration 12.6%

Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of this war-torn empire and escape your captors. Carve your way through a gritty souls-like RPG set in a sprawling, interconnected world.

Why similar: Nonlinear 29.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.2%, Multiple Endings 12%, Exploration 10%, Top-Down 9.6%

This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

Why similar: Nonlinear 43.4%, Psychological Horror 18%, Exploration 13.5%, Story Rich 11%, Horror 9.7%

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: Multiple Endings 37.5%, Psychological Horror 35.6%, Story Rich 21.9%, RPG 5%

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 51.6%, Post-apocalyptic 29.7%, Multiple Endings 18.7%

Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.

Why similar: Stealth 23.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Horror 10.2%

A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.1%, Exploration 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Horror 14%, Mystery 12.7%

An atmospheric exploration game set in a Dark Fantasy world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation and uncover it's forgotten past through a short nonlinear story with timeless retro graphics.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 34.4%, Exploration 23.7%, Nonlinear 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Story Rich 5.4%

You awaken in the Forest of Silver Shallots, setting out to uncover the secret of the Morphean Paradox. Above, factions weave their schemes; below, the black mist hides a swelling undercurrent. Time never stands still, and truth wears many faces. Not everyone can return to their fate…

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 32.9%, Multiple Endings 30.9%, Story Rich 20.2%, RPG 11.2%, Psychological Horror 4.7%

You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.

Why similar: Exploration 24.3%, Mystery 19.3%, Horror 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, RPG 15%

RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29%, Philosophical 24.8%, Psychological Horror 13%, Exploration 10.2%, Mystery 8.6%

Ascend the sunken labyrinth called the Tower and choose your path to escape to the surface. Battle foes, forge relationships, and find power in this roguelite dark fantasy RPG.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 29.5%, Demons 19%, Turn-Based Combat 17.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Story Rich 8.9%

A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.

Why similar: Nonlinear 30.7%, Mystery 20.3%, Exploration 17.6%, Story Rich 14.4%, Horror 8.8%

You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.2%, Loot 22.2%, Exploration 13%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%, Horror 11.1%

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Story Rich 11.6%

You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.8%, Loot 22.3%, Exploration 15%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Horror 11.9%

You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.

Why similar: Stealth 34.9%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 15.2%, Demons 14.3%, Mystery 10.8%

Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.

Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Mystery 16.8%, RPG 14.4%

Entropy is a tactical turn-based RPG inspired by classic JRPGs. Assemble your party of mercenaries and forge your own path towards an expedition into hell to stop the demonic incursion. Choices you make along the way will determine the fate of your world.

Why similar: Loot 23.3%, Dark Fantasy 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Horror 9.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%

Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.

Why similar: Stealth 22.3%, Horror 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, RPG 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

This is a pixel style puzzle game, including a certain micro-horror elements. Truth is blind love. Retrieve your memory and escape from this horrible hospital.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.6%, Mystery 16.6%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Story Rich 14%

Visit the city's most famous park and uncover dark secrets as you fight to survive. Find items and tools to escape locations, make choices to discover different perspectives, and decide your fate.

Why similar: Collectathon 39.1%, Top-Down 14%, Nonlinear 13%, Horror 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%

Hunt down nightmarish demons and save the town of Miami, AZ in this 80s-themed, isometric action-RPG. With an expansive, interconnected map and open-ended quests, explore freely while unraveling the main story. Kingdom of Night is a unique blend of coming-of-age drama, cosmic horror, and true love.

Why similar: Loot 28.4%, Demons 23.4%, Story Rich 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Horror 11.2%

Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 17.8%, Mystery 16.2%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Horror 14.7%

Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 25.7%, Philosophical 25.3%, Exploration 13%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 9.8%

A top-down action-adventure game as you collect & solve puzzles in order for you to explore & unravel this mysterious world.

Why similar: Collectathon 30%, Mystery 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Exploration 11.2%

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: Multiple Endings 41.5%, Mystery 39.9%, RPG 18.7%

Manipulate the main character with power of telepathic, looking for the trace of Araka, an Exorcist imprisoned in the other world.

Why similar: Horror 28%, RPG 17.2%, Exploration 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%

What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22%, Psychological Horror 13%, Exploration 10.5%, Horror 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!

Why similar: Exploration 33.7%, Mystery 30.3%, Story Rich 19.3%, Horror 16.7%

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: Psychological Horror 27.1%, Story Rich 17.5%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Horror 10.7%

After the war, the kingdom of the devil has welcomed the day of peace. However, one day humans suddenly started to attack us! The next queen of the Demon Kingdom - "Reina" battle quietly began.

Why similar: Vampires 23.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Demons 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Exploration 8.9%

a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.

Why similar: Nonlinear 38%, Multiple Endings 20.2%, Mystery 18.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Exploration 8.8%

An adventure game focused on exploration where you do NOT save the world and the world does NOT need saving.

Why similar: Collectathon 32.4%, Exploration 11.8%, Top-Down 11.6%, Mystery 9.8%, RPG 9.3%

Welcome to the age of hysteria, where a doctor finds himself in the confines of an asylum riddled with monsters of an unknown world. Resist their temptations to uncover the mysteries surrounding the institute... or succumb to the darkness within.

Why similar: Stealth 29%, Exploration 12.3%, Top-Down 11.7%, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters with ghosts. Rain-soaked landscapes and quiet conversations shape a desolate, melancholic road ahead.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29%, Exploration 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Story Rich 16.6%, Top-Down 13.8%

A supernatural game infused with Chinese-style elements drawn from folklore. This game offers online gameplay for teams of up to 4 players. In a world ravaged by warlords and monsters, you will assume the role of a Taoist, wielding your skills to unveil truths hidden for millennia.

Why similar: Loot 33.7%, RPG 14.7%, Exploration 14.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Horror 11%

A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.1%, Horror 27.5%, Exploration 24.8%, Story Rich 15.6%

Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.7%, Turn-Based Combat 20.3%, Exploration 14.6%, Top-Down 11.7%, RPG 10.1%

Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.

Why similar: Mystery 16.3%, Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Story Rich 10.6%

A dungeon crawl RPG set in an otherworldly realm beneath an old school building. Explore again and again, restore your base, and find your way back to everyday life.

Why similar: Dark Fantasy 31.5%, RPG 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Horror 15%, Story Rich 11.6%

This is a horror adventure game where the player go back and forth in between the real world and the hallucination world. The purpose of this game is to search items and collect scattered documents while solving mysteries and finding out the truth of the abolished hospital.

Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Psychological Horror 25%, Mystery 20%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Story Rich 11%

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 22.9%, Mystery 17.3%, Horror 15.4%, Story Rich 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%

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 39.6%, Multiple Endings 23.2%, RPG 19.3%, Story Rich 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%

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: Multiple Endings 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Top-Down 12.4%, Story Rich 12%

Halt is a pixelated top-down horror where players explore a nightmare world while investigating mysterious disappearances. Limited visibility and intense atmosphere make every moment of the game thrilling.

Why similar: Stealth 35.6%, Demons 25.5%, Horror 14.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%