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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include RPG, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Adventure.

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A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!

Reviews: Very Positive — 92% — of 189 reviews
Released: 2025-11-19
Developer: Clockwork Bird
Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    97% matchVery Positive92% of 10,638 reviews2022
    Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

    Why similar: Tabletop 19.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Dystopian 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Hand-drawn 8.1%

  2. #2 Sovereign Syndicate
    96% matchMostly Positive80% of 651 reviews2024
    Dev: Crimson Herring StudiosPub: Zugalu Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult. Play as three characters, each with their own skills and motivations. Customize your characters with narrative choices to unlock new tarot cards.

    Why similar: Steampunk 33.1% ★, CRPG 24%, Tabletop 13.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%, RPG 7.3%

  3. #3 Joy Malignant
    96% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2026
    Dev: Petros Anastasiadis
    Windows

    A surreal dice-based RPG in a cursed city of gut-wrenching suffering. Here, your choices shape your skills and your appearance. Survive the city's hellish trials, meet tortured characters, and develop your own unique identity. Every choice matters as your actions will literally shape you.

    Why similar: Tabletop 23.9%, CRPG 15.6%, RPG 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9%, Story Rich 8.5%

  4. #4 Aether & Iron
    95% matchVery Positive85% of 581 reviews2026
    Dev: Seismic Squirrel
    Windows · Mac

    Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s floating New York City. Play as smuggler Gia Randazzo, and gather a crew to take on the city’s Barons. Explore the world, Master Tactical Turn-Based Vehicular Combat, and Roll the Dice to influence those around you.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Alternate History 19.4%, Choices Matter 16.8%, RPG 14.8%, Story Rich 14.4%

  5. #5 Celestial Return
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 179 reviews2026
    Dev: Metaphor GamesPub: Shoreline Games
    Windows

    Loot, bribe, gamble, survive. The dice will be your savior or your downfall in this story-driven RPG. Every roll matters when trying to uncover cosmic horrors and outwit megacorps. Pray your next roll won’t be your last.

    Why similar: CRPG 25.6%, Tabletop 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%

  6. #6 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 2,726 reviews2025
    Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.

    Why similar: Tabletop 19.9%, Text-Based 14.3%, Dystopian 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Hand-drawn 8.5%

  7. #7 Shardpunk
    93% matchVery Positive93% of 784 reviews2023
    Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.

    Why similar: Steampunk 100% ★

  8. #8 The Thaumaturge
    91% matchVery Positive83% of 5,995 reviews2024
    Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.

    Why similar: CRPG 35.6%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Choices Matter 11.7%, RPG 11.2%, Story Rich 10.6%

  9. #9 A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight
    92% matchVery Positive96% of 178 reviews2015
    Dev: Hosted Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!

    Why similar: Steampunk 62.7% ★, Text-Based 18.8%, RPG 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 6.3%

  10. #10 Age of Grit
    91% matchMostly Positive73% of 66 reviews2022
    Dev: IQ Soup
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Adventure across a Wild West world in a rickety, steampunk airship! Inspired by the likes of Firefly and the classic CRPGs of old. A unique setting filled with rich lore, deep stories, and adventure! Contend with outlaws, gunslingers, and bounty hunters in an epic quest for redemption and revenge!

    Why similar: Steampunk 37.7% ★, CRPG 23.7%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Text-Based 9.5%, Story Rich 7%

  11. #11 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
    90% matchVery Positive84% of 3,482 reviews2019
    Dev: Failbetter Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

    Why similar: Steampunk 58.3% ★, Exploration 9%, Story Rich 8.9%, RPG 8.9%, Alternate History 6.8%

  12. #12 Esoteric Ebb
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,761 reviews2026
    Dev: Christoffer BodegårdPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.

    Why similar: CRPG 29.2%, Tabletop 16%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, RPG 9.4%

  13. #13 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
    88% matchVery Positive88% of 13,129 reviews2021
    Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 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: Choices Matter 23.6%, Text-Based 20.3%, Story Rich 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, RPG 12.4%

  14. #14 A House of Many Doors
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 437 reviews2017
    Dev: Pixel Trickery
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.

    Why similar: Steampunk 33.6% ★, Lore-Rich 16%, Gothic 14% ★, Story Rich 7.8%, Text-Based 7.1%

  15. #15 Sovietpunk: Chapter one
    89% matchMixed69% of 192 reviews2021
    Dev: Hot Chill
    Windows

    Sovietpunk is a cyberpunk story set in the setting of the Soviet Union after a global nuclear war. You have to guide the main character through the gloomy tunnels, in which the struggle for life is in full swing.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Alternate History 25.1%, Story Rich 22.4%, RPG 10.1%, 2D 9.3%

  16. #16 cyberpunkdreams
    87% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,348 reviews2021
    Dev: Late Night Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 168.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?

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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    84% matchVery Positive92% of 982 reviews2025
    Dev: Psychic Software
    Windows · Mac

    A story-rich gothic RPG. Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Commune with the realm of the dead and struggle with your descent into madness. Build the power to raise an undead army and march against your enemies. Progress through secrecy, diplomacy, blackmail, coercion and seduction.

    Why similar: CRPG 25.2%, Gothic 17.7% ★, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Alternate History 9.6%

  19. #19 Dark Envoy
    85% matchMixed70% of 931 reviews2023
    Dev: Event Horizon
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Lead a party of relic hunters in an epic cRPG adventure set in a war-torn Guns N’ Sorcery world. Experiment with a tactical slo-mo and a modern combat system!

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  20. #20 Town of Dusk
    83% matchVery Positive88% of 72 reviews2023
    Dev: 酱爆(Sauce Bomb)
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!

    Why similar: Lore-Rich 28.4%, Text-Based 25.4%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Story Rich 10%

  21. #21 INSOMNIA: The Ark
    84% matchMixed59% of 1,267 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  22. #22 Sky Caravan
    82% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
    Dev: Studio Bravarda
    Windows

    Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!

    Why similar: Steampunk 37.5% ★, Text-Based 16.8%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, RPG 10.8%

  23. #23 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
    80% matchMostly Positive79% of 400 reviews2025
    Dev: EXLIXPub: GRAVITY
    Windows

    “The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.

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  24. #24 Moves Of The Diamond Hand
    79% matchVery Positive100% of 124 reviews2026
    Dev: Cosmo D Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Immerse yourself in a first-person urban RPG, powered by dice and intrigue. Along the way, you might even shape the fate of a city. Become a Master of Disguise, a Master Sandwich Maker or ... something else. Whatever it takes to get the gig, right?

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  25. #25 City of Chains
    82% matchMostly Positive71% of 344 reviews2015
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    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Why similar: RPG 55.8%, Dystopian 44.2%

  26. #26 Karaski: What Goes Up...
    81% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2016
    Dev: Unbound Creations
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    An immersive sim-lite in a fictional historical setting. You are on the world's first airship about to crash down and have to find the culprit. Sneak around, break into cabins, interrogate passengers, find evidence - but be careful not to incriminate yourself!

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  27. #27 Lamplight City
    79% matchVery Positive89% of 879 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    Why similar: Gothic 33.8% ★, Alternate History 18.7%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%

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    78% matchMixed69% of 803 reviews2024
    Dev: DreamatePub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%

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  29. #29 Unrest
    81% matchMixed68% of 195 reviews2014
    Dev: Pyrodactyl
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    78% matchVery Positive86% of 7,264 reviews2015
    Dev: Stygian Software
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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    Why similar: CRPG 60.6%, RPG 32.7%, Exploration 4.7%, 2D 2%

  31. #31 子夜之章:历史的终局~MidNights of Desperado~
    77% matchVery Positive98% of 305 reviews2021
    Dev: 银阼Pub: NPC Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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  32. #32 Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
    76% matchVery Positive95% of 273 reviews2023
    Dev: Studio [notes.]
    Windows

    Explore a surreal world inspired by Kowloon Walled city in this turn-based RPG inspired by Japanese dungeon crawlers from the late 1990s.

    Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Multiple Endings 28.3%, Alternate History 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Story Rich 6.9%

  33. #33 Betrayal At Club Low
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 587 reviews2022
    Dev: Cosmo D Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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  34. #34 Rust of Steel
    75% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Fortress13 Game Studio
    Windows

    "Rust of Steel" is a post-apocalyptic ruins exploration RPG with a high degree of freedom. Take on the world in your own style with multiple scenarios, free stat distribution, and the option to play as the good guy or the bad guy!

    Why similar: RPG 36.5%, CRPG 23.7%, Exploration 18.1%, Multiple Endings 17%, 2D 4.7%

  35. #35 Dust and Salt
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2018
    Dev: Prime Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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  36. #36 Punk Wars
    76% matchMixed59% of 124 reviews2021
    Dev: Strategy Forge S.A.Pub: Salient Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge. Immerse yourself in a combat-heavy twist on a classic turn-based 4X strategy where steam, steel, atom and diesel-punk corporations clash to spread their technology and the way of life.

    Why similar: Steampunk 53.1% ★, Dystopian 20.3%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, Exploration 7.3%

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    74% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2022
    Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
    Windows

    A dark cyberpunk RPG in a bleak dystopian future. Become a "freelancer" in the heart of Slade City, a sprawling urban nightmare of grimy asphalt and broken dreams where crime and disorder run rampant. - Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity.

    Why similar: CRPG 33.2%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Dystopian 15.7%, RPG 9.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%

  38. #38 Disjunction
    75% matchMostly Positive72% of 173 reviews2021
    Dev: Ape Tribe GamesPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    In a city driven by corruption, three hardened citizens rise to uncover a conspiracy threatening its fate. Define your playstyle and engage in lethal high-octane combat, or keep out of sight in gripping stealth action.

    Why similar: Dystopian 23.3%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Story Rich 16.7%, RPG 16.3%, Multiple Endings 16%

  39. #39 Roadwarden
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 5,205 reviews2022
    Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    Why similar: Text-Based 39.2%, RPG 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Story Rich 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%

  40. #40 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,818 reviews2021
    Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  41. #41 BlightFog
    72% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
    Dev: Zakroutil
    Windows

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    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, RPG 11.7%, Story Rich 11.6%

  42. #42 Minds Beneath Us
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,428 reviews2024
    Dev: BearBoneStudio
    Windows
    Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

    Why similar: Dystopian 29%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Story Rich 15.4%, RPG 13.6%

  43. #43 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 743 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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    Why similar: RPG 55.1%, Exploration 44.9%

  44. #44 Noir Punk
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2021
    Dev: Milpitians
    Windows

    2D sidescrolling adventure narrative game with puzzle solving and platforming elements.

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  45. #45 Neoproxima
    71% matchVery Positive96% of 75 reviews2024
    Dev: Lonestone Studio
    Windows

    Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.

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  46. #46 Choice of Alexandria
    73% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2016
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Can your steam-powered inventions save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you sacrifice the library to protect the city? Or the future king instead?

    Why similar: Text-Based 48.1%, RPG 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 19%

  47. #47 Mechajammer
    73% matchMixed52% of 240 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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  48. #48 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,731 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Why similar: Text-Based 28.4%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Story Rich 12.3%

  49. #49 The Lamplighters League
    70% matchMixed69% of 1,256 reviews2023
    Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.

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    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,755 reviews2021
    Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  51. #51 The Age of Decadence
    70% matchVery Positive82% of 4,065 reviews2015
    Dev: Iron Tower Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

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  52. #52 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,040 reviews2020
    Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Gothic 13.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%

  53. #53 Ocean Punk
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 170 reviews2024
    Dev: Infinite Studio
    Windows

    Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!

    Why similar: Exploration 64.5%, 2D 35.5%

  54. #54 KAISERPUNK
    67% matchMostly Positive71% of 935 reviews2025
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.

    Why similar: World War I 76.2% ★, Alternate History 23.8%

  55. #55 The Sin Collector: Repentless
    69% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
    Dev: Sylen Studio
    Windows

    THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.

    Why similar: CRPG 17.1%, Text-Based 15.7%, Alternate History 9.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%

  56. #56 Entropy
    64% matchVery Positive95% of 313 reviews2026
    Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
    Windows

    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: CRPG 43%, Dystopian 23.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Story Rich 7.8%, RPG 7.5%

  57. #57 Songs of Rats
    67% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2025
    Dev: Tesseract GamesPub: Salient Games
    Windows · Linux

    The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?

    Why similar: CRPG 29.6%, Lore-Rich 22.5%, Text-Based 22%, RPG 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%

  58. #58 All Quiet in the Trenches
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 938 reviews2024
    Dev: Totally Not Aliens
    Windows · Linux

    All Quiet in the Trenches is a narrative turn-based strategy RPG set in World War I. Get to know your soldiers, take care of their needs and lead them in battle, trying to strike a precarious balance between the ambitions of your superiors and the survival of your men.

    Why similar: World War I 68.4% ★, Choices Matter 13.4%, RPG 10%, Story Rich 8.2%

  59. #59 SUNLESS SEA
    68% matchVery Positive83% of 9,567 reviews2015
    Dev: Failbetter Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

    Why similar: Steampunk 43.3% ★, Exploration 18.3%, Story Rich 14.7%, RPG 10.6%, Gothic 10.2% ★

  60. #60 Cloudpunk
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 15,507 reviews2020
    Dev: ION LANDS
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.

    Why similar: Story Rich 36.4%, Exploration 30%, RPG 25.7%, Choices Matter 7.9%

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