Games Like Dustline

A dark fantasy RPG with turn-based combat, character progression, quests, companions, and a story about an ancient grimoire awakening beneath the city of Kordos. Inspired by most popular tabletop RPGs.

Why similar: RPG 23.7%, CRPG 18.4%, Tactical RPG 17.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11%

A post-apocalyptic ruin exploration RPG. A Fallout-style game. A highly flexible game design featuring a wealth of skills and equipment, a vast number of locations, and numerous skill checks. The sprawling ruins of a chaotic New York City stand before you!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.1%, CRPG 22.1%, RPG 19.3%, Survival 11.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%

Touch the world after the Catastrophe. Remember your life, which has become almost endless. Repent of your past and try to save the future in this sci-fi text-based interactive adventure game.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, CRPG 15.7%, Dystopian 15.6%, RPG 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%

Build a fortress, raise an army, conquer your rivals! Hire heroes, equip them with rare artifacts and master their special abilities. Capture buildings and resources to train units and hire mercenaries. Lead them to victory in turn based combat!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Dystopian 19.6%, RPG 15.2%, Tactical RPG 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%

[Japanese language only] Solo TTRPG powered by your own LLM. All in-game text and player input are in Japanese; there is no English support.

Why similar: RPG 30.2%, Text-Based 27.9%, CRPG 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Explore a Fallout 2 inspired tactical grid map in this text-based sci-fi cRPG. You blacked out in 2089 and woke up 300 years later to a solar system reduced to ruins. Scavenge ships, craft items, and survive turn-based combat as narrative choices shape your journey.

Why similar: CRPG 21.7%, Text-Based 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Tactical RPG 14.5%, RPG 10.8%

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?

Why similar: Text-Based 22%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Dystopian 13.9%, RPG 12.7%, CRPG 12%

Assume the life of an outcast from a mysterious future set on a failed space station. You are not special or overpowered in this Action RPG World. Your ability to manage your resources, health, skills, and tactics will decide if you escape your fate or become more food for the bugs.

Why similar: CRPG 23.6%, Tactical RPG 17.9%, RPG 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Dystopian 10.7%

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.5%, CRPG 23.6%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, RPG 15.4%, Sci-fi 7%

Nuclear drifter is a 2D open-world post-apocalyptic game. In the game we play the role of a farmer who is looking for a new water source for his sheep.

Why similar: RPG 31%, Post-apocalyptic 26.9%, CRPG 26.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Survive a deadly infection in a decaying world. Absorb your enemies to create powerful ability decks in this fully hand-drawn, turn-based RPG.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.8%, RPG 22.8%, Turn-Based Combat 22.5%, Survival 10.2%, CRPG 10.2%

Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.

Why similar: Text-Based 35%, RPG 29.2%, CRPG 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Endless tactics, shaped entirely by your choices. This is the second entry in a turn-based command RPG series where freedom of strategy defines every battle. With deep skill customization and flexible decision-making, each player forges a completely unique way to fight.

Why similar: CRPG 34.4%, RPG 22.7%, Text-Based 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 20.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%

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: Dystopian 20.8%, CRPG 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Tactical RPG 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%

Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?

Why similar: Text-Based 33%, Post-apocalyptic 28%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, RPG 18%, Singleplayer 1.6%

You are a newly captured warrior who is bound by fate (and debt bondage), to fight monsters for all eternity.

Why similar: CRPG 23.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Dystopian 13.1%, Text-Based 12.7%, RPG 12.1%

As the Lord of the Dungeon, defend yourself from the heroes' attacks before they reach you! Command your own subordinates, devise schemes, and tackle pressing issues!

Why similar: Text-Based 25.7%, Dystopian 18.3%, CRPG 14.4%, Tactical RPG 13%, Dungeon Crawler 8.8%

ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. Create your character, lead your family, make difficult choices, and try to survive in a frozen world.

Why similar: RPG 34.2%, Survival 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Visual Novel 5.1%

ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, CRPG 21%, Survival 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, RPG 13.4%

A futuristic Sci-fi Point-and-Click Adventure Game with American Sign Language animations, everything in pixelart style.

Why similar: RPG 26%, CRPG 23.9%, Dystopian 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Point & Click 14.4%

A magitech, post-apocalyptic, turn-based RPG. Assist your faction with exploration, resource gathering, construction, research, item fabrication, and monster extermination, while absorbing ambient mana and leveling up your System drone.

Why similar: Text-Based 33.2%, RPG 27.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.7%

The Summoner is a classic 2D traditional JRPG that puts you on the role of Freya, a simple scholar who was chosen to be The Summoner.

Why similar: RPG 36%, CRPG 28%, Turn-Based Combat 19.2%, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%

2081. Earth, now known as Saghala, was destroyed by nuclear war and coronal mass ejections. Despite the devastation, humanity lingers on. Sixty years after the End, four factions vie for control of the Core, the last fusion reactor. Decide the fate of Saghala in a classic, top-down cRPG!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Text-Based 19.8%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Survival 12.5%, RPG 11.8%

Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Dystopian 15.2%, RPG 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%

A ruined research station reclaimed by nature. Days pass, resources disappear, and decisions leave lasting marks. Euphorbia Milii is a narrative, text-based roguelike RPG where existence costs more than survival. This is vegetation…

Why similar: RPG 27.5%, Text-Based 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, CRPG 13.4%, Sci-fi 11.6%

Fight in the Arena is a text-based gamebook-style RPG with an in-depth turn-based combat system. Will you prevail in the arena?

Why similar: Text-Based 31.8%, CRPG 24%, Turn-Based Combat 18.8%, RPG 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 9%

Project Search is a visual novel of Chinese immortality cultivation. Scholar Qian Jiangmin investigates collapsed pagodas in Linhai's old town while searching for his missing brother. With the help of Daoist cultivators, he explores grotto-heavens and uncovers the truth behind his double vision.

Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Dystopian 16.6%, RPG 16.4%, Mystery Dungeon 10.2%

Vanquish and recruit youkai in randomized dungeons in Dawn of Kagura: Maika's Story, a replayable roguelike RPG! To save the villagers, Maika decides to take up her pike and go into battle once more...

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Text-Based 16.7%, Tactical RPG 14.9%, Survival 13.2%, CRPG 13%

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.6%, RPG 26.3%, CRPG 20.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Sci-fi 5.4%

Post-apocalyptic tactical roguelike. Assemble a crew of 4, roll dice to fuel your skills and fight your way to the final boss. One lost battle means starting over. No cards. No mercy. Just dice.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, RPG 18.7%, Dystopian 12.8%, Roguelike 11%

OUTTA GAS is a post-apocalyptic RPG featuring a turn-based SHOOTING GALLERY combat mechanic where blasting away body tiles damages monster health and decreases their combat stats. Explore four unique acts to find gas and get back on the road to the Party at the End of the World!

Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%, CRPG 10.2%, Sci-fi 5.5%

A choice-driven cyberpunk RPG with tactical turn-based combat. Talk, sneak, hack, or fight your way through branching jobs. Solve every job your way, and pay for each upgrade with a piece of who you are.

Why similar: CRPG 22.3%, Text-Based 17.3%, RPG 15.9%, Tactical RPG 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%

The year is 2102. 49 years ago the world was cleansed in nuclear fire at the height of its decadence. It's a brutal place but now, at long last, an honest one. Create your character and venture into the ruins of this once formidable nation in this unforgiving post-apocalyptic dungeon crawler.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.9%, RPG 29%, CRPG 19.5%, Dungeon Crawler 8.7%, Survival 4.4%

《浊令》 是一款第一人称文字冒险游戏，融合视觉小说元素。玩家将沉浸于探索“宙与埃”世界观的互动故事，通过选择驱动叙事发展，解锁多样的剧情分支。体验引人入胜的对话、收集精美CG与成就，感受独特的情感旅程。

Why similar: RPG 38.8%, Text-Based 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Dead Underworld is an unforgiving dungeon-diving turn-based roguelike. Pick your path, choose your battles, scavenge to survive, improve your party and gain power among factions to delve deeper into a desolate realm.

Why similar: CRPG 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, RPG 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%

Wake with no memory. Descend 100 dungeon floors. Build relationships, start a family, lose companions forever. A text-based RPG remake of the 1993 BBS classic—with a living world and multiple endings shaped by your choices.

Why similar: Text-Based 31.7%, Tactical RPG 22.4%, RPG 16.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%

Under the Rust is a tactical UI-based bunker simulation. Take control of the C.O.R.E. system, manage life support resources, assign personnel, and survive the post-apocalyptic decay.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Text-Based 26.5%, Survival 17.9%, Tactical RPG 11.6%, Sci-fi 6.9%

Turn-based roguelike where you play as a rogue bot surviving in procedurally generated cities. Features sophisticated character development and in depth combat using a detailed anatomical damage system .

Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Tactical RPG 17.3%, Dystopian 14.6%, RPG 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%

Human civilization had finally burned out its last spark. The survivors chose to gather together, shutting themselves within safe zones to await death. But Cosdarica did not. Neither did I.

Why similar: CRPG 23%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Dystopian 19.7%, Text-Based 19.2%, RPG 12.3%

Interactive teen supernatural mystery! You and your friends have developed magical psychic powers. Solve the case, save your school, find a date for prom!

Why similar: Text-Based 50.1%, RPG 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%

Beacon 2010 is a short science fiction visual novel that, with the development of technology, humanity has embarked on an interstellar exploration. The story originates from a super jump project

Why similar: Text-Based 50.1%, RPG 20.3%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Visual Novel 8.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%

30 Minutes to Rescue is a tense sci-fi survival story set in a Mars colony. Manage resources, make critical decisions, and stop a cascading disaster before the colony collapses.

Why similar: RPG 34%, CRPG 26.4%, Tactical RPG 19.6%, Survival 12.6%, Visual Novel 6%

Survive a decimated yet beautiful post-apocalyptic landscape as Allie, a competent survivalist and mother raising her daughter against the backdrop of a broken world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44%, RPG 23%, Dystopian 19.3%, Survival 12.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%

A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Why similar: CRPG 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Tactical RPG 16.5%, RPG 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%

Sci-fi idle game. You are SERO, an AI awakened in an abandoned datacenter. Rebuild your system, explore the network and uncover what happened. 2 possible endings.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Point & Click 12.7%, Dystopian 11.9%

Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.

Why similar: Text-Based 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, RPG 21.7%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Round up the usual suspects—the mean girl, the new kid, the bully, the nerd, maybe even your best friend! Middle school crime doesn't stand a chance.

Why similar: RPG 51.5%, Text-Based 48.5%

"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: Post-apocalyptic 34.6%, RPG 33%, Survival 12.8%, CRPG 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%

A interactive post-apocalyptic fantasy romance.

Why similar: Text-Based 32.5%, RPG 30%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%

A turn-based fantasy battle game. Explore the world, fight and level up, and solve puzzles in various dungeons.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 30.3%, CRPG 30.2%, RPG 28%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Arkansas 2125 is a turn-based post-apocalyptic game. Explore the wastelands of Arkansas, survive dangerous encounters, meet unique characters, and shape your own story through meaningful choices.

Why similar: RPG 37.7%, CRPG 30.2%, Post-apocalyptic 30%, Singleplayer 2%

Deathwave Aftermath is an open world post-apocalyptic turn-based strategy game inspired by classic games like Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger but with a higher focus on giving you control over how your character is built.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Tactical RPG 21.9%, RPG 18.7%, Dystopian 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%

World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.6%, Survival 29.4%, RPG 11.8%, Roguelike 9.2%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%

Scavenge ruined locations, manage a grid backpack, barter, craft, and keep your shelter standing through the night in a survival adventure where every item you carry can change the run.

Why similar: RPG 33%, Post-apocalyptic 27.2%, Point & Click 17.4%, Survival 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10%

An open-world game set in a post-apocalyptic medieval fantasy world. Learn to survive, fight off threats, and thrive in a harsh world.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.4%, RPG 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Point & Click 13.1%

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: Text-Based 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, CRPG 14.9%, RPG 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%

A sound RPG that allows you to play automatically generated dungeons using only voice input and narration. Explore dungeons, open treasure chests to upgrade your weapons and armor, and defeat monsters as you delve deeper into the levels. The AI ​​interprets the fluctuations in voice input.

Why similar: RPG 29%, Text-Based 22.3%, CRPG 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Dungeon Crawler 8.8%

Mirror of Destiny is a post-apocalyptic RPG. Build a party of companions with hidden secrets, face unknown threats through choice-driven quests and turn-based tactical combat, and shape the fate of a broken world ruled by corporations, wasteland factions, and superpowered beings.

Why similar: CRPG 29.6%, Tactical RPG 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, RPG 17.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%

Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future, two young men set out on a journey to find The Great Appearance which manifests itself inside mankind's mind.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.7%, Text-Based 25.9%, Dystopian 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Sci-fi 5.4%