- #1 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
97% matchVery Positive93% of 126,799 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Political 15.5% ★, CRPG 15%, Isometric 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for narrative-driven, choice-heavy isometric RPGs that prioritize dialogue and internal monologue over traditional combat.
- #2 Pentiment
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,325 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Narrative 20.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Hand-drawn 15%, Story Rich 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its unique hand-drawn art style and focus on historical investigation and meaningful choices mirror the atmospheric storytelling found in Esoteric Ebb.
- #3 Torment: Tides of Numenera
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 4,353 reviews2017
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.
Why similar: CRPG 26.1%, Isometric 25%, RPG 16.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A philosophical CRPG that emphasizes dialogue, exploration, and non-combat solutions to complex problems, much like the tabletop experience.
- #4 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
95% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Story Rich 14.4%, RPG 12.4%, Visual Novel 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This interactive fiction title offers unparalleled depth in character development and political consequence, making every choice feel heavy and impactful.
- #5 Citizen Sleeper
94% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Narrative 27.9% ★, Tabletop 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Uses dice-based mechanics to resolve actions in a beautifully written, atmospheric narrative that focuses on survival and personal choice.
- #6 Baldur's Gate 3
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 840,324 reviews2023
Dev: Larian Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 78.6 hrsMean: 131.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.
Why similar: CRPG 32.5%, Choices Matter 20.6%, RPG 16.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, Character Customization 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the freedom and complexity of a tabletop Dungeons & Dragons campaign with its deep dice-based mechanics and branching narrative.
- #7 Tyranny
93% matchVery Positive87% of 13,190 reviews2016
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Why similar: CRPG 27.1%, Isometric 20.7%, Choices Matter 15.5%, RPG 15.4%, Story Rich 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A CRPG that puts the player in a position of power, forcing difficult moral decisions that significantly alter the political landscape of the world.
- #8 The Thaumaturge
92% matchVery Positive83% of 5,600 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 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 21.8%, Narrative 18.6% ★, Isometric 16.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric, story-rich RPG that excels in investigation and character-driven narrative within a unique, atmospheric setting.
- #9 Suzerain
91% matchVery Positive93% of 11,339 reviews2020
Dev: Torpor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Political 24% ★, Narrative 15.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Point & Click 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in political simulation, where your choices as a leader shape the fate of a nation through intense, dialogue-heavy narrative branching.
- #10 Roadwarden
91% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, RPG 24.9%, Choices Matter 16%, Story Rich 14.2%, Visual Novel 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This text-heavy, choice-driven adventure captures the feeling of a solitary tabletop journey through a dangerous and mysterious wilderness.
- #11 SKALD: Against the Black Priory
90% matchVery Positive94% of 3,517 reviews2024
Dev: High North Studios ASPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat
Why similar: CRPG 30.6%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Story Rich 13.2%, Character Customization 9.4%, RPG 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled CRPG that captures the essence of classic tabletop adventures with its focus on exploration, narrative, and tactical combat.
- #12 Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
89% matchVery Positive88% of 3,981 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.
Why similar: CRPG 26.8%, Isometric 17.9%, Turn-Based 16%, Nonlinear 13%, Choices Matter 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore CRPG that offers deep, consequence-driven gameplay where player choices determine the survival of a society.
- #13 Sovereign Syndicate
89% matchVery Positive80% of 618 reviews2024
Dev: Crimson Herring StudiosPub: Zugalu Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: CRPG 26.2%, Isometric 19.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Tabletop 8.6%, RPG 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric CRPG that replaces traditional combat with a skill-check and dialogue-heavy system, perfectly mirroring a tabletop session.
- #14 Wildermyth
86% matchVery Positive95% of 18,135 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.7%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Story Rich 16.5%, Character Customization 15.7%, Hand-drawn 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its procedural storytelling generates unique, character-focused narratives that feel exactly like a collaborative tabletop campaign.
- #15 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
86% matchVery Positive92% of 2,273 reviews2025
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Narrative 28.8% ★, Tabletop 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Hand-drawn 12%, Story Rich 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the excellent dice-based, narrative-rich gameplay of the original with even more focus on character-driven stories and political survival.
- #16 The Age of Decadence
88% matchVery Positive82% of 3,976 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.
Why similar: CRPG 29.6%, Isometric 21%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Story Rich 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal, choice-driven CRPG where combat is often deadly and player agency in dialogue is the primary way to survive and succeed.
- #17 Broken Roads
87% matchMixed53% of 448 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.
Why similar: CRPG 21.8%, Isometric 17.9%, Nonlinear 10.7%, Turn-Based 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique moral compass system that influences dialogue and quest outcomes, emphasizing the complexity of player-driven morality.
- #18 Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
85% matchVery Positive88% of 19,800 reviews2018
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 42.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.
Why similar: CRPG 26.4%, Isometric 20.3%, RPG 16.1%, Turn-Based 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A polished isometric CRPG that offers significant narrative freedom and a rich world that reacts to your political allegiances.
- #19 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
84% matchVery Positive84% of 42,844 reviews2021
Dev: Owlcat GamesPub: META Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.
Why similar: CRPG 28.8%, Isometric 21.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 9%, Character Customization 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A complex, rules-heavy CRPG that provides the most authentic digital adaptation of tabletop character customization and progression.
- #20 The Necromancer's Tale
83% matchVery Positive92% of 818 reviews2025
Dev: Psychic Software
Windows · Mac
A story-rich gothic RPG. Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Raise an undead army to march against your enemies. Commune with the realm of the dead & struggle with your descent into madness. Progress through secrecy, diplomacy, blackmail, coercion & seduction until ready to reveal yourself.
Why similar: CRPG 30.9%, Narrative 26.8% ★, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 9.5%, RPG 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric CRPG that leans into dark fantasy themes and provides a strong narrative focus on magic and moral ambiguity.
- #21 Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 783 reviews2025
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Swordhaven is a party‑based low‑magic fantasy cRPG with a deep character creation system, rich storytelling, and seamless turn‑based/RTwP combat. Explore Nova Drakonia, uncover ancient secrets, meet hundreds of NPCs with unique quests, and shape the fate of the world through your choices.
Why similar: CRPG 21.9%, Narrative 19.8% ★, Isometric 16.1%, Nonlinear 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style CRPG that emphasizes player freedom, exploration, and the consequences of your actions in a rich, reactive world.
- #22 Tactical Breach Wizards
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,707 reviews2024
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.5%, Isometric 24.7%, Story Rich 16.4%, Funny 12.2%, RPG 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical turn-based combat with a witty, story-rich narrative that rewards creative thinking and character-based problem solving.
- #23 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
82% matchVery Positive80% of 1,700 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: CRPG 20.2%, Isometric 16%, Nonlinear 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Story Rich 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pure detective RPG that focuses entirely on investigation, deduction, and choice without any traditional combat mechanics.
- #24 Shadows Over Loathing
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,264 reviews2022
Dev: Asymmetric
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.
Why similar: CRPG 33.4%, Point & Click 16.7%, RPG 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Funny 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique, hand-drawn adventure that captures the spirit of tabletop humor and exploration while offering surprisingly deep RPG mechanics.
- #25 Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
82% matchVery Positive95% of 5,454 reviews2017
Dev: Beamdog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.
Why similar: CRPG 31.7%, Isometric 22.8%, Choices Matter 14.4%, RPG 11.5%, Story Rich 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential narrative-driven CRPG that set the standard for deep, philosophical storytelling and character-focused quest design.
- #26 Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,009 reviews2022
Dev: GrapeOcean TechnologiesPub: V Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.
Why similar: CRPG 27.4%, Isometric 20.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Tabletop 11.8%, RPG 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric CRPG that focuses on party dynamics and world-building, offering a classic experience with modern quality-of-life improvements.
- #27 Gordian Quest
78% matchVery Positive89% of 5,961 reviews2022
Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Why similar: Turn-Based 59%, RPG 31.2%, Adventure 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deck-building with tabletop-style dice rolls and exploration to create a highly replayable and strategic RPG experience.
- #28 ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 918 reviews2026
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
From the creators of Disco Elysium comes ZERO PARADES – an espionage RPG. You're a brilliant but tormented operant on one final desperate assignment. Gather your broken network, untangle a web of lies, and prove yourself on the world stage - or blow it all up again.
Why similar: CRPG 21%, Political 19.6% ★, Isometric 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Point & Click 7.5%
- #29 Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,941 reviews2016
Dev: Troika GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.
Why similar: CRPG 28.3%, Isometric 23.3%, RPG 14.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Choices Matter 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic CRPG that offers unparalleled freedom in character building and quest resolution, allowing for truly unique playthroughs.
- #30 Wasteland 3
78% matchVery Positive85% of 22,068 reviews2020
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Why similar: CRPG 29.5%, Isometric 18.3%, Turn-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Story Rich 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical CRPG that offers significant narrative consequences for player choices, set in a harsh and reactive post-apocalyptic world.
- #31 Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,084 reviews2019
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York is a narrative experience set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions - the Camarilla and the Anarchs - bathed in the night lights of the Big Apple.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Narrative 24% ★, Visual Novel 16%, Story Rich 14.2%, RPG 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused interactive fiction title that excels at portraying the political intrigue and moral dilemmas of a secret society.
- #32 Pluralys
75% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Ivalys Studios
Windows · Mac
Pluralys is an RPG focused on exploration, comedy and intrigue. You play Elie, a young person living a peaceful life, until unexpected visitors arrive and change everything. What seems like a quiet, cozy story hides a deeper mystery and many other adventures to discover.
Why similar: CRPG 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Narrative 14.2% ★, Choices Matter 14.2%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #33 Solasta: Crown of the Magister
76% matchVery Positive87% of 22,100 reviews2021
Dev: Tactical Adventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 31.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Roll for initiative, take attacks of opportunity, manage player location and the verticality of the battle field in this Turn-Based Tactical RPG based on the SRD 5.1 Ruleset. In Solasta, you make the choices, dice decide your destiny.
Why similar: CRPG 35.1%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Story Rich 14.1%, Character Customization 13.3%, RPG 12.6%
- #34 Duskpunk
75% matchVery Positive91% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
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!
Why similar: CRPG 24.3%, Tabletop 14.7%, Political 13.4% ★, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #35 Crown Gambit
74% matchVery Positive97% of 386 reviews2025
Dev: WILD WITSPub: Playdigious Originals
Windows · Mac
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Turn-Based 14%, Choices Matter 13%, Tabletop 12.6%, Point & Click 10.7%
- #36 Pillars of Eternity
77% matchVery Positive89% of 25,809 reviews2015
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 42.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
Why similar: CRPG 30%, Isometric 26.9%, RPG 19.4%, Story Rich 10.5%, Character Customization 4.1%
- #37 Dice Gambit
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,054 reviews2025
Dev: Chromatic InkPub: Spelkollektivet
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Shape and lead your own fully customisable (and debt-ridden) family of Inquisitors in charge of hunting the chromatic monsters infesting the city. Unlock unique abilities, hang out with eccentric nobles, learn the secrets the city holds while occasionally delivering ice cream!
Why similar: Isometric 45.4%, Character Customization 19.2%, RPG 15.7%, Funny 15.4%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #38 Aether & Iron
73% matchVery Positive84% of 436 reviews2026
Dev: Seismic Squirrel
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky. Muster a crew, master tactical turn-based combat, and unravel the dark secrets lurking beneath the floating metropolis.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.7%, Point & Click 15.8%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Story Rich 15.3%, RPG 15%
- #39 Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,772 reviews2023
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: CRPG 22.1%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.1%
- #40 Vendir: Plague of Lies
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 250 reviews2024
Dev: Early Morning Studio
Windows
Vendir: Plague of Lies is a classic party-based RPG with a deep storyline and turn-based combat. Experience an intricately crafted world, steeped in history and brought to life through a carefully crafted atmosphere and the trials and tribulations of stories of the people that inhabit it.
Why similar: CRPG 34%, Isometric 16.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 10%, RPG 8.7%
- #41 Dispatch
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 174,629 reviews2025
Dev: AdHoc Studio
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!
Why similar: Choices Matter 45.1%, Story Rich 24.6%, Point & Click 9.6%, Funny 7.6%, Visual Novel 4.8%
- #42 Betrayal At Club Low
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 571 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!
Why similar: Tabletop 24.4%, Point & Click 17.7%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Character Customization 12.7%, RPG 12.7%
- #43 Caves of Qud
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,292 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Why similar: CRPG 28.1%, Turn-Based 26.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Story Rich 9.1%, Character Customization 8.4%
- #44 Lords of Infinity
72% matchVery Positive95% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.6%, RPG 30.8%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Story Rich 10.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #45 Solasta II
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,676 reviews2026
Dev: Tactical Adventures
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
In a Mana-infused land, a dark force led by the enigmatic Shadwyn threatens Neokos. Bring your party of adventurers together across perilous realms in this Turn-Based Tactical RPG based on the SRD 5.2 ruleset. You make the choices, dice decide your destiny.
Why similar: CRPG 41.4%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Story Rich 11.4%, RPG 10.9%, Character Customization 10.4%
- #46 Archmage Rises
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 437 reviews2023
Dev: Defiance Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Experience the freedom normally only found in a tabletop RPG. Empowered with magic, you will create your own story, and experience real consequences from the decisions you make. Will you be the world’s savior... or its destroyer? The choice is yours.
Why similar: CRPG 27.3%, Tabletop 23.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Story Rich 12.7%, RPG 8.6%
- #47 Rue Valley
71% matchMixed65% of 1,624 reviews2025
Dev: Emotion Spark StudioPub: Owlcat Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.
Why similar: Narrative 22.3% ★, Isometric 19%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Point & Click 9.5%
- #48 Felvidek
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,625 reviews2024
Dev: Jozef PavelkaPub: Tutto Passa
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
In Felvidek, a JRPG set in 15th century Slovakia, you embrace the role of an alcoholic knight Pavol. Meet diverse and interesting characters to help you drive out the Hussites and Ottomans who blight this land.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 37.1%, RPG 35.6%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Exploration 5.1%, Singleplayer 5%
- #49 The Séance of Blake Manor
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,226 reviews2025
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Linux
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Why similar: Narrative 43.4% ★, Choices Matter 21.9%, Story Rich 16%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Adventure 5.1%
- #50 Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
69% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: eNVy softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
Why similar: Tabletop 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%, RPG 11.7%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #51 Minds Beneath Us
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,730 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Choices Matter 24.9%, Story Rich 16.6%, Point & Click 16%, RPG 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #52 Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Lullaby
70% matchVery Positive81% of 383 reviews2022
Dev: Entalto Studios
Windows
Experience Vampire: The Masquerade in a new way through this isometric cRPG. Change perspectives as you travel through the Heartless Club as a Human and a Vampire. Roll the dice, take your choices, and embrace the night in this narrative prologue.
Why similar: CRPG 25.6%, Isometric 21.6%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Point & Click 9.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #53 Eschalon: Book I
71% matchVery Positive86% of 412 reviews2009
Dev: Basilisk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Eschalon: Book I is an old-school role-playing game that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who you are. It features a tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically...
Why similar: Isometric 34.4%, RPG 25.8%, Turn-Based 22%, CRPG 16.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #54 Avadon 3: The Warborn
70% matchVery Positive91% of 130 reviews2016
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Huge, old-school, indie fantasy role-playing adventure. Features an epic story and tactical, turn-based combat. Explore cunning dungeons, hunt for 100s of magical artifacts, and use dozens of magical abilities. Many different endings. Will you save your people or betray them? It's up to you.
Why similar: Isometric 28.7%, CRPG 28.6%, RPG 17.7%, Turn-Based 10.5%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #55 Keep Driving
65% matchVery Positive94% of 6,029 reviews2025
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.
Why similar: RPG 32%, Atmospheric 21.9%, Exploration 18.2%, Character Customization 12.1%, Adventure 10.3%
- #56 Heroes of the Seven Islands
65% matchVery Positive100% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: Rap2hPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Mac · Linux
An open world party-based RPG with turn-based combat. Heroes of the Seven Islands is a comfy yet challenging mid-sized adventure in a vast fairytale world, inspired by 90s games.
Why similar: CRPG 33.1%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Point & Click 12.9%, Character Customization 7.8%
- #57 Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,751 reviews2018
Dev: Owlcat GamesPub: Knights Peak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!
Why similar: CRPG 27.9%, Isometric 20.7%, RPG 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Character Customization 7.4%
- #58 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
67% matchVery Positive92% of 10,696 reviews2013
Dev: Beamdog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rediscover the beloved RPG classic— now enhanced for modern adventurers! Gather your party of heroes and continue the legendary adventure in this story-rich fantasy epic where every choice matters.
Why similar: CRPG 26.3%, Isometric 16.8%, Tabletop 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, RPG 10.1%
- #59 Sol Cesto
63% matchVery Positive91% of 4,195 reviews2026
Dev: TambouillePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
Why similar: Turn-Based 51.2%, Choices Matter 26.4%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Singleplayer 5%