- #1 Surface Doctrine: Crater
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SystemlessThinking
Windows
Immerse yourself in the life of Crater — a unique world whose origins remain an unfathomable mystery to its inhabitants. Explore the fates of entire communities and delve into the minds of individuals as you seek the truth amidst the turmoil and unrest of a fading world.
Why similar: RPG 45.2%, Indie 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #2 The Bone Dancer's Bane
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 700,000-word epic fantasy interactive novel.
Why similar: RPG 30.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Drama 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Lore-Rich 11.5%
- #3 Sixth Grade Detective
96% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 54.2%, Text-Based 25.6%, Indie 20.1%
- #4 Wienne
96% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2020
Dev: Creeepling
Windows
Wienne is unique - you can change the flow of the story at any moment in time. Repeatedly. In this short story and lore-driven RPG you will have to save Wienne and Zack from a nearly inevitable demise. Can you find the path?
Why similar: RPG 62.4%, Indie 24.2%, Lore-Rich 6.4%, Choices Matter 4.2%, Story Rich 2.7%
- #5 凯尔文 - Kelvin And The Chateau
94% matchVery Positive89% of 503 reviews2021
Dev: Forgotten
Windows
My home was destroyed by a fire, and only my mother and I survived. Why me? After leaving his control-freak mother, Kelvin made a few friends and seemed to have a new answer to this question. However, his friends sometimes hide something from him.
Why similar: RPG 39%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Drama 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #6 Sometimes Always Monsters
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 161 reviews2020
Dev: Vagabond Dog
Windows
Join a cross-country bus tour as a newlywed author, and combat vicious rumors that you're a plagiarist. Truth isn't important, when you control the narrative.
Why similar: RPG 64.8%, Indie 23.6%, Choices Matter 8%, Story Rich 3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #7 命运之轮(序章)/Journey of Destiny(dependent origination)
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cai JiahePub: Changle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Chinese ancient-style visual novel made with Ren'Py. Two factions fight for a mysterious relic. Your choices unlock multiple endings. The story includes suspense, time travel and soul fusion. Simple mouse and keyboard controls. Enjoy an immersive storytelling experience.
Why similar: Drama 21.8%, RPG 20.6%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choices Matter 10%
- #8 Deathless: The City's Thirst
92% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Negotiate water rights from scorpion gods in this necromantic legal thriller! Discredit your boss, solve murders, and reanimate your own corpse to keep your city from drying out.
Why similar: RPG 56.9%, Indie 22.1%, Choices Matter 21%
- #9 Neighbourhood Necromancer
91% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command the undead to take revenge on the suburbs! Oh, everyone at school laughed at you, but no one will laugh when your minions seize control of critical local infrastructure. Perhaps you’ll start by taking over a convenience store.
Why similar: RPG 44.8%, Text-Based 21.2%, Indie 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.8%
- #10 Midnight彌奈
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: 小豆喵工作室Pub: 公共電視文化事業基金會
Windows · Mac
從過去到現在的羈絆 延續數十年的心碎記憶 如果有機會你,會選擇改寫既定的軌跡嗎?
Why similar: RPG 46.7%, Drama 29.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Indie 5.6%, Exploration 5.4%
- #11 The Fifth Horseman
90% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Angelo Parodi
Windows
The Fifth Horseman is a narrative adventure game, set in a fantasy-medieval world, where you will experience many unique stories. After years of war, hunger and diseases mankind finds itself on the verge of extinction and it's up to you to decide its fate.
Why similar: RPG 45.6%, Text-Based 16.5%, Indie 16.2%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #12 Last Week
89% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Balbod
Windows
The inhabitants of a small portside town begin to fear the worst when they hear the news. This is the last week before the end of the world. With the limited time you have left you must decide which of the town's folk to try and help.
Why similar: RPG 64.8%, Indie 24.4%, Story Rich 8.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #13 YOBI
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: chizugo
Windows
Return to that summer of dreams and regrets. Explore between your childhood neighborhood and a dreamlike world, encountering diverse souls while unraveling the mysteries and emotions buried by time. Find your way to the heart of the story and recover forgotten memories... and much more.
Why similar: RPG 32.2%, Drama 22.9%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #14 Out of Shapes
87% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: One Percent Games LLC
Windows
A derpy, dialogue-heavy RPG with multiple endings and choices with consequences, set in a factory run by robots.
Why similar: RPG 55.5%, Indie 21.2%, Text-Based 8.6%, Multiple Endings 5.4%, Choices Matter 5.1%
- #15 The Hero of Kendrickstone
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 108 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As a wanna-be hero, you must rescue a city held hostage by an evil wizard, and somehow find money to pay your rent! A 240,000-word interactive novel.
Why similar: RPG 55.9%, Text-Based 22.4%, Indie 21.7%
- #16 Tale of Legends -伝創記-
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: As-key
Windows
Fantasy J-RPG「Tale of Legends -Densouki-」
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #17 Everpath
84% matchMixed68% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Games Studio
Windows
Everpath is a roguelite RPG with hand-crafted pixel art, explore a procedural generated world with the combat and item system of the classics action RPGs. Embark yourself as a member of the Northbarrow army, choose and personalize your class to find what is lurking in the wilderness of Northbarrow
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #18 Beyond The Veil
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sun's Shadow Studios
Windows
Beyond the Veil is a text-based horror game, with a focus on character-driven storytelling. Drawing on the rich history of New Orleans, the choices you make will not only alter the story, but also the personality of the protagonist.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #19 DISONANTE
83% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: XIARA STUDIOS
Windows
Educative videogame in human values
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #20 Choice of the Petal Throne
84% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the Empire of the Petal Throne™, will you find glory, or a knife in your back? A world where South American, Middle Eastern, and Indian cultures collide!
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #21 A Drop of Color
76% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel BibbPub: StarCity
Windows
A story-driven RPG puzzle game where you solve color-based puzzles and engage in side-scrolling shooter action in an arcade.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #22 Choice of Kung Fu
82% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the world's greatest kung-fu fighter or find true enlightenment in this interactive fantasy novel. What question will you ask the Dragon Sage?
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #23 Unleashed
82% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Florent Goumot-Labesse
Windows · Linux
Plunge into the brutal Mystria, a corrupt world founded on sorcery and lies. Explore a dense open-world sandbox RPG with a rich history and narrative and a rewarding combat system brought to you by a multi-award-winning team.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #24 The Last Promise
81% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Undermax Games
Windows
In this short and thrilling experience, join Thomas, a young explorer, and Lucy, a brave princess, on an adventure to restore order and peace between the demon, human, and fairy kingdoms.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #25 Freshly fried shrimps seemed hot additionally named noth
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: aomin-meihoPub: aomin-meiho studios
Windows
A laughable 2D-RPG made with RPG Maker MV
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #26 Heaven's Voice Feast of Famine
80% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Raiko StarPub: T3RR0R BUNNY
Windows
Action puzzle RPG with over 100 levels, 8 playable character, that drastically effect the game play and, 4 game modes.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #27 Luna Sanctus
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Kamo Studio
Windows
Follow the journey of Azel and his companions as he reclaims his empire and exert vengeance against his parents' murderer. Explore the vast world of Yggdrasil and all its magic during your adventure, and learn all about the world lore while completing the numerous quests!
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #28 Malatzshia
77% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: BUNIAKRA GAMES
Windows
Malatzshia is a non-classical RPG that contains some very tricky riddles. The play time can vary between 4 and 10 hours. You start the game being told you are trapped in your own dream. In order to wake up you will have to find a code that is hidden deeply within the vast dreamland.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #29 Anguished
78% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Forrest Keel
Windows
Run from the darkness as you confront yourself with the demons that hunt you in a retro rpg style.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #30 Super Toaster X: Learn Japanese RPG
78% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Team Toaster
Windows
A dungeon crawling RPG to learn Japanese vocabulary.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #31 Ambition
76% matchMixed48% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Henry DangPub: Henry Dang PRG
Windows
Ambition is a 2D strategy RPG game that explores a village with teleporters to dangerous dungeons. In this strange and quirky world, battle bosses like a one-eyed turtle with a fancy tophat, a giant centipede that lurks quietly in the desert, and many more!
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #32 涅槃之路
74% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: xia
Windows
You are in a strange world, and if you want to leave, you have to go ahead and fight until you become strong enough to reach the last level to open the door. Keep fighting, winning, strengthening yourself with rewards, hitting all kinds of opponents, the most important thing is to keep trying.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #33 The Adventures of Team Australia
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Ed Smith
Windows
The Adventures Of Team Australia is a role-playing game in which you take control of Australia's favourite* ex-PM as he leads a band of conservative warriors in an insurgency against the filthy moderates who have taken control of the Liberal party.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #34 Empire of the Fallen Steel
75% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: FutureVisionsGames
Windows
Empire of the Fallen Steel is a sci-fi action role-playing game, the player is able to join one of the four battling factions, assemble his own band of reinforced robots, lead them into battle, conquer cities and defeat the other factions.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #35 Another Star
74% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2015
Dev: Vision Riders Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Another Star is a console-style RPG with a fast-paced battle system and a world that encourages players to explore and discover hidden areas as they lead their party on a journey across a fantasy world.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #36 Celestian Tales: Realms Beyond
71% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: Ekuator GamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
A beautiful hand-drawn turn-based RPG set in a world of questionable morals.
Why similar: RPG 72.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #37 Soma Spirits: Rebalance
72% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2017
Dev: Torch60
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Guide Heart and Soul, the guardian spirits of Soma, through a divided realm in a colorful RPG adventure where your choices decide the fate of the world.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #38 Brave Hero Yuusha EX
71% matchPositive96% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: Torch60
Windows
Familiar tales can take unfamiliar turns! And it's up to you to reconstruct the story!
Why similar: RPG 71.4%, Indie 28.6%
- #39 The ORPHEUS Ruse
73% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infiltrate the enemy as a psychic spy, leaping from body to body by touch. Can you reveal the truth and find your own body before your mind disintegrates?
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #40 Toymaker
72% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: Red Skald
Windows
Toymaker is a roleplaying game that takes place in a dark, snow-filled world, where life is harsh and the people living there have become hard and cold. In this land, the darkness has eyes, the winter wind whispers with a piercing voice and the frost hungers for warm flesh.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #41 Unheard Screams - King Leopold II's Rule Over The Congo
73% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2015
Dev: Locomotivah
Windows
Unheard Screams is a text based roleplaying game. You play as Miala, a Congolese liberator attempting to overthrow the regime of King Leopold II of Belgium (1885-1908). As the player your job is to fight the foreign oppressors and regain control of territories in the Congo while managing your rebellion's resources.
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #42 The Daring Mermaid Expedition
73% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a scientifically inaccurate romp in pirate-infested waters! Will you prove to the Royal German Marinological Society that mermaids really exist?
Why similar: RPG 72%, Indie 28%
- #43 Homestead
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Lucas Smith
Windows
Raise livestock, make friends, and have fun farming!
Why similar: RPG 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #44 Lotia®
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Crayon Ponyfish, LLC
Windows · Mac
Dreamer Reef O’Meara and his crew on the Surprise journey across Lotia, trying to avoid entanglements with the dreaded Dominion who rule the seas. The nature of their latest enterprise embroils them in a desperate conflict, one whose outcome will determine the fate of all who dwell in Lotia.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #45 Nick Beard: The Fedora of Destiny
69% matchVery Positive85% of 255 reviews2018
Dev: dhamster
Windows
The fedora: a mark of a true gentleman...
Why similar: RPG 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #46 L.L.L.Liar
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 雏形游戏
Windows
Shi, a photographer and unforgivable sinner. After her train breaks down, she steps onto the platform and meets someone she'll never forget. This narrative-driven RPG takes you down a thorny path to save your loved one and face the real world together.
Why similar: RPG 35.8%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Drama 9.9%, Hand-drawn 7.2%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #47 記憶的主人
59% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: 夜光Pub: RMAsia
Windows
這是最初為了拯救某個人而開始的故事,從看似倉促的冒險一步一步踏入更深沉的謎團之中... 你的記憶和選擇,將會決定世界的命運。
Why similar: RPG 46.7%, Drama 21.8%, Exploration 9%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #48 Double bisociation
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 礼堂王
Windows
Ancient science fiction theme text adventure game - and you will play a scholar who can't get fame because of the abolition of the imperial examination in the world's highest town, and meet two small town scholars who can't get the imperial examination to explore the secrets of the town.
Why similar: RPG 33.2%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Drama 14%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.2%
- #49 God of Chaos
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defy nature’s laws and avenge your slain pantheon! Humanity once feared and hated you, but now, awakened from a thousand-year slumber, you are their only hope. A text-based interactive game.
Why similar: RPG 36.6%, Text-Based 18.3%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #50 Realms of Supremacy
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Glenn Whitfield
Windows
It's a battle over the 10 realms between light and darkness. Will it be light or darkness that has total supremacy over all the realms?
Why similar: RPG 71.4%, Indie 28.6%
- #51 Roadwarden
61% matchVery Positive94% of 4,982 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: RPG 32.8%, Text-Based 27.9%, Indie 8.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.6%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #52 Last Stonelord
69% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Morganti Livio
Windows
Last Stonelord is an Old school Rpg , inspired by games like Ultima online and Warcraft!
Why similar: RPG 71.4%, Indie 28.6%
- #53 elphame
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Disco Reptile
Windows
Elphame is a story-driven RPG with a "programming puzzle" battle system. Join four heroes as they conquer Elphame by using the hostile beasties' attack patterns against them.
Why similar: RPG 71.6%, Indie 27.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #54 ライフワン- lifeOne
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Taka
Windows · Mac
This is an ordinary retro RPG, but the only difference is that your HP is 1. Although you may be confused at the beginning, you can feel fumbling around the world and make friends and items and advance quests.
Why similar: RPG 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #55 Hearts in Hades: Divine Passion
57% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
An interactive fantasy romance novel set amongst the Greek gods.
Why similar: RPG 37.2%, Drama 21.1%, Text-Based 19.4%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #56 原体
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: xingchunfangPub: xinghunfang
Windows
The story takes place in a recently abandoned research facility, where researchers have all disappeared, leaving only copies, no conspiracy or malice, but that happens as naturally as a person would die if he was killed.
Why similar: RPG 71%, Indie 29%