- #1 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
97% matchMixed59% of 9,444 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Historical 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Anime 11.7%, Strategy 7.5%
- #2 Roots Devour
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 584 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Strategy 23.7%, Exploration 15.2%, Roguelite 14.8%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #3 Knell of St. Godhrkar
96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,587 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Story Rich 11.2%, RPG 9%
- #4 GOD FORSAKEN
95% matchMixed67% of 1,807 reviews2026
Dev: insight studio
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The God - Forsaken Land is a roguelike survival adventure game that combines the features of Diablo. In this abandoned land of despair, you fend off endless monsters, light a fire in the darkness, and search for that faint glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Strategy 72.6%, Adventure 22.5%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #5 The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
94% matchVery Positive94% of 60,129 reviews2024
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
Why similar: Historical 23.6%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Anime 9.6%, Medieval 8.9%
- #6 LABYRINTHOS: The Depths Want You
94% matchVery Positive86% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: AstronautsPub: Shiravune
Windows
Ascend the sunken labyrinth called the Tower and choose your path to escape to the surface. Battle foes, forge relationships, and find power in this roguelite dark fantasy RPG.
Why similar: JRPG 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Medieval 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Anime 10.3%
- #7 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
93% 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.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Roguelite 16.7%, Strategy 13.8%, RPG 11.7%, Story Rich 11%
- #8 The Nameless: Slay Dragon
91% matchVery Positive91% of 2,159 reviews2024
Dev: The Nameless EpicPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....
Why similar: JRPG 24.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Story Rich 11.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Anime 11.3%
- #9 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
92% matchVery Positive98% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, JRPG 16.7%, Anime 14.2%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #10 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
91% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Medieval 15.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, RPG 9.9%
- #11 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
90% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Anime 18.7%, Roguelite 17.2%, RPG 11.6%
- #12 RGB GlitchGazer
89% matchVery Positive96% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Anime 21.7%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Adventure 8.1%
- #13 Path of the Midnight Sun
89% matchVery Positive84% of 265 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Daimon
Windows
Protect a noblewoman reckoning with unholy powers as she wards off the soul of the Demon King sealed inside her. Doubt your own companions, survive against unforgiving hordes of monsters. But beware; every choice has consequences in this epic JRPG adventure of betrayal, romance & self-acceptance.
Why similar: JRPG 29.9%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Anime 13.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Atmospheric 7%
- #14 Break Wolf
87% matchVery Positive99% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: RE Atelier
Windows
"Have we all been acting waywardly?" An Adventure RPG that deals with the life and death of wayward humans, striving to escape a syndicate that creates monsters.
Why similar: JRPG 22.3%, Lore-Rich 19.4%, Anime 16.4%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #15 Mandemon
86% matchVery Positive87% of 373 reviews2023
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Crumbling school buildings in Japan. A string of bizarre incidents. The eerie legend of Mandemon. Lies and truth intertwine. Love and hatred blur in the mist. What will you do? Who can you trust? Welcome to a cruel world of deceit and suffering—
Why similar: Gothic 22.5% ★, JRPG 16.8%, Visual Novel 14%, Historical 13.3%, Anime 9.2%
- #16 Suhoshin
86% matchVery Positive90% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: No More 500
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Medieval 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Anime 16.3%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #17 Flashback
85% matchVery Positive86% of 472 reviews2023
Dev: Renka
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Flashback is a strategy game oriented to your choices. You will play the role of a deliveryman and live in a turbulent city for a month. You will meet various characters and experience events, and those characters' fates will cross and they will usher in their own futures based on your choices.
Why similar: Anime 24.8%, Medieval 21%, Roguelite 16.9%, Cartoon 8.8%, Mystery 7.2%
- #18 Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG]
83% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Juggler GamesPub: Galaktus
Windows
Tarnished Blood is a turn-based roguelite RPG with a unique time-bending battle mechanic. Hunt massive beasts, harvest their essence, and help a group of hunters survive in the brutal world beneath the Dome!
Why similar: RPG 33.7%, Adventure 22.4%, 2D 19.1%, Story Rich 16.1%, Strategy 7.4%
- #19 Heads Will Roll: Downfall
84% matchMixed68% of 419 reviews2022
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.
Why similar: Historical 38.4%, Medieval 29.6%, Story Rich 12.7%, RPG 11.2%, 2D 6.6%
- #20 Knock on the Coffin Lid
81% matchVery Positive84% of 2,913 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Roguelite 27.3%, Strategy 24.8%, Story Rich 19.3%, RPG 15.1%, 2D 10.7%
- #21 The Disguiser Of Fate
84% matchVery Positive90% of 69 reviews2019
Dev: Windward_BirdsPub: XNZONE
Windows
This is a world at the brink of destruction, but he comes from a destroyed world. Bearing the burden of changing the fate of this world and facing everything before him, especially the eminent destruction, what can he do, and what price will he pay?
Why similar: JRPG 26%, Anime 16%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #22 FLESHBREAK
82% matchNo user reviews39% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Horubrain InteractivePub: Hexapede Engine
Windows
A story-driven survival visual novel inspired by SCP-610. Face a flesh-spreading outbreak, make brutal moral choices, protect the people you can’t let go of, and uncover the terrifying truth behind the disease.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Anime 16.3%, 2D 12.8%, Adventure 6.8%
- #23 Stray Path
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,068 reviews2025
Dev: zidong gamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stray Path is an innovative adventure and strategy game that blends FreeCell mechanics with roguelike gameplay. Choose from colourful characters and explore a randomly generated world. Drag cards, optimize your choices, select equipment, and uncover the mysteries of this mysterious stray world!
Why similar: Roguelite 29.5%, Strategy 27.9%, Exploration 14.1%, Adventure 10.5%, 2D 6.6%
- #24 The Necromancer's Tale
79% 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: Gothic 35.5% ★, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Historical 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #25 Chasing the Dawn / CTD
78% matchVery Positive99% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: Wave Games
Windows
Chasing the Dawn is a pixel-art roguelike strategy game. Enter the dungeon, use wit and luck to navigate dangers, and lead your characters deeper. Manage risks with items and runes, gather resources, and rebuild your village. Their fate is shaped by your every click.
Why similar: Anime 24.4%, Strategy 23.7%, Roguelite 21.4%, Atmospheric 13.5%, 2D 9.4%
- #26 I, the Forgotten One
79% matchVery Positive90% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
To defeat the rebel knights and stabilize the crown, you must journey through the most dangerous realm in the kingdom--your own wretched past.
Why similar: Medieval 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 29.5%, RPG 11%, Adventure 9.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #27 Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
82% matchMixed61% of 261 reviews2020
Dev: Shockwork GamesPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.
Why similar: Gothic 52.4% ★, Strategy 13%, Story Rich 11.5%, RPG 9.4%, Atmospheric 7%
- #28 Crown Gambit
76% matchVery Positive95% of 482 reviews2025
Dev: WILD WITS GAMESPub: Serenity Forge
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 18.4%, Medieval 17.5%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #29 Encounter: The Lost Cards
77% matchVery Positive80% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Salvatore GrossoPub: Encounter GG
Windows · Linux
The unhinged roguelike for the tactically obsessed. Forget maps—your journey is a deck of Tarot cards you build on the fly. Manage a tight inventory, chain questionable combos, and watch your gear shatter. Got unlucky? The virtuous can resurrect; the sinful, however...
Why similar: Medieval 28.2%, Roguelite 22.3%, Anime 20.3%, Strategy 20.1%, Mystery 9.1%
- #30 KAKUSANKIBOU / 扩散希望
78% matchVery Positive82% of 163 reviews2018
Dev: あみそ組Pub: Pujia8 Studio
Windows
Basically the story goes as visual novel form. Sometimes, the system switches into dot part, and you can control the character to continue the story.
Why similar: Anime 30%, Visual Novel 25.1%, RPG 15.5%, Adventure 11.6%, Mystery 9.7%
- #31 Overfall
80% matchMixed47% of 881 reviews2016
Dev: Pera Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.
Why similar: Roguelite 23.5%, Story Rich 16%, Strategy 15.9%, Exploration 14.3%, RPG 10.8%
- #32 Heads Will Roll
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 184 reviews2021
Dev: 1917 Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you taste the life of a medieval soldier.
Why similar: Medieval 43%, Story Rich 17.7%, RPG 17.1%, Adventure 11.4%, 2D 9.3%
- #33 The wild darkness
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 151 reviews2025
Dev: popeyed inc
Windows
Explore a survival-roguelike RPG set in an unknown and bizarre world. To withstand its many dangers, you'll need to gain new knowledge, scavenge for food, and acquire useful items. Craft, build, and learn your way through a crucial adventure to uncover the world's secrets.
Why similar: Medieval 23.4%, Roguelite 20.2%, RPG 14.9%, Adventure 13.8%, Exploration 10.1%
- #34 Menherarium: Deadly Dice
73% matchVery Positive92% of 705 reviews2026
Dev: テスカトリポカPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"Let's play together… forever, okay?" Menherarium is a deck-building roguelite where you survive 7 days of blood-staked Chinchiro against a clingy menhera girl. Trapped and forced to gamble your blood daily in twisted dice games, use cheat items and overcome her changing rules to survive.
Why similar: Anime 32.9%, Roguelite 24.2%, Visual Novel 23.6%, 2D 9.2%, Casual 6.9%
- #35 Salthe
76% matchVery Positive84% of 225 reviews2020
Dev: SoireePub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A dark, dramatic medieval visual novel. On a stage at the boundary between life and death, an actress struggles through her hardest performance—directed by a jester, she relives her past for the the prize of resurrection...
Why similar: Gothic 33.8% ★, Medieval 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Anime 13.1%, Mystery 6.5%
- #36 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,555 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: Medieval 38.5%, Strategy 21.1%, Exploration 15%, RPG 14%, Adventure 11.3%
- #37 Sanator: Scarlet Scarf
75% matchVery Positive89% of 538 reviews2019
Dev: Ignis SanatPub: Ignis Sanat 🔥
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 120.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Lore-Rich 19.5%, Anime 16.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #38 Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
75% matchVery Positive90% of 3,627 reviews2016
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.6%, Anime 38.9%, Story Rich 5.3%, Casual 4%, Mystery 2.4%
- #39 SubZero
70% matchVery Positive92% of 2,953 reviews2026
Dev: Joy Media LimitedPub: 凤麟工作室
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A frozen apocalypse. Three unique survivors join you. Lead them through the icy wasteland! Zombie whispers, blizzards blur morality... Hope or doom? The fateful die burns in your grip.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Lore-Rich 21.9%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Strategy 13.7%, RPG 9.4%
- #40 Journey to the Void
72% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: RuneHeads
Windows · Mac
Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.
Why similar: Strategy 26.7%, Roguelite 25.4%, RPG 17.3%, Story Rich 16.6%, Adventure 8.8%
- #41 BlightFog
72% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Zakroutil
Windows
Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.7%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Story Rich 15.2%, RPG 12.5%, Exploration 11.4%
- #42 Fallstreak: Requiem for my Homeland
73% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Anime 25.8%, Story Rich 16.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Adventure 9.1%
- #43 Shards of Order
69% matchVery Positive90% of 644 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 37.5%, Story Rich 20.7%, RPG 17%, Strategy 9.1%, Exploration 7.6%
- #44 Swordbreaker The Game
74% matchVery Positive83% of 408 reviews2015
Dev: DuCats Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Swordbreaker game is interactive fiction with lots of illustrations where you and you alone get to choose the storyline and the ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Medieval 22%, Adventure 10%, Exploration 7.3%
- #45 Under the River
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 576 reviews2026
Dev: 夜火游戏(Night Fire Game)
Windows
Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots. To survive, you must devour her. One begs you to eat her. One begs you to stay human. What will you choose?
Why similar: JRPG 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Cartoon 11.7%, RPG 9%
- #46 Digimon Survive
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,741 reviews2022
Dev: HYDE, Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Digimon Survive presents a hybrid visual novel and tactical RPG set in a mysterious world filled with dangerous monsters and deadly battles that will test your ability to survive.
Why similar: JRPG 30.6%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Anime 18.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Mystery 9.1%
- #47 Dark Deity
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,115 reviews2021
Dev: Sword & Axe LLCPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Why similar: JRPG 27%, Lore-Rich 25.5%, Anime 16.8%, Strategy 11.9%, RPG 7.9%
- #48 Sin Slayers: Reign of The 8th
71% matchMixed69% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Goonswarm Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Seven Deadly Sins. Have you heard about the 8th? Delve into madness in Sin Slayers, a challenging RPG Roguelite where you decide how much sin to bear as you transform the world. Assemble a party of wicked adventurers, kill, and pillage to drive off a gluttonous nightmare in turn-based battles
Why similar: JRPG 32.6%, Strategy 23%, Roguelite 18%, RPG 10.6%, Exploration 9.5%
- #49 Raisond'etre
71% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: C3 Games
Windows
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
Why similar: Gothic 45.6% ★, Visual Novel 23.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 8.9%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #50 The Fortress
69% matchMixed70% of 163 reviews2026
Dev: Baryonyx Games
Windows · Mac
The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows
Why similar: Gothic 53.5% ★, Medieval 20.8%, Adventure 9%, RPG 7.1%, 2D 5.4%
- #51 The Wind and Wilting Blossom
70% matchVery Positive95% of 188 reviews2020
Dev: Picklefeet Games
Windows · Mac
Navigate the war-torn lands of an alternate history Heian Japan battling yokai hordes in challenging turn-based combat. Encounter hundreds of story events, level-up your party, and unlock new allies and weapons. Die, learn from your mistakes, and try again.
Why similar: Strategy 53.9%, RPG 35.9%, Roguelite 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #52 VED
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: KaraclanPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
VED is a story-driven, hand-drawn RPG with a unique turn-based combat system and roguelite elements. Set in two different worlds, VED tells the story of Cyrus, a young hero who sets out on a quest to become a master of sword and magic, and save everything he knows from destruction.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Story Rich 18.8%, Roguelite 16%, RPG 14.7%, 2D 8.8%
- #53 Labyrinth of Zangetsu
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: ACQUIRE Corp.Pub: PQube
Windows
Fight Japanese-folklore-inspired Yokai in a ink-brush illustrated Dungeon Crawler! Set in the moonlit city of Ido, the world has blackened under the 'Ink of Ruin' disaster. Conscript & customise your team of warriors as you venture deep into labyrinths and ink your destiny in a winding narrative...
Why similar: Historical 30.9%, Lore-Rich 30.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Anime 11.6%, RPG 9.6%
- #54 Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator 2: Gladiator Edition
68% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You're gonna get yourself killed in there... There's beasts, warriors, and much, much worse in the coliseum... Do you really think you've got what it takes to survive? Or do you think you're cut out for much more than that... There's only one way to find out, and time is of the essence!
Why similar: JRPG 23.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Medieval 17.6%, Anime 12.1%, Historical 11.5%
- #55 Diablo The Abyss
67% matchVery Positive84% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: Friday Night
Windows
Diablo The Abyss is a strategic RPG full of random and roguelike elements. Within this randomized world, you can freely make strageties at your own pace and conquer formidable challenges, while shaping your unique adventure journey.
Why similar: Strategy 24.1%, Roguelite 23.2%, Exploration 14.3%, RPG 12.9%, Adventure 11.7%
- #56 BLOODLETTER
65% matchVery Positive80% of 258 reviews2026
Dev: ALDAMAMI GAMES
Windows
A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.
Why similar: Medieval 47.3%, Roguelite 23.1%, Strategy 20.9%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #57 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,731 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.
Why similar: Historical 23.4%, Medieval 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Roguelite 10.3%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #58 The Specter's Desire
66% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Visual Novel 25%, Strategy 14.7%, Anime 11.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #59 桃色武林
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 512 reviews2024
Dev: 人型ですカオス
Windows
玩家将扮演一个初出茅庐的江湖小生,在战斗和历练中结识红颜知己,并与她们共同闯荡这个充满危机与机遇的江湖世界。
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Anime 23.2%, Roguelite 12.4%, Story Rich 12.2%, RPG 11.1%