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Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.

Reviews: Very Positive — 83% — of 82 reviews
Released: 2022-08-16
Developer: Sezhes
Publisher: Ravenage Games
Genres: Indie, RPG
Platforms: Windows

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    69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,404 reviews2016
    Dev: GrisGrisPub: XSEED Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...

    Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Gore 14.4%, Dark 9%, Story Rich 7.8%

  57. #57 Seven Mysteries: The Last Page
    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2018
    Dev: Sang Hendrix
    Windows

    A story-driven psychological horror RPG about a group of friends who unintentionally become bound together after encountering 7 curses from a school.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Horror 14.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

  58. #58 A House of Many Doors
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 437 reviews2017
    Dev: Pixel Trickery
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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

    Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.3%, Dark 15%, Horror 12.1%, Story Rich 11.8%, RPG 8.1%

  59. #59 The Nameless: Slay Dragon
    64% 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: Turn-Based Combat 28.2%, JRPG 26.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Story Rich 12%, RPG 10.5%

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