- #1 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,585 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
Why similar: JRPG 29.9%, Dark Fantasy 21.2%, CRPG 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, RPG 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the brutal survival mechanics, dark atmosphere, and punishing turn-based combat found in Your Blight.
- #2 Pathologic 2
96% matchVery Positive92% of 12,223 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: CRPG 31.7%, Choices Matter 15%, Story Rich 13.8%, RPG 12.6%, Open World 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the intense pressure of a ticking clock in a plague-ridden city where every choice significantly impacts your survival.
- #3 The Thaumaturge
96% matchVery Positive83% of 5,995 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 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 34.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, RPG 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy CRPG that excels in choice-driven storytelling and dark, atmospheric world-building.
- #4 Darkest Dungeon®
95% matchVery Positive92% of 162,804 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 43.1%, Dark Fantasy 30.4%, RPG 15%, Dark 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar grim, dark fantasy aesthetic combined with deep turn-based tactical combat and resource management under stress.
- #5 Lawless Lands
94% matchVery Positive88% of 119 reviews2020
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy, apocalyptic world of epic proportions. Defy and destroy the darkness that has taken hold over these Lawless Lands.
Why similar: CRPG 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 11%, JRPG 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep character customization and a dark fantasy setting where your choices dictate the fate of the world.
- #6 Wartales
93% matchVery Positive85% of 36,051 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.3%, Open World 20.4%, RPG 18.8%, Medieval 16.4%, Exploration 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a gritty open-world survival experience with turn-based tactical combat and party management.
- #7 Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
94% 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: Turn-Based Combat 30.1%, Dark Fantasy 30.1%, RPG 17.3%, Story Rich 14.9%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy tactical RPG that emphasizes stealth, survival, and managing resources in a hostile, supernatural environment.
- #8 Chaos Chain
91% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
A dark cyberpunk RPG in a bleak dystopian future. Become a "freelancer" in the heart of Slade City, a sprawling urban nightmare of grimy asphalt and broken dreams where crime and disorder run rampant. - Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity.
Why similar: CRPG 33%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%, Open World 9.1%, RPG 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, post-apocalyptic CRPG that focuses on survival, character building, and gritty world exploration.
- #9 The Use of Life
90% matchVery Positive91% of 832 reviews2025
Dev: だらねこげーむず/Daraneko GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.
Why similar: CRPG 26.5%, JRPG 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A gamebook-style RPG that mirrors the choose-your-own-adventure mechanics and turn-based strategy of the seed game.
- #10 UnderRail
91% matchVery Positive86% of 7,264 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: CRPG 42.5%, RPG 20.5%, Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, Open World 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, challenging CRPG set in a claustrophobic, post-apocalyptic world that rewards careful exploration and tactical planning.
- #11 Soulblight
92% matchMostly Negative36% of 195 reviews2018
Dev: My Next GamesPub: Movie Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Soulblight is a dark, unforgiving, top-down action roguelike luring you to cross the thin line between good and evil. Embrace your flaws to survive a journey through an unforgiving Sanctuary. Gluttony, Lust, Cannibalism - how far are you willing to go?
Why similar: RPG 32.9%, Dark Fantasy 32.4%, Dark 13.9%, Indie 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that focuses on dark themes and tactical combat, emphasizing the consequences of your character's actions.
- #12 LISA: The Painful
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 15,200 reviews2014
Dev: Dingaling ProductionsPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Why similar: JRPG 32.9%, RPG 13.1%, Dark 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Story Rich 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similarly bleak, choice-heavy RPG experience that forces players to make difficult moral sacrifices to survive.
- #13 Vampires Dawn 3 - The Crimson Realm
89% matchVery Positive86% of 706 reviews2021
Dev: Dawnatic Games
Windows
Vampires Dawn 3 is a 2D retro pixel RPG full of vampires, blood and tragic moments! Follow Asgar Serrans bloody path through a world in which humankind only has the sacred crusade to prevent extinction.
Why similar: CRPG 21.7%, JRPG 19.7%, Vampires 18.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, RPG 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art RPG that leans into the vampire theme with a strong focus on narrative and classic turn-based combat.
- #14 Vendir: Plague of Lies
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 270 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 33.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, RPG 7.8%, Story Rich 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy CRPG with a heavy emphasis on story, tactical turn-based combat, and party-based progression.
- #15 The Nameless: Slay Dragon
86% 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: CRPG 21.8%, JRPG 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RPG that prioritizes tactical turn-based combat and rich, choice-driven storytelling.
- #16 Dark Bestiary
87% matchVery Positive89% of 525 reviews2020
Dev: Qd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dark Bestiary is a turn-based tactic game with RPG elements. The very core of the game consists of continuous and exciting battles with monsters rather than a deep story. So, you will have to explore a rich combat system and discover your character’s possibilities.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 30.2%, Dark Fantasy 25.1%, RPG 14%, Dark 13.5%, Medieval 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on turn-based strategy and dark fantasy elements, providing a deep combat experience.
- #17 Crimson Veil
86% matchVery Positive95% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: MKRUdesignPub: MKRUgames
Windows
An Adult Vampire Hunter RPG! Will you take down the creatures of the night, or will you turn into one yourself...?
Why similar: Vampires 26.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, RPG 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RPG that features a vampire-centric narrative and significant choice-based gameplay.
- #18 BlightFog
84% 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: RPG 23%, Choices Matter 22.1%, Story Rich 19.6%, Exploration 19.6%, Dark 14%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, post-apocalyptic RPG that uses a point-and-click interface to explore a decaying world.
- #19 Entity Researchers: Prologue
85% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-CPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: CRPG 37.9%, JRPG 25.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, RPG 8.9%, Exploration 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A CRPG that focuses on exploration and survival in a dangerous, dungeon-crawling environment.
- #20 Look Outside
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,918 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27%, RPG 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Gore 11%, Exploration 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art survival horror game that emphasizes dread and exploration in a Lovecraftian setting.
- #21 The wild darkness
83% 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: CRPG 30.1%, Turn-Based Combat 22%, RPG 20.4%, Exploration 12.9%, Medieval 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival roguelike that forces players to manage resources carefully in a hostile, dark world.
- #22 Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,151 reviews2019
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Story Rich 30%, Dark 25%, RPG 23.3%, Indie 14.1%, Choices Matter 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven experience that captures the dark, political intrigue of vampire society.
- #23 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
82% matchVery Positive86% of 8,273 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 32.9%, Dark Fantasy 22.5%, RPG 22.2%, Dark 8.4%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, turn-based strategy game where you manage a roster of undead minions in a grim fantasy setting.
- #24 The Age of Decadence
82% matchVery Positive82% of 4,065 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 36.3%, Turn-Based Combat 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Medieval 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, choice-heavy CRPG where survival depends on your ability to navigate complex social and political landscapes.
- #25 Kromlech
80% matchMixed68% of 160 reviews2026
Dev: Perun Creative
Windows
Kromlech is an action-adventure RPG with rogue-lite elements, set in a dark fantasy world of swords and sorcery. Play as an adventurer whose quest for glory and gold takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself at the center of a world-ending calamity.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Dark Fantasy 22.7%, Open World 17.4%, RPG 16.3%, Exploration 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that features dark, gritty combat and a focus on character progression in a hostile setting.
- #26 Eve of Calamity
79% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Klothscape
Windows
Prevent a world-ending Calamity your way! A player-driven old-school RPG inspired by both the Japanese and western classics of the 80s and 90s.
Why similar: CRPG 36.4%, JRPG 24.6%, RPG 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%, Medieval 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A party-based CRPG that offers deep class customization and a focus on tactical, turn-based combat.
- #27 Parasite Black
78% matchVery Positive90% of 403 reviews2024
Dev: Damned StudiosPub: Satyr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Parasite Black is a mature, dark fantasy RPG set in the world of Mirnos, where a deadly race known as the Demorai threatens everything. With your newfound "gift," you may hold the key to turning the tide of war and saving the realm from destruction.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Medieval 9.9%, RPG 9.8%
- #28 The Blood of Dawnwalker
75% matchVery Positive87% of 27,631 reviews2026
Dev: Rebel WolvesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24.1 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world dark fantasy action RPG set in 14th-century Europe. You play as Coen, human by day and vampire by night, fighting to save your family in a story shaped by your actions and the secrets you uncover.
Why similar: Vampires 29.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 22%, Open World 15%, RPG 12.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #29 Break Wolf
78% 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: Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, JRPG 15.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Gore 8.8%
- #30 Colossus - Eternal Blight
77% matchVery Positive96% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: RUSTIC PANDA GAMES LLCPub: LevelUpGaming
Windows
Your brother is corrupted. The Blight is spreading. Only you can stop it. Colossus is an atmospheric pixel action-adventure where you master precise combat, explore a vast dark fantasy world, and make choices that permanently scar the kingdom of Eireos.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 27%, RPG 15.6%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Story Rich 13.1%
- #31 Last Days
79% matchVery Positive94% of 198 reviews2021
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组
Windows
The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.
Why similar: Story Rich 46.8%, RPG 38.6%, Indie 8.1%, Singleplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: An indie survival RPG that focuses on the harsh realities of living in a world on the brink of collapse.
- #32 Remnants Of Isolation
81% matchVery Positive80% of 126 reviews2015
Dev: Team IsolationPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight horrific enemies and utilize powerful spell fusions to overcome the cruel fate of mages and see the light of freedom.
Why similar: JRPG 28.3%, Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, RPG 12.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Story Rich 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that uses a dark, intimate narrative style to explore themes of survival and isolation.
- #33 Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG]
77% 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 27.1%, Dark Fantasy 25%, Dark 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #34 MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 249 reviews2026
Dev: Black AnchorPub: Webzen
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive. Plunge into The Dark Shroud to rescue survivors, inherit the memories of the fallen, and restore the shattered "Memolith" to reclaim the lost light.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.4%, RPG 16.8%, Medieval 15.7%, Dark 13.2%
- #35 Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
76% matchVery Positive93% of 740 reviews2025
Dev: 红锈雨
Windows
Cradle of Nightmare: Flowers to You is an adventure game featuring a turn-based ATB system. Step into the shoes of Yue Qing, an ordinary high schooler thrust into a world of darkness as an otherworldly force tears reality asunder. Navigate a ruined world and end the filth festering within humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.7%, JRPG 20.3%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Dark 11.3%, RPG 11%
- #36 Vampire's Fall 2
74% matchVery Positive91% of 4,559 reviews2026
Dev: Early Morning Studio
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Rise as a vampire in a handcrafted 2D dark-fantasy RPG. Master devastating powers, confront horrific enemies, and forge your destiny in a world shattered by a brutal civil war between humans and vampires.
Why similar: CRPG 44.2%, RPG 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Vampires 12.8% ★, Dark 8.9%
- #37 Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
75% matchVery Positive96% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
You've been exiled to The Mirk - an unforgiving swampland where every step could be your last. You must constantly make choices: what paths to take, which tree to shelter under, what beasts to engage or avoid, what items to bring into the darkness of dungeons, and what treasures to leave behind.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.1%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, RPG 14.5%, Open World 14%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%
- #38 Blightstone
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 550 reviews2026
Dev: Unfinished Pixel
Windows
A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 51.4%, Choices Matter 24.4%, RPG 24.2%
- #39 Vampires: Bloodlord Rising
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,868 reviews2026
Dev: Mehuman GamesPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this dark, open-world adventure, you awaken as a Vampire Lord. Build and customize your castle. Hunt for blood, fight, craft, and gather. Command your loyal servants. Shapeshift into a bat to explore the night and survive the relentless Inquisition, solo or in 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Vampires 48.4% ★, Open World 19.9%, RPG 14.2%, Exploration 14.2%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #40 Rogue Blight
72% matchVery Positive91% of 361 reviews2026
Dev: CodeRadGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rogue Blight is a difficult rogue-lite with focus on souls-like combat, featuring a Slay The Spire-inspired map system. Fight your way through ever-changing maps. Customize your playstyle based on what you find. Death is punishing. Only skill and persistence will carry you forward.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 27.3%, Medieval 17.5%, Choices Matter 17.4%, RPG 16.7%, Dark 15.9%
- #41 Cabernet
71% matchVery Positive95% of 2,376 reviews2025
Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Why similar: Vampires 32.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #42 Prelude Dark Pain
71% matchVery Positive80% of 450 reviews2026
Dev: QUICKFIREGAMESPub: Firesquid
Windows
Prelude Dark Pain is a Tactical RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Assume the role of a local blacksmith named Soren, lead an uprising against the Order of the Ashen Crusade and save a world ravaged by war.
Why similar: JRPG 24.3%, Turn-Based Combat 19%, Dark Fantasy 18.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%, RPG 9.8%
- #43 Vampyr
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 25,393 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
Why similar: Vampires 32.2% ★, RPG 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%, Open World 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #44 Ravager
72% matchVery Positive93% of 943 reviews2021
Dev: 4MinuteWarningPub: CriticalBliss
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Ravager is a role-playing game where you play a young dragon, determined to reclaim his birthright. To do so, you will need to build your power, ally with dark forces, evade justice, and whet your monstrous appetites.
Why similar: Story Rich 23.2%, Dark Fantasy 19.8%, Medieval 17.3%, Dark 13.4%, Sexual Content 13.4%
- #45 The Silent Kingdom
69% matchVery Positive100% of 328 reviews2025
Dev: Lucky Cat
Windows
An otome RPG adventure with a dark story and meaningful choices. Shape the fate of a princess who must corrupt her soul in order to save her kingdom.
Why similar: JRPG 29.4%, Turn-Based Combat 20.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 9%
- #46 Kaigrad
71% matchVery Positive93% of 330 reviews2021
Dev: Offline Games Group
Windows · Linux
Kaigrad - is a non-linear visual novel in the genre of dark fantasy. The action takes place in a world where Light comes only from people, animals and all living things. The darkness is near. You have to find out what happened here, who is to blame for this and try to fix it!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 29.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Dark 15.1%, Story Rich 14.5%
- #47 Blood Job
73% matchMixed71% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Kinetic Novels
Windows
Following a bizarre misunderstanding, you find yourself as the city's vampire overlord.... You'll be trained in combat by three beautiful vampires to face the enemies who want to destroy the order of the city. But you'll also have to battle issues from your past life, your life as a human.
Why similar: Gore 34.8%, Sexual Content 30.8%, Violent 23.8%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #48 BLACK SOULS
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,889 reviews2025
Dev: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe?Pub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Long, long ago, there existed a kingdom shrouded in dense mist: the Lost Empire. This mist twisted humans into terrifying beasts, plunging the world into despair. War raged endlessly. Heroes rose, seeking fame and glory. It is in this place you awaken—a nameless undead.
Why similar: JRPG 21.1%, Dark Fantasy 15.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, RPG 7.8%
- #49 Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: A Memory of EternityPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows
Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall is a narrative-driven, old-school adult RPG set amidst the vampire-dominated gangs of a cyberpunk city. Immersive first-person mode coupled with overhead turn-based combat. NSFW/18+ content. Made by one person.
Why similar: CRPG 37.2%, Vampires 24.6% ★, Choices Matter 8.7%, RPG 8.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #50 The Last Plague: Blight
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,514 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world, uncover the origins of a mysterious disease, and become humanity’s final hope of ending the Blight.
Why similar: Medieval 56.3%, Open World 35.8%, Singleplayer 7.9%
- #51 First Bite
70% matchVery Positive85% of 166 reviews2022
Dev: First Bite Games
Windows · Mac
An LGBTQ+ Vampiric Visual Novel. One Night. Three vampires. Make a deal with death or die trying.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30%, Vampires 29% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Sexual Content 8.6%
- #52 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
70% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
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.
Why similar: JRPG 30.1%, Turn-Based Combat 20.6%, Dark 11.3%, Story Rich 9.1%, Gore 8.2%
- #53 Exanima
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,988 reviews2015
Dev: Bare Mettle Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 42.3%, RPG 26.3%, Medieval 25.5%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #54 Hive Blight
65% matchVery Positive94% of 399 reviews2026
Dev: OptizOnion
Windows
Hive Blight is a roguelite autobattler where you lead a team of insect warriors against a corrupting Fungal Threat. Build powerful synergies, uncover the source of the plague, and destroy it to save your world!
Why similar: RPG 78%, Singleplayer 22%
- #55 Claire's Quest: GOLD
68% matchVery Positive85% of 583 reviews2021
Dev: Dystopian ProjectPub: TinyHat Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A dark fantasy RPG with an emphasis on creativity instead of combat. With her wit and wiles alone, Claire must flee the horrors of war and try to survive in a harsh new world with danger lurking at every corner.
Why similar: JRPG 18.2%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Sexual Content 13.3%, RPG 11.4%
- #56 Entity Researchers
68% matchVery Positive89% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-C
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: CRPG 40.2%, JRPG 25.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, Exploration 9.3%, RPG 8.6%
- #57 Darkness Revenge
67% matchVery Positive83% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Hematite
Windows
Choose between a male or female character and take revenge on your killers as a vampire!
Why similar: Vampires 37.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.6%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Sexual Content 10.3%, Dark 10.1%
- #58 Few Nights More
65% matchVery Positive83% of 418 reviews2025
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Few Nights More is a roguelike turn-based RPG based in a world where Vampire Lords seek to conquer lost territories and their place in the world. Design and defend your stronghold, slay your enemies with traps, fulfill your Lord’s true potential, slowly conquering what is rightfully yours.
Why similar: Vampires 35.6% ★, RPG 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Medieval 9.7%
- #59 Blood & Lust [18+]🩸
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: Carnality INCPub: Taboo Tales 💘
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don’t fall prey to the eternal hunger of the night as the initiation rite is getting closer! Dive into a dark world of seduction and explore the vampire academy in Blood Lust [18+]🩸 - an adult visual novel telling the story of an ordinary guy in extraordinary circumstances.
Why similar: Vampires 44.8% ★, Choices Matter 16.4%, RPG 14.6%, Story Rich 12.9%, Sexual Content 11.1%
- #60 Joy Malignant
64% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Petros Anastasiadis
Windows
A surreal dice-based RPG in a cursed city of gut-wrenching suffering. Here, your choices shape your skills and your appearance. Survive the city's hellish trials, meet tortured characters, and develop your own unique identity. Every choice matters as your actions will literally shape you.
Why similar: CRPG 29.1%, RPG 19.7%, Story Rich 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Exploration 10.4%