Games Like Heads Will Roll: Reforged

A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you.

Why similar: War 18.4%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Perma Death 17.3%, Historical 16.1%, Text-Based 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the hardcore survival and historical progression of a soldier rising through the ranks while facing constant danger.

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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Text-Based 14.6%, Medieval 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an unparalleled narrative experience where every choice significantly shapes the protagonist's life and the world around them.

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: War 13.7%, Perma Death 13.1%, Turn-Based 11%, Historical 10.7%, Text-Based 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A direct companion title that retains the dark, choice-driven atmosphere and survival mechanics of the original.

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: War 28.9%, Medieval 17%, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the psychological and tactical burdens of command during a brutal medieval war.

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: Text-Based 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, RPG 13%, Choices Matter 9%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive text-based RPG that emphasizes survival, exploration, and managing limited resources in a hostile world.

The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic, post-apocalyptic 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: Turn-Based 32.5%, Difficult 20.7%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, RPG 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A notoriously difficult RPG where choices have massive, often fatal consequences in a low-fantasy historical setting.

Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Why similar: War 34.6%, Historical 25.1%, Medieval 21.3%, RPG 8.8%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging strategy RPG that captures the brutal, high-stakes nature of leading a mercenary company in a medieval world.

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: Medieval 39.7%, Turn-Based 27.8%, RPG 22.4%, Story Rich 7.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a gritty mercenary management experience where you must survive the harsh realities of a medieval landscape.

Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.1%, Medieval 20.3%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, RPG 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a branching narrative where the survival of your party depends on difficult moral and tactical decisions.

Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.

Why similar: Turn-Based 37.3%, RPG 21.8%, Medieval 18.3%, Difficult 14.8%, 2D 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, turn-based roguelike RPG that emphasizes survival and the harsh realities of adventuring.

Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?

Why similar: Historical 34.9%, RPG 19.8%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Turn-Based 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep tactical combat with significant narrative choices that influence the outcome of historical military campaigns.

These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.

Why similar: Turn-Based 18.7%, Medieval 17.2%, Historical 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and moral dilemmas of a medieval ruler trying to keep their kingdom afloat.

A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?

Why similar: Text-Based 16.7%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Medieval 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological RPG that uses a unique system to track your character's emotions and their impact on choices.

As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!

Why similar: Historical 34.1%, Turn-Based 33.2%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Story Rich 10.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A historical simulation that forces you to make life-or-death decisions in a politically charged, dangerous environment.

Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.

Why similar: War 30.8%, Perma Death 17.4%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Historical 15.1%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical war game that emphasizes the human element and the impact of choices on your squad's survival.

A unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. Knight's Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.

Why similar: Turn-Based 30.9%, Medieval 21.1%, Choices Matter 18%, Roguelite 15.4%, RPG 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, tactical RPG that forces players to balance morality and strategy in a grim retelling of Arthurian legend.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: Turn-Based 55.4%, RPG 18.2%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 10.1%, Atmospheric 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful yet punishing tactical RPG where war and resource management force you to make impossible choices.

Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.

Why similar: Turn-Based 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Difficult 17.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A complex survival RPG that requires careful resource management and decision-making in a dark, unforgiving world.

In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.

Why similar: Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, War 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Romance 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality interactive fiction title that offers deep character customization and branching narrative paths.

Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you taste the life of a medieval soldier.

Why similar: Medieval 22.2%, Choices Matter 19%, Romance 17.8%, Multiple Endings 14%, RPG 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series, providing the foundational mechanics for the Reforged version.

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: Historical 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Medieval 14%, Multiple Endings 10%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy historical game where your choices and investigation shape the lives of villagers over several decades.

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: Turn-Based 20.2%, Medieval 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven RPG that emphasizes the consequences of political maneuvering in a high-stakes fantasy setting.

Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Text-Based 13%, Difficult 12.3%, Medieval 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic strategy-RPG hybrid that focuses on managing a clan through generations of war and political strife.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: Choices Matter 33.9%, RPG 31.1%, Story Rich 18%, Turn-Based 10.3%, Atmospheric 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RPG where your choices define the fate of a world already conquered by evil.

Samurai of Hyuga is a brutal, heart-pounding interactive tale. Prepare to enter the land of silk and steel, where fantasy clashes against grim reality, and where the good guys don't always win in the end. It's a harsh world with tough choices at every turn. Good thing you're the toughest ronin around.

Why similar: Text-Based 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, RPG 16%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, text-based interactive fiction series that focuses on character growth and difficult moral paths.

A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!

Why similar: Turn-Based 25.4%, Medieval 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based strategy game that presents the player with constant choices regarding their survival in the medieval era.

Are you worthy of the throne? Or do your siblings deserve it more than you do? What kind of heir will you be?

Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Medieval 13.9%, RPG 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that centers on the political intrigue and personal choices of a royal heir.

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: Text-Based 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Story Rich 12.4%, RPG 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi, it perfectly captures the text-based survival and choice-heavy narrative style found in the seed game.

Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Choices Matter 23.6%, Difficult 20.5%, Story Rich 10.5%, RPG 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic card-based game that focuses on the narrative consequences of your decisions during a war.

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Text-Based 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Medieval 15%, Choices Matter 10.5%

You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.

Why similar: War 19.2%, Historical 12.7%, Text-Based 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%

Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.

Why similar: Medieval 26.3%, Historical 23.9%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 6.5%

Legends of Eisenwald is an adventure game with tactical battles, RPG and strategy elements. Take the lead of a small feudal army and try to defend your right to survive in this ruthless medieval world.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.6%, Medieval 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Historical 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that blends medieval history with strategic combat and meaningful narrative choices.

Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.2%, Medieval 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Medieval 10.5%, Romance 10.2%

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: Turn-Based 44.6%, Roguelite 21.9%, Story Rich 12%, RPG 11.7%, 2D 6.4%

Unforgiving storytelling adventure with dice rolls and turn-based management. Make the right choices and roll the dice to rally the monarchs to your medieval kingdom by diplomacy, war or deception.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.2%, Medieval 20.9%, Text-Based 20.7%, Difficult 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.7%

Noblesse Oblige: Legacy of the Sorcerer Kings is a high fantasy RPG that reenvisions turn-based combat in dynamic ways, telling the story of Alexander—an idealistic yet pragmatic nobleman—and his allies as they navigate politics, intrigue, ruling, and love amidst a tempestuous civil war.

Why similar: War 23.8%, Historical 17.4%, Romance 15.4%, Medieval 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.2%

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 52.9%, RPG 24.6%, Choices Matter 22.5%

Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...

Why similar: Medieval 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Historical 18.1%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

The War of Crowns rages on. Knights and brigands run rampant throughout the land, sowing destruction. From your castle base, rise to become the lord who leads the battle against the forces of evil in this turn-based tactics and strategy game.

Why similar: Turn-Based 42.6%, Medieval 19.5%, RPG 13.9%, Historical 11.5%, Difficult 5.8%

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: Turn-Based 29.8%, Choices Matter 28%, Roguelite 16.2%, Story Rich 15.4%, RPG 9%

Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!

Why similar: Turn-Based 38.2%, Medieval 18.4%, Difficult 16.1%, RPG 9%, Atmospheric 6%

Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”

Why similar: Medieval 33.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, RPG 17.7%, Choices Matter 15.7%, 2D 5.7%

All Quiet in the Trenches is a narrative turn-based strategy RPG set in World War I. Get to know your soldiers, take care of their needs and lead them in battle, trying to strike a precarious balance between the ambitions of your superiors and the survival of your men.

Why similar: War 32.6%, Turn-Based 19.4%, Historical 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, RPG 7.3%

Medieval Europe is in the middle of religious upheaval and many a preacher predict the imminent end of the world. Immerse yourself in a dark fantasy story with true historical events in the background. You'll be facing intricate puzzles, challenging battles and cunning stealth.

Why similar: Historical 41.7%, Medieval 32.8%, Story Rich 13.3%, RPG 12.3%

In this roguelike wargame, take command of a tank and its crew in the Second World War, joining one of over 50 campaigns across Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. Fight against over 1300 historically-based unit types, where each day is a struggle for survival.

Why similar: Historical 48.9%, War 37.2%, RPG 7.7%, 2D 6.1%

The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!

Why similar: Perma Death 32.3%, Difficult 16.1%, Medieval 14.4%, Roguelite 12.9%, Story Rich 9.3%

Fabled Lands is a challenging old-school narrative RPG set in an open world. Complete quests, fight, trade goods and develop your character. Explore a vast land of adventure: travel across the war-torn kingdom, survive the plains of howling darkness, and escape the Court of Hidden Faces.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Roguelite 16%, RPG 9.4%

Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33.6%, Choices Matter 27.1%, Story Rich 16%, RPG 15.4%, Singleplayer 7.9%

Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!

Why similar: Text-Based 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choices Matter 14.9%, RPG 11.3%

Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.

Why similar: Medieval 24.1%, Historical 22.5%, Choices Matter 16.8%, RPG 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%

Get yourself into and out of another fine mess! Win glory, renown, and much-needed money through cunning schemes that will seem like good ideas at the time.

Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, RPG 13.4%, Romance 13%

Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.

Why similar: Historical 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Medieval 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%

Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.

Why similar: Turn-Based 33.1%, Medieval 24%, Roguelite 16.9%, RPG 11.8%, Story Rich 11.5%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Text-Based 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.4%, Text-Based 30.4%, RPG 22.2%

As commander of a squadron of cavalry, what will you sacrifice to win the war of gunpowder and magic? Fight for power, riches, love, or glory!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 35.3%, Text-Based 31%, RPG 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%

A story-driven deckbuilding RPG set in the history of Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross. Unlike traditional deckbuilders, the teammates you recruit decide the success or failure of battles. Fight the war against the Teutonic, or tackle roguelite runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.

Why similar: Historical 26.7%, Medieval 22.8%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Roguelite 14.3%, RPG 9.9%

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: Choices Matter 32%, Story Rich 23.9%, Atmospheric 20.1%, RPG 17%, Singleplayer 7.1%