- #1 Heretic's Lot: Prologue
96% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Golden Cup Games
Windows
The story starts when you arrive at plagued ridden land border. There is a long way ahead filled with courage and mystery. Heretic’s Lot: Prologue is a demo to the main game, presenting its basic mechanics.
Why similar: Voxel 14% ★, Indie 10.8%, Grid-Based Movement 9.7%, Loot 9%, Isometric 7%
- #2 Avernum 5
97% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2012
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Avernum 5 is the second chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of this land’s struggles in the face of powerful forces that seek to destroy it.
Why similar: RPG 56.3%, Indie 17.5%, Isometric 13.9%, Turn-Based 12.3%
- #3 Avernum 4
96% matchVery Positive84% of 109 reviews2012
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Avernum 4 is the first chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of your land’s struggles in the face of powerful forces that seek to destroy it.
Why similar: RPG 54.5%, Indie 16.7%, Isometric 15.5%, Turn-Based 10.1%, Fantasy 3.1%
- #4 Eschalon: Book II
95% matchVery Positive84% of 141 reviews2010
Dev: Basilisk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Return to the world of Eschalon in the sequel to 2007's award-winning RPG. The blight of war now threatens all of Eschalon and the only hope for peace lies in the secret of your past. Don't miss this second chapter in the epic Eschalon trilogy given "5 Stars" by RPGWatch and called "immensely appealing" by The...
Why similar: RPG 53.8%, Turn-Based 16.1%, Indie 15.3%, Isometric 14.8%
- #5 Seek Etyliv
94% matchVery Positive80% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: Rokas
Windows · Mac · Linux
A puzzle game where every move counts, confined in a three by three grid you move about. A dungeon crawling poem reader, exploring just how far I could ever lead her.
Why similar: RPG 32.3%, Indie 12.9%, Turn-Based 11.2%, Grid-Based Movement 9.7%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #6 elphame
90% 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 69.4%, Indie 26.6%, Puzzle 2%, Pixel Graphics 1.9%
- #7 Geneforge 2
94% matchVery Positive88% of 83 reviews2003
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Geneforge 2 is an Indie fantasy role-playing adventure with a science fiction twist. Explore a huge world, choose which side you will fight for, and make your own horde of completely obedient mutant monsters. Geneforge 2 has a huge and open storyline. You can join with any of several factions and reach dozens of different endings.
Why similar: RPG 53.5%, Indie 16.1%, Isometric 11.4%, Turn-Based 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%
- #8 Heroes of a Broken Land
93% matchVery Positive85% of 226 reviews2014
Dev: Winged Pixel Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A Broken Land, shattered by the Wizards of old, the Fragments of the Old World are adrift in the Void. You must visit and restore each Fragment of the Void, only then can the World be rebuilt. However you are trapped in a crystal body, unable to act alone. Heroes of a Broken Land is a turn-based, dungeon crawling, town management RPG.
Why similar: RPG 47.3%, Turn-Based 17.4%, Indie 13.5%, Dungeon Crawler 12.6%, Grid-Based Movement 9.2%
- #9 Indeep | The casual dungeon crawler
92% matchMixed68% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: Bernhard Potuzak
Windows
Play this casual classical dungeon crawler anytime and anywhere and save your progress for later. The dungeon is waiting for you!
Why similar: RPG 58.7%, Indie 23.5%, Dungeon Crawler 12.1%, Fantasy 5.7%
- #10 Marburgh
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Marcotte
Windows
Fight monsters, explore dungeons, craft weapons, save your village
Why similar: RPG 64.2%, Indie 24.1%, Roguelite 11.7%
- #11 Battlepaths
91% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2014
Dev: Key17 interactivePub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Battlepaths is a minimalist, loot-driven old-school 2D RPG featuring neat monster hacking, an excellent loot system, and great variety in character development.
Why similar: RPG 59.5%, Turn-Based 21.7%, Indie 10.7%, Loot 8.1%
- #12 Celestian Tales: Realms Beyond
89% 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%
- #13 Homestead
88% 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%
- #14 A Drop of Color
81% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #15 Eschalon: Book I
89% matchVery Positive86% of 410 reviews2009
Dev: Basilisk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Eschalon: Book I is an old-school role-playing game that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who you are. It features a tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically...
Why similar: RPG 49.4%, Turn-Based 18.2%, Isometric 15.9%, Indie 12.1%, Fantasy 4.5%
- #16 Ambition
86% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #17 The Daring Mermaid Expedition
86% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #18 The Adventures of Team Australia
85% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #19 Soma Spirits: Rebalance
84% matchVery Positive94% of 65 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #20 The ORPHEUS Ruse
84% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #21 Heaven's Voice Feast of Famine
82% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #22 Freshly fried shrimps seemed hot additionally named noth
83% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #23 Beyond The Veil
74% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #24 Another Star
82% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2015
Dev: Vision Riders Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #25 Toymaker
81% matchPositive89% of 18 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #26 Empire of the Fallen Steel
80% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #27 Tale of Legends -伝創記-
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: As-key
Windows
Fantasy J-RPG「Tale of Legends -Densouki-」
Why similar: RPG 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #28 The Last Promise
77% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #29 DISONANTE
77% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: XIARA STUDIOS
Windows
Educative videogame in human values
Why similar: RPG 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #30 Super Toaster X: Learn Japanese RPG
79% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Team Toaster
Windows
A dungeon crawling RPG to learn Japanese vocabulary.
Why similar: RPG 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #31 Choice of Kung Fu
78% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #32 Malatzshia
76% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #33 Luna Sanctus
75% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #34 涅槃之路
73% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #35 Everpath
73% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #36 Nick Beard: The Fedora of Destiny
72% matchVery Positive85% of 255 reviews2018
Dev: dhamster
Windows
The fedora: a mark of a true gentleman...
Why similar: RPG 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #37 Unheard Screams - King Leopold II's Rule Over The Congo
76% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #38 Anguished
75% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #39 Unleashed
72% 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #40 Brave Hero Yuusha EX
70% matchPositive96% of 45 reviews2019
Dev: Torch60
Windows
Familiar tales can take unfamiliar turns! And it's up to you to reconstruct the story!
Why similar: RPG 71.5%, Indie 28.5%
- #41 ライフワン- lifeOne
71% 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 73%, Indie 27%
- #42 Titan Saga: Chains of Kronos
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kneeshaw Developments
Windows
Titan saga is an open world fantasy rpg, focused on deep customization of characters and town. Through tough choices, tactical battles and epic dungeons, you will experience an exciting and unique adventure.
Why similar: RPG 82.5%, Turn-Based 10%, Indie 4.3%, Fantasy 3.1%
- #43 Mad Princess: The Great Gladiators
69% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: AtorasoftPub: DLsite
Windows
Choose your own path in this gladiator role-playing game. The player starts off as an incarcerated criminal, forced to fight for their life. After they leave the prison, they will embark on a journey to sharpen their skills.
Why similar: RPG 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #44 White Sun
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Edward Ingle
Windows
An RPG about surviving a dangerous world with your friends.
Why similar: RPG 71.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Indie 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #45 Dungeon Of Dark
57% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Layer games
Windows
Dungeon of Dark - is a turn-based game about the dungeon with all sorts of enemies, objects and items. Choose a hero and explore the dungeon. Fight many enemies on the 3x3 battlefield and defeat bosses. Use items wisely.
Why similar: RPG 56.1%, Indie 21.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%, Logic 9.1%, Puzzle 2.9%
- #46 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%
- #47 Choice of the Petal Throne
73% matchMixed53% of 19 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 72.1%, Indie 27.9%
- #48 Fallen Dungeons
59% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Vita Software
Windows
Fallen Dungeons is a grid-based dungeon crawler which melds modern aesthetics and mechanics with old school game design.
Why similar: RPG 44.5%, Grid-Based Movement 19.4%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Indie 15.3%, Fantasy 3.8%
- #49 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%
- #50 Outset
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Will Farhat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Use a GRAPPLING HOOK to explore and uncover the mysteries of a platformer-RPG world in OUTSET.
Why similar: RPG 69.7%, Indie 27%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%
- #51 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%
- #52 Lethal RPG: War
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 228 reviews2015
Dev: EyeSpyda Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Journey on an epic quest with Lethal and his elite party of warriors through a huge fantasy land. Play as Lethal and his companions in exciting turn based battles against a variety of fantasy creatures.
Why similar: RPG 73.4%, Indie 26.6%
- #53 Tessa's Ark
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 69 reviews2019
Dev: Andrew Higgins
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 19%
A Sci-fi RPG set in a world where humans have shed the limitations of the corporeal body to inhabit existence as beings of pure thought. Solve puzzles to unlock the secrets of the digital reality.
Why similar: RPG 71%, Indie 29%
- #54 原体
67% 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 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #55 MARDEK
63% matchVery Positive99% of 266 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias Cornwall
Windows
MARDEK is a fantasy/sci-fi/retro Flash RPG from 2007-2010, which blends parody with a deeper story. It offers solid turn-based RPG combat and dozens of hours of gameplay.
Why similar: RPG 60.5%, Indie 23.2%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%, Fantasy 3.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
- #56 Pirates: Mystery of Skeleton Island
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Light Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Atmospheric role-playing pirate adventure. You shall fight with unique cursed skeletons; discovery diverse flora and fauna through thunderstorms rain and sand; search treasures and sail on ship and boats!
Why similar: RPG 70.1%, Indie 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 2.3%