- #1 Paradigm Island
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: End-all Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Step into the shoes of a young mercenary in the midst of an identity crisis. Explore a surreal world on the edge of collapse, shape your identity through choice, and navigate a web of shifting loyalties, hidden agendas, and uncomfortable truths.
Why similar: CRPG 17.2%, Philosophical 15.8%, Isometric 12.8%, Dark Humor 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
- #2 Can't Even See the Sky
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Meshock Games
Windows
Your character is a man with a troubled past who finds himself trapped in a city on the brink of civil war. Look for ways to get out of the city and make peace with the past. Will you pull yourself together or drown in the abyss of despair?
Why similar: CRPG 18.7%, Alternate History 12.1%, Psychological 11.7%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Isometric 10.4%
- #3 Give up the Ghost
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Either/Or Collective
Windows · Mac
Become the Overseer, unravel an apocalyptic conspiracy, and attempt to heal the wound at the heart of the world.
Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Philosophical 14.8%, Psychological 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #4 Habitus
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Örteke Games
Windows
Detective RPG • TTRPG-Style Interrogation • Dark Political Thriller In Zehergrad, crime is a disease. As Inspector Mehmed Başar, break suspects in brutal interrogations and make the political choices that will decide the city's fate.
Why similar: CRPG 24.4%, Alternate History 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Philosophical 11.8%, Detective 10.2%
- #5 Soul Diagnosis
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The J and J Show
Windows
Your patients are dying. The voices in your head are keeping score. Soul Diagnosis is a dialogue-rich isometric cRPG where you are haunted by your mistakes. Navigate a labyrinthine hospital conspiracy, engage in fisticuffs with inanimate objects, and leverage your fractured psyche to survive.
Why similar: Isometric 21.3%, CRPG 18.5%, RPG 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Dark Humor 10.4%
- #6 Travelling At Night
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
CONJURE. CONFESS. DISAPPEAR. Be an exorcist, a stage magician, or - worse yet - a writer, in this globe-trotting choices-matter CRPG. In a very alternate 1940s Europe, choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
Why similar: CRPG 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Isometric 11.1%, Alternate History 10.8%, Investigation 10.6%
- #7 The Thaumaturge
93% 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 22%, Isometric 15.1%, Investigation 11.8%, Detective 11.7%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #8 Graven
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Basalt Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Frankenstein-inspired Gothic RPG. You’re an eccentric physician’s apprentice whose unique skills (and shortcomings) shape every conversation. Explore the city, follow leads, and find your missing mentor and the man you helped raise from the dead. Save them, condemn them, or alter death itself.
Why similar: CRPG 23.2%, Detective 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, RPG 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%
- #9 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
91% matchVery Positive93% of 131,540 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: CRPG 18.1%, Detective 17%, Isometric 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.2%, RPG 10%
- #10 TOBOR
91% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Cogoo
Windows · Mac
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Investigation 12.9%, Psychological 12.3%, Dark Humor 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Detective 11.2%
- #11 西渡记
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 了草工作室Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
一款生存角色扮演游戏——中原大乱,你将扮演一介寒门书生,从长安出发,远赴西北凉州。一路上,你将结交形形色色的伙伴,与他们共同面对战争和死亡。
Why similar: CRPG 37.4%, Detective 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, RPG 10.2%, Investigation 10.1%
- #12 WOODROT
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Midnight Token
Windows
You're the maintenance man for an apartment complex that has mysteriously been transported to the middle of the ocean. Woodrot is a surreal adventure game about getting to know your neighbors who all seem to blame themselves for their recent relocation.
Why similar: Psychological 18.3%, Surreal 15.1%, Philosophical 12.6%, Dark Humor 9.9%, Investigation 9%
- #13 Sink
90% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: IceCreamMakerStudio
Windows
Do you regret a choice in your life This is a game about faith, life and soul...
Why similar: CRPG 23.2%, Philosophical 17.6%, Psychological 15.4%, Investigation 12.9%, Detective 10%
- #14 The Unleaving
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: largeland
Windows · Mac
The Unleaving is a Chinese folk-horror Cthulhu RPG. As a member of a paranormal investigation group, venture into rural ghost stories and uncover the truth through dialogue, skill checks, and a little dice luck. Many stories, occupations, endings—some answers lie beyond knowing. They never left.
Why similar: Investigation 16.5%, CRPG 14.4%, RPG 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Surreal 11.2%
- #15 Cathouse Club
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cathouse Club LLC
Windows
Cathouse Club is a top down, point and-click RPG that blends detective storytelling with emotional skill checks and D20 style dice rolls. Explore a flooded, climate-ravaged New York City through the eyes of an AI reliving human memories.
Why similar: Isometric 22%, Investigation 14.1%, Detective 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11%
- #16 Savior Syndrome
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Half-Price Punk Spiders
Windows · Linux
Is a psychological dialogue-based RPG set in a world where genetic experiments coexist with occult practices.
Why similar: CRPG 19%, Isometric 18.2%, Detective 16.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%, RPG 9.3%
- #17 Nor and Riji: The Hole in the Ghetto
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xxxzzznorsuperprojectzzzxxx
Windows
Nor and Riji are two feline best friends. One missing student. Countless terrible decisions. A dark comedy RPG about solving mysteries and surviving each other.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Dark Humor 17.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, RPG 10.2%
- #18 Sunset Inferno
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Treasured Trash
Windows
Sunset Inferno is a choice-driven narrative adventure where you are a Recycler: a machine built to hunt war deserters. But when a bomb destroys your transport, it also cracks your programming. Uncover who attacked you before your makers decide you've changed too much.
Why similar: Investigation 14.3%, Psychological 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%
- #19 The Echoes Below
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Casey Torres
Windows
You play as Nick during an ordinary night in West Virginia. After closing his shift, a stranger’s coordinates lead him deeper into the Appalachians, where an abandoned government bunker awaits. The world exists only where sound reaches.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.2%, Underground 15.8% ★, Investigation 14.3%, Philosophical 13.8%, Psychological 12%
- #20 Sister Ray
82% matchVery Positive96% of 451 reviews2026
Dev: The Growing Stones
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
2D RPG about the brutal daily life of Ray - an artist struggling with addiction, who takes care of her little sister. Look after your condition - no one should know about the addiction. Improve your skills, sell paintings, do everything to ease the withdrawal. Survive and look for a way out.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Detective 13.3%, Investigation 11.8%, Psychological 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #21 Scapegoat & Rational
83% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: 萊斯特 LesterWindPub: 萊斯特的帽子 Lester's cap
Windows
Children vanish in a small town. Investigator Reacher is drawn to a cursed mansion, where members of the rescue team begin to die. Is it a curse — or a killer among them? Scapegoat & Rational blends mystery storytelling, key evidence collection, and escape-style Puzzles.
Why similar: CRPG 33.6%, Detective 18.2%, Investigation 17.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, RPG 9.4%
- #22 False Fortune
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Forgeborn Studios
Windows
False Fortune is a modern crime CRPG where you investigate the conspiracy that framed you, rebuild your fortune, buy businesses and homes, find love, marry, take honeymoons and vacations in a living, breathing world, and shape Adrian Vale’s future through evidence, leverage, redemption, or revenge.
Why similar: CRPG 30.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Isometric 13.4%, Investigation 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #23 SunSet Diffusion
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RinGames
Windows
With the sun on the verge of burning out, embark on an isometric single-player RPG adventure in a magical realist world. Explore, converse, enhance stats, and make choices. Focus solely on your survival or uncover the secrets of the apocalypse; it all depends on your decisions.
Why similar: CRPG 26.9%, Isometric 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, RPG 10.1%, Alternate History 9.1%
- #24 Fursona Festival
82% matchVery Positive83% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: BubblegumDrgn
Windows · Mac
Wander into the carnival of a giant magical dragon lady, where nobody ever leaves unchanged! Answer an extensive list of questions disguised as mini games as you explore the carnival grounds to discover what animal spirit lives inside you.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.1%, Psychological 15.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Surreal 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #25 Sector Unknown
79% matchVery Positive80% of 390 reviews2026
Dev: Creative Storm Entertainment
Windows
Sector Unknown is a solo-developed, isometric sci-fi RPG set in a shadowy expanse of space. Begin on a desolate planet, establish a stronghold, explore space, ally with or dominate local factions, and combat a despotic organization set on ruthlessly exploiting the sector's resources and inhabitants.
Why similar: CRPG 27.2%, Isometric 21.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%, RPG 8.8%
- #26 Shore of Jord
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TE NET
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shore of Jord is a story-driven cRPG set in an alternate world of Europa, where you take on the role of a retired military officer trying to resolve mysterious events from your past and survive the longest winter in history: strengthen or break friendships, find your love, and discover who you are.
Why similar: CRPG 21.9%, Isometric 15.1%, Alternate History 13.3%, Detective 12.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #27 Midnight Therapy
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
A fake therapist loses her magic and must face real patients with nothing but words. Manage appointments, money, and emotional collapse in a narrative RPG about lies, deduction, and cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or your redemption?
Why similar: Psychological 17%, Investigation 14.3%, Detective 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #28 Go Home Annie: An SCP Game
79% matchVery Positive81% of 513 reviews2024
Dev: Misfit VillagePub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A twisted psychological thriller and an original story set in the SCP universe. As an employee of the SCP Foundation, test artificially created paranormal events, solve puzzles, interact with anomalies, and uncover the secrets of the Replication Division.
Why similar: Alternate History 18%, Investigation 15.8%, Detective 13.4%, Surreal 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #29 Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Lullaby
78% matchVery Positive81% of 393 reviews2022
Dev: Entalto Studios
Windows
Experience Vampire: The Masquerade in a new way through this isometric cRPG. Change perspectives as you travel through the Heartless Club as a Human and a Vampire. Roll the dice, take your choices, and embrace the night in this narrative prologue.
Why similar: CRPG 23.8%, Isometric 17.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Investigation 10%, RPG 7.8%
- #30 The Colour Beyond: A Zeroth Kind
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infigo Games
Windows
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Investigation 25%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #31 Strix and Scholar
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TJ Hoarfrost
Windows
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.2%, Investigation 17.6%, Psychological 12.1%, Detective 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #32 Clam Man 2: Open Mic
77% matchVery Positive97% of 460 reviews2020
Dev: Sideby Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
OPEN MIC is the free prologue to the upcoming Clam Man 2: Headliner - a narrative adventure RPG where you escape your boring desk job to become a comedian!
Why similar: CRPG 31%, Isometric 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, RPG 7.9%
- #33 Fragments
78% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: codapill
Windows · Mac
Evan faces a frustrating battle with his conscience. It's one he cannot afford to lose, or he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Under intense scrutiny and questioning from two savvy detectives, how will he fare? That, is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Psychological 18.7%, Investigation 17.1%, Surreal 15.5%, Choices Matter 9%
- #34 TALLREAPER
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PKPKPK
Windows
A seemingly simple task given to you by the Baron, turns into living hell, revealing a dark, surreal and introspective story, as you - a prisoner - are tasked with obtaining a fallen knights sword inside an underground crypt.
Why similar: Underground 19.9% ★, Philosophical 17%, Psychological 14.4%, Alternate History 12.6%, Surreal 11.7%
- #35 Saturn
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,235 reviews2024
Dev: Ninsar Games
Windows
Saturn is a tactical RPG set on the moons of Saturn and on Earth. The protagonist controls robots on the moons of Saturn and explores an underground city where one can find keys to the secrets of deep space.
Why similar: Isometric 21.7%, CRPG 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, RPG 9%
- #36 Your God is false
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: fisash
Windows
A surreal adventure game with elements of puzzles about a girl with delusional ideas of messianic greatness.
Why similar: CRPG 26.8%, Philosophical 20%, Surreal 14.3%, Psychological 12.4%, Exploration 6.4%
- #37 GRUNND
76% matchMixed62% of 47 reviews2023
Dev: SEKTAHOUSE
Windows
You fell asleep on the train... Now a strange town, fully voice-acted characters, and choices that reshape the mystery stand between you and home.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Investigation 14%, Alternate History 13.3%, Dark Humor 13.2%, Detective 12.1%
- #38 Londoleon: not a single penny
73% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Kovcibe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
Why similar: CRPG 32.9%, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 15.4%, RPG 8.9%, Mystery 8.6%
- #39 [ABERRATION] Yes, Jerry!
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: FEIGIN ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Mike is an ordinary man, tired of everything. Then he meets Jerry, a huge, purple creature who starts making his life better. Until...
Why similar: Dark Humor 20.4%, Psychological 17.2%, Surreal 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Mystery 9%
- #40 The Last Reunion
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 제이게임즈
Windows
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Detective 16.6%, Investigation 16.3%, Psychological 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #41 Paradise Killer
74% matchVery Positive93% of 4,539 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Investigation 16.7%, Detective 13.9%, Surreal 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #42 Escape the Script
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hectic
Windows
They say you’re a monster who destroyed five star systems. Now you’re trapped in a futuristic prison, facing warped puzzles, absurd therapy, and ethical trials — all to prove you’re still human. Good luck surviving your psychological evaluation!
Why similar: Philosophical 19.6%, Dark Humor 17.7%, Psychological 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #43 Revolution's Eternal Debt
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trokhi Games
Windows
Revolution is not an easy task. It takes a lot of blood sweat and tears. What price are you willing to pay to stop it? Find your missing sister in the chaos of the uprising. Unravel the occult conspiracies. Lead the masses from the shadows. Every choice you make changes the course of history.
Why similar: CRPG 26.9%, Isometric 16.8%, Alternate History 13.6%, RPG 12.2%, Detective 10.5%
- #44 Devi : A light in the dark
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Detective 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
- #45 Vampire: The Masquerade — ETERNAL WHISPERS
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FlyosPub: Kwalee
Windows
Vampire: The Masquerade — ETERNAL WHISPERS is a narrative-driven CRPG set in the World of Darkness. Awaken from decades of torpor into a dark-modern Montreal consumed by political intrigue, buried secrets and personal horror.
Why similar: CRPG 33%, Isometric 17.8%, RPG 10%, Detective 8%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #46 Back to the Dawn
69% matchVery Positive94% of 10,451 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Detective 18.5%, CRPG 15.5%, Investigation 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.6%, RPG 11.6%
- #47 HOLLOW MIRE
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mowlo Games
Windows
A war hero returns to a shattered England, searching for his missing family while confronting nightmares that defy reality. A choice-driven narrative thriller with 8 unique endings.
Why similar: Isometric 14.2%, Detective 12.8%, Psychological 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Surreal 10.1%
- #48 Raw April Day
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Headless Human Limited
Windows
Raw April Day is a hand-drawn Mystery Point-And-Click game where you solve enigmatic puzzles, engage in soul-searching branching dialogue with colorful characters and piece together the clues for why your husband went missing in a surreal and mystifying Victorian complex.
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Psychological 15.7%, Investigation 14.1%, Surreal 13%
- #49 Static Between Stations
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Static Between Stations
Windows
Static Between Stations is a narrative-driven RPG in the dying city of Patchwater. Explore, negotiate, scavenge, craft or try your best to avoid conflict. In a fight for survival adaptability is your only advantage.
Why similar: CRPG 25.5%, Surreal 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Psychological 10.2%, Investigation 9.8%
- #50 Olympus 2249
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dieselship Studio
Windows
Olympus 2249 is an isometric post-apocalyptic cRPG set in brutal dieselpunk world, where your Karmic Type shapes dialogue, quests and story. Fight turn-based battles using positioning, environmental hazards and stamina-powered abilities, or solve problems without firing a shot.
Why similar: CRPG 30.2%, Isometric 16.9%, Alternate History 11.9%, Dark Humor 10.9%, RPG 8.3%
- #51 Crux Diaries RPG
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kravtology
Windows · Linux
A turn-based isometric non-linear indie CRPG inspired by the classics. Explore an alternate-history dystopian country on the brink of a civil war and leave your mark on its future.
Why similar: CRPG 22.3%, Isometric 18.6%, Alternate History 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #52 Sakura no Uta -To Dance Over the Cherry Blossoms-
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MakuraPub: Shiravune
Windows
SCA-DI's award-winning visual novel masterpiece is finally available in English and in full HD! Sakura no Uta is a story of those whose paths stop short—and of those who walk on.
Why similar: Philosophical 31.9%, Psychological 21.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Mystery 8.1%
- #53 D.
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Reesha
Windows
Experience a 2D psychological horror about the fragility of the human mind. Communicate with disturbed patients, solve diagnostic puzzles, and discover the correct frequency to cure them. Face your inner doubt as you navigate the dark labyrinth of psychological trauma
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.5%, Psychological 23%, Dark Humor 12.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Detective 9.6%
- #54 sammy.
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: shoebox
Windows
A haunting coming-of-age story about a school trip to a dying island and social outcasts looking for closure.
Why similar: CRPG 21.7%, Psychological 20.1%, Surreal 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Mystery 8.5%
- #55 We Stay Behind
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Backwoods EntertainmentPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
We Stay Behind is a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. Interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Investigation 16.5%, Surreal 13.2%, Mystery 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.1%
- #56 Atelier of Oblivion
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 혜패 HYEPÆ
Windows
An atelier in the forest. The Artist’s brush halts before an empty frame, leaving the portrait unfinished. Lost souls arrive with memories of tragedy. Render the cruel truth, or shield their eyes with an eternal lie. A Gothic Mystery granting rest to the dead.
Why similar: Investigation 20.3%, Philosophical 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Mystery 10.1%
- #57 Fayburrow
68% matchVery Positive81% of 489 reviews2022
Dev: The Fayburrow TroupePub: The Animation Workshop VIA
Windows
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Investigation 19.3%, Detective 19%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Mystery 11.6%
- #58 Torment: Tides of Numenera
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 4,378 reviews2017
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.
Why similar: CRPG 31.2%, Isometric 26.5%, RPG 18.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Choices Matter 9%
- #59 Fay's Factory
67% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: egor dorogov
Windows
Fay’s Factory is a story-based RPG at heart, with deckbuilding elements on top. Manufacture magic and fight duels. Go on hand-crafted adventures. Investigate, argue and lie. Become a great middle manager or a decent human being.
Why similar: CRPG 28.8%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Isometric 17.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #60 CENSOR
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quack Duck Games
Windows · Mac
A sci-fi interrogation game. No more than ten people in the galaxy can do your job. The person across the table is already convicted. Find out why they did it, then decide what the truth will cost them.
Why similar: Investigation 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Detective 17.7%, Psychological 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%