Games Like ILLUSION

Use magical picture frames to manipulate the world around you in mind-bending ways. Turn paintings to life, change time, & re-imagine objects to suit your needs. Follow Lily, a girl who's lost all hope, as she steals powers from the strongest superhero, leaving it up to her to save the world.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.8%, Funny 21.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Fantasy 12.1%, Indie 8.7%

The story is set in the city of Lylan on an isolated island. Everything seems peaceful until a mysterious aura approaches...

Why similar: RPG 35.3%, Indie 29%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Adventure 8.9%

A comedic RPG about the cynical and hilarious realities of social interaction, personal growth, and confronting your inner demons.

Why similar: Dark Humor 20.3%, Adventure 17.5%, RPG 15.2%, Indie 13.6%, Comedy 11.5%

Hoping to hit a big payday and pull herself from a life of poverty, Lisa heads to a town with a rumored demonic artifact. But upon arriving, she quickly realizes she has gotten herself into a dangerous situation.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.7%, Female Protagonist 19%, Adventure 15.2%, RPG 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%

You wake up in a mysterious dungeon, full of dangerous traps and unlucky inhabitants. Brain cracking puzzles await you while a dark story will slowly unfold in this supernatural place!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.7%, Adventure 15.4%, Magic 15%, Dark 13.9%, RPG 12.2%

A mysterious muse calls upon you to investigate a Large tower in an oneiric land.

Why similar: Adventure 26.9%, RPG 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, RPGMaker 18.9% ★, Indie 12.5%

A classic-style, turn-based RPG. After her precious family dagger is stolen, Louise tracks the thieves to the infamous town of Ruedidalia. But her situation becomes even more difficult when she is tasked with incredibly tough bounties.

Why similar: RPGMaker 30% ★, Adventure 20.1%, RPG 19.7%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Indie 13.3%

Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.5%, Pixel Graphics 22.7%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 14.8%, 2D 6.8%

In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.

Why similar: RPGMaker 56.3% ★, Female Protagonist 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Adventure 8%, RPG 7.9%

The young girl "Sill", who longed to become an adventurer, came to the Developing City Aletia. However, shadows came quietly... No one had expected what kind of crisis Sill would encounter. But every footprint left by her will soon become mythology...

Why similar: RPGMaker 19% ★, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Magic 14.1%, Adventure 12.5%, RPG 11.1%

You play as a new arrival to a foggy and mysterious town. You find yourself waking up in the bodies of the town's inhabitants at pivotal moments of their lives. Make tough choices as you discover the truth about this town called Greyfox.

Why similar: Adventure 26.5%, RPG 19.2%, Indie 18.8%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

A magical girl visual novel about giving middle-schoolers way too much power. Make (bad) choices, fight unexpected enemies, and maybe learn a lesson or two...

Why similar: Dark Humor 25%, Magic 19.4%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Funny 14.4%, Comedy 13.4%

A Lovecraftian Retro MetaRPG. Marty Stu got reincarnated as a prince in another world. But happily-ever-after comes with Daemon Sultan Azathoth, naturally, and a tough decision to make. When Marty finally realizes life is never that easy, he also learns something is unspeakably wrong...

Why similar: Dark Humor 21.4%, Turn-Based Combat 19.6%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Funny 8.8%

A short game with a long name. Mashes up JRPG battles with Visual Novel storytelling. Not entirely serious.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.1%, Turn-Based Combat 20.8%, Funny 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, RPG 8.4%

Join Alicia as she tries to save her niece from a city warped and twisted by otherworldly beings in this eccentric RPG.

Why similar: RPGMaker 45.4% ★, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, RPG 15.1%, Indie 4.3%

A mining fleet gone rogue on the edge of space. Dangerous figures emerging from the past. This year could be a killer.

Why similar: RPGMaker 49.2% ★, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

Vampires vs Werewolves vs Hunters... Guess which group you're playing with? Find out in this exciting 16-bit style RPG full of twists and colorful characters!

Why similar: Adventure 16.3%, RPG 14.5%, Fantasy 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Dark 10.1%

This is the story of a young girl and her magical adventure.

Why similar: Magic 20.3%, Adventure 19%, RPG 17.5%, Female Protagonist 15%, Indie 8.2%

Priestess Kristia has been dispatched to the pleasure city of Meipia to solve all manner of magical irregularity. Or rather, that's what she'd like to be doing, but she's a little short on money. Of course, in a city of lust and sin like this, there are methods for making some gold quickly, but...

Why similar: Drama 28.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, RPG 15.6%, Magic 15.5%, Fantasy 10.5%

Madrid, 1960: A maid named Pilar dies. You arrive in the afterlife looking like Pilar but speaking as Carolina, a police officer from the future. Possess the living and cross between worlds to uncover the truth behind a soul split between two identities in this point-and-click adventure.

Why similar: Dark Humor 20%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Comedy 14.9%, Adventure 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10%

A dark comedy RPG set in streets and psyches.

Why similar: Adventure 26.1%, Pixel Graphics 26%, RPG 23.2%, Indie 12.4%, 2D 6.8%

A lost soul wanders through a whimsical, eerie pop-up book like amusement park. Dive into fun-filled stages, encounter unique characters, fend off spirit erosion, and uncover the park's hidden secrets. The enchanting yet dark Illusion Carnival begins now.

Why similar: RPG 23.3%, Comedy 22.4%, Adventure 20.8%, Fantasy 16%, Indie 8.9%

A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.8%, Adventure 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Indie 12.6%, RPG 11.7%

A few days only are left to make the impossible possible... but now that Marine has combed the whole territory of Myst, chances to find the last few warriors wear really thin... or can she go on the track of the legendary man who calls himself The Bear, and boasts of incredible power?

Why similar: RPGMaker 48.6% ★, Female Protagonist 13.9%, RPG 11.2%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 9.6%

THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 35.5%, Adventure 31.6%, RPG 22.1%, 2D 10.7%

And now, for today's story.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33.4%, Adventure 28.7%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Indie 11.7%, 2D 6.3%

Imagine if every time you fall asleep, a new adventure awaits you.

Why similar: RPGMaker 44.9% ★, Adventure 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, RPG 7.4%, Indie 7%

Amber Throne is a turn-based JRPG-styled game about a girl in a desert world beneath a mysterious floating castle, and her quest to reach it.

Why similar: RPGMaker 48.1% ★, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Adventure 9.6%, RPG 9.3%, Indie 6.4%

HorrorVale: A grand Spooktacular adventure about a girl, her dog, and her long journey to save him in a strange and horrifying Underworld.

Why similar: RPGMaker 53.8% ★, Adventure 17.6%, RPG 15.6%, Indie 13%

Detective Red July must stop a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions in this mystery visual novel set in the world of Methods.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 44.1%, Dark Humor 28.5%, RPG 22.8%, Singleplayer 4.6%

It's sometimes a visual novel and point-and-click adventure about nothing, it's sometimes chaos, someone said that the ending was like jazz... if you can defeat the trashbags you're good to go...

Why similar: Dark Humor 28.6%, Female Protagonist 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Comedy 14.5%

To the town in the hole... a story about a place where I can't go.

Why similar: Adventure 36.3%, Female Protagonist 22.4%, Dark Humor 20.2%, Indie 11.2%, 2D 6.7%

Dive into a spectacle of magic and illusion!

Why similar: Adventure 41.6%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Casual 16%, Fantasy 9.2%, Indie 7.5%

A story-driven adventure game about a haunted bed & breakfast. A dead & breakfast!

Why similar: RPGMaker 48.6% ★, Female Protagonist 15%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 12.3%, Funny 6.5%

A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.4%, Adventure 19.2%, Fantasy 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, RPG 11.3%

A sweet jRPG-style game about cats, brutal massacres, cuteness, racism and social issues, friendship, sinister thoughts, hilarity and Nazi furniture. It’s an epic attempt to blow your mind with adult themes hidden behind bright cartoon graphics.

Why similar: RPGMaker 39.8% ★, Comedy 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Adventure 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Female Protagonist 16%, Comedy 13.2%, Adventure 13.2%, Dark 12.9%

This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.3%, Dark 17%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Indie 13.7%, Adventure 12.2%

MESMALIE is an occult adventure game. A magickal incident in your personal life brings you to a small witches' coven in the middle of nowhere. Here, you'll learn to tame your ability... though, not without some bumps along the way.

Why similar: Magic 29.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, Adventure 16.4%, Fantasy 16.2%, 2D 14.4%

A tense time-management RPG! Freely explore the city, work together with your companions to uncover the truth hidden beneath the surface, and overcome the approaching crisis before time runs out!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.5%, Adventure 20.2%, Comedy 15.8%, Fantasy 9.1%, 2D 8.3%

Explore an ANGRY city, meet the WORST people, and beat 'em up with STYLE! Pick your fighter, FREEZE TIME, build custom combos, and knock out your enemies, all to save the president.

Why similar: Dark Humor 31.3%, Turn-Based Combat 25.2%, Funny 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Adventure 8%

Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.

Why similar: Adventure 24.6%, Indie 23.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Dark 12%, Funny 7.7%

Can Marine, Benoit, Karine and her friends find 12 warriors to confront the 13 dreaded Lords of Mystrock? Will Jeanne the magical fairy still support them and unleash her devastating spells on the foes? Play Millennium 2, live the tale and find out!

Why similar: RPGMaker 49.8% ★, Female Protagonist 15.3%, RPG 12.6%, Indie 9.7%, Adventure 7.9%

Shakespeare and Magical Girls, what could be better? Save the worlds of Shakespeare from the forces of Nightmare in this fast-paced turn-based JRPG comedy.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Comedy 19.8%, RPG 12.2%, Funny 11.9%

A beautiful Dark Knightess from another world enlisted me in her quest to slay a rogue wizard, and now we're dating! But what if she finds out I have no idea who the Gray Wizard is?!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.3%, Comedy 25.7%, Adventure 17.4%, Fantasy 12.9%, Casual 7%

What happens when someone has no magic in a world where everyone has it? Play this quirky, colorful 16-bit style RPG and find out!

Why similar: RPGMaker 48.2% ★, Adventure 19%, RPG 14%, Indie 12.5%, Casual 6.3%

What kind of danger can a mother face to rescue her child? Moonchild is a unique and enthralling 16-bit style RPG adventure featuring 9 amazing characters, plenty of sidequests and countless items and spells.

Why similar: RPGMaker 59.8% ★, RPG 11%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 6.9%

It's sure to bring a smile to everyone's face! In the big city of the human world, a group of monstrous girls go about their daily lives in a serious, anything-goes, slapstick frenzy!

Why similar: Adventure 30%, Comedy 16.9%, Funny 13.7%, Magic 11.9%, Casual 11.2%

Everyone thinks you saved the world, but it was all a lie! You faked a "prophecy" with magical illusions. But now, your prophecy is coming true.

Why similar: Adventure 29.7%, Female Protagonist 26.9%, RPG 22.4%, Indie 21%

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: Turn-Based Combat 40%, RPG 21.5%, Adventure 16.3%, Fantasy 15.3%, Singleplayer 6.8%

With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.

Why similar: Adventure 23.5%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Dark Humor 19.2%, Indie 12%, Fantasy 8.8%

Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG

Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, RPGMaker 13.7% ★, RPG 11%, Adventure 9.9%

Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

Why similar: RPGMaker 57.8% ★, Adventure 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Indie 6.8%, RPG 5.6%

A creepy-cozy 3D adventure game about solving puzzles, rebuilding a haunted ghost town, meeting weird creatures, and listening to ridiculous music!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 35%, Comedy 24%, Adventure 14.1%, Dark 12.1%, Indie 7.1%

Explore Gensokyo from an outsider's perspective in this old-school Touhou DRPG!

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 29.7%, Female Protagonist 22.5%, Adventure 14.8%, RPG 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

Roguelike Romance JRPG with a female protagonist. Customize your characters, take open-ended quests and write your own story in the town of Ecallia. A game with town building, dating and life sim elements, but also a randomly generated Dungeon with lots of companions and loot!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 47.9%, RPG 37.6%, Fantasy 14.5%

A preview for Epiphany City- a creative puzzle game where you use magical picture frames to manipulate the world. Follow Lily, a girl who's lost all hope, as she imagines new objects & reframes old ones to fulfill a sacred prophecy. Turn paintings to real life, change time, & save the world.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.8%, Comedy 21.4%, Funny 19.7%, Adventure 14.5%, Fantasy 10.7%

The evil organization Fakker has been terrorizing the residents of the city at night, abducting people left and right. One woman stands against them: Magical Valkyrie Frostia. One day, she saves another woman with the potential to transform and their fate may be changed forever...

Why similar: RPGMaker 27.9% ★, Adventure 21.2%, RPG 19.4%, Indie 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.7%

Find your way out of a magical prison in this non-linear point'n'click adventure full of mini games and challenges. Get to meet the charismatic Whateverlanders, steal and deceive or be a good boy to discover all the different endings of Vincent's story.

Why similar: Dark Humor 37.6%, Comedy 22%, Magic 20.1%, Adventure 15%, Casual 5.3%