
Your choices shape the world in this coming-of-age RPG. As a new arrival in a 1980s rural Japanese town with a mysterious ability to loop time, your every decision and relationship will affect the outcome of battles against the invading Kegai.
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Your choices shape the world in this coming-of-age RPG. As a new arrival in a 1980s rural Japanese town with a mysterious ability to loop time, your every decision and relationship will affect the outcome of battles against the invading Kegai.

In Stars And Time
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.

Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
In this non-linear RPG, rule and expand the Empire of Varennes across multiple generations. Discover a vast array of story experiences as you fight the Seven Heroes in an epic battle that plays out over thousands of years.
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
Why similar: RPG 25.9%, Story Rich 19.9%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Emotional 13.4%, Fantasy 10.4%
In this non-linear RPG, rule and expand the Empire of Varennes across multiple generations. Discover a vast array of story experiences as you fight the Seven Heroes in an epic battle that plays out over thousands of years.
Why similar: JRPG 63.7%, RPG 9.7%, Story Rich 7.5%, Anime 7.1%, Fantasy 6.8%
The Apocalypse shattered a world in disarray. Facing his impending death, a young boy named Sid crossed paths with Torii, a girl who feeds on the energy of time. In the harbour town of Astella, a mysterious adventure is about to unfold along with the investigation of an unusual crime...
Why similar: JRPG 41.4%, Anime 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, RPG 8.6%, Drama 7.9%
Digimon Survive presents a hybrid visual novel and tactical RPG set in a mysterious world filled with dangerous monsters and deadly battles that will test your ability to survive.
Why similar: JRPG 31.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Anime 16.4%, Drama 10.5%, RPG 9.2%
You awaken in the Forest of Silver Shallots, setting out to uncover the secret of the Morphean Paradox. Above, factions weave their schemes; below, the black mist hides a swelling undercurrent. Time never stands still, and truth wears many faces. Not everyone can return to their fate…
Why similar: JRPG 23.9%, Time Management 15.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Anime 10.3%
"Songs of wuxia" is a role-playing game with Chinese and anime style. You will control the heroine, confirm her confidence, find the path of wuxia, then change the world.
Why similar: JRPG 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Time Management 17%, Dating Sim 11.6%, Anime 8.9%
Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Anime 11.4%, Dating Sim 8.9%
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Why similar: JRPG 31.9%, RPG 18.2%, Anime 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Drama 8.7%
Break the Loop is a turn-based Rogue-like RPG. Compose your team and create a timeline by selecting the events you'll go through. Each decision will bring you one step closer to the ultimate threat, but will you have accumulated enough power to stop the apocalypse?
Why similar: RPG 57.5%, Fantasy 33.8%, Singleplayer 8.7%
A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.
Why similar: Narrative 23.5% ★, JRPG 22.5%, Anime 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.4%
It's time for classmating! Monsters have invaded the world of Aterra, and only a few special individuals, imbued with the power of the Star God, are equipped to fight it. Combine your Star power to make magical Star Children to boost up your forces in battle!
Why similar: JRPG 35.8%, Anime 24.2%, RPG 16.8%, Dating Sim 16%, Visual Novel 5.4%
Redo is a world without sorrow created by the virtuadoll Regret. Virtuadoll songs give Redo residents respite from their struggles. Our protagonists discover the truth and form the Go-Home Club to return to reality. Make your way home with companions bearing heavy burdens in this school-themed RPG.
Why similar: JRPG 50%, RPG 24.4%, Anime 23.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Tyler is a high schooler on a mission. He's going to use every minute of summer vacation to go on as many GPS-assisted scavenger hunts as possible. After running into some old friends during one of these hunts, strange things start happening: The day resets and today plays out exactly like yesterday
Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Anime 23%, Dating Sim 20.8%, Drama 11.1%, Story Rich 5.5%
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Why similar: Time Manipulation 56% ★, RPG 13.7%, Drama 12.6%, Mythology 10.7%, Anime 4.9%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.5%, Story Rich 16.8%, Anime 15.9%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Dating Sim 3.5%
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: Mythology 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, RPG 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Story Rich 8.6%
Cris Tales is a gorgeous, indie love letter to classic JRPGs with a new perspective. Peer into the past, act in the present, and watch as your choices dynamically change the future -- all on one screen as you play!
Why similar: JRPG 30.4%, Time Manipulation 26.1% ★, Anime 12.7%, RPG 10.9%, Fantasy 6.2%
Could you face yourself and the threats around you to save the ones you love? Shin Mikado Academy is engulfed in a madness-inducing Mist, and only you can save everyone inside. Develop your Ego to break the pacts set by the Pactbearers and remove the corrupting Mist.
Why similar: JRPG 43%, RPG 20.4%, Anime 18.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Dark 6.8%
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Why similar: Choices Matter 38.5%, RPG 24.2%, Story Rich 19.4%, Fantasy 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%
To be a "leader" that guides others forward, or to be an uncompromising "ruler"...VARLET is a school life RPG where, through encounters with troubled boys and girls who are also searching for themselves, you begin to uncover a version of yourself you never knew existed.
Why similar: JRPG 37.6%, Anime 18.5%, Choices Matter 16.6%, RPG 11.8%, Story Rich 9.3%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Time Management 31.1%, Choices Matter 28.1%, RPG 16.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Fantasy 11.6%
Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, RPG 27.9%, Choices Matter 24.7%, Story Rich 12%
Protect a noblewoman reckoning with unholy powers as she wards off the soul of the Demon King sealed inside her. Doubt your own companions, survive against unforgiving hordes of monsters. But beware; every choice has consequences in this epic JRPG adventure of betrayal, romance & self-acceptance.
Why similar: JRPG 37.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Anime 15.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Story Rich 8.6%
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: Narrative 41.2% ★, Choices Matter 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, RPG 12.4%, Story Rich 8.1%
Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...
Why similar: Time Manipulation 42.4% ★, Choices Matter 18.7%, Visual Novel 18%, RPG 11.4%, Story Rich 6.9%
Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Demon-Slayer, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. Your choices will determine which employees become enamored with you.
Why similar: JRPG 19.6%, Mythology 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Dating Sim 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Anime 23.1%, RPG 11.5%, Dark 11.1%
Explore a supernatural RPG with stylish summoners and dark dangers lurking under the neon lights of a cyberpunk Japan. It is up to Ringo, an agent of Aion, to save the world from apocalypse.
Why similar: JRPG 54.3%, RPG 21.3%, Anime 16.1%, Story Rich 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
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Why similar: Anime 54.5%, RPG 35.5%, Story Rich 6.1%, Singleplayer 3.8%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Dating Sim 17.5%, RPG 12%
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Why similar: JRPG 46.4%, RPG 22.7%, Anime 11.1%, Drama 4.8%, Fantasy 3.9%
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Why similar: JRPG 47.1%, RPG 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Story Rich 10.2%, Fantasy 9.1%
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Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Time Management 20.5%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Drama 11.9%, Story Rich 9.1%
In "Time Rebuild", human civilization stands on the brink of destruction. You will become a time-traveling hero, embarking on a journey to save the world while encountering and bonding with women of vastly different appearances and personalities.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Dating Sim 18.5%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, RPG 12%
timeloop depression station ✦ In Stars and Time's prototype-thingy-thing
Why similar: JRPG 43.1%, Choices Matter 18.9%, RPG 17.4%, Story Rich 13%, Fantasy 7.6%
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars is an RPG set in a world of swords and sorcery, told entirely through the medium of cards.
Why similar: JRPG 54.5%, RPG 20.6%, Story Rich 9.9%, Fantasy 7.1%, Emotional 3.1%
Answer the summons to the parallel world of "Kamitsubaki City" and meet a cast of colorful characters as you set out on a quest to save this city from the brink of destruction in this dark-fantasy sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 62.7%, Anime 30.1%, Singleplayer 7.2%
Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.
Why similar: JRPG 40.9%, Anime 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, RPG 12.3%, Story Rich 8.4%
Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!
Why similar: JRPG 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Dating Sim 13%, Anime 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%
CHRONO CROSS is an RPG that transcends time and space, unfolding across two interlinked parallel worlds. With over 40 party members to meet, people and dimensions will intertwine in this epic drama about the planet itself.
Why similar: JRPG 52.4%, RPG 16.6%, Story Rich 9.7%, Drama 6.6%, Fantasy 6.6%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 32.6% ★, Narrative 25.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 6%
Reverse: 1999 is a 20th Century Time-Travel Strategic RPG developed by Bluepoch. As the Timekeeper, the observer of eras, you will embark on a journey across time and space, from the Roaring '20s to the turn of the millennium, uncovering the truth about the "Storm" and the mystery of the year 1999.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Anime 22.3%, RPG 20.8%, Story Rich 13.8%, Drama 8.3%
The latest in the Digimon Story series is finally here! In this RPG, unravel a mystery that spans across the human world and the Digital World, collecting and raising a wide variety of Digimon to save the world.
Why similar: JRPG 39.8%, Anime 17.4%, RPG 15.1%, Mythology 14.5%, Fantasy 5.7%
Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 32.6% ★, Narrative 29.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 5.9%
Teach the gods to create a better universe - or mess it all up in Mythic Ocean, a narrative exploration game where your choices shape the fate of the cosmos.
Why similar: Choices Matter 47%, Visual Novel 44.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Life between myths. Lead the Riders clan into legend or obscurity as you explore an ancient world. Plan ahead as you navigate this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.
Why similar: Mythology 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Choices Matter 17.3%, RPG 11.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, JRPG 16.6%, Anime 12.5%
Eternights is a dating action game where you try to make the most out of life during the apocalypse. Monday: Go on a date. Tuesday: Clear dungeon. Friday: Freak out! The clock is ticking!!
Why similar: JRPG 34%, Anime 26%, Dating Sim 23.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, Emotional 5.8%
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 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, RPG 13.9%, Story Rich 10.5%
"Return to that summer with you..." Ryusei returns to the small island of his younger years, where time flows by gently, to spend a fairy-tale summer vacation with his childhood friend who was spirited away.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Mythology 18.4%, Anime 16.5%, Dating Sim 9.4%, Drama 8.2%
Master the eldritch art of Kamifuda—channeling long dead powers within arcane cards—in this visual novel and deck builder game.
Why similar: JRPG 21.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Anime 14.3%, Dating Sim 12.7%, Choices Matter 12%
Gods of Savvarah is a visual novel with the philosophy of a classic fantasy RPG. Defeat enemies, explore countries, make friends, and find your place in Savvarah.
Why similar: Mythology 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.2%, RPG 10.5%
Mobius. An idyllic world that lets people forget about the pain and problems of reality. Created by a sentient vocaloid program, μ (Mu), reality and fantasy have become blurred, allowing people to relive their high school years in bliss -- but just how real is a virtual happiness?
Why similar: JRPG 47.1%, Anime 23.6%, RPG 20.5%, Story Rich 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
A fantasy interactive story (visual novel) where the mysteries of ancient gods, enigmas of bygone eras, magic, and the complex relationships between various beings are intricately woven together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Mythology 17.1%, Choices Matter 14.5%, RPG 11.7%
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.
Why similar: Narrative 32.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Drama 7.6%
Embrace the monster within in this dark fantasy visual novel with inclusive romances. Befriend charming allies, defy bitter rivals, fall in love. Your choices will save or condemn mortals, shaping the fate of a city as beautiful as it is cruel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Choices Matter 20%, Story Rich 9.5%, Fantasy 8.8%
To the promise we once made and the place we must return
Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.2% ★, Visual Novel 27.6%, Anime 21%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Story Rich 6.3%
Will you survive the curse together this summer? A new supernatural mystery adventure begins, telling a bittersweet story of the passions of youth featuring new locations, new legends and a new cast of characters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, RPG 23.5%, JRPG 21.5%, Anime 14.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
Embark on an adventure to discover your memories and save the world from a mechanical infection. Maneuver your skill trajectories during battle, and dive into a new dimension with a unique twist on a classic RPG experience.
Why similar: JRPG 45.8%, RPG 17.9%, Anime 15.4%, Story Rich 9.2%, Fantasy 6%