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Games Like Loop8: Summer of Gods

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include RPG, Story Rich, Anime, Singleplayer.

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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.

Reviews: Mixed — 50% — of 135 reviews
Released: 2023-06-06
Developer: Marvelous Inc.
Publisher: XSEED Games
Genres: RPG
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.2 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.1 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 84%

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    97% matchMostly Positive79% of 168 reviews2023
    Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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 38.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Anime 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%, RPG 7.9%

  2. #2 In Stars And Time
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,949 reviews2023
    Dev: insertdisc5Pub: Armor Games Studios
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 26.4%, Story Rich 20.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Emotional 13.2%, Fantasy 10.3%

  3. #3 Mistwinter Bay
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: Swordlake Entertainment
    Windows

    Rule a town in this story heavy, visual novel-like fantasy RPG! Interact with townsfolk and foreign leaders, build and expand, and tackle randomized events that affect the town and its people.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Dating Sim 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, RPG 12.9%

  4. #4 Sovereign Tower
    94% matchVery Positive94% of 3,742 reviews2026
    Dev: WILD WITS GAMESPub: Curve Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.

    Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23%, Time Manipulation 17.1% ★, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%

  5. #5 Digimon Survive
    95% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,741 reviews2022
    Dev: HYDE, Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 35.3%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Anime 18.4%, RPG 10.3%, Story Rich 8.4%

  6. #6 Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 4,825 reviews2024
    Dev: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 63.2%, RPG 9.7%, Anime 7.8%, Story Rich 6.9%, Fantasy 6.6%

  7. #7 Songs of Wuxia
    93% matchMostly Positive78% of 873 reviews2020
    Dev: DreamStepPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    "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 29.4%, Time Management 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dating Sim 10.9%, Anime 9.3%

  8. #8 The NOexistenceN of Morphean Paradox : The Forest of Silver Shallots
    91% matchMixed70% of 2,114 reviews2026
    Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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 29.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Time Management 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Anime 10.2%

  9. #9 SaGa SCARLET GRACE: AMBITIONS™
    92% matchMostly Positive79% of 322 reviews2018
    Dev: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    With the fate of the world uncertain, follow the journey of Urpina, Taria, Balmaint, and Leonard as they call on their might and set out to carve a new future. Take charge and shape your own adventure with ultimate freedom of choice.

    Why similar: JRPG 35.3%, RPG 19.9%, Anime 16.8%, Choices Matter 15%, Fantasy 6.1%

  10. #10 Long Gone Days
    91% matchVery Positive88% of 560 reviews2023
    Dev: This I DreamtPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.

    Why similar: JRPG 24.7%, Narrative 24.6% ★, Anime 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.2%

  11. #11 The Caligula Effect 2
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 473 reviews2022
    Dev: historia Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    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 50.5%, RPG 24%, Anime 23.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  12. #12 The Piper of Dawn
    88% matchVery Positive86% of 474 reviews2026
    Dev: Bone Nail
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Grow magical crops—and your own workforce. Run an alchemy shop in a city trapped in a time loop, forge bonds with humans and non-humans, and shape its fate. A dark fantasy management sim with branching stories and multiple endings.

    Why similar: JRPG 27.9%, Dating Sim 18%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Choices Matter 14.2%, RPG 11.4%

  13. #13 Cris Tales
    90% matchMixed65% of 555 reviews2021
    Dev: Dreams UncorporatedPub: Maximum Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    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 30.8%, Time Manipulation 26.1% ★, Anime 12.8%, RPG 10.9%, Fantasy 6.1%

  14. #14 Dullpain
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 92 reviews2023
    Dev: 埋月山枯Pub: East2West Games
    Windows

    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 21.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Anime 12.6%, Dating Sim 9.9%

  15. #15 Break the Loop
    87% matchVery Positive84% of 90 reviews2024
    Dev: Mastodonte
    Windows

    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 57.9%, Fantasy 33.7%, Singleplayer 8.4%

  16. #16 LABYRINTHOS: The Depths Want You
    85% matchVery Positive86% of 74 reviews2026
    Dev: AstronautsPub: Shiravune
    Windows

    Ascend the sunken labyrinth called the Tower and choose your path to escape to the surface. Battle foes, forge relationships, and find power in this roguelite dark fantasy RPG.

    Why similar: JRPG 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Anime 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Time Management 10.9%

  17. #17 VARLET
    86% matchMixed52% of 137 reviews2025
    Dev: FURYU CORPORATION
    Windows

    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 38%, Anime 18.5%, Choices Matter 15.9%, RPG 11.8%, Story Rich 9.1%

  18. #18 Greyfox RPG
    86% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,213 reviews2015
    Dev: Lesley DoddPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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: Anime 54.7%, RPG 35.6%, Story Rich 6%, Singleplayer 3.7%

  19. #19 LOOPERS
    84% matchVery Positive87% of 1,092 reviews2023
    Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: VisualArts
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 37.2%, Anime 26.1%, Dating Sim 23.4%, Story Rich 6.2%, Emotional 5.4%

  20. #20 DragonLoop
    83% matchVery Positive92% of 659 reviews2025
    Dev: 沙因
    Windows

    Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.

    Why similar: Time Manipulation 64.1% ★, RPG 15.7%, Mythology 12.1%, Anime 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  21. #21 Raging Loop
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,351 reviews2017
    Dev: KEMCO
    Windows
    Median: 24.2 hrsMean: 60.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 57.9%, Story Rich 16.3%, Anime 14.7%, Dating Sim 5.1%, Atmospheric 3.8%

  22. #22 Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 2,389 reviews2017
    Dev: IDEA FACTORYPub: Idea Factory International
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Long ago, a war raged between two powerful deities. Each was sealed away, their weapons scattered throughout the world. Our hero in this RPG, Fang, happens upon one such weapon and now he alone must choose which deity will awaken again!

    Why similar: JRPG 32.7%, Anime 19.3%, Dating Sim 12.8%, RPG 11.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%

  23. #23 The Forgotten City
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,737 reviews2021
    Dev: Modern StorytellerPub: Dear Villagers
    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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.

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  24. #24 MONARK
    81% matchMostly Positive72% of 248 reviews2022
    Dev: FURYU CorporationPub: NIS America, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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 43.1%, RPG 20.3%, Anime 18.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Dark 6.6%

  25. #25 King of Dragon Pass
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 571 reviews2015
    Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, RPG 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 8.6%

  26. #26 Champion of the Gods
    81% matchVery Positive86% of 174 reviews2015
    Dev: Choice of Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 35.3%, RPG 28.6%, Choices Matter 24.1%, Story Rich 12%

  27. #27 Nocturne
    75% matchVery Positive99% of 382 reviews2026
    Dev: Pracy Studios
    Windows

    The afterlife is now digital. Discover that eternal life comes with sacrifice in a genre-defying RPG with unique rhythm combat.

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  28. #28 Fulfill Wishes and Save You
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: HALO CATPub: Shark Shark Game
    Windows · Mac

    This is a visual novel game where players play a protagonist trapped in a time loop and break the loop to save the heroine. The game contains suspense, love, and funny storylines. Players need to make the right choices, and there are multiple endings to explore in the game.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Anime 22.5%, Dating Sim 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, RPG 12.9%

  29. #29 Elohim Eternal: The Babel Code
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2023
    Dev: George Alexandros
    Windows

    Explore a vibrant world where ancient religions fuse with technology in this character-driven JRPG. Master deep turn-based combat as you battle with divine magic against beasts with mecha parts. Embark on a grand adventure to retrieve the sacred Babel code needed to face your Gods.

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  30. #30 Path of the Midnight Sun
    78% matchVery Positive84% of 265 reviews2023
    Dev: Studio Daimon
    Windows

    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.

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  31. #31 Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
    79% matchMostly Positive79% of 688 reviews2016
    Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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!

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  32. #32 Complex Loop
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2023
    Dev: あみそ組
    Windows

    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 29.3%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Anime 23.4%, RPG 11.6%, Dark 10.9%

  33. #33 Hashihime of the Old Book Town
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 702 reviews2019
    Dev: ADELTAPub: MangaGamer
    Windows

    Step into the shoes of an aspiring author during the Taisho era in this psychedelic BL murder-mystery visual novel. Travel back in time to try and save your friends while confronting your own character flaws. Will you retreat into your fantasies, or can you keep it together enough to rescue them?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.9%, Anime 26.7%, Story Rich 12.7%, Dark 10.8%, Emotional 8.7%

  34. #34 Loop Hero
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 36,571 reviews2021
    Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    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 30.6%, Choices Matter 27.6%, RPG 17.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Fantasy 11.9%

  35. #35 DATE A LIVE: Ren Dystopia
    74% matchVery Positive96% of 456 reviews2024
    Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Play as Shido and unravel the secrets of the mysterious spirit Ren in the visual novel follow-up to DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation, based on the acclaimed light novel and anime series.

    Why similar: JRPG 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 13.4%, Dating Sim 13.4%

  36. #36 CREATION OF THE GODS: Rebellion at Five Passes
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 267 reviews2026
    Dev: TQGameStudio
    Windows

    Enter 'Creation of the Gods' saga as Huang Feihu, loyal pillar of Shang. Experience this classic pixel JRPG with deep worldbuilding and vibrant art. Command mythical mounts, wield legendary artifacts, master tactical turn-based combat. Where divine fate clashes with human will, only one prevails.

    Why similar: JRPG 35.8%, Mythology 28.3%, RPG 14.2%, Anime 10.2%, Story Rich 6.3%

  37. #37 The Demons Told Me to Make This Game
    73% matchVery Positive98% of 112 reviews2025
    Dev: Haunted Dude
    Windows · Mac

    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 42.9% ★, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choices Matter 18%, RPG 11.4%, Story Rich 6.9%

  38. #38 CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION
    76% matchMixed61% of 2,526 reviews2022
    Dev: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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 56.7%, RPG 17.5%, Story Rich 10%, Anime 7.1%, Fantasy 7%

  39. #39 The Use of Life
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 832 reviews2025
    Dev: だらねこげーむず/Daraneko GamesPub: PLAYISM
    Windows

    The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.

    Why similar: JRPG 47.7%, RPG 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Story Rich 10.1%, Fantasy 9.1%

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    71% matchMostly Positive80% of 435 reviews2025
    Dev: INNOVATION DREAM
    Windows · Mac

    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 26.1%, Dating Sim 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choices Matter 16%, RPG 12.3%

  41. #41 The Thaumaturge
    71% 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.

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    72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,292 reviews2021
    Dev: KIWIWALKS
    Windows
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    Why similar: RPG 30.7%, JRPG 28.4%, Fantasy 13%, Emotional 10.8%, Anime 8%

  43. #43 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
    70% matchVery Positive94% of 541 reviews2025
    Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
    Windows

    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 62.4%, Anime 30.8%, Singleplayer 6.8%

  44. #44 Spiritual Bond ~Breaking the curse, Intertwining fates~
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 154 reviews2026
    Dev: MONRAPub: LoveStoryProject
    Windows

    “Person of Serendipity… please help us——” A text-based adventure puzzle game set in ancient villages, where shrine maidens and the Kami guide you to forge unbreakable bonds. Every choice reshapes destiny—you will lead them, but to where?

    Why similar: JRPG 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Anime 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Dating Sim 10.6%

  45. #45 Tales of Aravorn: Seasons Of The Wolf
    75% matchVery Positive82% of 74 reviews2015
    Dev: Winter Wolves
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  46. #46 Numina
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2022
    Dev: starlit studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Step through the 4th wall… into the world of NUMINA! An exciting adventure that fuses many classic RPG aspects, a character-driven story with player choices, a dynamic battle system, puzzles and towns waiting to be explored and other exciting locations.

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  47. #47 Yog-Sothoth’s Yard
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 13,908 reviews2023
    Dev: Bone Nail
    Windows
    Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Spirit Hunter, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. All employees can be romanced depending on your choices.

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  48. #48 The Caligula Effect: Overdose
    73% matchMostly Positive73% of 620 reviews2019
    Dev: FURYU CorporationPub: NIS America, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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?

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  49. #49 Aliya: Timelink
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,693 reviews2024
    Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.

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  50. #50 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,851 reviews2022
    Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    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.

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    70% matchVery Positive80% of 1,442 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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.

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  52. #52 Eternal Threads
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 911 reviews2022
    Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

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    69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,834 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Time Management 23%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Story Rich 10.6%, Emotional 8.3%

  54. #54 Island Off Outer Darkness
    67% matchPositive100% of 55 reviews2025
    Dev: Zugerujk
    Windows

    A narrative delivery simulator following the Postman, a Postal Worker new to a small fishing village off the coast of a volcano. They begin to experience space-warping aberrations as the village withers.

    Why similar: Narrative 47.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, RPG 11.4%, Visual Novel 7.9%, Story Rich 7.8%

  55. #55 Mythic Ocean
    69% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2020
    Dev: Paralune LLCPub: Untold Tales
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    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: Visual Novel 46.5%, Choices Matter 44.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%

  56. #56 NICE TO MEET YOU, AGAIN
    64% matchVery Positive97% of 399 reviews2026
    Dev: Purple SoftwarePub: Sekai Project
    Windows
    Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    NICE TO MEET YOU, AGAIN is a dramatic story by veteran visual novel developer, Purple software. How would you rewrite your life if given the chance to travel 13 years in to the past?

    Why similar: JRPG 25.4%, RPG 16.5%, Dating Sim 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Anime 13.3%

  57. #57 Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
    64% matchVery Positive88% of 3,702 reviews2025
    Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
    Windows
    Median: 15.2 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Welcome to the eastern nation of Azuma! In this fresh take on Rune Factory, use your powers as an Earth Dancer to restore the land, its people, and even its gods. Along the way, battle corrupted monsters, rebuild seasonal farms and villages, and form bonds with the colorful locals.

    Why similar: JRPG 41.4%, Dating Sim 20.3%, Anime 18.3%, Story Rich 9.1%, RPG 8.2%

  58. #58 FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
    66% matchMostly Positive77% of 648 reviews2024
    Dev: Mistwalker CorporationPub: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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 46.5%, RPG 17.8%, Anime 15.3%, Story Rich 9%, Fantasy 6%

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