
A dark fantasy interactive fiction RPG in a cruel medieval world. Explore cursed paths, uncover grim encounters, grow through your actions, and face ritual battles shaped by cursed bones and desperate choices.
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A dark fantasy interactive fiction RPG in a cruel medieval world. Explore cursed paths, uncover grim encounters, grow through your actions, and face ritual battles shaped by cursed bones and desperate choices.

The Last Winter Knight
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.

Of Ash and Steel
Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern design. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
Why similar: Gothic 30% ★, Visual Novel 13.8%, Medieval 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Point & Click 10.1%
Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern design. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.
Why similar: Gothic 35.7% ★, Medieval 16.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Combat 8.2%
A short, story-driven 3D RPG adventure with horror elements. Explore, fight, and make choices in a surreal world inspired by a nightmare, where your actions lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Horror 18.5%, Choices Matter 14%, RPG 11.7%, Fantasy 11.4%
Explore forgotten land, climb on structures, view the scenery and interact with NPCs and environment to discover secrets and more lore from most recent campaign from BaniakBaniaka.
Why similar: Gothic 22.2% ★, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Medieval 9.4%
Welcome to Asterfel, an island shaped by ambition, conflict, and something far older stirring beneath the surface. Encounter three factions, discover forgotten history, and shape the island’s future. Will you thrive, survive, or witness the end of an era?
Why similar: Gothic 33.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 15%, Medieval 15%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Exploration 7.8%
Treis Zoes is a visual novel where not only choice is important, but also the motive of choice. Explore the world of living skeletons on the experience of past travelers and add your own to the encyclopedia of the dimension of Death.
Why similar: Gothic 32.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 11%, Dark 8.2%
Death is searching for a successor. To claim his mantle, you must judge the souls of the dead during a surprisingly short, strange and unsettling job interview where every choice shapes the fate of humanity, including your own.
Why similar: Gothic 24.1% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Point & Click 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Medieval 8.6%
A witch soars into the night to save her beloved cat… but dark magic always comes with a price.
Why similar: Gothic 36% ★, Dark Fantasy 19%, Horror 13.9%, Medieval 11.1%, Dark 8.6%
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Why similar: Gothic 24.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.1%, Point & Click 14.7%, Dark 10.7%, Horror 10.2%
音楽アルバムを楽しむように7つのゲームを体験しよう。「死と生」をテーマとするダークで神秘的な世界観と、ミュージックプレイヤーをモチーフにした独特なゲームシステムが特徴のオムニバス作品。
Why similar: Gothic 27.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Point & Click 14.4%, Dark 13%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%
A dark themed pixel-art game of exploration, where you will have to find clues and solve puzzles to move forward in the story.
Why similar: Gothic 33.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Dark 13.6%, Horror 13.5%, Point & Click 7.5%
Phantom Chains is a first person action dungeon crawler with an emphasis on exploration and mystery in a dark fantasy world.
Why similar: Gothic 27.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 17%, RPG 14.5%, Medieval 10.4%, Dark 9.6%
Explore a sealed crypt to reveal its sacred secrets as an archivist priest. Use your faith against the looming horrors. Banish them and make your path before your lantern goes out, or you will lose your way... and your mind.
Why similar: Gothic 46.2% ★, Horror 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Dark 10.9%, Exploration 9.7%
Anomaly horror with a dark fantasy theme. Traverse a cursed forest on a stormy night. If you see signs of witchcraft, turn back... Else you remain trapped on the path for eternity...
Why similar: Gothic 23.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 18.9%, Horror 17%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Medieval 11.6%
A Gothic fantasy tale of loneliness, dark secrets, and the search for a cure.
Why similar: Gothic 40.3% ★, Visual Novel 19.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Dark 11.5%, Fantasy 6.1%
After the catastrophe, order survives only beneath the Church's iron rule. As a wandering bishop, pass judgment by day and confront the nightmares born of human emotion by night. Every choice tips the balance between order and chaos, shaping the fate of the world.
Why similar: Gothic 28.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Dark 9.3%
A dark, dramatic medieval visual novel. On a stage at the boundary between life and death, an actress struggles through her hardest performance—directed by a jester, she relives her past for the the prize of resurrection...
Why similar: Gothic 30.6% ★, Visual Novel 15.5%, Medieval 15.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Horror 10%
Mawang: Dark Lord Defense is a real-time tactical tower defense game. As Princess Lua, defend the demon realm against the hero alliance. Build unique towers, manage unit morale, and use tactical pauses to repel invasions. Your strategy decides the demon realm's fate.
Why similar: Gothic 26% ★, Deckbuilding 19.1%, City Builder 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Dark 7.1%
Gothic × Sickがテーマのデッキ構築型ローグライト。10枚のカードを入れ替えながらデッキを強化。攻撃をして敵を倒すか、防御に徹して耐えるか、2通りの戦略を上手く活用しよう。
Why similar: Gothic 38.6% ★, Deckbuilding 34.9%, Dark Fantasy 9%, Strategy 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.2%
Crimson Grace is a Victorian Gothic narrative RPG where your skills, dice rolls, and choices decide the terrible fate of the Blackwell household. Weave a web of lies to get away with murder... or embrace violence and take your revenge across dozens of unique story paths.
Why similar: Gothic 38.9% ★, Visual Novel 19.2%, RPG 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Point & Click 9%
Play the odds in Lost in Random™, a gothic-fairy-tale-inspired action-adventure where every citizen’s fate is determined by a roll of the dice.
Why similar: Gothic 38% ★, Deckbuilding 22.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%, Fantasy 7.5%
The Legend is Back - Return to the Valley of the Mines in this faithful remake of the genre-defining classic RPG. Explore a hand-crafted, organic open world that reacts dynamically to your actions in a gritty, unrestricted experience like no other.
Why similar: Gothic 31.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Medieval 13.4%, Exploration 9.5%, RPG 9.1%
Tormentum II is a dark, surreal Point & Click adventure, hand-drawn and crafted over 8 years by a true indie team. Explore nightmare worlds, grotesque creatures, and unsettling choices, in a haunting vision inspired by H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński. Return to Tormentum.
Why similar: Gothic 26.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Point & Click 13.7%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 10.4%
Welcome to Shadows over Harken, where a necromancer threatens to corrupt the peaceful village of Harken. Join our team of heroes: Relic, Alessia, Hiligon, Klean and Neville. Experience an immersive visual novel that combines deep storytelling with combat mechanics, where your choices shape the land.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Point & Click 16.1%, RPG 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Medieval 11.1%
A story driven medieval fantasy adventure. You awake without any idea of who you are, where you are or what has happened to you. Explore this dark, cold world as you try to find your answers. Craft, solve puzzles and complete quests to unlock the secrets of Lightmare Castle.
Why similar: Gothic 26.2% ★, RPG 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Medieval 12.2%, Horror 9.8%
Branded a patricide and stripped of everything, a sword-for-hire sets out on a relentless path toward revenge. Shape your journey through meaningful choices, forge alliances, pursue romance, and uncover the truth in a dark fantasy visual novel where every decision carries weight.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.1%, Visual Novel 19.5%, RPG 17%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Medieval 11.6%
The Voice from the Well is a fantasy adventure visual novel with multiple endings. Stranded in a foreign world, Jay must fight to reclaim his stolen memories as mysterious forces conspire!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Medieval 19.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, Horror 14.1%, Fantasy 12.1%
When God Left Us is a first-person horror game set in a corrupted world, a world that God abandoned before creating ours. Pronouncing the name of that forsaken place will open a portal to its grounds. Despite the warnings, you dare to try this yourself.
Why similar: Gothic 30.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Medieval 15%, Horror 14%, Dark 12.3%
A 3rd-person action-adventure inspired by cult classics. Explore a unique, solo-developed world and vanquish foes in intense battles. Level up your hero and reveal the secrets of a civilization that crumbled into dust five centuries ago.
Why similar: Gothic 38% ★, Dark Fantasy 18.7%, Medieval 15.7%, Exploration 7.5%, Combat 6.7%
You killed him once before. Don't make the same mistake twice. A melancholic boys love visual novel about killing cults and your past confronting you.
Why similar: Gothic 34.6% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Dark 9.9%, Horror 8.7%
The Season of the Warlock is a weird adventure game inspired by the gothic tale tradition, with two storylines to choose from. The soul of a warlock of yore, trapped in a portrait, will present Lord Alistair Ainsworth with an offer he will not be able to resist. Or will he? It’s your call...
Why similar: Gothic 30.3% ★, Point & Click 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%
Leviathan receives an order from the Fortress: infiltrate Pandemonium and eliminate Wrath, the ruthless traitor. Prove yourself, sea dragon. (Short adventure RPG / visual novel)
Why similar: Gothic 22% ★, Visual Novel 18.2%, RPG 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.9%
SKINSCRIBING is a 2D hand-drawn and dual-handed cosmic folk horror game wherein you explore environments, grief, and bodies alike to interpret and tattoo the history of a dying world as the foundation for the Era to come.
Why similar: Gothic 21.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Medieval 15.1%, Horror 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%
"we don't have to do this. why don't we just leave?" asks you your bestfriend while you try to escape your hometown. and you start hating them. and you start hating yourself. can you pull through or will you choose to go home again? both decisions feel wrong but this time it's you who has to choose.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Exploration 13.9%, Dark 11.2%
A dark, medieval horror experience filled with lore, focused on exploration and puzzle-solving. There is no combat — only survival. Single player gameplay with challenging mechanics. Try to unravel the mystery behind the cursed world and maybe find a way to return it.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20%, Medieval 19.2%, Gothic 18.1% ★, Horror 15.9%, Exploration 8.3%
Bloodlust is a dark gothic short narrative exploration game in which you play as Vandor, a vampire desperately trying to survive in the daytime. Your only goal is to quench your bloodlust by taking down the plagued townspeople to give yourself enough strength to reach the safety of your castle.
Why similar: Gothic 23.4% ★, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Medieval 9.9%, RPG 9.4%
《最后的妙笔人》是一款以[刷新]为核心玩法的快节奏肉鸽卡牌游戏。在这里,你将化身身陷囚笼的妙笔人,凭借「凝梦成牌」的奇幻能力,搜集素材卡并编织成章,取悦魔王之女莉莉丝,于绝境中搏取一线生机......
Why similar: Deckbuilding 42.1%, Dark Fantasy 23.8%, Strategy 10.7%, RPG 7.7%, Medieval 7.4%
End of Eden is an open world RPG where you arrive unwanted on a cursed island and must earn every inch. Master tight melee, archery and magic. Join a faction, grow deep talents, craft gear, and explore a living world with real routines, tough bosses and meaningful quests.
Why similar: Gothic 34.7% ★, RPG 20.4%, Fantasy 10.2%, Medieval 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators.
Why similar: Gothic 35.9% ★, Visual Novel 13.5%, Point & Click 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Horror 9.7%
Conquering of the Royal Keep is a choice-driven visual novel where a squire braves deadly trials, unravels dark mysteries, and endures each fatal loop until the secrets of the keep are finally conquered.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Point & Click 19.6%, Medieval 15.7%, Exploration 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%
A non-linear, eerie visual novel inspired by Ukrainian folklore. Go caroling with Goat, Bear, and Granny to make choices that decide the villagers' fate, save dozens, or lead to disasters. Learn how powerful words and silence can be.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Choices Matter 14%, Horror 12.6%, Dark 10.9%
A short folk horror story about the Scottish witch trials. You play the role of a witch finder. Speak to the locals and sort their truths from their lies. On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then.
Why similar: Gothic 28.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Point & Click 11.1%
Argumentum ad culpam is a gothic visual novel about the world of eternal agony. A capricious dance of principles and death. Take part in twisted battles of wits, where morality is only a tool for survival, and decide what future that world will have.
Why similar: Gothic 34% ★, Dark Fantasy 17%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Dark 8%
Doctor Arcana's second adventure takes you to a legendary castle on a mysterious island where new puzzling challenges await and dark secrets are guarded by deadly traps. Can you complete the Trials of the Elders?
Why similar: Gothic 33.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Medieval 12.4%, Point & Click 11.9%, Exploration 10%
A dark fantasy story adventure to face the long-forgotten 「memories」!
Why similar: Gothic 34.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Dark 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%
After you are unable to find a patron to provide you with a magic bond, you stumble into the abandoned temple of the Passion goddess - with four patrons waiting for you. Yet, as you grow closer to gaining magic, something else is drawn to this power...
Why similar: Gothic 24.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 23.5%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Fantasy 9.9%, Choices Matter 7.3%
A gothic short story set in the most Blighted city of the North Kingdom.
Why similar: Gothic 28.6% ★, Visual Novel 14.6%, Medieval 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Dark 9.2%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Gothic 26.2% ★, Visual Novel 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Horror 13%, Choices Matter 12.1%
A truly interactive open-world RPG, packed with dozens of dynamic systems like NPCs with Daily Routines and memory system, Crime and Reputation, a limb-based Directional Combat system and many more. Become a well-known Hero, a feared Villain or anything in-between.
Why similar: Gothic 29.9% ★, Medieval 14%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Building 10.2%
Find a way to bring back the sun from this everlasting eclipse.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Dark Fantasy 19%, Exploration 14.2%, Medieval 12.4%, Dark 11.6%
is an adventure game where you meet the Big Dipper, a star that grants wishes, and save the planet that has turned gray.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, RPG 24.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.9%, Exploration 15.5%, Adventure 11.8%
Ashes of the Forum is a 3d first person visual novel themed in ancient Rome with a polygon art style. You are a spy for a political faction and with turmoil in the city, you must find out who is ordering the assassination of top political figures, with simple interactions with NPCs to gather intel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, RPG 24.3%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Exploration 13.7%, Casual 10.7%
A deckbuilding dress-up game where you run your own morgue fueled beauty agency that uses corpses as models.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 36.3%, Gothic 21% ★, Strategy 12.7%, Dark 8.6%, Casual 8%
Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?
Why similar: Gothic 45.9% ★, Visual Novel 26.1%, Exploration 15.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Singleplayer 2%
Cursed the womb that bears emptiness beneath its heart. For the child enters the world with the veil upon its face, yet its soul wanders lone in the heavens where God is not. Why then does she not hasten to the place that was prepared for her? Seek the truth in our visual novel.
Why similar: Gothic 42.7% ★, Visual Novel 22.2%, Dark 13.4%, Horror 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Delve into a gritty, raw and atmospheric fantasy world in which every action has a consequence. In the epic world of Risen, filled with mysterious earthquakes, fearsome monsters and unimaginable treasures, forge your path with the sword, learn the art of staff fighting or become a powerful mage.
Why similar: Gothic 42.3% ★, RPG 20.9%, Fantasy 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 7.9%, Exploration 7.6%
Flocking Hell is a deeply strategic roguelite where you defend your pasture from demonic invasion. It blends calm exploration with auto-battler combat, offering a mix of easy-to-learn mechanics and thought-provoking gameplay. It also has a LOT of sheep 🐑😈
Why similar: Deckbuilding 33.1%, City Builder 25.6%, Medieval 10.8%, Exploration 8.7%, Strategy 7.5%
Perfect for old school gamers and those eager to be part of the creation process. Help us develop an exciting third-person RPG. We're at a very early stage, which allows us to remain flexible and responsive to your feedback
Why similar: Gothic 30.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 18.7%, Medieval 11.7%, RPG 10%, Combat 9.6%