- #1 Faylinn's Quest
97% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: DDreams Games
Windows
Develop relationships, customize characters, and live Faylinn's adventure the way you want in this ambitious Adult RPG!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 17.7%, Dating Sim 16.5%, JRPG 14.9%, CRPG 11.6%, RPG 8.6%
- #2 Path of the Midnight Sun
96% matchVery Positive85% of 247 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.
Why similar: JRPG 25.7%, Party-Based RPG 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Anime 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #3 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,176 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.4%, JRPG 12.4%, Party-Based RPG 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Horror 9.1%
- #4 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
95% matchMixed66% of 2,493 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, RPG 13.5%, Horror 11.2%, Party-Based RPG 4.6%
- #5 Nine Prophets: The Abyss
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vyk1ing Productions
Windows
Nine Prophets: The Abyss, is a brutal, story-driven, horror RPG with roguelike elements. Featuring difficult, dismemberment turn based combat and strategic resource management. Craft Items, scavenge resources and fight alongside allies as you combat countless horrors and survive the unknowable.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.8%, Turn-Based Combat 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, RPG 12.4%, Horror 12%
- #6 Fenrir's Prelude
94% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Ragnarok Aesthetic
Windows
Fenrir, has found himself on a floating island due to some unfitting circumstances. On this island he made several friends, everything seemed fine. However, it all took a turn when Eros arrived and everyone turned a blind eye to his actions. It is up to you to discover the truth.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 17.3%, Lovecraftian 16.8%, JRPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, RPG 8.9%
- #7 Skautfold: Knight's End
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Steve GalPub: Pugware
Windows
Skautfold: Knight's End is the final chapter in the Skautfold series. Explore the Waltham Industries factory and uncover its dark secrets; with a unique timeline-based RPG battle system, you'll come face-to-face with Eldritch horrors as humanity reaches its final days on Earth...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.3%, JRPG 22.5%, RPG 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.7%, Horror 11.6%
- #8 Persona 3 Reload
91% matchVery Positive94% of 54,437 reviews2024
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 42.5 hrsMean: 58.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.
Why similar: JRPG 20%, Party-Based RPG 15.8%, Dating Sim 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Anime 9.5%
- #9 Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity
92% matchVery Positive81% of 524 reviews2016
Dev: Steve GalPub: Pugware
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the secrets of the estate, as you look for answers among the violent inhabitants. A strange and repelling madness took hold of the servants roaming the halls, and they will attack on sight, for their madness is one rooted in a deeper understanding of cosmic insignificance.
Why similar: Souls-like 31.8%, Lovecraftian 28.7%, RPG 8.3%, Horror 6.7%, Dark Fantasy 5.7%
- #10 Hatred and Blood
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lia CallanPub: Amos Shade SRL
Windows · Mac
Baptized in Dismay is a psychological horror RPG set in a dystopian 1980s. Nations have turned to isolation and walls to prevent another war. But a curse, or sickness, spreads... consuming people from within and erasing their humanity. Will you endure… or be Baptized in Dismay?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.7%, Party-Based RPG 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Horror 8.5%
- #11 Persona 3 Portable
90% matchVery Positive80% of 5,476 reviews2023
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
If I say there’s an hour “hidden” between one day and the next... would you believe me? Master the power of the heart, Persona, and uncover the tragic truth of the Dark Hour.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.8%, JRPG 18.6%, Party-Based RPG 15.1%, Anime 10.9%, Dating Sim 10.7%
- #12 First Light
89% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Mage's Hat
Windows
After a decade of living in the dark, away from the world. Bahar, and his wife Guidry, believe the Plague has ceased to be and are on the pursuit of a way out, a way back to the world they once knew.
Why similar: JRPG 20.7%, Party-Based RPG 20.3%, RPG 15%, CRPG 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%
- #13 From the Deep
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Mage's Hat
Windows
A warrior finds himself on the darkest of the dungeons. He does not know how or why he came to be there. He does not know how to get out of it. To conquer his freedom, he will have his fears challenged, his will tested, and his courage tried.
Why similar: JRPG 20.4%, Party-Based RPG 20%, RPG 15%, CRPG 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 8.3%
- #14 Book of Abominations
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Catloaf
Windows
Book of Abominations is a Lovecraftian-inspired monster taming JRPG. Capture and battle adorably grotesque Eldritch horrors in snappy turn based combat, explore a mysterious, moody yet vibrant world, and unravel the secrets within the book!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, JRPG 17%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Party-Based RPG 15.2%, RPG 6.5%
- #15 Zjawa: Bloodstained Soul
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Platty Gems
Windows
Zjawa: Bloodstained Soul is a 2D Survival Horror RPG mixing turn-based combat with real-time elements and hand-drawn art, set in 13th century France during a crusade against heresy. Slash, parry, and collect items to survive to see the end, whatever it may be. Find absolution or damnation.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.7%, Souls-like 14.5%, Horror 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%
- #16 Torchless
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ink Eclipse Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Torchless is a dark and gothic dungeon crawler RPG played through a text-based retro console. Forge your party and take up arms against the horrors lurking within the dungeon halls in strategic, turn-based combat, clinging on to survival using everything at your disposal.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Party-Based RPG 13.8%, CRPG 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%
- #17 Woe Reigns Unending
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Joshua SarverPub: n/a
Windows
Lead a cursed party through a ruined world in this grimdark side-scrolling RPG. Build your team, master tactical combat, and unleash forbidden powers to survive an endless parade of nightmares. Decide what, if anything, is worth salvaging from a world that has been reduced to ashes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, Party-Based RPG 14%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Horror 10.3%
- #18 Dungeon Dreams Wanderers
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DDreams Games
Windows
Travel, form bonds, explore a vast world filled with multiple-outcome quests, with your custom created protagonist in an adventure that blends old school JRPG, life simulation and role playing.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 18.7%, Dating Sim 17.3%, JRPG 16.8%, RPG 12.5%, CRPG 9.6%
- #19 Resonating Cords
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gynura
Windows
Whose will is God's will? Follow the chosen saint in his journey through the Communion, the mysterious process of God's replacement.
Why similar: JRPG 19.5%, Party-Based RPG 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, RPG 10.4%
- #20 Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
83% matchVery Positive93% of 616 reviews2025
Dev: 红锈雨
Windows
Cradle of Nightmares: Flowers for You is an ATB turn-based game based on combat adventures made by RPGMaker. Players will take on the role of a high school student named Yue Qing, who will fall into the dark and gloomy "second world" and embark on a journey to end the filthy fate of mankind.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.8%, Dating Sim 15.9%, JRPG 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Dark 9.5%
- #21 Metaphor: ReFantazio
82% matchVery Positive90% of 40,405 reviews2024
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 46.8 hrsMean: 56.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.3%, JRPG 20.1%, Party-Based RPG 13.4%, Anime 11.9%, RPG 9.9%
- #22 Sucker for Love: Prelude
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 515 reviews2021
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Preform a series of scary rituals to win over an eldritch cutie and win a smooch!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.6%, Dating Sim 34.2%, Horror 14.6%, RPG 4.6%
- #23 The Shattered Veil
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Anima Games
Windows
The Wraith Army rises again, and it falls to Kael to wear the Crown and lead his people to victory once more. After spending the last decade preparing for Coronation Day with the help of his sister, Elara, they will soon discover that the Wraith Army is much closer than they had anticipated.
Why similar: JRPG 21.6%, Party-Based RPG 21.2%, RPG 15.6%, CRPG 14.5%, Anime 8.6%
- #24 Edge of Madness
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Yellow Sign
Windows
A Lovecraftian RPG with tactical card-based combat. Uncover dark secrets, face cult and eldritch horrors. Every choice shapes the battle—outplay your enemies or lose yourself to madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Horror 11.3%, CRPG 10.4%
- #25 Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4
82% matchVery Positive80% of 367 reviews
Dev: Zeboyd GamesPub: Penny Arcade, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Penny Arcade’s “On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4” concludes the saga of Tycho Brahe, Scion of The Long Project, and his almost certainly human partner Jonathan Gabriel. The world has been destroyed, but existence extends beyond this mortal plane in the gruesome Underhell!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42%, JRPG 36%, RPG 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%
- #26 Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
78% matchVery Positive90% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.7%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Party-Based RPG 14%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, CRPG 11.1%
- #27 Psycho Sphere
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sad Clown Games
Windows
Psycho Sphere is a character driven, turn based RPG taking place in a post cataclysmic world, where all complex machinery has suddenly failed. Every fight is unique, as positioning, equipment, and mental abilities can wildly affect the outcome!
Why similar: JRPG 21.9%, Party-Based RPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, RPG 12.9%, Strategy 10.3%
- #28 Sorcerous
80% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Sirenum Studios
Windows
A sudden disappearance will set Apprentice Mage Andraste on the trail of a mystery that unfolds with arcane powers, monster battles and cunning puzzles in the best tradition of turn based RPGs.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21.8%, JRPG 20.7%, CRPG 17.9%, RPG 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%
- #29 Morbid: The Seven Acolytes
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,453 reviews2020
Dev: Still RunningPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a Horrorpunk Action RPG filled with Lovecraftian horrors and Cronenbergian gore, making it the most gruesome take on the isometric Souls-like genre yet!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.3%, Souls-like 29.4%, Dark Fantasy 9%, RPG 8.6%, Horror 7%
- #30 Dirge of the Scarlet Star
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Omnibatsu
Windows
A JRPG and Survival Horror,featuring turn based combat and 12 different playable characters.A day, morning ,afternoon,and evening under the Scarlet Star, to end the insanity,or join it.Dirge of the Scarlet Star is a descent into isolation,madness,and a slow death under the heat of the Scarlet Star.
Why similar: JRPG 22.7%, RPG 16.3%, Party-Based RPG 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%
- #31 Rogue Pirates
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Rogue Pirates is a swashbuckling roguelike turn-based RPG about captaining your crew of pirates through hostile seas. Recruit daring pirates to join your crew and lead them into peril and plunder. Battle sea monsters, other pirates and civilization itself all for the quest of becoming a legend.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35%, Party-Based RPG 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, CRPG 10%, Strategy 7.2%
- #32 The Faceless Ones
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Valkyria Games
Windows
Four of the most capable warriors in the Kingdom of Abrujah are about to commence a journey that will change their lives forever, if they fail, the world is doomed!
Why similar: JRPG 22.2%, Party-Based RPG 21.4%, RPG 15.6%, CRPG 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
- #33 MONARK
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 238 reviews2022
Dev: FURYU CorporationPub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 25.6%, RPG 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Anime 12.6%
- #34 End the Endless
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: WhalesPub: After Alive Studios
Windows
End the Endless is a dark fantasy turn based RPG set in the Purgatorial Realms. Harness unique directional based weapon systems in an oppressive environment. Utilize blades, sanity, limbs and even your party members as a resource. Explore the Afterlife and seek to conquer the Seven Terraces.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.3%, Party-Based RPG 18.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Horror 7.6%
- #35 Happy Bones Infernal
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Frosted Fears Game Studios
Windows
Upon arriving at a correctional facility located in a remote mountainous region, a young man named Roan quickly finds his surroundings are falling into disarray in this Horror-Themed JRPG!
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.8%, JRPG 20.8%, RPG 16.9%, Anime 14.3%, Horror 8.3%
- #36 The Last Vampire Hunter
75% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Anima Games
Windows
As the last of a long lineage of Vampire Hunters, Beaumont Lacaster finds himself in the doorsteps of Nosferatu's Castle. By defeating him, he can rid humanity of the curse and evil of vampires. Will he be able to defeat Nosferatu?
Why similar: JRPG 21.5%, Party-Based RPG 21.1%, RPG 15.4%, CRPG 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
- #37 Baldr's Squid Isekai: A Parody
74% matchMixed54% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: A Memory of Eternity
Windows
Baldr’s Squid Isekai is an art project masquerading as an adult parody RPG with lots of cartoon violence! And uh, sex, I guess.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21.2%, JRPG 20.9%, CRPG 15.2%, Anime 11.1%, RPG 10.9%
- #38 Persona 5 Royal
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 125,442 reviews2022
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 32.0 hrsMean: 65.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!
Why similar: JRPG 24.6%, Turn-Based Combat 19.8%, Dating Sim 16.2%, Party-Based RPG 13.3%, Anime 10.9%
- #39 From Light
74% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Anima Games
Windows
Embark on a journey through a kingdom ravaged by plague, greed and magic. You are the only who can bring about their salvation, and yours also depends on your success in that task!
Why similar: JRPG 21.7%, Party-Based RPG 21.2%, RPG 15.5%, CRPG 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%
- #40 HorrorVale: Act M
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BatWorks Software
Windows
Join the legendary Bounty Hunter in this "Side B"... Or perhaps "Side M" of the HorrorVale storyline. Help Mothman fend off the Creepy menace as he comes to terms with the demons tormenting him.
Why similar: JRPG 21.4%, Party-Based RPG 20.9%, RPG 16.1%, Horror 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #41 Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
73% matchMixed63% of 687 reviews2021
Dev: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Inspired by the award-winning board game franchise, Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace is an investigation game served with turn-based combat, set in the cult universe of H.P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 58.4%, Adventure 11.1%, RPG 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, Horror 9.4%
- #42 Darkest Dungeon®
72% matchVery Positive92% of 158,223 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34%, Turn-Based Combat 25.6%, Dark Fantasy 15%, RPG 8.3%, Dark 4.3%
- #43 The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,143 reviews2023
Dev: Nihon FalcomPub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 74.0 hrsMean: 85.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Three different legends are about to unfold! Determine the fates of Rean Schwarzer, Lloyd Bannings, and the mysterious “C” in this climactic chapter of The Legend of Heroes series.
Why similar: JRPG 26.8%, Party-Based RPG 22.5%, Turn-Based Combat 19.8%, RPG 17.4%, Anime 13.4%
- #44 Dezlooca Anthology - Retro Rpg: Rise of the One Winged Phoenix
73% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: DezloocaPub: Cannibal Krew Entertainment
Windows
Full length over 8 hours of story! Explore 4 different themed worlds and help Dezlooca, Archaic, Savage & Meeka save the earth from total annihilation at the hands of Malik.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 19.6%, JRPG 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%
- #45 SANDS OF SODIS
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PAYLHORSE
Windows
A dark fantasy IP-combat JRPG: open and intricate map exploration, nuanced character interaction and experimental card-based mechanics. A game not meant to be beheld.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.7%, Party-Based RPG 16.7%, JRPG 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #46 Mary Skelter: Nightmares
72% matchVery Positive84% of 575 reviews2018
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Ghostlight LTD
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The "Jail" suddenly appeared a number of years ago, sinking the city deep into the ground. There, this impenetrable living prison 666 metres beneath the surface, held power over eerie creatures called "Marchens." Within the prison was a boy named Jack - living a life of suffering...
Why similar: JRPG 16.8%, Dating Sim 16.8%, Party-Based RPG 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Horror 10.2%
- #47 Shadows of the Night
71% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Anima Games
Windows
There is a war coming. Pallas joined the Fortress out of his sense of duty towards protecting his country and most importantly to him, his family, and will soon realize that to truly protect them he will have to abandon it all.
Why similar: JRPG 23.3%, Party-Based RPG 22.8%, RPG 17.3%, CRPG 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.6%
- #48 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
68% matchVery Positive95% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.5%, Dating Sim 25%, Horror 13.2%, Anime 12.3%, RPG 7.4%
- #49 Brave Dungeon - The Meaning of Justice -
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: INSIDE SYSTEM
Windows
A sequel that inherits the basic system of the previous Brave Dungeon from the Dark Witch series. You can play three different stories with their own systems and protagonists.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 27%, JRPG 25%, RPG 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, Anime 12.3%
- #50 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
70% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.8%, JRPG 19.2%, Turn-Based Combat 18.5%, Horror 11%, Dark 9.4%
- #51 The Ashen Baron
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Crow's Perch
Windows
In a kingdom scarred by civil war, a wandering hero seeks to restore hope to its devastated lands. In a journey of redemption, can he rekindle the Baron's lost courage, rise against darkness and defend what remains?
Why similar: JRPG 26.6%, Party-Based RPG 19.4%, RPG 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, CRPG 11.8%
- #52 Evil Origin
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kevin Musto
Windows
Evil Origin is a dark fantasy, gothic horror JRPG with blood pumping turn-based combat.
Why similar: JRPG 30.7%, RPG 18.4%, Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, Horror 14.8%, Dark Fantasy 11%
- #53 Reborn Souls
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Eudaimon Games
Windows
As a Maiden of the Ecclesia, Sabrina is in charge of special assignments, in lands where dark magic, urban legends and folkore are all real. While investigating a new incident in one of the appeased villages, she will learn much more than she bargained for...
Why similar: JRPG 24.4%, Party-Based RPG 22.3%, RPG 16.7%, CRPG 15.2%, Anime 9.5%
- #54 Materialization of memories
67% matchPositive95% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: Amosov VladyslavPub: Causing pleasure
Windows
Materialization of Memories is a Survival Horror game where you can never be sure you are in control of the situation. The materialisation zone has many surprises in store for you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.3%, Party-Based RPG 13.8%, CRPG 13.6%, JRPG 11.4%, Anime 9.6%
- #55 Echoes of Numa
68% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Valkyria Games
Windows
Jessabel is the guardian of the next Vessel, Allegra. Responsible for training her, she'll soon find out that there is more to Allegra than she could have ever imagined. This 1 Vessel has the power to change everything. It's Jessabel's duty to make sure Allegra does well. For the sake of humankind.
Why similar: JRPG 22%, Party-Based RPG 21.4%, RPG 15.5%, CRPG 14.6%, Anime 8.8%
- #56 Umille
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Produzioni varie e casuali
Windows
Un prototipo, un idea di quello che potrebbe essere un RPG classico con le meccaniche di un Souls-like. Questo gioco si concentra soprattutto sulla storia che viene narrata in poche righe di dialogo e sta al giocatore capire come stanno le cose...
Why similar: Souls-like 35.6%, Turn-Based Combat 19.3%, JRPG 18.1%, Dark 12%, Adventure 11.2%
- #57 Sin Return
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sin.
Windows
An obscure adventure begins in the Silent Kingdom, a land decaying under the spread of the Sin-fication plague. This dark fantasy turn-based RPG emphasizes exploration. Reclaim lost memories in this sinful land, defeat formidable foes, and piece together the truth behind the catastrophe.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.4%, RPG 20%, JRPG 16.5%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%
- #58 Tales Of Aravorn: An Elven Marriage
67% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Linux
In the first spin-off of the VN/RPG Loren The Amazon princess, play as Elenor or Saren again and travel to Triberg to make sure that the arranged elven marriage between Lydia and Marian goes smoothly. Be careful: the demons are planning something...
Why similar: Dating Sim 21.5%, Party-Based RPG 18%, JRPG 17.6%, CRPG 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #59 Persona 4 Golden
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 83,940 reviews2020
Dev: ATLUSPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 44.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
Why similar: JRPG 26.6%, Turn-Based Combat 18.2%, Party-Based RPG 14.8%, Anime 11.6%, Dating Sim 10.5%
- #60 From the Ashes
66% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Mage's HatPub: Aldorlea Games
Windows
The country is ravaged with fiends and bandits, people are all trying to survive and start again while hoping their champion, the Great Knight Callan, manages to defeat the necromancer. Whether he succeeds or not, the country has to rebuild, from the ashes.
Why similar: JRPG 23.3%, Party-Based RPG 22.8%, RPG 16.9%, CRPG 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%