- #1 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,751 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.9%, CRPG 29%, RPG 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 6.1%
- #2 Space Wreck
96% matchVery Positive88% of 187 reviews2023
Dev: Pahris Entertainment SIA
Windows
The biggest little RPG in the world. Post-apocalyptic retro space adventure with an extreme focus on role-playing and replayability. Inch wide, miles deep - intentionally short yet surprisingly deep.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.5%, CRPG 24.2%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, RPG 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #3 Stirring Abyss
95% matchVery Positive88% of 435 reviews2020
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.6%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, RPG 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%, Strategy RPG 8.4%
- #4 The Endless Empty
94% matchVery Positive96% of 305 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Abstract 29.5%, RPG 29.3%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 11%
- #5 梦魇:无归 Nightmare without return
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 625 reviews2022
Dev: 青衣工作室
Windows
This is a journey without return When you wake up... In the strange space, the bronze gate that eats people, the strange rules of the game, and the ever-changing nightmare world appear in front of you Everything starts from here
Why similar: Lore-Rich 34.3%, RPG 25.3%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #6 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
94% matchMixed66% of 2,511 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.4 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 49.9%, RPG 19.1%, Philosophical 12.9%, CRPG 9.5%, Story Rich 4%
- #7 The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,889 reviews2016
Dev: ComonGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.4%, Sci-fi 28.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 12%, Hidden Object 11.3%
- #8 Dark Scavenger
91% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2014
Dev: Psydra Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dark Scavenger is a bizarre point-and-click RPG adventure with a focus on exploration, gaining loot, and meaningful choices. Filling the role of a powerful space traveler, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious alien planet. Will you save the world or just yourself?
Why similar: RPG 35.2%, Lovecraftian 32%, Sci-fi 17%, Adventure 8%, Exploration 7.8%
- #9 HOMESICKNESS
90% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: jnity
Windows
HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, Abstract 26.1%, Exploration 16.1%, Story Rich 13%, Strategy 8.8%
- #10 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 688 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31%, Lore-Rich 20.6%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Old School 10.9%, Mystery 9.9%
- #11 Neoproxima
89% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Lonestone Studio
Windows
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: Sci-fi 25.5%, Mystery 18.9%, RPG 13.8%, Exploration 13.8%, Story Rich 12.9%
- #12 Songs of Rats
89% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Tesseract GamesPub: Salient Games
Windows · Linux
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Why similar: Philosophical 17.9%, CRPG 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Sci-fi 11%
- #13 木夕镇的午夜轮回 Midnight cycle in Muxi Town
88% matchVery Positive85% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: ZSJ工作室
Windows
What kind of work is this? This is an experimental multi storyline game. The work tells a science fiction story about consciousness implantation and simulated biological experiments. The work consists of a mixture of 24 storylines, 3 types of reincarnation endings, and 1 main ending.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 23.8%, Psychological Horror 23.7%, CRPG 20.3%, Exploration 11.7%, RPG 9.8%
- #14 This is Interesting
86% matchVery Positive99% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Supernatural 16.2%, RPG 15.9%, Exploration 15.2%, Mystery 14.4%
- #15 The Underground Man
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,389 reviews2016
Dev: Mehsoft
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 52.3%, Story Rich 16.9%, RPG 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Adventure 7.4%
- #16 Minds Beneath Us
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,730 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.7%, Psychological Horror 17%, Visual Novel 16%, Sci-fi 12.8%, RPG 11.3%
- #17 Empathy: Path of Whispers
86% matchMixed60% of 219 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel NightPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
Why similar: Story Rich 41.7%, Adventure 41.4%, Exploration 17%
- #18 Untitled Crossing Record
85% matchMixed66% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: NekoPad StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
未命名穿越记录是一款异世界题材的团队养成策略游戏,讲述一名小说家意外穿越到自己的作品中,在与自己创作的背景似是而非的世界里建立自己的公会、探险并获得足以影响世界的力量、揭露时空扭曲的真相并寻找同样迷失在异世界中的青梅竹马的故事。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 32.6%, Old School 17.1%, RPG 15%, Exploration 12.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #19 Diving Disorder-下潜症
84% matchVery Positive93% of 143 reviews2021
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Diving Disorder is an AVG on wasteland theme. Players will play the role of a refugee who are struggling to survive after a global disaster, together with a white-haired girl suffering from narcolepsy, exploring the truth of the doomsday and the old world in memory.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 86.1%, Adventure 13.9%
- #20 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
83% matchVery Positive80% of 348 reviews2025
Dev: EXLIXPub: GRAVITY
Windows
“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.9%, RPG 12.9%, Exploration 10.3%
- #21 RGB GlitchGazer
81% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Philosophical 27.4%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Mystery 13.6%
- #22 Cthulhu Mythos ADV Lunatic Whispers
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Gotcha Gotcha Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of the Cthulhu Mythos with this 2D visual novel game featuring a thrilling TRPG-based experience! Roll the dice and use your skills and luck to escape the abandoned hospital, while experiencing the cosmic terror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.1%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Exploration 8.6%
- #23 The Old City: Leviathan
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 744 reviews2014
Dev: PostMod Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Why similar: Exploration 33.9%, Philosophical 32.5%, Adventure 18.1%, Story Rich 15.4%
- #24 Epics of Distant Realm: Holy Return
80% matchVery Positive84% of 218 reviews2022
Dev: Emir SuleimanPub: ChronoVision
Windows
Epics Of Distant Realm: Holy Return is a Turn-Based Combat and Story Sci-Fi game that delves into the mythologies of the universe, the terminal of the universe, the Planet of Destiny.
Why similar: Philosophical 38.8%, Sci-fi 20.9%, RPG 19.7%, Mystery 11.9%, Adventure 8.7%
- #25 Your Future Self
81% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Sci-fi 18%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Adventure 15.2%, Mystery 13.7%
- #26 Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,060 reviews2024
Dev: Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: XD
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the newest tactical RPG from the creators of Girls’ Frontline. Some 30 years in the future, AU agent Mendo and the mysterious girl Jefuty find themselves in gruesome battles against armed URNC forces…
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Strategy RPG 15.7%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Mystery 8.6%
- #27 Entity Researchers: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-CPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: CRPG 35.3%, Post-apocalyptic 28.8%, RPG 13%, Exploration 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #28 Citizen Sleeper
76% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Sci-fi 32.6%, RPG 24.3%, Exploration 17.7%, Story Rich 17.4%, Adventure 8%
- #29 Quern - Undying Thoughts
78% matchVery Positive91% of 3,956 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Mystery 27.1%, Hidden Object 23.2%, Exploration 21.1%, Story Rich 16%, Adventure 12.7%
- #30 INSOMNIA: The Ark
79% matchMixed59% of 1,256 reviews2018
Dev: Mono StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
INSOMNIA is a dieselpunk sci-fi RPG about the slowly degrading remnants of human society attempting to survive on an abandoned space metropolis. Develop your character, explore lovingly handcrafted locations, interact with peculiar NPCs and factions and try to stay alive in this brutal world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.1%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Sci-fi 17.9%, RPG 14.2%, Exploration 8%
- #31 ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
77% matchVery Positive85% of 10,478 reviews2018
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.
Why similar: CRPG 31.4%, Post-apocalyptic 30.4%, RPG 11.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #32 Panthalassa
75% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Meia Calça
Windows
Panthalassa is a Point and click Puzzle game set in an underwater alien world. You play as an AI reborn in a highly advanced body they do not recognize. Interface with otherworldly technology and unlock the secrets behind this strange planet.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.9%, Abstract 20.8%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #33 no signal
74% matchVery Positive99% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Sci-fi 20.7%, Hidden Object 20.3%, Mystery 16%, Exploration 14%, Visual Novel 13.1%
- #34 Into the Void
78% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2015
Dev: Mozg Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Into the Void is a strategy RPG and exploration sci-fi game with an epic story and intense battles. Travel through space and discover the origin of a cosmic threat which destroyed Earth centuries ago. Fight or cooperate with the different factions; be a leader !
Why similar: RPG 25.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.4%, Strategy 22.7%, Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 11.9%
- #35 Subversive Memories
73% matchVery Positive97% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.8%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Old School 15.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Exploration 8.2%
- #36 Some Distant Memory
75% matchVery Positive94% of 304 reviews2019
Dev: Galvanic GamesPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.1%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Mystery 13.9%, Adventure 12.2%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #37 Transient: Extended Edition
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 340 reviews2020
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Sci-fi 14%, Mystery 9.2%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #38 Voyager-19
72% matchVery Positive88% of 978 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.2%, Sci-fi 33.5%, Exploration 17.6%, Adventure 4.6%
- #39 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 727 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.2%, Sci-fi 19.8%, RPG 16.5%, Old School 15.8%, Exploration 12.8%
- #40 Broken Roads
74% matchMixed53% of 448 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, CRPG 19.1%, Strategy RPG 12.5%, RPG 9.5%
- #41 [DE:]Fanastasis
71% matchVery Positive96% of 159 reviews2024
Dev: Mosamosa
Windows
「発見」に満ちた、マップ探索メインの長編RPG。無数の隠し通路、隠し扉が存在する荒廃した王国。 死者の残留思念を覗いて手掛かりを掴み、隠された宝箱のアイテムで探索範囲を広げよう。 各地で得た断片的な情報はいずれ繋がり合い、自らの記憶のみならず、隠された「真実」を暴くかもしれない。
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29%, Philosophical 24.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Exploration 10.2%, Mystery 8.7%
- #42 Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,603 reviews2015
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 47.7%, Adventure 29.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #43 Hylics 2
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,455 reviews2020
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.
Why similar: RPG 55.8%, Abstract 18%, Adventure 13%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #44 Snowfall's Mystery
69% matchVery Positive87% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Philosophical 37.4%, Psychological Horror 24%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #45 A House of Many Doors
72% matchVery Positive83% of 432 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Trickery
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.8%, Lore-Rich 21.6%, RPG 11.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #46 Glassy Stare
69% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.7%, Visual Novel 27.7%, Supernatural 18.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #47 The Silent Age
70% matchVery Positive93% of 7,173 reviews2015
Dev: House On Fire
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Psychological Horror 20.8%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Hidden Object 14.1%, Exploration 9.4%
- #48 Dark Sky
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Ganymede GamesPub: Midwest Games
Windows
Dark Sky is a narrative RPG deckbuilder that features tactical combat and a branching card upgrade system. Assemble your party, customize your deck, and harness powerful synergies to master strategic battles as you unravel the mystery behind a planetary catastrophe.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Strategy RPG 20.4%, Lore-Rich 15%, Sci-fi 12.1%, RPG 9.1%
- #49 Entity Researchers
71% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-C
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: CRPG 38.3%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Exploration 13.5%, RPG 12.8%, Sci-fi 11%
- #50 Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
69% matchVery Positive95% of 259 reviews2023
Dev: Studio [notes.]
Windows
Explore a surreal world inspired by Kowloon Walled city in this turn-based RPG inspired by Japanese dungeon crawlers from the late 1990s.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.8%, RPG 37.2%, Adventure 16.7%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #51 HYPNOS
67% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: Redlock Studio
Windows
HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.7%, Exploration 15.3%, Mystery 12.2%, Story Rich 8.3%, Adventure 7.6%
- #52 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
68% matchVery Positive97% of 371 reviews2022
Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
Why similar: Old School 24%, Hidden Object 20.4%, Mystery 18.1%, Exploration 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.2%
- #53 Depersonalization
66% matchVery Positive93% of 6,738 reviews2024
Dev: MeowNaturePub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
"May all stories find their best endings." "Depersonalization" is an anthology-style game featuring standalone chapters and diverse story genres. We continuously collect and create a wide variety of stories, ultimately housing them in a library that transcends the flow of time.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.1%, Strategy RPG 25.4%, RPG 11.4%, Story Rich 7%, Mystery 6.1%
- #54 Lightracer Spark
68% matchVery Positive84% of 997 reviews2023
Dev: Smartmelon Games
Windows
Lightracer Spark is a Sci-Fi Narrative game. You are an amender from a high civilization, descending to various extraterrestrial worlds. Guide living beings to prosperity, or nip a spark in the bud. Accumulate strength through choices and strategies to grasp the rise and fall of all civilizations.
Why similar: CRPG 20%, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Lore-Rich 15%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%
- #55 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
64% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.6%, Psychological Horror 38.2%, Story Rich 13.4%, RPG 6.4%, Adventure 3.4%
- #56 Apocalipsis
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 514 reviews2018
Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.9%, Hidden Object 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Story Rich 12.9%, Exploration 11.8%
- #57 ZERO PROTOCOL
66% matchVery Positive84% of 597 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Old School 14.7%, Mystery 13.6%, Exploration 13.3%
- #58 Pathway
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,248 reviews2019
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 35.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 27.2%, RPG 13.4%, Exploration 13%, Strategy 6.7%
- #59 Curious Expedition
67% matchVery Positive91% of 4,474 reviews2016
Dev: Maschinen-Mensch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 54.2%, Exploration 15.1%, RPG 14.8%, Story Rich 10%, Strategy 5.8%