60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Philosophical, Singleplayer, 2D, Story Rich.
Did you think this game was only about saving the world from an army of demons? No. This is a game about YOU. On the surface, it may be a new form of innovative experimental philosophical narrative RPG, but its deeper secrets could make you a god.
The Life of Arthur
The Life of Arthur is a story-based game with philosophical themes. No combat. Some puzzle-solving. Philosophical choices. For those interested in philosophical ideas, especially the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
Sato & Hama
Three Interwoven tales ruminating on beginning and end and everything in-between.
The Life of Arthur is a story-based game with philosophical themes. No combat. Some puzzle-solving. Philosophical choices. For those interested in philosophical ideas, especially the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
Why similar: Philosophical 38%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, JRPG 16.6%, RPG 13.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
Three Interwoven tales ruminating on beginning and end and everything in-between.
Why similar: Experimental 49.7% ★, Philosophical 34.6%, RPG 15.6%
A bleak monster-taming RPG where you pry into the hearts of monsters and people. Exploit enemy weaknesses, converse with their souls and navigate challenging moral dilemmas to recruit abstract monsters as your allies.
Why similar: Philosophical 26%, JRPG 21%, Abstract 10.3%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Lore-Rich 9%
Overthrow the corrupt emissary of the Kingdom of Heaven in this turn-based RPG with visual novel storytelling. This free game takes place a thousand years before the events of Elohim Eternal: The Babel Code. Before the Idinites and Cainites, there were the Misru and Simru, based on ancient Egypt.
Why similar: JRPG 22.3%, Philosophical 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%
3 short stories set in a mystical fantasy universe. You are a newborn Face of God. Hear tales of human suffering and triumph. Decide which Face of God you are. Pick a different fate for each main character. A short, linear experience that is introspective, emotional and spiritual.
Why similar: Philosophical 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.1%, Lore-Rich 15.9%, RPG 7.8%
Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots while you talk to your therapist about feeling lost. An interactive short story about trying to make sense out of the unreal. Based on real dreams!
Why similar: Experimental 38.2% ★, Philosophical 35.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Exploration 9%, Story Rich 8.2%
An abstract interactive experience about a Gap
Why similar: Experimental 37.9% ★, Philosophical 33.8%, Abstract 19.7%, Minimalist 6.4%, Indie 2.3%
Sexy Warrior Fiora is a JRPG comedy game. Embark on an adventure to find the orcs while sharing in Fiora's daily life. Defeat the orcs by raising all of her abilities to their maximum potential.
Why similar: JRPG 35.4%, Dark Comedy 28.6%, RPG 21.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
Difficulty is a short, experimental visual novel, about both the difficulty level of stories, and the difficulties of real life. The plot, themes, challenges, and morals all become greater and harder to understand and accept as the difficulty increases.
Why similar: Experimental 48.2% ★, Philosophical 39.8%, Abstract 10.6%, Indie 1.4%
Run-based story game. Which mistakes would you repeat if you could?
Why similar: Philosophical 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Dark Comedy 16.9%, Conversation 12.2%, Abstract 7.8%
After shouting "Let Me Play!" to the cast in a theatre, the fiction comes crashing down as everyone, including you, becomes aware they're only following a script. Will you let the play continue? Or will you write your own ending?
Why similar: Experimental 37.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Philosophical 21.1%, Minimalist 5.3%, Multiple Endings 4.6%
what do you fear?
Why similar: JRPG 26%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, RPG 14.2%, Philosophical 13.4%, Abstract 11.4%
MaryPark St. is a short story telling indie game, set in a black and white dream-like world. Featuring two interpretations of the same story, The Dream & The Nightmare.
Why similar: Experimental 44.4% ★, Philosophical 26.8%, Abstract 13.8%, Story Rich 7.8%, Minimalist 4.5%
Soul Nexus is a text-based adventure game where you explore strange environments and interact with even stranger individuals. Will you wander the spaces forever or will you eventually fulfil your goal of being free?
Why similar: Philosophical 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Abstract 10.7%
A young shrine maiden and her friend got lost in her dreaming world on Brahmanism. According to Manusmriti, no woman is permitted into four Varnas. A woman is born to be in the same class as the untouchable class. But her destiny helps her with trying to deny the irrational black magic.
Why similar: JRPG 27.1%, Philosophical 20%, Dark Comedy 18.4%, Abstract 12%, RPG 10.9%
Your future is vaster than the cosmos.
Why similar: Experimental 52.8% ★, Philosophical 44.7%, Indie 2.5%
It was meant to be nothing more than an ordinary act of skipping class. You headed to the main building’s rooftop, but one misstep left you unconscious. When you wake up, you find yourself in a campus that is familiar yet strangely transformed. You must uncover the truth and find a way out.
Why similar: JRPG 37.9%, Interactive Fiction 27.7%, RPG 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Story Rich 6%
Answer the question of mortality in this sidescroller inspired by the adventures of old. Wander the depths of two parallel worlds. Confer with gods, locals, and other travelers. Solve problems through intuition and a collection of odd trinkets. Choose: death, or eternal life?
Why similar: Philosophical 40.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Story Rich 8%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
Destiny Island is a very short computer game. You play a man who visits his memories. You can walk and talk to mannequins about 7 sins. Associate essence with anything comes to your mind.
Why similar: Experimental 49.9% ★, Philosophical 24.7%, Abstract 12.3%, Story Rich 7.7%, Minimalist 4%
Faye Falling is a single-player, story-driven, turn-based RPG. You play as a recently deceased spirit trying to find their way in an afterlife seeped in turmoil. It is up to you to save your soul, and every soul, from the great darkness that threatens it.
Why similar: JRPG 27.2%, Philosophical 23.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, RPG 9.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
A psychological horror RPG blending dark fantasy and mystery. Explore a relentless open world, confront grotesque horrors in turnbased combat, and make irreversible choices. Uncover deep lore and mysteries visible only to those with discerning eyes.
Why similar: JRPG 23.4%, Dark Fantasy 17.4%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, RPG 10.8%, Character Customization 9.2%
The world ends, and so our story begins. Return to the world of Gaia for one last adventure, one final story before it is forever lost beneath the shadows of legends.
Why similar: JRPG 36.3%, RPG 17.4%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Exploration 12%
This is an adventure story about a protagonist from "The Land of Sweets" who sets out to rescue their friends captured by a wizard. The protagonist travels through three distinct realms, meeting companions and confronting each land's unique problems and truths.
Why similar: JRPG 41.9%, RPG 25.2%, Dark Fantasy 21.8%, Exploration 11.2%
I’m releasing this collection of games so that you may start talking to me again
Why similar: Philosophical 28%, Experimental 27.4% ★, Abstract 15.3%, Story Rich 10.2%, Exploration 8.7%
Spatial expectations built up and torn down. Spoken word inspired pacing. Ode to bilinguality. Interactive slam poem anthology. Concrete Spaces.
Why similar: Experimental 32.5% ★, Philosophical 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Abstract 13.4%, Conversation 7.4%
An epic pixel art RPG full of twists and challenging turn-based battles. Fight as Dan, a young man touched by the power of darkness who needs to find the cure for his curse and also save the world from humanity itself and the force of CAOS.
Why similar: Philosophical 30.3%, JRPG 23.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, RPG 10.1%, Story Rich 8%
The Ocean Will Have Us All is a first person exploration game.Experience a day in the subatomic life of Moira Leech. Get up, go to work, go home, go back to sleep. Or. Go off the the beaten track! Take charge! Stick your finger in an electrical socket!
Why similar: Experimental 33.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Dark Comedy 17.1%, Abstract 13.2%, Exploration 6.6%
哀哭竜のメモリアは雰囲気重視の一本道型探索RPGです。戦闘はシンプルながらも状況判断によるコマンド選択の立ち回りが重要です。争いと哀しみに満ちた時代の軌跡を辿り、忘れられてしまった物語の終わりを見届けましょう。
Why similar: JRPG 42.9%, RPG 19.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Exploration 9.3%
欢迎来到高一（3）班。 当上课铃声响起，你站上讲台，台下是12张稚嫩却各怀心事的脸庞。这12名新生，代表着12种截然不同的家庭背景。有人天赋异禀却用刺猬般的防备拒绝交流，有人背负着沉重的期望在深夜苦读，也有人陷入迷茫，随时徘徊在辍学的边缘。12段即将交汇的青春轨迹，此刻全都汇聚在了你的班级。 从开学第一天的一无所知，到在日复一日的相处中逐渐卸下心防；从成绩单上的数字起伏，到经历现实挫折后的患难与共。作为班主任兼数学老师的“李立”，你不仅要传授黑板上的解题公式，更要解开他们内心的方程。你将全程参与这充满变数的三年时光，用耐心与智慧，去托举起这些正在迷途挣扎的灵魂，见证他们破茧成蝶的奇迹。
Why similar: JRPG 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.7%, RPG 15.3%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Story Rich 5.3%
Set out on an adventure that challenges all the codes of the RPG genre, toying with its boundaries to create something unlike anything you've ever seen. In a world full of magic and adventure, a young boy starts his apprenticeship to become a knight... And it will change his life... and yours.
Why similar: Philosophical 26.6%, JRPG 26.3%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Exploration 7.9%, RPG 7%
Explore the interplays between AI ethics and consciousness in the shoes of a researcher tasked to hack an enemy drone to win a war.
Why similar: Philosophical 28%, Experimental 27.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Conversation 7.7%, Abstract 7.4%
10mg is a collection of 10 minute long games. Always Down is about going away.
Why similar: Experimental 47.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Abstract 9.8%, Exploration 9%, Character Customization 5.2%
Awaken, Influential One, and take action in this turn-based RPG. Command unique parties of characters throughout 6 time periods, and uncover the hidden truth of Arkar. In this RPG, strategy and exploration are key to success. Are you the one they have been looking for?
Why similar: JRPG 31.8%, Lore-Rich 19.1%, RPG 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Story Rich 8.9%
You are 10-year-old Kiet. It is 2005, and your brother is dead. Nothing to do but play video games.
Why similar: Experimental 37.3% ★, JRPG 26.3%, RPG 9%, Story Rich 8.1%, Exploration 6.6%
Surf Club is an adventure game about a young woman named Holly, who returns to her home town in the hope of rekindling an old relationship.
Why similar: JRPG 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 26%, RPG 13.1%, Exploration 9.2%, Conversation 6.4%
Blast your way through millions of particles as you explore someone's dreams in this narrative driven adventure.
Why similar: Experimental 28.2% ★, Philosophical 25.5%, Dark Comedy 20.3%, Abstract 12.7%, Exploration 5.7%
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Experimental 33.8% ★, Philosophical 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Abstract 14.3%, Multiple Endings 4.1%
Consumers have power. A short walking simulator game that makes you think a little about how we usually consume.
Why similar: Philosophical 30.9%, Experimental 30.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Story Rich 7.1%, Conversation 6.8%
❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.
Why similar: Experimental 35.9% ★, Philosophical 24%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Abstract 15.3%, Story Rich 3.8%
The Odd Neon Void is an experimental Adventure/RPG game where you become Jack, a man stuck in a strange and unfamiliar place called the neon void. Don't be too sad.
Why similar: Experimental 37.4% ★, RPG 24%, JRPG 23.3%, Indie 6.1%, Colorful 5%
Join a boy named Timothy and his alien friend Gus on a journey of self discovery as they explore the colorful world of Fragment.
Why similar: Philosophical 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Colorful 7.3%, RPG 7.3%
You find yourself in a utopian setting, immersed in the matrix of an omnipotent AI that holds all knowledge and wisdom. There is no clarity as to how you got here, but a mission looms before you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Philosophical 27.2%, Experimental 17.6% ★, Abstract 13.6%, Exploration 11.8%
A game that you'll never forget! Memory Lane is a turned based RPG about taking names. Literally.
Why similar: Experimental 24.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, RPG 9.3%, Character Customization 8.7%
Play as you playing as you.
Why similar: Experimental 38.8% ★, Philosophical 33.6%, Abstract 13.4%, Minimalist 5.4%, Colorful 4.6%
A fantasy turn-based RPG, Made with RPG Maker MV. It utilizes a side view battle system, contains scenes that may be frightening and scenes of anguish. Sorrows End is a heart-wrenching tale of loss.
Why similar: JRPG 44.4%, Character Customization 20.4%, RPG 19.3%, Dark Fantasy 15.9%
This video game realized how boring it had been and now is trying its best to fix that.
Why similar: Experimental 34.4% ★, Philosophical 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Story Rich 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
A 1-bit exploration through a decaying city of the dead. Get lost in dialogue trees, leaf through weighty tomes, and make friends or enemies with the superstitious locals.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, RPG 14%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Philosophical 13.7%, Exploration 10.4%
An interactive novel. In the distant future, a search for a missing brother leads to a journey through an intergalactic civilization that may have reached the limits of progress.
Why similar: Experimental 30.5% ★, Philosophical 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Lore-Rich 8.5%, Story Rich 5.9%
An upcoming story-driven dark fantasy RPG. Journey across the Jophinian Isles and battle wild elemental beasts in your search for humanity's last hope -- the individual known as the Seraph.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 22%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, JRPG 19.3%, RPG 16.9%, Exploration 9.7%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Experimental 24.4% ★, Philosophical 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Conversation 14%, Story Rich 7.4%
The Adventures of Badgersaw is a darkly comedic adventure RPG featuring dry British banter, absurd monsters, and personality-driven combat. Slap your teammates to restore MP, solve adventure-style puzzles, and try to escape an alien cave where nothing makes sense.
Why similar: JRPG 24.3%, Dark Comedy 24.2%, Lore-Rich 12.2%, RPG 8.1%, Exploration 7.7%
Absurdist Interactive fiction. Talk to the beings that inhabitant the world at its end. We forgot how to die.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Philosophical 19.2%, Abstract 10.7%, Conversation 9.8%
A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.
Why similar: Experimental 42.1% ★, Philosophical 18.5%, Abstract 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
A retro-inspired jRPG with side-view turn-based combat, puzzle-rich dungeons, and meaningful side quests. Explore a vast world, recruit allies, and uncover secrets in an epic adventure nearly twice as large as before.
Why similar: JRPG 41.3%, Lore-Rich 19.8%, RPG 16.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Story Rich 7.1%
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Experimental 35.2% ★, Philosophical 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Abstract 14.3%, Story Rich 5.4%
SIRE is a narrative card game about dealing with the death of a parent, and the whirlwind of emotions that follow. Players combine cards to explore a darkly comedic, surreal world of loss and learning, in a combination of classic point-n-click adventure and real video footage.
Why similar: Philosophical 27.7%, Dark Comedy 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Abstract 9.3%, Conversation 8.1%
Artificial Intelligence, Real Problems: You are Makenzy Turner, an affable RoboTechnician employed by AI megacorp, Indelligent Solutions. With your trusty assistant ARI, use high-tech tools and old-fashioned empathy to mend everything from broken parts to broken hearts.
Why similar: Philosophical 30.2%, Dark Comedy 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Conversation 12.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.
Why similar: Philosophical 52.7%, Experimental 23.2% ★, Procedural Generation 8.6%, RPG 6.6%, Exploration 5.9%
奇怪的妈妈，强权的爸爸，究竟如何才能离开这个地方...
Why similar: JRPG 39%, Dark Comedy 32.1%, RPG 22.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
An interactive psychological horror drama.
Why similar: Experimental 36% ★, Dark Comedy 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Conversation 10.1%, Story Rich 6.7%
