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Why similar: RPG 21.7%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Story Rich 16.3%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Surreal 8.7%

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: RPG 19%, Psychological 16.6%, Story Rich 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

《请神》是一款中式民俗RPG。选择你的职业，自由分配技能，在多个独立模组中扮演不同身份的调查员。通过对话与检定直面中式恐怖和超自然恐怖。

Why similar: RPG 21.7%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Multiple Endings 15%, Story Rich 12.9%, Surreal 9.5%

Nonestory is an RPG game that tells the entertaining story of one man who decided to prove his case to everyone to the world.

Why similar: RPG 28.2%, Choices Matter 22.1%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Story Rich 12.4%, Exploration 7.6%

Claude, a high school student, pays a visit to his classmate Emma. He stumbles upon a strange knife in the attic, and both are thrown into an otherworldly realm, haunted by ghosts. Now they must find a way to restore the house to its original form, and seal back the rampaging ghosts.

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.3%, Multiple Endings 21.8%, RPG 20.8%, Story Rich 14.3%, Top-Down 6.4%

Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.

Why similar: Choices Matter 16%, Surreal 15%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Story Rich 9.5%

Engage with the townsfolk and native people to make decisions and choices, your actions will decide the fate of New Albans. With multiple endings, solve puzzles, speak to NPCs and explore the land in this story adventure.

Why similar: Choices Matter 14.8%, RPG 14%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Top-Down 11.1%

Michael Longhurst had just survived a terrible ordeal at Hartown Park. Two months later, he returns with his partner, Ethan. As they try and uncover the cursed history of the Longhurst Family.

Why similar: Choices Matter 15.8%, RPG 14%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Top-Down 12.3%

Wynnia is the only child in the sanatorium, spending her days lost in adventurous fantasies. Dr. Kai is a cold, meticulous physician who treats patients and diagnoses difficult cases. Innocent imagination and clinical rationality travel different tracks, yet quietly shape each other.

Why similar: RPG 20%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 12%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 10.8%

Mondealy is about you building relationships and exploring the world. An ordinary guy from an ordinary town on an ordinary day uncovers the secrets of an extraordinary underground kingdom located under his home. Your adventure begins!

Why similar: Choices Matter 19.1%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Story Rich 14%, Surreal 12%, RPG 11.2%

Join Max on a mischievous Christmas Eve adventure! When his dad doesn’t return home, Max’s imagination takes over, leading to hilarious choices, festive chaos, and a magical quest to find missing Santa in Christmas Land. Your decisions shape this funny, heartwarming holiday story.

Why similar: RPG 26.9%, Choices Matter 22.3%, Story Rich 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Dynamic Narration 8.8% ★

A Mind Apart is a story-driven adventure RPG shaped by your choices. Embark on a journey to piece together the memories that reveal who you are and where you belong. Choose which paths to follow and which bonds to form, shaping her identity and fate.

Why similar: Choices Matter 19.2%, Multiple Endings 17%, RPG 16.1%, Story Rich 13%, Psychological 9.4%

Have you ever faced the choice of living the life others expect, or the life you truly want, even if it’s difficult? If so, this is your game. Kowareta is an RPG with an unusual combat system and a silent world that says a lot.

Why similar: RPG 23.7%, Surreal 12.5%, Exploration 9.7%, Psychological 9.4%, Hand-drawn 8.9%

FALLSAGA! The journey of Marcel in search of a legendary waterfall!

Why similar: Multiple Endings 22.9%, Choices Matter 22.4%, RPG 20%, Story Rich 17.2%, 2D 6.7%

A short top-down narrative game about alcohol, denial, and the first honest moment of accountability.

Why similar: RPG 26.8%, Action-Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 15%, Top-Down 15%, Story Rich 11.5%

You will explore a mysterious world with the little fairy, Sir Leonardo. An adventure awaits where you'll meet companions, fight wicked enemies, and uncover the secrets of a world in crisis. The end of the story is in your hands.

Why similar: Choices Matter 19.9%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Top-Down 15.6%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 10.3%

《Finale of Aeons》 is a text-based narrative game that blends tabletop RPG and role-playing elements. In this fantasy world, you can take on the roles of five different protagonists, experience five completely distinct storylines, and make your own choices in the face of adversity and intrigue.

Why similar: RPG 28.8%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Indie 10.9%

In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...

Why similar: Choices Matter 18.7%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Story Rich 12.6%, RPG 11%

An old fashioned RPG Horror Game. Venture into the mansion, investigate the truth behind the fire. The deeper you delve into the mistery, the more choices you will have when everything will unravel.

Why similar: RPG 22.7%, Multiple Endings 18%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Story Rich 13.9%, Psychological 10.2%

An RPG about work-life balance in a Latin American inspired cyberpunk world.

Why similar: RPG 25.2%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Story Rich 15%, Multiple Endings 12%, Exploration 9.8%

Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.

Why similar: Choices Matter 17.1%, Surreal 13.2%, Psychological 11.2%, RPG 10.8%, Story Rich 10.4%

An exploration game set in a surreal dreamscape full of projections. Piece together past recollections and elusive memories. Make a choice as the reality and dreamed world begins to blur...

Why similar: Surreal 19.7%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, RPG 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%

Explore a remote, rain-drenched archipelago. Find cozy shelters and cherish long-lost memories to see life in a new light. What will you make of your past?

Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Story Rich 14.3%, Psychological 13.7%, Exploration 12.3%

Plague: London 1665 is an RPG with pixel art graphics set in 1665's during the Bubonic Plague outbreak in overcrowded and polluted London. As a body collector, graveyard keeper, and family provider, avoid the disease while clearing the streets. Will you survive the outbreak or become another victim?

Why similar: RPG 24.6%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Story Rich 9.4%

Find love in this turn based role-playing game where balance is key. Wisely balance your flesh and mind to defeat the incarnations. Avoid your heart bursting. Meet new friends. You are now in the Mirabelle jam.

Why similar: RPG 22.4%, Surreal 22.1%, Psychological 10.6%, Story Rich 9.4%, Indie 8.9%

這是最初為了拯救某個人而開始的故事，從看似倉促的冒險一步一步踏入更深沉的謎團之中... 你的記憶和選擇，將會決定世界的命運。

Why similar: RPG 31%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Story Rich 10.6%

A surreal action RPG where dreams fight back. Explore vivid realms, face your nightmares, and choose what to destroy — or forgive.

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.8%, Story Rich 17.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Top-Down 8.2%, Indie 7.8%

After an awful time at a Halloween party, the night welcomes you with a deep cold breeze. With your car busted and unusable thanks to your drunk tennant, a single pavement awaits for your determined fate....

Why similar: Choices Matter 24%, RPG 19.5%, Story Rich 18.9%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, 2D 8.2%

SVETIK is a dark top-down RPG where your only source of light is a living being. Svetik remembers your words, changes over time, and may leave you in complete darkness. Can you restore the sun if the light itself stops trusting you?

Why similar: Choices Matter 17.8%, Psychological 13.6%, Story Rich 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11%, RPG 10.8%

Dreamed Away is an emotional action-adventure RPG with psychological horror elements. Play as Théo, a boy lost in a dark, mysterious world. Explore a unique reality, duel against darkness in a unique, fast paced combat system and mind your choices.

Why similar: Choices Matter 17.7%, Multiple Endings 16%, RPG 13%, Story Rich 12.4%, Action-Adventure 11%

Navigate a both strange and strangely familiar world, be clever, tactical, and resourceful to survive, because there are things in this place, and they can be dangerous. No human could survive alone... But there is always something that can help those in desperate need.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.6%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Story Rich 14.9%, RPG 14.8%, Hand-drawn 7.7%

Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.

Why similar: Choices Matter 18.6%, Surreal 17.4%, Top-Down 14.9%, Exploration 12%, Story Rich 11.6%

This is an RPG game that breaks the conventional JRPG settings. You successfully complete puzzles, battles, and quests, and finally defeat the evil dragon as in the legend. But the game is far from over... You suddenly realize that what you have learned is not the true set of rules of this world.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.7%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Story Rich 13.3%, RPG 11%, Exploration 10.5%

Betrayed and shipwrecked, Fred awakens on a mysterious island that regenerates everything he collects. Grief turns to obsession as he hoards endlessly. Explore, gather, and uncover the secrets of the island—and the truth behind your exile.

Why similar: RPG 15.9%, Choices Matter 15%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Top-Down 12.7%

Paign is a classic style role-playing game, level up, collect and explore. Learn different professions and skills. Choose one of the two factions and talk to the people and get to know them. Make your decision wisely.

Why similar: RPG 33.7%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Exploration 13.2%, Story Rich 9.5%

Horrors of Helmsfirth is a horror/adventure visual novella where you investigate the mystery causing townsfolk to disappear at night. Build trust with allies who can help save your town from monsters. Explore 9 different character plot lines and defeat the forces of evil… or join them?

Why similar: Choices Matter 25.7%, Multiple Endings 22.2%, Story Rich 16.3%, RPG 12.6%, Mystery 9.7%

You play as a young child whose dog has died. Head down to Necros, the realm of the underworld, to find your dog and bring it back home!

Why similar: Choices Matter 20.5%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, RPG 17.4%, Story Rich 12%, Exploration 9.3%

The Albion Plague is a 2D RPG with point-and-click mechanics, faction management, and a refined choice-and-consequence system based on fully customizable playstyles. Use every skill at your disposal to save Ulma, prevent a catastrophic civil war, and protect her from a terrifying enemy...

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.4%, RPG 25.4%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Story Rich 14.4%, 2D 9.7%

Made by one person, an open world adventure game filled with silly characters and terrible secrets. Explore the woods, find hidden paths, hack and slash through strange monsters, and try very, very hard not to break reality. Or don't. You do you.

Why similar: Choices Matter 17%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, RPG 12.2%, Story Rich 11.4%, Top-Down 10.4%

The Perfect Prince is an adventure game featuring a touching story and storybook-style visuals. Progress through puzzles and light action, as the tale branches based on your choices and actions. Build bonds with the characters and shape a story that’s uniquely yours.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.7%, Story Rich 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Indie 10.8%

A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.

Why similar: Choices Matter 22.3%, Multiple Endings 20.9%, Story Rich 16.7%, Surreal 12.5%, Exploration 10.4%

Voiceover is a single player game, inspired by Disco Elysium and classic JRPGs, where real world is shown through the prism of main character's mental disorders.

Why similar: Choices Matter 18.1%, Story Rich 15%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, RPG 11.6%, Indie 10.6%

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: Choices Matter 15%, Surreal 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Story Rich 12.9%, RPG 12.8%

A top-down stealth immersive sim set inside fractured memories. Stay hidden, manipulate light and shadow, uncover story-rich mysteries, and make choices that shape the truth behind your death.

Why similar: Choices Matter 19%, Story Rich 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.5%, RPG 18.2%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Story Rich 12.1%, Mystery 9.8%

Land of Infinite Dreams is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure about Princess Luna, a young girl who escapes into Lunaria — a dreamworld shaped by loss, loneliness, and imagination. She harnesses the power of moonlight to overcome challenges and defeat enemies.

Why similar: Choices Matter 19.4%, Story Rich 15.1%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Surreal 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

Not Involved. Vermillion is a narrative-driven action game with a craft system. Diagnose patients, collect ingredients, prepare mixtures and try to save the whole village.

Why similar: Choices Matter 18%, Multiple Endings 18%, RPG 15.2%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 13.4%

Crimpo is out on summer break! However, the wizard done did splattered him up with a golf cart and broke his phone and stuff. How embarrassing! Anyways, now he has to get the wizard to fix his phone or his dad will tear him a new one!

Why similar: Choices Matter 23%, RPG 21.5%, Multiple Endings 20.3%, Top-Down 9.8%, Story Rich 7.1%

Help a little soul go through a unique and wonderful world. Explore the area, solve puzzles, find scraps of memories to help the hero reunite with his family and find out why Death didn't come for him.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.7%, Story Rich 16.2%, Surreal 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Top-Down 11.7%

A surreal inde RPG about dissociation, recovery, and the friends (imaginary or not) who help us survive. Guide Juno through a new town, (re)build her connections, dig through the static and find out what it means to see the world in color again.

Why similar: RPG 22.9%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Exploration 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.1%

Before Fate is a retro sci-fi survival RPG. Explore fractured worlds across time, gather resources, craft gear, survive dungeons, and piece together the final timeline.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 15.8%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, RPG 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 9.3%

In a world made up of flowers and dreaming worlds, you were born as someone's helper.

Why similar: RPG 19%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Surreal 12%, Top-Down 9.4%, Psychological 9.1%

Once upon a time, there was a human lost in a magical world where fairy tales do not exist...

Why similar: Action-Adventure 18.1%, RPG 14.2%, Magic 12.4%, Exploration 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

While traversing through several islands in this action adventure game, you'll need to help the islanders, solve puzzles and survive to make your way back home.

Why similar: Choices Matter 20.9%, Multiple Endings 20.4%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 14.7%, Top-Down 14.1%

Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.

Why similar: Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Dynamic Narration 12.8% ★, RPG 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.9%

What happens to a fish who can't swim? SAADINE is a surreal, whimsical, adventure RPG as a fish stuck in a corporate job. Explore magical worlds, meet different creatures, and remember— you always have a choice in who you are.

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.7%, Multiple Endings 18%, RPG 17.2%, Story Rich 13.5%, Hand-drawn 11.5%

An evil being has stolen the king's daughter and is on their way to bring ruin to Nakimbo island, fight through dungeons and rescue the king's daughter, just make sure not to destroy the world whilst you're at it.

Why similar: RPG 34%, Choices Matter 22.4%, Top-Down 18.7%, 2D 11.2%, Indie 6.5%

In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?

Why similar: Choices Matter 20.3%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, Mystery 10.6%

Dive into Realm of the Everbound, a narrative-rich adventure where you awaken in a mystical game world as a sentient pumpkin. Navigate through enchanting dialogues, unravel the mysteries of Alehaven, and seek a path back to reality in this captivating blend of fantasy and intrigue.

Why similar: Choices Matter 22.5%, Multiple Endings 20%, RPG 17.6%, Story Rich 15.7%, Action-Adventure 12.6%

An ordinary guy is transported to a strange world of monsters, puzzles, and unlikely allies. Unravel prophecies, face the demon of chaos, and shape the fate of this mysterious realm through your choices. Will you save it or doom it?

Why similar: RPG 29.9%, Choices Matter 22%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Exploration 8.9%, Mystery 7.6%