- #1 A Sceptic's Guide to Magic
96% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2019
Dev: Pilgrim AdventuresPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Birmingham, England: 1993. A shocking ritual murder compels a world-weary forensic investigator to discover a hidden realm of witchcraft, gods and demons. Follow clues and use magic to solve the case, with moral choices leading to multiple possible endings.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #2 Atonement 2: Ruptured by Despair
96% matchMixed70% of 172 reviews2016
Dev: Astronomic GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Three weeks have passed since the events of Atonement: Scourge of Time, but the world is yet in peril. Elleria and her allies find themselves in an alternate timeline where events took a grimmer turn. She will now have to go head to head against her other self in order to stop the impending threat.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #3 Entity Researchers: Prologue
95% 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: RPG 100%
- #4 The Occult Detective
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: RPG 97.5%, Indie 2.5%
- #5 Data Hacker: Initiation
94% matchMixed64% of 278 reviews2014
Dev: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Data Hacker: Initiation sets the stage for the Datastream saga; an epic series of tales revolving around the possibility of virtual realms existing beyond our current reach. Once the bridge is crafted, everything will change.
Why similar: RPG 99.7%, Indie 0.3%
- #6 Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
92% matchVery Positive82% of 496 reviews2019
Dev: EXPERIENCEPub: Aksys Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. The countdown to death has already begun...
- #7 24 Hours 'til Rescue
93% matchMostly Negative28% of 88 reviews2016
Dev: J. FletcherPub: BrainCraft Gaming
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 24%
24 Hours ‘Til Rescue plunges you into dynamic, hand-crafted, city overrun by the undead with one, simple premise: to escape the city alive. Yet, with most of the streets barricaded, all of them teeming with enemies, and with rescue not coming for another 24 hours, the chances of survival are slim to none.
Why similar: RPG 97.5%, Indie 2.5%
- #8 Mercury: Cascade into Madness
91% matchVery Positive81% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Astronomic GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Mercury is a quirky and violent vigilante. After experiencing a traumatic event in her life, she saw it as her purpose to take to the streets and fight crime, only to become entangled in something huge that could threaten the entire city. Cyberpunk RPG with choice and consequence.
Why similar: RPG 96%, Indie 4%
- #9 City of Chains
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 338 reviews2015
Dev: Astronomic GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
City of Chains is a dark sci-fi RPG set in a dystopian city. Take control of a small group of escaped fugitives and lead them to their freedom. Decide whether to fight head on or to avoid combat, to help others or to go your own way, to show mercy or to kill. Your actions could affect the fate of the city.
Why similar: RPG 85.4%, Indie 14.6%
- #10 Look Outside
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,497 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: RPG 98.9%, Indie 1.1%
- #11 Sonia and the Hypnotic City
89% matchMixed65% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: StudioNAZEPub: Kagura Games
Windows
After receiving reports of a group of criminals using some sort of power to rob an entire city, the church dispatches a Holy Knight named Sonia to investigate the incident.
Why similar: RPG 96.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #12 Outrage
90% matchMixed61% of 168 reviews2016
Dev: Astronomic GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Outrage is a short cyberpunk dungeon crawler. You manage a team of vigilantes and must undertake various missions in the city to strengthen your team and your cause in order to bring a powerful enemy to justice.
Why similar: RPG 83.4%, Indie 16.6%
- #13 Trapped Dead: Lockdown
89% matchMixed54% of 190 reviews2015
Dev: Bigmoon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A small American town is overrun by the living dead! You manage to enter the town just before the military locks it down and now you must slice and shoot your way through thousands of zombies in order complete your mission in this action-packed Hack & Slash RPG.
Why similar: RPG 96.8%, Indie 3.2%
- #14 Atonement: Scourge of Time
87% matchMixed69% of 398 reviews2015
Dev: Astronomic GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The last king was killed over 400 years ago and the global rule of the land ceased to exist. The Vindicator is coming. ~a decadent, dark fantasy world with a new take on the concepts of Angels and Demons!
Why similar: RPG 66.2%, Indie 33.8%
- #15 Bad Dream: Fever
84% matchVery Positive82% of 1,306 reviews2018
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #16 Data Hacker: Corruption
86% matchMixed49% of 146 reviews2014
Dev: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
What if there were virtual realms that exist just beyond our reach? What if an online game became the bridge? The worlds are changing rapidly, with each side vying for a position that will secure their realm's future. In the coming war, on which side do you stand?
Why similar: RPG 63.5%, Indie 36.5%
- #17 Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
84% matchVery Positive93% of 362 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
Why similar: RPG 96.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #18 Pixel Noir
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: SWDTech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Untangle a gripping conspiracy in this noir-influenced mystery, laced with classic RPG elements. Navigate seedy streets to collect clues, upgrade skills and customize weapons. Brawl in turn-based combat with timed hits & combos, to reveal the dark truth that plagues the city’s core and your sanity.
Why similar: RPG 96.5%, Indie 3.5%
- #19 Please close the doors
85% matchMixed58% of 111 reviews2018
Dev: Koyotis StudioPub: KuKo
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
"Please close the doors" is a quest with elements of the detective and thriller in which the player should find out who of seven people, which got stuck with him in the elevator, is a criminal until he hasn't killed all the peaceful characters during interruptions in light.
Why similar: RPG 93%, Indie 7%
- #20 Rabbit Hole
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 268 reviews2022
Dev: Nikita UstinovPub: Blazes Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
An ancient evil has descended upon the rural town of Rabbit Hole. Now Shaun Turner not only has to untangle a twisted web of supernatural events and mysteries to save his family but also escape from the hellish remains of his hometown.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #21 Unheard - Voices of Crime
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,839 reviews2019
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?
Why similar: RPG 95.8%, Indie 4.2%
- #22 The Dark Rites of Arkham
78% matchVery Positive98% of 429 reviews2026
Dev: Postmodern AdventuresPub: enComplot
Windows
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
- #23 Dirty Room
81% matchMixed63% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Tactic Forge
Windows
First person shooter horror adventure game. As detective C, you arrived at an old friend's home and try to find out what's going on.
Why similar: RPG 98.5%, Indie 1.5%
- #24 Black Chapter
81% matchVery Positive93% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Spire Studio
Windows
Your class goes on a field trip to Durhal Cathedral before things take an unexpected turn. Solve the mystery before you and your friends perish!
Why similar: RPG 96%, Indie 4%
- #25 Slender Threads
76% matchVery Positive91% of 589 reviews2025
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #26 Human Apocalypse - Reverse Horror Zombie Indie RPG Adventure
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
A new virus is turning people into brain eating machines, etc. You know the rest. A cure has been found and all the infected people are now normal humans again. What is the problem then? Their skin color is still green. Play as an Ex-Zombie.
Why similar: RPG 95.8%, Indie 4.2%
- #27 Camp Sunshine
79% matchVery Positive91% of 292 reviews2016
Dev: Fossil GamesPub: Hound Picked Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Camp Sunshine is a 16-bit blood-soaked Horror RPG that pits you as Jez, who is dropped off at Summer Camp. He awakes in the middle of the night to discover blood everywhere, a rampaging killer on the loose dressed in a mascot costume and himself involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 Card Detective
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 188 reviews2023
Dev: 神探饭店制作组
Windows · Mac
Players will take on the role of newspaper reporter Hazel Gong, who was originally covering a practice exercise at an abandoned building site, but stumbles upon a mysterious corpse in an accidental collapse!
Why similar: RPG 97.4%, Indie 2.6%
- #29 Greyfox RPG
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,021 reviews2015
Dev: Lesley DoddPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as a new arrival to a foggy and mysterious town. You find yourself waking up in the bodies of the town's inhabitants at pivotal moments of their lives. Make tough choices as you discover the truth about this town called Greyfox.
Why similar: RPG 95.8%, Indie 4.2%
- #30 Achievement Lurker: Respectable Accomplishment
77% matchVery Positive82% of 180 reviews2017
Dev: Perverse Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The world of Ashendalila is a dark and terrible place, but one hero will outshine the rest. To accomplish what most dream of, but a heroes' work is never done. Monsters roam the world and try to stop the accomplishers from accomplishing the accomplishment.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #31 Heaven Dust
75% matchVery Positive91% of 681 reviews2020
Dev: One Gruel StudioPub: indienova
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth.
Why similar: RPG 95.6%, Indie 4.4%
- #32 Disillusion
73% matchVery Positive94% of 907 reviews2021
Dev: Disillusion Dev
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A mysterious muse calls upon you to investigate a Large tower in an oneiric land.
Why similar: RPG 97.2%, Indie 2.8%
- #33 Roots of Insanity
76% matchMixed67% of 439 reviews2017
Dev: Crania Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
As Dr. Riley McClein, you have to figure out what is real and what is not as you try to uncover the mysterious happenings at the hospital, while also trying to deal with your epileptic attacks that have haunted you all your life.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #34 Captive
74% matchVery Positive92% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Inside Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"Captive" tells the story of a woman who awakens badly hurt in an unknown cell, without any memories about herself. Will you be able to escape?
Why similar: RPG 96.1%, Indie 3.9%
- #35 Entity Researchers
73% 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: RPG 100%
- #36 Sunlight Scream
72% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
- #37 1914: Prelude to Chaos
75% matchMixed54% of 189 reviews2017
Dev: Amaterasu Software
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Enter the year 1914, which will mark the beginning of the Great War. This Indie adventure RPG will show you the glory of dying empires, death, despair and chaos that hasshaken the world and finally put an end to the ancient European monarchies.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #38 困兽TrappedBeast
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: LIN ZHILONG
Windows
Detective Iver investigates the case of a missing girl. As the investigation deepens, Iver is unable to escape and the secrets behind it are slowly being revealed. Can they escape from that crazy world
Why similar: RPG 96.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #39 Death of Marionette
71% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Strange things start to happen at a ruined factory where Sawyer and her friends arrive to prepare an event. Can they leave the place safely?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #40 Data Hacker: Reboot
74% matchMixed61% of 222 reviews2015
Dev: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Time, Space and Parallel Universes collapse and merge, tethered to threads of reality and sustained by a paradoxical power source. Nothing is impossible - it is time to become a Data Hacker.
Why similar: RPG 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #41 DETECTIVE - Rainy night
69% matchVery Positive81% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: k148 Game StudioPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.
- #42 Mansion of the Dead
68% matchVery Positive95% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Caicai Studio
Windows
Step into the shoes of Agent Kim, drawn into a chilling mystery deep in the wilderness. Find hidden clues, solve intricate puzzles, and outsmart the relentless zombies that roam the estate. Will you make it out alive, or will you too vanish without a trace?
Why similar: RPG 98.1%, Indie 1.9%
- #43 Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening
69% matchVery Positive98% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: Sapphire Dream Games
Windows
Join Alicia as she tries to save her niece from a city warped and twisted by otherworldly beings in this eccentric RPG.
Why similar: RPG 98.7%, Indie 1.3%
- #44 破镜恐惧
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2020
Dev: 幻想理戈游戏开发工作室
Windows
In this game, you will play a policeman who is transferred to Nabos from out of town. The crime rate here remains high all the year round, and ancient gangs and cults are entrenched here. you will be close to the city's innermost and darkest secret. What choice should you make then?
Why similar: RPG 97.1%, Indie 2.9%
- #45 Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: PsychoDevPub: AtomicHorde
Windows · Mac · Linux
After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.
- #46 Rabbit Hole Chapter 1
69% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Blazes Games
Windows
An ancient evil has descended upon the rural town of Rabbit Hole. Now Shaun Turner not only has to untangle a twisted web of supernatural events and mysteries to save his family but also escape from the hellish remains of his hometown.
- #47 Vesnith Tapes
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: KY XEPub: Darks Zone
Windows
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #48 Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 2
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2015
Dev: Sapphire Dragon Productions
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
One week after the eerie events occurred in Silver Creek Falls, the sleepy town in North Carolina is hit with yet another tragedy. An FBI agent is brutally murdered in cold blood in his own bedroom. No one knows who did it or why. Only one thing is clear: something truly sinister is broiling in Silver Creek Falls.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 Signs Of Darkness
73% matchMostly Negative23% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Press Pause Games
Windows
Kidnapped and thrown into the dark depths of the Undercrypt to die, you are rescued by an unknown ally. Eager to find the motive behind your abduction you set out on an unexpected journey. Master sorcery and swordsmanship to overcome the evil forces out to put an end to your existence.
Why similar: RPG 96.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #50 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 623 reviews2014
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #51 Harts
70% matchMixed54% of 84 reviews2018
Dev: Reglest5 Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Welcome to the house full of secrets and mysteries, the house in which for several years people disappear. Take on the role of a young detective whose idol died here about a year ago.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #52 Slender Threads: Prologue
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 516 reviews2021
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #53 The Devilry Reservation
65% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: GentFish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
- #54 Baisu
64% matchVery Positive85% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: Tripleducks studio
Windows
Step into the shoes of Detective Clay Kriest in "Baisu," a chilling tale of family, art, and the haunting unknown. As you arrive at the secluded residence of Maple Street 22, responding to an eerie call for help, you'll find yourself immersed in a quest shrouded in darkness.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 The Last Sin
67% matchMixed69% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: Amaterasu Software
Windows
The world is stuck in permanent limbo where the living don't realize what is going on and the dead cannot rest. Recruit a party of balanced heroes to save the endless plane of existence.
Why similar: RPG 96.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #56 VRZ: Torment
67% matchMixed70% of 235 reviews2017
Dev: StormBringer Studios OU
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Be immersed into Purgatory Island of undead and dying. Solve mysteries to escape while trying to survive. The undead are rising, zombie skags are swarming the land, and your end is fast approaching! Arm yourself, uncover what you need to survive, and escape the inescapable.
Why similar: RPG 96.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #57 Azurael's Circle: Chapter 1
66% matchVery Positive86% of 111 reviews2018
Dev: Jordan AllenPub: Enkian Games
Windows
Azurael's Circle: Chapter 1 is a horror-mystery adventure game where you must find the truth about your mother's death. What evils await you in the depths of the Lancaster farmhouse? The further you go, the more strange things get.
Why similar: Indie 100%