- #1 SKALD: Against the Black Priory
97% matchVery Positive94% of 3,563 reviews2024
Dev: High North Studios ASPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat
Why similar: CRPG 32.8%, Minimalist 29.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%, RPG 10.1%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #2 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 353 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: Text-Based 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Roguelike 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, RPG 11.5%
- #3 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
96% matchVery Positive84% of 3,454 reviews2019
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.
Why similar: Roguelike 24.5%, RPG 19.9%, Space 16.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #4 SUNLESS SEA
95% matchVery Positive83% of 9,521 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: Roguelike 34.1%, RPG 23.4%, Story Rich 20%, Adventure 12%, Indie 6.2%
- #5 翎之歌
94% matchVery Positive89% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: YuKi制作组Pub: 崩溃猛犸
Windows
《Song of Feathers》 is a deeply immersive post apocalyptic survival adventure game. In this world shrouded in the shadow of the apocalypse, Players will play as the last human in this desperate land, searching for the meaning of survival and the opportunity to rebuild civilization.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23%, Text-Based 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Visual Novel 13%, RPG 9.7%
- #6 RECORD_DrowsyVortex
94% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: LunarHillz
Windows
RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, CRPG 15.3%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Sci-fi 10%
- #7 Dark Scavenger
93% 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 32.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Adventure 8%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #8 Broken Roads
92% matchMixed52% of 455 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: CRPG 27.1%, Philosophical 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, RPG 10.1%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #9 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 733 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.5 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 40.2%, Sci-fi 29.3%, RPG 22.9%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #10 The Endless Empty
91% matchVery Positive96% of 311 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: RPG 30.3%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Adventure 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #11 Sabres of Infinity
90% matchVery Positive93% of 184 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wage a war of gunpowder and magic! As a gentleman-officer of the Royal Dragoons, will you sacrifice your fortune? Your honour? Your men? Your own life?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.2%, Text-Based 23.5%, RPG 19.2%, Adventure 9%, Indie 6.2%
- #12 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
89% matchVery Positive89% of 9,719 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Text-Based 19%, Visual Novel 12.7%, RPG 11.9%
- #13 Omen Exitio: Plague
89% matchVery Positive85% of 631 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Text-Based 11%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #14 Void Sails
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Ticking Clock Games
Windows
VOID SAILS is a single-player adventure where you captain a flying ship across uncharted space. Sail through mysterious worlds, battle powerful foes, and make story-defining choices. Uncover dark secrets in a game where every discovery could bring you closer to the truth—or to madness.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, RPG 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Space 9.4%
- #15 Rencounter
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.
Why similar: RPG 32.1%, Roguelike 29.7%, Sci-fi 22.8%, Indie 11.1%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #16 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
87% matchMixed66% of 2,516 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: RPG 31.1%, CRPG 20.5%, Philosophical 20.4%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Indie 7.5%
- #17 THYSIASTERY
85% matchVery Positive82% of 297 reviews2026
Dev: DIRGA
Windows · Linux
THYSIASTERY is a dungeon crawler RPG featuring traditional roguelike and turn-based gameplay. Command a party of bearers of the Brand, drawn into a vast Labyrinth. Recruit while exploring the Labyrinth in hope of finding a way out, and its secrets will be revealed as you delve deeper.
Why similar: Roguelike 60.1%, RPG 35.9%, Singleplayer 4%
- #18 Torment: Tides of Numenera
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 4,362 reviews2017
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.
Why similar: CRPG 37.6%, RPG 26.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #19 Space Wreck
84% 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: CRPG 27.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Lore-Rich 17.3%, Sci-fi 8.9%, RPG 8.8%
- #20 Betrayal At Club Low
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 576 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.2%, Roguelike 21.3%, RPG 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #21 A Place for the Unwilling
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: ALPixel Games
Windows · Mac
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Text-Based 32.2%, Choices Matter 25.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Story Rich 12.9%, Indie 11.1%
- #22 Citizen Sleeper
81% matchVery Positive92% of 10,281 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 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: Text-Based 30.1%, Sci-fi 20.1%, Space 17.8%, RPG 14.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #23 StarCrawlers Chimera
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Juggernaut Games
Windows
StarCrawlers Chimera is a first-person, turn-based, cyberpunk RPG. Customize your character skills and dive into the Chimera complex to find the elusive Dr. Cerberus. Are you a stealthy cyberninja? A crazed pyromaniac soldier? Mind-bending void psyker? Or... a bit of all of them?
Why similar: CRPG 39.7%, Roguelike 19%, Sci-fi 15.3%, RPG 12.6%, Stylized 8.5%
- #24 BlightFog
81% matchVery Positive88% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Zakroutil
Windows
Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.
Why similar: Transhumanism 32.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #25 RGB GlitchGazer
79% matchVery Positive97% of 97 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 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Sci-fi 12.6%
- #26 Minds Beneath Us
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,908 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #27 Vagrus - The Riven Realms
80% matchVery Positive85% of 1,787 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Lead a traveling company through a harsh, unforgiving world where survival is never guaranteed in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Why similar: CRPG 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Lore-Rich 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, RPG 8.4%
- #28 City of Chains
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 342 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: Indie 42%, RPG 30.1%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Adventure 12.6%
- #29 Tower Song
79% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: OI Games
Windows · Mac
Tower Song is a challenging turn-based RPG that rewards clever planning and decisive tactics in unrepeatable battles. Eldritch tower-borne beasts threaten to breach reality and overrun the capital of Qadam. Lead your chosen Mana Knight in this tightly plotted quest to push back the darkness.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 53.2%, Sci-fi 26.3%, RPG 20.5%
- #30 A Song Of Sunlight
77% matchVery Positive99% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: RageForDragons
Windows
An RPG set in a distant, lonely future. Follow Arem, a young man lured from his small island community to explore the desolate megastructure beneath it: “The Well.” With the simple goal of finding the exit, Arem will burden himself with something more terrible than he ever thought possible.
Why similar: Sci-fi 29.4%, Visual Novel 28.2%, RPG 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.7%
- #31 Duskpunk
77% matchVery Positive91% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: CRPG 29.3%, Lore-Rich 22.9%, Text-Based 22.2%, RPG 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #32 Sub-Verge
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Interactive Tragedy, LimitedPub: Pantaloon
Windows · Mac
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Why similar: Sci-fi 26.4%, Choices Matter 18.2%, RPG 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #33 Centum
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: Hack The PublisherPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.
Why similar: Philosophical 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, RPG 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #34 Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
75% matchVery Positive95% of 263 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 37.6%, RPG 33.2%, Adventure 16.2%, Choices Matter 6%, Story Rich 3.4%
- #35 A House of Many Doors
76% matchVery Positive83% of 434 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Trickery
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 43.2%, Text-Based 17.3%, RPG 16.7%, Story Rich 11.8%, Indie 5%
- #36 Cthulhu Mythos ADV Lunatic Whispers
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 107 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Text-Based 9.9%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #37 This is Interesting
73% matchVery Positive99% of 81 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 27.3%, RPG 26.9%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Adventure 8.2%
- #38 Cyber Rats
72% matchVery Positive92% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Outpost Games
Windows
Cute rats in deadly mazes... Cyber Rats is a dark and brutal action game. Escape sadistic horrifying death mazes, Improve your rats with upgrades, and find your way out of this sinister facility.
Why similar: Stylized 62.6%, Indie 22.9%, Singleplayer 14.5%
- #39 An Outcry
74% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2022
Dev: Quinn K.
Windows
A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, RPG 13.3%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #40 The Dark Egg Demo
73% matchVery Positive96% of 228 reviews2022
Dev: Transcend Pixels
Windows
A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Text-Based 22.7%, Minimalist 14.1%, RPG 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #41 Underchoice
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
Windows
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Indie 5%
- #42 Entity Researchers: Prologue
73% 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 39.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Roguelike 19.5%, RPG 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #43 PAGAN: Autogeny
74% matchVery Positive84% of 86 reviews2019
Dev: Oleander GardenPub: Hex Code Coven
Windows
A thousand worlds surround our own, composed of bits and bytes. When they die, where do they go; what secrets do they hide? Stumble ye, wayfarer, through the wreckage of a dead MMO.
Why similar: RPG 75.5%, Indie 24.5%
- #44 Songs of Silence
71% matchVery Positive81% of 2,682 reviews2024
Dev: Chimera Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 53.5%, RPG 20.4%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 9.3%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #45 Roadwarden
70% matchVery Positive94% of 5,066 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, RPG 16.4%, Visual Novel 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #46 The Thaumaturge
70% matchVery Positive83% of 5,754 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: CRPG 43.5%, RPG 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #47 Sultan's Game
67% matchVery Positive94% of 34,412 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, RPG 10.6%
- #48 Kanna Maze
69% matchVery Positive88% of 382 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, RPG 17.2%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #49 Cralon
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: Pithead Studio
Windows
The shaft is your only escape. Explore a vast underground world and unravel the mysteries hidden in the darkness below. Inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and RPGs, CRALON is an immersive first-person adventure that tests your resolve as you face the demons around you, and within.
Why similar: CRPG 57.1%, RPG 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Adventure 7.2%, Indie 3.4%
- #50 Cogmind
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,977 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 30.6%, Roguelike 27.4%, Sci-fi 20.1%, RPG 11.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #51 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
67% matchVery Positive91% of 941 reviews2025
Dev: Space Colony StudiosPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Space 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #52 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,674 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, Choices Matter 16%, RPG 13.4%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #53 CaseCracker3
67% matchVery Positive88% of 383 reviews2026
Dev: BlackRobe
Windows · Mac
Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?
Why similar: CRPG 27.8%, Text-Based 24.5%, Minimalist 15.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, RPG 9.1%
- #54 Endless Dark
68% matchVery Positive99% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Little Light Studios, LLC
Windows · Linux
An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.
Why similar: Minimalist 25%, Roguelike 18.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Choices Matter 14%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #55 Primordia
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,416 reviews2012
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45%, Sci-fi 28.9%, Adventure 9.7%, Story Rich 7%, Indie 4.7%
- #56 Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
67% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
You've been exiled to The Mirk - an unforgiving swampland where every step could be your last. You must constantly make choices: what paths to take, which tree to shelter under, what beasts to engage or avoid, what items to bring into the darkness of dungeons, and what treasures to leave behind.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #57 Gods Will Be Watching
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,940 reviews2014
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.
Why similar: Sci-fi 39%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Story Rich 15.7%, Adventure 11%, Indie 10.3%
- #58 INSOMNIA: The Ark
71% matchMixed59% of 1,263 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 23.4%, Lore-Rich 21.5%, Sci-fi 15.5%, RPG 11.5%, Space 10.3%
- #59 Sol Cesto
64% matchVery Positive91% of 4,672 reviews2026
Dev: TambouillePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
Why similar: Roguelike 65.3%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #60 Caves of Qud
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,432 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Why similar: Transhumanism 46.3% ★, CRPG 17.7%, Roguelike 10.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%, RPG 5.6%