- #1 SKALD: Against the Black Priory
97% matchVery Positive94% of 3,660 reviews2024
Dev: High North Studios ASPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.7 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 33.1%, Minimalist 29.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, RPG 10.2%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #2 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 400 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 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Roguelike 16%, Visual Novel 13.5%, RPG 11.6%
- #3 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
96% matchVery Positive84% of 3,482 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 24.1%, RPG 20.3%, Space 16.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #4 SUNLESS SEA
95% matchVery Positive83% of 9,567 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 33.4%, RPG 23.7%, Story Rich 20.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 6.1%
- #5 Joy Malignant
94% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Petros Anastasiadis
Windows
A surreal dice-based RPG in a cursed city of gut-wrenching suffering. Here, your choices shape your skills and your appearance. Survive the city's hellish trials, meet tortured characters, and develop your own unique identity. Every choice matters as your actions will literally shape you.
Why similar: CRPG 35.6%, RPG 28.6%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 7%
- #6 翎之歌
94% matchVery Positive88% of 126 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 22.6%, Text-Based 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, RPG 9.8%
- #7 Shards of Order
93% matchVery Positive90% of 644 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: CRPG 31.7%, Lore-Rich 31.1%, RPG 17.7%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 4.4%
- #8 RECORD_DrowsyVortex
92% matchVery Positive100% of 61 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 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, CRPG 15.4%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Sci-fi 10%
- #9 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 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Adventure 8.2%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #10 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
91% matchMixed66% of 2,528 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 12.1 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%, CRPG 20.8%, Philosophical 20.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Indie 7.3%
- #11 The Endless Empty
90% matchVery Positive97% of 320 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: RPG 30.9%, Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #12 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.7 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%, Sci-fi 29.3%, RPG 23.3%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #13 Duskpunk
89% matchVery Positive92% of 189 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 29.6%, Lore-Rich 22.5%, Text-Based 22%, RPG 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #14 The Carcass
88% matchMostly Negative29% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: PiqFocus Interactive
Windows
A typing-driven Lovecraftian colony sim. You wake inside the corpse of a dead god, adrift in space. Carve a roguelike colony from procedurally generated anatomy. Negotiate with rival alien factions, evolve occult mutations, find your ending. The carcass remembers.
Why similar: Text-Based 27%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Roguelike 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, RPG 10.6%
- #15 Broken Roads
87% matchMixed52% of 464 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.3 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: CRPG 27.1%, Philosophical 25%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, RPG 10.2%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #16 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
84% matchVery Positive88% of 13,129 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 22.6%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Text-Based 19.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, RPG 11.9%
- #17 Omen Exitio: Plague
86% matchVery Positive85% of 641 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 31.6%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Text-Based 10.9%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #18 Rencounter
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 24.2 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 32.6%, Roguelike 29.2%, Sci-fi 22.9%, Indie 11%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #19 Sabres of Infinity
85% matchVery Positive93% of 189 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 23.1%, RPG 19.3%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 6.1%
- #20 Void Sails
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 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 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.9%, RPG 12.5%, Space 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #21 Betrayal At Club Low
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 587 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Roguelike 21.1%, RPG 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #22 StarCrawlers Chimera
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 64 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 40.1%, Roguelike 18.6%, Sci-fi 15.3%, RPG 12.7%, Stylized 8.2%
- #23 THYSIASTERY
81% matchVery Positive81% of 356 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 59.7%, RPG 36.3%, Singleplayer 4%
- #24 Space Wreck
80% matchVery Positive88% of 189 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 27.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Lore-Rich 17%, Sci-fi 8.9%, RPG 8.9%
- #25 City of Chains
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 344 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 41.5%, RPG 30.3%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Adventure 12.9%
- #26 BlightFog
79% matchVery Positive88% of 67 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 14.9%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%, RPG 8.1%
- #27 A Place for the Unwilling
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 72 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 31.9%, Choices Matter 25%, Adventure 16.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, Indie 11%
- #28 LABYRINTHOS: The Depths Want You
78% matchVery Positive86% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: AstronautsPub: Shiravune
Windows
Ascend the sunken labyrinth called the Tower and choose your path to escape to the surface. Battle foes, forge relationships, and find power in this roguelite dark fantasy RPG.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.3%, RPG 25.6%, Story Rich 19.3%, Adventure 9.8%
- #29 Tower Song
78% 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 52.6%, Sci-fi 26.5%, RPG 20.9%
- #30 Citizen Sleeper
77% matchVery Positive92% of 10,638 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 29.4%, Sci-fi 20%, Space 18%, RPG 14.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #31 Minds Beneath Us
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,428 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 12.8 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 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #32 RGB GlitchGazer
76% matchVery Positive96% 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 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Sci-fi 12.6%
- #33 Torment: Tides of Numenera
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 4,378 reviews2017
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 26.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Story Rich 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #34 Vagrus - The Riven Realms
77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,889 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, RPG 8.4%
- #35 A Song Of Sunlight
75% matchVery Positive99% of 163 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 29.3%, Visual Novel 28.4%, RPG 21.8%, Psychological Horror 20.6%
- #36 Sub-Verge
76% matchMixed69% of 59 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%, RPG 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Story Rich 12.5%
- #37 Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
73% matchVery Positive96% of 158 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: Roguelike 58.9%, RPG 37.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #38 Centum
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 194 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 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, RPG 13.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #39 Celestial Return
73% matchVery Positive87% of 179 reviews2026
Dev: Metaphor GamesPub: Shoreline Games
Windows
Loot, bribe, gamble, survive. The dice will be your savior or your downfall in this story-driven RPG. Every roll matters when trying to uncover cosmic horrors and outwit megacorps. Pray your next roll won’t be your last.
Why similar: CRPG 51.1%, Choices Matter 16%, RPG 15.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 5.3%
- #40 Hope Deferred
72% matchPositive98% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Tell All
Windows
Hope Deferred is a first-person psychological horror RPG. Explore nightmare worlds and search for understanding in this PSX inspired dungeon crawler.
Why similar: Philosophical 27.7%, Lore-Rich 26.7%, RPG 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #41 Cthulhu Mythos ADV Lunatic Whispers
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 109 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 20.8%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Text-Based 9.8%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #42 Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
72% matchVery Positive95% of 273 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 16.5%, Choices Matter 5.8%, Story Rich 3.4%
- #43 A House of Many Doors
73% matchVery Positive84% of 437 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Trickery
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 42.6%, Text-Based 17.4%, RPG 16.9%, Story Rich 11.9%, Indie 4.9%
- #44 The Thaumaturge
70% matchVery Positive83% of 5,995 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 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 43.6%, RPG 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #45 This is Interesting
70% 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 27.2%, RPG 27.2%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 8.4%
- #46 Sol Cesto
67% matchVery Positive91% of 5,179 reviews2026
Dev: TambouillePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 65.2%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #47 Cyber Rats
69% matchVery Positive91% of 152 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%, Indie 23.3%, Singleplayer 14.7%
- #48 Underchoice
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 128 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 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.6%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Story Rich 9.3%, Indie 5%
- #49 Roadwarden
69% matchVery Positive94% of 5,205 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 18.2%, RPG 16.4%, Visual Novel 7.2%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #50 An Outcry
71% matchVery Positive93% of 124 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 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, RPG 13.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #51 Entity Researchers: Prologue
71% 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 40.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Roguelike 19.1%, RPG 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #52 Songs of Silence
68% matchVery Positive81% of 2,772 reviews2024
Dev: Chimera Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 52.8%, RPG 20.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Adventure 9.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #53 PAGAN: Autogeny
71% 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 75.9%, Indie 24.1%
- #54 Sultan's Game
64% matchVery Positive94% of 35,266 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 24.7 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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, RPG 10.8%
- #55 The Dark Egg Demo
68% matchVery Positive97% 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 24.3%, Text-Based 22.5%, Minimalist 14.1%, RPG 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9%
- #56 Caves of Qud
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,678 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 35.5 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 46.2% ★, CRPG 17.9%, Roguelike 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.6%, RPG 5.7%
- #57 and yet, we dream
67% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: arda bolat
Windows · Mac · Linux
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 33.8%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Choices Matter 17.9%, RPG 9.3%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #58 CaseCracker3
65% matchVery Positive86% of 433 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 28%, Text-Based 24.2%, Minimalist 15.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, RPG 9.2%
- #59 Cogmind
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,013 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 41.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 30.4%, Roguelike 27.1%, Sci-fi 20.4%, RPG 11.5%, Story Rich 9%
- #60 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,731 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.1 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%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Choices Matter 15.9%, RPG 13.5%, Story Rich 8.4%