- #1 The Fleet
97% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take back your home world from alien invaders! Forge an Intergalactic Alliance (with untrustworthy allies) to reclaim your planet; blast your way to victory with an ever-expanding arsenal. Will you sacrifice civilian lives to exact vengeance on your enemies?
Why similar: RPG 43%, Adventure 23.7%, Indie 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%
- #2 It's Killing Time
96% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel the world, meet new people, and assassinate them for money! In this ultra-violent interactive novel, who can you trust? Who will you betray?
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Adventure 24.7%, Indie 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%
- #3 Catacombs of the Undercity
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Head deep beneath Orlandes City and uncover a dark brotherhood in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!
Why similar: RPG 45%, Adventure 22.7%, Indie 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%
- #4 The Lost Heir 3: Demon War
95% matchMixed58% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An epic medieval fantasy tale! Assume the throne of Daria and avenge your parents' death in the thrilling conclusion of this three-part series.
Why similar: RPG 43.9%, Adventure 22%, Indie 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%
- #5 The Harbinger's Head
94% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Visit a myth-infested 1820s Ireland. One dark (if not particularly stormy) night, you find yourself face to face with a frightening visage—or lack thereof. Though shaped like a man, the creature you’ve encountered appears to have lost his head. Worse, he seems to think you are the one to blame!
Why similar: RPG 42.6%, Adventure 23.5%, Indie 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%
- #6 Samurai of Hyuga Book 3
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Life isn’t getting any easier for our favorite ronin! The journey continues in the land of silk and steel, where fantasy and reality clash and tough choices await you on every page. Get ready to prove why you’re the toughest ronin around.
Why similar: RPG 43.1%, Adventure 22.6%, Indie 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%
- #7 Caverns of the Snow Witch (Standalone)
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2015
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
YOU are the hero in Caverns of the Snow Witch! Triumph agains the villainous Snow Witch in Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy classic RPG gamebook!
Why similar: RPG 46.3%, Adventure 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Indie 15.6%
- #8 Life of a Mobster
92% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Join the mob and rule the city! Will you become a celebrity mobster, or rule from the shadows?
Why similar: RPG 43.1%, Adventure 22.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Indie 17%
- #9 Choice of the Star Captain
91% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight on the front lines of the war between humanity and the hideous Blobs. (Not that anyone has actually seen a Blob up close, but everyone knows they’re hideous!) Go on stealth missions, run alien blockades, and investigate mysterious planets, "aided" by Lloyd, your insufferably obnoxious shipboard computer.
Why similar: RPG 41.6%, Adventure 22.9%, Indie 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%
- #10 Starship Traveller (Standalone)
91% matchMixed64% of 78 reviews2015
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
YOU are the hero in Starship Traveller! Captain a futuristic Starship in Steve Jackson's classic sci-fi RPG gamebook!
Why similar: RPG 35.8%, Adventure 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Indie 14.1%, Space 11.3%
- #11 拯救大魔王2:逆流 Falsemen2:Upstream
88% matchMixed56% of 202 reviews2021
Dev: 吃了就睡工作室
Windows · Mac
A fantasy game about the adventures of a villain. It has both narrative and open world gameplay modes. You will play the villain and begin your journey in a land that is ruled by an empire. I want to tell you, in 300,000 words, "What is the villain?" And what we should do if we're the villain.
Why similar: RPG 50.3%, Adventure 25.9%, Indie 19.6%, Old School 4.2%
- #12 An Assassin in Orlandes
90% matchVery Positive82% of 93 reviews2015
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Search for a ruthless assassin in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story!
Why similar: RPG 44.3%, Adventure 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Indie 15.1%
- #13 Sorcery! Part 4
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 122 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An epic adventure through an open world of monsters, traps and magic. Infiltrate the Fortress of Sorcerers, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered, no matter how small. Cheat death, uncover ancient mysteries, and recover the Crown of Kings - if you can.
Why similar: RPG 44.6%, Adventure 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Indie 16.2%
- #14 Cannonfire Concerto
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an 18th century symphony of intrigue, your supernatural virtuoso performance begins an overture to war! Spies, lovers, generals…who holds the strings?
Why similar: RPG 39.9%, Adventure 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Indie 17.3%
- #15 House of Hell (Standalone)
87% matchVery Positive87% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
YOU are the hero in House of Hell! Can you escape from the Earl of Drumer's malevolent mansion in Steve Jackson's Fighting Fantasy classic RPG gamebook?
Why similar: RPG 39.7%, Adventure 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Indie 14.3%
- #16 Excursion
86% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Glyphs in Lines, LLC
Windows
This is Excursion, A Tabletop Role Playing Game tool. Create the worlds of which you and/or others will take the paths of. Take them on a fantastical journey through a peaceful land, or torment them with high stakes. You are your worst enemy and only limitation.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #17 Congresswolf
86% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Is the next member of Congress a werewolf? Can you survive a lycanthrope's bite? There’s no silver bullet for winning an election!
Why similar: RPG 39.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 17.1%
- #18 Choice or Fate
84% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Maksim Kolesnikov
Windows
Choice of Fate - игра которая бросает игрока в увлекательный и жестокий мир Эннерд. Спасти этот мир? Или уничтожить его? Или вы пойдете по иному пути?
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #19 For Rent: Haunted House
84% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How will you screw over your tenants? Will you ignore inconvenient supernatural phenomena, or use them to drum up publicity? How will you deal with ghost hunters, squatters, and celebrity tenants? Will you emerge as the top agent? Or will you become a permanent resident of 57 Crowther Terrace?
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #20 Bhavacakra Grace
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: Two Clusters
Windows
Will Grace succeed in her job as a mercenary?
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #21 Rollman
81% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Rollman team
Windows
Rollman it's adventure game with a turn-based fight system. You play as green, one-eyed penguin, with a pot on his head and wheels instead of feet. It only gets weirder later on.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #22 500 Years Act 1
85% matchMostly Negative33% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Poorwill Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
500 Years is an old school episodic space opera with non-traditional combat controls. The game is an adventure where you explore different star systems and meet the inhabitants, some friendly, and some not so friendly.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #23 DoC God Mode Edition
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Volker Elzner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Purely for the hardcore fan that already loves DoC: a sandbox / cheat-enabled variant of the game.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #24 Silverworld
79% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a world of trackless jungles, colossal beasts, and cruel pre-human civilizations, you must survive the past if you want to save the future! Face the savage inhabitants of Silverworld and build your own civilization—or plunder the past and return home unimaginably rich!
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #25 Teragard
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Madison Squirrel
Windows
A retro SNES-inspired RPG in which you must explore and survive Teragard while you seek to uncover the truth behind the destruction of a once-great nation.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #26 To the City of the Clouds
80% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Search for the lost Incan city known as La Ciudad de las Nubes in the mountains of Colombia. Your fledgling archaeologist will battle venomous pit vipers, tropical diseases, and the FARC guerrilla army to secure fame, fortune, and tenure at a prestigious university.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #27 Terror World
83% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: GHSSJ
Windows
This is a survival adventure game. You need to drive a train to explore the world. Cold and a large number of enemies will threaten your life at any time. Can you survive?
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #28 Tower Behind the Moon
78% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the greatest magician in the Sublunar World. It is not enough. As a rare Conjunction approaches, immortality is within reach. But the gods have noticed you trying to unlock the doors of heaven. Some demand you ascend–or else–while others plot your destruction.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #29 Space Salvager
82% matchMostly Negative35% of 26 reviews2014
Dev: Sam Albon
Windows
A space opera focused on you: your choices shape your destiny.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #30 The Last Monster Master
79% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will your monsters save the world, or destroy it? As a Monster Master, you'll telepathically train wild monsters to be treasure guardians, royal pets, or giant stone masons. As war breaks out with the kingdom to the north, will you train monsters to be vicious soldiers and mindless power generators?
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #31 El Culto: edición completa
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Homeworks Studios
Windows
Disfruta de la edición completa del juego RPG Old School, encarna a este detective que investiga una serie de asesinatos perpetrados por una secta satánica, impide que se desate el caos y evita que "el culto" reviva a un antiguo demonio del infierno.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #32 Space Armor 2
77% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Ophyer
Windows
To Be The Hero!
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #33 遇见猎人
77% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: 亘游
Windows
An independent single game. The game's enclave is very small, the game is open to the world, Sandbox games. Players can explore freely on a large map, and can manipulate a pair of male and female characters to fight at the same time.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #34 Monkey Rush
76% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: KILLZONE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into adventure with the main character Maka, immerse yourself in beautiful worlds and defeat all the enemies!
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #35 Mayonez - Dark Comedy Slav Adventure RPG
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Mold
Windows
A dark comedy adventure RPG, set in the fictional Slavic industrial town of Mayonez.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #36 Lantern of Worlds - The First Quest
75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Fasold Games
Windows · Mac
Lantern of Worlds - The First Quest is an RPG inspired by West-European fairytales and mythology, and based on older games like Quest for Glory and Eye of the Beholder.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #37 Heart of Dixie: GOTY Hyper Combo Edition
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Songplay Gaming Cartel, LLC
Windows
A rural-themed dating adventure inspired by Shadowgate and Morenatsu, solve puzzles and explore your way to the answers of a mysterious castle you have awakened in.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #38 Achievement Lurker: Dad Jokes
72% matchVery Positive83% of 207 reviews2017
Dev: Perverse Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Join Jordy, the #1 Dad on his quest to be the best dad in the land. Jordy the #1 Dad roams the vast landscape and meets interesting friends like Mihailovich & Sergej. Jordy the #1 Dad is fueled by pride and arousal, in his quest to learn all the Dad jokes in the world. Do you have what it takes to become the #1 Dad?
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #39 天下往事 Journey of the world
71% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: 十弦曲觞
Windows
Journey of the world is a single-machine RPG game. Under the guidance of plot and task, players will embark on a journey to the world
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #40 Gohan Quest
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hurma Games
Windows
Gohan Quest is a humorous adventure RPG that takes place in modern Eastern Europe. Play as anime girls, explore the typical russian town, beat the shit out of gopniks and find the missing "children"! Inspired by golden age JRPGs, from fans to fans.
Why similar: RPG 51.6%, Adventure 28%, Indie 20.3%
- #41 Choice of the Vampire: The Fall of Memphis
73% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Feast on the blood of a dying city: Memphis, 1873! Make your national debut in the Society, a conspiracy of vampires who convene in Memphis to elect a new "senator." The city burns with yellow fever, as the nascent Ku Klux Klan rises.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #42 The Hero Project: Open Season
73% matchMostly Negative33% of 21 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you win The Hero Project, America's #1 reality competition for heroes? Team up with allies old and new to unravel a conspiracy threatening your world, and save the planet from destruction!
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #43 Trial of the Demon Hunter
72% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle the forces of evil in this thrilling interactive fantasy novel! When a powerful demon destroys your village, you embark on a perilous journey alongside your shape shifting companion, determined to avenge your shattered village and banish the devil back to the Netherworld.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #44 Summer Knights
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Robablo Comics
Windows
An RPG about childhood nostalgia- and how stupid it is.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #45 EMOTIONS
75% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Marco Tancredi
Windows
Enter the world of Rika. She sets out to meet UFOs and unrestrained people. Conquer the enigma of a crazy major. Solve the riddle to save the humanity. There should be only one reality. For nowadays and forever. But Rika has tendencies to schizophrenic emotions.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #46 Sea Explorer
71% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Armagedoom Games
Windows · Mac
Sea explorer is a single player adventure with upgrade/RPG elements about exploration of a big blue sea...
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #47 Achievement Lurker: Ballad of the Shimapan Warrior - King of Panties
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: Perverse Games
Windows
Turn based combat XP system Boss fight NPC
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #48 Future Ghost
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pinebox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A blend of 2D point & click adventure and JRPG, Future Ghost is a narrative adventure with retro comic-styled visuals.
Why similar: RPG 52.6%, Adventure 27.6%, Indie 19.7%
- #49 The Grim and I
68% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is a story about dying and what it means to let go. Faced with the ultimate choice, torn between your lost life and an unknown future, will you be able to take the Grim Reaper’s hand and pass over to the Other Side? Or will you be doomed to wander the world forever, weighed down by the chains of your past?
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #50 Captive of Fortune
71% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac
Continuing your journey to banish the mysterious and elusive demon, you travel to the city of Lorden, where romance and new dangers await. With new allies but even more enemies presenting themselves, the trials set before you leading you along a dangerous path to face your greatest challenge yet.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #51 Heaven And Earth
70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Michael Hobbs
Windows · Mac
War threatens to engulf the world, and your choices will determine how it plays out.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #52 Zombien
68% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The dead walk. The aliens have arrived. It's the end of the world as we know it! Explore a world where everything you thought you knew is wrong.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #53 Undercover Agent
69% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Think fast and lie faster! When you go undercover to retrieve a deadly new bio-weapon, can you pull off the mission and escape with your life?
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #54 Forgotten Light
74% matchNo user reviews2017
Dev: Luke CrippsPub: FellowPlayer
Windows
In a world of complete darkness there is always light, since you were born you felt something was wrong with living in this darkness. Not knowing what happened to your family you are alone, like many others in your cells you are forbidden to seek the light. This all changes when the light suddenly calls to you.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #55 Tokyo Wizard
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a powerful wizard or witch in modern day Japan! Learn Shinto animal spirit magic, powerful battle spells, or choose the path of necromancy and command an undead army!
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #56 Survival Diary
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: ERTYNEA
Windows · Linux
Survival Diary, a telltale-sandbox game with strong RPG characteristics and based on random events.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #57 Choice of the Rock Star
69% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rock your way to the top of the '80s charts in this interactive tale of music and mayhem! But beware, mischievous managers, fickle fans, and gossiping groupies stand between you and rock immortality.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%
- #58 The Last Sin
63% 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 52.3%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 20.6%
- #59 T-Rex Time Machine
68% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face the world's fiercest dinosaurs and make it back to the future in one piece! You're a physics student with a dream: travel back in time and document the world of dinosaurs. Can you survive the terrors of the Tyrannosaurus rex?
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Adventure 27.4%, Indie 20.5%