Games Like Stories: The Path of Destinies

Omensight is an Action Murder Mystery game. In order to prevent the apocalypse, you are fated to repeat the last day of the world until it can be saved. Investigate clues, fight enemies, and solve the murder of the Godless-Priestess.

Why similar: Adventure 43.3%, Dynamic Narration 11.1% ★, Swordplay 7.6%, RPG 6.6%, Choices Matter 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game features a similar time-loop narrative structure where your choices drastically change the outcome of the story.

Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.

Why similar: Adventure 30.2%, Dynamic Narration 18.3% ★, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Hack and Slash 8.8%, RPG 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title features a charismatic, reactive narrator who comments on your actions in real-time during fast-paced combat.

Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

Why similar: Adventure 30.6%, Great Soundtrack 26.9%, Action RPG 10.7%, RPG 10%, Isometric 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This action-RPG offers a deep, atmospheric narrative and a unique combat system that rewards strategic thinking and player choice.

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Why similar: Adventure 55.9%, RPG 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.8%, Hack and Slash 6.6%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines fluid hack-and-slash combat with a beautiful, hand-drawn fantasy aesthetic and a strong, character-driven story.

Each person you aid, each flower you crush, and each creature you slay will change this world forever. Fable: Who will you be?

Why similar: Adventure 59.2%, RPG 14.2%, Choices Matter 8%, Fantasy 5.6%, Great Soundtrack 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic fantasy action-RPG that emphasizes player choice and moral alignment, directly influencing how the world and story develop.

Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 28.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.9%, RPG 15%, Action 8.9%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at integrating narrative progression with repetitive action-RPG gameplay, offering multiple endings and evolving character relationships.

Pyre is a party-based RPG from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. Lead your band of exiles to freedom through a series of mystical competitions in the Campaign, or challenge a friend to a fast-paced ritual showdown in the head-to-head Versus Mode.

Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Great Soundtrack 19.3%, RPG 17.1%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Action 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy experience where your choices in and out of combat significantly impact the branching story and the fate of your companions.

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

Why similar: Adventure 59.2%, Hack and Slash 10.7%, RPG 8.1%, Action RPG 7.5%, Action 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a tight, polished action-RPG experience set in a whimsical yet melancholic fantasy world that feels spiritually similar to the seed game.

Evoland 2 is an unique RPG, with its graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through a deep storyline based on time travel.

Why similar: Adventure 68.6%, RPG 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 3.6%, Action 3.3%, Fantasy 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A genre-bending adventure that pays homage to RPG history while maintaining a strong, humorous narrative focus similar to the seed game.

Epistory immerses you in an atmospheric action/adventure game where you play a girl riding a giant fox who fights an insectile corruption from an origami world. As you progress and explore this world, the story literally unfolds and the mysteries of the magic power of the words are revealed.

Why similar: Adventure 69.1%, RPG 8.9%, Colorful 4.1%, Great Soundtrack 3.9%, Action 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a beautiful storybook aesthetic and a narrative-driven world that unfolds as you explore and interact with it.

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

Why similar: Adventure 45.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Hack and Slash 9.8%, RPG 7.8%, Action RPG 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, story-rich exploration game that encourages player curiosity and offers meaningful choices in a vibrant open world.

Enter a world beyond imagination with The Last Oricru - Final Cut. An action RPG, The Last Oricru - Final Cut unravels in a fantasy world blending sci-fi and medieval elements to deliver an experience like no other. Seize your destiny and take your place in this adventure for single or co-op play.

Why similar: Adventure 41.1%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Action RPG 10.5%, RPG 10.3%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that places a heavy emphasis on player choice and consequence, allowing you to influence the outcome of a complex fantasy conflict.

A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...

Why similar: Adventure 98.9%, Fantasy 0.3%, Indie 0.2%, Great Soundtrack 0.2%, Story Rich 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused adventure game that emphasizes exploration and a personal, heartfelt story within a fantastical setting.

"Tales of Spark" is a Hack & Slash Action RPG with an Eastern flair. Players assume the role of a young wandering swordsman, exploring the vast desert, seeking treasures, defeating powerful bosses, and even slaying gigantic celestial dragons.

Why similar: Adventure 54.5%, Hack and Slash 11.8%, RPG 9.5%, Action RPG 8.6%, Fantasy 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A hack-and-slash action-RPG that focuses on loot-driven combat and adventure in a fantasy setting.

Driftmoon is an adventure-roleplaying game, full of exploration, smiles and surprises, captivating stories and quests, charming characters, and countless delightful details.

Why similar: Adventure 61.1%, RPG 11.5%, Action RPG 7.4%, Fantasy 6.1%, Story Rich 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich RPG that emphasizes character interaction and a whimsical, lighthearted fantasy adventure.

Embark on a hilarious, choice-driven adventure in MultiEnding Heroes! Guide The Priest and The Hero through multiple universes, making decisions that lead to over 75 unique endings. Every choice matters, will you lead them to glory or disaster?

Why similar: Adventure 60.9%, RPG 11%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.1%, Fantasy 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite action-adventure game specifically designed around the concept of multiple endings and branching narrative paths.

A bitter RPG where every enemy has their own unique minigame, and where there are two sides to every soul: Main and Invert!

Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Choices Matter 20.4%, RPG 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12%, Story Rich 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven RPG that features multiple endings and choices, mirroring the branching path structure of the seed game.

Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.

Why similar: Adventure 54.9%, RPG 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Fantasy 9.5%, Story Rich 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a stunning, painterly art style and a poetic narrative that captures the same enchanted storybook feel as the seed game.

The hit RPG returns! Remastered with stunning visuals and refined gameplay Re-Reckoning delivers intense, customizable RPG combat inside a sprawling game world.

Why similar: Adventure 32.9%, RPG 21%, Action RPG 13.6%, Fantasy 9.8%, Hack and Slash 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sprawling fantasy action-RPG that provides deep combat customization and a world shaped by your decisions.

Be enchanted by a classic style action-packed adventure full of secrets, puzzles, unrequited love, exploration and loads of madness. Discover the amazing story of Khoma and the Witches of Bethem.

Why similar: Adventure 77.8%, RPG 12.3%, Action 5.7%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action-adventure game that captures the classic feel of top-down fantasy RPGs with a focus on exploration and discovery.

Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

Why similar: RPG 23.2%, Action RPG 20.9%, Isometric 16.7%, Fantasy 13.5%, Colorful 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that relies on exploration and discovery to piece together its narrative, rewarding player curiosity.

The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

Why similar: Adventure 48.3%, RPG 34%, Isometric 8.6%, Indie 3.6%, Fantasy 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that offers a rich, choice-driven narrative set in a unique fantasy-cyberpunk hybrid world.

Engage in a core roleplaying experience, and forge the destiny of a new world seeping with magic, and filled with riches, lost secrets, and fantastic creatures. With diplomacy, deception and force, become part of a living, evolving world - influence its course and shape your story.

Why similar: Adventure 43.5%, RPG 20.5%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Action RPG 5.8%, Fantasy 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This action-RPG focuses on diplomacy and choice, where your decisions determine the political landscape and the fate of the island.

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Adventure 58.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Hack and Slash 8.3%, RPG 4.9%, Action RPG 4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG with a heavy emphasis on atmosphere and environmental storytelling, perfect for fans of stylized fantasy combat.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: Adventure 46.3%, RPG 19.7%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Isometric 5.7%, Fantasy 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: An RPG that focuses heavily on the consequences of player choices, allowing you to shape the fate of a fantasy world under a dark regime.

"Tales of Wakana" is a fairy-tale action-adventure game full of fantasy and challenges. Step into a vast, mysterious continent, use magic to battle diverse monsters, and enjoy a unique soulful journey exploring the meaning of life, family bonds, and self-discovery.

Why similar: Adventure 47.6%, Action RPG 15%, RPG 13.2%, Fantasy 6.6%, Action 6.5%

Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell. In the slaughter that ensued, the demonic forces defeated the heavenly hosts and laid claim to the Earth.

Why similar: Adventure 67.2%, Hack and Slash 14%, Action 7.1%, Fantasy 4.2%, Action RPG 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game featuring a grand fantasy narrative and satisfying, combo-heavy combat mechanics.

Alice: Madness Returns is a third-person, single-player, action adventure platformer. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness.

Why similar: Adventure 63.4%, Hack and Slash 16.4%, Fantasy 8.2%, Action 5.1%, Story Rich 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy action-adventure game that blends platforming and combat with a surreal, narrative-heavy world.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: Adventure 52.6%, RPG 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%, Fantasy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven strategy RPG where every choice you make has lasting consequences on your caravan and the story's outcome.

A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.

Why similar: Adventure 80.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Indie 3.3%, Action 2.8%, Isometric 1.1%

Fortified is an explosive strategy shooter where players will defend the Earth against a menacing Martian invasion in the 1950s. Play as one-of-four pulp inspired heroes as they fight swarms of terrifying robots with an arsenal of Cold War era weapons and experimental technology.

Why similar: Action 96.6%, Indie 3.4%

Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.

Why similar: Adventure 99.5%, Fantasy 0.1%, Singleplayer 0.1%, Action 0.1%, Funny 0.1%

A third-person action RPG that brings to life the world of Gaia from the Anima: Beyond Fantasy RPG table-top books. Explore a deep and multifaceted story where your choices and actions directly impact the journey and decide the fate of the characters.

Why similar: Adventure 49.3%, Hack and Slash 11.8%, RPG 9.6%, Action RPG 9.2%, Fantasy 6.4%

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.

Why similar: Action 25.6%, RPG 22.1%, Isometric 19.4%, Indie 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%

A magic world, epic heroes, bright graphics, excellent humor and absorbing gameplay – “Three Heroes”!

Why similar: Adventure 52%, Hack and Slash 11.8%, RPG 8%, Fantasy 7%, Action RPG 5.6%

Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.

Why similar: Choices Matter 77.1%, Adventure 16.9%, Multiple Endings 2.2%, Story Rich 1.7%, Indie 1.5%

Claymation action adventure in an odd world of talking pumpkins, blue trees and stuff like that.

Why similar: Adventure 54.3%, RPG 8%, Great Soundtrack 6%, Choices Matter 5.5%, Hack and Slash 5.5%

A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.

Why similar: Indie 84.8%, Singleplayer 15.2%

Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

Why similar: Adventure 61.8%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Story Rich 3.8%, Indie 3.2%

Springblades is an action RPG where you battle your way through a fantasy island filled with funny characters. 🐉 Time your attacks and dodge enemy blows in exhilarating battles. Fight beehives, dragons and ordinary peasants on your epic quest to find 3 mysterious gems . . .

Why similar: Adventure 60.6%, RPG 15.9%, Action RPG 12.5%, Fantasy 4.3%, Colorful 2.7%

Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.

Why similar: RPG 42.2%, Fantasy 41.9%, Indie 13%, Singleplayer 3%

2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.

Why similar: RPG 78.9%, Singleplayer 21.1%

A fully moddable city sandbox with jobs, NPCs, apartments, garages, gangs, and more. Broke Protocol is an open-world action game focused on roleplaying and custom content. Define your goals and identity in a persistent, reactive world where you write your own story.

Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Action 25.4%, Indie 16.8%, Action-Adventure 5.8%

Secrets of Grindea is an old-school Action RPG with co-op support for up to 4 players. Journey through fantastical lands and battle tons of different enemies and bosses in your quest for truth, friendship and, above all, finding the world’s rarest treasures!

Why similar: Adventure 59.1%, Hack and Slash 8.6%, Action RPG 8%, RPG 7.6%, Fantasy 4.9%

Murderous Pursuits is a kill-or-be-killed Victorian stealth-em-up for 1-8 players in which you must hunt and kill your quarry before your hunters do the same to you, all while avoiding witnesses.

Why similar: Action 96.9%, Indie 3.1%

Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

Why similar: Adventure 89.5%, Story Rich 5.2%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%

An action-adventure RPG with exploration, crafting, combat, and rhythm games. While everyone around you can summon and control their own mighty spirit animal, yours somehow ended up being… a duck?

Why similar: Adventure 42.9%, Hack and Slash 10.7%, Action RPG 9.6%, RPG 8.7%, Swordplay 7.8%

Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG game in which you play as Tilo, a mouse and minstrel thrown into a perilous adventure. Through stealth and cunning you’ll be able to explore the secrets of Dwindling Heights Keep and navigate its dangers.

Why similar: Adventure 77.4%, RPG 7.1%, Fantasy 5.2%, Indie 2%, Action 2%

Travel the kingdom as Jester with his best friend Sok to improvise theatre shows and perform on stages far and wide. Sing your hearts out, crack jokes and impress audiences to become the stars of the famous Royal Theatrical Spectacle!

Why similar: Choices Matter 45.3%, Colorful 12.6%, Indie 11.8%, Story Rich 11.6%, Funny 7.5%

Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!

Why similar: Action 53.4%, Indie 40.8%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Shadows: Awakening is a unique, isometric single-player RPG with real-time tactical combat. You embark on an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics.

Why similar: RPG 25.9%, Adventure 21.6%, Hack and Slash 17.5%, Action 9.1%, Action RPG 8.8%

Evolvation is a casual multiplayer and fast-paced and class based space flying shooter developed by a two-man-army (Eric and Jacob) from Amsterdam. Classes are: Highspeed, Fighter, Stealth, Support and Tank. Each class has its own special ability which provides a dynamic gameplay.

Why similar: Action 61.7%, Indie 38.3%

Dear players, become a young swordsmaster and enter "Tales of Spark: Probation"! This is a world filled with real-time combat, abundant treasures, a rich storyline, and diverse character builds. Of course, the challenges are also immense, so best of luck to you!

Why similar: Adventure 59.1%, Hack and Slash 10.3%, RPG 9.4%, Action RPG 8.2%, Action 4.4%

Jotun is a hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology. In Jotun, you play Thora, a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla. Impress the Gods!

Why similar: Adventure 82.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.6%, Action 3.5%, Isometric 2.7%, Fantasy 2.5%

In a world of magic, your mind is your greatest weapon. Learn the ways of magic and design your own spells to fight enemies, navigate treacherous terrain, and right past wrongs in the kingdom of Mystralia.

Why similar: Adventure 75.7%, RPG 6.3%, Action 5%, Fantasy 5%, Great Soundtrack 4%

Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

Why similar: Adventure 89.7%, Choices Matter 3.1%, RPG 2.7%, Indie 2.4%, Story Rich 1.4%

A genre-bending VR adventure combining shooter, swordfighting and puzzle gameplay. YOU, ADVENTURER are drawn into the imaginary worlds of renowned gamebook author Jack Stevenson on a fantastical dimension-hopping journey to uncover the dark secrets behind his last masterpiece…

Why similar: Adventure 69.7%, Swordplay 17.3%, Action 5.5%, Story Rich 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Earn the respect of a guild full of monsters and demons as a lone human by taking part in dangerous dungeon adventures and uncover secrets behind the mysterious demon kingdom of Tarborea.

Why similar: Adventure 66.5%, RPG 10.8%, Hack and Slash 10.2%, Action RPG 9%, Action-Adventure 1.2%