- #1 江湖余生:缘起
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 733 reviews2021
Dev: 柚子丁工作室Pub: INDIECN
Windows
那年今日 少年剑未佩妥 出门便是江湖 只身独行快意恩仇 有风花雪月的初遇 也有刻苦铭心的诀别 更有荡气回肠的沙场 但在告别前尘往事归隐山林时 愿你都能以梦为马 不负余生....
Why similar: Drama 49.8%, RPG 27.5%, Card Game 10.6%, Indie 7.6%, Story Rich 3.7%
- #2 Dr. Dungeon's MADMAN!
96% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Robert J. Deutsch
Windows
Dr. Dungeon's MADMAN! is a large old-school fantasy RPG that features turn-based combat with a strange new world to explore, with towns, dungeons, forests, deserts, swamps and great icy regions.
Why similar: Drama 36.5%, RPG 36.4%, Strategy 27.1%
- #3 Lilies
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 猫猫虫工作室
Windows
在猫猫卷为莉露拉庆祝生日的那天,意想不到的事情发生了…
Why similar: Drama 51.2%, RPG 41.9%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #4 水天之雾:不再离开(Mist of Sky and Water: Never Leave Again)
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 淓卡
Windows
Mist of Sky and Water: Never Leave Again is a story-driven side-scrolling pixel RPG. In 21st-century reality, Fanka and his brother join the game via a mysterious email, awaken abilities to fight in an alternate dimension, solve puzzles and uncover secrets, with pixel art and upgradeable combat.
Why similar: RPG 32.5%, Drama 30.2%, Story Rich 13.5%, Indie 11.7%, Strategy 9.8%
- #5 为了姚 for yao
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: yaogame
Windows
This is a single player rpg game where your goal is to defeat the demon king and rescue the princess.
Why similar: RPG 32.9%, Drama 31.3%, CRPG 27.8%, Story Rich 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #6 Sitting
93% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: FishBox
Windows
This is a linear narrative game with card-based mechanics. Players choose the right cards each round based on the story to advance the plot. Cards can be swapped or gained to face upcoming events. Every choice the protagonist makes leads closer to the story’s ending.
Why similar: Drama 45.3%, Card Game 24.5%, RPG 23.4%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 2%
- #7 Fly With The Yellow Crane
92% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: 明稀堂
Windows
Soaring in the daytime, where are you going? This game will give a possibility. The night is long, and the road is full of branches. Good and evil are difficult to balance. Beauty is disaster or blessing? Regrets long live in the world. I can only imagine the utopia in the fairyland.
Why similar: Drama 36.2%, RPG 32.1%, Strategy 27.8%, Indie 3.9%
- #8 Urban Legend Hunters: Ghosts in the Circuit
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toii Games
Windows
To rescue her best friend Nyx, who's trapped in a digital world, a girl and her friends explore and solve puzzles in the mysterious alternate dimension "Mata." The game features a virtual community, multi-threaded reasoning, and 3D exploration, immersing you in the story.
Why similar: Drama 42.4%, CRPG 25.7%, Story Rich 14.5%, RPG 11.8%, Indie 4%
- #9 未知记录
91% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
HANA—A cyberpunk puzzle-solver. “AI test run: successful. Your serial number: 22500814. Your mission is to help our clients live a perfect life.” —An unknown record, a cyberpunk ensemble. A choice of souls and reality, a story of the savior and the saved. Year 2250, Winter Lake City. Connect now.
Why similar: Drama 46.8%, RPG 24.4%, Strategy 20.4%, Story Rich 4.4%, Indie 3.1%
- #10 路尼亞戰記
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Nightluli
Windows
Originally an ordinary adventure life, after meeting a problem person, the brother and sister stepped into a magnificent and extraordinary world.
Why similar: Drama 50.7%, RPG 42%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #11 Cards & Crystals
89% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Falko Michael Kötter
Windows
Match3 meets Trading Card Game! Collect cards, level up your heroes, and build decks to defeat your foes in this fast-paced puzzle/strategy game.
Why similar: RPG 42.4%, Strategy 33.1%, Indie 14.5%, Card Game 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #12 Beatitas
89% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: StFP Studios
Windows · Mac
Join Lily on her pilgrimage as she pushes through trials, puzzles, and strategic combat in order to be reunited with her family.
Why similar: RPG 46.3%, Strategy 35.2%, Indie 15.8%, Story Rich 2.7%
- #13 Card Dungeon
88% matchMixed57% of 54 reviews2015
Dev: Playtap Games
Windows · Mac
Take on the invading hordes of the Nethermists as The Crusader and fight, think, and strategize to clear the monster infested, randomly created, dungeons in this card, board, and turn-based rogue-like.
Why similar: RPG 50.2%, Strategy 34.7%, Indie 15.2%
- #14 Street Posse Showdown
87% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: LS Ensemble
Windows
This is an isometric comedic tactical RPG that take place in a modern urban setting. Gather your posse together and beat the living shit out of your foes in order to strike for a better future. Health insurance not included.
Why similar: RPG 49%, Strategy 35%, Indie 16%
- #15 The Expedition
86% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Life Jumb DT
Windows
The Expedition is a turn-based tactical game with an oppressive atmosphere of underground immersion.
Why similar: RPG 48.8%, Strategy 34.5%, Indie 16.7%
- #16 Town Defence
86% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: Brian Tallent
Windows
Town Defence is a Tower defence RPG.
Why similar: RPG 48.2%, Strategy 35.3%, Indie 16.5%
- #17 Hunter's Trial: The fight never ends
85% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: ESAT
Windows
In the depths of the forest lies the Delain Academy, a school for Monster Hunters, humans with special skills that keep the Earth safe from terrible devastating beasts. On a fateful day, an unexpected attack leaves the fate of the School and humanity in the hands of the most unlikely heroes.
Why similar: RPG 48.3%, Strategy 36%, Indie 15.7%
- #18 Mistress of Maids
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YDKR
Windows
Turn-based, but fast-paced, roguelike-game when you do not need to think over each turn and count the HP. If you see the weak - kill him! And if you see a strong man - run away, or think how to defeat him and earn experience and money.
Why similar: RPG 48.2%, Strategy 36%, Indie 15.8%
- #19 Rance 03
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AliceSoftPub: Kagura Games
Windows
As the kingdom falls, Princess Lia sends her most trusted servant to find the only man who can save her kingdom... the lucky adventurer Rance! Will Rance succeed in retaking the Kingdom of Leazas?
Why similar: RPG 46.6%, Card Game 28.8%, Strategy 21.2%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #20 Demented Pixie
84% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2016
Dev: Molegato
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Demented Pixie is a blend between twin-stick shooters and roguelikes with unique visuals and ambientation, packed with content, in which nothing is what it looks like…
Why similar: RPG 47.6%, Strategy 35.5%, Indie 17%
- #21 Clarent Saga: Tactics
82% matchVery Positive84% of 61 reviews2017
Dev: David Nguyen
Windows
A straightforward SRPG inspired by 16-bit classics and made with SRPG Studio. The storyline follows the armies of Prince Abel of Meyr as he battles Pherrelios who invade them. The third entry of Clarent Saga.
Why similar: RPG 47.3%, Strategy 37%, Indie 15.7%
- #22 Rise of Keepers
82% matchMixed48% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: Samaritan Studios
Windows
Rise of Keepers is a mix of the best Old School RPGs and Tower Defense games. Explore a huge map, get resources, build structures, fight powerful enemies, loot and the most important. Protect the Crystal!
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, Strategy 36.8%, Indie 16.1%
- #23 Seven Sins - Academic Version
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: much2pro4youPub: MediaCube Games
Windows
Seven Sins is a 4-6 player online multiplayer game, in which you and your teammates have to work together in order to survive - but beware! Everyone could be stained with one of the seven sins or decide to betray the group and follow their own goals...
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, Strategy 36.8%, Indie 16.1%
- #24 Grim Wanderings
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Elllinia gamesPub: Self-publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Oldschool turn-based roguelike rpg
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, Strategy 36.8%, Indie 16.1%
- #25 江湖侠客行
79% matchMostly Negative28% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: ShinerJoy Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
江湖侠客行是一款讲究见招拆招的武侠卡牌单机游戏,简单易上手,但要想通关却需要多多动脑,在游戏中,玩家将扮演一名初出茅庐的门派弟子,参与到江湖的各种事件中.
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, Strategy 36.8%, Indie 16.1%
- #26 The story of Gods 七神物语
79% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: KMA GAMES
Windows
独居在光明帝国边界村落的年轻猎手阿敏,偶然邂逅了潜入帝国境内的外域女孩艾薇儿,答应护送她深入帝国境内并进行一系列探索的故事, 全中文奇幻风格角色扮演游戏,丰富复杂的回合制战斗模式,超过20小时的冒险时光,不同选择,触发不同主角的命运结局。
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, Strategy 36.8%, Indie 16.1%
- #27 Brutal Scales
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Missiles are Magic
Windows
Tactics Role Playing Game where you and your friends fight for control of your school.
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, Strategy 36.8%, Indie 16.1%
- #28 祖母 grandmother
75% matchVery Positive84% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: 上线工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
在离开芒山村的十七年后,已经成为大学生的小张为了给去世的祖母守灵,再次回到了家乡。然而灵堂之上却是一派吊诡,冷漠无言的村民,心怀鬼胎的昔日家仆,无不注视着她手中那个祖母赠予却无法打开的神秘铁盒。当大雨倾盆之际,细碎的金属刮地声回响,刹那间,利器反光,血溅厅堂……
Why similar: Drama 46.9%, RPG 22.9%, Strategy 18.7%, Story Rich 5.4%, Indie 3.8%
- #29 Sin; Vengeance
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Spaced Toad Studio
Windows
In this SRPG, you play as a man out to get revenge for his lost home. But how much of his own humanity is he willing to sacrifice to satisfy this yearning? You will make a crucial choice that determines the ending, as he faces demons within and without.
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, Strategy 36.8%, Indie 16.1%
- #30 Pixel Force 像素特攻队
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gemini Stars Games
Windows
“Pixel Force” is the fourth work of TSM series. This work adopts a new way of turn-based game. I believe it will bring you a fresh world. ·New Sandbox world ·Collect materials and synthesize equipment ·Optional battlefield
Why similar: RPG 47%, Strategy 36.7%, Indie 16.3%
- #31 审判者 The Inquisitor
76% matchPositive92% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: invwindyPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
"The Inquisitor" is a short RPG game with a complete storyline and combat system. A resurrected inquisitor from the graveyard receives the instructions of God and embark on the journey of judging the sinners.
Why similar: RPG 46.8%, Strategy 36.5%, Indie 16.7%
- #32 不惑英雄传(puzzled heroes)
75% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2019
Dev: xhGames
Windows
【Puzzled Heroes】 is a traditional strategic role-playing game. Players will play the hero who unloads his armor and returns home to overcome the new crisis and save the mainland again.
Why similar: RPG 46.7%, Strategy 36.5%, Indie 16.8%
- #33 Orc Assault
76% matchMostly Negative27% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Ghost Machine
Windows
Once upon a time all was peaceful and serene in the far off land of Camalon, but the silence has been broken as the Orc hordes have returned to the peaceful kingdom to claim the land that they once held most sacred.
Why similar: RPG 46.7%, Strategy 36.5%, Indie 16.7%
- #34 净土英雄 - Heroes of Pure land
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cloudmoon Studios
Windows
“Heroes of Pure land” is an independent game that integrates strategy, cultivation and moba-like gameplay.Players need to collect all kinds of skills, and then through the battlefield, challenge the BOSS, one-on-one hit, martial arts conference and other ways to cultivate the characteristics of the hero, unify the last pure land.
Why similar: RPG 46.3%, Strategy 37.4%, Indie 16.3%
- #35 Sin Castle
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2017
Dev: Primary cells studio
Windows
Sin Castle is a slightly high difficulty adventure game that focus on puzzling, contains various policy elements, rigorous rules. The key of puzzle this game is reasonable attributes assignment, props use, and equipment collocation. As the grids opened, game player will encounter all sorts of strategic monsters and puzzling design.
Why similar: RPG 46%, Strategy 37.2%, Indie 16.8%
- #36 Arcane Legacy
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wisdom Games
Windows
Arcane Legacy: Turn-Based Fantasy Tactical Game This is Lodmor, the land of the Fathers, the Empire's Core. To help maintaining the peace, the emperor has established the Judgement of the arcanium, where Champions selected by the Great Houses – the Archmages – battle against each other.
Why similar: RPG 46.6%, Strategy 38.2%, Indie 15.2%
- #37 Heroes of Arca
73% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: IMPIRESOFT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Heroes of Arca is a unique blend of a turn-based strategy and RPG with an unorthodox combat system that presents a wide choice of battle tactics for the turn-based games' fans.
Why similar: RPG 46.6%, Strategy 38.2%, Indie 15.2%
- #38 Glory & Honor
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: SugGames
Windows
In Glory&Honor your mission is to lead a team of gladiators of different races into success. The battles are fought out on a 7x5 battlefield, where your jov is to find out the enemies weaknesses and use your strengths against them. You can use different races and their racial abilities to your advantage.
Why similar: RPG 45.9%, Strategy 37.6%, Indie 16.5%
- #39 Immortals(修仙志)
72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Muggle
Windows
《Immortals》 is a SLG with fast paced fighting. When the game starts, the hero will appear in a huge maze, and your goal is to find a way out of the maze. The hero will encounter other characters in the maze. They may be enemies or friends. You need to be careful in making judgments.
Why similar: RPG 45.9%, Strategy 37.6%, Indie 16.5%
- #40 Wolf Gang
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Lyon Beckers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a band of wolves as they take control of the mountain using turn based tactical combat in a humorous adventure campaign!
Why similar: RPG 45.9%, Strategy 37.6%, Indie 16.5%
- #41 Heresy
72% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2015
Dev: dark made games
Windows
You take the role of a god influencing the lives of your followers in a medieval setting. Build villages, castles and defend them from raiders. Possess your followers to take direct control over their actions. Advance your civilization for better technologies, buildings, abilities, and equipment.
Why similar: RPG 45.9%, Strategy 37.6%, Indie 16.5%
- #42 Capsize
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OctoBeet Studio
Windows
Capsize is a rogue-like, deck-building, single player adventure. Build your pirate crew, stealing crew members from the other factions and promote them to unlock new powers. All in comic hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: RPG 45.6%, Strategy 37.9%, Indie 16.6%
- #43 The Mercenary Rise
71% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: zeroplaystone
Windows
It tells the story of Stephen Gray, who inherited his father's legacy and managed the Mercenary Corps of Thunder Anger.
Why similar: RPG 46%, Strategy 38.3%, Indie 15.7%
- #44 False Myth 2
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 不志陀羅亭Pub: akaeroCore
Windows
The true sequel to False Myth— a true classic JRPG × beautiful-heroine adventure! Rouge, the agile assassin, sets off with his companions to uncover the truth behind the mysterious girl Sylphina, weaving the most heartrending and fiery “Tale of Hearts.”
Why similar: Drama 44.4%, RPG 37.2%, Story Rich 10.1%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #45 Star Nomad
71% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: Huy Phan
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore, trade, fight & plunder in this tribute to classic sandbox spacesims of old.
Why similar: RPG 45.6%, Strategy 37.3%, Indie 17.1%
- #46 Ticket to Earth
69% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: Robot Circus
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Ticket to Earth fuses battlefield tactics, tile-matching puzzle, and epic sci-fi RPG in one unique package. Four unlikely heroes are thrown together to save everything they love from murderous criminals, hideous mutants, and a corrupt government.
Why similar: RPG 44.8%, Strategy 38.4%, Indie 16.8%
- #47 Midnight彌奈
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: 小豆喵工作室Pub: 公共電視文化事業基金會
Windows · Mac
從過去到現在的羈絆 延續數十年的心碎記憶 如果有機會你,會選擇改寫既定的軌跡嗎?
Why similar: Drama 49.9%, RPG 42.8%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #48 Aurora Trail
69% matchVery Positive86% of 111 reviews2017
Dev: Screenhit Studios
Windows
A new epic game where the perspective of the camera changes everything. Do not let your body parts get in the same view as a wall with the same color, or you’ll lose it! Puzzle your way through challenging and appealing surroundings and try to stay in one piece!
Why similar: RPG 45.2%, Strategy 35.3%, Indie 19.5%
- #49 doctrine
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: yao
Windows
You play as a young Doctrine Bearer named Aric.Aric is an orphan who was adopted and raised to be a Doctrine Bearer by the Order. He is tasked with upholding the sect's teachings and making sure that other sects don't upset the balance of the world.
Why similar: RPG 35.6%, Drama 33.2%, CRPG 29.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #50 Rhino's Rage
70% matchMixed47% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Defroids
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It is a turn-based tactical game, where you can accelerate and bunt enemies. There is a game mode for one player in different modes with own combat mechanics and characters with unique team roles are used in the game: pusher, stopper, tumbleweed and sprinter. Also you can play with your friends against each other on various maps.
Why similar: RPG 49.4%, Strategy 38.6%, Indie 12.1%
- #51 Link
69% matchMixed58% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Brainwashing Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Link is a strategy game with roguelike elements. Take control over group of soldiers trying to survive on the hostile, arctic planet. Can you survive until someone will come for rescue?
Why similar: RPG 46%, Strategy 39%, Indie 15%
- #52 Yet Another Hero Legend 英雄传说又一则
68% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: invwindy
Windows
Heroes, Justice, Collecting Flags, Sokoban, and the Extermination of Evil, Yet Another Hero Legend is a minimalistic puzzle game filled with choices and creative solutions.
Why similar: RPG 44.6%, Strategy 38.5%, Indie 16.9%
- #53 黑暗之岛
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: 杭州千狼科技有限公司
Windows · Mac
Board the dark island, bravely explore the whole island, collect new CARDS to form their own deck, use CARDS and props to bravely defeat different enemies, finally eliminate the dragon, out of the darkness. Every time you explore a new island, your enemies, CARDS, stores, etc., are different.
Why similar: RPG 42.2%, Strategy 32.9%, Indie 14.4%, Card Game 10.5%
- #54 孤行
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DBKWStudio
Windows
本作品是我工作室制作的第一款视觉小说——以张四的视角讲述一个在乱世中挣扎求生的普通人故事。当烽烟四起,家园破碎,这个曾经的少年被迫踏上一条充满血泪的流亡之路。这一路,他将见证最深的黑暗,也将遇见最温暖的光明。最终,在这个把人逼成鬼的世道里,张四要找到属于自己的活法。
Why similar: Drama 44.3%, RPG 40%, Story Rich 10.8%, Indie 5%
- #55 Empire Live
67% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Osmose Studio
Windows
Empire Live is a Real-Time Strategy Game focused on online matches where you will have to prosper your empire and fight your opponent with your magical power and your army to lead your people to the total domination!
Why similar: RPG 46.8%, Strategy 36.6%, Indie 16.6%
- #56 问仙程
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bluemaple Studio
Windows
《问仙程》是一款追寻鲜活修仙体验的开放世界角色扮演游戏。你将踏上一段修仙之旅,体验不同寻常的修仙境界、凝练法相真身。与百态角色互动,触发丰富事件——结交仙友、争夺奇遇秘境。你的抉择将深刻改变众生命运,这片开放天地中,是救世之道还是灭世之途?全凭你一念之间!
Why similar: Drama 35.9%, RPG 35.3%, Strategy 20.9%, Indie 8%
- #57 妖刀传
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 余愿制作组
Windows
Yōko-Densetsu is a narrative - rich text game with tabletop role - playing simulations. In the stormy Middle Earth, northern demons and power - hungry eunuchs run wild. Your choices shape the story. Meet like - minded people on your journey and forge your unique path.
Why similar: RPG 30%, Strategy 25.7%, Card Game 23.5%, CRPG 19.8%, Singleplayer 1%