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  1. #1 Bird Game
    97% matchVery Positive96% of 203 reviews2025
    Dev: Black Jacket
    Windows

    Bird Game is an abstract, exploration-based RPG with unique, stylized visuals and puzzle mechanics

    Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Exploration 15.8%, RPG 15.4%, Puzzle 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%

  2. #2 The Test: Reality Check
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 632 reviews2025
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Text-Based 15.7%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Surreal 14%, Psychological Horror 11.5%

  3. #3 This is Interesting
    96% matchVery Positive99% of 79 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: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Mystery 9.4%, Puzzle 9.3%

  4. #4 Free Will
    95% matchVery Positive97% of 323 reviews2024
    Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
    Windows

    Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

    Why similar: RPG 19.7%, Puzzle 19.3%, Story Rich 15%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Exploration 10.3%

  5. #5 Roadwarden
    94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,905 reviews2022
    Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 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 29.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, RPG 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%

  6. #6 Derealized
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2023
    Dev: JacksonG13Pub: JacksonGameStudios
    Windows

    Derealized is a choice based game inspired by games such as The Stanley Parable and Undertale. This experience offers 10 different endings for you to explore! How many will you find?

    Why similar: Text-Based 31.3%, Surreal 16.8%, Exploration 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Mystery 10.2%

  7. #7 Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528 reviews2025
    Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
    Windows

    What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20%, Surreal 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Exploration 7.8%, Puzzle 7.4%

  8. #8 SELF
    93% matchMostly Positive77% of 272 reviews2020
    Dev: doBellPub: indienova
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Mystery 19.2%, Adventure 16%, Indie 11.6%, Story Rich 11.5%

  9. #9 A Dark Room ®
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2023
    Dev: Amir RajanPub: Scratchwork Development LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Critically acclaimed, minimalist text-based rpg. Come light the fire.

    Why similar: RPG 22.4%, Minimalist 18%, Exploration 16.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

  10. #10 Dark Scavenger
    91% matchVery Positive87% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.9%, RPG 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Exploration 7.8%, Choices Matter 7.5%

  11. #11 Interrogation Simulator
    90% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2022
    Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
    Windows · Linux

    Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Text-Based 14.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

  12. #12 文字遊戯 第零章(日本語版)
    89% matchVery Positive97% of 78 reviews2023
    Dev: Team9Pub: Flyhigh Works
    Windows · Mac

    Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!

    Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Minimalist 13.8%, Puzzle 9%, RPG 8.3%

  13. #13 Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
    88% matchVery Positive94% of 248 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: RPG 31.8%, Turn-Based Combat 27%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 7.4%

  14. #14 Swallow the Sea
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,422 reviews2021
    Dev: Talia bob MairPub: ItsTheTalia
    Windows · Linux

    You are a lowly egg cell on a journey through a swollen sea of strange and humanoid fish. Prey on smaller life and growing larger and stronger to perhaps someday be born.

    Why similar: Exploration 30.3%, Pixel Graphics 22.1%, 2D 15.6%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Adventure 9.4%

  15. #15 Depression Quest
    89% matchMixed61% of 3,931 reviews2014
    Dev: The Quinnspiracy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.6%, Text-Based 12.7%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, Indie 4.8%

  16. #16 Myths of Rules
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,027 reviews2023
    Dev: Sugarcane Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.6%, Puzzle 16.9%, Exploration 16.6%, Text-Based 15.5%, Story Rich 11.8%

  17. #17 The Thaumaturge
    86% matchVery Positive83% of 5,424 reviews2024
    Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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: Turn-Based Combat 22.4%, Choices Matter 16.1%, RPG 13.5%, Exploration 12.3%, Mystery 12.2%

  18. #18 Ib
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,037 reviews2022
    Dev: kouriPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Surreal 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Exploration 8.4%

  19. #19 The Endless Empty
    85% matchVery Positive96% of 297 reviews2018
    Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
    Windows

    A surreal post-life adventure

    Why similar: Surreal 27.8%, RPG 17.1%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 8%

  20. #20 Dinner with an Owl
    82% matchVery Positive95% of 853 reviews2021
    Dev: BoringSuburbanDad
    Windows

    Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.

    Why similar: Surreal 34.5%, Puzzle 18.9%, Mystery 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, 2D 9.5%

  21. #21 Centum
    81% matchMostly Positive77% of 182 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Exploration 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Puzzle 10.1%

  22. #22 The Island: Into The Mist
    84% matchMixed66% of 225 reviews2019
    Dev: BADA Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Choices Matter 11%

  23. #23 Egg
    79% matchVery Positive86% of 13,007 reviews2024
    Dev: blevsoft
    Windows

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    Why similar: Psychological Horror 44.8%, Immersive Sim 30.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%, 2D 5.9%

  24. #24 Sinking Inn
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2021
    Dev: Open Alpha
    Windows · Mac

    A small, lonely boy on a hopeful quest navigates through a dark and dreary motel. Dive into its mysterious, eerie atmosphere and find your way through the motel's strange puzzles, as it becomes increasingly clear that reality is not as it seems.

    Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Puzzle 17%, Exploration 16.1%, RPG 15.7%, 2D 8.2%

  25. #25 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
    80% matchVery Positive97% of 365 reviews2022
    Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Immersive Sim 19.5%, Mystery 13.2%, Exploration 12%

  26. #26 You Doesn't Exist
    83% matchMixed61% of 81 reviews2017
    Dev: yo252yo
    Windows · Linux

    Set out on an adventure that challenges all the codes of the RPG genre, toying with its boundaries to create something unlike anything you've ever seen. In a world full of magic and adventure, a young boy starts his apprenticeship to become a knight... And it will change his life... and yours.

    Why similar: Surreal 25.9%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Exploration 13.7%, Story Rich 9.2%, RPG 9%

  27. #27 The Devilry Reservation
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2023
    Dev: GentFish
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths

    Why similar: Text-Based 25%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Puzzle 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Story Rich 11.2%

  28. #28 The Fortress
    78% matchMixed70% of 136 reviews2026
    Dev: Baryonyx Games
    Windows · Mac

    The Fortress is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler with turn-based combat, mixing strategy and risk. Choose a class, delve into cursed chambers, roll dice to fight brutal enemies, and grab loot. Face tough choices, survive epic bosses, and fight to escape... or fall to the shadows

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 35.9%, RPG 25%, 2D 15.9%, Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 5.6%

  29. #29 Dark Fear
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 232 reviews2016
    Dev: Arif Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Dark Fear is a pixel horror game with RPG and adventure game elements. Explore a diverse landscape filled with forests, mountains, lakes and deserts. Make allies in the local village, upgrade your weapon and armor, go hunting/fishing and fight your way to the truth by slaying your foes, solving puzzles and helping people with their...

    Why similar: RPG 51.9%, Adventure 19%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Indie 11.9%

  30. #30 Ells Tales: Egg
    77% matchVery Positive83% of 183 reviews2024
    Dev: Ells&Pills
    Windows

    Welcome to the survival horror clicker! Try to save a chicken egg and at the same time your life.

    Why similar: Puzzle 37.4%, Psychological Horror 33.8%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Singleplayer 3%

  31. #31 49 Keys
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 108 reviews2024
    Dev: Michele BuonannoPub: 2P Games
    Windows

    It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.

    Why similar: Text-Based 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Surreal 12.3%, Mystery 9.2%

  32. #32 Word Game
    76% matchVery Positive94% of 6,256 reviews2022
    Dev: Team9
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Exploration 12.8%, Puzzle 12.5%, Minimalist 12.3%, RPG 9.2%

  33. #33 The Last Oath
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 224 reviews2025
    Dev: Final Offer
    Windows

    The Last Oath is a short story based game about a knight that fell in battle fighting for their king. You find yourself with a final task to keep your oath to the king. Complete this task as you find out more about the world by interacting with the environment through text based dialogue.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.2%, Exploration 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, 2D 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%

  34. #34 Hylics 2
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,405 reviews2020
    Dev: Mason Lindroth
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.

    Why similar: Surreal 41.7%, Turn-Based Combat 25%, RPG 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, Adventure 3.4%

  35. #35 海子 UMIKO
    74% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2025
    Dev: 盾构机 Tunnel Boring Machine
    Windows

    "海子 UMIKO" is a psychological horror visual novel. Engage in conversations with Umiko, complete various mini-games, solve puzzles, and gradually piece together the dark truths she tries to hide about herself and her dimension from fragmented narratives. Preserve your fragile friendship for a week!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Surreal 17.6%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 9.6%

  36. #36 Your Future Self
    78% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
    Dev: Contortionist Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.

    Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Mystery 9.3%, Story Rich 7.1%

  37. #37 I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
    76% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2023
    Dev: LUAL Games KIGPub: DreadXP
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Text-Based 18.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

  38. #38 Shine Within
    75% matchVery Positive90% of 147 reviews2021
    Dev: Ayetoons
    Windows

    A top-down action-adventure game as you collect & solve puzzles in order for you to explore & unravel this mysterious world.

    Why similar: Text-Based 20.1%, Mystery 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, RPG 12.6%, Exploration 11.5%

  39. #39 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
    Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 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: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Text-Based 16.2%, RPG 9%

  40. #40 Word Game: Episode 0
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,566 reviews2021
    Dev: Team9
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 21%

    Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Minimalist 15.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 9.7%, RPG 9.4%

  41. #41 un/FRAGMENT.
    73% matchPositive88% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: izakiko paradox
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.

    Why similar: Surreal 38%, Text-Based 16.8%, Mystery 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%

  42. #42 Dungeon Mori
    71% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: FilthyDrawingsPub: Updog Software
    Windows

    Explore Dungeons, find loot, customize your character and face monsters! A Dungeon Crawling adventure featuring a choice based exploration and visual character customization!

    Why similar: Text-Based 36.6%, Turn-Based Combat 25.4%, RPG 18.8%, 2D 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

  43. #43 Have a Nice Dream
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 4,858 reviews2021
    Dev: 榭季生
    Windows

    A story about dreams. Explore a weird house and find the truth. A short game with mild puzzles and some psychological horror elements.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.3%, RPG 21%, Puzzle 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Minimalist 13.7%

  44. #44 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: Surreal 28.2%, Turn-Based Combat 21.8%, Exploration 18%, RPG 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

  45. #45 Project DeepWeb
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 129 reviews2020
    Dev: NightCat Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    This is a deep web exploration simulator. Discover hundreds of websites and files around the Web to get to the Silent House and save your friend. Find out creepy stories from the Web and meet its inhabitants. It's showtime!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Immersive Sim 17%, Puzzle 11.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Exploration 9.9%

  46. #46 Yume Nikki
    70% matchVery Positive94% of 9,908 reviews2018
    Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 72.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

    Why similar: Surreal 31.7%, Psychological Horror 23%, Exploration 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.9%

  47. #47 THYSIASTERY
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 219 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: Turn-Based Combat 26.7%, RPG 19.2%, Exploration 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Atmospheric 10.5%

  48. #48 Aimi
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 121 reviews2020
    Dev: Toasty
    Windows · Mac

    Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?

    Why similar: Surreal 17.4%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Puzzle 9.5%

  49. #49 Isolomus
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 397 reviews2020
    Dev: Michael Rfdshir
    Windows · Linux

    Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!

    Why similar: Surreal 28%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Puzzle 11.7%, Minimalist 11%, Story Rich 7.5%

  50. #50 Dyping Escape
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 332 reviews2026
    Dev: Heaviside CreationsPub: PLAYISM
    Windows

    "Let's play a typing game." Dyping Escape is a simple game where you type according to instructions from the game master, a mysterious eyeball. But be careful; everything you type becomes reality. Just be careful not to brick your computer.

    Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Surreal 16%, Psychological Horror 11.3%

  51. #51 DUNGEON ENCOUNTERS
    70% matchMixed70% of 545 reviews2021
    Dev: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Dungeon Encounters is a unique dungeon exploration RPG in which you lead an expedition to chart the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth. Plan and prepare to overcome numerous obstacles, solve puzzles, and defeat monsters. Strategize to survive!

    Why similar: RPG 46.8%, Exploration 34.5%, 2D 15.3%, Singleplayer 3.4%

  52. #52 • Dread Chess ✣
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 87 reviews2025
    Dev: • NullTalePub: • NullTale Scape
    Windows

    ✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game with sandbox elements. Uncover mysteries by speaking with gods in Latin. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of madness, and reach one of many endings in an unfair game against Death that can be played ONLY ONCE...

    Why similar: Puzzle 17.2%, Mystery 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12%

  53. #53 The wild darkness
    66% matchVery Positive81% of 88 reviews2025
    Dev: popeyed inc
    Windows

    Explore a survival-roguelike RPG set in an unknown and bizarre world. To withstand its many dangers, you'll need to gain new knowledge, scavenge for food, and acquire useful items. Craft, build, and learn your way through a crucial adventure to uncover the world's secrets.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 25.8%, RPG 24.1%, Exploration 19%, Mystery 17.7%, Adventure 11%

  54. #54 Dead Dreams
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2020
    Dev: Aiaz Marx
    Windows

    "DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 17%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Puzzle 13.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 10.8%

  55. #55 Dig Night
    65% matchVery Positive99% of 95 reviews2024
    Dev: INUSHIT
    Windows

    A dark comedy RPG set in streets and psyches.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23%, Exploration 17.7%, RPG 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Story Rich 11.8%

  56. #56 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2018
    Dev: Peace & Love Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

    Why similar: Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychological Horror 10%, Minimalist 9.8%

  57. #57 Omen Exitio: Plague
    68% matchVery Positive85% of 621 reviews2018
    Dev: Tiny Bull Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Story Rich 10.1%, Text-Based 9.4%

  58. #58 A War of a Madman's Making
    66% matchVery Positive96% of 101 reviews2024
    Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
    Windows

    You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 19.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Story Rich 6.6%

  59. #59 7 Days
    64% matchVery Positive100% of 80 reviews2025
    Dev: Daver The DavePub: IC Industries
    Windows

    Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.

    Why similar: Surreal 29.3%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14%, Story Rich 9.1%, Puzzle 8.5%

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