Games Like The Genesis Project

Embark on a quest of epic importance in Pesterquest, a grimsical episodic visual novel adventure set in the darkly funny Homestuck / Hiveswap universe, created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie.

Why similar: RPG 47.2%, Adventure 29.4%, Funny 23.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is an official visual novel set in the Homestuck universe, making it the most direct thematic match for fans of the source material.

Athenian Rhapsody: Thunder Goober's Personality Dungeon is a FREE dangerously goofy RPG with fast paced, unique combat and zany secrets and adventures. Your goal is to build your own rhapsody, the story of you - the player - an experience which cannot be replicated by others.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 21.2%, Action RPG 20.9%, Memes 14.1%, RPG 11.2%, Exploration 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the chaotic, meta-humor, and experimental RPG vibe that defines the Homestuck-inspired experience.

UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

Why similar: Memes 40.8%, Funny 31.3%, RPG 27.8%

Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard for meta-narrative indie RPGs, it shares the same focus on player choice and subverting genre tropes.

Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-5 are available now, with more planned as free updates!

Why similar: Funny 30.8%, RPG 26.5%, Action RPG 25.4%, Fantasy 17.4%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the tradition of meta-aware RPGs with deep character interactions and surreal world-building.

Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.

Why similar: RPG 50.2%, Funny 49.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the quirky, dark-humor, and tactical depth found in ambitious, creator-driven indie projects.

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

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 39.7%, RPG 24.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16%, Platformer 12.9%, Adventure 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a uniquely surreal aesthetic and experimental RPG mechanics that resonate with the weirdness of the seed game.

Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 50.1%, RPG 27.9%, Exploration 12.1%, Fantasy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It explores deep, psychological, and surreal themes within a classic RPG framework, mirroring the emotional depth of the source material.

A Role-Playing Game where you can play as Jesus Christ and the Apostles in turn-based battles

Why similar: Memes 26.4%, Party-Based RPG 26.1%, Dungeon Crawler 17.8%, Funny 8.9%, RPG 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic example of a meme-driven, experimental RPG that prioritizes humor and unique themes over traditional polish.

In Gabe Newell Simulator you can manage Steam releasing and creating new games and also in the story mode you can play as Gaben and help him in his fight against other software house, talk with his employees and decide the fate of Half Life 3!

Why similar: Memes 68.6%, Simulation 11%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Funny 6.8%, Adventure 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the meme-heavy, simulation-based humor that often overlaps with the Homestuck community's interests.

The miserable journey of a broken man...

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 55%, RPG 18.4%, Funny 17.7%, Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dark, offbeat sense of humor combined with party-based RPG mechanics that feel both punishing and rewarding.

An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄

Why similar: Action-Adventure 43.1%, RPG 41.6%, Adventure 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, rhythm-based RPG that challenges traditional genre conventions and provides a highly unique sensory experience.

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Why You'll Like It: It matches the bizarre, low-fi aesthetic and experimental gameplay that appeals to players looking for something truly unconventional.

Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 48.8%, RPG 42.3%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, dungeon-crawling RPG that rewards experimentation, knowledge, and deep exploration of its mechanics.

Post apocalyptic survival farming, green the world to survive !

Why similar: Simulation 45.9%, Survival 42.8%, Crafting 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation and survival game that emphasizes long-term resource management and world-building.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Survival 42.7%, Building 19.8%, Crafting 16.6%, RPG 9.4%, Simulation 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex simulation game that shares the 'Project' naming convention and offers immense sandbox depth.

Host immersive tabletop campaigns in a world imagined entirely by you! Build from the ground up with The RPG Engine, an intuitive virtual tabletop that lets you create unparalleled roleplaying environments for your party to get lost in.

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 33.8%, Building 22.4%, Character Customization 13.9%, RPG 9.9%, Exploration 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the tools for sandbox creation, allowing players to build their own dungeon-crawling experiences.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Base Building 40.6%, Survival 25.4%, Building 21%, Simulation 13%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a high level of emergent storytelling and simulation, perfect for those who enjoy complex, system-heavy sandbox games.

Embark on your TTRPG adventures for free with DFD: Player Edition, where your fantasies come to life. Create up to three heroes, design your own maps, and dive into a world of adventure. The Player Edition is your gateway to an ever-expanding universe of TTRPGs.

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 36.7%, Dungeon Crawler 22.8%, RPG 12.4%, Character Customization 8.4%, Fantasy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tabletop-inspired dungeon crawling and party-based mechanics central to the seed game.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21.5%, Action RPG 12.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 12.5%, Crafting 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG that allows for total freedom and brutal exploration in a harsh, unforgiving world.

Adventure Land is an experimental Indie MMORPG. ANYONE can Code not just one, but up to 4 characters! You can play manually, use the given default Javascript Code, or learn programming to do more! Going open-source at 10,000 installs!

Why similar: RPG 55.1%, Simulation 44.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of programming and simulation that appeals to the technical side of sandbox gaming.

Spurdo :D is an Action Adventure Comedy game where you play as Spurdo, travelling to different past lives, each containing its own separate story, style, and gameplay mechanics. Offering a wide variety of scenarios and humorous interactions, you choose how you want to experience those lives again.

Why similar: Memes 51.2%, Funny 14.3%, Exploration 13%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific internet culture and meme-heavy aesthetic that often intersects with the seed game's audience.

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

Why similar: Exploration 46.1%, Fantasy 31.2%, Adventure 22.7%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential surreal exploration game that inspired many indie developers to focus on dreamlike, non-linear experiences.

Project: Gorgon is a fantasy MMORPG that allows you to forge your own path through exploration and discovery.

Why similar: RPG 59.9%, Fantasy 18.9%, Crafting 16.6%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: An MMORPG that prioritizes deep, complex RPG systems and exploration over modern hand-holding.

Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Why similar: Platformer 52.5%, Exploration 30.7%, Adventure 16.7%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational indie action-adventure game that excels in exploration and platforming mechanics.

Throw yourself into a world of fantasy and create your own character to embark on an epic high seas adventure of your own making.

Why similar: RPG 27.6%, Crafting 17.2%, Action RPG 15.2%, Adventure 13.7%, Action-Adventure 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused RPG that offers a sandbox world for players to explore and conquer.

Felt Mansion is an Adventure/Action RPG fan-game set in the world of Andrew Hussie's Homestuck. Save the young Handmaid from the clutches of the fearsome Doc Scratch!

Why similar: Action RPG 34.7%, RPG 28%, Exploration 12.2%, Funny 10.7%, Fantasy 9.9%

3DRPG is a voxelized old-school RPG where you explore a Randomly Generated world filled with random dungeons, towns and people! Every character in the game is recruitable. Hunt for prey or go fishing for food. Search for treasure in dungeons and fight monsters on the way!

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 33.4%, Dungeon Crawler 19.7%, Crafting 15.5%, Character Customization 13.6%, RPG 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features procedural generation and voxel-based exploration, providing a sandbox-style RPG experience.

RPG-Simulation game where you can create your own streamer and see whether you can overcome difficulties of being streamer or not.

Why similar: Memes 38.3%, Simulation 26.3%, RPG 24.7%, Survival 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A life-simulation game that mirrors the internet-centric culture found in the seed game.

Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, Action RPG 14.6%, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 12.2%

Finally, a new universe is here! The great finale of the ten years history of the "Trap" series. This is the creation myth of the birth of a blessed world where Gods, men, and crossdressers can love each other freely!

Why similar: Memes 63.4%, Funny 22.7%, Adventure 14%

Experience Progress in its purest form as an Idle-Game!

Why similar: Inventory Management 37.3%, Character Customization 26.2%, RPG 21.6%, Fantasy 11.2%, Funny 3.7%

The Gold River Project™ is a camping trip gone wrong in the Pacific Northwest. Explore, craft, build, and survive in this open-world experiment that traps you and up to 4 friends in this single player or co-op survival adventure game.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.6%, Survival 21%, Crafting 19.9%, Exploration 15%, Simulation 12.6%

A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.

Why similar: Base Building 19.4%, Building 18.6%, Platformer 15.2%, Crafting 14.9%, Fantasy 9.5%

Genesis Online! First Person Multiplayer Adventure game in an editable procedural cubic world.

Why similar: Survival 52.4%, Building 26.3%, Crafting 11.5%, Adventure 9.8%

A chaotic co-op adventure for 1–5 players with a hint of 90s PC games. As new worker recruits, your mission is to explore, scavenge, craft, and eliminate. Loot everything. Be greedy. Contribute only what you dare to part with to grow your Hive. Warning: Goblins might perish in the process.

Why similar: Action RPG 18.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 11%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Funny 10.4%

Minimalistic Skyrim + West of Loathing + Supraland. An RPG-lite adventure with intentionally twisted traditional role-playing games aspects, where your choices do matter.

Why similar: RPG 32.5%, Exploration 27.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Funny 14.8%, Fantasy 9.6%

A 2D sandbox survival game designed for creators, players, and everyone else.

Why similar: Survival 53.6%, Simulation 27.5%, Adventure 18.8%

Enjoy a semi-AFK RNG-HELL RPG game that is ever expanding, find loot, own, get owned, all in the name of RNG. Climb leaderboards for overall XP, gather money, and become a part of a growing game and community!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 39.1%, RPG 20.2%, Exploration 14.4%, Character Customization 14.1%, Funny 12.1%

Piworld is a unique multiplayer game where everyone can find something to do to suit their desires. Try out different roles: from a simple fisherman to an adventurer. Explore the world alone or with friends, fight evil, develop your skills, and create your own story.

Why similar: Base Building 25.4%, Crafting 20.4%, Survival 18.7%, Funny 14%, Simulation 13.1%

Nyanco Meets Anime Girls! @(=´▽`=)/

Why similar: RPG 65.5%, Adventure 34.5%

MEMOLOGY is a comprehensive test that shows how deeply you are immersed in the culture of memes.

Why similar: Memes 59.8%, RPG 16.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Adventure 9.4%

Are you a quadrober?

Why similar: Memes 33.8%, RPG 18.1%, Simulation 16%, Exploration 11.8%, Funny 10.2%

A super-creative roguelike\deckbuilder in which you can redraw everything, voice everything and even write your own texts in quests and dialogs! (300+ reviews read below)

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 45.6%, Character Customization 21.2%, Fantasy 16.6%, RPG 16.6%

Mutagenic: A mashup of ARPG and Survivor gameplay, bridging the best of both genres. With unrivaled depth to character customization, Mutagenic has the depth of high-budget ARPG games with the simplified controls of a Survivor-style game. Can you craft a build to outdo everyone else?

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 24.5%, Action RPG 22.2%, Survival 20%, RPG 19.1%, Fantasy 14.2%

Control the world, not the hero. Spin the slots and beat the odds in this RPG adventure!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 47.3%, RPG 16.8%, Funny 15.1%, Fantasy 11.8%, 3D 8.9%

Playing as Normis, you are a typical representative of the mainstream with a traditional stable life, ironically referring to youth subcultures, avoiding conflicts and extreme actions, preferring routine and social adaptation.

Why similar: Memes 25.7%, RPG 23.1%, Simulation 22.4%, Adventure 13.4%, Exploration 8.7%

Adorable spider chaos! Swing around the house, weave crazy structures, play with physics-based objects, and pull off chores with nothing but your webs and your wits in this madcap sandbox adventure.

Why similar: Character Customization 37.6%, Exploration 26.4%, Simulation 21.6%, Adventure 14.4%

This is an experimental project, a sandbox life simulator that gives you the power to suggest how the game should evolve, which features we should focus on, which slice of life to tell and everything you can imagine.

Why similar: Base Building 27.9%, Crafting 20.6%, Simulation 19.4%, Character Customization 17.6%, 3D 7.7%

The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.

Why similar: Simulation 42.2%, Adventure 26.9%, 3D 24.7%, Exploration 6.2%

Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.

Why similar: Base Building 16.5%, Building 15.9%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Action RPG 11.8%

Three Sisters is the best of the worst in the oversaturated genre of stagnant human generated RPG slop. Explore the a world full of deranged enemies in attempt to find 2 of your older sisters and hope no one dies along the way! (spoiler: there's way more than three sisters) (p.s. There is no typos)

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 55.6%, RPG 18.6%, Exploration 14%, Funny 11.7%

Create your own levels, publish them or download levels from community. Play with your friends or play it alone. Shape the future of Labyrinth Simulator.

Why similar: Simulation 100%

In the Simulator of a game developer, you will be able to understand all the subtleties of this profession, understand how the game industry works and all the difficulties of one developer.

Why similar: Memes 36.6%, Crafting 16.7%, Funny 12.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Exploration 9.7%

The one true multiplayer goblin simulator. Play Goblin Tag and acquire power ups that let you leap across the entire map. Play Hide and Seek and annoy your friends with ‘REEEES’ when they cant find you. Stay alive in Death Run without being trapped. Be a goblin and do goblin things!

Why similar: Adventure 100%

This game is about making this game.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 34.5%, Funny 27.9%, Exploration 24.4%, Adventure 13.1%

Start an epic world-building adventure with Nekokami! Architect beautiful, peaceful worlds in a far-future universe ruled by Cats. Befriend wondrous yet whimsical spirits of nature. Restore and manage extinct Humans. With Cats in charge, what could POSSIBLY go wrong?

Why similar: Building 40.7%, Funny 21.1%, RPG 20.7%, 3D 11%, Adventure 6.5%

Play as an elastic plug trying to become as long as LORD ELON. Use your climbing, dangling, and stretching skills to collect coins and buy length upgrades. Will LORD ELON accept you?

Why similar: Memes 44.9%, Funny 15.8%, Platformer 15.3%, Exploration 13.9%, Adventure 10.1%

The Real Project is a game where you shape your virtual life. Choose professions, build authentic relationships and explore a wide, vibrant world full of fascinating NPCs. Face challenges, explore stunning landscapes. Live a complete virtual life, full of unique adventures.

Why similar: RPG 29.9%, Crafting 29.2%, Simulation 25.7%, Adventure 15.2%