- #1 Witch's Last Curse
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Granitefire Games
Windows
A fantasy RPG about saving a medieval town from a spreading curse as the Witch's Apprentice. Spend your limited daily actions investigating secrets, earning the trust of townsfolk, discovering the ingredients your ritual actually needs, and holding back the thorns before time runs out.
Why similar: RPG 24.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Investigation 9.9%
- #2 The Colour Beyond: A Zeroth Kind
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infigo Games
Windows
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Investigation 22%, RPG 14.3%, Mystery 14%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #3 Finale of Aeons:Lillia
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1up
Windows
《Finale of Aeons》 is a text-based narrative game that blends tabletop RPG and role-playing elements. In this fantasy world, you can take on the roles of five different protagonists, experience five completely distinct storylines, and make your own choices in the face of adversity and intrigue.
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #4 Aunewyth
95% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: RPG 32.2%, Text-Based 27%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Medieval 6.4%
- #5 捞金骗徒
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 云洲工作室
Windows
You play as a tourist trapped in a scam compound. fight to survive, sneak around and seize escape chances. Gather hidden clues, master scam skills reluctantly to survive, meet captives stuck here for various reasons, dig out its dark secrets, and choose between escaping the den or ruling it.
Why similar: RPG 32.9%, Detective 21.5%, Investigation 18.6%, Mystery 8.4%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #6 Herald of the Mists
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FromNiki
Windows
A narrative-driven RPG where every dice roll shapes your fate. Step into the role of the Queen's Herald and traverse a mist-shrouded realm to uncover the fate of her lost army. Will your choices uphold loyalty, or lead you down a path of betrayal? The secrets of the mists await.
Why similar: RPG 19.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Detective 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #7 Compromised Investigator
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CompromiseDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
An investigative RPG where every choice changes the town, and you. Explore dangers across Day, Night, and Twilight, uncover what’s really happening, and survive the things that notice you noticing them.
Why similar: RPG 42.1%, Detective 21.1%, Investigation 15.8%, Exploration 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #8 Dissension
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Disguised Games
Windows
Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.
Why similar: Detective 14.5%, Investigation 12.3%, RPG 12%, Medieval 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #9 Roadwarden
91% matchVery Positive94% of 5,205 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 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: RPG 33%, Text-Based 28.1%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
- #10 WITCHHUNTER.exe
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noah Dundas
Windows
Witches hide amongst the townsfolk and the Devil whispers through your screen. Explore branching paths as you investigate, interrogate, and condemn the guilty. Be warned: the inquisition is not without its horrors.
Why similar: Detective 16.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, RPG 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Investigation 10.5%
- #11 Back to the Dawn
89% matchVery Positive94% of 10,451 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: RPG 28%, Detective 21%, Investigation 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #12 The Unleaving
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: largeland
Windows · Mac
The Unleaving is a Chinese folk-horror Cthulhu RPG. As a member of a paranormal investigation group, venture into rural ghost stories and uncover the truth through dialogue, skill checks, and a little dice luck. Many stories, occupations, endings—some answers lie beyond knowing. They never left.
Why similar: RPG 36.4%, Investigation 16.3%, Mystery 12.7%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 11%
- #13 SUSubus
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forget-Me-Not Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The year is 840. Use your detective skills to weed out and banish the succubi terrorizing the citizens of Damaros and uncover the truth behind the recent spike in succubus victims, or become a corrupt tyrant who abuses his power, or even side with the succubi to terrorize the city.
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Investigation 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #14 Hard to Be a God
88% matchVery Positive83% of 138 reviews2015
Dev: Burut CTPub: Akella
Windows
Hard to be a God is a Sci-Fi RPG with adventure and espionage elements.
Why similar: RPG 82.2%, Medieval 17.8%
- #15 Wizard Confidential
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle? A text-based interactive urban fantasy noir novel.
Why similar: RPG 31.4%, Text-Based 18.2%, Detective 13.5%, Investigation 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%
- #16 Isentroth
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Schedule 3 Wizards
Windows · Linux
Swear an oath and walk into the Isenmarch — a cold Norse frontier that does not explain itself. A Machine Game Master narrates your saga, answers the choices you make, and rolls the dice at your side. No two sagas are alike. What breaks first — your isen, or your troth?
Why similar: RPG 38.1%, Text-Based 19%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Choices Matter 12%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #17 REWIND
84% matchVery Positive91% of 421 reviews2026
Dev: Damian_Zhao
Windows
《REWIND》 is a hardcore text-based detective puzzle game containing nearly a hundred clues. Players need to carefully examine and deduce the clues to find the answer to the case.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, RPG 23.9%, Investigation 20.7%, Text-Based 15.4%, Mystery 13.8%
- #18 The Will and Torment of El Brante
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goosenior
Windows
A hardcore narrative RPG about an inquisitor who defied the Gods and returned from the Afterlife against Their Will. In a world where faith is fracturing, power is waning, and blood is spilled ever more often, your choices will decide what remains of the Empire. Complete the story of Sir El Brante!
Why similar: RPG 32.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Medieval 10.8%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #19 Serania - Path of the Scion
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, RPG 13.9%, Medieval 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Investigation 8.9%
- #20 The Council
84% matchVery Positive84% of 5,731 reviews2018
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: RPG 30.2%, Detective 23.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Mystery 9.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #21 侦探R和预言者J
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NUMBER7Pub: Pujia8 studio
Windows · Mac
收集证据,与多方周旋,揭开真相。 过去与现在交错的案件,沟通型的悬疑冒险游戏。
Why similar: RPG 47%, Detective 29.6%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Exploration 8.1%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #22 呼救Mayday
82% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: 黎浩贤
Windows
一个以好奇心为驱动力,你可以改写结局的解谜游戏
Why similar: RPG 30.3%, Detective 28.1%, Mystery 17.9%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Story Rich 8%
- #23 The Thaumaturge
81% matchVery Positive83% of 5,995 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: RPG 18.6%, Detective 16.5%, Investigation 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #24 Detective Agency: Murder at the Manor
82% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: 吉祥如意工作室
Windows
The owner of the Golden Rose Manor died mysteriously in the secret room. Everyone in the manor has an alibi, but their speech is full of loopholes... You will go to the crime scene, search for clues, analyze the suspect's statement, make reasonable inferences, reveal the truth of the case!
Why similar: RPG 20.6%, Detective 19.4%, Investigation 15.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Mystery 9.4%
- #25 Desire FOR Power: Council Intrigues
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Umutcan ErkmenPub: Desire FOR Entertainment
Windows
A text-based, choice-driven adventure. Intrigue, trust, loyalty, luck, reflex... How high a position can you achieve in this medieval world?
Why similar: RPG 24.2%, Text-Based 23.7%, Medieval 17.2%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.4%
- #26 凡塔西娅的幻境
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ 15152333Pub: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/
Windows
本作是一款梦核风格的2D单人轻恐怖剧情探索游戏。玩家将跟随一名小女孩进入一个熟悉却逐渐失真的空间,在现实与梦境交错的环境中展开探索。游戏以探索、调查和解谜为核心玩法。玩家需要观察场景中的异常变化,寻找隐藏物品与关键线索,并利用收集到的道具与环境进行互动,改变部分场景状态,解开阻碍前进的谜题。随着探索深入,玩家将逐渐发现隐藏在空间背后的秘密,并了解这个世界的来源。游戏以碎片化叙事、环境细节和场景变化推动剧情发展。在游戏里探索每个区域,寻找线索,了解故事。梦核美术风格、神秘的氛围,以及围绕探索和未知展开的故事,将带给玩家一段充满探索感与心理体验的冒险旅程。
Why similar: RPG 56.3%, Detective 28.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #27 Banished Sir
79% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Vernon E. Slayton IIIPub: SirVern Productions
Windows
Banished Sir is an RPG game set in a Medival Fantasy world where decisions made matter.
Why similar: RPG 58.6%, Medieval 19.8%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #28 The Chessboard Mystery:47 West Street,Highgate
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BlackFog Studio
Windows
Step into Highgate a fog-shrouded town in 1956, where a mysterious murder shatters the silence. As a private investigator, explore scenes, gather evidence, and question suspects. Use your evidence board to trace lies, face branching choices, and uncover the hidden truth behind the crime.
Why similar: RPG 45.3%, Detective 17.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #29 Graven
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Basalt Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Frankenstein-inspired Gothic RPG. You’re an eccentric physician’s apprentice whose unique skills (and shortcomings) shape every conversation. Explore the city, follow leads, and find your missing mentor and the man you helped raise from the dead. Save them, condemn them, or alter death itself.
Why similar: RPG 31.6%, Detective 20%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Investigation 10.6%, Mystery 7.7%
- #30 Two Worlds Epic Edition
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,922 reviews2009
Dev: Reality Pump StudiosPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
... 300 years after Aziraal has been banished, a brother and sister are drawn into the conflict which has flared up between the Orcs and the free world. Kyra, the hero's younger sister, suddenly disappears in mysterious circumstances.«...If my family really belongs to the chosen ones, why then have we always been as poor as church mice?
Why similar: RPG 80.2%, Medieval 7.6%, Dark Fantasy 4.9%, Story Rich 2.8%, Exploration 1.7%
- #31 Homeward
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Super Panda
Windows
Step into the shoes of a rookie police officer. Complete missions, solve mysteries, and rise through the ranks, all while using your detective skills to help your neighbor find her missing cat. Explore an open world full of quests, mini-games, and career choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: RPG 28.1%, Detective 24.8%, Investigation 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #32 Blades and Hunger
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Amyclas
Windows
A dark-fantasy text-based rpg with a detailed combat model built to simulate decision making in fencing, and a world delivered entirely in prose.
Why similar: RPG 43%, Text-Based 22.7%, Medieval 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #33 Undying Fortress
75% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wield your magic sword against the monsters that fill a mysterious tower, and uncover the secrets of the past!
Why similar: RPG 35.2%, Text-Based 25.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #34 In Memoriam
76% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: MoCaps
Windows · Linux
Step into a gripping medieval political thriller where intrigue, betrayal, and power struggles shape your fate. As a ghostly detective, you’ll uncover conspiracies, navigate a web of deception and unravel a larger mystery tied to your own demise
Why similar: Detective 30.3%, RPG 18.1%, Investigation 17%, Mystery 13.1%, Medieval 12.4%
- #35 The Testing Chamber
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 705 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: RPG 21.5%, Detective 20.6%, Investigation 19.8%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #36 Nonestory P1
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: anotherGDPub: anotherCompany
Windows
Nonestory is an RPG game that tells the entertaining story of one man who decided to prove his case to everyone to the world.
Why similar: RPG 51.7%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Exploration 6.9%
- #37 On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 373 Studio
Windows
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Detective 26.9%, Investigation 21.5%, Text-Based 17%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #38 Game of Thrones
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,374 reviews2012
Dev: Cyanide Studios
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Experience an amazing adventure in one of the most fascinating universes! Amidst conspiracy and betrayal, try to survive the orchestrated machinations around the Iron Throne.
Why similar: RPG 56.4%, Medieval 16%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 8.3%, Dark Fantasy 3%
- #39 The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
72% matchVery Positive90% of 90,582 reviews2012
Dev: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A time of untold chaos has come. Mighty forces clash behind the scenes in a struggle for power and influence. The Northern Kingdoms mobilize for war. But armies on the march are not enough to stop a bloody conspiracy...
Why similar: RPG 47.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #40 Ashes of Kardoria
71% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Ashes of Kardoria
Windows
A dark choice-driven RPG where moral decisions shape your path. Face a brutal island torn by plague, hunger, and a growing orc threat. Pick a faction, hone your skills, battle unique bosses, and fight for a future worth its cost.
Why similar: RPG 29.2%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Medieval 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%
- #41 Morth
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Crawlspace Studios
Windows
A darkness has fallen over the village of Drakehorn. People have gone missing in the night and have been seen walking into the woods and never returning. Find out what's causing these disappearances before time runs out.
Why similar: RPG 17.1%, Investigation 17.1%, Detective 16.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%
- #42 Guilt Trip
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Made With Squares
Windows
A crime-solving mystery game from the perspective of the culprit. You know everything they don't, and the only way to make it back home is to Guilt Trip.
Why similar: RPG 29.9%, Detective 26.4%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Mystery 13.5%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #43 Sixth Grade Detective
73% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Round up the usual suspects—the mean girl, the new kid, the bully, the nerd, maybe even your best friend! Middle school crime doesn't stand a chance.
Why similar: RPG 68.6%, Text-Based 31.4%
- #44 Sociopath
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyaroru
Windows
You and seven strangers are trapped in a countryside mansion, forced to play a killing game. For everyone else, the only way to survive is to find the killer. But for you, my dear killer, the only path forward is to slaughter them all.
Why similar: RPG 38.6%, Detective 16.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #45 Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,380 reviews2009
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.
Why similar: RPG 43.5%, Detective 29%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 10.6%, Story Rich 2.9%
- #46 Visual novel: Dashing 90s
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Reanim GamesPub: STuNT
Windows
Andrey comes to the city to enroll in college and moves into a communal apartment. Neighbors, alcoholics, cult members, and gangsters test his mettle. Every decision is a choice between morality and survival. A visual novel where one wrong move turns a college applicant into a criminal.
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Text-Based 22.1%, RPG 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Exploration 10.7%
- #47 死亡旅店Ⅱ亡者归来-Death Inn Ⅱ The Immortal Is Coming
71% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: 橙光游戏
Windows
Death Inn Ⅱ- The Immortal Is Coming is a horror puzzle. The film crew is in a castle to finish, What is the mystery behind the mysterious death of a leading actress in a castle? Was it a homicide or was there more to it? It's a foggy castle, but none of the truth is buried forever.
Why similar: RPG 40.9%, Detective 24.9%, Mystery 14.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #48 Other Side Of Mist And Mountain
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Universe Studio
Windows
In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.
Why similar: RPG 16.8%, Detective 15.9%, Text-Based 15.1%, Investigation 13.2%, Mystery 11.4%
- #49 Life as a Lich
70% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embrace lichdom: research powerful spells, recruit undead legions, manage your domains, rule the underworld, and become a demigod!
Why similar: RPG 46.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #50 Fate of the Storm Gods
70% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Harness wind, earth, fire, and all the forces of nature to destroy your enemies! Will you stabilize the broken magic of the weather, or revel in its chaos?
Why similar: RPG 47.6%, Text-Based 25.8%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #51 平安果
69% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: MTA-TA
Windows
为了调查两宗案件相关嫌疑人,白小果只身来到了苹村,然而经过一些探索后却发现事件比想象中更加错综复杂,自己也在不知不觉中被犯人设计,陷入了精神迷幻中......你能否带她顺利完成任务归来呢?
Why similar: RPG 61.4%, Mystery 19.2%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #52 Deigon Witch
68% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Berk Arifoglu
Windows
Open your own potion shop in Deigon Forest. Listen to your customers’ stories, prepare the potions they need, and, through the choices you make, forge your own path in the struggle between fate and free will.
Why similar: RPG 23.3%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Text-Based 15.2%, Medieval 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%
- #53 Hermitage: Strange Case Files
69% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: ArrowizPub: Giiku Games
Windows
This gripping paranormal horror adventure revolves around Hermitage, the sinister bookstore that attracts most unusual customers – all of whom seem to be involved in mysterious cases bordering on the paranormal.
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Detective 15.4%, RPG 15.1%, Mystery 11.9%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #54 The Desolate Hope
68% matchVery Positive93% of 1,839 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
On a distant edge of an unknown planet, an abandoned structure sits in silence. Constructed by an unmanned research vessel sent from Earth, the Lun Infinus station was designed to run simulations for a five year period, exploring possibilities of human colonization in the case that Earth became uninhabitable.
Why similar: RPG 99.8%, Atmospheric 0.1%, Story Rich 0.1%, Singleplayer 0%
- #55 The Albion Plague
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vulpes Artica Pub: Vulpes Artica
Windows · Linux
The Albion Plague is a 2D RPG with point-and-click mechanics, faction management, and a refined choice-and-consequence system based on fully customizable playstyles. Use every skill at your disposal to save Ulma, prevent a catastrophic civil war, and protect her from a terrifying enemy...
Why similar: RPG 43%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #56 CLUAIDO
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamer Tool Studio
Windows · Mac
A procedural mystery game where you play as a detective racing against time to solve a murder case. As toxic gas slowly shrinks the map, find hidden clues and freely interrogate suspects with open-ended questioning. Manage your investigation under increasing pressure in a challenge against time.
Why similar: Investigation 20.2%, RPG 19.7%, Detective 15.7%, Mystery 12.8%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #57 Hero must die. again
67% matchPositive83% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: PyramidPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The hero defeated the demon Guile, but lost his life in the process. Given five more days to put his affairs in order, guide him to the best possible funeral in this anti-RPG where he grows weaker.
Why similar: RPG 73.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #58 10mg: SLASHER, Interrupted
67% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Softerror InteractivePub: 10mg
Windows
A campfire horror story interrupted by your girlfriends.
Why similar: RPG 67%, Text-Based 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #59 Midnight Therapy
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
A fake therapist loses her magic and must face real patients with nothing but words. Manage appointments, money, and emotional collapse in a narrative RPG about lies, deduction, and cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or your redemption?
Why similar: RPG 19.8%, Detective 18.3%, Investigation 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.2%