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  1. #1 93, Kuindzhi
    96% matchVery Positive95% of 1,967 reviews2026
    Dev: Nikita Igorevich StudioPub: Smysl Media
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    Why similar: Military 17.7%, Realistic 15.7%, Emotional 15.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%

  2. #2 Ukraine War Stories
    97% matchVery Positive87% of 1,080 reviews2022
    Dev: Starni Games
    Windows

    Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, War 22.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, RPG 9%, Historical 8.6%

  3. #3 R/A\W
    96% matchMixed48% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: Russian Devs Against The WarPub: VISUAL FLOSS
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Anthology of anti-war stories by award-winning authors from Russia

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 19%, Military 15.3%, War 13.9%, Modern 8.9%

  4. #4 IZGUB 2001
    95% matchVery Positive97% of 105 reviews2024
    Dev: Dbrhdk
    Windows

    You decide how a civil war in the country of Izgub is supposed to end. Visual novel with strong themes of war, political violence and moral dilemma.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, War 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, RPG 11.1%, Dark 8.9%

  5. #5 Sovietpunk: Chapter one
    94% matchMixed69% of 192 reviews2021
    Dev: Hot Chill
    Windows

    Sovietpunk is a cyberpunk story set in the setting of the Soviet Union after a global nuclear war. You have to guide the main character through the gloomy tunnels, in which the struggle for life is in full swing.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Dark 11.7%, RPG 7.6%

  6. #6 Brutalism22
    94% matchMixed65% of 68 reviews2023
    Dev: Marginal act
    Windows

    This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe

    Why similar: First-Person 48.9%, Philosophical 25.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Atmospheric 12%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  7. #7 December 1914
    93% matchVery Positive85% of 150 reviews2023
    Dev: 莉莉恩工作室
    Windows

    A comic-style narrative-oriented game based on the Christmas Eve Truce during World War I.

    Why similar: War 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Emotional 11.9%, Military 10.7%

  8. #8 Undying Symphony
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 191 reviews2024
    Dev: Siberian Koala
    Windows

    «Undying Symphony» tells a story about challenges that Leningrad people faced during the Siege and shows us one of the most tragic episodes of Leningrad history

    Why similar: Military 31.2%, Realistic 20%, Historical 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Atmospheric 11%

  9. #9 Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 1,452 reviews2026
    Dev: Cats Who Play
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

    Why similar: Military 26%, War 21.2%, Realistic 16.5%, Modern 12.7%, Historical 12.4%

  10. #10 The Underground Man
    92% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,389 reviews2016
    Dev: Mehsoft
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.

    Why similar: RPG 40.8%, Atmospheric 37.1%, Story Rich 21.1%, Singleplayer 1%

  11. #11 Fallstreak: Requiem for my Homeland
    91% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2020
    Dev: Centicerise Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?

    Why similar: War 21.6%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Emotional 15.2%, Military 11.7%, Philosophical 11.4%

  12. #12 Cralon
    89% matchMostly Positive72% of 165 reviews2026
    Dev: Pithead Studio
    Windows

    Cralon is an oldschool indie immersive sim dungeon crawler with RPG and adventure elements, inspired by the ultimate dungeon classics. Hunting a demon, you fell into the abyss of an old mine. Equip yourself, solve quests, uncover secrets and find a way out.

    Why similar: CRPG 36.1%, Underground 17.4%, Realistic 12.1%, RPG 9.1%, First-Person 8.9%

  13. #13 Svoboda 1945: Liberation
    89% matchVery Positive98% of 189 reviews2021
    Dev: Charles Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.

    Why similar: War 23.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Emotional 15.9%, Realistic 14.4%, Historical 11.1%

  14. #14 Squad 22: ZOV
    87% matchMixed59% of 650 reviews2025
    Dev: SPN StudioPub: Zarobana Entertainment
    Windows

    Single player tactical action real-time game with active pause to plan orders carefully. Based on real war-time experience of living Russian veterans of war in Ukraine. It's all about modern conflict small infantry groups with some armored vehicle and drone support as well as real events story

    Why similar: Military 43.4%, War 36.1%, Historical 19.2%, Story Rich 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.1%

  15. #15 All Quiet in the Trenches
    86% matchVery Positive90% of 888 reviews2024
    Dev: Totally Not Aliens
    Windows · Linux

    All Quiet in the Trenches is a narrative turn-based strategy RPG set in World War I. Get to know your soldiers, take care of their needs and lead them in battle, trying to strike a precarious balance between the ambitions of your superiors and the survival of your men.

    Why similar: War 44%, RPG 17.5%, Historical 13.3%, Emotional 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.7%

  16. #16 Chornobyl Liquidators
    88% matchMixed48% of 668 reviews2024
    Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Frozen Way
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?

    Why similar: Emotional 25.4%, Historical 20.1%, First-Person 17.1%, RPG 17%, Atmospheric 14.9%

  17. #17 We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2023
    Dev: Act Zero
    Windows

    ‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Modern 20.4%, Emotional 18%, Philosophical 17.8%, RPG 9.5%

  18. #18 Son of Perun Kharkiv
    85% matchVery Positive91% of 104 reviews2023
    Dev: Brenntkopf DevelopmentPub: Brenntkopf Publishing
    Windows

    Son of Perun: Kharkiv is a first-person shooter in the setting of Kharkiv of the future and retrowawe.

    Why similar: Realistic 57.1%, First-Person 41%, Story Rich 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.2%

  19. #19 A War of a Madman's Making
    83% matchVery Positive96% of 103 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: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, War 19.6%, Military 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Historical 7.8%

  20. #20 Double
    84% matchVery Positive82% of 227 reviews2019
    Dev: Tomato Fantasy Games
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    Double is an action-quest game telling about a fight with a mental disorder by immersing in dreams. Choose your way and find out how this mystical story ends.

    Why similar: War 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Dark 11.9%, Historical 9.6%

  21. #21 Trans-Siberian Legends
    84% matchMixed57% of 114 reviews2024
    Dev: Stop-TussiN
    Windows

    A first-person adventure game with a storyline. You are about to travel on a passenger train along the Trans-Siberian Railway. You can walk around cities, ride a train and watch nature change, talk to passengers and much more.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Realistic 24.7%, First-Person 18.1%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Linear 4.1%

  22. #22 Long Gone Days
    81% matchVery Positive88% of 554 reviews2023
    Dev: This I DreamtPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.

    Why similar: Military 25.4%, War 19.2%, Modern 14.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Emotional 13.2%

  23. #23 Aftermath
    80% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2024
    Dev: Deeppink manPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
    Windows

    The story of a soldier left alone in a bunker.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.9%, War 25.4%, Realistic 16.5%, Emotional 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%

  24. #24 Survive In Russia
    82% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2020
    Dev: Alexander Sablin
    Windows · Mac

    Survive in Russia is a survival quest in Russia. You will be available a selection of characters. Each of them presents survival mode and story mode. Only on your choice will depend on the life of the character.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Realistic 26.6%, RPG 20.1%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Story Rich 5.9%

  25. #25 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
    81% matchMostly Positive71% of 228 reviews2021
    Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Versus Evil
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.

    Why similar: Philosophical 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, First-Person 12.9%, Dark 12%, Emotional 11.7%

  26. #26 Russian Train Trip 2
    82% matchMostly Negative33% of 55 reviews2023
    Dev: Stop-TussiN
    Windows

    Journey on a passenger train in Russia. You play as a first-person character, you have to travel by train for 7 days to Vladivostok. Look out the window, listen to the radio, and move around the carriage.

    Why similar: Realistic 33%, First-Person 23.5%, Atmospheric 20.9%, Visual Novel 18%, Linear 4.3%

  27. #27 RECORD_DrowsyVortex
    79% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2024
    Dev: LunarHillz
    Windows

    RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.

    Why similar: CRPG 37.5%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Philosophical 20.7%, RPG 16.5%, Story Rich 3.1%

  28. #28 ArmaCulture
    79% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2021
    Dev: RageForDragons
    Windows

    ArmaCulture is an indie factory-builder RPG set in the midst of a bitter, industrialized war between two nations in a fictional world similar to our own. The game combines illustrated character art with stylized pixel art to create a unique and dark historic atmosphere.

    Why similar: War 35.6%, Visual Novel 24.4%, RPG 16.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Dark 8.1%

  29. #29 Through The Fragmentation
    78% matchVery Positive97% of 229 reviews2021
    Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
    Windows

    Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.

    Why similar: First-Person 42.4%, Atmospheric 30.7%, Dialogue Heavy 21.6%, Story Rich 5%, Singleplayer 0.3%

  30. #30 Heads Will Roll: Downfall
    78% matchMixed68% of 417 reviews2022
    Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.

    Why similar: War 40.2%, Historical 18.8%, RPG 18.5%, Dark 17.6%, Story Rich 4.5%

  31. #31 Attentat 1942
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 488 reviews2017
    Dev: Charles Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Realistic 17.5%, Emotional 15.6%, Historical 14%

  32. #32 Death Below
    77% matchMixed53% of 81 reviews2022
    Dev: Soft
    Windows

    Death Below - is a third-person action adventure with elements of survival horror. The plot of the game is based on the legend of the Soviet experiment of the 1940s.You will plunge into a dark world, and begin an exciting investigation, fighting on your way with thousands of distraught people

    Why similar: Underground 61%, Dark 21.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Dialogue Heavy 5.1%, Story Rich 2.7%

  33. #33 Vendir: Plague of Lies
    75% matchMostly Positive75% of 250 reviews2024
    Dev: Early Morning Studio
    Windows

    Vendir: Plague of Lies is a classic party-based RPG with a deep storyline and turn-based combat. Experience an intricately crafted world, steeped in history and brought to life through a carefully crafted atmosphere and the trials and tribulations of stories of the people that inhabit it.

    Why similar: CRPG 58.8%, RPG 14.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Dark 9.2%, Story Rich 4.1%

  34. #34 UnderRail
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 7,097 reviews2015
    Dev: Stygian Software
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

    Why similar: CRPG 61.8%, RPG 31.4%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%

  35. #35 Bright Lights of Svetlov
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,358 reviews2021
    Dev: Vladimir Cholokyan
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.

    Why similar: First-Person 28.5%, Realistic 24.6%, Atmospheric 22.7%, Emotional 12.8%, Linear 7.4%

  36. #36 it's always monday
    76% matchMostly Positive79% of 291 reviews2016
    Dev: Alon Zubina
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 32%

    it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Emotional 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.1%, First-Person 13.8%, Dark 12.7%

  37. #37 Duskpunk
    72% matchVery Positive91% of 167 reviews2025
    Dev: Clockwork Bird
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!

    Why similar: CRPG 52.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, RPG 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.1%, Story Rich 4.5%

  38. #38 Through the Darkest of Times
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2020
    Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.

    Why similar: Historical 22.6%, Emotional 21.5%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Dark 16.6%, Atmospheric 13.2%

  39. #39 Dig Night
    72% matchVery Positive99% of 98 reviews2024
    Dev: INUSHIT
    Windows

    A dark comedy RPG set in streets and psyches.

    Why similar: RPG 75%, Story Rich 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  40. #40 The Czar is Dead
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 112 reviews2024
    Dev: Машина РадостьPub: Grable Team
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The Czar is Dead is a visual novel in the setting of the Russian Empire. Help the last russian emperor save his soul, life and country.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 74.2%, Atmospheric 25.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  41. #41 Siberian Way
    73% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2025
    Dev: RootGame
    Windows

    Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, Dark 22.5%, Historical 20.3%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Story Rich 4.5%

  42. #42 The Dearest Person
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 631 reviews2024
    Dev: house.opposite
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.

    Why similar: Idler 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Philosophical 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Emotional 14.6%

  43. #43 Sinking The Boats
    70% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: 孟夏MengxiaPub: 糕薯科技
    Windows

    It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 36.5%, RPG 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Historical 15%, Story Rich 6%

  44. #44 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
    76% matchMixed53% of 222 reviews2016
    Dev: HarotobiraPub: Sometimes You
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber ​​City 2157.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 56.8%, Dark 20.8%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Story Rich 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  45. #45 Trench Face
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 632 reviews2025
    Dev: Pulse Blue
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.

    Why similar: RPG 62.9%, Dark 21.3%, Atmospheric 15.7%

  46. #46 Lovely Lady RPG
    70% matchVery Positive100% of 90 reviews2025
    Dev: DAS POPPY UND MIA KUNSTKOLLEKTIV
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 59.4%, RPG 36.8%, Story Rich 3.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%

  47. #47 VED
    71% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2024
    Dev: KaraclanPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows

    VED is a story-driven, hand-drawn RPG with a unique turn-based combat system and roguelite elements. Set in two different worlds, VED tells the story of Cyrus, a young hero who sets out on a quest to become a master of sword and magic, and save everything he knows from destruction.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Emotional 24.4%, RPG 21.2%, Dark 15.3%, Story Rich 5.8%

  48. #48 Simulator of Ukraine 1991
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 222 reviews2024
    Dev: Almost Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.

    Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

  49. #49 ASH OF WAR™
    74% matchMixed63% of 67 reviews2018
    Dev: Two-Way Ltd.
    Windows · Mac

    The story about an uneasy journey of one man. You will experience certain situations, those, that could have happened with our parents, children or even a neighbours on just any other war. Through the eyes of our hero you will see his struggle in a modern war, struggle with oneself.

    Why similar: Philosophical 86.9%, Story Rich 13.1%

  50. #50 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,742 reviews2021
    Dev: Dead Idle Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

    Why similar: Emotional 33.8%, Dark 30.2%, Atmospheric 21.5%, Story Rich 8.5%, Linear 5.5%

  51. #51 Aether & Iron
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 436 reviews2026
    Dev: Seismic Squirrel
    Windows · Mac

    Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky. Muster a crew, master tactical turn-based combat, and unravel the dark secrets lurking beneath the floating metropolis.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 49.3%, RPG 34.5%, Story Rich 8.8%, Dialogue Heavy 6.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  52. #52 Chernobyl: Origins
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 81 reviews2023
    Dev: Nelset
    Windows · Linux

    "Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements. You have to solve a lot of puzzles to find out the terrible secret of the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant. The game will take you to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.1%, Dark 22.5%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Historical 15.2%, Story Rich 3.8%

  53. #53 The Thaumaturge
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 5,600 reviews2024
    Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 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: CRPG 52.9%, Visual Novel 18.1%, RPG 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Story Rich 3.9%

  54. #54 Minds Beneath Us
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,730 reviews2024
    Dev: BearBoneStudio
    Windows
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Philosophical 27.2%, RPG 18.8%, Atmospheric 15%, Story Rich 5.5%

  55. #55 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
    65% matchVery Positive91% of 920 reviews2025
    Dev: Space Colony StudiosPub: Astrolabe Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Military 23.7%, Visual Novel 19.9%, RPG 10.8%, First-Person 10.3%

  56. #56 Songs of Rats
    67% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: Tesseract GamesPub: Salient Games
    Windows · Linux

    The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?

    Why similar: CRPG 45.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Philosophical 17.6%, RPG 15%, Story Rich 2.4%

  57. #57 Entity Researchers: Prologue
    68% 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: CRPG 80.2%, RPG 19.8%

  58. #58 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
    61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 267,104 reviews2025
    Dev: Sandfall InteractivePub: Kepler Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 32.4 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.

    Why similar: RPG 69.6%, Story Rich 28.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%

  59. #59 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 79 reviews2022
    Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
    Windows

    Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 42.5%, Dark 25.9%, RPG 19.2%, Story Rich 6.7%, Dialogue Heavy 5%

  60. #60 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 1,651 reviews2023
    Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.

    Why similar: War 32.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Dark 14%, RPG 11%, Historical 10.9%

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