- #1 Manor of the Damned!
96% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: The Hideout
Windows
Manor of the Damned is a retro inspired action RPG that invokes the memories from the great console games of times past. The game features intense action, puzzle solving, and exploration. You play a destitute wandering vampyre who agrees to help rid a village of a raiding specpyre family.
Why similar: RPG 69.8%, Indie 30.2%
- #2 Empire of the Fallen Steel
96% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: FutureVisionsGames
Windows
Empire of the Fallen Steel is a sci-fi action role-playing game, the player is able to join one of the four battling factions, assemble his own band of reinforced robots, lead them into battle, conquer cities and defeat the other factions.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #3 Space Salvager
95% matchMostly Negative35% of 26 reviews2014
Dev: Sam Albon
Windows
A space opera focused on you: your choices shape your destiny.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #4 Dungeons Are Random
94% matchMostly Negative38% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: PIXELBUG
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dungeons are Random is a fast-paced roguelike game, where everything is meant to be generated as randomly as possible, while still being enjoyable as a game. It's a mix of a roguelike and an action-rpg game: you improve your hero by running around and fighting monsters, while venturing endless, randomly generated dungeons
Why similar: RPG 74.2%, Indie 25.8%
- #5 Heart of Ember CH1
92% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Animation Catalyst
Windows
Heart of Ember is a simple turn based RPG with a simple story.
Why similar: RPG 70.8%, Indie 29.2%
- #6 Floors of Discomfort
91% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: Three Prong Productions
Windows · Linux
Floors of Discomfort is a fast paced, extremely difficult, rogue-lite, platformer. Choose from one of five unlockable characters, each with their own back stories, and reasons for being in the lair of Nexrolis.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #7 Lethal RPG: War
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 228 reviews2015
Dev: EyeSpyda Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Journey on an epic quest with Lethal and his elite party of warriors through a huge fantasy land. Play as Lethal and his companions in exciting turn based battles against a variety of fantasy creatures.
Why similar: RPG 73.1%, Indie 26.9%
- #8 The ORPHEUS Ruse
90% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infiltrate the enemy as a psychic spy, leaping from body to body by touch. Can you reveal the truth and find your own body before your mind disintegrates?
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #9 The Adventures of Team Australia
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Ed Smith
Windows
The Adventures Of Team Australia is a role-playing game in which you take control of Australia's favourite* ex-PM as he leads a band of conservative warriors in an insurgency against the filthy moderates who have taken control of the Liberal party.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #10 The Daring Mermaid Expedition
89% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a scientifically inaccurate romp in pirate-infested waters! Will you prove to the Royal German Marinological Society that mermaids really exist?
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #11 Freshly fried shrimps seemed hot additionally named noth
88% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: aomin-meihoPub: aomin-meiho studios
Windows
A laughable 2D-RPG made with RPG Maker MV
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #12 Beyond The Veil
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sun's Shadow Studios
Windows
Beyond the Veil is a text-based horror game, with a focus on character-driven storytelling. Drawing on the rich history of New Orleans, the choices you make will not only alter the story, but also the personality of the protagonist.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #13 Ambition
87% matchMixed48% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Henry DangPub: Henry Dang PRG
Windows
Ambition is a 2D strategy RPG game that explores a village with teleporters to dangerous dungeons. In this strange and quirky world, battle bosses like a one-eyed turtle with a fancy tophat, a giant centipede that lurks quietly in the desert, and many more!
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #14 A Drop of Color
77% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel BibbPub: StarCity
Windows
A story-driven RPG puzzle game where you solve color-based puzzles and engage in side-scrolling shooter action in an arcade.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #15 Soma Spirits: Rebalance
86% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: Torch60
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Guide Heart and Soul, the guardian spirits of Soma, through a divided realm in a colorful RPG adventure where your choices decide the fate of the world.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #16 Another Star
86% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2015
Dev: Vision Riders Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Another Star is a console-style RPG with a fast-paced battle system and a world that encourages players to explore and discover hidden areas as they lead their party on a journey across a fantasy world.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #17 The Last Promise
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Undermax Games
Windows
In this short and thrilling experience, join Thomas, a young explorer, and Lucy, a brave princess, on an adventure to restore order and peace between the demon, human, and fairy kingdoms.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #18 Malatzshia
85% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: BUNIAKRA GAMES
Windows
Malatzshia is a non-classical RPG that contains some very tricky riddles. The play time can vary between 4 and 10 hours. You start the game being told you are trapped in your own dream. In order to wake up you will have to find a code that is hidden deeply within the vast dreamland.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #19 Luna Sanctus
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Kamo Studio
Windows
Follow the journey of Azel and his companions as he reclaims his empire and exert vengeance against his parents' murderer. Explore the vast world of Yggdrasil and all its magic during your adventure, and learn all about the world lore while completing the numerous quests!
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #20 Everpath
83% matchMixed68% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Pixel Games Studio
Windows
Everpath is a roguelite RPG with hand-crafted pixel art, explore a procedural generated world with the combat and item system of the classics action RPGs. Embark yourself as a member of the Northbarrow army, choose and personalize your class to find what is lurking in the wilderness of Northbarrow
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #21 Tale of Legends -伝創記-
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: As-key
Windows
Fantasy J-RPG「Tale of Legends -Densouki-」
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #22 DISONANTE
81% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: XIARA STUDIOS
Windows
Educative videogame in human values
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #23 Choice of the Petal Throne
82% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the Empire of the Petal Throne™, will you find glory, or a knife in your back? A world where South American, Middle Eastern, and Indian cultures collide!
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #24 Toymaker
80% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Red Skald
Windows
Toymaker is a roleplaying game that takes place in a dark, snow-filled world, where life is harsh and the people living there have become hard and cold. In this land, the darkness has eyes, the winter wind whispers with a piercing voice and the frost hungers for warm flesh.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #25 Heaven's Voice Feast of Famine
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Raiko StarPub: T3RR0R BUNNY
Windows
Action puzzle RPG with over 100 levels, 8 playable character, that drastically effect the game play and, 4 game modes.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #26 Unleashed
78% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Florent Goumot-Labesse
Windows · Linux
Plunge into the brutal Mystria, a corrupt world founded on sorcery and lies. Explore a dense open-world sandbox RPG with a rich history and narrative and a rewarding combat system brought to you by a multi-award-winning team.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #27 Super Toaster X: Learn Japanese RPG
79% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Team Toaster
Windows
A dungeon crawling RPG to learn Japanese vocabulary.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #28 Celestian Tales: Realms Beyond
75% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: Ekuator GamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
A beautiful hand-drawn turn-based RPG set in a world of questionable morals.
Why similar: RPG 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #29 涅槃之路
76% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: xia
Windows
You are in a strange world, and if you want to leave, you have to go ahead and fight until you become strong enough to reach the last level to open the door. Keep fighting, winning, strengthening yourself with rewards, hitting all kinds of opponents, the most important thing is to keep trying.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #30 Brave Hero Yuusha EX
74% matchPositive96% of 45 reviews2019
Dev: Torch60
Windows
Familiar tales can take unfamiliar turns! And it's up to you to reconstruct the story!
Why similar: RPG 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #31 Choice of Kung Fu
77% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the world's greatest kung-fu fighter or find true enlightenment in this interactive fantasy novel. What question will you ask the Dragon Sage?
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #32 Homestead
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Lucas Smith
Windows
Raise livestock, make friends, and have fun farming!
Why similar: RPG 72.4%, Indie 27.6%
- #33 elphame
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Disco Reptile
Windows
Elphame is a story-driven RPG with a "programming puzzle" battle system. Join four heroes as they conquer Elphame by using the hostile beasties' attack patterns against them.
Why similar: RPG 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #34 Lotia®
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Crayon Ponyfish, LLC
Windows · Mac
Dreamer Reef O’Meara and his crew on the Surprise journey across Lotia, trying to avoid entanglements with the dreaded Dominion who rule the seas. The nature of their latest enterprise embroils them in a desperate conflict, one whose outcome will determine the fate of all who dwell in Lotia.
Why similar: RPG 71.4%, Indie 28.6%
- #35 Anguished
76% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Forrest Keel
Windows
Run from the darkness as you confront yourself with the demons that hunt you in a retro rpg style.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #36 Nick Beard: The Fedora of Destiny
72% matchVery Positive85% of 255 reviews2018
Dev: dhamster
Windows
The fedora: a mark of a true gentleman...
Why similar: RPG 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #37 Realms of Supremacy
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Glenn Whitfield
Windows
It's a battle over the 10 realms between light and darkness. Will it be light or darkness that has total supremacy over all the realms?
Why similar: RPG 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #38 Flowerless Gardenia 白花未咲
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
The protagonist Shirosaki Hyou was originally a killer, but everything changed after she met a weird man.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #39 ライフワン- lifeOne
72% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Taka
Windows · Mac
This is an ordinary retro RPG, but the only difference is that your HP is 1. Although you may be confused at the beginning, you can feel fumbling around the world and make friends and items and advance quests.
Why similar: RPG 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #40 Last Stonelord
73% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Morganti Livio
Windows
Last Stonelord is an Old school Rpg , inspired by games like Ultima online and Warcraft!
Why similar: RPG 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #41 Pirates: Mystery of Skeleton Island
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Light Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Atmospheric role-playing pirate adventure. You shall fight with unique cursed skeletons; discovery diverse flora and fauna through thunderstorms rain and sand; search treasures and sail on ship and boats!
Why similar: RPG 71.5%, Indie 28.5%
- #42 原体
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: xingchunfangPub: xinghunfang
Windows
The story takes place in a recently abandoned research facility, where researchers have all disappeared, leaving only copies, no conspiracy or malice, but that happens as naturally as a person would die if he was killed.
Why similar: RPG 70.7%, Indie 29.3%
- #43 Tessa's Ark
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 69 reviews2019
Dev: Andrew Higgins
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 19%
A Sci-fi RPG set in a world where humans have shed the limitations of the corporeal body to inhabit existence as beings of pure thought. Solve puzzles to unlock the secrets of the digital reality.
Why similar: RPG 70.6%, Indie 29.4%
- #44 Outset
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Will Farhat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Use a GRAPPLING HOOK to explore and uncover the mysteries of a platformer-RPG world in OUTSET.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #45 Mad Princess: The Great Gladiators
69% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: AtorasoftPub: DLsite
Windows
Choose your own path in this gladiator role-playing game. The player starts off as an incarcerated criminal, forced to fight for their life. After they leave the prison, they will embark on a journey to sharpen their skills.
Why similar: RPG 73.3%, Indie 26.7%
- #46 To Light: Ex Umbra
68% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Branch Games
Windows · Mac
Plagued by tangible darkness, a princess and a young man guided by a mysterious force must travel across the world to find the secret to defeating the darkness once and for all. They must journey To Light.
Why similar: RPG 69.8%, Indie 30.2%
- #47 Lost Memories 3 Side Stories
64% matchVery Positive87% of 470 reviews2020
Dev: 神族宝
Windows
Important note: Use the modifier to modify the data in the game will be judged cheating, the penalty is life-long ban on running the game! The game moderate liver injury, clearance time at least 200 hours, before you buy it must be estimated whether the body can bear it. Is your liver OK?
Why similar: RPG 71.6%, Indie 28.4%
- #48 Thieves' Gambit: The Curse of the Black Cat
71% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the world's second-greatest jewel thief, you must steal the Black Cat, the world's unluckiest diamond, in this thrilling interactive heist caper novel.
Why similar: RPG 70.8%, Indie 29.2%
- #49 The Voice in the Void
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Griffin Snow
Windows
Travel to the mysterious Land of the Dead and encounter a variety of crazy characters and terrifying monsters in this hilariously bizarre comedy RPG with an engaging timing-based combat system.
Why similar: RPG 70.7%, Indie 29.3%
- #50 XZ: XL
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
XXZ 2 is a game on the edge of two genres – RPG and survival horror. One year has passed since the Zombie apocalypse happened. You are trying to survive in a world full of chaos and incessant violence. The competition for the remaining resources between the living people has increased.
Why similar: RPG 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #51 Minotaur's Maze
70% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Sisyphus Games
Windows
Minotaur's Maze is a tactical tabletop dungeon crawler brought to life in VR.
Why similar: RPG 70.7%, Indie 29.3%
- #52 Wienne
65% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2020
Dev: Creeepling
Windows
Wienne is unique - you can change the flow of the story at any moment in time. Repeatedly. In this short story and lore-driven RPG you will have to save Wienne and Zack from a nearly inevitable demise. Can you find the path?
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Indie 28.3%
- #53 Boot Hill Bounties
68% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: Experimental Gamer Studios
Windows
A conspiracy to provoke war between the western settlers and the Chepakwik threatens to destroy both sides. Only Kid, Doc, Moon and Rosy know the truth. But to save their homes, they’ll have to track down five legendary outlaws whose very names strike fear into the hearts of men.
Why similar: RPG 74.7%, Indie 25.3%
- #54 Heal Plz
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dev Plz
Windows
Play as the Healer! Heal, buff, and dispel your AI-controlled party members as you battle deadly enemies. Careful resource management and clever use of game mechanics is all that stands between you and a corpse run. A game for anyone that loves healing in MMORPGs, minus the MMO part.
Why similar: RPG 72.7%, Indie 27.3%