Games Like Who Needs a Hero?

Are you worthy of the throne? Or do your siblings deserve it more than you do? What kind of heir will you be?

Why similar: Text-Based 30.2%, Medieval 19.1%, RPG 18.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Casual 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep interactive fiction experience that mirrors the choice-heavy, medieval narrative focus of the seed game.

Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.

Why similar: Choices Matter 35.8%, Medieval 34.8%, RPG 8.8%, Comedy 4%, Casual 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a simple, card-based mechanic to deliver complex, choice-driven consequences in a medieval kingdom.

A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!

Why similar: Medieval 28.3%, Choices Matter 27.5%, RPG 10.5%, Funny 10.3%, Fantasy 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, card-based strategy game that forces you to navigate the humorous and often dangerous pitfalls of medieval life.

Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.5%, Text-Based 18%, RPG 15%, Casual 10.7%, Cute 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A whimsical, choice-driven adventure that focuses on character development and moral dilemmas in a unique world.

The Yawhg is a one-to-four player choose-your-own-adventure game that randomizes a unique story every time you play. The evil Yawhg is returning. How will the town’s locals lead their lives in the meanwhile, and what will they do when the dreaded Yawhg finally arrives?

Why similar: RPG 52.7%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Fantasy 12.9%, Indie 7.1%, Casual 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: This tabletop-inspired narrative game perfectly captures the feeling of making impactful, life-altering choices in a fantasy setting.

Come hear the tale of Ader, or how a poor one-eyed farm boy who's got nothing left to eat but his dreams, accidentally becomes the greatest knight in the kingdom this fully voice-acted and animated picaresque visual novel!

Why similar: Medieval 28.7%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Funny 13%, RPG 12%, Comedy 8%

Why You'll Like It: This visual novel captures the same funny, lighthearted fantasy tone while offering significant narrative choices.

Prepare to inhabit a world of chivalry, class warfare and off-beat pop references. Knights of Pen & Paper 2 is a turn-based, retro style, pixel-art adventure full of danger, intrigue, death, and saving throws!

Why similar: RPG 50.8%, Fantasy 9.5%, Funny 8.9%, Comedy 8.9%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly replicates the meta-humor and tabletop RPG mechanics found in the seed game.

As a wanna-be hero, you must rescue a city held hostage by an evil wizard, and somehow find money to pay your rent! A 240,000-word interactive novel.

Why similar: Text-Based 51.9%, RPG 43.5%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This text-based RPG emphasizes character growth and decision-making in a classic fantasy environment.

Prepare to embark on a journey like no other in Alluris. Play as a reluctant hero or villain to save the world… or just save a colony of bears from some lumberjacks. However you play, you’re sure to walk away with a few crazy stories about your adventure.

Why similar: RPG 26.5%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Character Customization 18.1%, Casual 17.1%, Comedy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based RPG that emphasizes exploration and choice-driven storytelling in a cute, fantasy-inspired world.

Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?

Why similar: Text-Based 37.8%, RPG 21.3%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Casual 13.1%, Fantasy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy, choice-driven RPG that provides a deep, immersive narrative experience similar to interactive fiction.

Become the Wielder of Soul Stone, an ancient artifact of untold power, and shape the fate of your world. Outrun the past so that you may have a future.

Why similar: Text-Based 29.7%, RPG 27.8%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Casual 15%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on character-driven choices and epic fantasy stakes within a text-based format.

Get yourself into and out of another fine mess! Win glory, renown, and much-needed money through cunning schemes that will seem like good ideas at the time.

Why similar: Text-Based 35.1%, Choices Matter 19.9%, RPG 17.7%, Character Customization 12.6%, Funny 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A witty, text-based interactive fiction game that prioritizes humor and character relationships.

A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!

Why similar: Tabletop 33%, Text-Based 26.9%, Choices Matter 14.3%, RPG 10.8%, Fantasy 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A parody-heavy visual novel that captures the essence of a tabletop RPG session.

These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.

Why similar: Medieval 32.9%, Choices Matter 28.8%, RPG 13%, Fantasy 7.5%, Resource Management 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a compelling mix of medieval management and difficult, choice-based narrative moments.

Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.

Why similar: RPG 44%, Tabletop 23.8%, Fantasy 20.8%, Adventure 5.7%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: It blends tabletop card-game mechanics with action-adventure elements, mirroring the 'stick and a dream' RPG progression.

Unforgiving storytelling adventure with dice rolls and turn-based management. Make the right choices and roll the dice to rally the monarchs to your medieval kingdom by diplomacy, war or deception.

Why similar: Text-Based 32.1%, Medieval 30.3%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Resource Management 7.5%, Fantasy 4%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval strategy game that uses dice-based mechanics to influence the outcome of your choices.

The lord of insanity, Cthulhu was all set to plunge the world into insanity and destruction when his powers were sealed by a mysterious sorcerer. The only way for him to break the curse is to become a true hero. Save the world to destroy it in an epic parody RPG journey of redemption, romance, and insanity!

Why similar: Comedy 42%, RPG 33.8%, Funny 10.1%, Fantasy 7.2%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous, retro-style RPG that doesn't take itself too seriously, matching the lighthearted tone of the seed game.

They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!

Why similar: Text-Based 56.7%, Choices Matter 18.6%, RPG 18.1%, Adventure 4.6%, Indie 2%

Why You'll Like It: This text-based game offers incredible depth in character customization and narrative branching.

Swords & Souls: Neverseen is a unique RPG where leveling up takes skill! Create, train and upgrade your character as you please, discover The Neverseen and its eccentric locals, and battle across the lands to foil an evil witch's plans!

Why similar: Character Customization 33.3%, RPG 19.6%, Funny 15.1%, Fantasy 9.7%, 2D 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features extensive character customization and a lighthearted, progression-focused RPG loop.

Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Tabletop 19%, Medieval 17.1%, Choices Matter 16%, RPG 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, text-heavy strategy RPG that focuses on clan management and difficult, lore-rich decisions.

1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.

Why similar: Choices Matter 66.8%, Adventure 11.6%, Funny 8.7%, Casual 8.1%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in choice-driven narrative where every decision impacts your journey and the world around you.

A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?

Why similar: Tabletop 27.6%, Text-Based 20.2%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Medieval 16.5%, RPG 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven RPG that emphasizes the psychological impact of your choices on the protagonist.

The local Adventurer's Guild is hiring!... Not for adventurers, but for guild clerks! You play an important role in handing out quests, gold, and equipment as your actions shape the stories of these animal adventurers for better, or for worse..!

Why similar: Text-Based 24.5%, Medieval 20.7%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Funny 9.9%, Cute 7.7%

Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.

Why similar: Medieval 24.3%, Choices Matter 15.9%, RPG 15.6%, Cute 12.5%, Fantasy 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes, choice-driven simulation that forces players to navigate complex political and social landscapes.

Climb to the very top of the class at your exclusive private school for socialites! Will you study hard, find a perfect match, or embrace scandal?

Why similar: Text-Based 42.1%, RPG 29%, Casual 17.7%, Adventure 7.8%, Indie 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that focuses on social navigation and character-driven choices.

Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?

Why similar: Text-Based 29.3%, Character Customization 26.6%, Choices Matter 25.6%, RPG 13.7%, Adventure 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy, text-based adventure that allows for significant character customization and branching paths.

Award Winner: PAX 10 2019 | Winner, Momocon 2018 Indie Games Awards | "A fascinating reverse-RPG" - PC Gamer | "A cross between The Sims and a rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons" - Geek & Sundry

Why similar: Tabletop 28.8%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, RPG 8.3%, Fantasy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused narrative game that lets you influence the lives of heroes through your choices.

Be Hero is a farming/crafting RPG about an aspiring hero who arrived late to the final battle and needs to work in a tavern to be able to return home.

Why similar: Character Customization 28%, RPG 17.3%, Funny 16.3%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Cute 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, casual RPG that blends farming and crafting with the classic hero's journey.

Tired of multi-character hassle? AFKandia delivers deep single-hero immersion! Customize dozens of attributes, skills, and talents for endless unique builds. Explore a rich gear system with various armors, weapons, qualities, and glowing legendary items. AND MORE!

Why similar: Medieval 25.7%, Tabletop 22.4%, RPG 16.2%, Character Customization 11.8%, Fantasy 7.4%

Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2

Why similar: Medieval 25.8%, Choices Matter 22.7%, RPG 12.5%, Funny 11%, Fantasy 7.3%

You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!

Why similar: Medieval 28.6%, Text-Based 21.8%, Choices Matter 21%, RPG 11.3%, Cartoon 4.6%

Battle heroes, wizards, and rival dragons in your insatiable thirst for gold and infamy. Start by dominating a local tribe of goblins, then usurp the kingdom, defending and expanding your despotic regime to annex neighboring kingdoms, incinerating the peasants in their thatched-roof cottages.

Why similar: Text-Based 48.5%, RPG 37.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic text-based fantasy game that allows you to shape your own legend through simple, impactful choices.

Embark on a hilarious, choice-driven adventure in MultiEnding Heroes! Guide The Priest and The Hero through multiple universes, making decisions that lead to over 75 unique endings. Every choice matters, will you lead them to glory or disaster?

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.9%, Action-Adventure 21.6%, RPG 20.7%, Comedy 9.3%, Fantasy 7.1%

You are forced to become the savior of the world, and go to another world to kill the devil! But at the beginning of your reincarnation in this other world, you turned out to be just a piece of grass...

Why similar: Medieval 28.3%, RPG 18.1%, Cute 11.9%, Cartoon 11.6%, Funny 11%

Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”

Why similar: Medieval 30.5%, RPG 16.8%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Casual 10.2%, Cute 8.2%

You're an NPC who gives quests to heroes. Play through 7 scenarios in this humorous narrative adventure with management sim gameplay and a real sassy manager. Now get to work!

Why similar: Choices Matter 25.5%, Medieval 19.1%, RPG 14.5%, Funny 13.9%, 2D 7.1%

Just One Line is a fantasy RPG gamebook-like indie game heavily focused on choices and their consequences in which you may compete with other players in an interactive leaderboard. Create different Adventurers and embark on epic quests, unlocking new content for your next playthroughs or create and share your own adventures with the...

Why similar: Text-Based 44.3%, Choices Matter 27.1%, RPG 16.8%, Casual 7%, Adventure 3.3%

Springblades is an action RPG where you battle your way through a fantasy island filled with funny characters. 🐉 Time your attacks and dodge enemy blows in exhilarating battles. Fight beehives, dragons and ordinary peasants on your epic quest to find 3 mysterious gems . . .

Why similar: Character Customization 27.7%, RPG 20.7%, Medieval 16%, Funny 12%, Cute 10.9%

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: Choices Matter 36.1%, Text-Based 23%, Medieval 15.2%, RPG 12.6%, Tabletop 7.8%

"Who Trained the Hero? -Spin of Fate-" is a slot-powered roguelike where you customize your reels, team up with allies, and forge the hero destined to save the world!

Why similar: Medieval 48.4%, Fantasy 18.5%, 2D 14.3%, Casual 13.2%, Indie 4.3%

Experience the freedom normally only found in a tabletop RPG. Empowered with magic, you will create your own story, and experience real consequences from the decisions you make. Will you be the world’s savior... or its destroyer? The choice is yours.

Why similar: Tabletop 36%, Medieval 16.4%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Character Customization 13.6%, RPG 8.2%

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

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.7%, RPG 15.4%, Cute 14.4%, Funny 12.9%, Casual 10.1%

Raise a mushroom from a spore into a fine young woman, then discover the twists and turns her life may take in this creepy-cute fairytale life simulation game.

Why similar: Text-Based 34.1%, Choices Matter 20.9%, RPG 12.3%, Cute 10.3%, Comedy 9%

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: Choices Matter 34.5%, RPG 21.6%, Medieval 17.6%, Funny 7.5%, Comedy 5.5%

Start as a humble commoner and guide your family through generations in this family sim meets city builder. Climb the ranks of society to become the most influential family in the land. With wit, strategy, and a bit of luck, build your legacy - just try not to trip over your ambition!

Why similar: Medieval 32.7%, Choices Matter 23.1%, RPG 12.9%, Fantasy 7.5%, 2D 6.5%

Unleash your power in Dark Lord, a roguelike RPG filled with strategy, adventure, and sardonic wit. Rule your growing realm with an iron fist in Story Mode, dive deep into the legends created by other players, or forge your own in Community Stories Mode!

Why similar: Medieval 29.8%, Choices Matter 24.5%, Funny 13.1%, Fantasy 8.8%, Casual 6.9%

Explore new lands, slay monsters, gather loot and level up in this idle MMO simulation experience. Packed with unique and meaningful upgrades, moments of discovery, and gaming nostalgia, World of Talesworth is an homage to all our favorite RPGs.

Why similar: Medieval 22.2%, Choices Matter 14%, Cute 12.5%, Funny 11.6%, 2D 10.1%

A mixture of incremental/idle and roleplaying game set in fantasy world filled with monsters and things to explore, where battling is constant, almost everything can be upgraded, and with wide array of various prestige mechanics to always keep things interesting and moving forward!

Why similar: Character Customization 33.1%, RPG 20%, Cute 15.6%, Fantasy 12.4%, 2D 8.6%

Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!

Why similar: Text-Based 65%, RPG 24.5%, Adventure 6.9%, Indie 3.6%

The Witch's Cauldron is a narrative roguelike game about being a medieval witch. Grab your cauldron and get brewing. Love, curses, laughter, wisdom for sale! Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. At least before the inquisitors come around.

Why similar: Medieval 30.3%, Choices Matter 28.4%, RPG 12.6%, Fantasy 9.5%, Casual 6.9%

Underhero is an RPG-platformer where the chosen hero has failed, and an underling of the evil king takes his place as the new hero. Use timing-based combat to defeat enemies as you venture across the land, face off against quirky bosses, and save the kingdom from your own evil boss, Mr Stitches!

Why similar: RPG 42.6%, Funny 18.9%, 2D 13.5%, Cute 11.2%, Comedy 7.2%

A classic text adventure - but you're not the one playing it. You're the game master for an idiot player named STEVE. Parse the player's enigmatic commands and decide how NPCs react to him. Who knew that running an RPG would be so frustrating?

Why similar: Text-Based 29.8%, Medieval 18.8%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Funny 10.1%, Comedy 9.6%

Warsim is a deep, rich text based kingdom ruling sim unlike anything else, complete with charming ASCII graphics. Navigate the millions of different procedurally generated races, events and areas with a huge emphasis on player choice. Don't let its look fool you, there is depth in every direction.

Why similar: Text-Based 59.9%, RPG 13.7%, Medieval 8.8%, Choices Matter 5.2%, Funny 3.9%

Welcome to Small Hero! This is a fast-paced, entertaining light Roguelike action survival game. You will play as a lone hero, facing off against waves of monsters. Each round is a brand-new adventure: you must shop and strengthen yourself between waves, then face more intense battle for survival!

Why similar: Choices Matter 19.5%, RPG 16.1%, Character Customization 14%, Cute 11.7%, Cartoon 11.1%

Play on randomly generated worlds with a party of characters just the way you like it. You will not be bounded by classes or scripted story, only by your creativity. Make your own journey. Tell your own history.

Why similar: RPG 44.1%, Character Customization 30.8%, Adventure 10.8%, 2D 8.5%, Indie 4.5%

Conquer the jungle and prove that in any situation you - the master of your fate!

Why similar: Choices Matter 28.4%, RPG 17.2%, Funny 16.8%, Fantasy 10%, Casual 8.8%

You are Robin Hood! Forge your destiny and fight to liberate Nottingham in this epic story-driven RPG blending interactive fiction, resource management, and base building set within a lushly-illustrated Sherwood Forest.

Why similar: Text-Based 33.5%, Choices Matter 25.6%, Character Customization 17.3%, RPG 8.6%, Fantasy 8.2%

You are a guard whose job is to post bounties. Try your best to deal with various matters and make money to raise your family. But remember, when various factions come to you, you will have to make choices!

Why similar: Medieval 30.6%, Choices Matter 26%, Text-Based 22.2%, Fantasy 8.2%, RPG 7.3%

Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...

Why similar: Medieval 37.9%, Choices Matter 30.2%, RPG 14.5%, Resource Management 7.8%, 2D 5.8%

Grind for resources, manage your own fantasy village, create and equip your heroes and send them to collect swag in Swag and Sorcery - a new streamlined RPG from the creators of Punch Club and Graveyard Keeper.

Why similar: RPG 22%, Funny 17.5%, Comedy 15.9%, Resource Management 10.6%, Fantasy 10.3%