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95%Game Brain Score

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Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

95% User Score Based on 676 reviews

Sacred Fire is a narrative RPG in which your humanity and emotions impact your fight for survival and inner freedom. Inspired by ancient Caledonia, the story follows a group of resistance fighters and their rise to power. Choosing motives, ideas and feelings is as important as choosing your actions. Develop your personality and compete for influence to change the story and avert a tragic ending. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sacred Fire.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

95% User Score Based on 1,376 reviews

Twenty-two years ago, Geoff Keighley was in college when he visited Gabe Newell and Valve Software to write The Final Hours of Half-Life. Now, over two decades later, Keighley returns to Valve for The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx. This 25,000 word multimedia experience gives readers an unprecedented and unvarnished look at the past decade inside Valve. From the revelation of surprising cancele… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

91% User Score Based on 433 reviews

“Godforsaken. No other word for it. A murder so brutal it made the whole town of Asbury Pines look itself in the mirror. We work, we raise kids, we do our best, we let time run its course, and then we’re still left scratchin’ our heads. Why did this evil have to happen?” - Rodney “Buzz” Snow, Sheriff of Asbury Pines… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asbury Pines.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

97% User Score Based on 183 reviews

Critic Score 86%Based on 1 reviews

Play the history. Go behind the scenes of Jordan Mechner's landmark game Karateka in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, with archival materials, video features, and more. Experience pixel-perfect versions of this legendary game, with all-new features. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Making of Karateka.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

89% User Score Based on 2,578 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 5 reviews

Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mad Games Tycoon.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 893 reviews

Desert Stalker puts you in control of a seasoned antiquity scavenger, a man whose main objective is finding rare objects in the ruins of civilization. When you uncover an artifact capable of not only informing the past but also shaping the future, everything changes. Make major decisions about how you interact with the world around you, enter into erotic relationships, and live with the conse… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desert Stalker.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

99% User Score Based on 152 reviews

An Injustice at the Abbey! Sister Hedwig is an anchoress - a religious figure who has vowed to stay locked in the same room for the rest of her life as an act of devotion - at Linbarrow Abbey, a remote convent in the moors of England. This quiet life of meditation and solitude is broken one day when the abbess comes to her with a most unusual request... Misericordetta is a short (~20-30mi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Misericordetta.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

80% User Score Based on 430 reviews

Critic Score 100%Based on 1 reviews

The game mechanics were based directly on those used in the tabletop role-playing games Tunnels and Trolls and Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes created by Wasteland developers Ken St. Andre and Michael Stackpole. Characters in Wasteland consequently have various statistics (strength, intelligence and luck among others) that allow them to use different skills and weapons. Experience is gained th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wasteland.

64%Game Brain Score

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67% User Score Based on 46 reviews

“Neighboring Islands” – is an exciting graphic novel, key feature of which is an opportunity to take part in its events, directly influencing the development of the plot. Every decision of the player-reader can change the course of the narrative in one direction or another. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neighboring Islands.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization

88% User Score Based on 1,629 reviews

Zombies rise again! A sequel to the apocalyptic smash-hit Zombie Exodus! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

96% User Score Based on 624 reviews

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative-driven text-based RPG set in a ruthless medieval realm that comes to life on the pages of the protagonist's journal. Though every man's life is predetermined by the Lot they received at birth, it is you who decides whether your character will challenge fate and alter his destiny, rewriting the established laws of the universe. The free version o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

74% User Score Based on 86 reviews

Join three heroes in training as they learn to master their individual strengths and harness the power of Alterium Essence. With their training nearly completed, Dolion, their teacher, prepares them for the most important mission they've faced yet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alterium Shift.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

92% User Score Based on 3,045 reviews

Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Antimatter Dimensions.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

98% User Score Based on 632 reviews

Pro Wrestling Sim is a text-based pro-wrestling booking simulator. Control a wrestling promotion, decide your roster, and create storylines, feuds and matches where the winners and losers are in your hands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pro Wrestling Sim.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, optimization

94% User Score Based on 31 reviews

Welcome to my home, an enchanted cottage named "The Merry Fairy", because I am, indeed, quite a merry one. I invited you here to rest and relax. But I must warn you... My home is filled with abundance and serenity. There is nothing that will stress you, challenge you or push you towards any goal. All is plentiful and readily available. You need not worry about a thing. Just relax and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Merry Fairy.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, monetization

99% User Score Based on 533 reviews

THE ROGUELIKE WITH NO PLAYER CHARACTERRAM is a top-down roguelike shooter with a defining twist: you don’t have a body. You play as a rogue AI, jumping between enemy robots to survive. Turn your enemies into your weapons and fight your way through a post-apocalyptic world run by quirky robots. BODY-SWAPPING COMBATEvery enemy is a potential host. Switch control at a moment’s notice between unique … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RAM: Random Access Mayhem.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

76% User Score Based on 557 reviews

In this new reality, where monsters seem closer, enemies stronger and your petitioners struggling more than ever, your duties as a King must continue. It will be your responsibility to rebuild the trust of your kingdom, protect your family and survive the upcoming winter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

89% User Score Based on 1,420 reviews

Fake Bitcoins, Real Fun! Mine fake bitcoins to upgrade your life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bitcoin Billionaire.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music

82% User Score Based on 94 reviews

Jitter is an immersive sci-fi exploration and survival game set on a mining colony and its outskirts in the Main Asteroid Belt. You assume the role of an experimental AI that maintains ship functions and engages with the crew on board. As you explore the mining colony, you will take on new missions, expand ships and bases using various modules, add survivors to your crew, engage in space fights, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jitter.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

82% User Score Based on 10,000 reviews

From an ordinary writer to a genuis businessman! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Writer Simulator 2.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

92% User Score Based on 1,060 reviews

What happened last night? Dive into your memories to unravel the mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hidden Memories.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

85% User Score Based on 282 reviews

From the creators of cult sleeper hit Scratches and the haunting Serena, comes a chilling journey into the darkest depths of your mind. ASYLUM is an ambitious first-person horror adventure casting you into the hallucinatory setting of the Hanwell Mental Institute. As an ex-patient suffering bizarre visions, you must explore the intricate layout of the building, research its past history, and ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ASYLUM.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

89% User Score Based on 225 reviews

Find hidden objects & solve puzzles during your adventure in this detective game If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark City: Intrigue (F2P).

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

90% User Score Based on 100 reviews

 Ludum Dare 50 results Overall: 25thFun: 39thTheme: 19th (out of 1922 games!) *Warning: the game contains flashing animations* I need to tell you something important... Try to avoid the conversation! Use every move you got and every answer you can find to delay these - you assume - terrible news! Controls ⌨️   Play with your keyboard! - Arrow keys to play cards  - Spacebar to trigger ultimate C… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Need To Talk.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 2,516 reviews

In Tavern Keeper you manage a tavern, building, bartering, cooking and cleaning your way to success in a humorous fantasy world. Starting out with a shell of a tavern in the backwaters of the kingdom, you build rooms, place items, stock the larder and hire staff to satisfy the demands of the oddball locals and misfit heroes that stumble through your door. Run your business well and you'll progress… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tavern Keeper.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

81% User Score Based on 403 reviews

MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURS About the GameYou’ve just moved into a new city. Your house’s a bit of a fixer-upper. You don’t know anyone yet. And somehow... that’s kind of exciting. Little Sim World is a 2D life sim made with love by an indie team who’ve always dreamed of building a cosy little world you could truly call your own. We surveyed over 10,000 hardcore sim fans to find out what they want… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Sim World.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

81% User Score Based on 100 reviews

These dark, deep woods are home to wild creatures and wild magic, and they're only dangerous if you disrespect either one. They're also your home. Here, you're safe, loved, and free, and tonight is a very special night; a good one for a ritual. Until a stranger interrupts your plans, and turns your night, and your life in an entirely new direction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Three-Body Problem.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

93% User Score Based on 84 reviews

Demonheart: The Cursed Trial is an otome visual novel set in a dark fantasy world of demons and magic. Step into the boots of one with a demonic heart and join the twisted game of romance and betrayal. Female protagonist Hundreds of conversation choices - you pick nearly every line the main character says Two human male love interests (Ran and Kaisar), some flirting with a female hum… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Demonheart: The Cursed Trial.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

97% User Score Based on 190 reviews

Join the feline festivities in special moments! Find cats friends in vibrant celebrations where popping balloons is as relaxing and satisfying as popping bubble wrap! To get off to a good start, celebrate Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro during the New Year. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Meow Moments: Celebrating Together.

96%Game Brain Score

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Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

96% User Score Based on 80 reviews

Roadmap About the GameDungeon Inn（莎拉的黑店） As Sara, the ambitious innkeeper, you’ve struck a deal with a dragon to open an inn right next to a mysterious dungeon that appeared near the dragon's lair. With adventurers from rival guilds eager to explore the dungeon’s secrets, your inn has become the perfect pit stop for them. Your challenge? Keep these competing groups from crossing paths wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon Inn.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

84% User Score Based on 653 reviews

Era One is a space-themed game developed by Team Complex LTD. Combining innovation, customization, and epic space battles, Era One offers a unique gaming experience. Players can customize their own ships using assembly modules, construct stations, warships, bases, and even cities in space. The game seamlessly blends real-time strategy (RTS) and base building elements, providing players with the o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ERA ONE.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

90% User Score Based on 890 reviews

The new visual novel from the makers of Sakura Spirit and Sakura Angels. Sakura Fantasy is an exciting visual novel fantasy adventure where you decide the development of the story by the choices you make. It is the tale of an aspiring female protagonist who wishes to aim to become a knight. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sakura Fantasy.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

91% User Score Based on 279 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

Demonic lawsuits will pay off your student loans in this undead legal thriller. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Choice of the Deathless.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

83% User Score Based on 100 reviews

What happened to Marissa Marcel If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Immortality.

81%Game Brain Score

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Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

81% User Score Based on 467 reviews

Not your average visual novel, Seeds of Chaos is a sexy dark fantasy tale with RPG & Strategy elements. Become an active participant in the story, making choices which impact your experience and shape the direction of the narrative. Seeds of Chaos is a dark fantasy eroge made in Ren'py, inspired by the worldbuilding of Berserk, Dark Souls, The Witcher and other epic fantasy series', as well as th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seeds of Chaos.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Tell a Demon is a visual novel set in a 1920s style fantasy world, centering around themes of love, loss, and vengeance. Your choices affect the character development of each of the three protagonists, leading to sixteen different endings. Many endings will vary based on your decisions throughout the story-some choices affect a viewpoint character's personality, while others alter the plot. The… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tell a Demon.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 25,053 reviews

Critic Score 89%Based on 3 reviews

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Game Dev Tycoon.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 2,632 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 10 reviews

You didn't ask to lead this expedition but here you are: stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilization and everyone looking for you to lead. Manage your meager resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls and head in the only direction you can - into The Pale Beyond. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pale Beyond.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development

71% User Score Based on 650 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 2 reviews

The Detail, a crime noir adventure in a modern American city. This is a city where cases matter, clearance rates matter, and on a good day even justice matters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Detail.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

96% User Score Based on 238 reviews

"Life is like a waiting room, except people don't leave in the order they enter." Narcissu is a thought provoking visual novel series about terminal illness, living, dying, and the relationship between those leaving and those left behind. There are no miracles, no heroes, no villains in this story. Just life and the characters finding their own ways of facing death in an indifferent, relentless, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

99% User Score Based on 607 reviews

You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2.

97%Game Brain Score

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Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

97% User Score Based on 2,060 reviews

Taser charged and jetpack refuelled. Are you ready for this space station? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fractal Space.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

68% User Score Based on 91 reviews

Take on the role of leading a camp of weary peasants, make strategic decisions to fight for survival against the elements. If you're capable, the camp will grow into a settlement, and then a hamlet. Do you have what it takes to grow it into a city? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prosperity.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

81% User Score Based on 3,395 reviews

Critic Score 87%Based on 6 reviews

Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kentucky Route Zero.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

98% User Score Based on 382 reviews

The year is 1482. The age of exploration and enlightenment is on the distant horizon and the Renaissance is in full swing across Europe; but in England, the War of the Roses is in its final throes. Change is coming, but in one little convent in the north of the kingdom, everyone has seemed blissfully unaware. Everyone except Sister Catherine, a beloved nun and firebrand thinker who has just been… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Misericorde: Volume One.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

99% User Score Based on 138 reviews

You drag yourself from the black tides, across the corpses of drowned men, and onto the unwelcoming, craggy shoreline. Gulls cry overhead and the stink of seaweed fills your nose. By some miracle you have made it to Idra. It will take all your skill to survive and unravel the eldritch mysteries of the Black Priory. Pray your sanity holds.About the Prologue ‘Skald: Against the Black Priory’ is an o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skald: Against the Black Priory - the Prologue.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

86% User Score Based on 1,653 reviews

MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MMORPG Tycoon 2.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

72% User Score Based on 207 reviews

Sometimes Always Monsters is a narrative roleplaying life simulator filled with choices. You play a recently married author who joins a cross-country bus tour to promote your next upcoming novel. Along the way, you hear about vicious rumours claiming you're a total fraud. As you journey through five unique cities, meet fans and critics alike, and make friends with your fellow busmates, it'll… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sometimes Always Monsters.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

89% User Score Based on 1,752 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 4 reviews

Memoria combines classic point & click adventure gameplay with the features of The Dark Eye, one of the most successful RPG universes known in the fantasy world. Point & click adventure game puzzles get a unique twist by adding magical features - and a wise, talking staff. Over eight chapters, players control both Sadja's and Geron's fates, involuntarily interacting with each other and bridging ov… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark Eye Memoria.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

90% User Score Based on 770 reviews

You are the founder of your video game company. The starting point belongs to you, in your garage, or think big instead of small by acquiring your first local. At the end of the day, your decisions will make your studio a success and will mark the Video Game History. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to City Game Studio.