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Follow the Path The Path Of The Wolves is a simple hack of Charge to play within the Witcher universe. I made this game to show how easy it could be to make a Powered by Charge game, and also because I love the Witcher novels,  games and series so much. Silver for Monsters... In this game, you play as Wolves. Humans who went through intense mutations as kids to adapt their body in becoming dangero… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Path Of The Wolves.

Blades in the Dark is a terrific and collaborative role-playing game. It features a haunted industrialized city, dozens of factions, hundreds of NPCs, and a unique  system of rules that puts the fiction first. It can be very difficult for a game master to run Blades in the Dark, especially with the baggage of playing so many other systems that make very different assumptions about RPGs and storyte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fine Blueprints.

Abenteuerspiel! is a freeform adventure game that can be played solitaire, cooperatively, or guided by a referee. The game is rooted in Messerspiel and Trophy Gold and inspired by my love for the free kriegsspiel mantra of "play worlds, not rules." Abenteuerspiel! is designed to give you just enough mechanics to make things interesting... and then get out of the way so you can focus on playing the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abenteuerspiel!.

There's a problem at Santa's workshop. You need to find a solution, or children might not receive their gift in time for Christmas! Feature as one of the 10 Best Tabletop Games To Play During The Holidays And To Introduce TTRPG To Kids on CBR  Trouble at Santa's Workshop is a kid friendly mini tabletop role-playing game where you play as Santa's helpers to help prevent some trouble from h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trouble at Santa's Workshop.

Nasty, Brutish, & Long is a tabletop role-playing game about class war and revolution in your own fantastical setting. Based on the Forged in the Dark system, this rules-light game puts characters divided by class and resources front and center in a world on the brink of permanent change. Will your bastard noble defend their small town from the Church's magic-hunting inquisition? Will your charact… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nasty, Brutish, and Long.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay

84% User Score Based on 37 reviews

WANT MORE VAMPIRE GAMES?Harrowed World is the shared setting and franchise of a growing number of video games and (soon) books. Wishlist 'Harrowed World: Portents In Red', our modern gothic vampire RPG and check out other Harrowed World games using the 'Check out the entire Harrowed World collection on Steam' link above. You died and have been brought back as a vampire. Left abandoned by the o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Harrowed World: What's Past Is Portents.

THE DEAD LORDS HAVE ARISEN A socialist revolution has overthrown the nobles of the Imperial capital of Kyneburgh. The Emperor Titan Kyne died cursing the land and all who deposed him. Now the only coin that is left lies buried with the undead Lords who forged the Empire. Cultists, demons, and undead nobles threaten the city! Delve into the dungeons and crypts beneath Kyneburgh, twice-kill the dead… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Torch in the Dark.

Charge RPG is a free, open and generic role-playing game. It uses a quick dice resolution mechanics inspired by Forged in the Dark games, but with an entirely new spin, using clever ways to make the players want to engage with the game as much as possible.Read online on fari.community. Charge comes in three flavors: Features With Charge, you can Easily create characters for any setting. Embrace t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charge RPG.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization

83% User Score Based on 125 reviews

RPG Paper Maker is a game making engine, free for non commercial use, allowing you to create a 3D universe with many 2D sprites and even 3D objects using a simple interface for all available platforms: Windows, Linux, and MacOS. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RPG Paper Maker.

MONOLITHIC The MONOLITH EDITION is here.  The Monolith Edition features an entirely new layout, revised and edited text, and mechanical tweaks to the classic Extracausal experience.  The Monolith Edition adds new layers to the game and new tools to help spark more stories.  Aspects give depth and narrative impact to NPCs.Cores provide extra moods and aesthetics for locations, as well as prompting… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXTRACAUSAL.

GOBLINS IN SHADOW is a roleplaying game about goblin resistance and revolution in an age of elven oppression. It’s a world of clockwork and magic, of smoke and shadow. Players will take on the roles of a cell of goblin revolutionaries, working to undermine the elves and humans who have conquered their homeland and built an empire on its corpse. They’ll advance their goals by taking on scores, miss… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goblins in Shadow (EARLY ACCESS).

MERGER is a single player role-playing game about trying to survive in a world of living predatory corporations. While the game is certainly a metaphor for living in late-stage capitalism, it is also quite literal. Corporations in MERGER are large, faceless, monstrous entities that span time-zones and continents, gestalt organisms built of millions of individuals. We made them but they answer to n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MERGER.

The Spiral is at War. Stars keep disappearing in the night sky. The earth is soaked with blood. No more room for graves. No more tears for the fallen. We will fight until they surrender. Because we will not.  Saints of War is a futuristic, sci-fi role-playing game about never-ending wars and the individuals that fight them. In a mix of sci-fi, alchemy, trans-humanistic philosophy and sacral m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saints Of War - Alpha version.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

87% User Score Based on 62 reviews

Welcome to our ethical hacker's organisation: we will teach you how to use actual hacker tools (terminal, proxy, reverse shells...) to scan the network, crack passwords, bypass server security and solve the mystery of the Bikini-72 space station. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yolo Space Hacker.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 928 reviews

The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road.

Intro The Laughing Kobold is a GM-less role-playing game for one or more players where you play the owners of a struggling restaurant just trying to get by in a realm of magic and monsters.  While others may live a life of adventure diving into unexplored dungeons and slaying evil dragons you would be happy just to make rent this month on your small diner.  To get the right tone, imagine “Bob’s Bu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Laughing Kobold.

You are a Sockgoblin! One of many loyal to the Great And All Powerful And Really Important Queen, living in the secret underground goblin city. Your Queen demands all sorts of items from the surface world; coffee, really big hats, the occasional hubcap. But what she craves most are Socks. Every year, the Queen demands a sock tithe, which is where you, little sockgoblin, come in! Every other Sockgo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sockgoblins.

CBR+PNK is a tabletop RPG for one-shot sessions of cyberpunk action. Player characters are a team of RUNNERS — mercs, criminals, activists living on the edge and running in the shadows of a gritty, ultraviolent world. In each game we play an entire new cast of characters making their LAST RUN. DUAL PAMPHLET SET The GM pamphlet features most of the rules for running the game, a Run g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CBR+PNK [OLD EDITION].

33%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

50% User Score Based on 16 reviews

We smell degeneration in every single day of our life, we see it. We speak degeneration and we touch it. We are living the degeneration. But that is not what it is supposed to be. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Degeneration.

A scenario for Blades in the Dark Your crew has been recruited by the Dockers Union to “procure” an obscure researcher. As you work with the faction, you will discover that unworldly, ancient forces are at work. Will you go along with their plans, or will you make a new enemy?  This document contains all you need to run a few scores with a new faction who are secretly controlled by an ancient fung… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spores on the Docks.

Charge SRD features all the rules of Charge RPG  alongside full of insightful designer notes for you to make your own Powered by Charge (PbC) game!Read online on fari.community. Also available in FrenchSpanish Features With Charge, you can Easily create characters for any setting. Embrace the style of play you are the most interested in. Use built-in dials to decide if you want a grimmer or bigge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charge SRD.

Intro Suits and Strangers is a GM-less role-playing game for one or more players where you play a set of agents that works for The Division - a secret government agency tasked with keeping aliens and their visits secret.  To get the right tone, imagine “Men in Black”, "Ugly Americans" and "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".  Suits and Strangers is based on Charge rules and the GM-less episodes are… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Suits and Strangers.

HUMAN… ALMOST: A Post-Cyberpunk Police Procedural Roleplaying Pamphlet – PLAYTEST VERSION PREMISE: Unregulated technocrime endangers The City; state-of-the-art criminals overwhelm the police. To improve their odds, human officers are assigned synthetic partners. Together, humans and machines protect and maintain this promising metropolis from technological chaos. Human… Almost is a post-cyberpunk … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HUMAN… ALMOST – PLAYTEST VERSION.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay

89% User Score Based on 18 reviews

Dancing with Shadows: Prologue is the first installment of an episodic dark fantasy visual novel with CYOA-influenced branching storylines, romantic routes, and many different endings. Guide three protagonists through a storyline left for you to untangle. Your choices don't just shape the outcome of the story, they shape the personas of the protagonists you control.  This first installation … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dancing with Shadows: Prologue.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

87% User Score Based on 134 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 7 reviews

BACK US ON KICKSTARTER About the Game A dying city. A string of suicides. A detective with nothing left to lose. Netherveil City eats the weak. Its streets bleed neon, its corpses crawl back to life, and its secrets? They'll gnaw through your sanity.  Step into the worn boots of Detective Howard. Armed with a rusted badge, a sentient rose that won't shut up, and a pocketful of stolen dice… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Celestial Return.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

91% User Score Based on 142 reviews

Dredgeport is spiralling out of control. Gangs rule the slums, corruption trumps the law, and corpses of the war-dead are burned daily for fuel. You are an ex-soldier, mistaken for dead and shipped back to Dredgeport for processing. After a narrow escape, you find yourself alone in the guts of the city, with only two things to your name: your life and your sanity. Keeping both will prove a challen… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Duskpunk.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

79% User Score Based on 922 reviews

Prep Less. Play Better. Exciting upgrades await you in one of the most popular virtual tabletops. Fantasy Grounds Unity has amazing new features to take your gaming on to new adventures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fantasy Grounds VTT.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

77% User Score Based on 86 reviews

You start the game, you wake up, and eventually you will close the game. One day, you may even start the game again. That's the game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Close Me.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

48% User Score Based on 54 reviews

Protect Europe from the overpopulation by enforcing the tough Law on life, a life for a birth. Or flip the table and fight the cruel plutocracy to free humanity. Survive the zombie apocalypse, but will your humanity survive in the process? Inherit a corrupt kingdom and survive the court's intrigues. Live the American dream and emigrate from Hong Kong with the help of the Triad. Sadly, nothing is f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AIdventure.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 1,986 reviews

Soul Gambler puts YOU in the role of Faust, an ordinary young man living in the present day whose DESTINY is about to be change forever. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soul Gambler.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music

95% User Score Based on 5,846 reviews

Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bitburner.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

77% User Score Based on 1,628 reviews

Fantasy Grounds is a hybrid application which allows you to play and create your own RPG games. It facilitates this play and provides some optional add-on Adventure modules which can be loaded and played with very little preparation. Each game will require a GameMaster (GM) and one or more players. Games may be played in a session as short as a few hours or continued with multiple sessions over a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fantasy Grounds.

Pylorus is a 2d roguelite with fantasy medieval setting and a few peculiar twists. Enemies form a dynamic ecosystem with factions and rivalries, you'll need to learn how to exploit their behaviour if you want to succeed. It's up to you to decide when a run is over: escape as soon as possible or stay for more gold - but risk losing everything! Can you solve the mysteries hidden in the deepest tunne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pylorus - Footsteps of Greed.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 1,589 reviews

The ideal introductory course to the Japanese language! Learn how to read and write Japanese characters (Hiragana) at a steady pace. A full-blown RPG specifically designed to keep you engaged. By playing along, you’re going to be introduced to the Japanese language like never before! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

90% User Score Based on 4,546 reviews

A narrative-driven RPG set in a gritty world where a person's Lot is determined at birth, while the gods are real and preside over the fates of men. Set out on a lifelong journey and carve out your own destiny. Will you become a judge, an inquisitor, or conspire against the old order? You decide! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

94% User Score Based on 94 reviews

"Smart Moves" is a puzzle with a strong roguelike feel. Different worlds with levels of increasing difficulty, sneaky monsters, unexpected obstacles and great treasures await you. Smart moves are the key to survival! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Smart Moves.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

67% User Score Based on 1,049 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 17 reviews

Turn-based story-driven RPG with tactical combat where every character can die. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ash of Gods: Redemption.

Miasma and Monsters A weird, dark, fantasy role-playing game Created by Peter TR Bernhardt of Goblin Pit Games Physical copies available here. Link to the Referee's Quickstart. Miasma and Monsters is a TTRPG inspired by the Knave hack, Glaive, but it is its own game entirely. It offers a class-less system that lets players customize their character as they advance in levels. It should be comp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miasma and Monsters Player's Pamphlet.

WELCOME TO LIFE ON THE RIM In the Blind is a sci-fi horror roleplaying game for 3-5 players inspired by Trophy Gold, Mothership & Heart: The City Beneath. It's about a group of gig economy workers living contract to contract on the roiling, wild edge of space. It's about CRT screens, mechanical keyboards, junction boxes, pipes and wires. It's about the unknown, the stresses of capital, and horror … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In the Blind - Partial Transmission.

premise In CBR+PNK (Cyber plus Punk) you play as a team of RUNNERS—mercs, criminals, activists living on the edge and running in the shadows of a gritty, ultraviolent world. In each game we play an entire new cast of characters making their LAST RUN. CBR+PNK runs on a super-condensed version of John Harper's Forged in the Dark system, specially tweaked for action-packed ONE-SHOT sessions. As a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CBR+PNK Core.

"Embracing Darkness" is a fan visual novel in which players can enjoy a short encounter with Local Villains Tiefedorf and Shuraomaru. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Embracing Darkness.

Inspired by the game Sable by Shedworks and running on the Charge RPG system, Feels Like Flying is a TTRPG in which you play as a teenager on your Gliding - a rite of passage in which you explore the world, assist others, traverse the land, and discover who you really are. The character sheet is complete as of now and the game can be played with just the basic rules on the document, or you can che… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Feels Like Flying - A fangame based on Sable.

Three Desperate Nights is three potential scores or interesting events happening in and around Doskvol designed for the Blades in the Dark role-playing game. Use these to supplement the story of your game as it’s happening, or kick start a new story when things are getting complacent or dull, or if you’re just starting a new campaign. Treat them as individual events, or strong them together has re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Three Desperate Nights.

The Hopes & Dreams SRD is a creation toolkit that helps you design a game where every mechanic serves the narrative in a quick, and efficient way. This goal focused system puts player characters against what they dread the most in every single roll. Based on Hopes & Dreams, you will find here everything from rules, to design guidelines, to help you make your own game Ignited by Hopes & Dreams.Read… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hopes & Dreams SRD.

Fragments of WarAfter the war, thousands upon thousands of bipedal mechanized fighting vehicles (or “Bimechs”) were left scattered across the land. Many were brought back to the capital cities to be repaired or scrapped, but the majority of them were too damaged to be easily transported. With the war won, the victors simply left their mechanical refuse in the battlefields to rust and wither. Recla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mectors.

The dragon is dead.  The adventurers are gone.  Time to organize. Dungeon Local 001 is a reverse-dungeon crawling game for 1-6 players. Unlike other fantasy games where someone outside the dungeon comes in to kill monsters and get treasure, in Dungeon Local 001 you play those monsters exploring the dungeon and making it a safe and beautiful place to live. You play as dungeon denizens like ogres wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon Local 001.

The galaxy is vast, bright, and beautiful. The reach of the Dominion spans the galactic arms. But now, the Emprex-Demiurge is dead. Murdered on their throne-world. The Dominion Throne-System swallowed up by the black hole left in the wake of their death throes. With the screaming event horizon gleaming off the bow of your starship, you bore witness to this destruction.  Perhaps you were close enou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to With Teeth Like Stars.

Free an AI from their corporate prison. Hack a CEO's credit account. Rescue your friend's digital consciousness from a vending machine. Neon Black is a role-playing game about a community of poor people fighting back against tyrannical corporations and the indifference of the rich, as well as surviving in a dystopian city state. It’s like real life, but in this world you can kill the CEO’s, rob ba… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neon Black.

Update: Just added a free demo, including all of the Redígo Core rules! Scroll down to check it out.JUST ADD CREATIVITY Redígo ("re•DEE•go") is a game of narrative hand signs for roleplaying on the go. You can play on a walk, in a car, around a campfire, or even inside a cool fort made of blankets and chairs. It doesn't require dice, paper, or even a tabletop. All you need is a creative mind and s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Redígo RPG Core.

Your team is an underpaid corporate interests upkeep operations group (a fancy name for the faceless corp hit squad that you are) in a dark, ultra-market-driven cyberpunk world. You play as one of these privatized military operatives. Explore the highs and lows of what it means to be one of those goons that are on the receiving end of bullets and katanas in most of the cyberpunk stories out there… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cyberpunk is Dead [Forged in the Dark].