Games like bones
Looking for games like bones? Here are top role playing recommendations with a horror and business focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with a dying structure, imagination or cool ranch.
- 56%Game Brain Score56% User Score 7 reviews
A Dying Structure is a solo ttrpg that fits on a business card. To play, you need a deck of cards. This game was originally "published" in a tweet for the Micro Fiction Game Jam. It can be found here: https://twitter.com/junkfood_games/status/1462829212063211525?s=20&t=7wEe1Bb37vY... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to a dying structure.
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- 54%Game Brain Score54% User Score 5 reviews
Imagination is a solo ttrpg that fits on a business card. To play, you need only your imagination. This game was originally "published" in a tweet. It can be found here: https://twitter.com/junkfood_games/status/1489690973420634116?t=PMJ59MwkmzBeb7b0... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to imagination.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
Cool Ranch is a dumb (but fun?) ttrpg for 2-6 players that fits on a business card. To play, you just need some chips, or whatever snack the group prefers. This game was originally "published" in a tweet. It can be found here: https://twitter.com/junkfood_games/status/1479485980579139591?s=20&t=gjEUksVt1EL... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to cool ranch.
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- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 6 reviews
Peeking Pips is a solo dexterity dice game that fits on a business card. You need 10 6-sided dice that have pips on them (instead of numbers). This game was originally "published" in a tweet. It can be found here: https://twitter.com/junkfood_games/status/1478774462371840001?t=H6VzEZcwLtO11ZpWagNHng&s= If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to peeking pips.
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- 52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 5 reviews
Wandering Souls is a sword-and-sorcery tabletop RPG of enveloping shadows, dangerous and fast combat, and an impending doom in The Shrouded Realm. This is a PREVIEW of the final product and is currently in development. Inside Wandering Souls you will find a game designed for solo or cooperative play, with options to add a GM/guide to the mix. Each player will take on the role of a Wanderer, a tra… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wandering Souls - Preview.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
Curse of Vengeance by Thogreer Screamsong “What a wonderful night to have a curse…” Introduction Inspired by the gothic video game platform adventures of yesteryear, as well as other horror action themes, Curse of Vengeance takes you on the journey of the ancient monsters of Transylvania fighting back against the hunters who have antagonized their kind for generations. After the fall of Dracula a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Curse of Vengeance.
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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
Odds & Evens is a 2-player cooperative dice game that fits on a business card. You need 16 six-sided dice to play. This game was originally "published" in a tweet. It can be found here: https://twitter.com/junkfood_games/status/1482120436355846146?t=22sCgCvdwrsvdeE0... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to odds & evens.
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Play the Villain The top comment/request when I published my Lovecraftian horror ttrpg "Father Dagon Mother Hydra" was "Can I play a cultist?" So many players wanted to bring about the age of the Elder Gods! You now can with this alternative to the original game. You are a member of the cult of Mother Hydra Father Dagon. Together you have ripped Arkham from a reality of sense, reason, and physical… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mother Hydra Father Dagon.
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- 31%Game Brain Score31% User Score 2 reviews
Grid16 is a 2-player card game that fits on a business card. To play, you need a deck of cards. This game was originally "published" in a tweet. It can be found here: https://twitter.com/junkfood_games/status/1522215744234090496?s=20&t=gjEUksVt1EL... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to grid16.
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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
What is GHOST + HEIST = GEIST? You're in line at the Ghost Processing Bureau, waiting to be sent to your eternal reward. It seems to move at about 2 ghosts per month. As one of the masters of heisting of your time, you've got different plans. It's time for you to lie, cheat, and steal your way back to life. Play solo, or with your friends using our Heist Crew variant. Replayability allows you to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghost + Heist = Geist - itchfunding.
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Current Version: V1.1 Half of all proceeds go to NaNoWriMo to support their charitable efforts! “Throw me some pitch. If the Gods won’t have it, mortals will.” BEHORO; the state of being surrounded by the absolutes of Beauty, Horror, and Rock. BEHORO is a 36 pg. tower-defense, map-drawing game about exploring the wilderness and expanding your mountain-rooted kingdom. You are the sovereign of t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BEHORO: A Solo Tower Defense TTRPG.
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Wandering Dreams is an adventure RPG zine about exploring a Soulsborne and Lovecraft inspired world full of strange and unique locations, beings, and things that are waiting for discovery by the player. It is designed for solo play and uses custom rules for combat and encounters. Using a deck of standard playing cards and a 6 sided die (d6) the player sets off on a story telling experience into th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wandering Dreams.
- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
The scent of pine surrounds you. Hitchhiking seed pods have curled their gnarled hooks into the fabric of your clothes. Small nicks and scrapes from thorny bushes cover your hands. As your vision wavers back into clarity and adjusts to the low light of the setting sun, you pause. A bird calls to your left. Rustling leaves draw your attention to your right. Spinning around in a full circle reveals … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Xylophobia.
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150 Pages Format: Colour PDF Prevail Unbound is a Tabletop Roleplaying Game set in a dark, gothic vision of the near-future. Humanity has connected to Magic and the Supernals - Spirits of the Plane of Kur previously labelled as Demons. _______________________________________________ By the year 2066 Humanity on the planet Earth was a shadow of it’s former achievement. Tribal notions of division… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prevail Unbound TTRPG.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
A bunch of quirky "microgames," one-day RPGs that I typically whip up in three or fewer hours. This collection is to hold all the games for May so I'm not cluttering up my store page. I don't know that I'm going to get one done a day, but I'd expect at least 14 over the course of the month. Note: Despite being microgames/one-day projects, I have no sense of scale and many of these are closer to 10… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to May 2022 Games Collection.
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the Stationary Traveler and the Consciousness Transfer Machine is an easy to pick solo writing/role playing game designed for the Colin's Fortune Telling Cards deck. The player embodies a character who explores different places, and tells the story of his adventure. As the game progresses, cards determine the course of the story and the events that will punctuate the adventure. The game can be pla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Stationary Traveler & the Consciousness Transfer Machine.
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The floorboards creak as you cross the threshold into the old house. You know this place is haunted. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here. You scan the shadows crouched in corners and behind furniture, trying to pick out strange, shifting forms. Meanwhile, behind you, the front door is coaxed shut by invisible hands. Afterlife Archive is a journaling rpg that's intended for solo play. The player assume… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Afterlife Archive.
- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
Children keep disappearing in the forest. But no one dares to visit the abandoned ruin, which juts out of a clearing like a rotten tooth. Whoever crosses the threshold is confronted with a force that scares even the Inquisition. Everything is alive. Soon you'll find out that the child thief Tergol has taken up residence here, and his experiments of alchemy and flesh produce abnormal monstrosities.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BÖESER.
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- 68%Game Brain Score68% User Score 19 reviews
Hope is Not a Plan A solo journaling game in which you will document your attempts to deliver a very complicated engineering project on time and under budget. You hope for success, but you will most likely fail, damage your reputation, and lose your job. So it goes. A Game of Conflicting Responsibilities Your company has entrusted you with millions of dollars of other people's money. They expect … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hope Is Not a Plan.
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"The ghosts from space have burrowed in my face."- Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "Space Ghosts" To play Sergei & The Ghosts From Space you're going to want to print out at least one of each of each side of the bookmark that it's printed on. You're also going to want a d20, a bunch of d6, and some scrap paper and writing implements. My challenge here is not to write MANY more words to describe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sergei & The Ghosts From Space.
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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
Summary You’re a flight of tiny delivery dragons in the Drake Special Postal Service (DSPS). You’ve been given a parcel, and it’s up to you to make sure it arrives safely – no matter what tries to stop you! Delivery Dragons is a short micro-TTRPG (Tabletop Roleplaying Game) in the spirit of Lasers & Feelings and Honey Heist. All the rules fit on the front and back of a single letter-sized piece of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Delivery Dragons.
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- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 6 reviews
Being Looked At is a solo journaling game about being isolated by an experience you cannot share with anyone. It is a game about losing touch with reality and fixating on a threat no one else can see. It is about tapping into a primal fear of being stalked with no means of protecting yourself. You play as a typical person living a typical life in a typical town. The only thing remarkable about you… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Being Looked At: A Wretched & Alone Game.
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- 70%Game Brain Score70% User Score 24 reviews
In Outer Space, there's tons of things to do. When you have a thing that you want done, contract the Space Aces! We are mostly competent, heavily in debt, and highly motivated! Do you love rules-lite no-prep sci-fi rpg games like Lasers & Feelings but wish it had a little more to it? Crave the emergent narratives of Fate, PBtA and Genesys system games without all the RULES? Love the danger of OSR … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Aces: TOS (The Original Sheets).
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- 52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 3 reviews
The Voyage appendix is a "zine" in the format of a collection of index card gaming aids intended to flesh-out aspects of voyage and exploration in minimalist OSR role-playing games, that lack such a system, or to add to an established system. System-neutral for the most part, the only crunch makes reference to HP.Each index card can and should be used independently, use some and disregard the re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Voyage appendix.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
KICKSTARTER Campaign running from June 7 to July 5 Three floating islands veiled in mist… Three floating islands drift in the thick Mist. Eerie creatures dwell among the clefts, and slumbering cyclopes lie awaiting to be awakend. Hanging at the threshold between mortals and gods, brimming with secrets and mysteries, as charming as they are perilous: the SKYREALMS await the adventurer. What is S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SKYREALMS Press Kit.
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- 52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 3 reviews
Escape from Charybdis Station, a solo sci-fi TTRPG by Kaid Brenen Sacander, Guided by Firelights, created for the Firelights Jam. You are a Myrmidon, an elite servant of the queen of the Attala Star Empire. You stole the secret weakness of the enemy’s star-eating superweapon, and must return it home for any chance to save your people. While fleeing your pursuers, you were caught in the FTL-disabl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape from Charybdis Station.
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- 52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 3 reviews
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.
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- 63%Game Brain Score63% User Score 15 reviews
"Magical Pets" is a cute little game where you are the pets of students or staff members at a magic school. Since your humans are busy all the time, it falls to you to take care of various problems that befall the school... This is a two-page table-top role-playing game (TTRPG) for 2-6 players and a GM. Be a gruff miniature unicorn who can read, an elegant sheep with an excellent nose, an eccentri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Magical Pets.
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- View Game100%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:humor, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding100% User Score 57 reviews
Embark on an epic bite-sized DnD-inspired journey in Time Glitch, where your knowledge of the past shapes the future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Time Glitch.
- 50%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay68% User Score 25 reviews
You come home from a long day at work, go to bed, and when you wake up, something's very different... Liminality is a relaxing liminal horror game focused on exploration, the poolrooms and other liminal spaces. *the game might look different based on your graphics level and graphics card The game revolves entirely around Liminal Spaces, but what exactly are they? Liminality refers to somethi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminality.
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- 63%Game Brain Score63% User Score 14 reviews
Backwater: Southern Gothic Horror Tabletop Roleplaying Backwater is approximately 220 pages and includes character creation rules, rules for the original D20 game system, setting information for players, setting information for GMs, and NPC/monster stats. It also includes four pre-generated character sheets and a blank character sheet. The Backwater Setting Long after The End descended upon the Ol… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backwater: A Southern-gothic Horror TTRPG.
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- 97%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics97% User Score 68 reviews
Dad's Monster House is a hand-drawn puzzle game featuring horror and fantasy. It tells the story of Carlos' journey after he receives a distress call from his father, pleading for him to return to his old home and rescue his dad. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dad's Monster House.
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- 45%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability43% User Score 80 reviewsCritic Score 51%4 reviews
Book of Heroes is a classic role-playing game with a clear top view. The character mode is extensive: players can choose from 12 different professions and four species and adapt the appearance of their character as they wish. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark Eye : Book of Heroes.
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Background of the Game: This game is inspired by a Chinese folktale, "The Race of Tianji's Horses." The story revolves around a horse race between two sides, each with three horses of different grades: superior, medium, and inferior. The competition consists of three rounds, with one horse from each side participating in each round. The winner is determined by a two-out-of-three rounds … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POKER BATTLE.
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- 56%Game Brain Score56% User Score 8 reviews
ISSUE #31 Cover - Sloane Leong Hello and welcome to Indiepocalypse! Indiepocalypse is a curated monthly collection looking to highlight the very best of the indie game scene. Each month features games by 10 different developers, including a newly commissioned game exclusive to the bundle-zine. The games cover a wide variety of styles, genres, and themes as they fight against any definition of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Indiepocalypse #31.
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Christmas spirit during the zombie apocalypse: you could put on your Santa costume on Christmas Eve. But that's not all it's supposed to be. You roam through an abandoned shopping center in search of Christmas presents and a forgotten reindeer sleigh. When Christmas music lures zombies, you have to make momentous decisions. You can expect seven endings, German voice-overs (with the original voices… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shopping in a Winter Zombieland.
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- 54%Game Brain Score54% User Score 5 reviews
CREATE A KILLERESCAPE THE MANSION ONE PAGE LEFT is a solo journaling role-playing game inspired by horror and slasher movies. There is a killer on the loose and you're trapped inside a strange mansion. As you roll dice you will be asked to complete prompts on a single sheet of paper, but be wary... If you run out of space, YOU DIEIf you run out of Luck, YOU DIE By the time your first play-through … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Page Left.
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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
From out of the ashes... You’ve heard of the T-DEF initiative, of course. Brave soldiers, heroes of the resistance, the stuff of legends. That’s all in the past now – crushed beneath the heel of the unyielding alien assault. If you are reading this, you are now the resistance. You are the T-DEF. I won’t lie to you. The situation is dire. The resistance has no real leader, no command structure, n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to T-DEF 2.
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Rügsæk is a rules light adventure game. It's deliberately bare boned, as its meant to be hacked and build upon. Why should you be interested? Well, to my knowledge it has fairly unique game mechanics, that uses variable difficulty dice, which makes it quite entertaining, gameplay wise. It is also very much inspired by ttrpg's of the olden days, so if you are into OSR or NSR, Rügsæk might be one f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rügsæk.
- 67%Game Brain Score67% User Score 18 reviews
Three floating islands veiled in mist… Three floating islands drift in the thick Mist. Eerie creatures dwell among the clefts, and slumbering cyclopes lie awaiting to be awakend. Hanging at the threshold between mortals and gods, brimming with secrets and mysteries, as charming as they are perilous: the SKYREALMS await the adventurer. What is SKYREALMS? SKYREALMS is a game neutral RPG setting, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SKYREALMS.
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- 62%Game Brain Score62% User Score 13 reviews
Carved by the Garden: A single-session folk-horror solo RPG In the woods you’ll meet odd strangers, mysterious landmarks, and danger lurking in the shadows beneath the trees. Can you survive tests from the old gods or will the suspicious people you share the woods with sacrifice you instead? Carved by the Garden is a forthcoming solo journaling game inspired by folk horror stories like The Witch,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Carved by the Garden.
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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
After walking to the corner shop for a paper and milk this morning, you stumbled into a crime scene (semi-literally; you nearly tripped over the deceased). The victim was holding your business card and a sizable check made out to you, so you have decided to take the case. The police arrived shortly afterward and ushered you from the scene. But before they did, you grabbed a vital clue. --- The Fu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fundamental Interconnectedness (Of All Things).
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- 66%Game Brain Score66% User Score 17 reviews
Our Queen is dead! Such sorrow and despair! Without our Queen, our hive, our home, will slowly perish. Our only hope, our only slim hope, is to find, beg, borrow and steal enough Royal Jelly from our neighbours. If we have enough Royal Jelly, maybe, just maybe, we can raise another Queen. In Queenless you’ll explore the valley, meeting other insects along the way. Your aim is to recover six jars o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Queenless - A solo RPG of exploration.
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- 52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 3 reviews
Likeness Machines A tarot journaling game of AI exploitation and union solidarity Last Friday, July 14, 2023, 170,000 card-carrying union members of SAG-AFTRA went on strike to fight for better rights, benefits, and wages in the filmmaking industry, joining 11,500 striking writers of the WGA. One man concern for both groups of working artists is how studio executives are pushing, or could push, fo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Likeness Machines.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
Concept: Echoes of the Labyrinth is a solo journaling TTRPG inspired by the novel "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski using The Wretched game framework created by Chris Bissette. The player's character navigates an enigmatic, ever-changing house, attempting to understand its mystery, maintain sanity, and survive. Gameplay: The game is played with a deck of playing cards, a six-sided die, a Je… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes of the Labyrinth.
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- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 7 reviews
In the desolate landscape of dreams where strange geometry and physics hold sway, you watch the change happen. Doors open to unexpected locations and paths turn back on themselves in a maddening loop. The whole city of Arkham becomes a never ending hallway that stretches so that you can never quite reach the exit door. The people cry out in panic as they are snatched into shadows, go mad with visi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Father Dagon Mother Hydra.
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- 66%Game Brain Score66% User Score 17 reviews
This page is for our successfully Kickstarted 1-2 player version of Dead Belt. FAQ If you own the ashcan, the biggest differences in this edition are: double the number of prompts, co-op and rivalry rules, new shop items, and tier four ships to scavenge. Physical copies are expected to be available for wider distribution in Spring 2023. Not everyone’s got the temperament to be a Belter. Plenty o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Belt - Solo, Co-Op, or Rivalry.
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- 56%Game Brain Score56% User Score 7 reviews
This is not your night. You've messed with the wrong person, and they’ve been hunting you down for days. You’ve lost a fight, you’re badly injured and, you’re exhausted. Chances are good that you won’t see another twilight. If you can make it to your haven, you might survive; but that’s a big if. Bloodless is a rules-lite game about the creatures of the night. It was designed for the Caltrop Ja… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloodless.
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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
You’re a young witcher, still fresh after your trials, for the first time leaving the place that trained you in the monster-hunting trade - your witchers’ school. It’s your very first year on the Path and you have everything you would ever need to fulfill your duty - swords, potions, horse, knowledge, and dedication. Travel the Continent learning more about the world and yourself, and even… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Path.
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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
280 Steps home is a solo journaling game / creative writing experience that fits on a business card. You inhabit the role of an amnesiac Wanderer who's been teleported into another universe, and has to find their way back via new worlds created based on their portal device's media feeds. Eventually enough memories will resurface to lead you home... but what will you find when they do? To play you'… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 280 Steps Home.
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