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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.

Sunken is a Solo Journaling RPG on the topics of isolation, loneliness, fear, & your will to overcome them. Set in a newly discovered caving system called Esa'ala in Papua new guinea, you are a cave diver exploring and mapping the deepest cave in the world. When a tropical storm hits, you lose all communication with the outside world. Can you survive until a rescue team comes? do you have the stre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunken: A Wretched & Alone Solo Game.

Who? You have been a fraud all your life, or so you thought. Telling people about demons and devils, warning them, selling them worthless wards and trinkets. Little did you know, you were right all along. Demons do exist and one has possessed your charge, who lives with you since their parents died. One night, when you were working on some new trinkets filled with mosses and bark, your charge came… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I have gone this far.

Tangled Blessings: A magic academy horror RPG for 1-2 playersBUY PRINT EDITION No game master required! On the eve of your final exam at Brackroot Academy, what mysteries, secrets, dread, and drama will you recall from your last four years of schooling? Tangled Blessings is a solo journaling or two-player RPG inspired by dark academia media, ghost stories, and graduate school. Featuring a wizard… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tangled Blessings.

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.

You'll play as a young person in  the late Middle Ages. Every day you'll ride through battlefields, lonely forest paths, and amongst your people while evading threats, wounds, and dealing with strange visions. With some dice, a deck of cards, a journal, and this guide, players will explore themes of oppression, hope, and longing for a better world. Grab a beverage, lower the lights, maybe even lig… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Femmelier.

PREVIEW Tangled Blessings: A magic academy horror RPG for 1-2 players On the eve of your final exam at Brackroot Academy, what mysteries, secrets, dread, and drama will you recall from your last four years of schooling? Tangled Blessings is a forthcoming solo journaling or two-player RPG inspired by dark academia media, ghost stories, and graduate school. Featuring a wizarding college, wandering … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tangled Blessings Preview.

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.

Cover art by Ennie Award winner Johan Nohr (Mork Borg), edited by Ennie Award winner Fiona Geist (Dead Planet). Risograph-printed zine edition available at: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/rites-of-vengeance-pdf You have suffered a terrible tragedy and lost something irreplaceable. Now you have found a teacher who will teach you to harness the power of the demon to seek your revenge.  Wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rites of Vengeance - A Solo Wretched & Alone Game.

    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.

I’m just tired of everything... even the echoes.There is nothing in my life but echoes...Echoes of lost hopes and dreams and joys.They’re beautiful and mocking. L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea In time,everyone fades away,transfiguring intoechoes that latchonto our memoriesand bleed our hearts dry. Barbara Garay, Beneath the Surface: A Book of Poems ________________________________________________… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes.

Below the Last Door is a solo, card-driven dungeon survival game with legacy progression inspired by The Wretched by Chris Bissette and borrowing heavily from the Wretched and Alone SRD. You explore a dungeon while attempting to defeat The Monster to escape.  Most runs end in loss, but knowledge gained persists between runs, through your adventurer’s journal. Through the discoveries of multiple ge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Below The Last Door.

You have before you a solo journaling guide that will lead your attempts to win The Great and Secret Game, an underground alternate reality contest. You will try to learn the rules of the Great game and avoid getting killed by other players or removed by the shadowy Enforcers for breaking the rules you do not know, as reality itself seems to bend around you. If you win, you will have the ability t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Great and Secret Game - a solo RPG.

The expedition was going so well, but at 3,000 feet below the surface, when the ocean turns from blue to black, everything goes wrong. Something cracks. Water starts to fill at your feet. The crane at the surface jams. The radio line goes quiet. And now the two of you are alone, only a few layers of steel and a quartz window to keep you from death.  You have one hour of oxygen left. Conserve breat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into Blue Midnight.

The Game  You are the Last Magus, out of your tower, witnessing the world you once knew crumble, fall to pieces... The shadows grow long, and in these final days of this Age of Magic, you sense a familiar presence beckoning you from the shadows, calling you to rest. It is Death. It is patient. Your work is not yet done. This is the world that you loved for all your long life, filled with mar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Magus.

Village Witch is a solo journaling game about a witch finding a home. Built upon the Peregrine framework. You can download the SRD for free here! Also included in the Everything bundle. Handbound copies now available! You’ve completed your training and are ready to become a village witch. You’ve been sent by the order to find a village to work in and have a year to find the place you want to make … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Village Witch.

You’re a newly-hired security guard for a local franchise of the mostly defunct Dreddy’s Pizza Palace children’s entertainment chain. You used to come here all the time as a kid. Now as an adult, this place feels wrong... cursed. Ghosts of the past haunt you, the animatronics are stalking you, and reality is breaking around you. Still, you press on - rent is due soon and this is the only job you c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Night at Dreddy's.

Village Witch is a solo journaling game about a witch finding a home. Built upon the Peregrine framework. You can download the SRD for free here! Also included in the Everything bundle. Handbound copies now available! You’ve completed your training and are ready to become a village witch. You’ve been sent by the order to find a village to work in and have a year to find the place you want to make … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Village Witch.

Civilisation fell Many died You survived But for how long? This Wretched Bunker is a hack of The Wretched by Chris Bissette using the Wretched & Alone SRD for the Wretched Jam. To play the game, you will need a deck of 52 cards with the jokers removed, ten tokens, a six-sided dice and a tumbling tower, though alternatives to the tower are suggested. You are a survivor after a global apocalypse wip… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Wretched Bunker.

This game offers an optional 40% discount for members of marginalized communities. No questions, no judgment. Click here to opt in. The world is filled with buried memories, ruined places from before the end of the age of war. It has taken centuries to rebuild, and some things remain buried beneath the rubble of the places most ruined by time and catastrophe. Trinkets, stories, memories. Pieces of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cracks in the Mirror.

Buy this soundtrack bundled with the game here. <a href="The" class="redactor-linkify-object">http://chrisbissette.bandcamp.com/album/the-wretched">The Wretched by Chris Bissette</a> If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wretched.

This game is a single-player gmless journaling game about a Sith apprentice struggling with the temptation to return to the light side of the force. After being sent on a series of missions by your Sith master designed to purge the weakness from your heart, you discover a force bond with a Jedi apprentice who is intent on redeeming you instead... To play this game, you will roll dice and draw card… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to REDEMPTION ARC.

Tending: A Game of Devotion Somewhere in the world, a holy place waits for your arrival.  Pilgrims come, give themselves to it for a time, and leave again. You won’t be there long, in the scheme of things. But your time there will alter it, and you. What is Tending? Tending is a mixed media journalling game where you take the role of a devotee at a holy site. Over a span of seasons you'll carry o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tending: A Game of Devotion.

Vast Death Temple is a solo, GM-less journaling game using the Wretched & Alone formula originally created by Chirs Bissette with modifications I made at my own leisure. Requires: pencil, paper, at least one d6 (possibly more or use digital), one deck of playing cards, optionally a second deck of tarot or similar cards, 10 small totems and a tumbling tower (or a d20). This game was created for th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vast Death Temple.

Welcome to Dino Land, a dinosaur theme park ravaged by escaped predators.You don’t know what caused the incident that set the dinosaurs free, but it was catastrophic. A pack of highly intelligent and oddly fixated raptors are huntingthe last surviving human in the park. Will these prehistoric predators claimone final victim or with the cunning human survive long enough to be rescued?  Clever Girl … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clever Girl: A Wretched & Alone Game.

Turns out Father Jenkins was right with all his doomsayin’ about the end of the world. Seems like the rapture was more fiery in his sermons, but whatever's out there sure as Hell feels like It’s punishin’ us. Not sure what It is, but somethin’ lurking in town has been killin’ most that cross Its path and drivin’ those It don't to join in the hunt. Nobody that’s seen It survives, or at least not a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Hand.

English Eerie Second Edition: A Rural Horror Storytelling Game for 1-4 Players is a GM-less tabletop game of terrifying proportions, allowing you to weave your own haunted tales set in the dark English countryside. There is blood in the roots of England. Forgotten, ancient things crawl beneath its surface, haunt its manor houses and creep within its woodland. Beyond the bucolic beauty of its rolli… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to English Eerie Second Edition.

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.

Fear the Taste of Blood is an rpg for 1 to 3 players about a monster in the night, and the survivors who must face it. It’s a game inspired by classic movie monsters; towering aristocratic vampires, frightful werewolves, constructed creatures and invisible fiends. Throughout play you’ll record the attacks of the monster, how the survivors try to fight back and deal with the horror they are facing.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fear the Taste of Blood.

It's the late 80s or early 90s. The world is aswarm with masked killers. Every large enough stretch of territory seems to have at least one. A ghost story returned to grisly relevance. A grudge unfulfilled. A man with a deep basement and silent neighbors. Society has adjusted to this new age of terror. But you haven't. After surviving a brush with a killer, you've become a Final Girl. And Final… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Night.

Cake. Everyone likes it Not everyone can make it Can you make it? This Wretched Cake is a hack of The Wretched by Chris Bissette using the Wretched & Alone SRD. To play the game, you will need a deck of 52 cards with the jokers removed, ten tokens, a six-sided dice and a tumbling tower, though alternatives to the tower are suggested. In it, you have agreed to bake and decorate a cake, despite any … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Wretched Cake.

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.

It's only you now. You've been running for what seems like an eternity and it's become dead quiet The daylight (or what’s left of it) peeks through the canopy above, as you trek in what you hope is a singular direction. The last remains of daylight peek through the canopy above as you trek in what you hope is the correct direction. The frost on the air causes you to shiver as you begin to see an e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark.

Wake up! The Beast is back, devouring hope wherever it goes. We need the Hero of Courage to save us once more… Courage is a solo RPG using the Carta System to create a dungeon-crawling experience inspired by games from “The Legend Of Zelda” series. You’ll play as the recently awoken Hero of Courage, exploring Dungeons and gathering power for your final confrontation against evil incarnate. ____… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to COURAGE.

Hold all worlds and all stories in your hand with this simple and evocative  game. What is Tapestry? Tapestry is a blank slate, a fresh canvas, a new page on which to write any and all stories. It is a storytelling game with simple rules and shared narrative control among all players. It is free of any themes or settings and instead relies on intuitive word association to drive the game. Similar t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tapestry.

You are a traveler who has come to the Sacred Wood of Monsters – a sprawling sculpture garden hundreds of years old, that stands on the grounds of what used to be a glorious estate.  Local legend says that the paths here are so mysterious and winding that even repeat visitors cannot have the same journey through it twice. Some say that the statues hold clues that solve an ancient puzzle. There are… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to in the sacred wood of monsters.

The Mansion Incident is a solo dungeon-crawling RPG and a hack of Escape from Demon Castle Dracula by Rob Hebert (nerdypapergames.itch.io). In The Mansion Incident you take on the role of a member of the Investigation and Rescue Implementation Service (I.R.I.S.) – an elite group of detectives tasked with finding, and in some cases liberating, missing persons in the sprawling mountains of the Midwe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mansion Incident – A Solo Survival Horror TTRPG.

You find yourself standing next to a suspicious looking house, drawn in by strange, unsettling noises from within. Armed with only a flashlight and a gun, you decide to investigate. What secrets lie behind the eerie silence and the unsettling atmosphere? As you step into the dark and twisted halls, every creak and shadow puts your nerves on edge. You’ll search for clues, each discovery pullin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shattered Truth.

MAYWEATHER is a “Descended from the Queen” game inspired by the music of Janelle Monáe and their alter-ego Cindi Mayweather. It takes thematic inspiration and borrows from album and song titles as well as lyrics as a base for card prompts. It does not aim to delve as deeply into the same topics as the music does, but takes inspiration where it is fitting and appropriate. 2719. Mayweather is an and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MAYWEATHER.

You are but one of only a few of your species still remaining in this world. As climate change begins to rapidly bring about disruption and turmoil, you have no choice but to migrate to new pastures. Though the climate is not the only challenge awaiting you. New creatures, similar to you in some ways, but very different in others, are migrating as well. For them this is their dawn, and for you and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dusk Before Dawn.

You are a hero. Well, not yet, you’re not. But you can be, and if all goes well, you will be. You will come into your powers, live out your mundane life, face your nemesis, and fight crime in your city as your heroic alter-ego - all of these moments leading up to the decision of whether or not you will take the mask and dedicate your life to being a superhero. Every hero has an origin story. Thi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Origin Story.

Based on the Wretched & Alone system, A Vast Expanse of Sky is a science-fantasy solo game in which you play a robotic servant known as a Guardian. You are the sole remaining inhabitant of the Cloud Keep, the ancestral seat of the Coldsworn family. Powered by magical crystals, the Keep floats high above its kingdom—and it’s up to you to repair it. You’ll explore the Keep, delve into your memories,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Vast Expanse of Sky.

To order a print copy of the game, head to Bull Frog Games  https://bullfroggames.com Wretched & Alone in The City That Never Sleeps What Foul Dust is a solo roleplaying game based on Chris Bissette's The Wretched and the Wretched & Alone SRD by Bissette and Sanders. The games uses a tumbling block tower, a deck of cards, a six-sided die, 10 tokens, and a recording device like a journal or digital… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Foul Dust.

A solo, journaling game about wanting to be alone in the woods and the terror of finding out that you're not. Wendigo is a game about the peace of solitude and the terror of having that peace broken. To play it, you will adopt a persona called a character through whose eyes you will experience this story vicariously. In the story you create, your character will run for their life through an unfor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wendigo.

Descend into a breathtaking alien ocean and uncover secrets lost for over 11,000 years. In Sinking Eternity, you awaken from cryosleep alone on a small island with no memory, only the distant echoes of an ancient mystery waiting beneath the waves. You must explore a vast, dangerous, and beautiful underwater world to survive.. and to discover the truth. Explore the UnknownDive into sprawling biom… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sinking Eternity.

On February 14, 2021, Transfiguration Sunday, The Gate was activated, and Project Terminus changed the world. The horrors that unfolded in the wake of Project Terminus could have never been anticipated, and by the time we realized the damage it was far too late. Once The Gate was opened there was no closing it. In an instant you were pulled through The Gate only to find yourself flung, not on a ne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Terminus.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

97% User Score Based on 1,089 reviews

Critic Score 77%Based on 5 reviews

Withering Rooms is a 2.5D horror adventure set in a procedurally generated Victorian mansion that changes each night. Sneak through Mostyn House to gather weapons, distractions, magical artifacts, keys, and crafting materials. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Withering Rooms.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Imagine a place where the line between reality and nightmare fades away. Welcome to The Lethe. Once a sanctuary for society's most fragile minds, The Lethe concealed a sinister truth beneath its facade of healing. What was meant to mend the broken was, in reality, a twisted experiment designed to shatter the soul. In RealEscape, an immersive 3D single-player escape room game, you’ll confront t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RealEscape.

In a long forgotten age, a raging war shattered and devastated the worlds of gods and men. Now green life blooms amidst the ruins of the lost worlds. Wondrous and terrible beings roam the Nine Realms. Civilisation stumbles forward, fresh and reaching. Fate carves the skein anew but there are loose threads, lost long ago in the wars, with no place in the tapestry. These threads must seek the fire w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Runecairn: Core Rules.

Encounter the peculiar folks who reside within and help solve their problems while confronting your own relationships & fears. Catch literal lightning bugs for the North Witch's potions, bare witness to the royal cat wedding of Sir Poppy and the Princess, or simply tell tall tales with your friends as you traverse the strange eternal Wood. But be wary: dark forces and foes lie in the tangled … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Babes in the Wood 2e.