Games like Darker Malleus

A Greeblin’s Journey is a solo journaling game about a traveling creature called a Greeblin. They have become unsettled from their home and are now traveling for the first time in a world they have never explored. The road is strange and not nearly as kind as their bed, but they had to do something. They had to go somewhere. This project is a digital-only (for now) zine! The game uses 2 six-side…

In Vlad the Impaler, players step into the dark world of historical figure Vlad Dracula, battling supernatural forces while ruling over 15th century Wallachia. As Vlad, players must make strategic decisions to maintain power and protect their people, while satiating a thirst for blood. With a blend of strategy, action, and management, the game offers a unique take on the vampire mythos.

In Daily Chthonicle, become the boss of a Supernatural Newspaper Agency and send your team of investigators to uncover eerie mysteries in a dark, Lovecraft-inspired world. Each case is a new, procedurally generated adventure, where your team will face off against ghosts, zombies, and other monstrosities. Solve mysteries, uncover the truth, and publish the stories that make your newspaper the most sensational in town.

"Through the Darkest of Times" is a strategy game set in 1930s Berlin, where you lead a small resistance group against the Nazi regime. Your mission is to undermine the Nazis through small acts of resistance, while avoiding detection by patrolling soldiers. The game simulates the challenges and dangers faced by ordinary Germans who opposed the regime, and requires strategic decision making to survive.

Overview“Break the mirror, eat the glass, and sing a song of what has never been” Fractal Odyssey is a modern take on the tactical RPG, blending a traditional core with modern and innovative mechanics. Taking both gameplay and narrative inspiration from Final Fantasy Tactics, Project Moon, and System Erasure, Fractal Odyssey creates something entirely new. Your goal is simple - journey across …

Ryuutama is a tabletop role-playing game developed in Japan by designer Atsuhiro Okada, now available in a complete English edition. It is set in a world where the "NPCs" of the village--the bakers, farmers, shopkeepers and healers--set off on a wonderful adventure exploring a fantasy world together. Some people colloquially call it "Hayao Miyazaki's Oregon Trail", because of its heartwarming (in …

You can find the online version of the Lodstone SRD here. Introduction Lodstone is a role-playing game, meaning players create characters and act out their characters' actions to work together to tell a story with the help of their Guide. The Guide is a player of sorts whose job it is to supply the characters with the framework of the story. The Guide constructs the world, plays bad guys, sets tra…

Road to Legend is a companion app for the Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd edition board game. When you play with Road to Legend, the app assumes the role of the overlord player, controlling monsters and inviting you to explore the dungeon in entirely new and unexpected ways.

Shinobigami - God of the Shinobi - is a tabletop Role-Playing game originally developed and published in Japan by legendary designer Toichiro Kawashima, and gorgeously illustrated by the talented Shie Nanahara, Shinobigami is a fast one-session RPG focusing on character drama, stories of conflict and cooperation, and light tactical strategy in a dark modern "World of Shadows" setting where mysteri…

Sleepless is an original table-top role-playing game (TTRPG) made by me, Jean Bhérer-Simard, in zine format, stapled A5 and it is punk and DIY in spirit. It pays homage to dark, cynical, humorous, hopeful and oneiric (dream-like) movies and RPGs of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. I ran a successful KickStarter campaign in August 2022 during Zine Quest 4 (thanks everyone) , so I am working on finishi…