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The Last Mage: Trials of Vahrkesh is a semi-realistic story-driven action RPG about a young woman named Aelena who is mysteriously transported from the modern world to a medieval realm through a strange portal. While exploring an ancient library, she discovers a forbidden grimoire that grants her powerful magical abilities. Aelena soon learns of a dark past — a massacre that nearly wiped out all … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Mage: Trials of Vahrkesh.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

92% User Score Based on 131 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on colonial tides. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 1,602 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 35 reviews

Paris in the spring. Shots ring out from a gallery… A robbery… a murder… and the beginning of another epic, original Broken Sword adventure. From multi-award winning Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series. Playing as intrepid American George Stobbart and sassy French journalist Nico Collard, you find yourself on the trail of a stolen painting – and a murde… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

88% User Score Based on 51 reviews

The Falconers: Moonlight is a supernatural thriller visual novel set in the 19th Century West Coast of New Zealand. Falconer, Cassandra Winter, is on her first solo mission. Can she save the people of Moonlight from their plight? Or will she disappear into the mist like so many others before her? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Falconers: Moonlight.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

96% User Score Based on 186 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

From Novectacle, the creators of the highly acclaimed The House in Fata Morgana, comes Seventh Lair, a tongue-in-cheek, but emotional look at the online interactions between an indie game developer and fans! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seventh Lair.

Find friendship, hate, or even love with your traveling companions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Too Different.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

93% User Score Based on 119 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

A romance/mystery visual novel set in 1930s Scotland, told through a letter correspondence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dear Devere.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

92% User Score Based on 419 reviews

Learn the basics of Japanese in this interactive role-playing game! No experience needed – start reading and writing in Japanese! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

94% User Score Based on 144 reviews

A Tale of Two Kingdoms is an epic faerie tale, in the classic style of the famous Sierra and LucasArts graphical adventure games. It is a full-length game with an atmosphere of magic and... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Tale of Two Kingdoms.

NEW YORK. 1920s.  It's the Jazz Age. Business is booming. The economy is steadily skyrocketing. America is a golden land of opportunities. Everyone is talking about how copacetic booze and cigars are, but what has captured your heart is your speakeasy honey.  Experience the whirlwind romance of Charles and Dorothy in this epistolary interactive fiction Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game and help the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Speakeasy Honey.

Kittengumi: The Sakabato Thief transports us to an alternative Japan (Gapon) where its protagonists, a cat and a panda who thinks he is a cat, will have to recover one of the treasures of the Kittengumi -a group of samurai cats that watches over the security of the city of Nyedo. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kittengumi: The Sakabato's Thief.

After departing from his old team, the protagonist of the game: Alex Goldstone, is now a solo Adventurer exploring the land of Bromwich. He currently helps the city of Tipton with its new Guild Centre with other Adventurers that complete quests for the community. After weeks of assisting Tipton, Alex became a respectable Guild member to the townsfolk. He's doing well at his starting point, bu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adventures of Skye the Slime Maid.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

94% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Nick just can't let go of the people he's killed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Up All Night: Daybreak.

Enjoy your time in a hospital with a sexy doctor, nurse and an idol roommate! An adult visual novel adventure with multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nurse Me!.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Olga Doesn't Die.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

85% User Score Based on 89 reviews

You are the Monarch. Protect your rule and your kingdom. Pursue the heart of your chosen lover, manage fragile alliances, or bring the world to heel, no matter the cost, in this character-driven interactive tale. The choice, and the crown, are yours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcadie II: Cold Lands.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

88% User Score Based on 51 reviews

A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inversed.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

97% User Score Based on 340 reviews

It is the 1920s, and in a sleepy Sussex village, beekeeper and former world's greatest detective Sherlock Holmes is trying to arrange a pleasant clifftop picnic for his lifelong companion Dr Watson. The only problem is that a series of mysteries keep getting in the way! Explore a seaside town It’s the day of the village fete, a suspicious new neighbour has taken a lease on  a long-abandone… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 36 reviews

An experiment in letter writing, meant to evoke the distinctly sweet homoeroticism of Victorian and Edwardian literature. Follow the correspondence of two professors, in the months before one of them makes a decision he'll never be able to take back. A visual novel with a cute mechanic: Slide the letters back and forth across the screen, to experience the time the letter is written, and when it … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hoping this Finds You Well.

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.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

89% User Score Based on 45 reviews

A narrative puzzle-adventure game based on Brian Jacques' Redwall™️ book series. Vicious searats are invading the once peaceful Mossflower wood and it's up to the Lilygrove Scout Corps' newest recruit to save the day. Play as Sophia or Liam If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lost Legends of Redwall: The Scout Anthology.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

98% User Score Based on 747 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 1 reviews

The Blackwell Epiphany is the last game in the Blackwell series. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackwell Epiphany.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 1,815 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 8 reviews

Aviary Attorney is an adventure game in the style of the Ace Attorney series. The player takes the role of a defence lawyer, and must investigate crimes and then defend their clients in court. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aviary Attorney.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

83% User Score Based on 54 reviews

Imagine being the only survivor of an explosion that kills thousands of people. That is the fate of Sofya Rykov. And survival is just the beginning of her tale... Episode 0: The Immolation is a free, standalone chapter in the Echoes of the Fey adventure game/visual novel series. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes of the Fey Episode 0: The Immolation.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

83% User Score Based on 228 reviews

When a human is destined to die, the demons ferry their souls to the afterlife. 'The Reject Demon: Toko' is the story of Toko herself, a demon who has been kicked out of hell. Toko cannot ferry human souls to the underworld, and every day she stays on earth has her becoming increasingly human. Her troubles, however, are only just beginning. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 — Prelude.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

89% User Score Based on 19 reviews

Writing on a blog and using her obscure ability, the mysterious Nightingale has been helping people in danger for years. Now, she’s forced to disappear, facing threats from a killer... one of those people she helped in the past. An interactive short story featuring an advanced navigation UI. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadows on the Vatican: Nightingale.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

65% User Score Based on 108 reviews

A strange letter from a friend sowed seeds of uncertainty. Now you travel around the rooms of Livingstone's house to find out the truth - what happened here after you left? Use logical thinking, puzzle-solving skills, and perceptiveness to delve into the house and unravel the mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dr Livingstone, I Presume?.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

91% User Score Based on 1,381 reviews

Fault is a Science Fantasy Kinetic Novel about Selphine, a bubbly, happy-go-lucky Princess and her sharp-witted but slightly misanthropic Royal Guard Ritona. Follow them on their journey of a lifetime as they try to make it back home to the Kingdom of Rughzenhaide. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fault Milestone One.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Immerse yourself in the comedy and grotesque atmospheres of Madievals! A fearless knight named Rusty Steelknee, hunter of precious relics, arrives in the Realm of Manzasun. Nothing is known about him, apart from the fact that his lone purpose is to take possession of the Idol Lamp... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MADievals - The rise of Rusty Steelknee.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development

82% User Score Based on 215 reviews

Fight for the future—your own, and the world’s! Your fate is yours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Soul Stone War.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

89% User Score Based on 196 reviews

Critic Score 74%Based on 9 reviews

Quest For Infamy is a classic point and click adventure game, in which you assume the identity of 'Mister Roehm' a man trying to start over after running away from a shady past. Welcome to the little town of Volksville only to discover there is so much more going on in the valley than meets the eye! Come along and take a walk on the wild side with Roehm and discover just how infamous you might be. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quest for Infamy.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

73% User Score Based on 250 reviews

In a small inn located in the snowy Japanese mountains, an unlikely relationship blossoms between a once-popular poet and the daughter of the inn's proprietress. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Six Days of Snow.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

89% User Score Based on 300 reviews

Guard Duty is a comedy adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. Experience an unforgettable story spanning across two radically different time periods. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guard Duty.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

58% User Score Based on 270 reviews

This digital download edition includes: 99 Spirits 99 Spirits: Artbook and Soundtrack Pack Next to the base game includes a digital artbook (76 pages) and the digital soundtrack with 17 tracks, featuring Yoshiyuki Obi and Karen Tachibana. The extras can also be purchased separately, outside of this edition. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 99 Spirits.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

91% User Score Based on 25 reviews

A castle lost sits waiting, full of mystery, discover unique puzzles, and a gorgeous, yet eerie ruin. For at the end of it all, The Last Throne waits... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lost Keep.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 3,600 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

This edition includes the following: - Ghost of a Tale - Character Cards Set - Artbook - Enamel Pin - Tilo Papercraft figure Tilo - Soundtrack If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghost of a Tale.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

100% User Score Based on 47 reviews

Elves' secrets run as deep as their grudges, and Sable is caught right in the middle of an old, escalating fued between a family of powerful elves. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sable's Grimoire: Man And Elf.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

94% User Score Based on 236 reviews

Step into the boots of a Royal Dragoon in this tale of war in a fantasy world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sabres of Infinity.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

80% User Score Based on 207 reviews

Fall into the magically complicated world of Overture as the three main characters embark on an adventure that will shake their lives and the world around them. Will they fan the flames of the growing revolution, or will they be the key to extinguishing it? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to An Octave Higher.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability

88% User Score Based on 172 reviews

Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Mage Reborn.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

66% User Score Based on 169 reviews

When a series of gruesome murders shake a small town after a strange aristocrat dies and his body goes missing, rumors of a supernatural monster abound. In life Sir William was known to be a cruel and evil man, rumored to be the murderer behind many unsolved crimes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alter Ego.

This predominantly kinetic comedy/drama visual novel has two to three hours of gameplay for the main story and fifteen minutes for each secret scene. Whilst it would be advantageous to have played 'Welcome To... Chichester 2 - Part II : No Regrets For The Future', this episode can be enjoyed on its own. Not all characters are 18 or over. Grendel Jinx : A lazy, megalomaniacal kleptomania… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Welcome To... Chichester 2 - Part II : No Extra Regrets For The Future.

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.

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: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.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, atmosphere

82% User Score Based on 22 reviews

A tragic love story about a feckless queen and an impoverished revolutionary, based on the life (and death) of Marie Antoinette. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The End of an Actress.

Explore a retro RPG with a modern heart. Unto the Breach combines classic RPG graphics and feeling with contemporary gameplay elements, set amidst a vast world with centuries of developed history. Story The moon of Terranis was once a small colony on the edge of human space. Even during the Judgment War, as human civilization was nearly scoured from the galaxy by the Great Enemy, it went unnot… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unto the Breach.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 174 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 4 reviews

Avadon 3: The Warborn is a huge, old-school, indie fantasy role-playing adventure, the conclusion of the epic Avadon trilogy. You are a Hand of Avadon, warrior and spy, judge and executioner, with nearly unlimited power to fight the enemies of your homeland. Your word is Law. However, your lands have been invaded. Barbarians and monsters are rampaging through your home, and you are the only one wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Avadon 3: The Warborn.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

82% User Score Based on 179 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

Welcomed by the fluttering of cherry blossom, the main character, Brian, starts a new high school life in Japan. Brian soon starts to get along with two girls in the same class after they start to talk to him. With their help, Brian gradually learns Japanese culture and customs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Japanese School Life.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

78% User Score Based on 45 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

A puzzle game where every move counts, confined in a three by three grid you move about. A dungeon crawling poem reader, exploring just how far I could ever lead her. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seek Etyliv.