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Looking for games like HELM? Here are top action adventure recommendations with a fantasy and dark fantasy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Champions of Power and Dread, Dominions 3: The Awakening or Goblins & Grimoires.
- 53%Game Brain Score53% User Score 4 reviews
Three DREAD MONARCHS vie for power over the ruinous wilderlands. Into the crumbling keeps of dead kings they send their champions – knights and mages specialised in the art of war – to rebuild such fortresses and amass armies of the strange and dangerous creatures which plague these lands. Enter the world of Champions of Power and Dread, a strategic tabletop roleplaying game in which players assum… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Champions of Power and Dread.
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- 82%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding82% User Score 169 reviews
Dominions 3 is a turn based strategy game taking place in a fantasy world with world altering magic rituals and horrors capable of destroying nations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dominions 3: The Awakening.
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- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 6 reviews
Goblins & Grimoires is a table top fantasy role-playing game based on the Four Points RPG System.OverviewIn this game you'll play as a gang of Goblins, small burrowing creatures, inhabiting the lands of Pherendel. For one reason or another, you have decided to learn magic! However, practicing magic in Pherendel is a tricky business: you'll need to find the right ingredients, know how to prepare th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goblins & Grimoires.
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- 57%Game Brain Score57% User Score 8 reviews
Broken Wonders is a Roleplaying Game about a crew of adventurers in a medieval fantasy world. Adventurers as underdogs This isn’t a power fantasy. Broken Wonders is about being adventurers, and adventurers are underdogs. There are terrifying beasts, ruthless undeads and f**king gods out there. You’re going to lose sometimes. You’ll get bloody a lot. You’ll probably stress to death. Life as an adv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BROKEN WONDERS - Fantasy Forged in the Dark.
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- 56%Game Brain Score56% User Score 7 reviews
Witches & War Rigs is an adventure game in the classic old school tradition that asks "What if a classic medieval fantasy game had technology more like 1914 than 1419?" Player characters are adventurers exploring and reclaiming a lost continent filled with ancient ruins, hidden treasure, and bizarre monsters. The sandbox setting and its monstrous inhabitants are procedurally generated as you explo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Witches & War Rigs.
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Sanctity is a Hack & Slash RPG with platformer elements where you travel between the Real and Virtual Worlds in fast-paced combat against swarms of enemies and boss fights inspired by MMO raid design. Enter the world of Sanctaidd, an Arcanepunk city lost to a strange Corruption that is driving the citizens into fits of insanity and rage. Take up your sword and prepare yourself to Wall-Run … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sanctity.
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- 57%Game Brain Score57% User Score 8 reviews
The Holy Empire is in shambles, its nations lie in disrepair as Cults of Chaos act boldly throughout the world. The Church is at war with itself, as the Empire’s Inquisition spreads across the lands in search of Heresies and Corruption. Strange folk and unspeakable monstrosities await in this grim and dark mysterious world. Blood Reign is an old-school ultralite grimdark fantasy role-playing game… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Reign: A Grimdark Sword Dream RPG.
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Roadmap to the DemoAfter 3 1/2 years of development, we are proud to announce that we're on the home stretch to a Demo release! Our announcement contains a list of action items in chronological order that must be completed before the Demo can be released to the public. During that time, we will be updating the Roadmap Scroll check boxes as we complete each task. On September 15th, 2025 look for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Age of Tribulation.
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- 59%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability57% User Score 424 reviewsCritic Score 66%4 reviews
Experience the sequel to the Role-playing Real Time Strategy Hit! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame.
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Strategy/simulation game/Auto-Battler - Higher mercenaries, equip them, organize them into a team and watch as they fight through the dungeon collecting loot and gold. Clear your way through 5 locations in the Kingdome so you can enter the deepest reaches of the castle and reclaim the lost relic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ferulorum.
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- 73%Game Brain Score73% User Score 24 reviews
YOU DIED You are an Undead ― a creature cursed to an endless cycle of death and resurrection ― newly arisen amidst a crumbling kingdom of ruin and despair. You have fragmented memories of your life before this affliction, and fleeting visions of a world from a time long gone (though exactly how long, none can say). Your soul has been hollowed out of your body, replaced by a flickering flame that s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bonfire & Blade.
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- 94%Game Brain Score94% User Score 45 reviews
KANABO is a rules-light pen-and-paper fantasy role-playing game set loosely in Tokugawa-era Japan (1600–1868) and based on iconic sword-fighting genre movies set in that time period, with cultural consulting by James Mendez Hodes (@LulaVampiro). This is a trio of zines plus a character sheet. Now available in print! Within the 17-page Player's Handbook, you'll find: A series of tools for safe play… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Basic Kanabo.
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- 38%Game Brain Score38% User Score 3 reviews
Check out a 20 page sample of The Dark of Hot Springs Island here.Hot Springs Island is a high fantasy sandbox adventure setting that can be used with any table top role playing game. It's comprised of two books: One for players and one for the game master. The Dark of Hot Springs Island is the game master's book. It is a fully illustrated 192 page book. Hot Springs Island is a hexcrawl, and the D… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark of Hot Springs Island (TTRPG).
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- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 14 reviews
Check out a 20 page sample of The Dark of Hot Springs Island.Check out a 30 page sample of A Field Guide to Hot Springs Island. Hot Springs Island is a high fantasy sandbox adventure setting that can be used with any table top role playing game. It's comprised of two books: One for players and one for the game master.The Dark of Hot Springs Island is the game master's book. It is a fully illustrat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hot Springs Island - COMPLETE (TTRPG).
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- 100%Game Brain Score100% User Score 68 reviews
Fallen is a 44 page tabletop role-playing game set in a supernatural world analogous to the 17th & 18th centuries. Stagecoaches pound over muddy lanes through the woods, the light of its two lanterns a gauzy haze in the descending mist. Donning a splattered and torn long coat and tricorne hat, your Rogue desperately hangs on to the rear of the bounding vehicle while taking aim at the shriekin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fallen.
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If you don’t support LGBTQ+, trans, & black and indigenous lives please kindly fuck off and don’t buy this product. Please check out our limited run on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/a-grim-hack-pdf?_pos=1&_sid=0ae6400ef&_ss=r A Grim Hack is a Hack System for grim settings, perilous adventures, and pseudo-historical feels that wears its influences on it's sleeve. Grim Ha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Grim Hack.
- 74%Game Brain Score74% User Score 25 reviews
Mount Baram groaned and shattered, birthing unfathomable tunnels spiraling deep into the unknown. From the abyss, shadows emerged. Countless hordes of monstrous fire-spitting creatures laid waste to all in their path, reducing the realm that lay at the foot of the mountain to ashes. The remaining kingdoms now stand as mere shadows of their past selves. You are one of the remnants. The Sisters of t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales of the Burned Stones.
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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayabilityMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding90% User Score 1,890 reviews
You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension.
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- 50%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization51% User Score 158 reviewsCritic Score 48%5 reviews
Bannermen is a real-time strategy (RTS) game, developed by the Swedish studio Pathos Interactive. The game will test your abilities as a battle commander where the main tasks consist of base building, resource management and battling enemy armies. The game takes place in a semi-fantasy medieval world that has been brutally damaged due to decades of war, starvation and natural disasters. The peopl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bannermen.
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- 92%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding98% User Score 106,132 reviewsCritic Score 78%4 reviews
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mount & Blade: Warband.
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- 98%Game Brain Score98% User Score 67 reviews
Weird Stone & Sorcery Adventure Game by Diogo Nogueira Primal Quest - Essentials is a streamlined set of rules for weird stone & sorcery adventures in a mythical world where humanity survives side by side with dinosaurs, aliens, and creatures more ancient than the world itself. Written by: Diogo Nogueira Edited by: Wayne Canepa Graphic Design by: Guilherme Gontijo Art by: Felipe Faria Map By: F… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Primal Quest - Essentials.
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- 54%Game Brain Score54% User Score 5 reviews
Drier Deserts, Hotter Suns is a tabletop adventure game set amongst Humanity's countless frontier worlds. Hundreds of years have passed since the birth of faster than light (FTL) warpdrives, allowing for mankind to spread across the galaxy. Technology in this new world is powerful, but can't work miracles, and humanity is still plagued with problems of greed, class, politics, and war. Players in D… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drier Deserts, Hotter Suns [Playtest].
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RUINED is an exploration-centric RPG inspired by old-school NES legends! Each day, you wake up to a world swarmed with monsters. As you explore and defeat enemies, the day will pass and night will come. But, it will never go. The morning only comes when you go back to sleep, or die. As the night progresses, more and more monsters will appear growing stronger and stronger. However, you are not alo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RUINED.
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Tome of Endless Romance Role Playing Adventures in the World of Love Sure, bashing kobolds is great, but have you tried love? Tome of Endless Romance is a fantasy RPG supplement filled with the warmth of sweet embraces, and dark intrigues weaved by a dangerous yet alluring enemy. This book fills the gap in romantic RPG supplements and is intended for Game Masters. Tome of Endless Romance in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tome of Endless Romance.
About our gameDungeons Deep is a hardcore dungeon crawler set in a dark fantasy world. Battle goblins, demons, skeletons, spiders, dragons and many more creatures. Play alone or with your friends. Our story follows an order of soldiers and mercenaries that return to the plagued kingdom of Antioch. Their quest is to plunder the depths for ancient artifacts, and rid the former kingdom of creatures t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeons Deep.
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What is Dextra? Dextra is a rules-light narrative focused roleplaying game. It is designed for players who are most interested in a game system that helps them structure telling stories. In fact, telling a good story is the only objective of the game. Lands may be ravaged, villains may escape capture, and characters may perish, but if the tale woven by the table is satisfying, then the table has w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dextra Core Guidebook.
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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
A New Age Begins . . . Years after a mysterious series of magical Churnings, kingdoms of Mushrooms awoke in a world left behind by the Ancients, surrounded by strange beasts and remnants of ancient technology from when "humans" walked the soils. In the years following, Mushroomkind fought and explored, discovered and innovated. But Mushrooms are small, and the world is large; much remains to be le… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mushrooms & Magic.
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- 57%Game Brain Score57% User Score 8 reviews
Hail, wanderer. Your travels have led you on a pernicious path. The Hinterlands have long been forsook for wilderness. None come here now but the lost and the foolish. Fewer still leave. Wandering Swords is a tactical and atmospheric pen-and-paper roleplaying game of swords and sorcery, set in the enigmatic realms of the Hinterlands. Drawing inspiration from OSR and Souls-like games, Wandering Sw… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wandering Swords.
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- 56%Game Brain Score56% User Score 7 reviews
Knives at Knightfall is a game of perilous adventure about a coterie of preternaturally skilled warrior spies in service to the orphaned heir of the realm: the Dauphin. We play to find out if our heroes will honor a sorcerous oath to protect the prince, allow their ward to fall into the influence of aristocratic conspirators, give them up to the blades or rivals and rebels, or help them escape fro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knives at Knightfall.
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- 66%Game Brain Score66% User Score 17 reviews
Order a physical copy at adamebell.games! Legend Has It is an anthology mythmaking card game for one or more players where you create legends prompted by excerpts from the books on your shelves. Take turns telling stories with your friends! Timeline Cards advance play through phases of telling one, two, and three simultaneous storylines. Storylines advance by interpreting sentences drawn f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legend Has It.
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- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 8 reviews
When Super-science, Metahumans, and magic come together the possibilities are limitless. Create a rich comic book world uniquely your own. Protect the world from mad mutants, evil organizations bent on world domination, corrupt government groups that seek to control Metahumans or have them neutralized, and intergalactic conquerors seeking to harvest the Earth for their own reasons. Using the Open … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metahumans Rising.
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- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 6 reviews
Over Arms is a rules-light tabletop pen-and-paper role-playing game designed to replicate media like JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Persona, FATE ,Shaman King and more. Over Arms is set in a world where select people are able to develop an "Anima", a powerful psychic manifestation of their own psyche and will. These "Anima" are able to assist their "User" in a myriad of ways in and out of combat based… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Over Arms.
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In this fate-tangled turn-based RPG, you play as Kunzai — a lost hero drowning in destiny. Team up with your destined partner and eccentric allies to explore a world of sand and sea, uncover the meaning of “Kun-life,” face snarky teammates, and try not to get emotionally wrecked by your own drama. The StoryThe Sun Kingdom once shone with glory—until its brilliance began to fade. As darkness sprea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mahadesora.
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- 74%Game Brain Score74% User Score 25 reviews
Roads beyond counting and buildings that block the very sun. A city that stretches without measure and whose secrets are without number... A sprawling metropolis, built on the bones of cities long forgotten, it is as every bit as colorful and chaotic as it is deadly and unforgiving. It is ruled from the glistening Spires above; The Nobles, demigods of flesh made gold, who’s tyrannical whims ebb an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into the Cess and Citadel.
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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
Welcome! This is a two-page, printable approach to designing engaging, dramatic scenes for any story - whether one you choose to write out, or for a story game. Though designed to work with the StoriesRPG base game, it works with any tabletop RPG, breaking every scene into four parts: The Hook: A read-aloud description to set the scene!Explore: A list of things to describe and questions to ask to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to StoriesRPG - Scenes!.
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NAZRALUS IS A ACTION BATTLE SYSTEM ROLE PLAYING GAME HEAVILY INSPIRED BY RETRO RPG CLASSICS FROM THE 90S HOMAGE TO THE RETRO DAYS OF GAMES AND BY CULT CLASSICS THAT CAME BEFORE IT.Nazralus Story- Many Ages ago the World was in an age of Destruction and Death."In the midst of this Decay and Chaos, in a little forgotten Forrest in the land of Nazralus, a fable was being handed down from generation … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NAZRALUS.
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NAZRALUS IS A ACTION BATTLE SYSTEM ROLE PLAYING GAME HEAVILY INSPIRED BY RETRO RPG CLASSICS FROM THE 90S HOMAGE TO THE RETRO DAYS OF GAMES AND BY CULT CLASSICS THAT CAME BEFORE IT.Nazralus Story- Many Ages ago the World was in an age of Destruction and Death."In the midst of this Decay and Chaos, in a little forgotten Forrest in the land of Nazralus, a fable was being handed down from generation … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NAZRALUS.
RaiderHeim is an atmospheric dark-fantasy survival adventure set in a world inspired by Viking-Age culture, where the last safe frontiers are collapsing. Explore vast, handcrafted lands where clans are breaking apart, warlords compete for power, and a contagious plague spreads through both humans and animals. You play as a Seidr – who sent to the mortal world by the Weavers of Fate – to guide h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RaiderHeim.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
Welcome to War of the Pips! THE GAME War of the Pips is a TABLETOP ROLE PLAYING GAME where you can play either by yourself, or with a GM (Game Master) guiding between 1-4 PLAYERS on a fantasy adventure. This game uses its own OSR-style system, named Pipsqueak. There is an emphasis on: • Player agency (do as you please) • Resource management (items are valuable, and inventory space limited… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to War of the Pips.
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- 100%Game Brain Score100% User Score 84 reviews
You can buy physical copies of the game online here! Check out the First Year content for In Extremis here! Check out The Animals of Camillus, an In Extremis Adventure by Aaron King In Extremis In Extremis is a tabletop roleplaying game designed for 2-6 players, about fighting back the man using necromancy, that uses the LUMEN system by Spencer Campbell. Inspired by The Locked Tomb trilogy, player… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In Extremis.
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Are you a fan of RPG and Real-time defense strategy games? If so, Warring Kingdoms TD is the game that you are always finding. Warring Kingdoms TD is a 2D cartoon tower defense game, which combines with role playing game features to bring to you interesting challenges defense strategy. The game is set in a fantasy continent which is named Fortias. There are many races living together in this co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kingdom War: Tower Defense TD.
Legend of the 3 Cosmic Fists (Lot3CF) is a light hearted, sci-fi, martial arts, family friendly-ish, possibly educational, tabletop role playing game for players ages 8 and up. Lot3CF is played with a game master (GM) plus 1-3 players. The required dice to play are D6, D8, D10 and D12. In Lot3CF, players take on the role of astronauts who have been abducted by aliens and made to compete in a marit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legend of the 3 Cosmic Fists.
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NAZRALUS IS A ACTION BATTLE SYSTEM ROLE PLAYING GAME HEAVILY INSPIRED BY RETRO RPG CLASSICS FROM THE 90S HOMAGE TO THE RETRO DAYS OF GAMES AND BY CULT CLASSICS THAT CAME BEFORE IT. Nazralus Story- Many Ages ago the World was in an age of Destruction and Death."In the midst of this Decay and Chaos, in a little forgotten Forrest in the land of Nazralus, a fable was being handed down from generation … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NAZRALUS.
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Dive into an epic Action Adventure Souls-like journey mixing Climbing, Combat, and Exploration, to become the next Guardian of Lumnis, a once-peaceful land, now forgotten and shrouded in darkness since the arrival of an evil aura. To rid Lumnis of this blight, you will have to prove yourself worthy by finding the 11 keys of Ono scattered around Lumnis, and finally reach the place where Guardians … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lumnis.
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- 89%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, character developmentMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding89% User Score 94 reviews
Grid-Based First Person Dungeon Crawler set in a Dark Fantasy version of the Imperial Rome. Create and develop your party, explore catacombs and fight demons and undead to free Rome. Inspired by old-school cRPG from the 80s and 90s. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ludus Mortis.
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- 68%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability67% User Score 618 reviewsCritic Score 73%2 reviews
Critically praised by reviewers and gamers alike, King Arthur was received as one of the biggest surprises to emerge on the gaming scene in 2010. Now the Fantasy/Roleplaying RTS returns in a sequel set to push the boundaries of the genre even further. Our story begins long after young Arthur pulled the enchanted sword out of the stone, united the war-torn land of Britannia, gathered the Knights of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame.
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- 95%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:optimizationMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay95% User Score 99 reviews
Empire Deluxe: Combined Edition is the latest in the classic Empire Series of games, which has spanned almost five decades. Empire Deluxe is a game about taking cities. Starting with just one, the city enables a commander to produce units. These units in turn can directly attack or support the attack of more cities. Your imperialistic desires are not satisfied until you have taken every city on t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Empire Deluxe Combined Edition.
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- 65%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability71% User Score 42 reviews
Legions of Ashworld is a turn-based war-game, which brings a sense of adventure to strategic war-gaming with its first-person view of an open world environment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legions of Ashworld.
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- 93%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding93% User Score 1,486 reviews
A strategy game in which you attempt to bring about the apocalypse, by moving covert agents through a complex fantasy world to accomplish a wide range of schemes, plots and rituals. You start the game by bribing guards and infiltrating minor farming communities and slowly build up your forces until you are bringing about ice ages, eradicating entire nations with plague, summoning volcanoes and com… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadows of Forbidden Gods.
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- 85%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:story, stability91% User Score 3,904 reviewsCritic Score 68%4 reviews
Mount & Blade is an immersive medieval action/tactics game taking place in a fictitious land named Calradia. Enriched with RPG elements, Mount & Blade offers a captivating environment, beautifully detailed with hundreds of castles, towns, and villages to explore. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mount & Blade.
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