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Looking for games like I Went to Japan Once? Here are top role playing recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with VIractal: World of Viractalia, Sunderfolk or I Went to the North Pole Once.

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  1. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    96% User Score Based on 182 reviews

    A strategic board game-style RPG where dice rolls guide your journey! Build your deck, explore changing maps, and face events shaped by your choices and luck. Play solo or online with friends—every adventure is a new experience! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VIractal: World of Viractalia.

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  2. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 1,698 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 3 reviews

    Rediscover Game Night with the magic of Sunderfolk, a shared turn-based tactical RPG adventure where your mobile device becomes the controller*. Built with a couch co-op experience in mind, up to four players adventure through the magical and dangerous Sunderlands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunderfolk.

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  3. 55%Game Brain Score
    55% User Score Based on 6 reviews

    "I went to the North Pole Once." "Really? So did I!" "Wait, you too? What did you think of the Aurora Borealis Light Show?" I Went to the North Pole Once is a cooperative storytelling game for all ages. Using six-sided dice for ideas about a fictional trip to the North Pole, players take turns sharing stories about their trips, adding in details based on what they roll and questions from other pla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I Went to the North Pole Once.

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  4. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    75% User Score Based on 169 reviews

    Eyes of Hellfire is a co-op gothic horror game. Hoist the candelabra and, along with your friends, step into the darkened halls of the Hellfire Club. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eyes of Hellfire.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    69% User Score Based on 574 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Stash is an MMO with turn based grid combat, highly customizable housing, a tabletop art style, and more loot than you can fit in a portable hole. Our incredible community of players shape the world and determine the path of an intriguing world story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stash.

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  6. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 221,332 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 9 reviews

    Outfit the character of your choice with new heads and skins in the Collector’s Edition Pack. This pack also includes the Contraband Sky Rocket Grenade. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Borderlands 2.

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  7. 74%Game Brain Score
    74% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    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.

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  8. A game about cute ghosts, thirsty living people, and supernatural romance for two players. Designed by Cynder Turley (@SmoothAsCyn), dedicated to Lou Content warning: horror, ghosts, death, and sexual content      As Poppy stood in the doorway to her home, she could barely believe what she saw in front of her. She had come home from work a little early, and upon opening the door to her apartment, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GHOSTED!!.

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  9. 46%Game Brain Score
    46% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    "I went to Seattle once, several years ago." "Oh, I've been there! Did you get to go up the Space Needle?" "No, but I did get to tour the Museum of Flight!" I Went to Seattle Once is a cooperative storytelling game all about trips to the Emerald City. Using six-sided dice for ideas, players take turns sharing stories about their trips, adding in details based on what they roll and questions from o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I Went to Seattle Once.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    90% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    Build your ideal village in the relaxing, cozy open world of Animalkind. Explore the wilderness and meet new characters who might join your town. Use the power of an ancient mech to craft and build. Invite friends to join you and build together! Play as an Animal Play as an adorable (or mischievous) animal! Choose from exciting options like a cuddly corgi, a typical-orange-cat-energy tabby, and a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Animalkind.

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  11. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    92% User Score Based on 773 reviews

    Welcome to a sinful night with the galaxy’s craziest aliens! Not every alien visits Earth to witness the indomitable human spirit. Some just want to chill on the Moon's surface and play games. But of course, these aren’t normal games. Alien humor is... how should we put it... a bit off. In this first-person, four-player, online multiplayer space adventure, every alien at the table must do w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bogos Binted?.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere
    73% User Score Based on 782 reviews

    Eterspire is a free, massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Here, you'll take on the role of an adventurer in the land of Thairia, find treasure, battle monsters, explore, complete quests and make friends with other players! Features Customize your character the way you like!Lots of quests to complete!Hundreds of items to find and equip!Tenths of handcrafted areas to explore!Meet, play, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eterspire.

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  14. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    76% User Score Based on 535 reviews

    From the creative mind of Isaac Childres, the highly acclaimed board game moves to the digital realm in the video game adaptation of FROSTHAVEN! The dark fantasy tactical RPG features deep mechanics and challenging yet satisfying gameplay both in Single Player and Co-Op Online Multiplayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frosthaven.

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  15. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 1,024 reviews

    Master chaotic physics-based combat inspired by Zelda and Devil May Cry. Explore islands and dungeons, smash monsters, loot and craft powerful gear, and grow your home in the sky. Play solo or online co-op with up to 4 players. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cloudheim.

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  16. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    65% User Score Based on 1,183 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 9 reviews

    Gather your heroes and journey beyond the dungeons of Castle Hammerwatch to explore a pixelated world like never before. Blight the Horrible and his dragon army have succeeded in the sinister plot to overthrow King Roland and bring destruction across the Kingdom of Herian. Not all is lost as hope hides deep within the sewer system, where the King’s resistance movement holds strong. On the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hammerwatch 2.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    Overcome limited communication with strategic cooperation in this co-op roguelike! Endure the Azoove desert to return a stolen spellbook — before it consumes your city. Trust your friends, play cards, manage resources and defeat the Fiend of Fortune! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Azoove.

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  19. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 44 reviews
    Critic Score 5%Based on 1 reviews

    ‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We. The Refugees.

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  20. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 188 reviews

    Key Features TADO features a large shared online world with solo and group content along with third-person action combat. TADO has classless progression system, as you level you gain skill points you can spend to gain access to a wide variety of different skills. Along with combat you can, craft, fish gather and explore both land and sea, and you can do it all together. Whilst traditional … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Adventurer's Domain Online.

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  21. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 2,014 reviews
    Critic Score 95%Based on 1 reviews

    Buy Demeo on PlayStation Store. Gather your friends and battle the dark forces in this award-winning RPG dungeon crawler for PS VR2. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Demeo.

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  22. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 201 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Descent: Road to Legend.

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  23. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    77% User Score Based on 2,108 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 20 reviews

    The Blackout Club is a first-person co-op horror game centered around a group of teenage friends investigating a monstrous secret beneath the skin of their small town. 1-4 players explore procedurally-generated missions against a fearsome enemy you can only see with your eyes closed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Blackout Club.

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  24. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    83% User Score Based on 13,664 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

    Across the Obelisk is an immersive RPG deckbuilding cooperative roguelite. Play solo or with your friends, choose your heroes, craft your deck and face powerful enemies. Would you dare to go across the obelisk? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Across the Obelisk.

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  25. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    54% User Score Based on 63 reviews
    Critic Score 36%Based on 1 reviews

    Return to the world of free-to-play 4-player co-op survival horror with classic gameplay, strict inventory management, crushing enemies, horrific difficulty and more as you and a group of survivors try to survive the epidemic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outbreak: Epidemic.

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  26. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    90% User Score Based on 49,698 reviews
    Critic Score 89%Based on 5 reviews

    This item was added as a celebration of the Star Wars Battlefront II launch. Claim your Special Forces Armor in Star Wars: The Old Republic and get the look inspired by the elite Inferno Squad forces from Star Wars Battlefront II. The custom-crafted Special Forcers Armor provides protection and mobility for the most elite soldiers in the galaxy. As you enter into battle, a unique observer droid is… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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  27. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    67% User Score Based on 144 reviews

    Become a powerful Rune Teller traveling through the open world of the Runegea. Recruit great colleagues for a fun journey, craft through a variety of items, and solve the requests of the Runegea residents. At the end of a long journey, you will find the reason for your resurrection. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rune Teller.

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  28. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 11,752 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 13 reviews

    "In Gloomhaven, you play as a team of mercenaries on their own personal quests to go conquer a world of gloomy and wicked decadence. Choose your group members wisely, because in the turmoil of battle you can only rely on your wits, skills and spells to fight your way through the putrid dungeons and forgotten ruins. In this rogue-like dungeon-crawling adaptation of the famous board game, you will j… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gloomhaven.

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  30. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    71% User Score Based on 191 reviews

    Play any kind of tabletop game you want online! You make the rules in a physically simulated 3D sandbox. Or create your own games using the integrated editor and share them with the world! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tabletop Playground.

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    100%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 85 reviews

    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.

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  32. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 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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  33. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    How did you wind up in West Point? Were you visiting family? Did you take a wrong turn at Pine Grove? Did you get completely lost while trying to get to Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, or Stockton? I Went to West Point, California Once is a cooperative storytelling game all about trips to the old logging town. Using six-sided dice for prompts with a little added snark, players take turns sharing stories … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I Went to West Point, California Once.

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    100%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    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.

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  35. 58%Game Brain Score
    58% User Score Based on 9 reviews

    What This Is This is a map-drawing game. This is also a story-telling game and a world-building game. You collectively explore the struggles of a community trying to transition from a life dependent on extraction and domination and build a new way of living. It is a game about community, difficult choices, solarpunk dreams and anti-capitalist futures. When you play, you make decisions about the co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Transition Year.

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  36. 62%Game Brain Score
    62% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    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.

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  37. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    94% User Score Based on 219 reviews

    Megastore: Tidy Up Together is a cozy sorting game for solo or online co-op play. Organize four stores of increasing scale: a Toy Store, an Electronics Store, a bustling Supermarket, and a massive two-story Megastore. Pick up, sort, and shelve thousands of items, and get ready to open! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Megastore: Tidy Up Together.

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  38. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 5,567 reviews

    An online co-op detective horror for up to 3 players. Work together across randomly generated shifts to investigate your customers, as some are only pretending to be human. Make one mistake, and you’ll be forced to board up, set traps, and hide. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shift At Midnight.

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  39. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization
    95% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Wake with no memory. Descend 100 dungeon floors. Build relationships, start a family, lose companions forever. A text-based RPG remake of the 1993 BBS classic—with a living world and multiple endings shaped by your choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Usurper Reborn.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    92% User Score Based on 211 reviews

    Wise Guys is a ruthless, high-stakes social deduction game where trust is a weapon and betrayal is just survival. Up to 12 players race against time to clean up their criminal operation and get out before the raid hits. Meanwhile, a Rat is quietly sabotaging the crew at every turn. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WISE GUYS.

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  41. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    98% User Score Based on 190 reviews

    Draw Steel brings the tabletop RPG hit to steam with a fantasy RPG that’s both fun to play and fun to direct! A game about heroes who stop the villains, save villagers, and rescue beautiful dragons from dark dungeons. Suitable for both new and seasoned TTRPG players. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Draw Steel.

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  42. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    80% User Score Based on 240 reviews

    Begin your ranger journey in Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator. Maintain trails, assist visitors, track wildlife, rescue injured or trapped animals, and explore diverse biomes filled with varied species. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator.

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  44. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    74% User Score Based on 144 reviews

    WELCOME TO THE COMPANY, CREW MEMBER... READY TO PURGE SOME ANOMALIES?In Anomaly Company you and your crew are sent in to assess reality in this 4-player co-op horror game. Set in realistic, liminal environments, you must memorize your surroundings and spot disturbing anomalies. Decide if the timeline is safe. One bad call—and you’re forced to start over. ARE YOU PREPARED TO CONTAIN THE ANOMALOUS … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anomaly Company.

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  45. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 3,999 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 2 reviews

    Embark on amazing adventures, build lasting friendships or even find romance in this unique social game, where a welcoming community with thousands of devoted players await! Whoever you are, or whatever your heart’s desire, come express it in Mabinogi and start living your fantasy life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mabinogi.

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  46. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    66% User Score Based on 295 reviews

    A 2D MMORPG with turn-based combat, dungeons, PvP, PvE in a unique world with story driven content. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcane Afterfall.

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  47. 38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    38% User Score Based on 545 reviews

    The Story Embark on a treacherous adventure as you track down the villains who killed your master. Uncover hidden secrets as you meet dozens of complex characters. Develop your skills and reveal your true potential as you become a master in your own right. The World Immerse yourself in the dense forests, breathtaking vistas, expansive deserts, and savage wildlands of the Earthen Realm. Free… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blade & Soul NEO.

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  50. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 18,284 reviews

    Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dinkum.

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