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Games like No, Really, What Is So Cool About Jam?

Games like No, Really, What Is So Cool About Jam?

Looking for games like No, Really, What Is So Cool About Jam?? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Stravagante!, Sid Meier's Covert Action or Further Explorations: 50 Years of Text Games.

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  1. 59%Game Brain Score
    59% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Ballads are sung and great stories are told, of fanciful feats, to please young and old, from long ago, in a far away land, where peril and whimsy walk hand in hand. What is Stravagante? Stravagante! is an easy to learn and fun to play table-top roleplaying game of whimsical fantasy adventure, that fits in your pocket.Based on a streamlined version of the Four Points RPG … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stravagante!.

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  2. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    91% User Score Based on 133 reviews

    Sid Meier's Covert Action - A Techno-Thriller From the Case Files of Max Remington. In the 1990's our national nightmares are haunted by wild-eyed political extremists, greedy and ruthless drug lords, and lunatic military dictators. For too long we have felt powerless to stop them. But now, award-winning game designer Sid Meier takes us around the globe with super-spy Max Remington to challenge t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sid Meier's Covert Action.

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  3. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    50 Years of Text Games (2023) told the story of the first half century of interactive fiction in a whirlwind tour of fifty text-based computer games, one for each year between 1971 and 2020. Now available as a standalone volume is this companion book, stuffed with extra chapters and bonus materials that couldn't fit in the main volume. Inside you'll find twelve new chapters and 85 pages covering … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Further Explorations: 50 Years of Text Games.

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  4. 62%Game Brain Score
    62% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Winner of the Applied Hope Fruiting Bodies Award; Winner of The Sith Awards in two categories: "Best Anti-Post-Apocalyptic Game About People Just Enjoying Life in the Future", and "Best Yet Another Lasers and Feelings Hack". ROOTS & FLOWERS  A Solarpunk Hack of Lasers & Feelings In a not-so-distant future, we gave up the illusion of knowing better. This opened new avenues in technological innovati… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Roots & Flowers - A Solarpunk Hack of Lasers & Feelings.

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  5. 56%Game Brain Score
    56% User Score Based on 8 reviews

    Heavens of Khepri was the hottest Scifi MMORPG on the market, but not to you. To you, it is home, it is a prison, it is purgatory. But does it have to stay that way? Welcome to Heavens of Khepri This is a science fiction, Egyptian-themed TTRPG powered by the BAD TIME Game SRD by Kyle Tam of Urania Games. Strongly inspired by the MMORPG Eve Online, this game features characters that spend most of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heavens of Khepri.

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  6. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    What's So Cool About Being a Fantasy Adventurer? is a hack of Jared Sinclair's What's So Cool About Outer Space? and was done for the What is So Cool About Jam. You are an Adventurer! A bold explorer of lost ruins, a defeater of monsters that prey on the weak, a delver of ancient dungeons, a defender of the innocent! Or maybe you just kill things and take their stuff. To play the game, you will ne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What's So Cool About Being a Fantasy Adventurer?.

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  7. 68%Game Brain Score
    68% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Clean Spirit is a token-based, rules-lite TTRPG designed to inspire an emotionally meaningful cleaning session with your new or old characters. There's nothing quite like cleaning and the magic of discovering something lost, placing a treasured item in the perfect spot, finding the strength to let something go, and reliving the stories and memories these items inspire.  It's time to join your fel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clean Spirit.

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  8. SPAR IS CURRENTLY A 64-PAGE BETA RELEASE. This means SPAR is fully playable but might have some tweaks and fine-tuning remaining. This also means that there may be incomplete, unfinalized, or absent artwork and supplemental materials (such as extra GM tools and tables). Funds from this beta will be put towards cover and internal art, as well as print publication efforts. As time passes, you will r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SPAR [Beta v0.3].

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  9. 34%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    53% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    The Temple of Apshai Trilogy includes updated graphical versions of three classic Apshai games: -Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai -Dunjonquest: Upper Reaches of Apshai -Dunjonquest: Curse of Ra If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Temple of Apshai Trilogy.

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  10. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    96% User Score Based on 67 reviews

    Poetic, philosophical and challenging platformer experience? That’s all about Words of Wisdow — innovative mix of hardcore platformer with text riddles and word puzzles. To get the hang of this game players will have to equally use their wits and fingers — in order to survive the questions of deadly jester, disappearing platforms and hidden deadly spikes. 2D pixelart adventures of our witty her… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Words of Wisdom.

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  11. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 2,957 reviews

    Ever felt uninspired, technically challenged or just bored when creating your game maps? Dungeon Alchemist is AI-powered Fantasy Game Mapmaking Software that enables you to make high-quality content fast! Simply pick a theme, start drawing, and Dungeon Alchemist creates high-quality maps you can print, share, or use in your favourite Virtual Tabletop Application. It uses an AI algorithm to place w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon Alchemist.

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  12. 70%Game Brain Score
    70% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    In Outer Space, there's tons of things to do. When you have a thing that you want done, contract the Space Aces! We are mostly competent, heavily in debt, and highly motivated! Do you love rules-lite no-prep sci-fi rpg games like Lasers & Feelings but wish it had a little more to it? Crave the emergent narratives of Fate, PBtA and Genesys system games without all the RULES? Love the danger of OSR … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Aces: TOS (The Original Sheets).

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  13. The world behind Overview Music Genre: Orchestral/Dub Techno/Noise/Ambient/Jungle.Run Time: 13 Tracks - 27 Minutes. Software: Ableton Live Suite. Favourite tracks: Bedroom, Psyche, Home2Hardware: Computer, Ableton Push 2, Zoom H1n, Korg Minilogue, Behringer Crave, Bass amp, Self-made noise box, Inspirations: Akira Yamaoka, Tunic, Sea Power,  James Leyland Kirby, Burial, Djrum, Andy Stott, Low … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The world behind.

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  14. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    100% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Zly.ii The Hacked Station is a first person scifi adventure game with challenging puzzles, made for the 10th anniversary of the Black Cube series (ASA: A Space Adventure, Catyph, Myha, Kitrinos, Boinihi, all available on Steam), commonly compared to such games such as Myst or Rhem, or to escape games. Storyline "You are an astronaut from planet Terra who has been invited to the Table of th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zly.ii: The Hacked Station.

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  15. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    A Castle Built From Random Rooms is a text adventure set in a castle built from random rooms. Can you find your way through the labyrinth and escape... with your LIFE! (and also some treasure). Contains: - randomised character generation with variable stats that affect gameplay in multiple different ways- over 10 random rooms to play- a fairly simplistic battle system- several secrets- multiple e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Castle Built From Random Rooms.

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  16. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    This is an adventure for Mausritter that uses the tension-fueled mechanics from the Breathless system by Fari RPGs. The system has been modified to work within Mausritter and the result makes this a unique and exciting adventure. The notorious wētā gang, the Night Creepers, has raided Scarecrow Stand! Residents are fleeing and the players find themselves quickly ushered into the underground mole t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Underground Escape.

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

    RGBitsy processes color images into Bitsy room data to use in your projects. Standard Bitsy works with 3 color channels for each palette: background, tile and sprite. Making use of some hacks, we can build up images with more than 3 colors using layers of items. However, this approach can result in very large game files and affect performance. RGBitsy is designed to help minimise the amount of dat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RGBitsy.

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  18. 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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  19. 70%Game Brain Score
    70% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    Corpsewake Cove is an adventure written and illustrated by Madeleine Ember for the MÖRK BORG game (under their Third Party License) where you FIGHT PIRATES, GET REVENGE, and STEAL THEIR FUCKING TREASURE! Cover Design of "Corpsewake Cove" and a skeleton 'cause why not? What's Inside? Adventure, tables, characters, and places printed in full color! Choose your approach as a party: will you sneak in,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpsewake Cove (third party module for MÖRK BORG).

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  20. 93%Game Brain Score
    93% User Score Based on 44 reviews

    CW: darkness, tight spaces, marine wildlife, peril, bodily harm, extreme solitude Thought space was full of horror? Try being trapped 70 metres underwater. On your own. In the dark. THOUSAND EMPTY LIGHT is a psychedelic-xerox adventure zine that brings solo play to Mothership RPG (1E). Written throughout as an in-game corporate document, the zine takes the core game’s rules and builds a procedure … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thousand Empty Light.

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  21. 59%Game Brain Score
    59% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    What's So Strange About Neon Fantasy? is a hack and riff of Jared Sinclair's What's So Cool About Outer Space? about exploring weird, big, and vibrant science fantasies. Anything from Hyper Light Drifter, to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind can fit in, so long as it's BRIGHT and STRANGE. Play a wandering, adventurous PEREGRINE or take on the role of the INVOKER and create a cool world together. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What's So Strange About Neon Fantasy?.

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  22. 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

         Have you ever dreamed about what it'd be like to only be a few centimeters tall? Me too — all the time! I love the idea of re-imagining everyday things and places as if I were no bigger than a Lego figure.       Well, that's what this game is all about! Using this hack of Jared Sinclair's "What's So Cool About Outer Space?", you can explore the big world anew as characters like Arrietty, Tink… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What's So Cool About Being Tiny?.

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  23. 55%Game Brain Score
    55% User Score Based on 6 reviews

    For Her Lady's Hand is inspired by an event in the life of bisexual icon Julie D'Aubigny, a 17th-century fencing master and opera singer. When her lover's family discovered the relationship, they put Julie's girlfriend into a convent against her will. Julie mounted a rescue: she faked her way into the order, created a distraction by setting the convent on fire, and freed her partner. This game rei… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to For Her Lady's Hand.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    85% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    ============================ After The Rupture, the world went silent for hundreds of years. The magnificent structures our ancestors built were taken over by nature. At one point long after that, our great grandparents woke up from their slumber. As they raised once again to the surface, they slowly but steadily uncovered towering overgrown ruins among inconceivable creatures and plants. With n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scraps.

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  25. 56%Game Brain Score
    56% User Score Based on 7 reviews

    A Uniquely Japanese Tabletop Role-Playing Game Experience, now in English! Almost a decade ago, Japanese artist and game designer Junichi Inoue sat down to create what was, in his own words, a uniquely and unmistakably "Hyper Asian" Japanese world: a world of magic and technology, of samurai and Taoist sorcery, of powerful mecha and cultured geisha. The world was named Tenra, and the game was nam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tenra Bansho Zero: Heaven and Earth Edition.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, stability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 77 reviews

    10 CDs, 10 passwords. Find hidden messages, text, numbers to unlock next CD to continue your steganography puzzle journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CD-ROM.

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    56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    78% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    you Had Embarked to the Outer Rim. The Ship You Were On Has Been Boarded. Now you’re waking up in a jail complex on an unknown planet, beaten and left for dead. Find a way out of here and get back to earth in FLAW, a retro-FPS inspired by cult classics: Unreal, Half-Life, Halo and many other. You and the Flaming Dawn’s passengers have been abducted while… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flaw.

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  29. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    98% User Score Based on 91 reviews

    Explore Dodd's local museum in this short and sweet, casual and relaxing side-scroller adventure game! Visit various exhibits within the museum's four wings as you: talk to various characters around the museum! collect stray weevils! clean up the museum! Enjoy the atmosphere! The game itself is meant to be in the style of a simple point-and-click game, but with the approach of a side-scro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dodd Goes to the Museum.

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  30. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Controls Up Arrow / W / Z to move up and scroll through textLeft Arrow / A / Q to move left and scroll back through textRight Arrow / D to move right and scroll through textR to restartEscape to close game on WindowsF11 to toggle fullscreen on Windows Goal Avoid dying from the encroaching sunlight and water puddles. Crack open gifts until you find a brick. Break down a door with said brick to win!… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunny New Year: Death of Snowman.

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  31. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    63% User Score Based on 198 reviews

    Epic stereoscopic gaming, HelixMod in virtual 3D TV brings your full length 2D games into the 3rd dimension. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HelixVision.

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  32. 100%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 71 reviews

    We Deal in Lead The Other Worlds Jam (#OtherWorldsJam) saw 11 amazing projects made for We Deal in Lead. You look to those closest to you, fellow gunslingers of the Order of the King. The arduous trek across the bleached desert is over and now you stand before a slip door. Though tested, the fellowship of your Order stands true. You grasp the worn sandalwood grip of your artefact gun and twist ope… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Deal in Lead.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 308 reviews

    A 2D noir, point and click game where you uncover clues and solve puzzles in a world of espionage and international intrigue. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GET OUT!.

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  34. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    Welcome to Project: Morpheus, in this prologue packed with around 1-3 hours of content, you will reprise yourself as EAST, and play your way in this world where reality and dreams collide.Key Features Solve the mysteries, escape the nightmareEAST, a veteran who encountered an accident during a trip, woke up finding himself in a completely strange wilderness. Unravel mysteries as you venture into … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Morpheus: Prologue.

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  35. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    75% User Score Based on 1,978 reviews

    Home Design 3D is an interior design and home decor application that allows you to draw, create and visualize your floor plans and home ideas. Easy-to-use, design in 2D and/or 3D. Get a good idea of your future projects or just have fun! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Home Design 3D.

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  36. View Game
    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    91% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Need to generate a space station for a sci-fi themed table-top session? Station Architect does exactly that, by allowing you to generate a massive variety of space stations in an instant, or create your own from scratch. Anyone can use this tool easily. Use the included presets, or delve into the various options to design your own specific station, or just choose the size and type and go. Edit ge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Station Architect.

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  37. View Game
    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 90 reviews

    Let Morendo pull you into a dark vortex of lies, betrayal, lust and gluttony. Join a concert guitarist on his journey into the abyss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Morendo.

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  38. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    61% User Score Based on 142 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 5 reviews

    Neverout is a unique puzzle game with innovative mechanics and immersive, unsettling atmosphere. The game puts the player in a small, claustrophobic cube, that has only one way out. Will you survive? HTC Vive Required on PC. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neverout.

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  39. 100%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 69 reviews

    Lay On Hands is a storytelling game zine for one player in which you play an unnaturally gifted healer in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. You will wander the ravaged land and channel the strange power that runs through your hands to unburden the needy, shrive the wayward and rout the corrupt. You will embrace the weirdness of the wasteland, fight heroic battles and risk your life to fulfil the cove… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lay On Hands.

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  40. 72%Game Brain Score
    72% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    This game was the result of a private Game Jam in 2015. Story: You're running late to a meeting and need the most coffee possible to stay productive. Get through the turnstile as quickly as possible, but first unlock it by using the wallet in your back pocket. The security protocols are changing and getting more absurd every day, so it'll get more and more difficult to tap your wallet on the sen… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Don't Spill Your Coffee!.

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  41. 64%Game Brain Score
    64% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Hardcover copies are now available! You reach the summit of the frozen mountain, shrieking wind whipping around the broad shield protecting your exposed face. You grit your teeth as you see the terrifying figure standing before you, burning red eyes peering within an icy white skull. The dead thing raises its arms and the two corpses laying frozen next to it shudder to life, hissing with rage. You… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Runecairn Bestiary.

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  42. Why is it called "NYXverse"? NYX (Νύξ) is the Greek goddess of night in Greek mythology, who gave birth to "dreams" and "fate." NYXverse signifies our aspiration to build a world where everyone can shape their own dreams and destinies—a free space filled with creativity and diverse, wonderful dreams. What kind of "game" is this? To be honest, we can't r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NYXverse.AI.

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  43. 48%Game Brain Score
    48% User Score Based on 4 reviews

    Gobbo has just escaped from a drow prison and has no choice but to explore a dangerous crypt in search of trinkets to sell to the ferrier, in the hopes of securing their ultimate escape. As you guide Gobbo through the dungeon, be careful not to venture too far—this adventure might just be their last! Hunt for valuable items in each room, keep them, once you explore all rooms or give up you can c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gobbo's Run.

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  44. for GameBoyAdvance Emus: Bonus Option Pokemon Emerald Xross  Custom ROM  for a even more modern enhancement  custom rom  Pokémon Revelation is a vanilla quality-of-life enhancement decompilation hack of Pokémon Emerald. The aim of Pokémon Revelation is to add as many QoL features from the more recent games as reasonably possible while looking and feeling just like vanilla Emerald and maintaining c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pokémon Emerald /Project: Revealing Emerald & Emerald Xross (Optional).

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  45. 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.

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  46. This game was created in 72 hours for the Ludum Dare Jam which had the theme of "Limited Space". Click that "View submission" button at the top of the page if you'd like to see it. While exploring space, you discovered the edge of the universe! Worse yet, you quickly realize it's shrinking, and space is... acting up around here. Asteroids and debris are flying everywhere and space itself is assaul… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In Space, No One Can Hear You EXPLODE!.

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  47. Experience a Fright of Your Life “Its frame was made of steel and bones, weaving into each other, while its insides were mostly made up of exposed machinery chugging away relentlessly. Its steps were heavy, rumbling through the jungle, and its bloated sac of a belly swung violently as it moved around. Its claws and teeth were razor sharp, and its shriek could chill the bones of even the most exper… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Electric Jungle Jam - Undying Sands Extension.

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  48. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    FEATHERED ADVENTURES is a diceless tabletop RPG in which you play anthropomorphic birds going on pulp adventures, trying to overcome their flaws to come out on top. It can be played with or without a GM and requires 3 to 6 players, for short one-shots (1 to 2 hours) requiring very little preparation or slightly longer campaigns. You'll like this game if you enjoy adventures mixing humor and actio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Feathered Adventures.

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  49. View Game
    100%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 175 reviews

    Available in print. Official Modules also available on itch: The Mall (What if John Carpenter's The Thing was set in a trapped 1990s mall?))The Bureau (“The office as modern dungeon in this love letter to Control and Gradient Descent.”) ________________________________________________________________________ Liminal Horror brings adaptable modern horror to TTRPGs. It is a rules-lite, fail forward … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Horror.

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  50. 55%Game Brain Score
    55% User Score Based on 6 reviews

    Drive mechs and do stuff in this hack of Jared Sinclair's What's So Cool About Outer Space? Create pilots and go on adventures and drive mechas in this 12 page game booklet.  This game was made for the Whats so cool about jam game jam. Contents 12 page game with art where you play pilots in mecha armor suits.a commercial use font that was created for the headings, it is called Robort.- - - A Link … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What's So Lasers about Mecha Battles?.

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