Games like On the Run: Rogue Heroes

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay

85% User Score Based on 222 reviews

Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Community College Hero: Trial by Fire.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, music

94% User Score Based on 554 reviews

In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcadie: Second-Born.

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.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

84% User Score Based on 456 reviews

Claw your way to success in Moreytown, a furry slum for human-animal hybrids. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Welcome to Moreytown.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay

86% User Score Based on 131 reviews

Pilot a giant robot, dueling with plasma sabers in an interstellar civil war! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mecha Ace.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

When nightmare monsters invade your city, can you and your friends defeat them with your dream magic and still make it to school on time? A text-based interactive magical girl anime novel, 250,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Crystal Warriors Go!.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

83% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Shrug off bullets, smash buildings with your bare hands, and soar through the air as you battle diabolical supervillains! A text-based interactive superhero novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Scion.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay

88% User Score Based on 113 reviews

Would a hero like you assassinate the president? "Heroes Rise: HeroFall" concludes the epic "Heroes Rise" trilogy of interactive novels where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heroes Rise: HeroFall.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

88% User Score Based on 148 reviews

Rise up, werewolves! Fight for your pack! Fight for your freedom! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Werewolves: Haven Rising.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, graphics

88% User Score Based on 343 reviews

Do you have what it takes to become an A-list celebrity hero? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heroes Rise: The Prodigy.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

81% User Score Based on 110 reviews

Will your father's sword choose you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sword of Rhivenia.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

88% User Score Based on 86 reviews

You're a werewolf, pulled into your city's seedy underbelly. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Moon.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

77% User Score Based on 182 reviews

As a wanna-be hero, you must rescue a city held hostage by an evil wizard, and somehow find money to pay your rent! A 240,000-word interactive novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hero of Kendrickstone.

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.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

64% User Score Based on 543 reviews

Dustborn is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure game about hope, love, friendships, robots…and the power of words. You play Pax: exile, con-artist, Anomal — with the ability to weaponize language. Looking for a new life and a way out, Pax has been hired to transport an important package from Pacifica to Nova Scotia, across the Justice-controlled American Republic. Sounds like a legit r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dustborn.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

92% User Score Based on 176 reviews

Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fernweh Saga: Book One.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

95% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal. Confront outlaws, find romance, challenge Native Americans, defy the elements and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tin Star.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

88% User Score Based on 172 reviews

Step into the fog to confront your terror: the evil that hides within. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fog Knows Your Name.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

79% User Score Based on 200 reviews

How would you use the power to freeze time? Justice, money, love, or fame? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Wise Use of Time.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development

86% User Score Based on 205 reviews

Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic fantasy tale! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fatehaven.

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.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

95% User Score Based on 148 reviews

Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, replayability

88% User Score Based on 3,282 reviews

In this very short kinetic novel, you will play as Jung who's meeting up and hanging out with a girl named Ai. Spend your time wisely. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Carpe Diem.

35%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:emotional

50% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Rob the first Martian casino and find out who really rules the planet! Crack a safe, break some hearts, start a revolution, or get rich beyond the stars! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Martian Job.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

63% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Reach your magical destiny and tangle with your rival in mythic ancient China! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tale of Two Cranes.

35%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

53% User Score Based on 17 reviews

This school for supernaturals isn't hell, but it is a hellmouth! Can you make peace between the vampires and werewolves, and close the portal to hell? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranormal Preparatory School.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

88% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Impersonate your identical twin as a masked champion of justice! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hero Unmasked!.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, graphics

92% User Score Based on 191 reviews

Will you survive America's favorite reality show for heroes? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heroes Rise: The Hero Project.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

91% User Score Based on 572 reviews

In the midst of their hearts, something is blossoming between two students. Both of whom go about their daily lives at an international school in Tokyo. Just what is flowering? Of course, it's love. Starting your new life after transferring into an international school, you find yourself dismayed when it turns out to be the same as any other. Except for one thing... or person, rather. As your ne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sounds of Her Love.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

83% User Score Based on 207 reviews

Follow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

96% User Score Based on 186 reviews

Step into the shoes of a medieval mercenary in a world not like our own! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Golden Rose: Book One.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

71% User Score Based on 145 reviews

Gather your allies to hunt the vampires that terrorize your town! Study their ways and exploit their rivalries, or you'll become a vampire yourself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampire: The Masquerade — Out for Blood.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

92% User Score Based on 272 reviews

Your magic can battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, but at what cost? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Choice of Magics.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, atmosphere

73% User Score Based on 123 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

Japan, 2030 A.D. Memories can now be digitized and archived, allowing people to communicate with the deceased. With only one week left before his best friend’s memories are deleted, can Hiroki uncover the truth behind Sorano’s death? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Memory's Dogma CODE:01.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

68% User Score Based on 65 reviews

Once you were a sidekick. Now you're the hero! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unsupervised.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

87% User Score Based on 31 reviews

Climb out of your tomb to avenge your own death in this haunted fantasy epic! Defy dragons, duel the dead, and face the nightmare at the bottom of the sea! It's an interactive epic fantasy novel, without graphics or sound effects, fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Specters of the Deep.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

71% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Meet the enigmatic stranger who's been haunting your dreams and embark on a supernatural adventure of twists and turns, love and heartbreak, and foxes. A text-based interactive supernatural romance, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kitsune.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

77% User Score Based on 47 reviews

Unleash your lust and your thirst in a battle for the soul of London! Will passion lead you back to humanity, or will you embrace the night as a vampire? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampire's Kiss.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

86% User Score Based on 143 reviews

In the battle to save your people, will you serve the gods or overthrow them? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Champion of the Gods.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, character development

96% User Score Based on 1,657 reviews

Your decisions as a robot maker will change the world—but at what cost? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Choice of Robots.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

78% User Score Based on 7,172 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 8 reviews

After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Walking Dead: A New Frontier.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

89% User Score Based on 71 reviews

One summer day, Shun Nanami meets a girl who is the spitting image of his dead sister. She turns out to be a high-tech android indistinguishable from a human being. So begins a touching tale in a world where androids and human beings coexist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trinoline.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization

96% User Score Based on 1,762 reviews

Something stalks the shadows, and it's up to you to find out what! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 50 reviews

You didn’t expect so many essays sophomore year. Or so many hellhound attacks. This year is shaping up to be a killer—hopefully not literally. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Keeper of the Day and Night.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, character development

97% User Score Based on 347 reviews

So you're a villain now? Let's see if you survive the experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fallen Hero: Retribution.

Team up with other heroes to take down a conspiracy against your city. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dawn of Heroes.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

100% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Solve a magical mystery and save your city! Find the truth before it's too late! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leas: City of the Sun.

35%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

67% User Score Based on 3 reviews

A wealthy benefactor. A master lockpick. A magical bodyguard. A trusted ally. A skillful rival. All of them are out to steal priceless treasures. Which one of them will steal your heart? These Thieving Hearts is a 280,000-word interactive novel by Raven de Hart. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Contact fro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to These Thieving Hearts.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

87% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Will you rise to the heavens when you wield the magic of fallen stars? Call lightning, ride the wind, and raise the dead in this fantasy epic! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stars Arisen.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

82% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Fight for what's right—as an up and coming pirate! Battle slavers, sea monsters, and your own corrupt government to become a hero of the high seas. But will you betray your own crew for wealth and power? 7th Sea: A Pirate's Pact is a 200,000-word interactive adventure novel by Danielle Lauzon, set in the world of the table-top role playing game 7th Sea. It's entirely text-based, without graphic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 7th Sea: A Pirate's Pact.