Games like pretenders
Looking for games like pretenders? Here are top action recommendations with a horror and romance focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf: A Tale of Cutthroat Lovers, The Ballad of Light and Shadows or Zorlok.
1 View Game60%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalgraphics, humor93% User Score 15 reviewsIn this twisted love story of a visual novel by CLOCKUP, an insomniac must decide whether to protect his position as a yakuza bigwig’s pet killer or the mysterious woman who can put him to sleep.
View Game2 View Game55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 9 reviewsSUMMARY Tropes: Isekai, Harem, Enemies to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Strong Female Characters, Amnesia, Golden Retriever BF x Black Cat GF, Love Triangle, Dark Fantasy, Morally Gray Characters, Dark Academia, Gritty, , Rags to Royalty, Zero Percent Approval Rating, Chosen One, Maid, Dating Sim, Turn-Based Combat, TTRPG Mechanics, Rougelike, Strained Family Dynamics, Dark Academia Romantasy Rainy Tu…
View Game3 View Game98%Game Brain Score98% User Score 414 reviews"Zorlok" is a 17+ interactive fiction game about a forgetful demon forced to serve a high schooler, Tommy, in a dark comedy involving monsters, found family, and personal identity inspired by campy horror and classic murder mysteries. With a deal gone wrong, you shape-shift from a powerful demon who once wielded hellfire and fought angels into an uncertain being causing mayhem as you uncover your past. The game contains strong language, alcohol and drug use, sexually suggestive content, violence, self-harm, discussions about religion and mental health, and death.
View Game4 View Game64%Game Brain Score64% User Score 18 reviewsThe Bonewitch is a horror fantasy inspired by the German Baroque period. This is standalone IF and is currently in progress. Content warnings: Please note the game is rated 18+ for scenes including body horror, trauma, blood, drug/alcohol use, dubious consent, sexual content, and mentions of cannibalism. You are a Bonewitch, born into a bloodline steeped in ancient magic. When you came of age,…
View Game5 View Game98%Game Brain Score98% User Score 250 reviewsShepherds of Haven places you in a city where magic is banned and its users oppressed, yet darkness returns in the form of demonic invaders. As a gifted individual, you join the Shepherds, an elite order fighting these supernatural threats with powers science can’t combat. Your once-feared abilities become humanity’s last hope against chaos and destruction.
View Game6 View Game58%Game Brain Score58% User Score 10 reviewsSUMMARY The Unification War has passed since the ceasefire treaty signed seven years ago, but the conflict never ends. Arasaka and Militech both compete for head of the market, and tension boils beneath the surface. Veterans beg on the corner, the wounds of war fresh in their minds. They're missing limbs, cyberware, and dignity. Around them, the world moves on. But you? You're far removed fr…
View Game7 View Game98%Game Brain Score98% User Score 238 reviews"The Exile" is a dark fantasy interactive-fiction game, where choices and consequences take center stage. In a realm abandoned by the gods, players must navigate complex morals and the lasting implications of their decisions. With mature themes, graphic violence, and heavy language, players must face the consequences of their choices with no rewards or punishments.
View Game8 View Game96%Game Brain Score96% User Score 165 reviewsIn "Skin & Scales," a Twine-hosted urban fantasy interactive fiction game, players navigate life in the city of Avalon as a dragon-shifter, balancing the pursuit of a secretive killer, gang politics, and personal legacy, while facing 17+ thematic elements such as violence, prejudice, and dehumanization. Upon moving into your new home, you're immediately arrested, highlighting the challenges and scrutiny dragons face in this urban society.
View Game9 View Game51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviewsHere includes both Volume 1 and Volume 2 in epub and pdf form. If you want to read the book online, it's out completely for free over on Royal Road. If you liked it, I'd love a review and a rating! Join the Discord Community! https://discord.gg/xugArYXd Art by Drew Shields May You Reach Violence On a late monsoon evening underneath a Sword Moon, a beautiful amnesiac with the body of a sword-sa…
View Game10 View Game56%Game Brain Score56% User Score 8 reviews10 years ago, you lost it all. A single night reduced your life to ash, with only a symbol — a spiral in an open palm — scrawled into the dirt. Your only lead on the ones responsible. You followed every whisper, chased every trail — and they led you to the coral-stone halls of Husuni Palace. Deeper still, they led you to the man behind your downfall — the Grand Vizier. Now, you're inside. His …
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