Games like Strange Places
Looking for games like Strange Places? Here are top role playing recommendations with a mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Last Repose, Rising Dark or The Unlit Path.
1 View GameLast Repose was designed as a meditation on death and one's own mortality. It deals with several challenging themes. If you're not in a place for such an experience, please check out some of my other, more adventure-focused, games. YOU'VE LIVED A LONG LIFE, but, as with so many others, it has led you to the white-sheets of a hospice bed. The days aren't easy, but you make the most of them. As pa…
View Game2 View Game52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 3 reviewsLos Angeles. City of Angels. Never before has a place been so poorly named, a fact you know better than most. As a lowly foot soldier for The Sect, it's your job to maintain some semblance of balance and peace between the oblivious world of mortals and the foul creatures threatening to spill over into its streets. You've made contact with another agent a few districts over. Although magic is unsui…
View Game3 View Game53%Game Brain Score53% User Score 4 reviewsIT WAS A FORTNIGHT AGO that the creature descended upon you in the dark. The searing pain in your neck, a slumber deeper than you've ever known, and then the violent hunger. You've become a creature you once thought only existed in fables and nightmares: a vampire. You soon discover you are not alone in your damnation. You manage to acquire the location of a fellow vampire and begin to write to th…
View Game4 View Game52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 5 reviewsYOU AND YOUR FRIEND wait to board two ARK-4 Civilian Class Shuttles charted for new colonies in the hinterlands of space. Though you will be several light-years apart, you promise to keep in touch through the interstellar communication network known as the Unified Starways Parley System. You'll use this network to tell each other about the life you build and the love you discover in the far reache…
View Game5 View Game46%Game Brain Score46% User Score 2 reviewsFight fascism and #SaveTheUSPS THE CONGRESS OF NEW HOLLOWAY, once a strong voice of the people, has been disbanded and replaced by a single leader, the Chancellor. In the decades since, the grip of fascism has only tightened. All that is left is for the state to find, disband, and destroy the resistance operatives hiding in plain sight throughout the city. You are one such operative. Messages ac…
View Game6 View Game72%Game Brain Score72% User Score 25 reviews"Fundraiser for Zoë's Psoriatic Arthritis" is a game where the developer faces mobility challenges due to their medical condition. Supporters have helped acquire assistive devices such as a specialized keyboard, MIDI controller, and pastry cutter, with future plans for an exercise bike and arcade-style controller. Players enjoy the games and the developer looks forward to continuing to create with renewed support.
View Game7 View Game87%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaymusic, stability94% User Score 62 reviewsCritic Score 65%2 reviewsIn "Times & Galaxy", become a robo reporter intern for a regional holopaper and cover unique assignments in the Dorp system, from shuttle crashes to intersolar cat shows. Interview sources, gather clues, and investigate stories, while dealing with over 100 distinct characters to build trust or betray. Your conversational circuits will be put to the test in this unpaid opportunity to prove you belong in the newsroom.
View Game8 View Game73%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, optimization76% User Score 444 reviewsCritic Score 60%2 reviewsUnexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy is a genre-bending RPG with a table-top feel, offering a procedurally generated open-world and strategic exploration challenges. The game features a rich narrative, award-winning soundtrack, and beautiful art style, with a learning curve that offers systemic depth and rewarding gameplay. It also includes a wide range of difficulty modifiers, allowing you to customize your experience.
View Game9 View Game76%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization78% User Score 196 reviewsCritic Score 73%3 reviews"Knee Deep" is an interactive narrative game where you investigate a mysterious suicide in a Florida town as three different characters. The game features dynamic storytelling with meaningful choices and consequences, and it utilizes a unique theater-like setting with vivid voice-overs and music. Uncover a swampland conspiracy through realistic conversations and observations.
View Game10 View Game88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability88% User Score 217 reviewsEmbark on an intriguing seaside getaway you’ll never forget in On Your Tail, a sleuthy story-driven 3D life sim of relaxation, investigation, and knowing how to play your cards right.
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