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Games like Thaumaturge, P.I.

Games like Thaumaturge, P.I.

Looking for games like Thaumaturge, P.I.? Here are top role playing recommendations with a mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with WHO KILLED GOD?, A Murder at Stoneshire Manor or The Shadows of Hilgraab - A Board Game Variant of Fallen RPG.

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  1. 58%Game Brain Score
    58% User Score Based on 9 reviews

    YOUR GOD IS DEAD, and you’re the unlucky soul tasked with figuring out who killed em.  As sheriff, you are working to uncover the truth behind this tragedy before your parish’s rage boils over and makes the situation even worse. There’s someone or something on the loose that can kill a god, and it’s hard to know who to trust nowadays. You know you can rely on your horse, your gun, your faith, and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WHO KILLED GOD?.

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  2. 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    “You have been cordially invited to join Ebenezer Stoneshire for cocktails and dinner at Stoneshire Manor on the night of October 13." You received an invitation to dinner at Stoneshire Manor with your old friend, Ebenezer. On the night, the guests arrive one by one. No one is familiar with each other, but all mutually know Ebenezer. After a short while of awkward conversation—and with no sign of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Murder at Stoneshire Manor.

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  3. 54%Game Brain Score
    54% User Score Based on 5 reviews

    The Shadows of Hilgrabb (TSoH) is a Fan made Solo City Crawl / Investigation Board Game Variant for Fallen RPG by Perplexing Ruins The Shadows of Hilgrabb Board Game Mode can be played as a standalone game. However, Fallen RPG core game is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to get the most out of this game. Foreword The aim of this project is to provide a Solo RPG Board Game experience using the materials from Fa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Shadows of Hilgraab - A Board Game Variant of Fallen RPG.

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  4. 63%Game Brain Score
    63% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    THE GREAT LIBRARY Immense, ever-shifting, and sometimes dangerous, the Library exists in the space between worlds and times. Among the many who call it home are the Librarians, and only those who truly understand it may join their ranks. You seek to do so. The path of a Librarian’s apprentice is a long one. Your current task is designed to test your skills at traversing the Library and finding in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Librarian's Apprentice.

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  5. 65%Game Brain Score
    65% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Available for Print at the Pandion Store Are you ready for a coffee caper? A sherbet soirée? Do you want to tango with a small-town troubled by treacherous tea times? Don’t waffle on your decisions, the order is getting cold, and so is the case. Your shift has just started You are a waitress trying to deliver a hot plate of freshly made waffles to your favorite regular: Esther. These are her every… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Waffles for Esther.

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  6. 59%Game Brain Score
    59% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    From cyberpunk dystopia to farming sims, from space exploration, to coffee shop socials, the Grove System is robust enough to handle your game idea! What is this? This system reference document is for creating your own games using the rules and mechanics that power Banda’s Grove: The Quantum Convergence of Campgrounds. A system designed for discovering and exploring communities collaboratively. I… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Grove System SRD.

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  7. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Welcome to War of the Pips!  THE GAME War of the Pips is a TABLETOP   ROLE PLAYING   GAME where you can play either by yourself, or with a GM (Game Master) guiding between 1-4   PLAYERS on a fantasy adventure.  This game uses its own OSR-style system, named Pipsqueak. There is an emphasis on:  • Player agency (do as you please) • Resource management (items are valuable, and inventory space limited… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to War of the Pips.

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  8. 54%Game Brain Score
    54% User Score Based on 5 reviews

    Sunken is a Solo Journaling RPG on the topics of isolation, loneliness, fear, & your will to overcome them. Set in a newly discovered caving system called Esa'ala in Papua new guinea, you are a cave diver exploring and mapping the deepest cave in the world. When a tropical storm hits, you lose all communication with the outside world. Can you survive until a rescue team comes? do you have the stre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunken: A Wretched & Alone Solo Game.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    87% User Score Based on 120 reviews

    After waking up alone in an icy cell, you find that you've been left with only a letter and a bottle of pills. To find out how you got here, you'll have to escape and begin a journey through an isolated research facility in the freezing depths of the Antarctic. Solve puzzles as you go and unlock new locations around the Facility. As you explore, you can search for clues that will help you piece to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Facility 47.

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  10. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 287 reviews

    You have been Marked... A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement, like a grotesque birthmark, has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. Deprived of your memories, you arrive at a mansion rumored to protect the bearers of the Mark. As the doors swing op… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Death Mark.

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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 40%Game Brain Score
    40% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Rumours are circulating throughout Kiwi Acres of a valuable treasure hidden deep within the Kakariki Orchard. It's said that a plum tree, unlike any other, bears magical fruit with incredible powers. It bears but one fruit a year, and the time is close. The birds guarding the orchard have become increasingly suspicious of new visitors to the orchard, knowing they may not all have the best intentio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Magic Plum Heist.

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  14. 66%Game Brain Score
    66% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Our Queen is dead! Such sorrow and despair! Without our Queen, our hive, our home, will slowly perish. Our only hope, our only slim hope, is to find, beg, borrow and steal enough Royal Jelly from our neighbours. If we have enough Royal Jelly, maybe, just maybe, we can raise another Queen. In Queenless you’ll explore the valley, meeting other insects along the way. Your aim is to recover six jars o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Queenless - A solo RPG of exploration.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    82% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    MONOLITHIC The MONOLITH EDITION is here.  The Monolith Edition features an entirely new layout, revised and edited text, and mechanical tweaks to the classic Extracausal experience.  The Monolith Edition adds new layers to the game and new tools to help spark more stories.  Aspects give depth and narrative impact to NPCs.Cores provide extra moods and aesthetics for locations, as well as prompting… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXTRACAUSAL.

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

    WELCOME TO THE ANOMALOUS ZONE Warm up your engine and check your spare fuel tank, it's time to hit the road! Explore the weird new landscape of the American Southwest in the aftermath of an extradimensional incursion in this Guided by Firelights pamphlet roleplaying game. Help survivors, escape terrifying alien beings and try to determine the source of the alien changes with a deck of cards, a ha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STORMCHASERS.

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  17. 69%Game Brain Score
    69% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    Abenteuerspiel! is a freeform adventure game that can be played solitaire, cooperatively, or guided by a referee. The game is rooted in Messerspiel and Trophy Gold and inspired by my love for the free kriegsspiel mantra of "play worlds, not rules." Abenteuerspiel! is designed to give you just enough mechanics to make things interesting... and then get out of the way so you can focus on playing the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abenteuerspiel!.

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  18. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 330 reviews

    An exciting JRPG by the writer of Labyronia. As tensions grow between factions of mages, you are framed for the murder of a demigod. Solve the mystery behind his assassination or risk a war that could send the world into chaos for millenia. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legend of Mysteria.

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  19. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    Your adventure begins as you take on the role of Gabriel, a young man who lives with his mother in Aramor. From what begins as a normal day, you quickly learn that there is nothing normal about it. With a world filled with mystery and conflict, where will your heart take you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disturbed 2.

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  20. Immerse yourself in 'Matt Murphy: The Case of the Stone Guest', a retro-style point-and-click graphic adventure. Join Detective Matt Murphy, a down-on-his-luck ex-cop, as he unravels the mystery of a dog's disappearance across 12 locations in the decaying city of Naperville. Working alongside your partner Trey, you will have to pick up, use, look and search the city's underbelly to discover its se… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Matt Murphy: The case of the stone guest.

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  21. Necra is about 4 elves who stumble on a map to a treasure, a rare sword. When they discover what they were seeking, it's only part of a sword. What's worse is the piece of sword was magically sealing a powerful creature away. Unable to stop the creature, the elves cast a magical barrier to hold the creature, hoping to buy time. However, with the magic at their disposal, it was a barrier that… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Necra.

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  22. 96%Game Brain Score
    96% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    THE DEAD LORDS HAVE ARISEN A socialist revolution has overthrown the nobles of the Imperial capital of Kyneburgh. The Emperor Titan Kyne died cursing the land and all who deposed him. Now the only coin that is left lies buried with the undead Lords who forged the Empire. Cultists, demons, and undead nobles threaten the city! Delve into the dungeons and crypts beneath Kyneburgh, twice-kill the dead… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Torch in the Dark.

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  23. Current Version: V1.1 Half of all proceeds go to NaNoWriMo to support their charitable efforts! “Throw me some pitch. If the Gods won’t have it, mortals will.” BEHORO; the state of being surrounded by the absolutes of Beauty, Horror, and Rock.  BEHORO is a 36 pg. tower-defense, map-drawing game about exploring the wilderness and expanding your mountain-rooted kingdom.  You are the sovereign of t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BEHORO: A Solo Tower Defense TTRPG.

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  24. 87%Game Brain Score
    87% User Score Based on 42 reviews

    Arcana Academy is a tabletop role-playing game where you get to play as students attending a magical school. Solve mysteries, get into trouble, learn magic, and forge lasting friendships or bitter rivalries. If you've ever wished you could attend a magical school like Hogwarts or Brakebills, this is the game for you. We wanted to focus on the core experience of what it meant to attend school for t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcana Academy.

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  25. 80%Game Brain Score
    80% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    Wandering Dreams is an adventure RPG zine about exploring a Soulsborne and Lovecraft inspired world full of strange and unique locations, beings, and things that are waiting for discovery by the player. It is designed for solo play and uses custom rules for combat and encounters. Using a deck of standard playing cards and a 6 sided die (d6) the player sets off on a story telling experience into th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wandering Dreams.

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  26. 64%Game Brain Score
    64% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    AN INSTRUMENT OF DREAMS Someone - or something - is stealing from dreams. Those Who Protect the Dreamers have pulled a detective from a plundered dream, imbued them with a fraction of Their power over dreamstuff, and tasked them with finding the culprit. You are that detective. Uncover the perpetrators, discover their plans, and report your findings. Dreams Detective is a solo journaling… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreams Detective.

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

    Want to make a solo-journaling game that feels nostalgic? Or a one person adventure that's got improvisation built into its system? I made FOLDS for both those reasons. Use the playground cootie catcher to explore actions, repercussions, and plot twists that encourage exploration and  free interpretation. I also have a crippling dice addiction, but there's one game that's held my heart for longer.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FOLDS SRD.

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  28. "You can't be one wolf, you're always eight or nine, six or seven."-1914: One or Several Wolves? Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari One or Many? is a solo ritual and journaling game about self-discovery, reflection, and individuation. This is a game of fragmentedness and wholing, of re-visioning and reshaping our Selves. The goal is to access, embody and reclaim your multifaceted, wild Selves and i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One or Many?.

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  29. 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    Update: Just added a free demo, including all of the Redígo Core rules! Scroll down to check it out.JUST ADD CREATIVITY Redígo ("re•DEE•go") is a game of narrative hand signs for roleplaying on the go. You can play on a walk, in a car, around a campfire, or even inside a cool fort made of blankets and chairs. It doesn't require dice, paper, or even a tabletop. All you need is a creative mind and s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Redígo RPG Core.

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  30. 55%Game Brain Score
    55% User Score Based on 7 reviews

    In the desolate landscape of dreams where strange geometry and physics hold sway, you watch the change happen. Doors open to unexpected locations and paths turn back on themselves in a maddening loop. The whole city of Arkham becomes a never ending hallway that stretches so that you can never quite reach the exit door. The people cry out in panic as they are snatched into shadows, go mad with visi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Father Dagon Mother Hydra.

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  31. It's always an adventure with Ivory Tours! Explore a decaying star ship infested with malevolent aliens in this dice-building dungeon crawler! Made in seven days for Dungeon Crawler jam 2021.  Tasked with cleansing a dangerous menace that has overtaken the ill-fated S.S. Ivory Tours, your brave team must seek out weapons and equipment while developing the skills to use them against the dangerous m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ivory Tours.

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  32. 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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  33. 46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    53% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    Experience the golden age of piracy through a strong and original narrative, real-time exploration and turn-based tactical combat in Flint - Treasure of Oblivion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flint: Treasure of Oblivion.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    93% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    A supernatural Halloween whodunnit. Solve a chilling locked-room mystery before the grim reaper reveals the answer! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reaplaced.

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  36. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    65% User Score Based on 113 reviews

    Set in 1924 Massachusetts, take the role of Detective Monroe, Professor Webley, and Boss Pendleton of the Pendleton Agency, all of whom have come to possess an eerie black rock with strange properties. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark Stone from Mebara.

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  37. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 72,832 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 29 reviews

    The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a space shuttle and travels across their solar system to get to the bottom of its mysteries by exploring the cosmos and gathering the knowledge hidden within each of the system's planets, left behind by another civilization in the distant past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outer Wilds.

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  38. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 3,600 reviews

    The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sexy Brutale.

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    36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    46% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    Dark Gates is a game which tries to capture classic tabletop RPG experience. As a player you need to assemble a party of six heroes, select spells for them and send them on the quest to the labyrinth. Somewhere in that maze an evil mage created Dark Gates and now gates are open. Your party have to find and destroy those gates as darkness pours into this world through them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Gates.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 1,785 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 7 reviews

    In the old days man tried to catch a glimpse of the future in the strangest of ways. Experience the ancient Swedish phenomena of year walking through a different kind of first person adventure that blurs the line between two and three dimensions, as well as reality and the supernatural. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Year Walk.

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  41. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 112 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    A gruesome murder interrupts an evening party at a secluded mansion and you are the prime suspect! Explore the mansion, search for clues, and interrogate the other guests as you strive to unmask the killer in this open-ended mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MMM: Murder Most Misfortunate.

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  42. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 4,353 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 30 reviews

    Discover Paradise Killer on the official PlayStation website - trailer, versions, story details, game features and more If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paradise Killer.

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  43. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, atmosphere
    85% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    The Glorious Commonwealth’s first Airship has been sabotaged! Uncover what the passengers are hiding and write the grisly conclusion. Open-ended who-done-it mystery where others may suspect YOU if you're not careful! Dziękujemy! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Karaski: What Goes Up....

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  44. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, optimization
    96% User Score Based on 45 reviews

    Birmingham, England: 1993. A shocking ritual murder compels a world-weary forensic investigator to discover a hidden realm of witchcraft, gods and demons. Follow clues and use magic to solve the case, with moral choices leading to multiple possible endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Sceptic's Guide to Magic.

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    40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    50% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Enter the world of Narborion Saga: an epic, high fantasy, role-playing game. A mixture of game-book, tactical combat, rogue-like dungeoneering, minigames, and much more ̶ Narborion Saga will satisfy the fans of narrative, story-driven RPGs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Narborion Saga.

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  46. Developed for Jame Gam #36 Welcome to the world of Freaklandia, where people everywhere hunt the planet's wildlife and have them fight each other for sport! And for some reason, nobody thinks anything's wrong with that! Short guide: Use arrow keys to move, I to open the inventory, and K to talk to NPCs To win, you have to get your Candleman to a certain level and have all four of the available Poc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pocket Freaks.

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  47. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    Welcome! This is a two-page, printable approach to designing engaging, dramatic scenes for any story - whether one you choose to write out, or for a story game.  Though designed to work with the StoriesRPG base game, it works with any tabletop RPG, breaking every scene into four parts: The Hook: A read-aloud description to set the scene!Explore: A list of things to describe and questions to ask to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to StoriesRPG - Scenes!.

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  48. As a part of Dream City Universe Second Phase, the game contains Office story content. You will take a role of a spy sent by someone to carry out a special mission. Interact with the co-workers, solve their issues and try to replace the current CEO. Along the way, discover secrets and form the alliance while trying not to get fired. There is a serial killer in the office and at some point, you'll… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DC Anthology: Office.

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  49. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Story driven Metroidvania-ish challenging platformer with cute hand-drawn graphics and a focus on exploration. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trapers Platformer.

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  50. Create your own lineages of vampires belonging to one of several clans, unite them together in a coterie with a common cause, and discover the mysteries from antiquity to the contemporary World of Darkness. Story Across the Sea of Time, an Ancient Game is being played by entities older than recorded history, manipulating select vampiric bloodlines into being pawns for conspiracies spanning millen… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sea of Time.

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