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Games like The Grim Odd

Looking for games like The Grim Odd? Here are top action recommendations with a fantasy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Free Spacer, 9 Lives to Valhalla or Pipedream.

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  1. Adventure. Investigation. Science! Your crew hustles to complete jobs in a sector-wide cold war. Free Spacer is a sandbox science fiction game about a crew of a commissioned starship in a quadrant wide cold war. There is exploration, trade, investigation, space combat, science projects, infiltration, and troubleshooting. We play to find out how the crew gets the job done, the choices they make, th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Free Spacer.

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  2. 60%Game Brain Score
    60% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Physical editions available for purchase here! 9 Lives to Valhalla is a frenetic, gleefully ultraviolent ttrpg about death metal viking cats earning their seat in Valhalla through glorious violence and death (all 9 of them)! Nine lives to stalk the earth! Nine times to die with sword in paw! Nine Lives to Valhalla! You are a death metal viking cat, earning your place in the drinking halls of Val… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 9 Lives to Valhalla.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    61% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    PIPEDREAM is a #SWORDDREAM roleplaying game of detectives, problem-solving, and rural mysteries in a fantastic world; or a farcical drug comedy. You may play it as both. The game is played as a conversation between a Referee and 1-4 Wisefellows (halfling detectives). The Referee describes the scenes and supporting characters, and presents problems and threats that players are faced with. The other… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pipedream.

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  4. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    Realms: Etria is a solo (or 2-player) narrative roleplaying game with six pre-made settings to choose from. It combines elements of journalling and dice-based games to create a gm-less system. It is flexible but focuses on narrative by having you draw and describe scene cards. You don't need to plan sessions in advance because the story is generated as you go along. The system is inspired by games… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Realms:Etria.

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

    Hard-Knock World is a streamlined tabletop roleplaying game where players adventure to learn new skills at the metaphorical ‘school of hard knocks’: advancement is open-ended, using broad fictional descriptions. Each PC can master a new ability related to their class each session, but this happens diegetically (in the story) rather than being chosen between sessions from a list of advanced moves— … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hard-Knock World.

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  6. 100%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 67 reviews

    In a long forgotten age, a raging war shattered and devastated the worlds of gods and men. Now green life blooms amidst the ruins of the lost worlds. Wondrous and terrible beings roam the Nine Realms. Civilisation stumbles forward, fresh and reaching. Fate carves the skein anew but there are loose threads, lost long ago in the wars, with no place in the tapestry. These threads must seek the fire w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Runecairn: Core Rules.

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

    Miasma and Monsters A weird, dark, fantasy role-playing game Created by Peter TR Bernhardt of Goblin Pit Games Physical copies available here. Link to the Referee's Quickstart. Miasma and Monsters is a TTRPG inspired by the Knave hack, Glaive, but it is its own game entirely. It offers a class-less system that lets players customize their character as they advance in levels. It should be comp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miasma and Monsters Player's Pamphlet.

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  8. 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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  9. 53%Game Brain Score
    53% User Score Based on 4 reviews

    Journeys Weird and Winding (JWAW) is a weird-fantasy RPG built on the MÖRK BORG rules-light system and taking heavy inspiration from other adventure-focused games like DURF, Into the Odd and Troika! This game aims to instill a sense of wanderlust into the risky and random systems of classic, OSR-inspired games. The Wandering Party is faced with a world where a magical apocalypse has annihilated ou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Journeys Weird and Winding.

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  10. Ascendant Destiny is the brain-child of one person, and seventeen years of writing and testing with countless play-testers, brought to life visually with the help of twelve artists. It was a long journey where the author, who was tired of the limitations of others role playing game (RPG) systems, decided to create a system in his spare time for a world of his own creation. A system where the rules… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ascendant Destiny.

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

    Print copies available here.  Retropunk is a cyberpunk, tabletop roleplaying game in which the players embody characters in a futuristic hybrid reality—where the digital and physical have merged. Everyone experiences a world beyond augmented reality through their neurochip, tech implanted at birth. But by hacking these ‘chips, they traverse this new reality free from monitoring. Using this cloak o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Retropunk.

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  12. 58%Game Brain Score
    58% User Score Based on 9 reviews

    What matters most in the face of collapse? In Questlandia, you and your friends will invent a world from scratch. It might be fantastic or bizarre, from a remembered past or imagined future. You’ll paint a picture of your society and its people, their laws and customs, how they live and how they dream. But your society is failing. As you play, your characters will attempt to find beauty and purpos… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Questlandia: 2nd Edition.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    81% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    You've made it! Welcome!  I'm so excited for you to check this game out! Cantrip is a roleplaying game about witches who are coming of age while studying at a magical Academy. They will grapple with their place in the world at large, their emotions, their budding relationships, the expectations placed on them by everyone in their lives, the secrets held by the Academy, the weird and wonderful crea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cantrip.

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  14. 83%Game Brain Score
    83% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    The Sea is calling The open oceans beckons to the small explorer Come, set voyage on my water Adventure to the massive unknown Experience bliss foreverLILLIPUTIAN: ADVENTURE ON THE OPEN SEAS IS COMING TO EXALTED FUNERAL! IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 68 PAGE HARDCOVER BOOK & 66 PAGE SOFTCOVER ZINE FORMS! STAY TUNED! What is Lilliputian: Adventure on the Open Seas Lilliputian: Adventure on the Open Se… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lilliputian: Adventure On the Open Seas.

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  15. 30%Game Brain Score
    30% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Primal Quest is Out Now! And it’s FREE in PDF! The world of Thaia Is as old as life itself But there are older things And they are as mysterious as our world… What is Primal Quest? Primal Quest - Essentials, the Weird Stone & Sorcery Adventure Game, presents a streamlined set of rules for adventures in a mythical stone age world where humanity survives side by side with dinosaurs, aliens, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Primal Quest - Press Kit.

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  16. Fact sheet Developers: Gem Room Games Kickstarter Launch: Feb 1st, 2022 Platform: Tabletop Role-Playing Game Price: $5 Digital, $10 Print Available here: https://9-lives-to-valhalla.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Game Description You are a death metal viking cat, earning your place in the drinking halls of Valhalla by casting a wake of blood and carnage upon the blighted earth in each of your 9 l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 9 Lives to Valhalla Press Kit.

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  17. 98%Game Brain Score
    98% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    In short: This is the full MÖRK BORG book—without most of the art and with a minimalist graphic design—for free download. The introductory adventure Rotblack Sludge is included as well, unchanged from the original version. One day all will blacken and burn. Just as the Two-Headed Basilisks have predicted.  The world is dying, time is short. How will you face these last days? Robbing graves for soi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MÖRK BORG BARE BONES EDITION + ROTBLACK SLUDGE.

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  18. 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    “The Earth as we know it is no longer; but by our memory it shall remain.” The Earth was destroyed by the mysterious emergence of the World Tree – and within the roots of the Apocalypse, life was reborn anew. New species of humankind evolved, and magic fills the very air like pollen.  Inspired from tile-based strategy games like Arknights and Fire Emblem, Voyager: Tactics is a tactics TRPG inspire… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voyager: Tactics playtest.

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  19. A New Legend Every Time Every Legend is a text-based AI RPG where the story is generated around your choices. Create a hero, enter your actions in your own words, and watch the adventure unfold through dynamic narration, characters, quests, dialogue, images, speech, and music. This is a passion project about exploring what role-playing games can become when AI is used as the engine for living sto… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Every Legend.

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  20. 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    PLAYTEST MATERIAL This is the playtest version of the Against the Fall of Night TTRPG.  More about the playtest status can be found below.  What this means, in short, is that you can expect limited or no art, formatting, and incomplete rules all over the place.  Your one-time purchase will entitle you to all playtest updates made, right up until the final playtest version.  The final playtest vers… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Against the Fall of Night Playtest.

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    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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    58%Game Brain Score
    58% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    If you don’t support LGBTQ+, trans, & black and indigenous lives please kindly fuck off and don’t buy this product. Please check out our limited run on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/a-grim-hack-pdf?_pos=1&_sid=0ae6400ef&_ss=r A Grim Hack is a Hack System for grim settings, perilous adventures, and pseudo-historical feels that wears its influences on it's sleeve. Grim Ha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Grim Hack.

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  23. 57%Game Brain Score
    57% User Score Based on 8 reviews

    Broken Wonders  is a Roleplaying Game about a crew of adventurers in a medieval fantasy world. Adventurers as underdogs This isn’t a power fantasy. Broken Wonders is about being adventurers, and adventurers are underdogs. There are terrifying beasts, ruthless undeads and f**king gods out there. You’re going to lose sometimes. You’ll get bloody a lot. You’ll probably stress to death. Life as an adv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BROKEN WONDERS - Fantasy Forged in the Dark.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    90% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    You are a failure. You have no home. You have no job. You have no friends. You have no family. You have no prospects. What you do have are a handful of pennies, a blithe disregard for your own life, and a particular set of skills. The kind of skills that make respectable folks avoid you.  Out there, beyond civilization, lies danger: monsters and magic and  ancient ruins pregnant with treasur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Errant.

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  25. Epic World Building for 5th Edition (5e) Game Masters! Want to run realistic rites and rituals that bring your game world to life? Now you can! Inside this 5e handbook, you'll find exciting ideas and inspiration for: Rites and Festivals (for most fantasy religions) Rules for Arcane and Divine Magic Rituals Rules for Fortune Tellers and Psychics (including detailed predictions) 40 Omens and 100 Pr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Game Master's Guide to Rites and Rituals.

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  26. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    77% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    A magical card game where you duel wizards using AI generated poetry. Travel a rich world, meet fellow wizards, collect cards and build a deck that will inspire enchanting poetry! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Verses of Enchantment.

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  27. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 4,546 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 9 reviews

    A narrative-driven RPG set in a gritty world where a person's Lot is determined at birth, while the gods are real and preside over the fates of men. Set out on a lifelong journey and carve out your own destiny. Will you become a judge, an inquisitor, or conspire against the old order? You decide! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante.

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  28. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    58% User Score Based on 90 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 4 reviews

    Lead the King’s Council for generations as the consequences of your decisions decide the kingdom’s resources and political standing. Form alliances, solve dilemmas, and prepare for the final uprising that was foretold by an ancient prophecy If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The King's Dilemma: Chronicles.

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  29. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    68% User Score Based on 249 reviews

    A short love story with a twist: the love of your life is 50% human, and 50% grasshopper. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro.

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  30. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    94% User Score Based on 338 reviews

    Rogue is a dungeon crawling video game first developed by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman around 1980. It was a favorite on college Unix systems in the early to mid-1980s, in part due to the procedural generation of game content. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue.

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  31. 100%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 87 reviews

    The sun is dying and the wreckage of countless eons litters the parched wastes of Vaarn, the desolate country that common folk call the blue ruin. It is said that these sky-coloured sands hide the graves of the Autarchs; have swallowed the buried arcologies in which the true seed of humankind was preserved through the Great Collapse; conceal forgotten crypts of memory, decaying crystalline lattice… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VAULTS OF VAARN #1.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    69% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    ECO-MOFOS!! is a mid-future ecopunk ruin-delving survival game, as player characters (PCs or Punks) seek a safe homestead to start a new community, Weirdhope not Grimdark. Around two hundred years ago, everything went to shit. The wealthy, who created this mess, fucked off to Mars while the lucky ones hid in vast underground bunkers. We were left to fend for ourselves on the surface, eeking out a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ECO MOFOS!!.

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  33. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 192 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Old-school dungeon crawler is here ! This game is most old-school style of "Wizardry" spiritual successor, which gave origin of JRPGs, is now available on Steam with scenario editor and some modern UI improvements. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wizardry: The Five Ordeals.

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  34. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    100% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    "The Darkness Below" is a first person grid-based dungeon crawler,inspired by titles such as Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder, Lands of Lore & Might and Magic 3-5! Features (v1.2 + Prelude) windows / linux / android*prelude version - contains about ~3 hours of the full releaseturn-based moving & battling much like M&M 3-5interactable items & objects (ground items, levers, doors, keylocks)variou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Darkness Below.

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  35. 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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  36. View Game
    34%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    53% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Tsukumogami is the original Japanese version of 99 Spirits, a RPG/Puzzle game that revolves around the popular Japanese folklore of Tsukumogami, everyday objects coming alive on their 100th birthday. The Game Features an original battle system where players will have to puzzle out the true identity of the enemy before defeating them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tsukumogami.

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  37. 57%Game Brain Score
    57% User Score Based on 8 reviews

    When I was first asked by my fans to 'fix the thief', I had had no idea that it was broken.  I was surprised by the ask, for multiple reasons. Firstly, because Jesse Ross (yes. The one who wrote Trophy! I was as surprised as anyone. He apparently reads and enjoys my work? I talked to him, really nice guy) directly asked me to do this. He's obviously a man who knows a thing or two, so I gave this a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Why Thieves are Anti-OSR, 3 Thieves That Aren't, & why we Love them Anyways.

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  38. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    83% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    Search for a ruthless assassin in this Gamebook Adventure where YOU control the story! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to An Assassin in Orlandes.

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  39. Metal March: Beginner Experience is a free playable preview game of Metal March. This version game is includes 1 race and 1 region, a total of 2-3 hours of playable time. You'll see the overall flow of the game, the initial strategy, etc. The full game includes the following! CHESS-inspired turn-based strategy game mixed with card collection genres. (Based on our current updates) Select your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metal March: Beginner Experience.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    82% User Score Based on 408 reviews

    Infinite text-based RPG, powered by cutting-edge AI technology which runs on your graphics card. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AI Roguelite.

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  41. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    86% User Score Based on 215 reviews

    Welcome to the vertical-slice/Alpha version of The RPG Engine.The Game can now be downloaded straight through steam:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818180/The_RPG_Engine Are you bored of playing your Role Play Games using outdated 2D visualisation systems?Do you want a more atmospheric way to represent your world and combat scenarios?Well look no further! From intuitive terrain sculpting to it… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The RPG Engine.

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  42. 100%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    Runecairn: Wardensaga is now available in hardcover and softcover from Exalted Funeral In a long-forgotten age, a raging war shattered and devastated the worlds of gods and men. Now green life blooms amidst the ruins of the lost worlds. Wondrous and terrible beings roam the Nine Realms. Civilisation stumbles forward, fresh and reaching. Fate carves the skein anew but there are loose threads, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Runecairn: Wardensaga.

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  43. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, graphics
    71% User Score Based on 586 reviews

    Experience the freedom normally only found in a tabletop RPG. Empowered with magic, you will create your own story, and experience real consequences from the decisions you make. Will you be the world’s savior . . . or its destroyer? The choice is yours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Archmage Rises.

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  44. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, monetization
    93% User Score Based on 131 reviews

    ■About■ This is a short kinetic novel, about 2-4 hours long (depending on your reading speed). We tried to preserve the spirit of the Touhou universe. You will find a light humorous story about an ordinary guy whose life drastically changed one nice day when he accidentally got into Gensokyo. We have always wondered what a normal person would do if he found himself in such a situation. All charact… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Touhou Gensokyo Visitor.

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  45. 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    The Hidden Isle is a pen and paper RPG that uses Tarot cards instead of dice, set in the 16th century on the secretive island of Dioscoria. It focuses on roleplaying and collaborative storytelling. This is a game about swashbuckling adventures across Europe and the Middle East, stealing forbidden texts from oppressive regimes, protecting an island of outcasts using ancient magic, and toppling e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hidden Isle - digital version.

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  46. What is FABLE? Fable is a narrative tabletop roleplaying game (NTRPG) where one participant becomes the Game Master (GM), guiding and narrating the adventures of the remaining players (typically between 2-5 in number). Fable was created with these philosophies in mind: Fiction First Fable is a game is derived and guided by the fiction before any mechanics come into play. Descriptions and the co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fable.

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  47. 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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  48. Short adventures and persistent random encounters to shake up the streets of your city! Tiny Weird Adventures: Urban Edition is a collection of short Tier 1 adventures to be used in conjunction with the Fifth Edition of the most popular fantasy RPG of recent times, easily adaptable to your medieval fantasy game of choice. You will get 6 urban-themed adventures to enhance your game with stories o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiny Weird Adventures: Urban Edition.

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  49. 54%Game Brain Score
    54% User Score Based on 5 reviews

    ~ The printed version of Viva la QueerBar will be available at plotbunnygames.com ~ ~ Es gibt auch eine deutschsprachige Version des Spiels. ~ The Game Viva la QueerBar is a slice-of-life story game about a queer bar (or queer café) and the team who runs it. It's a game about the pleasures and struggles of being part of a queer community. Whether as a fantasy medieval tavern, a cyberpunk un… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Viva la QueerBar (English).

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  50. 77%Game Brain Score
    77% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Any Planet Is Earth is a set of sandbox guidelines for creating a near/far future adventure campaign. With an emphasis on realism, lateral thinking, and simple rules, players will seek jobs, bounties, trade, and rumors, accept death, and try to leave their mark on the starscape which naturally emerges from details, dilemmas, and decisions. The game takes its inspiration from Marc Miller's Classic … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Any Planet Is Earth.

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