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Games like The Needle

Looking for games like The Needle? Here are top tactical role playing recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Crying Suns, Caves of Qud or Nilspace.

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  2. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 11,271 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 6 reviews

    Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Caves of Qud.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    An all new Strategy RPG inspired by your favorites! Develop a guild, foster character relationships, and customize your units for battle. Discover the unknown realities of Nilspace and its many stories. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nilspace.

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  4. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 92 reviews

    Lead the Knights of the Round Table through King Arthur's legend in a unique RPG, full of honor, magic and romance. Plunge into a colorful world inspired by medieval art, tales and music. Undertake perilous quests and fiercely defend your kingdom to make the flower of chivalry blossom again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legends of the Round Table.

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  5. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay
    67% User Score Based on 49 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Steel Shadows is a standalone RPG set in the epic universe of Ancient Frontier. Take command of a rag tag band of pirates and outlaws as you fight your way across the Frontier for treasure and glory. Delve into our latest turn based tactical RPG. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows.

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  6. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    90% User Score Based on 111 reviews

    Drug Dealing RPG roguelite strategy crime saga with choose your own adventure elements. The police and the jackboys aren't your biggest enemy... Time is! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trapper: Drug Dealing RPG.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    86% User Score Based on 74 reviews

    Experience hardcore, sci-fi dungeon crawling in this dark, atmospheric roguelike. Xenomarine offers tactical turn-based combat with hundreds of unique items and upgradable weapons and armor, as well as massive replayability thanks to its randomly generated content. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to XENOMARINE.

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  8. 42%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    43% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    The Tower is a single-player, first-person, sci-fi action game. As Consortium office Bishop Six, you can choose to fight, sneak, explore, or talk your way through an interactive story driven by your actions and decisions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Consortium: THE TOWER.

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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    67% User Score Based on 220 reviews

    Deadnaut is a Squad-Based tactical RPG from the developers of Zafehouse: Diaries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadnaut.

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  10. You are a traveler who has arrived in a strange, scripted world. What begins as an ordinary journey soon leads into a growing mystery that threatens the foundations of Arcadia itself. Choose from a cast of starting protagonists, including a formidable Arcadian Knight burdened by a painful past, a traveling stage magician who thrives on unpredictable outcomes, and more to be announced. Uncover l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcadia Unbound.

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  11. You were nobody. Now you have one shot to become something.A dead-end job. No prospects. Then one night you're abducted, one of 300 humans taken aboard an alien fleet that was never supposed to stop at Earth. The galaxy is being culled by the Drone Fleet: a billion-year-old force that has extinguished 95% of all life and never lost a single battle. The Sekarri, seven-foot feline aliens, see someth… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drone Commander.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    93% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Mage Mayhem is a team-based strategy game where you can compete in up to 4v4 battles with your friends competing across different game modes and maps to prove who is the best mage. Customize your character with many different classes, abilities, and perks to fit your playstyle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mage Mayhem.

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  13. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, funny
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    You’re not a hero.  You’re just someone who woke up in a cold, broken world: with no memory, no future, and maybe no hope. Will you figure out who you were?Will you survive long enough to matter? Navigate a post-apocalyptic town filled with factions, decay, and uncomfortable choices. Hunt rats, sell their meat, go mad from hunger, or maybe-somehow start a business.Violence is … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Because The World Died.

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  14. Noble Armada: Lost Worlds is a real-time strategy PC title based on the Noble Armada miniatures game. Set in the Fading Suns Universe, where the suns themselves are dying, humanity battles to revive its lost greatness, or just take what is left. The five great Royal Houses dominate human space as they battle each other for control of the greatest resource... humanity itself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Noble Armada: Lost Worlds.

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  15. ZeroSpace is a cinematic RTS with an epic sci-fi story where your decisions determine the fate of the galaxy. No two matches play the same thanks to nearly limitless combinations of factions, mercenary units and heroes, introducing unparalleled strategic depth and player expression to the genre. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZeroSpace.

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  16. 56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    83% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    Save reality one mission at a time! A seemingly unimportant Void Scout gets thrown into the middle of an interdimensional war, as the only one who can prevent the Exoforms from consuming reality. Strategize, plan, and execute in a suspenseful tactical roguelike. Save the multiverse and die trying! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Void Scout.

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  17. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:character development, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    90% User Score Based on 121 reviews

    This Three Kingdoms sandbox RPG lets you do whatever you wish in the late Han Dynasty. Be a ruler, courtier, or hermit. Make friends, marry, raise children, manage estates, train yourself & allies, govern, drill troops, experience & alter history, and conquer all to win the hearts of the people. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms.

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  18. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    79% User Score Based on 133 reviews

    Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead In Antares.

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  19. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    79% User Score Based on 67 reviews

    Takara Cards is a fusion of deckbuilding and tactical RPG about adventuring through Cosmos and Karma. Control a space ship with Cards on a 3x3 Grid in Tactical Turn-based battles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Takara Cards.

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  20. You play as Agent Urassik, a secret agent who was fighting his arch rival, General Lei, when the end of the world occurred. You wake up in Diyu, the realm of the dead, where you meet Lord Yama, the king of hell. He recruits you as the leader of Unit 7, an anti-terrorist organization that fights against demons and other threats in the capital city of Youdu and beyond. You will have to use your skil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mythical Agent.

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  21. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization
    92% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    "Our ambition was…quantum. We truly believed we were prepared to explore the deep universe. The hubris."

Welcome to Castaway Station, an exciting survival game that takes you on an unintended journey on a hostile planet after a catastrophic accident on your space cruiser. Stranded on an unknown planet with limited resources, you must use all your wits and skills, along with any tools you scavenge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Castaway Station.

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  22. 22%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    27% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    In Memory of Titan is a turn based strategy game with cinematic battles. A ancient AI has invaded the solar system with one goal at hand, the purge of the human kind from the universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In memory of TITAN.

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  23. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 1,792 reviews
    Critic Score 41%Based on 5 reviews

    Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe, while an intergalactic war is raging. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shortest Trip to Earth.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 7,310 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HighFleet.

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  26. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    73% User Score Based on 165 reviews

    NEXT JUMP is a turn-based, tactics Shoot 'em up for people who are bad at SHMUPs, but love them. Do space-jumps and chase the vicious Dragons who stole all the stock of Beverage from the Galaxy and now are running away! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics.

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  27. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 4,338 reviews
    Critic Score 55%Based on 2 reviews

    The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Age of Decadence.

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  28. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    100% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Originally released in 1994, this is the rewritten-from-scratch 25th Anniversary Edition!  The entire game has been recreated using a modern 3D engine to be as faithful to the original as possible....  It is the thirty-eighth century.  The fall of Earth is but a legend and humanity has migrated to a terraformed Mars.  The Pentateuch, a group of five priests, rules the newly risen technocracy with … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ironseed.

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  29. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 823 reviews

    Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech and lead the Templar Knights in battle against fierce enemies. Create your own unique Battleforce by recruiting an array of Templar specialists and then design their exact build of equipment and talents. Invent distinct strategies and fire teams that guarantee no two armies will be the same. Deploy your forces into tactical scenarios that will challenge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Templar Battleforce.

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  30. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 219 reviews

    No adventure is the same. Whenever you begin an adventure, the universe is randomly populated with characters and encounters. There is no 'up' in space. Explore the tactical richness of full 3D movement. Watch your angles and flank the enemy from all directions. Configure your fleet. Find crazy loot throughout your adventures, and install upgrades and artifacts to your flotilla of ships. Play with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flotilla.

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  31. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 3,990 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 1 reviews

    Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

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  32. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    59% User Score Based on 59 reviews
    Critic Score 47%Based on 1 reviews

    Precursors, predecessors, the legend of galaxy... Who are carrying the forebear's genes among existing races, we can suppose only... Worlds of galaxy are everlasting, beautiful, unique and dangerous. Some of them are inhabited, some ruined and deserted, other - just a smugglers trans-shipment stations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Precursors.

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  33. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere
    90% User Score Based on 300 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way? The decisions are up to you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Captain.

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  34. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 1,450 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    A fusion of card-based RPGs and Adventure games, “Black Book” is a haunting tale of a young sorceress, who gave her life to serve the dark forces. Dive into the cold, yet alluring world of folk tales - and uncover the secrets that hide in the darkness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Book.

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  35. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    73% User Score Based on 561 reviews

    Wartile is a medieval fantasy themed strategy game that invites the player to select a band of miniature figurines and embark on a campaign or a multiplayer match, set on gorgeous diorama Battle Boards. Figurines, their special abilities and your hand of godly and tactical cards are the tools to rule the board. Wartile captures the tabletop feeling, while adding its own digital style, magic and hu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WARTILE.

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  36. 56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    56% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    Tears of Avia is a turn-based strategy and tactics RPG set in the beautiful world of Estera. As a Seeker, journey through war-torn environments and build your party to save the world from its horrible fate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tears of Avia.

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    41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    70% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Starsim is a sci-fi multi-genre (pausable real-time, text quest, Turn-based tactic) computer game where you can become anyone. Players explore a partly-randomly generated galaxy, with each sector featuring multiple stars and planets. This leads to a universe with hundreds of planets, each with their own economy, government, and opinion of the player. The game is not limited by borders and allows… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starsim.

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  38. Welcome To The Galaxy!Test your wits as well as your ability to lead an expedition in this deep space dungeon-crawler. Hire the best heroes and villains of the galaxy. Find unknown planets in uncharted space. Start small, plan big and get a fleet of warships capable enough to rival most fearsome enemies. Can you endure the hardships of deep space and become known throughout the galaxy? **********… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpoct.

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  39. COMMAND THE ULTIMATE DEEP SPACE FORTRESS! Embark on a perilous journey into the dark abyss of outer space. In this endless sci-fi tower defense game, you are the Commander of a high-tech starship cruising through hostile galaxies. Cosmic monstrosities and alien hordes are closing in from the void, drawn to your ship's energy core. You and your elite crew are the final line of defense between surv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Grow Together.

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  40. High-Quality Realistic Cultivation Visuals Breaking the fixed art styles of traditional immortal cultivation games, this title focuses on hyper-realistic lifelike visual effects with comprehensive artistic upgrades and distinctive innovation. Its unique realistic art style leaves a striking first impression. Abandoning floaty character models and exaggerated special effects, every detail is polish… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 不问凡尘.

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  41. SURVIVE THE GALACTIC FRONTIER Welcome to Aethelgard. You are the commander of an upgradable starship lost in a hostile, resource-rich sector of deep space. Your mission is simple: mine rare ores, trade for powerful technology, and survive the endless waves of elite alien warships hunting you down. UPGRADE YOUR ARSENAL Start with a basic vessel and transform it into an unstoppable dreadnought. Col… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aethelgard: Galactic Guardian.

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  42. 0%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    0% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Survive the harsh reality of prison life in Prison Life Sim 2026 - Survival. Manage resources, build relationships, sneak, fight, and make choices that shape your fate in a world where every decision matters If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prison Life Sim 2026 - Survival.

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  43. ROBOSCAV is a turn-based extraction RPG where you command fully customizable robots into raids. Explore the planet, Scavenge for loot, Fight robots and aliens, Extract. After crash landing on a hostile planet, you must rebuild your spaceship from scratch, to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ROBOSCAV.

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  44. Contract spirits, build your party, and guide their battles with cards in this party-building roguelike RPG. No pact lasts forever, and your party keeps changing. Fight deep into the forest with spirits that are yours alone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spirit Dungeon.

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  45. Breach. Fight. Loot. Repeat... Breach Squad is a top-down sci-fi auto-combat roguelike RPG built around corridor breaches. Your squad fights on its own - you command, manage loot, and grow marines permanently… But if they die, they’re gone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breach Squad.

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  46. An unforgettable journey of discovery, hope, and survival, as you strive to unlock the secrets of the universe and pave the way for humanity's destiny. By intertwining Exploration, Adaptive Gameplay, and Survival, ETERNITY offers a rich and immersive experience where you’re guiding humanity’s last fleet through a procedurally generated galaxy, and your “empire” is a moving city of ships. Every ve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternity.

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  47. Roadmap About the GameEarly Access Nexus Wars: A Sci-Fi Odyssey in the Making STAGE 1: Dive into a Relentless Text-Based AdventureStep into Nexus Wars, a gripping survival saga set 4,970 years in a parallel future, syncing with real-world time. You’re a Frame—a synthetic, clone, or bio-engineered shell—your consciousness ensnared in a 24-hour mind-swap loop by an unknown force via the HyperNe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nexus Wars.

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  48. Verfall: A Dark and Strategic RPGThe world of Verfall is in ruins. The "Servants of Corrosion" have been unleashed, and now it's a race against time to save what remains. Heroes marked by the "Mark" carry the burden of a curse and must unite, facing the challenge with the few resources available. Traditional power-ups are not an option — every battle must be fought with what yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Verfall.

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  49. Abeyance is a roguelite, sci-fi, dungeon-crawler. Salvage wrecked starships in a gritty, post-apocalyptic world. Fight mutants and mechanized defense systems. Battle your inner demons to save your soul… and reclaim your humanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abeyance.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    65% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Black Baron. Immerse in the wild atmosphere of flying pieces of shattered planet, where three civilizations are roaming the skies by flying boats: reptiles, easterners and rebellious toasters. Fight in the air and in the taverns. Breach enemy hull and make your revengeful way to Baron. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Baron.

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