Games like The Pale Beyond
Looking for games like The Pale Beyond? Here are top survival role playing recommendations with a drama, mystery and historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Alters, Yes, Your Grace or The Banner Saga.
1 88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability89% User Score 5,600 reviewsCritic Score 88%11 reviewsSURVIVAL HAS NEVER BEEN SO PERSONAL
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79%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability86% User Score 5,594 reviewsCritic Score 72%14 reviewsThese are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.
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84%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization88% User Score 7,478 reviewsCritic Score 80%39 reviewsBanner Saga - Viking Strategy Tactics RPG - Best Indie Game of 2014
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95%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding95% User Score 1,137 reviewsCabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
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88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization94% User Score 4,294 reviewsCritic Score 82%21 reviewsRoleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
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83%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization90% User Score 4,546 reviewsCritic Score 75%9 reviewsA 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!
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95%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaycharacter development, grinding95% User Score 676 reviewsSacred Fire is a narrative RPG in which your humanity and emotions impact your fight for survival and inner freedom. Inspired by ancient Caledonia, the story follows a group of resistance fighters and their rise to power. Choosing motives, ideas and feelings is as important as choosing your actions. Develop your personality and compete for influence to change the story and avert a tragic ending.
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73%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability79% User Score 2,364 reviewsCritic Score 67%15 reviewsOut of money and out of luck you find yourself heart broken and on the verge of collapse. Your landlord's taken the key back, you can't finish your manuscript, and your beloved is marrying someone else. With no choice but to handle whatever life throws at you, you set out on the open road on a mission to win back the love of your life. The story from there is up to you. Can your life be salvaged, …
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77%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, grinding80% User Score 3,984 reviewsCritic Score 70%4 reviewsThe Council is an episodic game that delivers a fresh new take on the narrative adventure genre. Make hard-hitting decisions, develop an array of skills, and directly impact how the story unfolds. With permanent, long-lasting consequences, there is no going back. Plunge into a tale of intrigue and manipulation in the style of a classic murder mystery, interacting with a cast of alluring characters…
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82%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding80% User Score 1,533 reviewsCritic Score 84%35 reviewsBanner Saga 3 is the final dramatic chapter in the mature, story-driven Viking RPG series which has won over 20 awards and has been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards. As the world continues to crumble around you, who can you trust, how will you protect your allies and what choices will you make as the Darkness draws near?
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