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 View Game88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability89% User Score 5,600 reviewsCritic Score 88%11 reviewsSURVIVAL HAS NEVER BEEN SO PERSONAL
View Game2 View Game79%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability86% User Score 5,594 reviewsCritic Score 72%14 reviewsIn "Yes, Your Grace," you are the king of a medieval kingdom, making decisions on how to allocate your resources to help petitioners in the throne room. Manage your family's affairs, hire generals, witches, and hunters to aid you, and navigate the politics of the realm. The game features a fictional world inspired by Slavic folklore, with a focus on storytelling and character development.
View Game3 View Game84%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization88% User Score 7,478 reviewsCritic Score 80%39 reviews"The Banner Saga" is a single-player Role Playing game with a good plot that allows players to shape their own narrative through strategic choices in travel, conversation, and combat. With over 25 playable characters from two races and seven classes, every decision made has a meaningful impact on the story, including the potential loss of characters. Victory or defeat in tactical combat also has consequences, making each decision critical to the survival of the player's caravan.
View Game4 View Game95%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding95% User Score 1,137 reviewsCabernet is a single-player horror RPG set in a 19th-century Eastern European-inspired world, blending supernatural and political intrigue. Play as Liza, a young vampire wrestling with morality, as you explore a hauntingly atmospheric story filled with decadence, sacrifice, and choice. Featuring exceptional gameplay, stunning visuals, and an emotional, replayable experience.
View Game5 View Game88%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.
View Game6 View Game83%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization90% User Score 4,546 reviewsCritic Score 75%9 reviewsIn "The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante," players navigate a ruthless world in a narrative-driven RPG format, following a man who challenges the existing social order. The game is presented as a journal, with life-altering decisions and the struggle for freedom at its core.
View Game7 View Game73%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability79% User Score 2,364 reviewsCritic Score 67%15 reviews"Always Sometimes Monsters" is a narrative-driven RPG where your choices significantly impact the story. As a down-and-out writer, you must make difficult decisions to reconcile with a former love, all while dealing with life's harsh realities. The game features a unique perspective system, where your character's gender and race are determined by the player you choose at the start.
View Game8 View Game95%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaycharacter development, grinding95% User Score 676 reviews"Sacred Fire is a narrative-driven role-playing game set in ancient Ireland. As a Celtic warrior, make strategic choices in dialogues and battles, manage your relationships, and confront your inner demons to survive. With its unique emotion-based combat system and poetic storytelling, Sacred Fire offers an immersive and intimate RPG experience."
View Game9 View Game77%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, grinding80% User Score 3,984 reviewsCritic Score 70%4 reviewsIn "The Council," a narrative-driven adventure game, players step into the shoes of Louis de Richet, a member of a secret society, who receives an invitation to a private island from the mysterious Lord Mortimer. The game features five episodes, where players' choices and character development significantly impact the story's outcome. Engage with notable historical figures, such as Napoleon Bonaparte and George Washington, and uncover the island's dark secrets filled with intrigue and deception.
View Game10 View Game78%Game Brain Scorestory, musicstability, grinding84% User Score 791 reviewsCritic Score 72%10 reviewsTokyo Dark is an anime-style horror adventure game combining point and click and visual novel genres. The story follows Detective Itou across Tokyo, searching for the truth behind her partner's strange disappearance. Featuring puzzles, stat management, and difficult decisions, Tokyo Dark puts the narrative in the hands of the player. Players' decisions change their character, opening or locking op…
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