Games like The Real World; a Rules Lite Surrealist RPG

Eroding the Outside is a 32 page tabletop roleplaying game illustrated by AI where each player controls a god that is so powerful that they can alter physics itself by writing the rules of the game. The game starts out with literally nothing. Only each player's god exists. There are some basic rules about how a god "makes a declaration," which determines an "element of reality." Maybe a god decla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eroding the Outside: a TTRPG of Gods.

A minimalist, rules-light RPG for playing old-school fantasy stories, in the spirit of the game originally devised by Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax in the 70s. Another fantasy RPG among hundreds of already existing ones? Certainly. But everything you need to know — including rules for fleshing out any player character you have in mind, combat mechanics, a table of items and other adventuring resourc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HAGHEX.

**Printed books available now** Nominated for two ENNIES including Best Layout and Best Rules! NOVA is a rules-lite tabletop RPG in a world where the sun exploded, and humanity struggles to hold onto what little light they have left. The players will pilot exosuits, called Sparks, exploring the dark ruins of old earth, searching for the technology and knowledge that may just bring on a new dawn. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NOVA.

A Uniquely Japanese Tabletop Role-Playing Game Experience, now in English! Almost a decade ago, Japanese artist and game designer Junichi Inoue sat down to create what was, in his own words, a uniquely and unmistakably "Hyper Asian" Japanese world: a world of magic and technology, of samurai and Taoist sorcery, of powerful mecha and cultured geisha. The world was named Tenra, and the game was nam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tenra Bansho Zero: Heaven and Earth Edition.

the Stationary Traveler and the Consciousness Transfer Machine is an easy to pick solo writing/role playing game designed for the Colin's Fortune Telling Cards deck. The player embodies a character who explores different places, and tells the story of his adventure. As the game progresses, cards determine the course of the story and the events that will punctuate the adventure. The game can be pla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Stationary Traveler & the Consciousness Transfer Machine.

Shinobigami - God of the Shinobi - is a tabletop Role-Playing game originally developed and published in Japan by legendary designer Toichiro Kawashima, and gorgeously illustrated by the talented Shie Nanahara, Shinobigami is a fast one-session RPG focusing on character drama, stories of conflict and cooperation, and light tactical strategy in a dark modern "World of Shadows" setting where mysteri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shinobigami - Modern Ninja Battle RPG.

Fourth book in the Butoh Technomancy series, Flower Mist is a full color 343 page chaos magick grimoire framed as a suburbpunk animist roleplaying game about shifting psychologies, grounded in ideas of process philosophy. It also subtly teaches you the grammar of the magickal constructed language of the next book in the series, vaibbahk: https://alleywurds.itch.io/vaibbahk The 46 phenomena of the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flower Mist: A Metadialectical RPG.

This game is in late development. Throughout the production, I will post small updates, and if you like what you see please consider donating something when downloading the available draft versions. Words from a playtester "I had the pleasure of playtesting this game over the course of more than half a year. It has been wonderful to see it grow into a fully-fledged TTRPG! The game takes heavy insp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oceania 2084.

Goblins & Grimoires is a table top fantasy role-playing game based on the Four Points RPG System.OverviewIn this game you'll play as a gang of Goblins, small burrowing creatures, inhabiting the lands of Pherendel. For one reason or another, you have decided to learn magic! However, practicing magic in Pherendel is a tricky business: you'll need to find the right ingredients, know how to prepare th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goblins & Grimoires.

Coils of Chaos is a weird-fantasy roleplaying game set in the distant future-world of Thaarn (thaw-arn). Sword & sorcery heroics? Yes. Post-apocalyptic survival? Totally. Ancient robots and wild extradimensional lifeforms? You got it. Thaarn covers just about every genre element you could imagine. As a CRUX Roleplaying system game, Coils of Chaos uses a full set of standard polyhedral dice (d4, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coils of Chaos.

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.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

74% User Score Based on 61 reviews

Unveil the Enigmatic WorldStep into the enigmatic world of SCP Operations, where danger and mystery lurk around every corner. As an elite member of the Mobile Task Forces (MTF), you'll explore a variety of immersive environments, from the frigid expanse of northern Canada to the volatile regions of the Middle East and the dense jungles of India. Each location holds its own secrets, waiting to be u… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCP Operations.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

”Sparrow“ New Game: DPO0912 Join our discord About the GameEmbrace the universe, transform the world into a game. The mysterious angler rescues you from death and invites you into this game of destiny. For your father’s unfinished mission, for overthrowing the cruel rule, you will embark on a fated legendary journey. Spanning thousands of years from ancient times to the present, you will exper… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fatermyth.

150 Pages Format: Colour PDF Prevail Unbound is a Tabletop Roleplaying Game set in a dark, gothic vision of the near-future. Humanity has connected to Magic and the Supernals - Spirits of the Plane of Kur previously labelled as Demons. _______________________________________________ By the year 2066 Humanity on the planet Earth was a shadow of it’s former achievement. Tribal notions of division… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prevail Unbound TTRPG.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

91% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Apollyon is a dark fantasy narrative RPG focused on choices, where you summon demons and spiritual entities, deal with them for power, and delve deeper into an occult universe! It is a multiplayer choose-your-own adventure RPG mixed with a roguelike strategy board game and hidden deckbuilder elements. In this 40+ hour game, you will: Use obsidian tokens upon the Apollyic table to control the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apollyon: River of Life.

28%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

39% User Score Based on 23 reviews

After returning from school, 12 year old Midori receives a message on the social network from a stranger. He invites her to play the "Blue Whale", a mysterious and dangerous game, at the end of which Midori should become a whale... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blue Whale.

Carve your path through the aged streets of Tibil, the last settlement on a time-lost earth. In an era long past humanity’s destined demise, enduring through black technology and the mysteries that lie within. Star & City is a table-top role-playing game (TTRPG) set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future, full of strange beasts known as “Paraxen”, mysterious technologies, and superpowered monster… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star & City: 2.

Deep within the Hekate Sector lies a planet racked by snow and ice storms: Benza-10. It's there that Pure Transmission Corporation, the gatekeepers of the interstellar airwaves, maintain a mysterious archive of captured voices that the Corpos don't want you to hear, and maybe, MAYBE some you ought not to. Does breaking in and liberating the voices of Hekate sound like music to your ears? Suit up, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hecate Cassette Archive.

Find your own adventure! Build your story in a fantasy universe inspired by DnD. Choose your own path, both in the direction of movement and pumping the character. Travel and discover new and unique corners of this vast world! Features  Procedurally generated world. The world is randomly generated each time you start a new game. This creates unique and varied worlds to explore.DnD-like system. The… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pixelaria.

Welcome to Ravenscrest.  On the surface, it is a small, stagnant town nestled somewhere within the Pacific Norwestern region of the United States.  As a high schooler living there, you are likely all too familiar that this description is the understatement of the millenia.  In fact, bad shit happens in the region  around Ravenscrest that the government(?) has even taken interest in the strange occ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RAVENSCREST 2nd Edition.

What's GUTS+? We can't all be super-powered demigods on an epic quest to save the universe. Most of us are just normal people dealing with weird challenges or tricky situations. When you don't have access to supernatural abilities, it takes GUTS to work through them! The GUTS+ System is a role-playing game system that allows you to live out wild adventures without straying too far from your own ab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The GUTS+ System PDF.

Loot the Plutes is the first full TTRPG published using the Four Points RPG System. OverviewIn this game, you'll play as a gang of swashbuckling rogues in the hyper-capitalist plutocratic city of Gilderburg. The city is ruled over by the Circle, a group of six obscenely wealthy noble families.Listen out for rumours, gather information, plan and attempt heists, evade the law and even use enchantmen… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loot the Plutes.

The award winning RPG of monster hunting has been updated! Get ready for Slayers 1.5. The City sits at the nexus of the world. Once you're inside it, it is the world. Something drives the borders of The City ever-onward, crawling towards the horizon. Urban sprawl made real. Neighborhoods appear and disappear overnight, The City is filled to brim with no shortage of interesting characters, culture… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slayers.

╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩╩ Many years ago, a young boy rode the train into the city. He didn’t know that one day the train would stop. He didn’t know that one the city would fall, that its skyscraper heights would be bleached by sun and salt and yield to burgeoning coral beds. He didn’t know that his seat would become a planter, a dug-out bin of dirt and moss turned on its si… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Waxworm.

A Packet of What? A Packet of Particular Peaks. This is a go-to reference for a system neutral, old school inspired fantasy setting that aims to provide a “drop-in-and-drop-out” experience. You can run a small side quest within the peaks, provide a parallel campaign to your normal adventures, or simply pull from this packet for game-able material in your role playing game sessions. We hope … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Packet of Particular Peaks.

Coffee Shop Screenwriter - Sitcom SCREENWRITING GAMIFIED Coffee Shop Screenwriter - Sitcom is a story-telling role-playing game for one or more players. Each player takes the role of the screenwriter as they’re frantically trying to write an original sitcom script whilst sitting in a coffee shop. By the end of the game you will have come up with an idea for a screenplay, whilst also developing th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coffee Shop Screenwriter - Sitcom.

Explore the first official module/expansion of Eri-Gor RPG: War of the Elements - The Holy Inquisition, set in a world where darkness and the supernatural are as real as the gods. Players will face difficult choices and fight for their lives in a society marked by fear, where vampires and lycanthropes are hunted relentlessly by the Inquisition. Meet the Vampires, beings who hide in the shadows an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ERI - GOR RPG: HOLY INQUISITION [MODULE].

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

93% User Score Based on 80 reviews

Full moon. Cold night. Dark shadow. Warm gun. The Beast of Glenkildove has stalked Ireland for centuries. Now, you must hunt it. Hunter: The Reckoning — The Beast of Glenkildove is an interactive novel by William Brown, set in the World of Darkness. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Eight years ago,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hunter: The Reckoning — The Beast of Glenkildove.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

95% User Score Based on 21 reviews

In this modern urban-themed RPG, you can collect nearly a hundred different dragon spirits, experiment with skill setups, assemble teams, and devise strategies to build your dragon spirit squad. Adventure through the virtual spaces in Metapolis, and uncover the conspiracy behind it all. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dragon Spirits 2.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

87% User Score Based on 1,785 reviews

SOVL is a tabletop fantasy wargame. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SOVL: Fantasy Warfare.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 58,300 reviews

Disco Elysium, a genre-bending RPG that became a cult classic when it debuted in October 2019, is heading to consoles in 2021. Disco Elysium: The Final Cut adds full voice acting to the game, as well as new quests, more characters and fresh explorable areas. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disco Elysium: The Final Cut.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

72% User Score Based on 92 reviews

Critic Score 30%Based on 1 reviews

Try on the role of a Supernatural Newspaper Agency boss and editor. The world it takes place in is a dark and haunted one, with ghosts, zombies, monsters and even shapeshifting murderers, pretending to be human after they have stolen their victims' bodies or infiltrated the humanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Daily Chthonicle.

MASHED is a tabletop roleplaying game that uses Powered by the Apocalypse rules to explore the value of human life and the stresses of war—but it’s also about relationships. And courage. And laughter. And love. Although your characters spend long hours performing surgery, MASHED compresses these into short events to focus on the most dramatic moments. Much of the game actually occurs outside of th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MASHED: A Korean War MASH RPG.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

56% User Score Based on 268 reviews

Critic Score 62%Based on 3 reviews

The Franz Kafka Videogame is an original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka. The protagonist named K., gets a sudden offer of employment and this event changes his life forcing him to make a distant voyage. To his surprise, the world beyond his homeland appears to be not as normal as he would think. Together with K., you will experience an atmosphere of absurdity, surrea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Franz Kafka Videogame.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

79% User Score Based on 80 reviews

Learn forbidden spells. Outwit the Cult. Resist the corruption of magic. As a Heretic Operative, a secret mage sworn to oppose the Cult, you must harness the arcane without becoming lost in its power. A unique narrative strategy-RPG inspired by classic boardgames like Arkham Horror and Pandemic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heretic Operative.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

70% User Score Based on 800 reviews

The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Old City: Leviathan.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

51% User Score Based on 225 reviews

Talisman Prologue is an adaptation of the classic fantasy board game Talisman by Games Workshop. This version focuses on single player experience. An epic tale of dice rolling and card drawing takes you on a quest throughout the land to rescue Princesses, slay Dragons and recover lost artefacts. Play through over 50 quests using the Talisman board game rules, and learn the special abilities of all… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Talisman: Prologue.

Unsure about Gratitude? Check out the Lite version, completely free! Like what you see? Get it in print from Exalted Funeral! The most interesting day of a person's life is the day when it ends. But this isn't a place for ordinary people. This is a place for the strong, the worthy, and those willing to compromise everything.  In short, Gratitude  is a storytelling game about trying to please an un… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gratitude: A horror game.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 928 reviews

The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

86% User Score Based on 370 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 1 reviews

A narrative-based RPG game which draws from the old gamebook genre, set in the world of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythology. Drawing from the dark realms of H.P. Lovecraft's imagination, Omen... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Omen Exitio: Plague.

34%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

44% User Score Based on 27 reviews

AETERNITAS! The RPG game where you get to be a student at an academy in a parallel world, where everyone can control the 4 elements. Brimming with humanity, new spells to learn, and stories beyond renown. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AETERNITAS.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

81% User Score Based on 738 reviews

Fabled Lands is a challenging old-school narrative RPG set in an open world. Complete quests, fight, trade goods and develop your character. Explore a vast land of adventure: travel across the war-torn kingdom, survive the plains of howling darkness, and escape the Court of Hidden Faces. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fabled Lands.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

94% User Score Based on 4,294 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

Roleplaying 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citizen Sleeper.

  This is a low level adventure, intended to be played after playing the intro adventure, Salt of the Earth, in the core rulebook. Ideally, your Coven will have leveled up to level two before beginning Blood Property.  The Purity Rose has a cure for people in Half Leaf who do not want to convert to their extreme religious practices. They are transforming the villagers into creatures who will obe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Property - Module/Adventure for Sickest Witch.

Disclaimer - This game: 1. is a work of fiction; 2. contains elements of religious themes, and  3. has instances of flashing lights/patterns. 4. features BGM exclusively by the brilliant YouFulca (Twitter: @YouFulcaEng); At the World's End takes place in the world of Orbeus, where legends speak of a Creator who moulded the world with the help of four primordial beings: Priv, representing the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to [Demo] At the World's End (Project Orbeus).

It is the year 0099 of the New Century… Civilization has been pushed to the brink, giant monsters known as Wyrms roam the Earth, the remnants of humanity teeter on the edge of war. You are a Pilot, cursed with Resonance to a mysterious stone known as Betyl which has become Earth’s new power source.  It is your resonance that powers mankind’s most horrific weapon. A titan of steel and fire built fo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Steel Hearts [Ver. Zero].

“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.

Brother Bear, Sister Wolf is a wildpunk tabletop fantasy roleplaying game about sentient animals on a quest to defeat a mystical threat to their home. They live in the Wild, a place like our world but without humans. They act according to their nature and instinct: wolves form packs and hunt, rabbits dig warrens and forage, mice scurry through the grass alert for danger, falcons soar overhead sear… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brother Bear, Sister Wolf.

You don’t know one another, but somehow, you ended up in this terrifying place. You might have clues, instructions, or each other. You might have nothing at all. You might be in a cabin, a warehouse, or a locked bathroom. You might be bound, chained in, or free to roam. The only commonality is that you cannot shake the feeling that a malevolent, dark presence is watching you. Snare is a tabletop r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snare: A Slasher Film RPG.

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.