Games like WAKE
Looking for games like WAKE? Here are top role playing recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Father Dagon Mother Hydra, MONSTERS TTRPG or Ascendant - Mercenaries and transhumanism (English edition).
- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 7 reviews
In the desolate landscape of dreams where strange geometry and physics hold sway, you watch the change happen. Doors open to unexpected locations and paths turn back on themselves in a maddening loop. The whole city of Arkham becomes a never ending hallway that stretches so that you can never quite reach the exit door. The people cry out in panic as they are snatched into shadows, go mad with visi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Father Dagon Mother Hydra.
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- 52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 3 reviews
"Our ancestors told stories of the earth before it was like this. They roamed free like the birds who fly in the sky above our biodomes. They ran like mustangs across fields of verdant green. If we were so carefree we would likely end up dead or worse: infected. To be infected is a waking nightmare, it is to lose your humanity. The virus unleashed upon this world by those who came before us mutate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MONSTERS TTRPG.
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We are in 1993, and it is the hour of the ascendancy. Ascendant is a minimalist role playing game based on the Breathless system. In it, one player plays the master of the game while the other participants take the role of agents who work on behalf of the Ascendant group. Using the technology of the same name, Ascendant agents transport their consciousness into the bodies of different individua… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ascendant - Mercenaries and transhumanism (English edition).
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THE WORLD CAME TO AN END... Well before you were born, the world ended. While there is no one thing that signified the end of days, archivists agree that the "Year the World Ended" was 2324. Disease, wars, and natural disasters destroyed civilization as we know it, driving people into tunnels and underground bunkers. Most of these pocket cities fell apart due to illness and infighting, leaving onl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Substitution.
- 73%Game Brain Score73% User Score 24 reviews
An important note: The game is no longer available for purchase (neither in PDF format nor in print-on-demand on Amazon). I'm working with Need Games on a new expanded edition! Once the work is completed, it will be distributed by Need Games, both in PDF and physical format. Thanks to everyone who has supported the game to date - your help has allowed the game and the community around it to grow. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Breach.
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This SRD The Breathless SRD is a creation toolkit that helps you design a game where every mechanic ever-increasingly rises the tension until the characters are forced to suffer dangerous consequences. This survival focused system is simple, condensed, and already powers more than 150 different games. Based on Breathless, you will find here everything from rules, to design guidelines, to help you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breathless - System Reference Document.
- 52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 5 reviews
The Spiral is at War. Stars keep disappearing in the night sky. The earth is soaked with blood. No more room for graves. No more tears for the fallen. We will fight until they surrender. Because we will not. Saints of War is a futuristic, sci-fi role-playing game about never-ending wars and the individuals that fight them. In a mix of sci-fi, alchemy, trans-humanistic philosophy and sacral m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saints Of War - Alpha version.
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- 63%Game Brain Score63% User Score 14 reviews
Fragments of WarAfter the war, thousands upon thousands of bipedal mechanized fighting vehicles (or “Bimechs”) were left scattered across the land. Many were brought back to the capital cities to be repaired or scrapped, but the majority of them were too damaged to be easily transported. With the war won, the victors simply left their mechanical refuse in the battlefields to rust and wither. Recla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mectors.
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Play the Villain The top comment/request when I published my Lovecraftian horror ttrpg "Father Dagon Mother Hydra" was "Can I play a cultist?" So many players wanted to bring about the age of the Elder Gods! You now can with this alternative to the original game. You are a member of the cult of Mother Hydra Father Dagon. Together you have ripped Arkham from a reality of sense, reason, and physical… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mother Hydra Father Dagon.
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What is The City Ethereal? The City Ethereal is a fantasy game that takes place in a modern world, though not our world. Players are Weavers that track down and deal with wayward spirits in a hidden world of spirits and magic. A Hidden Worldof Spirits and Magic A few hundred years ago, spiritualists and magiturges worked openly. The War of the Crows changed that, and the magic users of the world f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The City Ethereal.
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- 53%Game Brain Score53% User Score 4 reviews
In all the gulfs between life and death, there was no grander stage of joviality and terror than the Kingdom of Guignol. Here the ripe red passion of the Murdered danced with the gallows-born humor of the Condemned. All the while, the Neglected watched so they might taste the glee and shock their fruitless lives lacked. Oh, what a bloody, merry nation the King of Unrule ignored, for his crooked cr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Troupe RPG.
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- 78%Game Brain Score78% User Score 29 reviews
Charge SRD features all the rules of Charge RPG alongside full of insightful designer notes for you to make your own Powered by Charge (PbC) game!Read online on fari.community. Also available in FrenchSpanish Features With Charge, you can Easily create characters for any setting. Embrace the style of play you are the most interested in. Use built-in dials to decide if you want a grimmer or bigge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charge SRD.
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- 52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 3 reviews
Escape from Charybdis Station, a solo sci-fi TTRPG by Kaid Brenen Sacander, Guided by Firelights, created for the Firelights Jam. You are a Myrmidon, an elite servant of the queen of the Attala Star Empire. You stole the secret weakness of the enemy’s star-eating superweapon, and must return it home for any chance to save your people. While fleeing your pursuers, you were caught in the FTL-disabl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape from Charybdis Station.
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- 53%Game Brain Score53% User Score 4 reviews
Strangers awake beneath an ancient tree. The era is unknown. They hold no memories—only visions of a beautiful, terrifying woman: The Red Lady. Each is consumed with their own singular, jealous yearning to find her.They set out as allies in circumstance. Pulled along by strings of fate, they are hounded by The Enemy: cruel, relentless monsters in the shapes of humans, and other beasts.In the end, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solipsis Part I. The Red Lady.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
It’s summer, and you’re on your own in the backcountry. It is as beautiful as it is remote, and while you’re grateful that you stumbled across this listing on the ecology job board, you can’t help wishing for a nice, simple list of GPS coordinates. Who knows why Dr. Olson decided to note down site locations using cryptic landmark descriptions instead of the standard LAT-LON? They must have had th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Field Season.
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- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 6 reviews
The Hopes & Dreams SRD is a creation toolkit that helps you design a game where every mechanic serves the narrative in a quick, and efficient way. This goal focused system puts player characters against what they dread the most in every single roll. Based on Hopes & Dreams, you will find here everything from rules, to design guidelines, to help you make your own game Ignited by Hopes & Dreams.Read… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hopes & Dreams SRD.
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- 81%Game Brain Score81% User Score 32 reviews
Charge RPG is a free, open and generic role-playing game. It uses a quick dice resolution mechanics inspired by Forged in the Dark games, but with an entirely new spin, using clever ways to make the players want to engage with the game as much as possible.Read online on fari.community. Charge comes in three flavors: Features With Charge, you can Easily create characters for any setting. Embrace t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charge RPG.
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- 57%Game Brain Score57% User Score 8 reviews
Welcome to an almost-eternal nightmare trek through a post-post-apocalyptic wasteland, pushed onwards in the face of near-certain death. It is a fantasy Western nightmare after the second end of the world, where your Revolver binds you to vile existence no matter how many times you fall, until you earn your Doom.It is loaded with one bullet and one ending. --- DREAD REVOLVER is a tabletop roleplay… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DREAD REVOLVER.
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- 41%Game Brain Score41% User Score 2 reviews
Danger Zone is an airwar roleplaying game set in the modern day and near future. You play as a hotshot pilot, the very best of the best, fighting over the clear blue skies, infiltrating enemy airspace, and destroying military assets before the enemy knows what happened. Danger Zone is a rules-light roleplaying, and it relies on all players to craft and flesh out the setting and gaming situations… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Danger Zone.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
Get Ready for the Hunt You are a Hunter, and great beasts are threatening your village. Gather your weapon and your friends, and defend your home. Along the way, you will gather materials, craft traps and potions, and maintain your weapon, all while following the great beast's tracks. After the Great Beast is a Breathless game inspired by the Monster Hunter franchise. What's New in Version 2.0? S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to After the Great Beast.
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- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 9 reviews
The Federation controls the galaxy. They govern with an iron grasp, leveraging the power of tyranny and propaganda to prevent anyone from overthrowing their ruthless empire. There are rumors in the mists about pockets of rebellion. Renegades who haven't lost hope in the face of impossible odds. The Federation is not invincible. They have flaws, and with a bit of luck, we might overthrow their regi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Renegades.
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- 58%Game Brain Score58% User Score 9 reviews
There's a problem at Santa's workshop. You need to find a solution, or children might not receive their gift in time for Christmas! Feature as one of the 10 Best Tabletop Games To Play During The Holidays And To Introduce TTRPG To Kids on CBR Trouble at Santa's Workshop is a kid friendly mini tabletop role-playing game where you play as Santa's helpers to help prevent some trouble from h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trouble at Santa's Workshop.
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- 53%Game Brain Score53% User Score 4 reviews
You're Hired! Welcome to Anomaly Hunters! I guess I should quickly explain what the concept of the show is: we find haunted locations, you go there, destroy the thing, and film the whole process! Is it legal, well... Probably not... But is it cool... Heck yes!Anomaly Hunters is a monster hunting tabletop roleplaying game, within which you play as the protagonist of an investigative reality TV sho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anomaly Hunters.
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- 52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 3 reviews
WELCOME TO THE LIMINAL SEA You don’t remember what happened. You know you had a life, but the memories are an unsolvable hazy mess. Nevertheless, you know who you are and where you are: the Liminal Sea, Ocean of Oceans, Place Below Places. The special area you are in is the Sea of Dreams. Here lies the sleeping visions and subconscious minds of all sentient beings, from the indescribable avat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Sea: Dream.
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- 69%Game Brain Score69% User Score 20 reviews
For generations, the departed have been trapped in their undead form all across the land of Penumbra, tormenting and plaguing our world. The Firelights, who once guided the dead through the Veil, have vanished. But there is still hope. Their last cocoons just hatched right under the careful eyes of the Protectors. You are the last of the Firelights. You must traverse through swarms of lifeless… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Firelights.
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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 4 reviews
In Frozen Breath players take on the role of Scouts who must traverse the winter wastes of an alien world. Search for other survivors, food, fuel, & building materials and survive long enough to return to The Forge so that humanity can survive in this terrible cold. Face off against the hardships of cruel, cold nature. Fight back against scavengers who would kill you for your gear. Uncover the st… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frozen Breath.
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- 65%Game Brain Score65% User Score 16 reviews
Follow the Path The Path Of The Wolves is a simple hack of Charge to play within the Witcher universe. I made this game to show how easy it could be to make a Powered by Charge game, and also because I love the Witcher novels, games and series so much. Silver for Monsters... In this game, you play as Wolves. Humans who went through intense mutations as kids to adapt their body in becoming dangero… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Path Of The Wolves.
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- 82%Game Brain Score82% User Score 35 reviews
MONOLITHIC The MONOLITH EDITION is here. The Monolith Edition features an entirely new layout, revised and edited text, and mechanical tweaks to the classic Extracausal experience. The Monolith Edition adds new layers to the game and new tools to help spark more stories. Aspects give depth and narrative impact to NPCs.Cores provide extra moods and aesthetics for locations, as well as prompting… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXTRACAUSAL.
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In the far flung future the iron fist of justice is harsh and swift, but the death penalty is no longer used. Criminals convicted of capital crimes are sentenced to "Survival," where they are dropped off on a hostile planet and given a chance to survive. Very few make it out alive, but escape means freedom and the fulfillment of their sentence. You Are Criminals... Inspired by films such as P… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ruthless: Survive, Betray, Escape.
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- 53%Game Brain Score53% User Score 4 reviews
InkSea: The Abyss is set in my world of InkSea and was created for the Firelights Jam. What is InkSea: The Abyss? InkSea: The Abyss is a solo roleplaying game. You have been infected by the all-consuming, sentient bacterium by the all-knowing Spider. Find them their relics within the inky depths or succumb to spreading bacteria. You will use two six-sided dice and a deck of cards to resolve action… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to InkSea: The Abyss.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
You and your friends lost a bet and were dared to spend the night in Old Hoffman’s Mansion. The sun has set beyond the horizon, the wind is howling, your lanterns flicker, the mansion begins to stir and the haunting begins. Will you stay alive long enough to see the sunrise? Or will you go mad and spend the rest of eternity here in the mansion with Old Man Hoffman? The Game Hoffman's Mansion is a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hoffman's Mansion.
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- 100%Game Brain Score100% User Score 52 reviews
The city of Heliwyr is damned. Decades ago, a mad priest officiated an ancient ritual, awakening a wicked force that branded every inhabitant, corrupting their blood. On nights with a blood moon, the curse awakens, depriving the inhabitants of their minds. Those who decide to follow the path of the priest, voluntarily feeding on the corrupt blood of people, become Apostles: almost immortal creatur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloodstone.
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Explore a Vast and Beautiful Universe:Step into a breathtaking open-world environment filled with diverse landscapes, from lush forests to unforgiving deserts. But what truly sets RTE Worlds apart is the ever-evolving universe. Thanks to our groundbreaking procedural-generation technology, you'll never run out of new places to explore. Every corner of the world is a fresh adventure waiting to be d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RTE Worlds.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
Scenario bundleIn this scenario bundle, you'll find 3 scenarios that draw their inspiration from horror classics. From ghost stories to a happy summer camp, everything can change into a life and death situation when you're unlucky.This bundle includes:The Invitation (by Sandra Catharin): You receive an invitation to visit an old manor. Little do you know that you're going to take part in an o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When the End Comes - Scenarios.
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- 66%Game Brain Score66% User Score 17 reviews
Our Queen is dead! Such sorrow and despair! Without our Queen, our hive, our home, will slowly perish. Our only hope, our only slim hope, is to find, beg, borrow and steal enough Royal Jelly from our neighbours. If we have enough Royal Jelly, maybe, just maybe, we can raise another Queen. In Queenless you’ll explore the valley, meeting other insects along the way. Your aim is to recover six jars o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Queenless - A solo RPG of exploration.
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This game was created for the first ever July Sixth Park Dinojam! Dino-pocalypse! The portals opened a few months ago. Nobody knows who to blame - scientists? The military? Dark wizards? But it doesn't matter now. What matters is the dinosaurs came through and destroyed life as you knew it. This city, built by a massive life-giving lake, was like a beacon for the prehistoric predators. Only the st… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prehistoric Portals.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
Inspired by the game Sable by Shedworks and running on the Charge RPG system, Feels Like Flying is a TTRPG in which you play as a teenager on your Gliding - a rite of passage in which you explore the world, assist others, traverse the land, and discover who you really are. The character sheet is complete as of now and the game can be played with just the basic rules on the document, or you can che… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Feels Like Flying - A fangame based on Sable.
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- 63%Game Brain Score63% User Score 14 reviews
Combat nightmares in the minds of another to protect the veil between dreaming and waking life. Play as Dream Warriors with powers surreal. Carry out missions to pursue your goals and protect reality. LUCID is a gm-less tabletop roleplaying game for 1-5 players. unique dual-phase play allows for casual and conversational pondering and planning while awake with surreal and psychedelic conflict an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LUCID.
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- 52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 3 reviews
Introduction You are crew on a cargo container owned by Miyazaki-Tanaka Advanced Industrial. The job is tedious, you transport cargo from one destination to another, most of the time you have no interest in what you are carrying as long as you get paid. Once your journey starts you spend the first couple of days making final checks around the ship. On longer journey you spend in hyper-sleep while… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cargo.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
ChargeQuest is a work-in-progress series of rules, ideas, concepts, and methods for converting Powered by Charge TTRPGs into customizable adventure games in which you'll create or recruit a party, discover Quests to complete, encounter Complications, and gain Assets and Experience. It is a sandbox for you to play around in, a guideline for telling new stories and exploring new narratives in the wo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ChargeQuest!.
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- 53%Game Brain Score53% User Score 4 reviews
Your heart is in your throat and you try not to scream. You’re safe, for now. He cannot find you here, can he? They are dead, they are really dead. Are you next? You see a shadow pass the door of the closet you are hiding in. A floorboard on your left creaks slightly and your heart stops when a large and bloody knife crashes through the closet door. Is this the End? When the End comes You … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When the End comes.
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Some time ago, I operated a Patreon account, producing one-shots and campaigns for the entertainment of a small but dedicated group of patrons. Although the community is now gone, its works live on in this collection of five simple RPGs. By purchasing this collection, you receive: Second-Handers You are members of EPOCH – the Establishment for the Preservation and Organization of CHronology. You … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The FrivYeti Patreon Collection.
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- 55%Game Brain Score55% User Score 6 reviews
This game is about War, Pain, and Hate. You warred with the Colonists. You warred with yourselves. Then the Imperials came to your “aid”. Your cousins to the North fight under the banners of the North Valley Army and with the (allegedly) radical Valley Commandos. You and your family are residents of the Southern Capital, occupied by a coalition of the Army of the Republic of the Valley, the South… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to They Took Our War.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
This is an adventure for Mausritter that uses the tension-fueled mechanics from the Breathless system by Fari RPGs. The system has been modified to work within Mausritter and the result makes this a unique and exciting adventure. The notorious wētā gang, the Night Creepers, has raided Scarecrow Stand! Residents are fleeing and the players find themselves quickly ushered into the underground mole t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Underground Escape.
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- 72%Game Brain Score72% User Score 24 reviews
The Game Nomadic is a solo tabletop role-playing game of exploration and survival. You explore dangerous worlds in a quest to find a new home for humankind. You use oracles when things are uncertain, perform dangerous actions, and manage resources to keep your body, your mind, your equipment, and your spaceship in good shape. The game uses the Breathless system, so every single action you take bri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nomadic - Explore, Document, Survive.
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Early Access Update #8 This week's update adds what will most likely be the last character, the Wanderer. This enigmatic character isn't bound to one time or place and has amassed an arsenal of weapons and tools that help in their adventures, you might even find out that they can use more than their own abilities. Early Access Update #7 This week's update adds a new playable support character, t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Figures Of Heroes.
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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 Score56% User Score 7 reviews
You reside in The Archive, an unending and depthless structure spiralling deep into the dark and misty depths, devoid of life and presided over by a being known only to you as The Archivist. The Archive is made up of windowless rooms and halls that vary greatly in their height, size and danger. All these spaces house numerous shelves containing the collected knowledge of the world outside of The A… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE BREATHING.
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- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
A role-playing game about angry aliens, salvaged space tech, and the limitless wonders of the cosmos. Space Junk is a storytelling game about a far future version of our universe where galactic empires have fallen and reclamation companies, pirate guilds, and mobsters fight for control of a war-torn sector of the galaxy. To play it, you will adopt a persona called a character through whose eyes yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Junk.
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- 71%Game Brain Score71% User Score 23 reviews
Nasty, Brutish, & Long is a tabletop role-playing game about class war and revolution in your own fantastical setting. Based on the Forged in the Dark system, this rules-light game puts characters divided by class and resources front and center in a world on the brink of permanent change. Will your bastard noble defend their small town from the Church's magic-hunting inquisition? Will your charact… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nasty, Brutish, and Long.
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