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Games like What lies beneath the darkness

Looking for games like What lies beneath the darkness? Here are top role playing recommendations with a horror and fantasy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Outcast, Street Wolves (Core Rules) or ZombieCards.

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  • 59%Game Brain Score
    59% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    What is this game? The Outcast is a solo RPG about reputation and redemption. Your character has been ostracized by a community they were once part of because of a mistake they say you made. You embark on a lonely journey fulfilling missions to try and restore your reputation. The game provides a unique setting generator that allows you to create a custom world for your gameplay in just a couple …

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  • 58%Game Brain Score
    58% User Score Based on 9 reviews

    STREET WOLVES  “Put your shades on, get in the car, and pop in a cassette. It’s time to hit the streets.”   Street Wolves is a synthwave infused, retro-future setting for the Savage Worlds ttrpg game system.  Save 10% Today by Joining Table Cat Mailing List Before Buying!  The setting of Street Wolves is inspired by Synthwave aesthetics, 80s TV shows like Miami Vice, and neo-noir movies like Drive…

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  • ZombieCards draws inspiration from Exploding Kittens and Escape from Tarkov, innovatively combining intense card battles with post-apocalyptic survival. Engage in card duels based on Russian Roulette rules, scavenge supplies, make timely escapes, and build your camp as you fight for your final chance at survival in the zombie-infested city of Travis! Strategic Urban AdventuresEvery decision is …

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  • Steampunks 1869 Geartopia was one of the largest cities. In 1869, its population was large. Its skyline is more impressive than that of other large cities; its metropolis was spread over such vast plains that the buildings could be seen for miles. It was a city full of steam powered cars, fog, and stubborn steampunks. Its people are such a vivid mixture of races, languages, and colors that the…

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  • 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    204 pages, full-color, 39 pieces of art, revised versions of each Uncanny Echo game (issues 0-9), and 45 pages of support text. To buy the Print+PDF version click here. Uncanny Echo is a tabletop roleplaying game that uses the Powered by the Apocalypse engine to play out stories of supernatural and uncanny urban fiction. It is comprised of 10 full Powered by the Apocalypse games called issues. Eac…

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  • 53%Game Brain Score
    53% User Score Based on 4 reviews

    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…

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  • 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Step into the world of The Slender Man Mystery, where darkness and enigma reign supreme. As a fearless investigator, you are drawn to the legend of the elusive Slender Man, an otherworldly being whose presence has haunted humanity for centuries. Uncover the truth behind the disappearances, face your fears, and solve the mysteries that have eluded many before you. Will you be the one to unravel the…

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  • 100%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 80 reviews

    Push SRD is a genre-agnostic, story-driven Role Playing Game designed for cooperative play, but also suitable for single-player. Its key feature is a single core mechanic where players roll 1d6 to resolve all types of conflicts, encouraging emergent storytelling and imaginative play. The system is lightweight, without stats, and can be easily customized with a two-page template provided.

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  • 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…

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  • 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    The gods are dead, the New World Order is up and running, and trans-dimensional portals are interrupting morning commutes. Welcome to the city of Polis. Revenant World is a tabletop role-playing game where you and a group of friends will take on the roles of Vagabonds-- rebellious adolescents from Polis just doing their best to navigate the treacherous halls of high school as well as the alien wor…

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