Games like The Architect of Nowhere
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Young wizard stumbles on an ancient power and becomes a hunted man. A Visual Novel with rpg elements.
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$11.99CARAVAN in the MAJIN WORLD
6 days ago · PubMangaS
Both: Fantasy · Hand-drawn · Turn-Based Combat
You trading goods to fund adventure. Knowing when and where to trade is the true thrill of caravan life. As journey unfolds caravan caught in a conflict between the Majin and humans. NPCs self-talk their concerns through manga-style speech bubbles. Immerse yourself in a real life fantasy.
RPGJRPGComic BookStory RichFantasyDungeon Crawler2DHand-drawnTurn-Based CombatMinimalist
$19.99Sovereign Tower
Aug 6 · WILD WITS GAMES
Both: Visual Novel · Hand-drawn
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again.
Choices MatterMedievalChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelIndieManagementDialogue HeavyHand-drawnRPGStory Rich👍 3,150
$20.99Beast Saga
Apr 29 · 嘉兴黑曜石(Jiaxing Obsidian)
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Beast Saga is an open-world RPG set in a martial arts universe where you play as a young wolf tribe member named Lang Jiusi. Immerse yourself in a world of free exploration, gathering, crafting, life skills, martial arts cultivation, forming alliances and experiencing unique Jianghu adventures.
RPGOpen WorldStory RichTurn-Based CombatChoices MatterMultiple EndingsParty-Based RPGSandboxTop-DownCute👍 2,717
-21%$6.31嘉德莉亚的挽歌 ~Wind and Dream~
Apr 28 · 遥喵_Haruka
Both: Turn-Based Combat · Visual Novel
A miracle carried on the wind, and a dream that never wakes. A story-driven JRPG of romance, branching routes, and an ensemble cast. Follow Xingfeng through war, love, friendship, and betrayal, as different lives and forgotten stories converge upon a single truth.
RPGJRPGAdventureStory RichLore-RichTurn-Based CombatMultiple EndingsVisual NovelDating SimMagic
$19.99Ascend From Nine Mountains
Oct 1 · Nine Ascension Studios
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Craft mythical treasures. Perfect your stance. Shatter your limits. Ascend from Nine Mountains is a cultivation RPG where deep crafting, tactical combat, and meaningful relationships intertwine. Your choices carve the way from mortal obscurity to legend.
XianxiaCraftingAuto BattlerWuxiaTurn-Based CombatTactical RPGLore-RichMartial ArtsTurn-Based TacticsModdable👍 327
$29.99The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
Jun 16 · ConchShip Games
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
RPGMartial ArtsSandboxWuxiaOpen WorldStrategyIndieSingleplayerAdventureSimulation👍 56,539
$19.99Super Fantasy Kingdom
Oct 24 · Super Fantasy Games
Both: Fantasy · Turn-Based Combat
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
StrategyRoguelikeRogueliteFantasyRPGCard GameDeckbuildingRoguelike DeckbuilderTurn-Based CombatCard Battler👍 5,630
$6.99RAKKA: WAKE 01 - SOOT
Apr 26 · PMT Games Division
Both: Visual Novel · Hand-drawn
A homage to the gritty fiction of the ’90s. “RAKKA: WAKE 01 - SOOT” unfolds as an episodic, linear visual novel that blends paper-cut style comics, animation, music and dialogue into a slow-burn mystery thriller that dares you to dig deeper — even when you really, really shouldn’t.
Visual NovelStory Rich1990'sAnimeThrillerPoint & ClickLore-RichHand-drawnFemale ProtagonistDark Comedy
-10%$8.99Black Lotus
8 days ago · VNhub
Both: Visual Novel
Transported into a dark fantasy novel, Lin Tangtang must navigate dangerous missions, tangled relationships, and fate-changing choices. Win the trust of the enigmatic Shen Run, uncover hidden secrets, and shape your own ending in this choice-driven visual novel.
AdventureVisual NovelOtomeRomanceFemale ProtagonistDark FantasyPsychologicalSingleplayerAnimeDating Sim
$24.99Quasimorph
Jul 31 · Magnum Scriptum
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
RPGTurn-Based CombatStrategyTurn-Based StrategySingleplayerChoices MatterRoguelikeExtraction ShooterTranshumanismTurn-Based👍 7,207
-40%$14.99Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
Oct 9 · Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGJRPGRoguelikeStrategyTurn-Based CombatTop-DownGrid-Based Movement👍 1,299
$10.99Hua Manlou
Aug 20 · 初域游戏
Both: Visual Novel
Infiltrate the enemy capital, using the entertainment venue "Hua Man Lou" as a cover, and secretly train six talented and beautiful women as spies to carry out reconnaissance and assassinations. Advance the plot through skill development, and unlock three endings through love, hate, and revenge.
CasualSimulationRPGInteractive FictionDating SimFMVVisual NovelImmersive SimCRPGChoose Your Own Adventure👍 1,480
$19.99Fogpiercer
Jul 17 · Mad Cookies Studio
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Fight through the fog in this sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where clever positioning, explosive chain-reactions, and the environment itself can make the difference between life and death.
StrategyRoguelikeCard GameDeckbuildingRoguelike DeckbuilderTurn-Based CombatCard BattlerRogueliteDifficult2D👍 614
-10%$10.79Witch Please!
4 days ago · Steamy Buns Games
Both: Visual Novel · Fantasy
Help Petra navigate her new life as Head Witch of Fenloft Academy! Juggle classes, train skills, make friends, and solve mysteries in this charming choose-your-own-adventure-style visual novel.
Early AccessStrategyAdventureVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureCuteFunnyFantasyFemale ProtagonistRPG
$69.99Echoes of Aincrad
Jul 9 · Game Studio Inc.
Both: Fantasy
Step into Aincrad, a world of beauty and danger where every battle could be your last. Create your hero, choose your gear, and master combat by building synergy with your partner, leveling up, and unlocking special abilities to expand your horizons.
AnimeSingleplayerJRPGAction RPGSouls-likeFantasyHack and Slash3DRPGCharacter Customization👍 4,115
$39.99창세기전 외전: 서풍의 광시곡 리마스터
3 days ago · Nine Circles Corporation
Both: Turn-Based Combat
28 years later, Cyrano’s tragic journey of revenge begins anew. The War of Genesis: The Rhapsody of Zephyr returns in a remastered edition with HD 16:9 widescreen, full voice acting, and quality-of-life improvements. Rediscover an epic tale of tragedy and destiny.
RPGJRPGStrategy RPGTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatText-Based2D1990'sPixel GraphicsEmotional
-25%$9.74Dead Weight
Jul 16 · Klukva Games
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Face the Ancient Gods! Set the sails of your flying pirate ship and embark on a roguelite adventure in the steampunk world of Dead Weight. Explore floating islands in search of loot. Choose a class and enjoy turn-based tactical combat on tiny battlefields where every step matters.
Turn-Based CombatStrategyRPGReplay ValuePixel GraphicsTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyTacticalRoguelikeAdventure👍 583
-20%$19.99Realm of Ink
May 26 · Leap Studio
Realm of Ink is an Ink-style action Roguelite game. While pursuing the Fox Demon, the swordswoman Red, unexpectedly finds that her life is dictated by the 'destiny' within the world of the book. Only by breaking free can she unveil the truth of her existence and challenge the constraints of fate.
Action RoguelikeStylizedRogueliteMartial ArtsHack and SlashFemale ProtagonistAction RPGColorfulRoguelikeAction-Adventure👍 5,013
-30%$6.99Undusted: Letters from the Past
Oct 13 · 5minlab Corp.
Both: Visual Novel
Undusted: Letters from the Past is a casual game in which you clean and restore dirty items. What is her story as she returns to a long-neglected house? Enjoy the satisfying audiovisuals featuring sensually designed sounds and graphics.
CozyRelaxingShortStory RichFamily FriendlyVisual NovelWholesomePuzzleCleaningSimulation👍 1,738
-10%$5.39RLG:Origins
4 days ago · Stardust Factory Studio
Both: Visual Novel
Act in your own words to uncover the truth behind a broken oath. In this challenging high-fantasy Role Living Game, AI plays the GM and every character while fixed rules determine success and failure. Choose one companion, then investigate, negotiate, and fight your way to the story's end.
CRPGRPGExplorationArtificial IntelligenceImmersive SimInteractive FictionVisual NovelText-BasedMultiple EndingsEarly Access
-37%$9.44Crimson Oath
Apr 29 · Parry Frames Studio
Both: Fantasy
Long may the sun shine! Prepare to suffer! Souls-like combat adventure in a unique world. Learn to fight... then fight to realize your belief.A warrior gradually grows and uncovers the ultimate truth of world change.
Souls-likeActionAlternate HistoryFaithMedievalCombatAction-AdventureFantasySingleplayerAdventure👍 752
-30%$13.99Whispers of the Eyeless
Mar 17 · Venris, Evil Gingerbread Studio
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.
CultRoguelikeDark FantasyTurn-Based CombatRogueliteAdventureStrategy RPGAtmosphericLovecraftianDungeon Crawler👍 226
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$9.99ZENONIA 1
Aug 31 · Com2us Holdings, CFK Co., Ltd.
Both: Fantasy
Remember the RPG that defined a generation? ZENONIA is back—faithfully restored and now on Steam. Relive the adventure that kept you playing for hours, or experience it for the first time.
RPGAction RPGIndieAdventure2DAction-AdventureCuteCartoonyPixel GraphicsFantasy👍 440
$39.99Xenonauts 2
Apr 2 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 4,857
$39.99Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Apr 30 · Unfrozen
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerGrand StrategySimulation4XTacticalTurn-Based TacticsWar👍 19,290
Free正体 SHOUT-AI
Jun 20 · 852話
Both: Visual Novel
Walk through a broken game with Yoka in this psychological horror visual novel. Move dialogue windows, peer through fragmented images, and read records no one answers. What you touch, preserve, or leave behind shapes your conversations and leads to six endings.
Visual NovelPsychological HorrorStory RichChoices MatterMultiple EndingsAtmosphericChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionCute2D
$19.99Erannorth Renaissance
Oct 6 · Spyridon Thalassinos
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Erannorth Renaissance is a text driven gamebook with sandbox elements. Create your hero, build their party, and shape your journey. Set in an open world, it mixes text based narrative, turn based combat, deep character customization, and sandbox freedom.
Dating Sim2DModdableInteractive FictionSingleplayerTactical RPGAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based Combat👍 186
-50%$6.49Second Odium
Dec 31 · James H. Van der Meulen
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Seek purpose while managing a plethora of various afflictions and personality traits in hopes to survive an endless barrage of nightmarish threats that continuously seek to consume your mind.
SupernaturalRPGParty-Based RPGTurn-Based CombatStylizedPsychological HorrorDarkTactical RPGEarly AccessSurreal
$14.99Lucky Tower Ultimate
Apr 16 · Studio Seufz
Both: Hand-drawn
Escape from an incredibly dangerous, randomly generated tower in a slapstick, roguelite adventure that looks like a cartoon and feels like a joke. Slashy slashy!
Action RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerProcedural GenerationAdventureDark HumorDifficult2DCartoonHand-drawnComedy👍 2,282
-10%$17.99Infinity: HexaDome Tactics
11 days ago · Blindspot Games
Both: Visual Novel · Turn-Based Combat
Discover the story of the Aristeia world in single-player or storm into PvP battles! Turn-based battles, 12 heroes, varied arenas, deckbuilding with dozens of tactical cards. Assemble the perfect team, use hundreds of insane combos, and become HexaDome champion. And bring a friend!
Turn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyActionCard GameVisual NovelTacticalMultiplayerTurn-Based Combat
-20%$11.99Kusan: City of Wolves
Jul 30 · CIRCLEfromDOT
Both: Hand-drawn
Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.
Fast-PacedDifficultGoreComic BookHand-drawnAtmosphericRetroCinematicViolentPixel Graphics👍 298
-20%$15.99Solateria
Mar 12 · Studio Doodal
Both: Hand-drawn
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
MetroidvaniaSouls-likeDifficultHand-drawn2DExplorationStory RichPlatformerDark FantasyAction👍 712
$8.99Graphite
Jul 27 · RipRed
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Unleash your creativity as a kid’s drawings spring to life in this thrilling roguelike RPG. Build your party, navigate a dynamic timeline, and shape your fate through notebook scenarios that test your team in a world where the heroes don’t know they’re imaginary.
RoguelikeRPGTactical RPGTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyStrategyStory RichPsychologicalEmotional
$9.99Submission Saga: The Jiu Jitsu RPG
4 days ago · Nate Markham
Both: Turn-Based Combat
The first comprehensive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu RPG. A top-down pixel jiu jitsu game combining turn-based grappling with Pokémon-style exploration. White belt to black belt. Train at the gym, run businesses, and brawl street thugs. Win the world championships. Compete in ranked online matches.
AdventureMartial ArtsSportsTurn-Based StrategyStrategy RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGTurn-Based CombatExplorationPvP
-15%$2.54And who is the maiden?
3 days ago · Cipi Games
Both: Visual Novel
A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.
Choose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelStory RichChoices MatterShortMultiple EndingsMysteryInvestigationAdventureInteractive Fiction
$14.99Die in the Dungeon
May 1 · ATICO
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but dice! Deal with enemies by combining powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.
RoguelikeStrategyDeckbuildingCard GameRoguelike DeckbuilderTurn-Based CombatCard BattlerIndieDungeon CrawlerRoguelite👍 3,240
-25%$14.99K-pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut
Jul 16 · Wisageni Studio
Both: Visual Novel
The ultimate crossover between K-pop and Life Simulation! Step into the role of manager and build your dream idol group by scouting talent, managing schedules, choosing outfits, planning social media, and organizing the perfect album. Can you make it to debut?
Life SimRPGChoices MatterSimulationChoose Your Own AdventureAnimeVisual NovelManagementParty-Based RPGRelaxing👍 176
-20%$9.59Memory of Memorie : A Chill Story
Jul 22 · BeXide Inc.
Both: Visual Novel
A story-driven productivity adventure where you work alongside Memorie, an apprentice witch from another world. As you focus using the Pomodoro timer, the story progresses and her world gradually transforms. Turn solitary work into time shared with someone.
CozyRelaxingCasualTime ManagementImmersive SimUtilitiesIdlerVisual NovelInteractive FictionPoint & Click👍 248
$12.99The Spell Brigade
Apr 29 · Bolt Blaster Games
Survivors-like with ONLINE CO-OP for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet hell!
Bullet HeavenOnline Co-OpRogueliteBullet HellCo-opAction RoguelikeRoguelikeMagicMultiplayerAction👍 14,750
-10%$8.99Dirt Spoon in Another World
3 days ago · Underdog Games Inc.
Both: Fantasy
Thrown into an otherworld of wuxia and fantasy with a ten-million-gold debt — no powers, no cheats. Travel a map of 279 cities, buy low and sell high, and raise up to four mercenary squads to punch through bandit roads. A caravan-trading & squad-management sim. Clear the debt to win.
StrategyRPGTradingSimulationEconomyManagementSingleplayerFantasyIndieMartial Arts
$24.99Fatal Claw
Aug 26 · NDEV GAMES
Both: Hand-drawn
Dive into Fatal Claw, a Metroidvania game in vibrant 2D artwork. Explore the arcane underworld your way with Kisha. Your ultimate goal is to find the key to the surface world alongside other survivors, while vanquishing infected enemies and absorbing their power. Start your clawsome adventure now!
MetroidvaniaExploration2D PlatformerAction-AdventureHand-drawnNonlinearPlatformerAtmosphericStory RichMultiple Endings👍 444
$9.99Spirit Dungeon
Jun 25 · Nemora Games
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Contract spirits, build your party, and guide their battles with cards in this party-building roguelike RPG. No pact lasts forever, and your party keeps changing. Fight deep into the forest with spirits that are yours alone.
Early AccessRoguelikeParty-Based RPGAuto BattlerCreature CollectorDeckbuildingCard BattlerTurn-Based CombatTactical RPGRPG
$7.99Dream City Fugitive
Aug 4 · DC Inspiration
Both: Turn-Based Combat
Dream City Fugitive is an open world combat focused urban role playing game. You're a fugitive on the run. Join a vigilante group to investigate horrible experiments and dealing with gang warfare on a small island, Dream City. Otherwise, pursue the path of a cult in their vision of dark salvation.
RPGCRPGTop-Down2DTurn-Based CombatSingleplayerOpen WorldMultiple EndingsStory RichModern
FreeEchoes of Vision
Feb 4 · Azure Flame Studio, 苍火游戏小组
Both: Turn-Based Combat
This is a turn-based strategy game. You'll assume the role of the Special Investigations Division Chief at the Bureau of Crisis Response (BCR), leading agents deep into Bleak Mountains City, a metropolis steeped in retro 1980s charm, to investigate and contain various supernatural “Visions”.
Turn-Based TacticsStrategyTurn-Based CombatStrategy RPGRPGTactical RPGSimulationStory RichBoard GameCRPG
$9.99Fell & Sell
Aug 26 · Art Games Studio S.A.
Both: Fantasy
Slay. Loot. Sell. Survive! Dive into a first-person blend of hack'n'slash roguelike and shop management. Plunder deadly dungeons for loot, escape with your life, craft, and stock your shelves. Then risk it all once more for profit!
SimulationShop KeeperManagementEconomyFantasySingleplayerRPGDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikeAction RPG👍 1,453
$34.99Pioneers of Pagonia
Dec 11 · Envision Entertainment
Both: Fantasy
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
StrategyResource ManagementColony SimOnline Co-OpFantasyBase BuildingCity BuilderManagementProcedural GenerationPvE👍 4,794
$49.99GreedFall: The Dying World
Mar 10 · Spiders
Both: Fantasy
Return to the GreedFall universe in a thrilling new adventure, where every choice has consequences. Ripped away from your island, you will travel across the war-torn, disease-ravaged Old Continent, forging alliances, and fighting to regain your freedom!
RPGAdventureStory RichFantasyCharacter CustomizationSingleplayerChoices MatterOpen WorldExplorationAction👍 1,028
-30%$20.99HEART of CROWN Online
Dec 18 · illuCalab, FLIPFLOPs, quziralab.
Both: Fantasy
The great emperor's untimely death... Seven princesses are candidates for his succession! Who will save the empire from chaos? An online deck-growing card game where you grow your deck and fight for the Princess.
DeckbuildingCard GameBoard GameStrategyIndieTabletopCard BattlerCuteTurn-Based TacticsFantasy👍 412
$29.99Hades II
Sep 25 · Supergiant Games
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
ActionRoguelikeRogueliteHack and SlashMythologyAction RoguelikeFemale ProtagonistRPGDungeon CrawlerAction RPG👍 114,459
$5.99东方华心传Touhou Blooming Soul
Jan 30 · 二色幽紫蝶
Follow Hata no Kokoro as she explores and defeats enemies on the stage of Gensokyo. The game contains many randomized elements such as items, skills and maps. Players can utilize a variety of different playstyles, making each run uniquely different from the last.
Early AccessAdventureActionRPGAction-AdventureAction RPGJRPGSide ScrollerTactical RPGRoguelite👍 915



