Games like Aplestia

Did Aplestia leave you in a retro and colorful frame of mind? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

Lethal RPG: War
Journey on an epic quest with Lethal and his elite party of warriors through a huge fantasy land. Play as Lethal and his companions in exciting turn based battles against a variety of fantasy creatures.
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
80% of 235 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Absinthia
Absinthia is a turn-based RPG featuring the story of scorned Knight Freya, her young apprentice Sera, and their individual struggles with loss, betrayal and acceptance as they fight to protect their home.
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
96% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Battle for Esturia
A turn-based strategy RPG featuring an open world filled with monsters, dungeons, and interesting characters.
Retro, Story-driven
95% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Video Game Fables
Funny, lighthearted RPG with fast, unique, challenging, turn-based combat set in a creative, colorful, abandoned game world that hasn't had a player in decades.
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
100% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Crystal Story II
Crystal Story II is a turn-based RPG that follows the story of a young Dragon on his quest to defeat an evil witch. He must seek allies to aid him on his journey and save the world from the oncoming invasion.
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
94% of 313 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Astra Hunter Zosma
A treasure-hunting RPG with a lifelong friend! Escape the Crescent Moon Tower and return to the surface world... and grab lots of treasure on the way!
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
98% of 107 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The Dragons' Twilight
Classic 90's Style Turn-Based RPG. All of the feels with minimal grind!
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
96% of 53 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Epic Battle Fantasy 4
A light-hearted turn-based RPG that grew out of the old 2D classics: battle waves of cute enemies, dress four heroes in over 170 pieces of gear, solve puzzles across a varied world, and save it while cracking jokes. Deep combat hides under the pastel art, and the soundtrack alone is worth the trip.
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
98% of 2,827 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$14.99
Another Crusade
Discover a 3d wooden puppet style world while exploring as a platformer, and taking battles in a turn-based combat as an old school RPG where timing and strategy are the keys to victory!
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
79% of 39 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
FAREWELL SEN
MAKE FRIENDS WITH GHOSTS
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
94% of 174 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Doom & Destiny
Four friends on game night get pulled into a fantasy world and mistaken for heroes. A turn-based comedy JRPG with a huge world, 10,000 lines of dialogue, and jokes about every RPG trope you know. Old-school in the best way, and very funny with it.
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
96% of 2,277 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Entropy
Entropy is a tactical turn-based RPG inspired by classic JRPGs. Assemble your party of mercenaries and forge your own path towards an expedition into hell to stop the demonic incursion. Choices you make along the way will determine the fate of your world.
Retro, Colorful, Story-driven
94% of 337 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$11.99

Cheaper than Aplestia

Crystal Story II

Crystal Story II is a turn-based RPG that follows the story of a young Dragon on his quest to defeat an evil witch.

$2.99

Doom & Destiny

You lead four friends pulled into a fantasy world through a turn-based adventure that never stops making fun of itself.

$2.99

Astoria: The Holders of Power Saga

Astoria: The Holders of Power Saga is a charming 35+hr RPG with an epic, twisting story, containing intricate characters and cinematic cutscenes…

$1.99

Fearless Fantasy

As Leon, the world’s most dangerous bounty hunter, you embark on a mission to slay the world’s weirdest creatures, and save a girl from an awful…

$1.39

Doom & Destiny Advanced

Four nerds walk into a dungeon. It’s not a joke, it’s Doom & Destiny Advanced.

$2.99

Tales Across Time

Tales Across Time is a story-driven RPG experience from the creator of 8-Bit Adventures: The Forgotten Journey.

$2.99

Aveyond 4: Shadow of the Mist

Boyle Wolfbane wanted to rule the world. He failed. Miserably.

$2.99

QuestRun

Challenging and fast-paced with a modern twist on old school RPG battle systems, QuestRun is unlike anything you have played before.

$2.99

Fateholders of Tetsoidea

A quick 3-5 hour turn based fantasy JRPG with fun and charming companions.

$0.99

Unforgiving Trials: The Darkest Crusade

Embark on an epic adventure to save the lands. Form a party by selecting 4 different adventurers from a pool of over 12 unique classes.

$0.99

Aveyond 3-1: Lord of Twilight

Journey across a massive world on a quest to thwart a power-crazed lunatic who wants to enslave humanity!

$1.99

PATHS OF VALOUR

It is a 2D pixel role-playing game, players will play a hero, gather friends on the adventure journey to defeat the Demon King.

$2.24

Hidden gems like Aplestia

Entropy

Entropy is a tactical turn-based RPG inspired by classic JRPGs.

$11.99

Heroes of the Seven Islands

An open world party-based RPG with turn-based combat. Heroes of the Seven Islands is a comfy yet challenging mid-sized adventure in a vast fairytale…

$11.99

Quartet

A series of unlikely train robberies. A mysterious deck of cards. A fleet of deadly airships. An accidental mage.

$19.99

Small Saga

Lead a party of rodents through a short, story-rich RPG that swings from funny to heartbreaking without ever asking you to grind.

$19.99

Astra Hunter Zosma

A treasure-hunting RPG with a lifelong friend! Escape the Crescent Moon Tower and return to the surface world... and grab lots of treasure on the way!

Free