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Rei falls into Purgatory to save her sister's soul, and in this world crying makes you stronger: tears power up her weapons and armor and summon her…
Hooked on the dark and emotional side of CRYMACHINA? You will find a few strong contenders among these games.
Rei falls into Purgatory to save her sister's soul, and in this world crying makes you stronger: tears power up her weapons and armor and summon her Guardian. A story-driven action RPG with four playable characters, a soundtrack worth keeping, and a tale about grief that knows where it hurts.
Dark, Emotional, Story-driven
Androids 2B, 9S and A2 fight to take back a ruined Earth from machine lifeforms. Expect fast melee and shooting, a quiet broken open world, and a story about memory and purpose that keeps unfolding. The music carries a lot of it.
Dark, Emotional, Story-driven
A turn-based RPG where the guns do the talking. Three mercenaries leap through the air in slow motion, trading fire in battles that play out like an action film you direct. Set in Basel, a machine-world where every life is tied to a quartz crystal, it pairs a strange, fateful story with a combat system unlike anything else, and a soundtrack worth sitting still for.
Dark, Emotional, Story-driven
Mahou Arms is an anime-inspired character-action hack and slash that tells the story of a magical girl paramilitary group fighting back against an unknown force invading Earth.
Emotional, Story-driven, Colorful
Lead a squad of mecha girls through 100 days of war in this top-down shooter. Build wild guns from 135 weapons and hundreds of modules, manage scarce supplies, and make choices that steer the story toward different endings. Deep customization, tense defense battles, and a dorm to call home between fights.
Story-driven, Colorful
A cute mecha girl wakes in a colossal ruined factory and fights her way to its center. Build her from scavenged parts, dodge through hostile machines, and piece together what happened in Hod. A Souls-like with mecha customization, where your build is your character.
Dark, Story-driven, Colorful
A post-apocalyptic action RPG in the last city of Havenswell, where you play Arrisa, an immortal Blader searching ruined streets for the truth behind civilization's collapse. Fast, aggressive combat with no stamina bar, dense interconnected levels and a gloomy sci-fi world make this a souls-like worth your evenings.
Dark, Emotional, Story-driven
This game is an RPG game that follows the growth of a robot girl who has lost her memories. Players can aim for victory in the robot battle tournament, the main objective, and also enjoy interactions with both humans and robots.
Emotional, Story-driven, Colorful
A sandbox tactical RPG of steel, fire, friendship, and shonen anime. Assemble your crew, customize your Mech, and lead them in cinematic turn-based battles through a world ruled by rogue AI. The bonds you forge will decide who survives!
Dark, Story-driven, Colorful
Hisako grew up in an underground shelter and heard one word from her grandmother: school. Now she rides an underground train into zombie-ruled Tokyo to find it. A fast side-scrolling hack and slash with deep weapon crafting, a skill tree and bosses that hit back hard.
Dark, Story-driven, Colorful
Earth fell to a machine plague, and humanity's last soldiers live in orbit. As Commandant of the Gray Raven squad, you lead Constructs, human minds in combat bodies, back down to reclaim the planet. Fast, flashy hack-and-slash combat, a dark story told across hundreds of visual novel chapters, and a soundtrack that hits like a drum & bass drop mid-swing.
Dark, Emotional, Story-driven
To execute her command “Bring Mankind happiness,” Robot Rurumu hopes she can understand the "Happiness of Mankind" by becoming more human-like.
Emotional, Story-driven, Colorful

Rei falls into Purgatory to save her sister's soul, and in this world crying makes you stronger: tears power up her weapons and armor and summon her…

Fight through a broken, beautiful Earth as fast action and a quiet, melancholy tale feed each other, all carried by a soundtrack worth sitting still…

Three mercenaries fight turn-based battles in slow motion across a strange machine-world, with a story and soundtrack to match.

Mahou Arms is an anime-inspired character-action hack and slash that tells the story of a magical girl paramilitary group fighting back against an…

Command a mecha squad through a fast top-down war where every gun you assemble and every choice you make pushes the story toward a different ending.

Fight through a colossal derelict factory as a customizable mecha girl, rebuilding yourself from scavenged parts to reach the heart of Hod.

Fight through the ruined streets of Havenswell as an immortal Blader, unravelling why civilization fell.

This game is an RPG game that follows the growth of a robot girl who has lost her memories.

Pilot your own mech through a ruined world, stripping parts from fallen enemies to keep your machine one step ahead of the war.

A sandbox tactical RPG of steel, fire, friendship, and shonen anime.

Fight through zombie-ruled Tokyo as Hisako, an underground girl chasing the school she was told about.

To execute her command “Bring Mankind happiness,” Robot Rurumu hopes she can understand the "Happiness of Mankind" by becoming more human-like.

Purify a world of demons as the Flame Princess, weaving combos and parries through hails of projectiles.

Void of Lilly is an adventure in the world of the near future with JRPG elements and Bullet Hell battles!

This game is an RPG game that follows the growth of a robot girl who has lost her memories.

A sandbox tactical RPG of steel, fire, friendship, and shonen anime.

Send custom androids and towering mechs into randomized dungeons, salvage parts from every run, and piece together a story about a girl who slept a…

Fight through a colossal derelict factory as a customizable mecha girl, rebuilding yourself from scavenged parts to reach the heart of Hod.

Read a voiced story, bond with 40+ heroines and fight turn-based card battles against a city that controls your dreams.

The Demon King lies defeated at the Hero's hand, but the Hero himself has changed... in more ways than one!

Mahou Arms is an anime-inspired character-action hack and slash that tells the story of a magical girl paramilitary group fighting back against an…

Command android soldiers in fast hack-and-slash fights while a dark story unfolds chapter by chapter.

Command a mecha squad through a fast top-down war where every gun you assemble and every choice you make pushes the story toward a different ending.

Redo is a world without sorrow created by the virtuadoll Regret. Virtuadoll songs give Redo residents respite from their struggles.

Kernel Hearts is a co-op action roguelike about four magical girls climbing the Tower of Babel, punching angels and dethroning God to save a world…

Mahou Arms is an anime-inspired character-action hack and slash that tells the story of a magical girl paramilitary group fighting back against an…

A sandbox tactical RPG of steel, fire, friendship, and shonen anime.

To execute her command “Bring Mankind happiness,” Robot Rurumu hopes she can understand the "Happiness of Mankind" by becoming more human-like.

A century of war between two great kingdoms has bled the lands dry of men.

Void of Lilly is an adventure in the world of the near future with JRPG elements and Bullet Hell battles!

Purify a world of demons as the Flame Princess, weaving combos and parries through hails of projectiles.

Command android soldiers in fast hack-and-slash fights while a dark story unfolds chapter by chapter.

Run a guild of adventurers through a misty forest where factions scheme, days must be planned and the truth wears many faces.

Full metal schoolgirl destroys an exploitative enterprise! (...while being livestreamed)

Pilot a custom mech suit through a hostile open world, harvesting weapons from fallen enemies and squaring off against enormous bosses.

Fight easy turn-based battles, take odd jobs and cook with your robot companion in a pixel world that stays warm and funny.