Bloodwood Dungeon
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on dungeon crawling with traps, puzzles, fights and loot.
83% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Games like Greymarsh
If Greymarsh left you wanting something story-driven and minimalist, you have options. These games are a good place to start.
Bloodwood Dungeon
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on dungeon crawling with traps, puzzles, fights and loot. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks. Simple battle system and hassle-free inventory management.
Story-driven, Minimalist, Retro
83% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Grim Quest - Old School RPG
A dark fantasy RPG blending dungeon crawling, turn-based combat and roguelike mechanics with hand-drawn art and written storytelling. Part solo tabletop campaign, part choose-your-own-adventure, it offers an immersive experience designed for both quick ventures and night-long sessions.
Story-driven, Retro, Emotional
91% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle
A dice-driven dark fantasy RPG inspired by solo tabletop adventures. Charge in sword in hand, talk your way out of danger, or ignore it all and keep walking. Every roll, every choice has a price. Handcrafted over six years by a 30-year Vanillaware veteran.
Story-driven, Retro, Emotional
85% of 241 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$16.99The Secret of Darkwoods
Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
89% of 121 Steam reviews are positiveFreeFighting Fantasy Classics
Ready your sword, pack your provisions and prepare to embark upon quests in which YOU are the hero! Choose what happens at every turn of the page with Fighting Fantasy Classics – text-based roleplaying adventures remastered.
Story-driven, Retro, Mysterious
82% of 375 Steam reviews are positiveFreeFabled Lands
Fabled Lands is a challenging old-school narrative RPG set in an open world. Complete quests, fight, trade goods and develop your character. Explore a vast land of adventure: travel across the war-torn kingdom, survive the plains of howling darkness, and escape the Court of Hidden Faces.
Story-driven, Retro, Dark
79% of 526 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$18.99Roadwarden
An illustrated text RPG about being the one person willing to ride a dangerous peninsula alone. Guard travellers, talk your way past suspicion, investigate what happened to your predecessor, and decide who deserves your help. Choices shape a grim fantasy world across a 30-hour campaign with multiple endings.
Story-driven, Minimalist, Retro
94% of 4,543 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$2.74Dust and Salt
Dust and Salt is a text-based narrative adventure with a pinch of turn-based tactical battles which has you as the main hero leading your troops in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go and whom to form alliances with. Force your will with either diplomacy or through war.
Story-driven, Minimalist, Emotional
82% of 67 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Story-driven, Mysterious
90% of 586 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$12.99Grim Tides - Old School RPG
A classic RPG set in a lawless tropical archipelago hiding a dark and sinister secret. Inspired by retro dungeon crawlers and tabletop classics, it blends turn-based combat, written storytelling and hand-drawn art into an immersive experience designed for quick ventures and long sessions both.
Story-driven, Retro, Mysterious
88% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Mythscroll
Forge your story in this fantasy RPG where every choice, encounter, and stat check shapes your journey. Explore the world, equip powerful weapons, master spells, and survive dynamic text-driven adventures, with D&D-inspired character building, turn-based combat, and branching outcomes.
Story-driven, Retro, Mysterious
65% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$12.99The Golden Rose: Book One
Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?
Story-driven, Minimalist, Emotional
89% of 159 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Cheaper than Greymarsh
Grim Quest - Old School RPG
A dark fantasy RPG blending dungeon crawling, turn-based combat and roguelike mechanics with hand-drawn art and written storytelling.
91% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Roadwarden
An illustrated text RPG about being the one person willing to ride a dangerous peninsula alone.
94% of 4,543 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$2.74
Grim Tides - Old School RPG
A classic RPG set in a lawless tropical archipelago hiding a dark and sinister secret.
88% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Heroes of Book & Paper
HB&P is an old-school RPG inspired by gamebooks and conversational adventures. Your decisions will determine how each adventure ends.
100% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Choice of the Deathless
Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans!
91% of 305 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Fighting Fantasy Legends
Create your own adventures in a dangerous land of monsters, treasures and traps.
68% of 137 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.04
Greywind's Legacy - A Text Based, Skill Progression, RPG
This is a text based game that allows the player to step into the town of Alara as the grandson of the late adventurer Greywind.
100% of 9 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a tabletop adventure come to life!
76% of 351 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
A Dark Room ®
Critically acclaimed, minimalist text-based rpg. Come light the fire.
89% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
A Mage Reborn
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
87% of 107 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
Book of Travels
You wander the hand-painted Braided Shore peninsula, setting your own pace and your own goals in a world that never points the way.
72% of 1,603 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
Hidden gems like Greymarsh
Run TavernQuest
A classic text adventure - but you're not the one playing it. You're the game master for an idiot player named STEVE.
93% of 138 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle
A dice-driven dark fantasy RPG inspired by solo tabletop adventures.
85% of 241 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$16.99
The RPG
Raid a fantasy dungeon that doubles as a tourist attraction, while a glitching dragon unravels the game around you.
85% of 871 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$14.99
SKALD: Against the Black Priory
A retro party-based RPG in a grim dark fantasy world, with authentic 8-bit pixel art and a C64 palette.
93% of 3,371 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$14.99
Erannorth Renaissance
Erannorth Renaissance is a text driven gamebook with sandbox elements. Create your hero, build their party, and shape your journey.
81% of 187 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
I, the Forgotten One
To defeat the rebel knights and stabilize the crown, you must journey through the most dangerous realm in the kingdom--your own wretched past.
89% of 200 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Secret of Darkwoods
Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a…
89% of 121 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Sovereign Syndicate
A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult.
79% of 585 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$7.99
Roadwarden
An illustrated text RPG about being the one person willing to ride a dangerous peninsula alone.
94% of 4,543 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$2.74
Grim Quest - Old School RPG
A dark fantasy RPG blending dungeon crawling, turn-based combat and roguelike mechanics with hand-drawn art and written storytelling.
91% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
The Golden Rose: Book One
Explore an alternative medieval Europe in this low-fantasy epic adventure! How far are you willing to go to take back your stolen treasure?
89% of 159 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
A Mage Reborn
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
87% of 107 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
Newest games like Greymarsh
Greywind's Legacy - A Text Based, Skill Progression, RPG
This is a text based game that allows the player to step into the town of Alara as the grandson of the late adventurer Greywind.
100% of 9 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle
A dice-driven dark fantasy RPG inspired by solo tabletop adventures.
85% of 241 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$16.99
Champions of Chaxia
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on gladiatorial combat. Recreates the gameplay of the old gamebooks.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Run TavernQuest
A classic text adventure - but you're not the one playing it. You're the game master for an idiot player named STEVE.
93% of 138 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Erannorth Renaissance
Erannorth Renaissance is a text driven gamebook with sandbox elements. Create your hero, build their party, and shape your journey.
81% of 187 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
SKALD: Against the Black Priory
A retro party-based RPG in a grim dark fantasy world, with authentic 8-bit pixel art and a C64 palette.
93% of 3,371 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29$14.99
Bloodwood Dungeon
Detailed, gritty text-based fantasy RPG centered on dungeon crawling with traps, puzzles, fights and loot.
83% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Sovereign Syndicate
A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult.
79% of 585 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$7.99
A Dark Room ®
Critically acclaimed, minimalist text-based rpg. Come light the fire.
89% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
I, the Forgotten One
To defeat the rebel knights and stabilize the crown, you must journey through the most dangerous realm in the kingdom--your own wretched past.
89% of 200 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Heroes of Book & Paper
HB&P is an old-school RPG inspired by gamebooks and conversational adventures. Your decisions will determine how each adventure ends.
100% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Grim Tides - Old School RPG
A classic RPG set in a lawless tropical archipelago hiding a dark and sinister secret.
88% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$5.99