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
Games like The Ensign
If The Ensign left you wanting something dark and story-driven, you have options. These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.
A Dark Room ®
Critically acclaimed, minimalist text-based rpg. Come light the fire.
Dark, Story-driven, Retro
89% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$6.99DEATH PENALTY
You are a prisoner in a fortress full of devils, and discovery means death. Lurk in the shadows, scavenge what the dead left behind, and fight in a turn-based system where you can carve enemies apart piece by piece. A grim, hand-drawn dungeon crawler that punishes carelessness and rewards anyone willing to learn its ways.
Dark, Story-driven, Replayable
81% of 145 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99Grim 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.
Dark, Story-driven, Retro
91% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Songs of Rats
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Dark, Story-driven, Replayable
75% of 52 Steam reviews are positive$14.99The Dark Room
Addictive and vicious retro-styled comedy puzzler chock full of profanity, abuse, unfairness and warped logic. Will You: Go North? Find Light Switch? Cower and whimper like a beaten swine? Make your decision and escape The Dark Room! Just remember - YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE!
Dark, Story-driven, Retro
89% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$13.99Darkward
Dark, surreal point-and-click text adventure inspired by the poetics of Dark Souls. Guide the Wanderer through ruins and tombs in a purgatorial world.
Dark, Story-driven, Replayable
85% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFreeNick's Text Adventure
Nick’s Text Adventure is a cruel text-based RPG where everything unfolds one line at a time. Spells lie, gear gets worse, fishing can hurt you, and enemies mock your choices. Nothing is fair, nothing is explained, and the game remembers.
Dark, Story-driven, Retro
50% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Dark Hollow RPG
Descend into an ever-changing dungeon, battle monsters, unlock dozens of achievements, and shape your legend in a fully text-based RPG inspired by classic terminal adventures.
Dark, Story-driven, Retro
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Roadwarden
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.
Dark, Story-driven, Retro
94% of 4,545 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$10.99Veritas 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.
Dark, Story-driven, Retro
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.
Dark, Story-driven, Replayable
89% of 121 Steam reviews are positiveFreeText Dungeon: The Ring of Life
No graphics, No tiles. Just text-RPG adventure! Explore a shifting labyrinth, regain the Ring of Life from the wizard Shingor. Classic roguelike-style messages guide your journey, with narrative scenes evoking the spirit of MUDs and gamebooks. Death is permanent. Every run brings new discoveries.
Dark, Story-driven, Retro
65% of 17 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
Cheaper than The Ensign
Nick's Text Adventure
Nick’s Text Adventure is a cruel text-based RPG where everything unfolds one line at a time.
50% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Dark Hollow RPG
Descend into an ever-changing dungeon, battle monsters, unlock dozens of achievements, and shape your legend in a fully text-based RPG inspired by…
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Roadwarden
An illustrated text RPG about being the one person willing to ride a dangerous peninsula alone.
94% of 4,545 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$10.99
This Book Is A Dungeon
Auto-cannibalism. Demonic Seduction. Occult Rituals. Bloodfeasting Worms.
78% of 195 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Dark Devotion
Fight your way down through a cursed temple, lose everything on death, and keep just enough to try again.
74% of 1,940 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$1.99
The Between
A haunting, text-driven roguelike RPG where every death reshapes you.
75% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
THE DARK DWELLERS
In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS.
68% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Agent Dunoz
In a dystopian world ruled by megacorporation's, you're a mercenary with a $15,000 debt.
76% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Slash or Die
In this game you will face violence and extraordinary complexity.
84% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Disillusion
A mysterious muse calls upon you to investigate a Large tower in an oneiric land.
95% of 912 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$2.99
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning
Explore the ruins, dungeons, and islands in this post-apocalyptic world through the POV of eight protagonists as they fight for survival and search…
77% of 654 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Hidden gems like The Ensign
House of Necrosis
Fight through a shifting mansion where every bullet counts and death sends you back to the door, stronger.
93% of 618 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99
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 Apocalypse Sacrifice
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years.
94% of 222 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
DEATH PENALTY
A grim hand-drawn dungeon crawl where one wrong step in the dark costs your life, and careful play carves devils apart piece by piece.
81% of 145 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99
Breath of Life
Breath of Life - a dark third-person action RPG. You are an Incarnation, born from the Void to tread where the dead cannot rest.
79% of 117 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
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
Veritus
Unshroud secrets hidden deep within the dark chambers of the god of shadow’s castle. Persevere through monsters and mysteries lurking in every corner.
80% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Roadwarden
An illustrated text RPG about being the one person willing to ride a dangerous peninsula alone.
94% of 4,545 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$10.99
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
Back To Ashes
Explore alternative realities while trying to save Your own from approaching annihilation.
74% of 130 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition
Battle your way through the grim Underground world in this brutal action-adventure RPG.
72% of 633 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
Death's Door
Chase a stolen soul through a colorful, dying world, fighting sharp melee duels and strange bosses along the way.
92% of 20,695 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 352$19.99
Newest games like The Ensign
DEATH PENALTY
A grim hand-drawn dungeon crawl where one wrong step in the dark costs your life, and careful play carves devils apart piece by piece.
81% of 145 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99
LABYRINTHOS: The Depths Want You
Ascend the sunken labyrinth called the Tower and choose your path to escape to the surface.
84% of 67 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Dark Hollow RPG
Descend into an ever-changing dungeon, battle monsters, unlock dozens of achievements, and shape your legend in a fully text-based RPG inspired by…
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
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
Enarian Online
Dive into a fast paced, text based ARPG experience that fuses classic adventure with modern action-packed gameplay.
82% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Darkward
Dark, surreal point-and-click text adventure inspired by the poetics of Dark Souls. Guide the Wanderer through ruins and tombs in a purgatorial world.
85% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Breath of Life
Breath of Life - a dark third-person action RPG. You are an Incarnation, born from the Void to tread where the dead cannot rest.
79% of 117 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
House of Necrosis
Fight through a shifting mansion where every bullet counts and death sends you back to the door, stronger.
93% of 618 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99
Songs of Rats
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to…
75% of 52 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
The Apocalypse Sacrifice
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years.
94% of 222 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
Veritus
Unshroud secrets hidden deep within the dark chambers of the god of shadow’s castle. Persevere through monsters and mysteries lurking in every corner.
80% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
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