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A brief, combat-focused indie RPG about a perilous northward dream quest, completable in about three and a half hours.

Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
A compact, melancholy single-player adventure RPG that mourns lost happiness and missed connection, with a gentle yet nihilistic story.
2016-11-21
- Science fiction

Thriller

Adventure

Horror

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Role-playing (RPG)

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Fortune-499

A short, bleak indie RPG with turn-based rock-paper-scissors combat and fortune-card enemy intel, playable in about two and a half hours.

2018-05-10

Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Card & Board Game

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START AGAIN: a prologue

A short, melancholic time-loop RPG prologue to In Stars and Time with LGBTQ+ themes and a satisfying battle challenge.

2021-08-18

Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery

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Gumball in Trick-or-Treat Land

A lighthearted single-player indie JRPG with Game Boy Color-era style, turn-based combat, and a short ~3-hour adventure that charms with humor but can feel repetitive in battles.

2026-02-19

Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Aimi

A brief, emotionally resonant indie RPG about memory and identity, with creative puzzles and a mysterious world.

2020-10-20

Indie

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Hello Charlotte EP3: Childhood's End

A brief, emotionally intense indie RPG that closes the Hello Charlotte series with surreal, confessional storytelling.

2018-01-04

Science fiction
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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NashBored

A ~3-hour surreal RPG that sends you through deepening dream layers in a dark world, uncovering truths about identity.

2019-01-02

Adventure
Horror
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Nocturne: Escape the Night

A compact single-player indie RPG about facing fears and self-discovery, featuring grid turn-based combat and pre-attack action choices.

2026-05-07

Action
Strategy
Third person
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)

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When the Light Dies

A brief indie RPG about unraveling a mysterious artifact's deadly bond to a woman, with a tense, story-driven mystery playable in about three hours.

2026-05-28

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traveler of Y

A restrained single-player turn-based RPG about steady journey progression, party-building, and tactical battles, lasting roughly 15 hours.

2026-01-20

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NORTH

A short, surreal cyberpunk walking sim about the refugee crisis, with a dark synthpop soundtrack and strange inhabitants, lasting about two hours.

2016-04-27

First person
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Mystery

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Unforgiving Trials: The Space Crusade

A short indie adventure RPG with old-school turn-based party combat, set in a dying world and centered on a quest to vanquish the Sun.

2016-10-07

Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)