Games like Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

A slow, story-rich single-player gothic-horror RPG of star-faring steampunk locomotive exploration, with a median reviewer playtime around 35 hours.

SUNLESS SEA
A dark Victorian-Gothic steamship adventure of exploration, text-heavy storytelling, pausable combat, and frequent death in a Lovecraftian sea.
2015-02-06
- Thriller
- Adventure
- Horror
- Survival
- Strategy
- Fantasy
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Real Time Strategy (RTS)
- Role-playing (RPG)
- Historical
- Mystery
A House of Many Doors
A narrative-focused single-player RPG about exploring a parasitic dimension aboard a mechanical-legged train, with turn-based FTL-like combat and a roughly 10-hour story.
2017-02-03
- Adventure
- Horror
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Vagrus - The Riven Realms
A single-player, turn-based dark fantasy RPG about leading a company through a harsh, post-apocalyptic realm, with deep resource management, heavy lore, and punishing combat that reviewers played for dozens to over a hundred hours.
2021-10-05
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Side view
Citizen Sleeper
A single-player sci-fi RPG set on a decaying space station, where an escaped worker's choices and survival shape a quiet, character-driven story.
2022-05-05
- Science fiction
- Adventure
- Indie
- Text
- Role-playing (RPG)
DREDGE
A single-player fishing adventure with a Lovecraftian undercurrent, where you dredge an eerie archipelago for secrets in a roughly 18-hour story.
2023-03-30
- Action
- Adventure
- Horror
- Bird view / Isometric
- Simulator
- Role-playing (RPG)
Cultist Simulator
A cryptic 1920s occult card-based simulation RPG about pursuing forbidden knowledge, with atmosphere and story outweighing repetitive gameplay.
2018-05-31
- Adventure
- Horror
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Simulator
- Text
WORLD OF HORROR
A 1-bit cosmic-horror roguelite RPG mixing turn-based combat, event-card decisions, and short, replayable runs.
2023-10-19
- Adventure
- Horror
- Survival
- Indie
- Text
- Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Menace from the Deep
A dark Lovecraftian roguelike deckbuilder set in 1920s America, with a travel-deck exploration gimmick, four classes, and a moderately long yet sometimes grindy campaign.
2024-11-11
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Indie
- Simulator
Stirring Abyss
A single-player tactical squad RPG with underwater exploration, survival mechanics, and Lovecraftian dread; a small reviewer sample logged roughly 16–22 hours.
2020-10-29
- Adventure
- Horror
- Strategy
- Third person
- Tactical
- Indie
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition
A chaotic hand-drawn metroidvania with eldritch power choices, local co-op, and a roughly 13-hour campaign.
2017-07-28
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Horror
- Fantasy
- Indie
Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
A steampunk airship adventure blending trade, industry, and customizable combat across an archipelago in single-player and PvP.
2023-09-21
- Action
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric
- Tactical
Ghost Song
A somber 2D metroidvania on a desolate alien moon, with cosmic horror, ability-based exploration, and a roughly 13-15 hour journey.
2022-11-03
- Action
- Science fiction
- Platform
- Adventure
- Indie
- Side view

Games like Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

A slow, story-rich single-player gothic-horror RPG of star-faring steampunk locomotive exploration, with a median reviewer playtime around 35 hours.

SUNLESS SEA
A dark Victorian-Gothic steamship adventure of exploration, text-heavy storytelling, pausable combat, and frequent death in a Lovecraftian sea.
2015-02-06
- Thriller
- Adventure
- Horror
- Survival
- Strategy
- Fantasy
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Real Time Strategy (RTS)
- Role-playing (RPG)
- Historical
- Mystery
A House of Many Doors
A narrative-focused single-player RPG about exploring a parasitic dimension aboard a mechanical-legged train, with turn-based FTL-like combat and a roughly 10-hour story.
2017-02-03
- Adventure
- Horror
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Role-playing (RPG)
Vagrus - The Riven Realms
A single-player, turn-based dark fantasy RPG about leading a company through a harsh, post-apocalyptic realm, with deep resource management, heavy lore, and punishing combat that reviewers played for dozens to over a hundred hours.
2021-10-05
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Fantasy
- Indie
- Side view
Citizen Sleeper
A single-player sci-fi RPG set on a decaying space station, where an escaped worker's choices and survival shape a quiet, character-driven story.
2022-05-05
- Science fiction
- Adventure
- Indie
- Text
- Role-playing (RPG)
DREDGE
A single-player fishing adventure with a Lovecraftian undercurrent, where you dredge an eerie archipelago for secrets in a roughly 18-hour story.
2023-03-30
- Action
- Adventure
- Horror
- Bird view / Isometric
- Simulator
- Role-playing (RPG)
Cultist Simulator
A cryptic 1920s occult card-based simulation RPG about pursuing forbidden knowledge, with atmosphere and story outweighing repetitive gameplay.
2018-05-31
- Adventure
- Horror
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Simulator
- Text
WORLD OF HORROR
A 1-bit cosmic-horror roguelite RPG mixing turn-based combat, event-card decisions, and short, replayable runs.
2023-10-19
- Adventure
- Horror
- Survival
- Indie
- Text
- Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Menace from the Deep
A dark Lovecraftian roguelike deckbuilder set in 1920s America, with a travel-deck exploration gimmick, four classes, and a moderately long yet sometimes grindy campaign.
2024-11-11
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Indie
- Simulator
Stirring Abyss
A single-player tactical squad RPG with underwater exploration, survival mechanics, and Lovecraftian dread; a small reviewer sample logged roughly 16–22 hours.
2020-10-29
- Adventure
- Horror
- Strategy
- Third person
- Tactical
- Indie
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition
A chaotic hand-drawn metroidvania with eldritch power choices, local co-op, and a roughly 13-hour campaign.
2017-07-28
- Action
- Platform
- Adventure
- Horror
- Fantasy
- Indie
Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
A steampunk airship adventure blending trade, industry, and customizable combat across an archipelago in single-player and PvP.
2023-09-21
- Action
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric
- Tactical
Ghost Song
A somber 2D metroidvania on a desolate alien moon, with cosmic horror, ability-based exploration, and a roughly 13-15 hour journey.
2022-11-03
- Action
- Science fiction
- Platform
- Adventure
- Indie
- Side view

SUNLESS SEA

A House of Many Doors

Vagrus - The Riven Realms

Citizen Sleeper

DREDGE

Cultist Simulator

WORLD OF HORROR

Menace from the Deep

Stirring Abyss

Sundered®: Eldritch Edition

Airship: Kingdoms Adrift

Ghost Song

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