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The Golden Rose: Book One
Games like The Golden Rose: Book One

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Games like The Golden Rose: Book One

An atmospheric, single-player low-fantasy RPG set in an alternative medieval Europe, with a slow-paced ~15-hour story about reclaiming stolen treasure.

Misericorde: Volume One
A ~12-hour mystery visual novel set in a 1482 convent, praised for its characters and art but with some anachronistic dialogue.
2023-03-23
- First person
- Adventure

Horror

Indie

Text

Historical

Mystery

Visual Novel

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Cage of Roses

A 19th-century gothic romance visual novel about a noblewoman falling for a vampire, featuring dark queer allegory and a ~9–10 hour dialogue-heavy story.

2025-02-16

Indie
Simulator
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Romance
Visual Novel

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Rose of Winter

A short, casual visual novel where you choose one of four princes and make decisions that lead to romantic or heartbreaking multiple endings.

2016-10-17

Comedy
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Text
Drama
Romance
Visual Novel

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Lords of Infinity

A single-player political RPG about leading a crumbling noble house in a gunpowder fantasy kingdom, with strong writing and a roughly 13-hour median reviewer playtime.

2023-03-02

Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Arcadie: Second-Born

A roughly ten-hour, replayable interactive fiction RPG about love and war, where choices shape relationships, LGBTQ+ romance, and multiple endings.

2022-12-09

Fantasy
Indie
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Romance

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The Necromancer's Tale

A story-rich gothic RPG about social manipulation and dark rituals, delivering a linear, punishing narrative of a noble's fall into necromancy over roughly 20-25 hours.

2025-07-17

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

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Mask of the Rose

A branching romance/murder mystery visual novel set in a Victorian apocalypse, offering a moderately-paced ~13-hour mix of relationship-building, intrigue, and quirky details like bats.

2023-06-08

Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Romance
Visual Novel

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The Sword of Rhivenia

A compact, choice-driven RPG about sibling rivalry and royal succession, with an engaging story and memorable characters.

2022-07-07

Indie

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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

A story-driven point-and-click adventure set in 12th-century England, where player choices shape a lengthy, novel-like narrative praised for its art and writing.

2017-08-15

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Historical
Point-and-click
Drama
Visual Novel

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Roadwarden

A text-heavy dark fantasy RPG where investigation and choices drive a story that reads like a book.

2022-09-12

Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Visual Novel

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Arcadie II: Cold Lands

A text-based single-player interactive tale about ruling as a monarch through diplomacy or tyranny, with romance options and a roughly 6–9 hour story, though some reviewers find its choices less impactful than the predecessor.

2026-06-18

Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Text
Role-playing (RPG)

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Pentiment

A dialogue-driven historical mystery in 16th-century Bavaria, unfolding through a beautifully illustrated world and branching choices over a lengthy ~24-hour narrative.

2022-11-14

Puzzle
Adventure
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Historical
Mystery