Game Reviews7.7/10
Cosmic Star Heroine Review: A Smart Combat System Wrapped in a Crowded Story
Cosmic Star Heroine review: Zeboyd's sci-fi RPG swaps MP for a charge system and random battles for visible enemies, with a crowded story behind it.
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Tag: indie RPG
Game Reviews7.5/10
Romance on the Run Gets Tangled in Its Own Mystery
Haven review: The Game Bakers' RPG about what happens after two lovers escape an arranged-marriage dystopia. Great gliding and Nest life, uneven story. 7.5/10.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Always Sometimes Monsters: A 30-Day Journey Through Morality and Desperation
Always Sometimes Monsters review: a broke author has 30 days to cross the country and stop a wedding. Vagabond Dog's 2014 RPG scores 8.1/10.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Masquerada’s tactical combat earns its place, even when the storytelling doesn’t
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows review: a tactical RPG of Venetian masks and elemental tags, scored 7.2 of 10 for its smart combat and dense lore.
Game Reviews7/10
Text Characters Double as the Art and the Battlefield in This Sci-Fi Party RPG
Effulgence RPG renders a whole party-based sci-fi adventure in text symbols. A solo-built PC game that bets everything on one strange visual idea.
Game Reviews6.8/10
A Hand-Drawn RPG With a Great Look and a Combat System That Never Quite Lands
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom review: Enigami's 2017 RPG with an invented language, five species and realtime combat scores 6.8/10.
Game Reviews9.6/10
Undertale’s mercy system still holds up 11 years later
Undertale review: Toby Fox's solo RPG mixes bullet hell combat with mercy, sold 5 million copies and holds a 9.6 critic score.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Citizen Sleeper: Dice, Debt, and a Borrowed Body on the Eye
Citizen Sleeper review: dice-driven survival on the Eye, a borrowed robot body, debt to Essen-Arp, and a station that will not save you.
Game Reviews7.8/10
Eastward’s ruined world and its parent-child road trip hold up five years later
Eastward review: Pixpil and Chucklefish's pixel-art adventure RPG pairs a dying world with a father-daughter road trip, and scores 7.8 of 10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
A Cozy Fairy-Tale Adventure That Asks Only for Patience
Guardian Legend is a 2019 indie RPG for PC with lovely modelling, a nostalgic fairy tale world and humorous dialogue. Single player only, scored 7.9/10.