27 Adventure games like Subverse that you should try

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We filtered the 36 games similar to Subverse down to the 27 that fit the “Adventure” category. Shadowhand: RPG Card Game, Shadows Over Loathing and Tactical Breach Wizards top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Subverse.

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The best adventure games like Subverse

27 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Subverse. Each one has been evaluated across 17 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Shadowhand: RPG Card GameClosest overall match

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeCasualSkill TreeLoot

Steam👍 82%· 825IGDB65· 2

Dev Grey Alien Games · Positech GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, visual novel storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings card game strategy, vibe relaxing and historical setting, while skipping punishing difficulty

RIDE WITH SHADOWHANDShadowhand is a strategic RPG card game. Duel powerful enemies with unique solitaire-style turn-based combat. Build mini-decks and equip your character strategically to sneak, slice and blast through foes!

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: setting and visuals.

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#2Shadows Over Loathing

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeSkill TreeExploration

Steam👍 96%· 3.3KOC81· 10

Year 2022Dev AsymmetricPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration and visual 2d, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: visuals.

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#3Tactical Breach Wizards

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeSci-FiIsometric

Steam👍 98%· 12KIGDB84· 3OC87· 21

Dev Suspicious DevelopmentsPlaytime ~6hOn PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Tactical Breach Wizards is a small-scale, turn-based tactics game where you play a team of wizards in modern-day tactical gear, breaching and clearing rooms full of terrorists, drug dealers, corrupt cops, and worse. It's still in early development, so everything about it might change!

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: setting.

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalSci-FiIsometricDark

Steam👍 81%· 2.2KRAWG👍 61%· 188IGDB80· 1

Year 1999Dev Hyperion Entertainment · Topware Interactive ACEPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and visual third person, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Gorky 17 is a role-playing game set in a fictional polish town of Gorky 17. The town was attacked by mutants and destroyed. Several years after these events a NATO group disappeared near Gorky 17. You take control of the second team sent to find missing allies.

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: tone and setting.

It predates Subverse by 25 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Paper Mario: The Origami King

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalExplorationOpen WorldFantasy

IGDB81· 11OC78· 137

Year 2020Dev Intelligent Systems · NintendoOn Switch

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings open world exploration, fantasy world and visual third person, while skipping visual novel storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: setting and visuals.

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#6Fate/Grand Order

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalFantasy2D

Year 2015Dev Lasengle · Aniplex of AmericaOn Android · iOS

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, visual novel storytelling and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: fantasy world and visual 2d, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: setting and visuals.

It predates Subverse by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7Caves of Qud

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeHardcoreSci-FiExplorationSkill TreeIsometric

Steam👍 95%· 12KRAWG👍 83%· 46IGDB94· 1OC90· 11

Year 2015Dev Freehold Games · Kitfox GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, roguelike runs and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design

Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Decide: is it a dying earth, or is it on the verge of rebirth?Who are you?

It predates Subverse by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Derelict StarClosest on setting

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeSci-FiSpaceExplorationLoot

Steam👍 74%· 2.9KRAWG👍 44%· 62

Year 2018Dev Snowhound Games · 1C CompanyPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings card game strategy, roguelike runs and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design

In a grim dystopian future, where mankind has scattered across the galaxy and the human society has split into two distinct classes, you are a poor stateless outcast forced to live off scraps from derelict alien stations and ships in the outer space, yet you dream of becoming a privileged citizen…

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: visuals and tone.

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeCasualExplorationSkill Tree

Steam👍 94%· 6.0KIGDB90· 1OC89· 22

Year 2025Dev YCJY GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, roguelike runs and open world exploration, while skipping puzzle design

It’s the early 2000’s, and you’ve just bought your first car. A long, slow summer lies ahead. Hearing about a festival on the other side of the country, you fire up your engine, plot a course on your map, and hit the road. How, if you get there at all, is up to you.

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: visuals.

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeHardcoreExplorationLoot

Steam👍 92%· 159KRAWG👍 86%· 1.4KMC84IGDB83· 10OC84· 80

Year 2016Dev Red Hook StudiosPlaytime ~8hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping puzzle design

Darkest Dungeon is a roguelike RPG developed by Red Hook Studios. The works of Howard Lovecraft served as the main inspiration for the game which addresses the themes of fear and psychological trauma.

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: setting and visuals.

It predates Subverse by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Invisible, Inc.Closest on tone

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalHardcoreNarrativeSci-FiIsometric

Steam👍 91%· 5.7KRAWG👍 65%· 346MC82IGDB86· 10OC83· 43

Year 2015Dev Klei EntertainmentPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · iOS

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, deep simulation and procedural generation, while skipping puzzle design

Developed by the Canadian Klei Entertainment, Invisible Inc. is a turn-based strategy with elements of stealth and roguelike. The game takes place in a dystopian future: in 2074 and the huge multinational corporations seized power from the world government. Invisible Inc.

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: setting.

It predates Subverse by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeSkill TreeExplorationIsometric

Steam👍 88%· 20KIGDB85· 14OC89· 88

Year 2018Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Versus EvilOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with open world exploration and fantasy world, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: setting and tone.

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#13Torment: Tides of Numenera

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeSci-FiIsometric

Steam👍 70%· 4.4KIGDB82· 22OC80· 110

Year 2017Dev inXile Entertainment · TechlandOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: fantasy world, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: tone.

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#14Pathfinder: Kingmaker

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeSkill TreeExplorationIsometric

Steam👍 78%· 35KIGDB66· 3OC72· 36

Year 2018Dev Owlcat Games · Deep SilverOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings open world exploration, fantasy world and setting medieval, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: setting and tone.

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#15Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalExplorationLootFirst Person

Steam👍 77%· 285RAWG👍 35%· 22

Year 1990Dev Sir-Tech · Nightdive StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, while skipping puzzle design

FULL-COLOR ANIMATED graphics DIGITIZED sound (NO add-on cards required) HARD DISK supported 11 Races, 14 Professions (with rankings!

Where it drifts furthest from Subverse: setting.

It predates Subverse by 34 years, with what that implies technically.

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