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More about this game →We filtered the 41 games similar to The Secret of Varonis down to the 17 that fit the “Xbox” category. Octopath Traveler, Battle Chasers: Nightwar and Final Fantasy top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Secret of Varonis.
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Within the “Xbox” category, the closest game to The Secret of Varonis is Octopath Traveler — scoring 83/100 on our similarity scale. Battle Chasers: Nightwar and Final Fantasy follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Secret of Varonis. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration, while skipping setting mythology
✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, exploration and discovery and loot and gear systems, while skipping setting mythology
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: visuals.
✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and combat magic, while skipping setting mythology
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: setting.
✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration, while skipping setting mythology
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: visuals.
✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping setting mythology
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: setting and visuals.
✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration, while skipping setting mythology
Final Fantasy IX (ファイナルファンタジーIX, Fainaru Fantajī Nain) is a 2000 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth title in the main Final Fantasy series and the last to debut on the original PlayStation.
It predates The Secret of Varonis by 24 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, visual novel storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting mythology
Wear the mask. Reveal your truth. Prepare for an all-new RPG experience in Persona®5 Royal based in the universe of the award-winning series, Persona®! Don the mask of Joker and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: visuals and setting.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, action RPG combat and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting mythology
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: visuals and setting.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: visual novel storytelling, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting mythology
Persona 4 Golden is the jRPG and the remake of the Persona 4, released four years after the original. This is the fifth part of Persona series which is at the same time a sub-series to an even bigger franchise called Shin Megami Tensei. The remake is released exclusively for PS Vita handheld.
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: visuals and setting.
It predates The Secret of Varonis by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings combat magic, melee combat and ranged combat, while skipping setting mythology
Shining Force II (シャイニング・フォースII 古えの封印, Shainingu Fōsu Tsū: Inishie no Fūin, lit. "Shining Force II: The Ancient Seal"), is a tactical role-playing game for the Mega Drive/Genesis console developed by Sonic! Software Planning in 1993.
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: visuals and combat.
It predates The Secret of Varonis by 31 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, visual novel storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting mythology
At the dawn of time, a terrible war raged between the forces of good and evil, ending in the destruction of the world of Agarest. After their victory, the Gods of Light unified the decaying bodies of the Gods of Darkness and created a new world.
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: visuals and setting.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for The Secret of Varonis.
It predates The Secret of Varonis by 15 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, action RPG combat and strong narrative focus, while skipping setting mythology
Once a year, the Paintress wakes and paints upon her monolith. Paints her cursed number. And everyone of that age turns to smoke and fades away. Year by year, that number ticks down and more of us are erased. Tomorrow she’ll wake and paint “33.
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: visuals and setting.
✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration, while skipping setting mythology
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: game mode.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping fantasy world
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: visuals.
✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, action RPG combat and fighting mechanics, while skipping fantasy world
Where it drifts furthest from The Secret of Varonis: visuals.
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