Games like Black Book
If you like Black Book (rpg, cards and folklore), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Inscryption
- In common: story and long sessions
When you want something different that makes you think and surprises you. Its chapters work well in sessions of one or two hours.
Monster Train
- In common: progression and thinking
- Difference: less story
When you want an hour-long strategy run with increasingly crazy combos.
Slay the Spire
- In common: long sessions and thinking
- Difference: less story
When you want to think without stress: everything is turn-based, and you can leave a run halfway and pick it up whenever you like.
Loop Hero
- In common: progression and thinking
- Difference: less story
When you want decisions without reflexes: combat is automatic and you can pause at any moment.
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
- In common: story and progression
When you want a long JRPG you can play chapter by chapter: one rarely runs past two hours.
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
- In common: progression and thinking
- Difference: less story
When you fancy a different turn-based roguelike, in which you choose between safe, balanced or risky dice.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
- In common: progression and long sessions
- Difference: harder
When you want a long, demanding JRPG: Atlus puts a playthrough at around 80 hours, and you can save anywhere.
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
- In common: progression and thinking
- Difference: less story
When you want quick, explosive card runs where you always unlock something new.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- In common: story and long sessions
When you're in the mood for a story with lots of reading, sharp humour and decisions that shape who you are. With no rush and a desire to think.
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™
- In common: story and progression
- Difference: more action
When you have around 40 hours for a Star Wars story full of dilemmas that begs to be played on the light and dark side.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Black Book
A card-based RPG set in 19th-century rural Russia: Vasilisa, an apprentice witch, seeks the Black Book to save her betrothed’s soul. You travel from village to village taking on jobs and fight turn-based battles with spell pages.
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