Create account
Cover of The Backworld

Similar games

Games like The Backworld

2027PC

A non-linear turn-based horror RPG set in eerie corridors and surreal dimensions. Power comes from exploring rather than grinding, and your choices decide the fate of the universe.

  • Turn-based combat
  • Dread and tension
  • Choices with consequences
  • Lots to discover
＋ Combine with my games

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

More in these topics: Turn-based RPGs Horror games

In short: Games like The Backworld

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Backworld special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

Similar in what way?

0 of 3

Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

Not for me Exclude horror, turn-based combat, pixel art …

Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

Horror Turn-based combat High difficulty Roguelike runs Shooter Pixel art Grind Survival PvP Open world Card game

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match · How is this calculated?

Show games from the same series

Best match

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

86 %Match

2019USK 6PC, Steam Deck playable66 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Backworld: turn-based combat, dread and tension as well as choices with consequences.

A bleak Lovecraftian CRPG set in a ruined 1920s Arkham, with turn-based combat, a sanity system and punishing choices. Its hand-drawn 2D look and hopeless mood make it a distinctive horror RPG experience.

Where to buy

  • Gamesplanet* Best price Steam key 17.99 € 19.99 € −10 % Go to shop
  • Steam PC 19.99 € Go to shop

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

Similar games →

Fear & Hunger

Dread and tension

A brutal, bleak turn-based horror RPG set in a deadly dungeon where scarce resources, limb-severing combat and many hidden paths make every decision risky. Survivors uncover disturbing secrets and multiple endings.

World of Horror

Dread and tension

A 1-bit horror roguelite steeped in Junji Ito and Lovecraft, where you investigate randomized cosmic mysteries in a doomed coastal town. Turn-based fights, fragile sanity and harsh choices make every run tense and different.

Torment: Tides of Numenera

Lots to discover

A text-heavy RPG set in the strange far-future world of Numenera, serving as a spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment and probing questions of identity and mortality. Conversations and choices matter far more than the rare turn-based combat.

Look Outside

Dread and tension

You are trapped in your apartment building while the world outside breaks down, fighting mutated neighbors in turn-based combat. Ammo, supplies and your sanity must be carefully managed in a dense pixel-art horror atmosphere.

Atom RPG

Lots to discover

A loving Fallout-style successor set in a Soviet wasteland, with turn-based combat, open-ended character builds and plenty of meaningful choices, all laced with dark humor and Eastern European flavor.

The Thaumaturge

Strong, story-driven narrative

A story-driven RPG set in early 20th century Warsaw, where you play a thaumaturge making morally gray decisions while binding folklore-inspired spirits called Salutors. Turn-based combat revolves around exploiting enemy weaknesses and using your creatures' abilities.

UnderRail

Lots to discover

A punishing old-school isometric RPG set in a post-apocalyptic underground subway world, built around turn-based tactical combat and highly flexible character builds. Exploration, crafting and meaningful choices shape your survival.

Feedback