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Games like Vive le Roi

2017PC57 % positive

You try to save King Louis XVI from the guillotine on the day of his execution and rewrite the course of the French Revolution. A small, compact indie adventure with a historical premise.

  • Historical setting
  • Pixel art
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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In short: Games like Vive le Roi

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

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A Golden Wake

93 %Match

2014PC76 % positive9.75 €

Brings what grabs you about Vive le Roi: a historical setting, pixel art and a strong story.

A point-and-click adventure set in 1920s Florida, where aspiring real estate agent Alfie Banks gets caught between the land boom, the mob and a hurricane. The story draws on real events and locations around Coral Gables.

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The Plague Doctor of Wippra

Historical setting

You play a plague doctor in the small town of Wippra during an epidemic, healing the sick while superstition and religious zeal close in around you. Its strength lies in the puzzle-driven point-and-click investigation and the bleak, retro medieval atmosphere.

The Lion's Song

Historical setting

Four interlinked point-and-click episodes set in early 20th-century Austria, each following a creative mind wrestling with inspiration, self-doubt and human relationships. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.

The Crimson Diamond

Calm and deliberate

A text-parser mystery adventure in a late-80s EGA style, inspired by Sierra's The Colonel's Bequest. As amateur geologist Nancy Maple you explore a lodge, eavesdrop on suspects and unravel a mystery around a diamond.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Historical setting

A folk horror point-and-click adventure set in Victorian England, where antiquarian Thomasina Bateman investigates the secrets of an ancient barrow on the gloomy moors. Moody pixel art, creeping dread and a strong narrative define the experience.

1979 Revolution: Black Friday

Easy to pick up

An interactive historical drama set during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, where you play young photojournalist Reza, moving through Tehran's streets and shaping events and relationships through dialogue and quick decisions.

Mothmen 1966

Easy to pick up

A visual novel in a 1960s pulp style with pixel art reminiscent of old home computers. Set during the 1966 Leonid meteor shower, it tells an eerie, atmospheric tale of strange occurrences and moth-like beings.

The Case of the Golden Idol

Calm and deliberate

You investigate twelve baffling deaths spanning centuries, gathering clues in pixel-art crime scenes and piecing together names, motives and sequences into your own theory. Pure deduction with little hand-holding makes it feel like genuine detective work.

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