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224 games like Shining Force · 1985 – 2016

  • Why 66Form.29World.00Curated.63Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy · Often paired

    Android, Browser, Linux +2

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyWizardsMagic

    Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a roguelike dungeon crawler. Available as pure ascii or with tile graphics, playable offline or as a web version. DCSS let's the player create a hero from a large number of races and classes, then sends him off

    91 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 64Form.23World.25Curated.60Lists.00Role-playing · Magic · Often paired

    Capcom · Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo 3DS +1

    Role-playingMagicFairyUndeadPixel art

    The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap is a top-down action adventure game that tells the origins of the evil Vaati from Four Swords. Like most other titles in the series, The Minish Cap features the fully explorable land of Hyrule, although i

    87 rating15 lists3 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 64Form.21World.25Curated.60Lists.00Role-playing · Magic · Often paired

    Unepic

    2011

    Linux, Switch, PS4 +5

    Role-playingMagicRobotsElvesMultiple protagonists

    This is Daniel, a normal guy from recent times: a great videogame player, big sci-fi movie fan, novice player of role playing games, pot-head and overall, horny due to a mysterious lack of success with girls. Wait... is Unepic not a mediev

    71 rating7 lists19 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 60Form.20World.25Curated.54Lists.00Role-playing · Magic · Often paired

    Bioware · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Role-playingMagicTurn-basedElvesDwarves

    Every World has conflict. Good and evil. Friend and foe. Safety and danger. In Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, you'll find yourself between these factions. This epic sequel to the Roleplaying Game of the Year will immerse you in a world o

    89 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • Why 59Form.26World.25Curated.50Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy · Often paired

    Katauri Interactive · Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyTactical role-playingTurn-based strategyMagic

    This new world of King's Bounty: Armored Princess is full of mysteries and dangers. The new character, the Princess, will encounter horrible creatures, huge monstrous bosses and a new race, the bloodthirsty Pangolins. As in the multi-award

    86 rating1 list27 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 58Form.23World.25Curated.50Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy · Often paired

    Intelligent Systems · GameCube

    Role-playingStrategyTactical role-playingTurn-based strategyMagic

    Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD, and published by Nintendo for the GameCube home console in 2005. It is the ninth main installment in the Fire Emblem seri

    82 rating5 lists33 h main storyOften paired

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 58Form.23World.25Curated.50Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy · Often paired

    New World Computing · Linux, Windows, macOS +1

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyWizardsMagic

    Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia is a turn-based strategy game and the third installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic series. The game's story is first referenced throughout Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of H

    91 rating1 listOften paired

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  • Why 57Form.20World.25Curated.50Lists.00Role-playing · Tactical role-playing · Often paired

    Square · Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation, PS3 +1

    Role-playingTactical role-playingTurn-based strategyMagicTurn-based

    Lead epic battles in a new FINAL FANTASY world. Betrayal and darker dealings await in Squaresoft's game of war. Fight hundreds of battles across dangerous 3D terrain as an ancient blood feud awakens a deadlier foe.

    86 rating1 list35 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 48Form.32World.70Curated.19Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    SNES, Sega Saturn

    Role-playingStrategyTactical role-playingWizardsMagic

    In a fantasy world, a soldier from the imperial forces deserts after witnessing the massacre of innocent villagers by his unit. He is sent to jail to be executed, but manages to escape with the help of two former unit colleagues. The group

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 43Form.28World.00Curated.29Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Sega CD

    Role-playingStrategyTactical role-playingWizardsMagic

    These are epic times for the people of Cheshire. The kingdom of Quentin is the last stronghold in all of Cheshire against the forces of darkness. But Quentin's king has been killed in battle. Cheshire desperately needs a successor to come f

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  • Why 39Form.13World.25Curated.27Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Tarn Adams · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyElvesGrid-based movement

    Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world.

    86 rating8 lists5083 h main story

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 39Form.14World.25Curated.23Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    Linux, Sega Genesis, Windows +1

    Role-playingMagicTurn-basedRobotsPixel art

    Dragonia, the castle of doom, has been resurrected! But the ghouls from the castle have stolen the Holy Goblet, the source of light. Without it, the world will be trapped in darkness forever. Don your armour and pick up your weapon.

    69 rating4 lists

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  • Why 39Form.17World.25Curated.24Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Black Isle Studios · Linux, Windows, iOS +1

    Role-playingStrategyWizardsMagicMultiple protagonists

    A CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons setting of Planescape in which The Nameless One, an immortal amnesiac, sets off on a quest across the infinite Planes and gathers a party of conflicted companions to find out who he is and reclaim his mo

    79 rating2 lists

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  • Why 38Form.21World.25Curated.20Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    Albion

    1996

    Ubisoft Blue Byte · MS-DOS

    Role-playingMagicTurn-basedRobotsMultiple protagonists

    It is the year 2227, and the gigantic interstellar factory ship, Toronto, cruises toward a lifeless planet endowed with a wealth of minerals. While studying the planet in his shuttlecraft, the pilot, Tom Driscoll, unavoidably crash lands. A

    76 rating1 list

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 38Form.20World.25Curated.20Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    Linux, Switch, PS3 +6

    Role-playingMagic16-bitElvesHorse

    You control a family of characters one at a time, and when your character dies, you choose who his or her successor is, whether it is a barbarian son of yours who has OCD, your daughter who became a ninja even though she can't see well, an

    81 rating11 lists16 h main story

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 38Form.28World.25Curated.15Lists.00Role-playing · Wizards

    Interplay Entertainment · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIGS +9

    Role-playingWizardsMagicTurn-basedElves

    Tales of the Unknown: Volume I, better known as "The Bard's Tale", is an RPG developed by Interplay Productions in 1985 originally for the Apple II. It was quickly ported to numerous other platforms and became widely successful. This was pa

    84 rating9 lists14 h main story

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 37Form.15World.25Curated.21Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    New World Computing · Game Boy Color, MS-DOS, Windows +1

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyMagicTurn-based

    Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by New World Computing in 1995 for DOS. A spin-off of New World Computing's Might and Magic series of role-playing video games, the success o

    77 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 37Form.21World.25Curated.19Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    Almost Human · Linux, Switch, Windows +2

    Role-playingMagicMultiple protagonistsGrid-based movementTeleportation

    What is Legend of Grimrock? Old-school dungeon crawling game inspired by Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder and Ultima Underworld. Explore a vast dungeon riddled with hidden switches, pressure plates, sliding walls, trapdoors and more. Di

    77 rating2 lists17 h main story

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  • Why 36Form.16World.25Curated.19Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Katauri Interactive · Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyTactical role-playingTurn-based strategyMagic

    King's Bounty: The Legend is a Real-time / Turn-based Strategy with RPG elements. In a fairy tale fantasy world of fearless knights, evil mages, wise kings and beautiful princesses the player controls a hero. Leading their character through

    87 rating2 lists23 h main story

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  • Why 35Form.13World.32Curated.19Lists.00Role-playing · Turn-based strategy

    Gaslamp Games · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Role-playingTurn-based strategyWizardsMagicTurn-based

    The roguelike games are back! Enter in this amazing adventure as an giant eyebrow boy or girl, your quest is defeat the Lord Dredmor and save the kingdom from the forces of dark! Each level is a floor randomly generate made of interconnecte

    70 rating1 list19 h main story

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  • Why 35Form.16World.25Curated.19Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    Role-playingMagicUndeadTeleportationSilent protagonist

    After having survived the dangers he encountered on his previous journey, the hero travels with the wizard Erasmus to a Greece-like country called Silmaria. Its king was recently murdered, and, according to the land's traditions, the crown

    80 rating2 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 34Form.14World.00Curated.20Lists.00Strategy · Chicken

    Sega Enterprises, Ltd. · Linux, Sega Genesis, Wii +2

    StrategyChickenPixel artGrid-based movementBats

    Arrange the blocks of jewels falling from the top of the screen. If three or more jewels of the same colour are lined up vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, they disappear. Don’t allow them to pile up to the top, or you will lose the g

    59 rating3 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 34Form.14World.00Curated.20Lists.00Strategy · Chicken

    Linux, Sega Genesis, Wii +2

    StrategyChickenPixel artGrid-based movementBats

    Arrange the blocks of jewels falling from the top of the screen. If three or more jewels of the same colour are lined up vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, they disappear. Don’t allow them to pile up to the top, or you will lose the g

    59 rating1 list

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  • Why 34Form.25World.25Curated.11Lists.00Strategy · Turn-based strategy

    Simtex · MS-DOS, Windows

    StrategyTurn-based strategyMagicTurn-basedElves

    You came to the world of Arcanus as a fledgling wizard. Sparsely equipped with but a spell or two, you begin as the ruler of a tiny hamlet and its people. With these raw materials, you must build a thriving city, explore the two worlds of A

    90 rating3 lists9.5 h main story

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  • Why 34Form.15World.25Curated.17Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Black Hole Entertainment · Windows

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyWizardsTurn-based

    The adventure in Heroes VI, starting 400 years before events in Heroes V, catapults a family of heroes into a fast-paced epic story where Angels plot to end -- once and for all -- an unfinished war with their ancient rivals, the Faceless. A

    76 rating3 lists78 h main story

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  • Why 34Form.20World.25Curated.14Lists.00Robots · Pixel art

    Owlboy

    2016

    D-Pad Studio · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3

    RobotsPixel artTeleportationSilent protagonistShopping

    Owlboy is a platform/action-adventure video game created by Norwegian developer D-Pad Studio. Explore a vibrantly crafted pixel world in this flying adventure platformer. Being a mute, Otus struggles living up to the expectations of owl-hoo

    84 rating5 lists8 h main story

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  • Why 34Form.12World.00Curated.25Lists.00Role-playing · Turn-based

    GungHo Online Entertainment · Android, iOS

    Role-playingTurn-basedFairyGoblinsWerewolves

    Puzzle & Dragons is a puzzle video game with elements of RPGs and strategy games, developed by GungHo Online Entertainment for the iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire platforms. In Japan, the title is often shortened to Pazudora, while in English

    73 rating5 lists

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  • Why 34Form.24World.32Curated.09Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Amiga, Android, Linux +3

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyMagicTurn-based

    The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host who

    72 rating7 lists23 h main story

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 33Form.17World.25Curated.14Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    Konami · Nintendo DS

    Role-playingMagicHorseMultiple protagonistsUndead

    Draw the correct magic seal quickly, or your enemies will never die! Fight and explore through one of the largest castles ever seen in the series! Race another player through custom-made castle rooms in versus mode! A year has passed since

    87 rating2 lists

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  • Why 33Form.18World.25Curated.14Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    Basilisk Games · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Role-playingMagicTurn-basedTeleportationBow and arrow

    Classic turn-based role-playing game, played with one customizable character. The player travels between towns, does quests and explores dungeons.

    75 rating1 list19 h main story

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 33Form.18World.25Curated.13Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Quest · Game Boy Advance

    Role-playingStrategyTactical role-playingTurn-based strategyMagic

    "Highlights and Key Features: - Over 40 hours of gameplay and multiple endings! - Discover powerful character classes with the new Emblem System! - Cast a wide assortment of magic spells to defeat the enemy! - Go head-to-head against a frie

    80 rating3 lists

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 33Form.25World.25Curated.10Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Konami · PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Windows

    Role-playingStrategyTactical role-playingTurn-based strategyMagic

    You assume the role of Ash Lambert, a hero torn between saving his country and restoring honor to the disgraced Lambert dynasty. As he struggles with his inner demons and personal problems, he will meet various companions throughout his jou

    85 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 32Form.22World.25Curated.10Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Intelligent Systems · Wii U, Game Boy Advance

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyMagicTurn-based

    It is the seventh game of the Fire Emblem series, the second game in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance, and the first to be released in both North America and Europe. It features a prologue storyline designed to introduce n

    88 rating3 lists

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  • Why 32Form.19World.25Curated.11Lists.00Role-playing · Wizards

    Limbic Entertainment · Windows, macOS

    Role-playingWizardsMagicTurn-basedElves

    After a decade, a Might & Magic RPG is back with both the unique core formula and a new set of improved and fine-tuned features. In the wake of the spectacular events in Might & Magic Heroes VI, you will play in a party of four adventurers

    78 rating2 lists40 h main story

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  • Why 32Form.21World.25Curated.10Lists.00Role-playing · Wizards

    Tibia

    1997

    CipSoft · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Role-playingWizardsMagicElvesUndead

    One of the earliest and most successful massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) in history, Tibia is a two-dimensional tile-based game set in a fantasy world with pixel art graphics and a top-down perspective. There are cu

    78 rating2 lists

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  • Why 31Form.20World.25Curated.08Lists.00Strategy · Turn-based strategy

    Cyanide · Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Windows +2

    StrategyTurn-based strategyWizardsMagicTurn-based

    Blood Bowl is a combination of a tactical and sports game. The basics are extremely simple: two teams, one ball. The team that carries the ball into the opponent's end zone scores a touchdown, the team with the most touchdowns at the end of

    63 rating5 lists

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  • Why 31Form.25World.25Curated.06Lists.00Role-playing · Wizards

    Vanillaware · Dreamcast, PS3, PlayStation Vita +1

    Role-playingWizardsMagicElvesFairy

    Dragon's Crown is a multiplayer hack-and-slash beat'em up game with breathtaking visual style, a design built around cooperative play, epic boss fights, and the ability to discover a new adventure in every play session. Developer Vanillawar

    80 rating5 lists

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  • Why 31Form.19World.25Curated.09Lists.00Role-playing · Wizards

    Daybreak Game Company · Windows, macOS

    Role-playingWizardsMagicRobotsElves

    EverQuest is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released on March 16, 1999. Players move their character throughout the medieval fantasy world of Norrath, often fighting monsters and enemies for tre

    78 rating7 lists400 h main story

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 31Form.18World.25Curated.10Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    The Game Designers Studio · GameCube

    Role-playingStrategyMagicMultiple protagonistsUndead

    Join a crystal caravan! A deadly miasma has swallowed the land, and it's up to you to hold it at bay! Many dangers lie along your journey, but you need not face them alone. Enlist your friends in a crystal caravan and make your mark togethe

    76 rating2 lists

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  • Why 31Form.18World.25Curated.10Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Softclub · Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyTactical role-playingTurn-based strategyMagic

    Time has come to join the dark side. Take a trip to the other side of Teana, to the part of the world that has yet remained unseen to the royal bounty hunters.

    55 rating1 list56 h main story

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  • Why 31Form.13World.25Curated.13Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Creative Assembly · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyMagicDwarves

    A unique combination of colossal real-time battles and an addictive turn-based sandbox campaign game of statecraft, politics and empire building, Total War: WARHAMMER will deliver hundreds of hours of absorbing gameplay. What is more, this

    85 rating5 lists34 h main story

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  • Why 30Form.20World.25Curated.07Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Triumph Studios · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyTurn-based strategyMagicTurn-based

    Age of Wonders III, like the previous games in the series is a turn-based strategy game set within a high fantasy universe where the player assumes the role of a political-military leader. Gameplay is 4X-based (explore, expand, exploit and

    71 rating7 lists27 h main story

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 30Form.15World.25Curated.09Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    Snowblind Studios · PS2

    Role-playingMagicElvesDwarvesWarriors

    An action fantasy RPG that is the sequel to the 2004 Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest, and with the same style of dungeon crawling and hack 'n' slash, Champions: Return to Arms differs from its predecessor by offering the player th

    79 rating5 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 30Form.18World.25Curated.08Lists.00Role-playing · Turn-based strategy

    Larian Studios · Linux, PS4, Windows +1

    Role-playingTurn-based strategyWizardsMagicTurn-based

    Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a fri

    86 rating5 lists67 h main story

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 30Form.08World.25Curated.12Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    Linux, Sega Genesis, Wii +2

    Role-playingMagicBoss fightLeveling upShopping

    You are Chaz Ashely, a rookie Hunter straight out of training who is supported by Alys Brangwin – a crafty veteran whose good looks and prowess with the blade have earned her an awesome reputation. The two Hunters along with a cast of suppo

    88 rating3 lists

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  • Why 30Form.19World.25Curated.07Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Obsidian Entertainment · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3

    Role-playingStrategyWizardsMagicElves

    Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Recapture the deep sense of exploration, the joy of a pulsating adventure, and the thrill of leading your own band of companions acro

    81 rating7 lists36 h main story

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 30Form.17World.31Curated.06Lists.00Role-playing · Magic

    BlueSky Software · Sega Genesis

    Role-playingMagicElvesHorseDwarves

    Shadowrun is an action role-playing game.It was adapted from the cyberpunk role-playing game Shadowrun.The game is the second video game adapted from Shadowrun, and has a more open ended style of gameplay than its 1993 Super NES counterpart

    87 rating1 list

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  • Why 30Form.20World.25Curated.07Lists.00Role-playing · Strategy

    Troika Games · Windows, macOS

    Role-playingStrategyMagicTurn-basedElves

    The game begins with an opening vignette that is determined by the alignment of the party. All of these require the player to start in the town of Hommlet.

    76 rating2 lists32 h main story

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