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Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk (2016)

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Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
Game
9.0/10on IGDB
Released
Lead a brigade of puppet soldiers organized into covens. The ability to break particular walls can turn a familiar dead end into an opening. It’s a good choice for a player who wants to manage whole groups within a party, with discoveries that change how you read its map.
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Demon Gaze Extra (2021)

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Demon Gaze Extra
Game
Released
Take Oz into first-person labyrinths to find Demon Circles and tackle their guardians. Progress lets you call on demons during battle, so cornering one is also a way to change your party’s options. EXTRA is the updated release to look for.
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Demon Gaze II (2016)

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Demon Gaze II
Game
Released
Fight through Asteria’s dungeons and bring demons into the party itself. It suits players who would rather recruit characters that have their own role and story than fill every position at a character creation screen. The earlier Demon Gaze has a different relationship between the party and its summoned demons.
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Unchained Blades (2011)

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Unchained Blades
Game
9.0/10on IGDB
Released
Lead Fang and his party through first-person mazes inside enormous Titans. The Unchain system lets monsters you meet become followers, which gives an encounter a point beyond the immediate fight. Look for the PSP or 3DS edition of the original game.
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Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy (2017)

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Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy
Game
Released
Go into modern Tokyo’s dangerous areas with a squad whose members borrow powers through Blood Codes. The sequel’s combination of codes gives a role more room to change after the start. Swap in this one when a contemporary city and lab-created threats sound better than another castle.
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Mary Skelter: Nightmares (2016)

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Mary Skelter: Nightmares
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Move through a living prison with fairy-tale prisoners as party members. The ordinary fights are turn-based, but Nightmares can chase you through the maze outside those fights. Skip it if the promise of taking your time needs to cover every moment of exploration.
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Mary Skelter 2 (2018)

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Mary Skelter 2
Game
Released
Explore the Jail through a new party and a different account of what happened there. The sequel keeps dungeon powers and the horror pressure of roaming Nightmares alongside ordinary turn-based fights. Choose it when the setting and character stories matter as much as the map.
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Mary Skelter Finale (2020)

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Mary Skelter Finale
Game
Released
Switch between separated teams in a larger escape. You’re following and equipping multiple parties rather than committing to one group for the whole game. It’s worth saving until the earlier entries if you want the cast and the Jail to make sense from the start.
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StarCrawlers (2017)

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StarCrawlers
Game
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
Take jobs in corporate facilities as a crew of freelance operatives, with hacking and machine-oriented classes alongside more direct combat roles. Missions offer a natural way to split up the crawl. Pick it when science fiction and equipment in an industrial station beat another set of medieval corridors.
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StarCrawlers Chimera (2024)

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StarCrawlers Chimera
Game
Released
Take one character into a futuristic facility and build across skill trees. The solo focus makes every investment and style of fighting belong to the same character. It offers a smaller party-management burden than the original StarCrawlers.
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32

The Bard's Tale Trilogy (2018)

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The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Explore first-person dungeons in the remastered three-game collection, where party composition and the bard’s songs matter in an expedition. The remasters offer automapping and make it easier to settle in than the old versions. Start at the first game if tracing the series is part of the appeal.
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Might & Magic X: Legacy (2014)

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Might & Magic X: Legacy
Game
8.6/10on IGDB
Released
Take four adventurers through a world of tile-based travel and turn-based battles. Position can become especially important when enemies restrict movement, which makes running into an encounter feel different from spotting it before crossing a square. This later entry returns to a grid after the series experimented with freer movement.
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Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (1991)

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Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra
Game
6.8/10on IGDB
Released
Explore the Isles of Terra as a created party and treat outdoor journeys as part of the same route planning as dungeons. Grid-based travel and simple directional controls put much of the attention on what you see and where you can go. Pick the classic collection when you want a whole older world to chart.
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Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen (1992)

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Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen
Game
6.2/10on IGDB
Released
Take a party through the towns and dungeons on the light side of Xeen. Clouds also combines with Darkside into World of Xeen, so choose the combined installation if crossing between the two sides is part of the appeal.
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Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen (1993)

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Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen
Game
6.5/10on IGDB
Released
Continue into the other half of Xeen, with a different set of places and an older tile-based rhythm. This can be played on its own or joined with Clouds of Xeen. The latter makes it easier to see why two campaigns can function as one large map.
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Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (1998)

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Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
Game
8.7/10on IGDB
Released
Move freely through Enroth and enter the optional turn-based combat mode for a more deliberate fight. Outdoors and indoors belong to the same broad journey. It’s a good choice if you want first-person party crawling and big towns without being limited to discrete steps.
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Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor (1999)

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Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor
Game
8.8/10on IGDB
Released
Choose character jobs that can advance down different paths, then take the group into rooms and outdoors from the first-person view. Switch to turn-based combat when you want time to decide who acts. The larger setting makes this an alternative for players who enjoy coming back to town with a new plan.
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Elminage Gothic (2014)

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Elminage Gothic
Game
5.0/10on IGDB
Released
Set up a party for a tough first-person crawl with room to experiment in classes and monster encounters. The dark ruins and detailed party options are a better fit for experienced players than for someone who wants the systems introduced one or two at a time.
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Class of Heroes 2G: Remastered Edition (2024)

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Class of Heroes 2G: Remastered Edition
Game
Released
Build a group of adventuring students and choose where to take them from a school hub. Classes and races change who can do what in the turn-based fights. The 2G remaster is the edition to look for when starting the second game on a modern platform.
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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (2017)

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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
Game
9.0/10on IGDB
Released
Explore the anomalous Schwarzwelt in first person and recruit demons with different resistances and attacks. Knowing an enemy’s weakness helps you make the most of a turn. The Redux release on 3DS adds story content, so pick it when choosing between the two editions.
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The Dark Spire (2009)

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The Dark Spire
Game
8.6/10on IGDB
Released
Build a party and climb a dark tower on Nintendo DS. Its optional Classic mode trades the detailed drawings for a wireframe presentation. It’s one of the most direct ways on the system to see what the older first-person style felt like.
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