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Games like Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics

If Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics is your kind of game, the closest matches are One Way Heroics, Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate and Echoes — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and stressful. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics: Play your way through the different maps generated with every playthrough, constantly on the move away from the calamity of light, the Shine Raid, to your left and on your final battle with the Fallen Angel Alma. There's no turning back, once this thrilling one-way adventure begins!

2016RPG0.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics — Steam game cover
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  1. One Way Heroics

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Top pick for Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.

    2014IndieRPG3.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Second-strongest match for Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    The Classic Roguelike Wanders Onto Steam! Adventure with Shiren the Wanderer and his sidekick Koppa, the talking ferret, through a world filled with cunning monsters, deadly traps and countless treasure.

    2020RPG3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Echoes

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Third-strongest match for Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    サクッと遊べるダンジョン探索型2Dドット絵ローグライクゲーム

    2023RPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Wave Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Wave Danjon is a roguelike RPG in which the player is forced to navigate a map that switches at regular intervals. Conquer dungeons that become more powerful and evil with each wave!

    2024IndieRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Valkyrie Nemesis

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    A dungeon crawling RPG game that revolves around Norse mythology. Discovering strange events. Fighting demons, gods. Looting treasures. Customizing characters, fighting style.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Shattered Pixel Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Ranked #6 for Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Tangledeep

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Ranked #7 for Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Enter the magical world of Tangledeep, a beautifully polished dungeon crawler inspired by classic 16-bit RPGs! Colorful characters, a unique job system, tons of skills, items, and diverse environments with deep, turn-based roguelike gameplay. A different adventure every time you play!

    2018IndieRPG9.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. [English] AbsentedAge 2: Ghostbound

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Ranked #8 for Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Absented Age is a fresh mix of genres: an action RPG outside of combat that becomes a roguelike-style strategy RPG during combat.

    2025ActionRPG15.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. One Way Heroics

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Reviewers of Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.

    2014IndieRPG3.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Dragon's Dogma 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Reviewers of Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.

    2024ActionRPG69.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Reviewers of Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    A new adventure for Shiren and Koppa begins!

    2024RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics at current Steam store prices.

  1. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics on Steam right now.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Shotgun Legend

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

    2018ActionIndieRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. Swaying Girl

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    这是一个交互性小说的游戏,包含多个独立的小故事。画面精美,操作简单。

    2020RPGCasual0.54 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic of Autumn

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~49% under Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Magic of Autumn is a unique card puzzle game. Explore a magical island, turn the environment into cards, build decks to overcome card battles, and get your soul back.

    2020StrategyIndieRPG0.50 USDSteam ↗
  5. Bogatyr

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Bogatyr is a third-person action RPG set in a fantasy setting of Ancient Russia. The main character-a great warrior who returned from a ten-year war on the Southern Borders finds his native land in desolation. The hero will have to deal with what happened in the district, participate in the Civil War and defeat the Ancient evil.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. 鬼灵的冒险GUILING's Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    An action oriented shooting horror game, where players will be the hero GUILING from mysterious Eastern continent and engage in battles with demons to find ways to break curses, defeat zombies, and seal evil spirits. Can we fight against evil forces and escape from the cursed land?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure0.55 USDSteam ↗
  7. Falldown 79: Bottle of truth

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Узнайте историю простого русского парня, который живет в России. Возможно он хотел бы никогда не покидать свое комфортное убежище и не видеть все ужасы улицы, но судьба уготовила ему совсем иные планы и ему предстоит увлекательное приключение.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Wet Girl

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    This is a unique first-person spraying game. Take a water gun and spray the hot dancing girls, and when you wet their clothes completely, you win. When you see their angry expressions or hear them panting, don't stop spraying just for the sake of your pity on them.

    2019IndieAdventureRPG0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Saihate Station

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.

Other recommendable Steam games by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Another title from Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., the studio behind Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Make yours the destructive power of the strongest fighters ever to appear in Dragon Ball!

    2024Action69.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Another title from Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., the studio behind Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.

    2016Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., the studio behind Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.

    2016Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Another title from Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., the studio behind Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.

    2017Adventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. JUMP FORCE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Another title from Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., the studio behind Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Create your own avatar to fight alongside the most powerful Manga heroes in an original Story Mode, or head to the Online Lobby to challenge other players and discover lots of modes and activities.

    2019ActionSteam ↗
  6. AI: The Somnium Files

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., the studio behind Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.

    2019Adventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., the studio behind Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Komaru Naegi has been imprisoned inside a mysterious apartment for over a year. Her rescue is derailed when hundreds of Monokumas suddenly attack. She teams up with Toko Fukawa to survive the rampaging Monokumas, escape the crafty Monokuma Kids, and uncover the secrets of the city.

    2017Action5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Another title from Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., the studio behind Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics.

    Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

    2017Adventure5.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics

Does Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics run on Steam Deck?
Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics cost?
Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics are One Way Heroics, Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate, Echoes.
Who developed Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics?
Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics was developed by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd..

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