Open Sorcery similar games & best alternatives

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Open Sorcery

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

BEL/S is an Elemental Firewall: a fire elemental bound with C++ code to protect a network of people and places. She can learn things, develop relationships, and even gain sapience. Or she can burn everything with fire. It's up to you.

What works

  • Engaging and emotional story
  • High replayability with multiple endings
  • Thought-provoking themes blending magic and technology
  • Well-written characters and dialogue
  • Affordable price

Things to keep in mind

  • Short overall playtime
  • Minimal graphics and sound
  • Some technical issues on linux
  • Timed sections may frustrate some players
  • Limited save slots and keyboard controls

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

  • Choice of Robots

  • Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One

  • Choice of the Deathless

  • DELTARUNE

  • Ib

Less social

Games that feels like Open Sorcery but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Roadwarden

  • NO-SKIN

  • Pleh!

  • Kaigrad

  • Buddy Simulator 1984

  • Word Game

Less intimate

Games that feels like Open Sorcery but with less focus on close relationships

  • Rogue

  • Ord.

  • Magic Research 2

  • Moonring

  • Welcome To The Dark Place

  • Warsim: The Realm of Aslona

More status-driven

Games that feels like Open Sorcery but with more focus on status and recognition

  • Arcadie: Second-Born

  • A Legionary's Life

  • Heroes Rise: The Prodigy

  • Community College Hero: Trial by Fire

  • Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives

  • Fallen Hero: Retribution

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Open Sorcery: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Competition, Status.

Last update: 03/08/2026