- #1 UNBEATABLE
97% matchVery Positive92% of 5,540 reviews2025
Dev: D-CELL GAMESPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
UNBEATABLE is a rhythm adventure where music is illegal and you do crimes. Follow the story of Beat and her band on the run, in a narrative experience full of big emotions powered by arcade-flawless rhythm gameplay.
Why similar: Rhythm 50.1%, LGBTQ+ 20%, Story Rich 11.2%, Exploration 7.9%, Colorful 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-driven narrative game that shares the seed game's focus on music, anime-inspired aesthetics, and deep storytelling.
- #2 vivid/stasis
96% matchVery Positive94% of 3,373 reviews2025
Dev: Team VividstasisPub: Hajimeli
Windows
Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?
Why similar: Rhythm 44.2%, Surreal 19.3%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Colorful 4.7%, Story Rich 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A rhythm-based visual novel that captures the surreal, abstract, and music-focused atmosphere of the seed game.
- #3 Sayonara Wild Hearts
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,747 reviews2019
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.
Why similar: Rhythm 55.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Stylized 10.4%, Colorful 8.1%, Story Rich 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential rhythm-action game that matches the colorful, music-focused, and surreal energy of the seed game.
- #4 The Artful Escape
95% matchVery Positive92% of 1,871 reviews2021
Dev: Beethoven and DinosaurPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A teenage guitar prodigy sets out on a psychedelic journey to inspire his stage persona and confront the legacy of a dead folk legend. Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers.
Why similar: Psychedelic 43.1%, Stylized 15.8%, Story Rich 14.6%, Colorful 10.4%, Adventure 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the rock star journey through a surreal, visually stunning, and music-heavy narrative adventure.
- #5 Starstruck: Hands of Time
94% matchVery Positive94% of 270 reviews2024
Dev: Createdelic, LLC
Windows
Starstruck: Hands of Time is a story-rich rhythm adventure game where you play guitar and abuse time travel! Control a giant hand destroying a miniature town, or play as the two guitarist kids living in it. For extra fun, optionally plug in a Guitar Hero controller!
Why similar: Rhythm 41%, Surreal 22.8%, Psychedelic 22.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines rhythm mechanics with a complex, time-traveling narrative that mirrors the rock-star-themed surrealism of the seed game.
- #6 Everhood
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,889 reviews2021
Dev: Chris NordgrenPub: Foreign Gnomes
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄
Why similar: Rhythm 25.6%, Psychedelic 24.4%, Surreal 18.4%, 2.5D 14.8%, Story Rich 9%
Why You'll Like It: An unconventional rhythm-RPG that leans heavily into surreal, dark, and music-centric themes.
- #7 Wandersong
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,848 reviews2018
Dev: Wishes Ultd.Pub: Greg Lobanov
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!
Why similar: Emotional 25%, Rhythm 18.9%, Story Rich 13.5%, Colorful 10.8%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A music-based adventure game that balances lighthearted comedy with emotional, story-rich exploration.
- #8 Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 592 reviews2020
Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
Why similar: Surreal 25.4%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Dystopian 16%, Stylized 9.7%, Exploration 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply surreal first-person adventure that shares the abstract, atmospheric, and exploration-heavy nature of the seed game.
- #9 A Musical Story
91% matchVery Positive84% of 286 reviews2022
Dev: Glee-Cheese StudioPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
‘A Musical Story’ is a rhythm game set against a 70s backdrop. Explore the memories of Gabriel, a young man trying to come to terms with his situation through the connections to his musical memory.
Why similar: Rhythm 40.6%, Psychedelic 20.1%, Emotional 12.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Colorful 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intersection of rhythm and narrative to tell a poignant story through music and abstract visuals.
- #10 Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
90% matchVery Positive94% of 797 reviews2019
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A 3D-2D adventure where you travel a 3D world and explore 2D dungeons inside of its characters' bodies and minds! In an unforgettable, surreal story, travel the world, meet whimsical denizens, and save the world from the dangerous Nano Dust.
Why similar: Surreal 22.5%, Philosophical 18.9%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Emotional 12.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy adventure that utilizes surreal, abstract environments to tell a unique, story-rich tale.
- #11 The Window Box
91% matchVery Positive80% of 82 reviews2019
Dev: Sundew Studios
Windows · Mac
Wander from room to room in this whimsical and dark visual novel as you follow five friends trapped during a freak storm. Listen while they have hard conversations and tough realizations as they confront the conflict in their lives. For what is a house but a box with windows?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.3%, Surreal 18.2%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Emotional 13%, Stylized 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal and emotional visual novel that captures the dark-comedy and abstract sensibilities of the seed game.
- #12 The Endless Empty
89% matchVery Positive96% of 297 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Surreal 22.5%, Psychedelic 20.8%, Abstract 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%, Psychological Horror 7%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that dives into surreal, abstract themes with a focus on narrative exploration.
- #13 What Lies in the Multiverse
89% matchVery Positive92% of 705 reviews2022
Dev: Studio VoyagerPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.4%, Satire 20.2% ★, Psychedelic 19%, Story Rich 8.2%, Stylized 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that blends dark humor with a narrative-heavy, dimension-hopping adventure.
- #14 Psychroma
87% matchVery Positive89% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket AdriftPub: Gamma Space Collaborative Studio
Windows · Linux
Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.9%, Dystopian 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Surreal 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy, surreal experience that uses pixel-graphics to explore deep, psychological themes.
- #15 Beyond Crimson Stars
88% matchVery Positive87% of 97 reviews2020
Dev: ben lunato
Windows
discover Worlds and characters, laugh cry and find the meaning of life
Why similar: Dark Comedy 39%, Adventure 25.1%, Casual 15.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Exploration 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich adventure that mirrors the indie, music-focused, and casual exploration vibe of the seed game.
- #16 Psycholonials
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,110 reviews2021
Dev: Andrew HussiePub: None
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
While in communication with supernatural forces, two influencers launch a daring new social media brand.
Why similar: Satire 30.5% ★, Philosophical 26.6%, LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Emotional 12.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, surreal visual novel that explores the complexities of fame and creative struggle with a sharp, dark-humor edge.
- #17 RESTLESS SOUL
86% matchVery Positive92% of 319 reviews2022
Dev: Fuz GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 46.2%, Lore-Rich 28.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Exploration 8.5%, Story Rich 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: An adventure game that uses comedy and a distinct visual style to deliver a memorable, story-driven experience.
- #18 The Hex
84% matchVery Positive94% of 5,416 reviews2018
Dev: Daniel Mullins Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
Why similar: Psychological Horror 46.1%, Story Rich 34.9%, Puzzle 13%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative dark comedy that explores the history of game genres and music with a similar experimental spirit.
- #19 Jump the Track
83% matchVery Positive97% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Seed by Seed
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're Sam, a young dreamer struggling in the gig economy. However, tonight may change everything. In this absurd comedy, fight your inner battles, rally your forces, and get ready to overthrow the system!
Why similar: Dystopian 29.1%, Emotional 19.8%, Surreal 16.6%, Story Rich 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich adventure that emphasizes comedy and player choices within a fast-paced, arcade-style framework.
- #20 DON'T GIVE UP: A Cynical Tale
85% matchVery Positive85% of 89 reviews2019
Dev: Tristan Barona
Windows · Mac · Linux
A comedic RPG about the cynical and hilarious realities of social interaction, personal growth, and confronting your inner demons.
Why similar: Adventure 53.3%, Story Rich 46.7%
Why You'll Like It: An indie RPG that balances dark humor and adventure with a focus on personal struggle.
- #21 Chasing Light
84% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2020
Dev: Vittgen Inc.
Windows · Mac
'Chasing Light' is the story of the seven days of exploring the physical properties of a game and uncovering an inner world of human beings and society. Have a weird trip!
Why similar: Adventure 48.9%, 2.5D 35.7%, Story Rich 15.3%
Why You'll Like It: An experimental adventure game that prioritizes abstract storytelling and emotional resonance.
- #22 Stardust Demon
82% matchVery Positive84% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: resnijars
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro story-rich metroidvania filled with unique and diverse abilities, and quirky, charming aliens and demons. Algol is witness to a catastrophe that sends the universe into disarray, uncover a mysterious evil plot and find many hidden rooms that test your skills.
Why similar: Surreal 27.9%, Psychedelic 24.8%, LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Exploration 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, cartoony metroidvania that shares the abstract and exploration-based elements of the seed game.
- #23 Hypnospace Outlaw
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,338 reviews2019
Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!
Why similar: Surreal 44.5%, Psychedelic 29.6%, Story Rich 11.5%, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, music-heavy trip through a fictional 90s internet that shares the dark comedy and abstract world-building of the seed game.
- #24 Donut County
80% matchVery Positive92% of 11,545 reviews2018
Dev: Ben EspositoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.9%, Story Rich 18.8%, Stylized 17.6%, Casual 15.8%, Adventure 15%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that uses surreal, dark-humored storytelling to create a charming and unique experience.
- #25 PEPPERED: an existential platformer
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 629 reviews2025
Dev: Mostly Games
Windows · Mac
An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.
Why similar: Philosophical 28.7%, Dystopian 27.4%, LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Story Rich 11.5%, Exploration 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: An existential, story-rich platformer that mirrors the abstract and challenging nature of the seed game.
- #26 Until Oblivion
79% matchVery Positive98% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: ixavon
Windows
Until Oblivion is an atmospheric narrative game that follows 17 year old nobody Emma Wilson as she tries to rekindle a dying relationship in a dying world. Join her in an increasingly nightmarish Halloween party and find out if anything (or anyone) is worth anything at all.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Abstract 13.7%, 2.5D 13.7%, Psychedelic 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, atmospheric game that explores psychological themes through a stylized, surreal lens.
- #27 The Preposterous Awesomeness of Everything
81% matchVery Positive93% of 174 reviews2016
Dev: Joe RichardsonPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The Majority of People navigate progress, politics and preposterous propulsive plans in this satirical point-and-click adventure. Featuring highly debatable democracy, problematic project managers and the belief that Anthony's underdeveloped prefrontal cortex will lead to your salvation!
Why similar: Satire 37.2% ★, Surreal 23%, Philosophical 21.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Puzzle 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A satirical point-and-click adventure that matches the experimental and dark-comedy tone of the seed game.
- #28 I Write Games Not Tragedies
78% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Studio WifePub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows
An emo-inspired narrative rhythm game exploring growing pains, addiction, romance and music. Scream with Ash as he makes the transition from baby bat to elder emo, guide him through his crash outs and help him navigate his (teenage) dirtbag life through music.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.4%, Rhythm 24.1%, 2.5D 13.6%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Emotional 8.1%
- #29 Fuzz Dungeon
79% matchVery Positive100% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Descend through absurd layers of history as a rat-dog-witch trying to escape employment and transcend reality. Explore weird museums, cosmic hallways, and your own bad dreams in a chaotic mash-up of art, humor, and a playable existential crisis.
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.5%, Surreal 23.6%, Abstract 21.8%, Stylized 10%, Exploration 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, puzzle-heavy exploration game that leans into abstract, dream-like environments.
- #30 A Work of Art
77% matchVery Positive95% of 345 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A dark, witty, psychological thriller in the horror genre, A Work of Art presents a 1-2 hour story-driven experience with Visual Novel features and RPG elements. Follow a colorful cast of quirky characters through a twisted tale of beauty and darkness; All to the sound of a Dark Original soundtrack.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 42.7%, LGBTQ+ 20%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Emotional 15.1%, Exploration 6.9%
- #31 Cube & Star: An Arbitrary Love
82% matchMixed60% of 139 reviews2014
Dev: Doppler Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Bound across the world spreading color, creating life, tearing brains asunder and meeting interesting geometry.Slowly begin to doubt that you are playing correctly. Slowly begin to doubt that life is even able to be lived correctly.And come to a terrifying conclusion.
Why similar: Adventure 42.1%, Casual 29.3%, Exploration 28.5%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, exploration-focused adventure that captures the abstract and indie spirit of the seed game.
- #32 Rock Star Life Simulator
76% matchVery Positive86% of 536 reviews2025
Dev: HOGO Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rock Star Life Simulator is an extensive fame simulation game. Start this adventure by playing the guitar on the street, form your own band. Protect the fame, money, and charisma you earned with the right decisions and become a world star!
Why similar: Rhythm 84.3%, Adventure 15.7%
- #33 Hylics 2
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,405 reviews2020
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.
Why similar: Surreal 41.5%, Psychedelic 35.6%, Stylized 7.9%, Abstract 6%, Adventure 4.9%
- #34 RGB GlitchGazer
74% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Psychedelic 20%, Philosophical 17.9%, Emotional 15.4%, Lore-Rich 11.9%
- #35 Mango
77% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 18.2%, Psychedelic 18.1%, Philosophical 16.4%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #36 The Crown of Leaves
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,216 reviews2018
Dev: LingrimmPub: The Broken Horn
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.4%, Emotional 19.9%, Story Rich 17.9%, Puzzle 11.6%, Colorful 10.4%
- #37 Home
73% matchVery Positive100% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Spoon
Windows
A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles. Enjoy live acoustic sounds and a story that feels like a musical film!
Why similar: Rhythm 43.1%, Emotional 19.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Philosophical 11.6%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #38 GLITCH DADDY
73% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Sad Mask Party
Windows
You have a strange dream where you meet a creature named Glitch Daddy, telling you that the world is ending very soon. Then, you wake up and go to unravel the truth through a wild, abstract psychedelic journey.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.1%, Surreal 19.9%, Abstract 18.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Stylized 8.5%
- #39 Broken Reality
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,203 reviews2018
Dev: Dynamic Media TriadPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!
Why similar: Surreal 51.2%, Psychedelic 13.3%, Adventure 11.5%, Exploration 8.7%, Colorful 8.7%
- #40 Interactivity: The Interactive Experience
75% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Aetheric GamesPub: Pixeljam
Windows
A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 46.8%, Surreal 31%, Adventure 11.5%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #41 START AGAIN: a prologue
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 632 reviews2021
Dev: insertdisc5
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
timeloop depression station ✦ In Stars and Time's prototype-thingy-thing
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.3%, Psychological Horror 24.5%, Story Rich 18.8%, Exploration 16.4%
- #42 AlienAfterlife
74% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2019
Dev: Jeremy CouillardPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Step into a radiant dimension where souls reboot as data. Recover your reincarnation machine from alien terrorists and explore glowing temples of memory, logic, and light. A surreal odyssey through death, rebirth, and the beauty of being lost.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 31.6%, Surreal 19.6%, Abstract 14.4%, Psychedelic 14.3%, Exploration 8.6%
- #43 Recursive Ruin
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 310 reviews2022
Dev: Bit RotPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.
Why similar: Abstract 20.1%, Surreal 19.7%, Philosophical 18.7%, Emotional 10.9%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #44 Future Racer 2000
71% matchVery Positive93% of 120 reviews2023
Dev: Tim OxtonPub: oxblud
Windows
Only You Can Be The Future Racer 2000
Why similar: Rhythm 32.1%, Surreal 24.9%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #45 In Stars And Time
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,095 reviews2023
Dev: insertdisc5Pub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.6%, Emotional 19%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 13.6%
- #46 Dig Night
69% matchVery Positive99% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: INUSHIT
Windows
A dark comedy RPG set in streets and psyches.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 44%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Exploration 14.1%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 8.2%
- #47 Road to Ballhalla
71% matchVery Positive88% of 425 reviews2016
Dev: Torched HillPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!
Why similar: Rhythm 72.4%, Colorful 14.1%, Puzzle 13.5%
- #48 Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 605 reviews2023
Dev: Deathbulge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A party-based RPG about a 3-piece band of dysfunctional friends who, upon signing up to a perfectly normal battle of the bands contest, become cursed with an unusual power.
Why similar: Emotional 45.5%, Story Rich 32.6%, Colorful 21.9%
- #49 HYPERBEAT
66% matchVery Positive100% of 339 reviews2025
Dev: Alice BottinoPub: Dreamware Media
Windows
Embark as a knight alone or with friends in an order chasing their potential. Experience a rhythm game with an original soundtrack, in-depth character customization, and a story following an ensemble cast in a tranquil hub world. What will you find at the peak of what you're chasing?
Why similar: Rhythm 34.9%, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Psychedelic 13.1%, Abstract 13%, Stylized 10.4%
- #50 Nocturne: Prelude
69% matchVery Positive97% of 399 reviews2020
Dev: Pracy Studios
Windows
The afterlife is now digital. Discover that eternal life comes with sacrifice in the first chapter of a genre-defying RPG with unique rhythm combat.
Why similar: Rhythm 30.3%, Dystopian 16.8%, Philosophical 16.3%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Stylized 7.7%
- #51 Ephemerid: A Musical Adventure
70% matchVery Positive92% of 223 reviews2015
Dev: SuperChop Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Ephemerid is a rock fairy tale about a paper mayfly. Part rhythm game, part point-and-click adventure, and part rock opera.
Why similar: Rhythm 82%, Adventure 18%
- #52 No Longer Home
70% matchMixed64% of 426 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Surreal 18.2%, Philosophical 15.9%, Emotional 14.5%, Stylized 9.6%
- #53 Actual Sunlight
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 611 reviews2014
Dev: WZOGI
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation.
Why similar: Adventure 54.9%, Story Rich 45.1%
- #54 stikir
69% matchVery Positive84% of 299 reviews2019
Dev: bilge
Windows
This game is about making this game.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.5%, Surreal 19.1%, Abstract 19.1%, Psychedelic 18.7%, Stylized 7.9%
- #55 DOOMER SIMULATOR
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: Sebasa Games TaganrogPub: Sebasa Games
Windows
Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality
Why similar: Exploration 58.7%, Adventure 41.3%
- #56 A Living Room
66% matchVery Positive86% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Valtteri TavastPub: Instant Million
Windows
You are a man in a room. Something feels off. Or maybe it's on. A short existential comedy point-and-click non-adventure about the limitations and imitations of human existence – or, really, whatever you want it to be about.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 40.1%, Surreal 23.7%, Philosophical 17.1%, Story Rich 7.9%, Colorful 6.1%
- #57 We Are OFK
66% matchVery Positive92% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: OFK
Windows · Mac
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.9%, Emotional 24.8%, Story Rich 15.2%, Colorful 10.8%, Stylized 10.1%
- #58 Illusion Carnival
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,466 reviews2024
Dev: KiZ
Windows · Mac
A lost soul wanders through a whimsical, eerie pop-up book like amusement park. Dive into fun-filled stages, encounter unique characters, fend off spirit erosion, and uncover the park's hidden secrets. The enchanting yet dark Illusion Carnival begins now.
Why similar: 2.5D 30.3%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Stylized 12.8%, Puzzle 9.5%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #59 Night Reverie
66% matchVery Positive97% of 324 reviews2021
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 28.5%, Emotional 15.4%, Exploration 13.4%, Puzzle 12.7%, Story Rich 12.3%