Games Like A Museum of Self & Space

When the world ends, who will you spend your final hours with? A visual novel for the GBA.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.1%, Emotional 23.9%, Abstract 13.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Minimalist 3.9%

An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Emotional 14.1%, First-Person 10.9%, Story Rich 10.6%, Narration 10.3%

A Queer Comedy Game Show that's broadcasting live from a 1980s studio and where you’re the star contestant of the show.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.3%, Dark Comedy 14.1%, Emotional 12.9%, Narration 11.1%, First-Person 11%

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: LGBTQ+ 28.7%, Emotional 19.9%, Dark Comedy 19.7%, Surreal 14.1%, Story Rich 9.7%

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Narration 21%, Story Rich 16.9%, Abstract 14.2%, First-Person 13.8%, Emotional 11.7%

Stumble through the contorted geometry at the end of everything, commanding flickering echoes of life to forge your path. Unravel the history of troubled souls as you guide them to their final resting place in hopes of undoing Death's inevitable promise.

Why similar: Surreal 20.5%, Abstract 18.2%, Emotional 16.1%, First-Person 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%

A Deep Rest is a collection of short stories about men and their relationship with mental health and depression. Taking control of a different character in each story, you will experience life from their perspective. See the problems and issues they face and help them find ways to be alright again.

Why similar: First-Person 18.7%, Story Rich 16.5%, Narration 14.6%, Abstract 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%

A game for the ones we lost on the way. Memento Mori is a surreal walking simulator that combines a minimalistic art style and a show don't tell story, focused on dealing with loss.

Why similar: Surreal 21.8%, Abstract 19.5%, Emotional 16.3%, First-Person 10.3%, Linear 9.3%

808 explores the memories that define us and what happens when they're taken away. It's a surreal game about love, loss, and a difficult choice: the pain of authenticity, or the peace of self forgetfulness.

Why similar: Narration 19.5%, Abstract 19.4%, Emotional 16%, First-Person 15.7%, Story Rich 15.1%

Bean Sidhe (banshee) is a narrative walking sim through Irish and modern history featuring fully voiced interactions and colorful 3D landscapes.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30%, Emotional 20.9%, Narration 17.2%, Story Rich 12.4%, First-Person 8%

Filled Up is a first-person survival horror/comedy hybrid featuring LGBT characters and themes. After a horrific accident, you awaken in the town of Hunksville, alone. An ancient and corrupt evil has taken over the town - can you save not only your friends, but the town of Hunksville itself?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 48.2%, Dark Comedy 24.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, First-Person 7.3%, 3D 3.2%

Explore the island you inherited from your grandfather. Discover the secrets and stories it holds and relive your memories in search of an answer: Why did he want you here?

Why similar: Emotional 29%, Narration 23.8%, Story Rich 14.9%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 7%

He Fucked The Girl Out Of Me is a semi-autobiographical narrative visual novel about trauma and sex work made for the gameboy. The author explains how sex work impacted her life and changed her perception of the world. The game takes approximately 40 minutes to play from start to finish.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 48.6%, Emotional 26.7%, Story Rich 12.8%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Linear 4.5%

Witness to Mass Incarceration is a narrative-driven interactive story based on my life in federal prison. It is a brutally honest portrayal of the lack of humanity, how our lives inside are at risk every day, and the place you are forced to go within yourself to survive.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.5%, Emotional 27.7%, Story Rich 16.5%, Narration 7.6%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Help your love Dei make his own movie. HITM3 is a third person, slice of life adventure where you control Nam on his days in Santiago de Chile.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.3%, Emotional 31%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 7%, 3D 6.5%

"non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39%, Emotional 19.9%, Abstract 9.5%, Story Rich 9.3%, Narration 8.9%

A brief emotional experience lasting a few minutes, centered on the quiet weight of a kept promise. A narrative-driven tale with minimal mechanics.

Why similar: Story Rich 18.6%, Narration 15.2%, Emotional 14.1%, First-Person 10.6%, Surreal 9.3%

Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts is a brief and cozy narrative game that lets you explore a character via thoughts and momentos you find in stages of their life. Its an introspective game, meant to share some experiences a peer-group of neurodivergent queers, including the dev, had growing up.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.7%, Emotional 18.6%, First-Person 14.1%, Narration 13%, Story Rich 11.8%

The Memories That Shape Us is a narrative video game that lasts about two hours. Find the Memory Capsules to uncover the story of a person’s life from childhood to adulthood, all the joys, all the struggles, and all the lessons. How much can one take before they’ve had enough?

Why similar: Emotional 21.3%, Abstract 17.8%, Narration 15.6%, Story Rich 13.1%, First-Person 12.2%

A slice-of-life visual novel about the hardships and joys of a trans girl transformed into a zombie.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43.6%, Emotional 18.2%, Narration 17.9%, Story Rich 9.4%, Linear 6.3%

Immerse yourself in this unique experience in Music Memories. Uncover the mysteries hidden by this wonderful family... or are they not so wonderful?

Why similar: First-Person 22.6%, Emotional 17.8%, Narration 17.4%, Story Rich 17%, Linear 10.1%

Road Trip to the End of the World is a visual novel about the death of a friendship. When Andy and her imaginary friend Fishy set off on a road trip to crash their ex-best friend’s wedding, will they know when to hit the brakes?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43%, Emotional 26.9%, Story Rich 16.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Casual 2.1%

An emotional adventure that invites you into the beautifully crafted world of personal discovery, identity, introspection and connection made by 'S', a queer person of color.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.4%, Emotional 18.7%, Narration 14.8%, First-Person 13.9%, Story Rich 10.4%

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+ 34.4%, Emotional 20.6%, Surreal 13.2%, Story Rich 12.2%, Minimalist 8.1%

Explore a small, story-rich world reflecting the struggles of college life. Play mini-games to complete the everyday tasks that you need to survive. Eventually, try to find a way to break the cycle of monotony and escape your bleak surroundings.

Why similar: Emotional 28.3%, Dark Comedy 27%, Narration 19.5%, Story Rich 16.3%, Linear 3.8%

What does a SUPERVILLAIN do, when he is forbidden from doing anything evil for the day? WARNING: This is not the type of game where you can make meaningful choices.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 58.5%, Story Rich 15.9%, Narration 11.6%, Linear 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%

A terrifying psychological horror where You must explore mysterious Facilities, evade the pursuing Boykisser, and search for the way Outside.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.4%, Surreal 18.8%, First-Person 12.7%, Minimalist 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Your eyes cannot be trusted. A girl finds herself questioned by a twisted psychiatrist, helping a fallen angel, and followed by a bizarre stalker, descending to a beautiful, terrible world where nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.3%, Abstract 18%, Surreal 14.9%, Emotional 14.4%, Story Rich 11.6%

You are a trapped nameless hero in a grim world that has been distorted by corrupted feelings. Fight back! Dive into a 2D hand-drawn story-rich platformer, mixing exploration and action. In this short journey, you need to pass through the darkest side of this strange world and ask: do I feel?

Why similar: Emotional 27.3%, Surreal 21.3%, Narration 19.5%, Story Rich 18.1%, Atmospheric 5.2%

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 60.7%, Emotional 26.6%, Indie 4.5%, Story Rich 4.2%, Atmospheric 2.5%

A queer mystery game about book banning. Play as Ruby (they/them), a journalism major on a surreal, after-hours adventure to investigate the disappearance of books from their college library.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.6%, Emotional 21%, Story Rich 14.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Narration 8.5%

Destiny Island is a very short computer game. You play a man who visits his memories. You can walk and talk to mannequins about 7 sins. Associate essence with anything comes to your mind.

Why similar: First-Person 19.6%, Abstract 17.7%, Surreal 17.3%, Narration 16.9%, Story Rich 13.8%

In this 3D, story-driven platforming adventure, explore an uninhabited island's massive cave network. Learn about the heroes' psyches as you explore lush caverns, subterranean oceans, and surreal cityscapes, all while meeting surprising creatures! By Anodyne & Angeline Era's devs!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Emotional 20.4%, Surreal 18.1%, Story Rich 16.6%, Atmospheric 8.9%

"My Qi Is Unlimited" is a first-person immersive puzzle game. Play as a girl with a unique constitution. Explore a secluded manor, solve mechanisms, and combine items. Shape relationships through choices, leading to vastly different endings.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 50.1%, First-Person 31.5%, 3D 10.4%, Singleplayer 5.1%, Indie 2.8%

A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.1%, Emotional 21%, Narration 14.6%, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.5%

A short narrative adventure about mom, which will leave you with unforgettable incredible emotions about your mom.

Why similar: Emotional 30.5%, First-Person 24%, Story Rich 14.8%, Narration 13.5%, 3D 9.2%

Inner Ashes is a first person, narrative, puzzle adventure, where the player puts himself in Henry's shoes, a forest guard diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He has to travel through his mind to discover why his only daughter Enid disappeared from his life.

Why similar: Emotional 22%, First-Person 17.2%, Narration 15.9%, Surreal 15.2%, Story Rich 14.1%

A minimalist journey though life.

Why similar: Emotional 22.8%, Abstract 20.4%, Surreal 17.4%, Narration 14.3%, Story Rich 10.8%

Rediscover a familiar world by splashing it with color and find your way through the darkness in this first-person exploration game. Traverse 30+ surreal locations, solve intriguing puzzles, and face your demons. Uncover fragments of your story through a meditative journey between light and shadow.

Why similar: Abstract 18.5%, Emotional 17.2%, Surreal 16.3%, First-Person 14.8%, Narration 12.5%

DEJAR IR is an intimate and sentimental game where the story is told through different works of art that evoke what we felt during the pandemic, culminating with one of the most beautiful feelings. What will it be? An adventure filled with emotions we experienced during the pandemic.

Why similar: Emotional 30.8%, Narration 22.6%, Story Rich 18.3%, First-Person 16.1%, Atmospheric 4.8%

What Has Come Before is a perspective-driven puzzle game set in an eerie and stylish black and white Lynchian world. Stuck in limbo with only hearing and vision to guide, players must utilize clever changes in perspective to move forward.

Why similar: Surreal 25.3%, First-Person 25.2%, Abstract 23.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Minimalist 6.7%

This is a visual novel about loneliness and fantasy. You will play a student in a closed boarding school for girls, feeling lonely and alienated, communicating with an imaginary friend every day.Your choices will lead to an ending of either redemption or downfall.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.3%, Emotional 19%, Story Rich 18.7%, First-Person 14.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%

SIRE is a narrative card game about dealing with the death of a parent, and the whirlwind of emotions that follow. Players combine cards to explore a darkly comedic, surreal world of loss and learning, in a combination of classic point-n-click adventure and real video footage.

Why similar: Emotional 19.9%, Dark Comedy 19.7%, Narration 13%, Abstract 12.5%, Surreal 11.8%

project_Structure_01 is first-person exploration game focusing on atmosphere and exploration of surreal liminal spaces that feature brutalist architecture.

Why similar: First-Person 24.4%, Surreal 21.2%, Abstract 15.8%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Minimalist 7.7%

The World is Binary, a 3D visual novel, takes you on a journey of good and evil, science and religion, and questions what is true or false. The experience explores the ideas of love and fear, and offers practical steps on how you can improve your life and change the world.

Why similar: Emotional 24.3%, Abstract 20.7%, LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Surreal 15.1%, Story Rich 10.3%

If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.3%, Emotional 27.3%, Story Rich 16%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%

The rise and fall of a rock n' roll star.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.8%, Dark Comedy 19.1%, Abstract 16.9%, Emotional 15%, Surreal 14.5%

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 59.1%, Emotional 14.7%, Story Rich 11.7%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Indie 4%

Lost Brothers is a single-player first-person adventure, taking place in an abandoned mine. All you have is a walkie-talkie and a map. Explore a mysterious forest and a labyrinth of underground passages to rescue a mysterious lady.

Why similar: Emotional 29.1%, Narration 23.1%, First-Person 21.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Story Rich 8.5%

This is a simple game. All you do is walk, and my grandmother will play the piano. There's nothing else to it.

Why similar: Emotional 34.8%, Abstract 19.6%, Narration 11.7%, Minimalist 10.5%, Atmospheric 6.8%

It's a first-person game in which you'll have to find your way around a decaying building to find the information you've been sent to find. But along the way you might find something else.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38%, Emotional 24.3%, First-Person 14.9%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%

A poet ponders queer life and love after his happily ever after.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.9%, Emotional 21.2%, Story Rich 15.7%, Narration 11.6%, Linear 7%

Enter the loop, explore abstract spaces, find and process bad memories to unfold your story and learn your fate. Fragment tells a story of generational trauma and addiction, you decide whether to break the loop or be consumed by it.

Why similar: Abstract 30.7%, Emotional 26.9%, Surreal 17.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Minimalist 5.4%

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: LGBTQ+ 32.6%, Emotional 18.9%, Surreal 17.4%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%

A girl suffering from hallucinations tries her best to live a normal life in the megapolis. She sees an advertisement for a certain doctor presenting a revolutionary technology for diagnosing and treating the psyche, "G.L.A.Z.A".

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Abstract 17%, First-Person 16.3%, Surreal 16%, Story Rich 11%

A slimy, psychedelic adventure about a girl attending a warehouse rave party with her friends, where she'll go to experience a long, profound bad (?) trip.

Why similar: Abstract 18.2%, Surreal 17.3%, Dark Comedy 16.2%, Emotional 14.4%, Story Rich 12.2%

Explore the mystical sanctuary of the Old Well and reconnect with your childhood friends while solving audio-driven puzzles. Meet quirky animals, unravel forgotten tales and immerse yourself in an interactive soundscape as you piece together your place in the world.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.4%, Emotional 19.9%, First-Person 17.5%, Story Rich 14.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%

God appeared dead in the sky and the world is coming to an end. Ill-fated twenty-something Mary Baker has a secret she needs to get off her chest: She wants to break up with her girlfriend.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.7%, Dark Comedy 26.7%, Story Rich 14.1%, Linear 6.4%, 3D 5.4%

To My Best Friend is a first-person exploratory narrative experience delivering an emotional story. Made to be experienced in one sitting, it offers something you can return to, revisit, and think on whenever you feel like you need to remember the good times life has to offer.

Why similar: Emotional 20%, Abstract 15.8%, Surreal 13.1%, Narration 12.9%, First-Person 12.6%

Enter the world of Milly, a troubled tattoo artist who sets out to revive her dying neighborhood by collecting remaining stories through her art. Walk the streets of Nortown, witness the comes and goes of its people, and redefine the meaning behind each tattoo in this first person narrative game.

Why similar: Story Rich 24.5%, First-Person 23.7%, Emotional 14.3%, Atmospheric 13%, Surreal 12.1%