- #1 Vapor World: Over The Mind
97% matchMixed42% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: ALIVE Inc.
Windows
Lost in darkness, a boy drawn into a twisted dream, no way out. Vapor World: Over The Mind is a narrative-driven souls-like platformer focused on deflection combat. Descend into a shattered mind seeking lost memories. Face the dark, beautiful world born of sorrow and regret.
Why similar: Souls-like 29.6%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Action RPG 12.9%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Dark 8.9%
- #2 Night Loops
96% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Anime 10%, Dark 9.5%
- #3 Void Memory
96% matchMixed67% of 234 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: Souls-like 37.5%, RPG 21.7%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Dark 5.7%
- #4 Free Will
95% matchVery Positive96% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: RPG 37.4%, Emotional 15.4%, Exploration 15.2%, Dark 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #5 Ghost Song
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,454 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.1%, Sci-fi 21.5%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #6 Dreamed Away
94% matchVery Positive93% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: WAKE UP GAMESPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dreamed Away is an emotional action-adventure RPG with psychological horror elements. Play as Théo, a boy lost in a dark, mysterious world. Explore a unique reality, duel against darkness in a unique, fast paced combat system and mind your choices.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.8%, RPG 15.3%, Emotional 13.3%, Exploration 12%, Pixel Graphics 12%
- #7 Land of Ghosts
93% matchVery Positive98% of 87 reviews2026
Dev: brutal_vap
Windows
A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters with ghosts. Rain-soaked landscapes and quiet conversations shape a desolate, melancholic road ahead.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.5%, Side Scroller 19.5%, Visual Novel 17%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Exploration 11.8%
- #8 OMORI
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 88,316 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.8%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, RPG 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Anime 5.2%
- #9 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
92% matchVery Positive92% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Emotional 14.3%, Anime 13.2%
- #10 OneShot
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 64,754 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.5%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Atmospheric 16.2%, RPG 12.3%, Exploration 11.8%
- #11 Lunacid
89% matchVery Positive91% of 11,455 reviews2023
Dev: KIRA LLC
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
Why similar: Souls-like 43.2%, Action RPG 21.9%, RPG 18.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Combat 3.8%
- #12 Hyper Light Drifter
89% matchVery Positive93% of 19,122 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Action RPG 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Exploration 9.1%
- #13 Sinking Inn
90% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Open Alpha
Windows · Mac
A small, lonely boy on a hopeful quest navigates through a dark and dreary motel. Dive into its mysterious, eerie atmosphere and find your way through the motel's strange puzzles, as it becomes increasingly clear that reality is not as it seems.
Why similar: RPG 36%, Exploration 28.6%, Dark 20.6%, 2D 14.8%
- #14 Byakuya Museum
87% matchVery Positive93% of 801 reviews2023
Dev: 墨染_Aifeimo
Windows
“I should have...died...”Opened eyes again, he found himself in a bustling museum!Players need to take on the role of a raven specimen boy "Gregorio" to explore the Byakuya Museum. Your mission is to plumb the secrets of Time Town, uncover your own past, and escape from the museum.
Why similar: Fantasy 20.5%, Anime 17.6%, Dark 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%
- #15 Never Forgotten
86% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Cody Hodge
Windows
A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Souls-like 19.5%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Emotional 11.7%, Action RPG 11%, Dark 9.7%
- #16 Actual Sunlight
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 619 reviews2014
Dev: WZOGI
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation.
Why similar: Dark 61.9%, Visual Novel 38.1%
- #17 Songs of Rats
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Tesseract GamesPub: Salient Games
Windows · Linux
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Why similar: Sci-fi 29.3%, Visual Novel 28.3%, RPG 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.6%
- #18 Colossus - Eternal Blight
83% matchVery Positive96% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: RUSTIC PANDA GAMES LLCPub: LevelUpGaming
Windows
Your brother is corrupted. The Blight is spreading. Only you can stop it. Colossus is an atmospheric pixel action-adventure where you master precise combat, explore a vast dark fantasy world, and make choices that permanently scar the kingdom of Eireos.
Why similar: Action RPG 20.7%, Emotional 12.8%, Anime 11.3%, RPG 11.3%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #19 The Doll's Window
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: ujumiru
Windows
A horror exploration game that takes place in an underground labyrinth. Avoid malicious creations that are hungry for your soul. Depart from the nightmares that constantly haunt you.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.5%, Dark 16.4%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Anime 13.4%, RPG 13%
- #20 S.O.L School Of Labyrinth
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: SUSHI LabPub: SUISHIN
Windows
A dungeon crawl RPG set in an otherworldly realm beneath an old school building. Explore again and again, restore your base, and find your way back to everyday life.
Why similar: RPG 59.9%, Pixel Graphics 23.9%, 2D 16.1%
- #21 Memoirium
82% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: GoldenGratus
Windows
Traverse a chaotic and crumbling realm of dreams composed of liminal spaces. Adapt to the world’s odd rules as a Dreamer, and defy others like you to escape the strange and eclectic subconscious landscape.
Why similar: Souls-like 35.6%, Action RPG 16%, Exploration 8%, RPG 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #22 Minds Beneath Us
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,307 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Sci-fi 18%, RPG 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #23 You Doesn't Exist
85% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: yo252yo
Windows · Linux
Set out on an adventure that challenges all the codes of the RPG genre, toying with its boundaries to create something unlike anything you've ever seen. In a world full of magic and adventure, a young boy starts his apprenticeship to become a knight... And it will change his life... and yours.
Why similar: Exploration 29.6%, RPG 25%, Pixel Graphics 18.8%, 2D 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.9%
- #24 Towards Future
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 775 reviews2022
Dev: 拾伍司工坊Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
Waking up in the darkness, unable to see the sunrise, he remembered the little master carefully carried him home. The base has already fallen into ruin and there are no signs of any living people here. Where did the little master go? Is there any hope left under the doomsday?
Why similar: Side Scroller 23%, Emotional 18.2%, RPG 13.7%, Anime 12.4%, Exploration 10.3%
- #25 Saihate Station
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,153 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.8%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Anime 8.8%, Dark 7.5%
- #26 SORE
84% matchMixed66% of 352 reviews2017
Dev: Bazitov Mikhail
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.1%, Side Scroller 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Exploration 10.9%
- #27 In Stars And Time
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,764 reviews2023
Dev: insertdisc5Pub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 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: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Emotional 19.7%, RPG 16.3%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #28 Even20: The Interference of Parallels
80% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: SilverEyesPub: Wisdom Games Publishing
Windows · Mac
Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Action RPG 20.3%, RPG 16.1%, Exploration 9.7%, Dark 9.5%
- #29 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,983 reviews2023
Dev: Archangel Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
Why similar: Souls-like 43.4%, Action RPG 19.8%, RPG 12%, Exploration 9%, Dark 8.5%
- #30 Traveler's Refrain
78% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Red Essence GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Wield your magical instrument and defy the mecha-goddesses of fate in this Song-Casting Story Driven Action-RPG. Explore a forbidden forest as Traveler. Help him reunite with his long lost love as you fight through abominations and solve mysterious puzzles, all while an ancient conflict unfolds.
Why similar: Action RPG 25.2%, Emotional 15.5%, RPG 12.8%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Combat 8.7%
- #31 Illusion Carnival
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,312 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: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, RPG 12%, Anime 10.7%
- #32 Fallstreak: Requiem for my Homeland
77% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Emotional 18%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Anime 15.3%, Dark 12.4%
- #33 Shine Within
77% matchVery Positive89% of 147 reviews2021
Dev: Ayetoons
Windows
A top-down action-adventure game as you collect & solve puzzles in order for you to explore & unravel this mysterious world.
Why similar: RPG 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Dark 14.9%, Exploration 14.6%, Action-Adventure 12.8%
- #34 Stray Children
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 198 reviews2025
Dev: Onion Games
Windows
“The Olders, they come to eat the Children…” All of the adults have become monsters, the rumors say. Nowhere is safe outside these walls. Welcome to Stray Children — a bittersweet, fairy tale RPG.
Why similar: Action RPG 42.6%, RPG 24.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Fantasy 11.2%, 2D 8.4%
- #35 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
76% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Dark 20%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, RPG 14%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%
- #36 PARASiTE FLOWER
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: Catowo
Windows
PARASiTE FLOWER is a beautiful yet disturbing side scroller game where you slowly uncover the story of Ari.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Anime 11.7%, RPG 11.3%
- #37 The Desolate Hope
76% matchVery Positive92% of 1,817 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
On a distant edge of an unknown planet, an abandoned structure sits in silence. Constructed by an unmanned research vessel sent from Earth, the Lun Infinus station was designed to run simulations for a five year period, exploring possibilities of human colonization in the case that Earth became uninhabitable.
Why similar: RPG 98.9%, Sci-fi 0.7%, Atmospheric 0.2%, 2D 0.2%
- #38 Void Sols
73% matchVery Positive96% of 372 reviews2024
Dev: Finite Reflection StudiosPub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Mac
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
Why similar: Souls-like 39.1%, Action RPG 20.6%, RPG 10.9%, Exploration 10.4%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #39 Enotria: The Last Song
73% matchMixed69% of 2,764 reviews2024
Dev: Jyamma Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Enotria: The Last Song is a soulslike set in a beautiful sun-lit world inspired by Italian folklore where the brightest sun casts the darkest shadow. Wear unique role-altering masks, face formidable foes and alter reality with the power of Ardore to unravel the secrets of Enotria.
Why similar: Souls-like 43.5%, Action RPG 17.4%, RPG 11.9%, Fantasy 8.3%, Exploration 6.9%
- #40 7 Days
71% matchVery Positive99% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Daver The DavePub: IC Industries
Windows
Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.2%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Emotional 18.7%, Dark 17.4%, RPG 8.4%
- #41 Depths of Sanity
73% matchVery Positive88% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Bomb Shelter Games
Windows
A mysterious signal. A missing crew. And the one man trying to piece it all together. As Abe Douglas, dive deep into a fully underwater metroidvania to explore massive oceanic biomes, battle monstrous bosses, and piece together a mystery that threatens not only your crew, but your own sanity.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.1%, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Exploration 13.7%, Dark 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #42 SOULS
74% matchVery Positive90% of 148 reviews2017
Dev: Team Fork
Windows
One day, the boy meets a monster, with whom he builds a strange relationship that is neither friend, nor family, nor owner and pet. How will the boy's future change?
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.4%, Anime 37.8%, Atmospheric 2.8%
- #43 Dreamspring
71% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Billyfighter
Windows · Linux
Dreamspring is a dark fantasy styled, open world dungeon crawler inspired by games like Morrowind and King's Field. Explore a dying kingdom and it's different realms in first person action combat, styled in a mix of retro and vaporwave aesthetics.
Why similar: Souls-like 41.9%, Action RPG 21%, RPG 14.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #44 Contraindication
70% matchVery Positive98% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Static Remains
Windows
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.2%, Visual Novel 19%, RPG 13.3%, Hand-drawn 13%, Anime 11.3%
- #45 Candleman: The Complete Journey
72% matchVery Positive92% of 1,264 reviews2018
Dev: Candleman Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light.
Why similar: RPG 86%, Atmospheric 14%
- #46 KnightLight
69% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: LuminosityPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A 2D puzzle-platformer where you light your way through the darkness. Play as the Light, exploring an abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have magical properties. Suit up using the powers of the suit to channel your light magic to see what this strange place hides.
Why similar: Side Scroller 48.5%, Exploration 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Fantasy 9.6%, 2D 7.5%
- #47 The NOexistenceN of Morphean Paradox : The Forest of Silver Shallots
68% matchMixed70% of 2,071 reviews2026
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
You awaken in the Forest of Silver Shallots, setting out to uncover the secret of the Morphean Paradox. Above, factions weave their schemes; below, the black mist hides a swelling undercurrent. Time never stands still, and truth wears many faces. Not everyone can return to their fate…
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Anime 18.1%, RPG 17.9%, Fantasy 15.2%, 2D 6.8%
- #48 BELOW
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,367 reviews2018
Dev: Capybara Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
BELOW is a solitary journey through the haunted depths of a forbidden isle. Explore. Survive. Discover.
Why similar: Souls-like 42.6%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Exploration 11.4%, RPG 11.4%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #49 FAREWELL SEN
69% matchVery Positive94% of 172 reviews2022
Dev: amoxy
Windows
MAKE FRIENDS WITH GHOSTS
Why similar: RPG 28.4%, Exploration 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Combat 13.2%, 2D 12.4%
- #50 Vesper: Zero Light Edition
70% matchVery Positive84% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Cordens Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Thousands of years after the activation of the Vesper Protocol, a small android crosses a fallen world, hunted by merciless machines, to control the power of Light and decide the fate of his race.
Why similar: Sci-fi 44%, Exploration 24.9%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, 2D 12.1%
- #51 SUNLESS SEA
70% matchVery Positive83% of 9,550 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: Exploration 33.9%, Dark 26.5%, RPG 20.8%, Atmospheric 13.9%, 2D 4.9%
- #52 Seen
68% matchVery Positive91% of 9,983 reviews2019
Dev: Seen Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world.
Why similar: Dark 28.6%, Side Scroller 21.5%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Emotional 13%, Psychological Horror 11.5%
- #53 Anoxemia
72% matchMixed63% of 438 reviews2015
Dev: BSK GamesPub: Mandragora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.
Why similar: Side Scroller 37.6%, Dark 21.5%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Exploration 10.7%
- #54 Darold The Doomer: Psychedelic Lucid Dreams
69% matchVery Positive93% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Vice Tycho
Windows · Mac
The weird and somewhat unsettling trip of a doomer
Why similar: RPG 31.5%, Psychological Horror 31.4%, Exploration 23.2%, Atmospheric 14%
- #55 The Occult Detective
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Anime 23.9%, RPG 16.6%, Exploration 13.2%, 2D 6.4%
- #56 Glassy Stare
66% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.4%, Dark 21.6%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, 2D 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #57 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 276,579 reviews2025
Dev: Sandfall InteractivePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Why similar: Souls-like 32.1%, Fantasy 19%, RPG 18.3%, Action RPG 17.3%, Exploration 13.2%
- #58 Have a Nice Dream
66% matchVery Positive93% of 4,924 reviews2021
Dev: 榭季生
Windows
A story about dreams. Explore a weird house and find the truth. A short game with mild puzzles and some psychological horror elements.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.6%, RPG 28%, Emotional 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%
- #59 sun-rise.exe
67% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 40.4%, Dark 25.6%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, 2D 6.1%
- #60 Mythargia
68% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: RunByCoffeePub: Bonus Stage Publishing
Windows · Linux
You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.5%, RPG 18.2%, Exploration 15.8%, Dark 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%