- #1 Void Memory
97% matchMixed67% of 230 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 38.9%, RPG 21.6%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Hand-drawn 7.6%, Dark 5.8%
- #2 Night Loops
96% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 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 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Anime 9.9%, Dark 9.5%
- #3 Free Will
96% matchVery Positive97% of 323 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 36.9%, Emotional 15.6%, Exploration 15.2%, Dark 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #4 Dreamed Away
95% matchVery Positive92% of 93 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 25%, RPG 15%, Emotional 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Exploration 12%
- #5 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
94% matchVery Positive91% of 65 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: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Emotional 14.5%, Anime 13%
- #6 Ghost Song
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,404 reviews2022
Dev: Old MoonPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 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 24.6%, Sci-fi 21.5%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Dark 13.2%, Atmospheric 9%
- #7 OneShot
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 61,459 reviews2016
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 27.1 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 26.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Atmospheric 17.1%, RPG 12.7%, Exploration 12.2%
- #8 Actual Sunlight
93% 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: Dark 62.2%, Visual Novel 37.8%
- #9 Byakuya Museum
91% matchVery Positive93% of 723 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: Drama 23.1%, Fantasy 15.7%, Anime 13.4%, Dark 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
- #10 OMORI
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 85,929 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 24.5 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 37.2%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, RPG 11.9%, Anime 5.3%
- #11 Sinking Inn
91% matchVery Positive91% of 54 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 35.5%, Exploration 28.6%, Dark 20.7%, 2D 15.2%
- #12 Hyper Light Drifter
89% matchVery Positive93% of 18,466 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.8%, Action RPG 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Exploration 9.1%
- #13 Towards Future
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 754 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 19.9%, Emotional 16.3%, RPG 11.9%, Drama 11.9%, Anime 10.9%
- #14 Illusion Carnival
87% 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: Psychological Horror 23.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, RPG 11%, Anime 9.8%
- #15 Saihate Station
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,177 reviews2025
Dev: びぶ/viv
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Anime 8.9%, Dark 7.7%
- #16 Never Forgotten
86% matchVery Positive88% of 52 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 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Emotional 11.8%, Action RPG 10.8%, Dark 9.8%
- #17 You Doesn't Exist
88% matchMixed61% of 81 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 29.5%, RPG 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, 2D 15%, Atmospheric 12%
- #18 7 Days
84% matchVery Positive100% of 80 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 21.9%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Emotional 18.8%, Dark 17.4%, RPG 8.3%
- #19 Minds Beneath Us
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,416 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 25.8%, Psychological Horror 23%, Sci-fi 17.9%, RPG 15.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #20 In Stars And Time
81% 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: Psychological Horror 20.1%, Emotional 19.8%, RPG 16.1%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #21 SORE
85% matchMixed67% of 343 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 29.4%, Side Scroller 27.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Exploration 10.9%
- #22 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 28.7%, Dark 16.5%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Anime 13.3%, RPG 12.8%
- #23 Lunacid
81% matchVery Positive91% of 10,657 reviews2023
Dev: KIRA LLC
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 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 44.6%, Action RPG 22.6%, RPG 19%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Combat 4%
- #24 Traveler's Refrain
82% matchVery Positive95% of 56 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 24.9%, Emotional 15.7%, RPG 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Combat 8.8%
- #25 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
82% matchVery Positive86% of 77 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 24.2%, Drama 17.3%, Dark 16.6%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, RPG 11.4%
- #26 Stray Children
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 177 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 42.4%, RPG 24.8%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Fantasy 11.2%, 2D 8.6%
- #27 Even20: The Interference of Parallels
79% matchVery Positive94% of 50 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 21.1%, Action RPG 20.1%, RPG 15.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Dark 9.6%
- #28 Contraindication
78% matchVery Positive99% of 68 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 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, RPG 13.1%, Hand-drawn 13%, Anime 11.2%
- #29 Have a Nice Dream
77% matchVery Positive93% of 4,858 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 27.4%, RPG 23%, Emotional 18.5%, Drama 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%
- #30 SOULS
79% matchVery Positive90% of 147 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 37.7%, Atmospheric 2.9%
- #31 Recall: Empty Wishes
77% matchVery Positive93% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Puff Hook StudioPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Recall: Empty Wishes is a psychological thriller set in Taiwan during the 2010s. Follow Yonny, a sister determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Tommy. As she delves deeper, she confronts unsettling secrets, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Side Scroller 15.6%, RPG 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #32 Void Sols
75% matchVery Positive96% of 349 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 38.9%, Action RPG 20.5%, RPG 10.8%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #33 Vesper: Zero Light Edition
78% matchVery Positive84% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Cordens Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 43.9%, Exploration 24.9%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, 2D 12.4%
- #34 Shine Within
76% matchVery Positive90% 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 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Dark 15%, Exploration 14.6%, Action-Adventure 12.5%
- #35 Candleman: The Complete Journey
76% matchVery Positive92% of 1,247 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 58.7%, Drama 31.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #36 Enotria: The Last Song
74% matchMixed69% of 2,490 reviews2024
Dev: Jyamma Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.2 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 43.3%, Action RPG 17.3%, RPG 11.8%, Fantasy 8.3%, Exploration 7%
- #37 The Occult Detective
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 323 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 30.5%, Anime 20%, Drama 15.9%, RPG 13.9%, Exploration 11.1%
- #38 SUNLESS SEA
75% matchVery Positive83% of 9,470 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 33.8%, Dark 26.7%, RPG 20.4%, Atmospheric 14.1%, 2D 5%
- #39 Eremidia - Archivist's Curse
74% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Crescent SunPub: YSY Softworks
Windows
Archivist's Curse brings you into an otherworldly harbor of knowledge: The Great Library, although unfortunately, you ended up in the dangerous section of the complex called Hall of Pawnsmoor.
Why similar: RPG 24.1%, Anime 23.9%, Exploration 13.4%, Fantasy 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #40 Souls of Chronos
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
The Apocalypse shattered a world in disarray. Facing his impending death, a young boy named Sid crossed paths with Torii, a girl who feeds on the energy of time. In the harbour town of Astella, a mysterious adventure is about to unfold along with the investigation of an unusual crime...
Why similar: Action RPG 18.2%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Anime 12.3%, Drama 11.5%, Emotional 10.2%
- #41 Glassy Stare
70% matchVery Positive90% of 70 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 44.6%, Dark 21.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, 2D 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #42 白昼梦 · 心象病院
71% matchVery Positive84% of 232 reviews2024
Dev: 林檎树Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
This is a pixel style puzzle game, including a certain micro-horror elements. Truth is blind love. Retrieve your memory and escape from this horrible hospital.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.2%, Emotional 20.6%, Drama 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #43 Mythargia
72% matchVery Positive90% of 61 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%, RPG 18.1%, Exploration 15.9%, Dark 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #44 BlightFog
71% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Zakroutil
Windows
Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, RPG 18.3%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Dark 15.2%, Drama 11.8%
- #45 KnightLight
70% matchVery Positive95% of 117 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 47.7%, Exploration 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Fantasy 9.6%, 2D 7.7%
- #46 Mothlight
72% matchVery Positive94% of 420 reviews2017
Dev: Samu
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
In a world corrupted by Eldritch abominations, Enzo must climb out of the hellish depths of the universe. From the Black Sea to the Planes of Neethan, it is your job to make your pilgrimage back to the Worlds above. In the black hell of this world, only Moths and demons await you.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #47 Seen
69% matchVery Positive91% of 9,938 reviews2019
Dev: Seen Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A lonely kid desperately tries to escape his dark world.
Why similar: Dark 28.9%, Side Scroller 21%, Atmospheric 15%, Emotional 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #48 Darold The Doomer: Psychedelic Lucid Dreams
71% matchVery Positive93% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Vice Tycho
Windows · Mac
The weird and somewhat unsettling trip of a doomer
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.6%, RPG 31%, Exploration 23.2%, Atmospheric 14.2%
- #49 Anoxemia
73% matchMixed63% of 433 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 36.9%, Dark 21.9%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Action-Adventure 12%, Exploration 10.8%
- #50 Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
69% matchVery Positive94% of 248 reviews2023
Dev: Studio [notes.]
Windows
Explore a surreal world inspired by Kowloon Walled city in this turn-based RPG inspired by Japanese dungeon crawlers from the late 1990s.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38%, RPG 28.5%, Dark 20.1%, Atmospheric 13.3%
- #51 Depths of Sanity
70% matchVery Positive89% of 89 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 21.6%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Exploration 13.8%, Dark 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
- #52 Dark Light
68% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: UsagygyPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Hand-drawn 30.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, 2D 6%
- #53 sun-rise.exe
68% matchVery Positive92% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: louis morel
Windows
Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 40.1%, Dark 25.6%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, 2D 6.2%
- #54 PARASiTE FLOWER
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 232 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%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Anime 11.6%, RPG 11.2%
- #55 The Desolate Hope
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,763 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 17.5 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%
- #56 Boyhood's End
67% matchVery Positive81% of 718 reviews2024
Dev: WSS playground
Windows
Boyhood's End is an adventure horror game following Giovanni, the boy with the lowest human score in the universe, and Campenella, the delinquent genius, and their journey on the galactic railroad regarding the "human" and "inhuman".
Why similar: Emotional 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 26.3%, Anime 24.4%, Exploration 12.4%, 2D 10.3%
- #57 Karisvale
67% matchVery Positive94% of 193 reviews2022
Dev: Brendan Tighe
Windows
Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.6%, RPG 19.3%, Exploration 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #58 This is Interesting
65% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Scott Jund
Windows
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.9%, RPG 19.9%, Exploration 19.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #59 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
60% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 260,033 reviews2025
Dev: Sandfall InteractivePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 32.0 hrsMean: 38.9 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 33.1%, Fantasy 18.7%, RPG 17.6%, Action RPG 17.4%, Exploration 13.2%
- #60 Backspace Backspace Backspace
66% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Psychological Horror 29.6%, Drama 12%, Emotional 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%