Games Like An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Short reflective music game set in the Great War.

Why similar: Experience 23.5% ★, Cult Classic 19% ★, Classic 10.3% ★, Experimental 10% ★, Side Scroller 6.9%

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 31.8%, Minimalist 19.9%, Emotional 15.7%, Dark 13.4%, Indie 11.6%

A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.

Why similar: Experimental 54.9% ★, Indie 26.1%, Atmospheric 15.3%, 2D 3.7%

A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.

Why similar: Emotional 24.2%, Dark 22.4%, Stylized 21.2%, 2D 17.5%, Atmospheric 14.7%

A short environmentally savvy text-based golf game.

Why similar: Indie 20.3%, Classic 19.7% ★, Experimental 16% ★, Nature 8.4%, Surreal 8.1%

Moon River is a short RPG adventure with an emphasis on music and atmosphere. Perhaps some secrets too... Explore the remains of an quiet, empty world & find the river's end.

Why similar: Indie 25.8%, Emotional 21.6%, Atmospheric 21.2%, Nature 14.9%, 2D 8.8%

A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.

Why similar: Experimental 41.3% ★, Surreal 22.6%, Emotional 18.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Indie 5.6%

A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.

Why similar: Surreal 31.1%, Emotional 24.8%, Dark 20.1%, Stylized 12.6%, Atmospheric 10%

The Last Oath is a short story based game about a knight that fell in battle fighting for their king. You find yourself with a final task to keep your oath to the king. Complete this task as you find out more about the world by interacting with the environment through text based dialogue.

Why similar: Side Scroller 39.2%, Dark 18.7%, Stylized 16.9%, Atmospheric 11.6%, 2D 10.8%

Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.

Why similar: Emotional 37.6%, Dark 26.6%, Stylized 16.3%, Atmospheric 13.1%, 2D 3.2%

Ord. tells stories three words at a time.

Why similar: Experience 53.5% ★, Experimental 19.3% ★, Minimalist 12.4%, Indie 11.7%, Atmospheric 3.1%

Away — is a short game telling about the hero's death experience, performed in a gloomy black and white style.

Why similar: Indie 45.3%, Dark 39.9%, Atmospheric 14.8%

A short point & click narrative adventure inspired by the real life experience of a struggling solo indie game developer. A story about everything and hence nothing at all. Discover what truly matters to you.

Why similar: Surreal 33.3%, Dark 24.5%, Stylized 18.4%, Atmospheric 14.3%, 2D 9.5%

Enter a world that’s utterly surreal and eerily familiar. Escape the mundanity of your existence in an experience that will stay with you. Mosaic is a narrative-driven modern adventure game with a story that lasts about 2-3 hours.

Why similar: Experience 56.9% ★, Indie 28.3%, Dark 7.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Jump into a 10 minute black & white side scrolling adventure as Death. Guide your skeletal steed through hand drawn landscapes and a haunting soundtrack, in this vivid tale of endings and hopeful new beginnings..

Why similar: Side Scroller 33.5%, Minimalist 21.6%, Dark 13.7%, Stylized 12.8%, 2D 9.4%

Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game in which you explore beautiful, dreamlike landscapes inspired by the topography and wildlife of the Atuel River Valley in Argentina.

Why similar: Experimental 26.5% ★, Nature 18.4%, Surreal 18.3%, Emotional 14.6%, Stylized 9.3%

A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.

Why similar: Indie 44.2%, Atmospheric 42.1%, 2D 13.8%

A short pixel psychological survival horror and gruelling story told with no words.

Why similar: Minimalist 43.9%, Violent 28.8%, Indie 14.7%, 2D 12.6%

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: Experimental 40% ★, Minimalist 17.9%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Indie 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".

Why similar: Emotional 34.7%, Stylized 29%, Dark 19.7%, Atmospheric 16.6%

Ishmael is a short multimedia-enhanced hypertext story about perpetual cycles of displacement and violence as seen through the lens of a child. Takes about 15 minutes to read/play through.

Why similar: Experimental 48.5% ★, Emotional 22.5%, Indie 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%, 2D 6%

URLate is a short and free point & click adventure that immerses you in a hand-drawn world filled with puzzles and mysteries to solve.

Why similar: Indie 39.9%, 2D 23.1%, Dark 22.6%, Atmospheric 14.4%

Unroaded is a short free visual novel about the living dead man who instead of inaction has chosen the road.

Why similar: Violent 51.3%, Indie 27.8%, Dark 20.9%

Face the grim reaper at 3 frames per second.

Why similar: Minimalist 23%, Dark 16.7%, Stylized 15%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Indie 13.8%

Bridge walking simulator

Why similar: Nature 58.7%, Atmospheric 22%, Indie 19.3%

Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.

Why similar: Surreal 28.7%, Dark 19.2%, Violent 14.4%, Indie 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.8%

An experimental, minimalistic microgame about loneliness. Originally released as a Flash game in 2010 that was featured by Extra Credits.

Why similar: Experimental 35.2% ★, Emotional 16.6%, Minimalist 14.8%, Dark 11.7%, Stylized 9.5%

Bleeding Roots is a free fifteen minute horror game about a man taking care of his plants throughout the seasons.

Why similar: Atmospheric 35.3%, Dark 27.8%, Indie 19.8%, Stylized 17.1%

Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.

Why similar: Experimental 34.7% ★, Minimalist 24.9%, Dark 19.1%, 2D 10.8%, Indie 10.6%

An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.

Why similar: Emotional 44.5%, Atmospheric 18.3%, Surreal 15.5%, Dark 11.7%, Indie 10%

Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.

Why similar: Experimental 34.1% ★, Surreal 17.8%, Indie 17.5%, Minimalist 13.8%, Dark 10.3%

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Why similar: Surreal 47.1%, Minimalist 21.6%, Stylized 21.4%, Indie 9.9%

EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.

Why similar: Surreal 72.6%, Atmospheric 27.4%

OWL WATCH is a short atmospheric adventure game where you travel around in different biomes. Awaken from your slumber as you venture out to seek ancient technology to aid you in a time of darkness.

Why similar: Nature 62.5%, Indie 37.5%

A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

Why similar: Side Scroller 37.6%, Emotional 32%, Indie 19.5%, 2D 11%

Pluviophile is a very short experience about the mood of rain in the woods.

Why similar: Experience 73.4% ★, Indie 11.9%, Nature 8.6%, Atmospheric 6%

A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.

Why similar: Surreal 46%, Dark 23.8%, 2D 11.4%, Indie 9.9%, Stylized 8.8%

The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.

Why similar: Surreal 44.8%, Violent 29.6%, Atmospheric 21.9%, Indie 3.7%

A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Why similar: Indie 61.1%, Dark 22.4%, Atmospheric 16.5%

Hearing Voices is a unique indie short horror experience where you will need to put your listening and deduction skills to the test to solve puzzles. Mistakes have consequences.

Why similar: Minimalist 25.7%, Atmospheric 19.3%, Dark 18.7%, Stylized 15.3%, Indie 11.6%

A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?

Why similar: Dark 32.5%, Stylized 23.9%, Atmospheric 23.4%, Indie 20.1%

A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

Why similar: Surreal 34.3%, Indie 30.3%, Atmospheric 20.5%, 2D 14.9%

Tell the 5 million year story of the mammoth in 5 minutes.

Why similar: Indie 77.5%, Atmospheric 22.5%

Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.

Why similar: Surreal 61.7%, Atmospheric 19.8%, 2D 18.5%

a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles

Why similar: Violent 53.9%, Indie 24.1%, Education 16.2%, 2D 5.7%

A short, free, horror adventure game set in our days, inspired by Lovecraft novel: The Colour Out of Space.

Why similar: Atmospheric 53.3%, Indie 46.7%

A Conversation With Mister Rabbit is a very short, linear visual novel with a dark and bloody twist. The story follows an aspiring knight who seeks wisdom from a big and fluffy rabbit.

Why similar: Emotional 25.5%, Stylized 22.1%, Dark 21.2%, Atmospheric 12.8%, 2D 11%

Explore, fight, and gather materials in an atmospheric, ruined kingdom inhabited by creepy-cute car creatures, in this short and unique exploration experience.

Why similar: Surreal 45.1%, Dark 26.1%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Indie 13.6%

OVIVO is a minimalistic platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in this metaphoric world is filled with illusions and hidden messages.

Why similar: Minimalist 24%, Dark 19.8%, Surreal 15.7%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Atmospheric 10%

The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.

Why similar: Indie 63.6%, Atmospheric 23.2%, 2D 13.2%

Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.

Why similar: Surreal 30.9%, Dark 23.4%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Stylized 13.1%, Indie 11%

Century of Anticipation is a short, surreal adventure about being stuck waiting for something misterious. Explore your apartment to find increasingly unusual ways to pass the time, from cooking to throwing your head through the window, while enjoying the amazing soundtrack by Brazilian indie bands.

Why similar: Minimalist 31.9%, Atmospheric 27.1%, Surreal 24.3%, 2D 12.6%, Indie 4.1%

HOUSE CALL is a short 20 to 30-minute experience heavily inspired by Adobe Flash point-and-click games of the late 2000s, including THE HOUSE by Sinthai. Use your mouse to explore the environment, solve puzzles, and proceed through the house to find what lies within.

Why similar: Stylized 37.4%, Atmospheric 24.2%, Indie 19.5%, 2D 18.9%

There's a spider haunting these hills.

Why similar: Violent 52%, Dark 29.5%, Indie 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%

A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?

Why similar: Emotional 34.9%, Surreal 24.7%, Dark 22.6%, Atmospheric 12.9%, 2D 4.8%

Please don't kill the cow.

Why similar: Experimental 16.8% ★, Indie 13.8%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Surreal 9.3%, Nature 8.9%

The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Why similar: Surreal 41.7%, Atmospheric 31.1%, Indie 27.2%

Explore a mysterious world as the protagonist in this short adventure game with pixel graphics.

Why similar: Dark 49.6%, 2D 19.1%, Violent 15.9%, Indie 15.4%

This is the game that nurtures “Circle” and adventures in the "Outside" of the room.

Why similar: Indie 47.8%, Dark 27.2%, Atmospheric 14.8%, 2D 10.3%