- #1 Bird Game
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Bryan Tabor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bird Game is a short, zen-like fly 'em up where you navigate a bird through a black-and-white line drawing landscape.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #2 Bird
96% matchVery Positive81% of 988 reviews2021
Dev: Meng Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
You are a bird, you are free in this small place, but you can't get out, all you can do is fly around.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #3 Late Bird
95% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2022
Dev: Vladimir SlavPub: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #4 Home Security
96% matchMixed51% of 76 reviews2018
Dev: Toshihiko Kikuchi
Windows
A story of a recluse's sister to protect her brother.Her room is bright, but the inside of the house is dim.She always feel like there’s someone watching her andneed to push herself to walk the house.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #5 Haunted Property
94% matchVery Positive93% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: Yamoto
Windows
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Story Rich 53.4%, Indie 46.6%
- #6 My Light In The Dark
94% matchVery Positive93% of 88 reviews2019
Dev: TaleHammer
Windows
My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.
Why similar: Story Rich 100%
- #7 Away
93% matchMixed49% of 1,308 reviews2018
Dev: NipoBoxPub: NipoBox Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Away — is a short game telling about the hero's death experience, performed in a gloomy black and white style.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #8 Room of Depression
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 870 reviews2023
Dev: FirePillar2Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
"Same encounter, different world." Moon is a young woman who lives an ordinary city life as an office worker. However, because she suffers from depression, she reacts and deals with things in a way that is very different from regular city folk.
Why similar: Story Rich 91%, Indie 9%
- #9 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
91% matchVery Positive88% of 3,455 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Story Rich 100%
- #10 Birds Watching
90% matchVery Positive88% of 302 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Ortica
Windows
Singleplayer psychological horror game about bird watching. Explore the mountains, find and observe all the birds. Seek their help. Be honest. Be ruthless. They are watching.
Why similar: Story Rich 100%
- #11 A Wolf in Autumn
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 465 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.
Why similar: Story Rich 61.6%, Indie 38.4%
- #12 Faded Grey
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Derek Golliher
Windows
A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.
Why similar: Story Rich 94.6%, Indie 5.4%
- #13 Bring Me...
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Peace_Studio
Windows
Play as a young woman who has been caring for her sick father and has been trapped in an anomalous cycle. Observe your surroundings for anomalies to find your way out of this nightmare.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #14 The Suicide of Rachel Foster
88% matchMixed68% of 6,841 reviews2020
Dev: ONE-O-ONE GAMESPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
Why similar: Story Rich 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #15 Claire
86% matchVery Positive93% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: TS GAMES LLC
Windows
Beth returns to her estranged sister’s house in 1963. Explore chilling, richly detailed levels, solve puzzles, and uncover haunting family secrets. Face intense scares and heart-pounding chases, with your choice shaping multiple endings.
Why similar: Story Rich 65.7%, Indie 34.3%
- #16 One's Own Exile
85% matchVery Positive100% of 467 reviews2025
Dev: Updog Software
Windows
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: Story Rich 91.6%, Indie 8.4%
- #17 Routine Feat
87% matchVery Positive88% of 120 reviews2022
Dev: sad3dPub: ИЛЬЯМАЗО
Windows · Mac
Summer days and no one around. Routine feat. The agony of isolation and abandonment. No violence, no haste, no conflict, except fighting your doubts. Swifts, butterflies, sunset rays on the leaves of trees; radio, notebook and pencil; typewriter; bus; overwhelming loneliness.
Why similar: Story Rich 100%
- #18 Before I Forget
86% matchVery Positive89% of 210 reviews2020
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #19 BIRDHOUSE
82% matchVery Positive95% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: HELLLST4R
Windows
A short narrative-driven horror game made in RPGmaker featuring hand-drawn graphics and animated cutscenes. Players navigate the house and its backyard, interacting with the environment and collecting key items to progress the story.
Why similar: Story Rich 68.4%, Indie 31.6%
- #20 Journal
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 351 reviews2014
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #21 Never Again
83% matchVery Positive80% of 942 reviews2019
Dev: Primary Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
Why similar: Story Rich 61.6%, Indie 38.4%
- #22 Violett Remastered
84% matchMixed65% of 924 reviews2013
Dev: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dragged by her parents, a young and rebellious teenage girl – Violett, moves to an old spooky house in the middle of nowhere. Forced away from her friends and life in the city; she imagines how boring life in countryside will be: spending day after day, bored in her room with absolutely nothing to do.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #23 The Cat Lady
81% matchVery Positive94% of 6,201 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Story Rich 67%, Indie 33%
- #24 Sunset
82% matchMixed69% of 290 reviews2015
Dev: Tale of Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
It's 1972 and a military coup has rocked Anchuria. You, Angela Burnes, are trapped in the metropolitan capital of San Bavón. Your paradise has turned into a warzone. You take up a job as a housekeeper. Every week, an hour before sunset, you clean the swanky bachelor pad of the wealthy Gabriel Ortega.
Why similar: Indie 72.3%, Story Rich 27.7%
- #25 The Beginner's Guide
79% matchVery Positive88% of 23,214 reviews2015
Dev: Everything Unlimited Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Story Rich 66.6%, Indie 33.4%
- #26 SHE WAS 98
77% matchVery Positive85% of 458 reviews2026
Dev: N4bAPub: Notex
Windows
“SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....
Why similar: Indie 65.5%, Story Rich 34.5%
- #27 Blackwood Crossing
81% matchVery Positive83% of 429 reviews2017
Dev: PaperSeven LTDPub: Vision Games Publishing LTD
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blackwood Crossing is a story-driven first-person adventure game. An intriguing and emotive tale exploring the fragile relationship between orphaned siblings, Scarlett and Finn. When their paths cross with a mysterious figure, an ordinary train ride evolves into a magical story of life, love and loss.
Why similar: Indie 62.7%, Story Rich 37.3%
- #28 The Sorrowvirus
79% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: WATCHMAKERPub: Adam Sklar
Windows
Consumed by greed, Wyatt's parents subject him to a cycle of death without end, sending him into Purgatory each time to capitalise on the Catholicon, a cure-all they value more than their son, with the potential to reshape humanity. As he ebbs, Wyatt's only desire is to be free, forever.
Why similar: Indie 76.7%, Story Rich 23.3%
- #29 Life on the Hook
78% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Arkuda Inc.
Windows
Life on the Hook - is a short story about the life of a lonely fisherman named Hrafn, who lives his life in a small house on a lake with a dock and an old boat.
Why similar: Story Rich 76.2%, Indie 23.8%
- #30 The Housewife
80% matchMixed49% of 328 reviews2016
Dev: Colossal WreckPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Take on the role of the housewife and make sure the house is maintained, she lives to keep her husband happy. Learn how the world changes for an abused person. She believes that he only beats her when she disappoints him. Get deep inside the functioning psyche of a victim of abuse.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #31 What Remains of Edith Finch
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,503 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Story Rich 82.8%, Indie 17.2%
- #32 Marie's Room
75% matchVery Positive93% of 6,669 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Guillaume
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: Story Rich 70.5%, Indie 29.5%
- #33 Once Upon A Mind - A Little Too Friendly
73% matchVery Positive91% of 245 reviews2025
Dev: ZealPub: Cardiora Studio
Windows
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Story Rich 68.5%, Indie 31.5%
- #34 Not in Heaven
78% matchMixed54% of 76 reviews2019
Dev: Ricardo Pratas
Windows
After a life threatening accident, a young girl is thrown into a surreal world that may not be as beautiful as it seems.
Why similar: Indie 74.7%, Story Rich 25.3%
- #35 Inmates
77% matchMixed60% of 330 reviews2017
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...
Why similar: Indie 62.8%, Story Rich 37.2%
- #36 Sacrificial Lighthouse
76% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: PhobiaGamesNet
Windows
You are a girl called Maya who ends stranded in island with a lighthouse during a storm. What is this strange place? How did she get here? What to do next? Explore this small island and lighthouse to understand what happened to Maya.
Why similar: Indie 52.9%, Story Rich 47.1%
- #37 Little Kite
76% matchVery Positive84% of 180 reviews2017
Dev: Anate Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The game about one tragic evening for a struggling family, when emotions and tensions are simply too high to manage.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #38 No, I'm not a Voenkom
72% matchMixed47% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Pine Games
Windows
You're an ordinary factory worker, whiling away your dreary life in a nondescript small town. You had a stable job, your own apartment, mortgaged at just 89% interest, and everything was going well, until one gloomy evening, an uninvited guest knocked on your door...
Why similar: Indie 58.3%, Story Rich 41.7%
- #39 Forgotten Land
75% matchMostly Negative35% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Donbass Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Forgotten Land is a small adventure game in which you will play for the driver who had an accident. The protagonist finds himself in a large valley, which according to local legend was called the Forgotten Land.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #40 The Last Birdling
73% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: InvertMouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Last Birdling explores Bimonia and Tayo's struggle to remain friends against all odds.
Why similar: Indie 56.8%, Story Rich 43.2%
- #41 Sister Ray
67% matchVery Positive94% of 230 reviews2026
Dev: The Growing Stones
Windows
2D RPG about the brutal daily life of Ray - an artist struggling with addiction, who takes care of her little sister. Look after your condition - no one should know about the addiction. Improve your skills, sell paintings, do everything to ease the withdrawal. Survive and look for a way out.
Why similar: Story Rich 100%
- #42 A Mortician's Tale
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,427 reviews2017
Dev: Laundry Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.
Why similar: Indie 52.8%, Story Rich 47.2%
- #43 The Haunting of Joni Evers
69% matchVery Positive91% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Story Rich 63.7%, Indie 36.3%
- #44 Leaving Lyndow
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,172 reviews2017
Dev: Eastshade Studios
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
It's Clara's last day on the island where she grew up. She needs to complete preparations, visit her favorite places, and say her goodbyes before leaving on a journey she may not return from.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 Captive
71% matchVery Positive93% of 120 reviews2018
Dev: Dead Inside Studio
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"Captive" tells the story of a woman who awakens badly hurt in an unknown cell, without any memories about herself. Will you be able to escape?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #46 Dread Neighbor
65% matchVery Positive84% of 525 reviews2026
Dev: GhostcasePub: Erabit
Windows
Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room.
Why similar: Story Rich 54.5%, Indie 45.5%
- #47 Inaccessible world
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 70 reviews2018
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%
One week in the year, all comers are allowed to test themselves on the most dangerous hunting in the world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #48 It Happened At Night
68% matchMixed69% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Davidcrosdev
Windows
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Story Rich 90.8%, Indie 9.2%
- #49 Hatch
70% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2019
Dev: Rubeki Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Born into a punishing environment with no bearings, there is nowhere to go but up.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #50 Is Simon There?
68% matchVery Positive85% of 370 reviews2022
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A few months have passed since the death of my son, Simon. Ever since that tragic day, I find myself falling into the darkest emotions I could ever imagine. I am haunted everyday with what I have done; But sometimes, I am haunted by more than just my emotions...
Why similar: Story Rich 91.3%, Indie 8.7%
- #51 Forgotten Hope
69% matchVery Positive89% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Black Hammer StudiosPub: Games by IGE
Windows
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.
Why similar: Story Rich 85.2%, Indie 14.8%
- #52 Closer the Distance
66% matchVery Positive90% of 286 reviews2024
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
Why similar: Story Rich 89.7%, Indie 10.3%
- #53 My Friend The Spider
67% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: MCA
Windows
A small "horror" narrative game about isolation and depression.
Why similar: Story Rich 100%
- #54 Drizzlepath: Glass
70% matchMixed62% of 188 reviews2017
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your husband is dead and you want to visit his grave. There is an abondoned house in a village, and in that house you will find a red rose. You don't want to go to your husband's grave empty handed.
Why similar: Story Rich 59%, Indie 41%
- #55 RollingBall
71% matchMostly Negative21% of 39 reviews2018
Dev: PotatoIndustries
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 433.4 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Easy control and insanely exciting passing obstacles with a rolling ball. Go around and jump over obstacles using only a mouse. RollingBall will let you relax and rest.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #56 Bright Lights of Svetlov
65% matchVery Positive93% of 1,378 reviews2021
Dev: Vladimir Cholokyan
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.
Why similar: Indie 53.4%, Story Rich 46.6%
- #57 Motherland
68% matchMixed61% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: My Way Games
Windows
Motherland (A sad fairytale for adults) is an indie-game that allows you to immerse in the atmosphere of a provincial town during the epidemic.
Why similar: Story Rich 90.7%, Indie 9.3%
- #58 As Long As You're Here
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 514 reviews2025
Dev: Autoscopia
Windows · Mac
What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.
Why similar: Story Rich 74.3%, Indie 25.7%
- #59 The Lost Souls
70% matchMixed47% of 286 reviews2016
Dev: GDNomaD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
What does it feel like to find yourself in hell? You don't feel the wind, you don't see the sun. No more hearing child's laughter. No memory of those who once were your friends and family.
Why similar: Story Rich 60.1%, Indie 39.9%