60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Singleplayer, Emotional, Indie.
A short and unconventional anthology exploring abandonment, depression, domestic abuse, and acceptance. These strange vignettes made with passion use unique mechanics to tell personal stories that linger. Perfect for players who seek sincere, bittersweet experiences.
Some Goodbyes We Made
I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.
Before Your Eyes
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.
Why similar: Narrative 30% ★, Experimental 18.1% ★, Psychological 11.9%, Emotional 10.5%, Philosophical 10.4%
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
Why similar: Narrative 40% ★, Emotional 22.8%, Philosophical 10.2%, Psychological 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
Something is wrong with the world — or with the boy walking through it. A surreal pixel adventure across two parallel realities, about fear, memory, and a mind that sees everything differently.
Why similar: Narrative 30.8% ★, Psychological 18.3%, Emotional 17.7%, Philosophical 15.4%, Story Rich 5.9%
“Thing-in-Itself” is a short interactive story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant’s concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter.
Why similar: Narrative 26.9% ★, Philosophical 19.9%, Psychological 17.8%, Emotional 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
Follow Addison as they help their recently-deceased mother move on to the Spirit World. In this 2D visual narrative and platformer, Addison must explore and find special objects while being confronted with a journey of grief.
Why similar: Narrative 42.3% ★, Emotional 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, 2D Platformer 7.1%, Indie 6.5%
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Experimental 25.3% ★, Psychological 16.9%, Philosophical 16.3%, Emotional 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Experimental 26% ★, Psychological 16.4%, Philosophical 16.1%, Emotional 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
What does it mean to become an agent of authority? Master the art of beheading, become an agent of authority, and enact a divine drama of justice, death, and redemption.
Why similar: Experimental 29.1% ★, Psychological 21.8%, Narrative 15.8% ★, Emotional 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
Forever Someday is a short narrative experience about dealing with depression and the end of a relationship, with a surreal and dream-like aesthetic.
Why similar: Narrative 31.6% ★, Experimental 31.1% ★, Psychological 14%, Emotional 13%, Casual 2.8%
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Experimental 25.6% ★, Emotional 22.3%, Psychological 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Narrative 10.4% ★
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 24.2% ★, Emotional 17.1%, Psychological 14.1%, Philosophical 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
An existential drama in handmade clay animation. Game writer Eric is replaced by AI. He loses everything, and it's the best thing that's ever happened to him.
Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Experimental 18.3% ★, Emotional 17.5%, Philosophical 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
Take your place at the terminal. Follow the procedures, process the records, and read messages never meant for you. NOEMA is a quiet, unsettling narrative experience about work, obedience, human connection, and what routine teaches us not to see.
Why similar: Experimental 35.6% ★, Narrative 26.6% ★, Philosophical 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dark 3.1%
A psychological adventure through a dreamy landscape. Face unanswerable questions to reach the ultimate enigmas: Who are you? Who am I?
Why similar: Narrative 24.9% ★, Philosophical 20.9%, Psychological 15.8%, Emotional 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
Change the dim world, fill it with light. Each inky struggle improves your sight. "Sometimes words alone can't paint the whole picture." A VR game about depression.
Why similar: Experimental 29.5% ★, Philosophical 14%, Education 12.6%, Psychological 12.3%, Emotional 11.6%
Your memories are fracturing. Explore an evocative story of love and loss through shifting realities. Solve puzzles to hold on to the moments that define you before they vanish forever.
Why similar: Narrative 27.6% ★, Psychological 22.9%, Emotional 22.3%, Philosophical 10.2%, Story Rich 6.9%
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: Experimental 21.3% ★, Emotional 20.8%, Psychological 19%, Philosophical 17.2%, Dark 7.3%
❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.
Why similar: Experimental 28.9% ★, Psychological 19.2%, Philosophical 15.8%, Emotional 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Your brain remains your own. The body does not. After a full-body transplant, your own scent begins to feel wrong. As you try to understand why, that feeling starts to become something else. A short near-future sci-fi narrative adventure about the new questions that begin after technology saves you.
Why similar: Narrative 28.6% ★, Experimental 22.8% ★, Philosophical 19.6%, Psychological 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
Far from Noise is a narrative set on the edge of a cliff, where two characters discuss what it means to balance between life and death.
Why similar: Narrative 31.5% ★, Philosophical 20.5%, Experimental 17.3% ★, Emotional 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
A 2D platform journey within the mind of a person struggling with mental issues such as anxiety and depression.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.3%, Psychological 23.5%, Emotional 15.8%, 2D Platformer 7.7%, Dark 7.3%
Consumers have power. A short walking simulator game that makes you think a little about how we usually consume.
Why similar: Narrative 36% ★, Experimental 24.7% ★, Philosophical 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Story Rich 4.9%
Employee 925 is a short psychological horror game about compliance and the quiet erosion of self in the workplace.
Why similar: Narrative 31.6% ★, Experimental 20.6% ★, Psychological 20%, Philosophical 18%, Story Rich 4.5%
Jacob accompanies his partner to the oppressive Volkov residence, where a formal visit spirals into a trap of silence and guilt. A self-contained narrative thriller featuring an original acoustic piano score. Approximate length: 1.5 hours.
Why similar: Narrative 25.8% ★, Psychological 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Emotional 8.2%, Story Rich 8.2%
The player plays "in-game reality" and "in-game game" to advance the boy's life.
Why similar: Narrative 22.4% ★, Philosophical 21.8%, Psychological 18.7%, Emotional 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
Why similar: Experimental 23.5% ★, Philosophical 18.9%, Psychological 17.1%, Emotional 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
Some mornings, getting out of bed can feel impossible. In A Heavy Morning, you play as a woman fighting an invisible battle within her own mind. Help her overcome everyday obstacles and make it to work before it's too late.
Why similar: Narrative 24.9% ★, Psychological 22%, Experimental 19.6% ★, Emotional 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Time is the only thing we can't resist. Some people and things will never be found once they are lost. In the dark, a man was walking alone. The moment when you turn back, don't forget the place where came from!
Why similar: Narrative 37.6% ★, Emotional 20.4%, Psychological 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Story Rich 5.3%
Navigate broken memories in a powerless fantasy fueled equally by nightmares and confessional poetry. A narrative experiment in adapting dreams and poems to the medium of video games.
Why similar: Narrative 26.1% ★, Experimental 25.5% ★, Emotional 16.9%, Psychological 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
Flourishing helps you learn how to lead a more satisfying life, based on the research. A good marriage, less family drama, a better working life, and more. The info is scattered around a third-person cozy exploring and collecting game.
Why similar: Psychological 30.1%, Philosophical 28.8%, Emotional 19.7%, Education 18.2%, Adventure 2.2%
My dream is a Lost Memory is a short interactive story about having Déjà vu, realizing that this Déjà vu came to you because of a dream, and then wondering if that dream is actually a memory. It's a story about work, limitations and self-respect.
Why similar: Narrative 27% ★, Experimental 24.8% ★, Philosophical 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dark 7.4%
Struggle. Fall. Triumph. Hold on. A small yet grand journey across life. Simple interactions connect seemingly unrelated moments, from the microscopic to the cosmic.
Why similar: Experimental 39.2% ★, Philosophical 19.4%, Psychological 18.3%, Emotional 17.5%, Adventure 4.4%
Explore a familiar world that can never be fully understood.
Why similar: Narrative 30.3% ★, Experimental 26.8% ★, Emotional 19.5%, Psychological 17.9%, Adventure 2.6%
A first-person psychological horror game about the crushing weight of guilt. Live through the aftermath of a devastating tragedy: your wife is dead, and it’s your fault. But when her casket is brought home, something inexplicable and terrifying begins to warp your reality...
Why similar: Narrative 40.5% ★, Psychological 26.4%, Horror 11.9%, Dark 7%, Story Rich 6.7%
is a short, interactive experience about those endless, looping fever dreams you get when you're sick.
Why similar: Experimental 22.7% ★, Philosophical 16.8%, Psychological 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Emotional 12.4%
"blu," is a narrative collection of video games that were each developed by a different person. From genres that range from action-packed FPS to calming platformer, "blu," has every genre of a game anyone could ever want. Well, at least I think it does. I'm not really one of the developers.
Why similar: Narrative 24.6% ★, Experimental 20.4% ★, Philosophical 16.9%, Psychological 16%, Platformer 8.8%
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Philosophical 24%, Experimental 20.8% ★, Psychological 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Horror 7.4%
Jon’s dreams were filled with music and a love life he once had. Now they’ve curdled into nightmares, weaving between memories and unknown realms. Set in the '90s, this immersive first-person psychological walking simulator follows Jon as he realizes… something is stalking him.
Why similar: Narrative 28.8% ★, Psychological 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Horror 11.7%, Dark 10.4%
Live through the last ten minutes of Juan Fuentes, who has been given the chance to choose his very last words. Captured by Victoriano Huerta's army after the Ten Tragic Days during the Mexican Revolution, Juan will confront his life, death, family, relationships and existence.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.1%, Psychological 20.7%, Experimental 17.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Emotional 12.4%
Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots while you talk to your therapist about feeling lost. An interactive short story about trying to make sense out of the unreal. Based on real dreams!
Why similar: Experimental 36.8% ★, Philosophical 27.8%, Emotional 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%, Story Rich 6.7%
You take on the role of Alice, who wanders through a dark forest in search of a way out. On her journey she meets many figures — each one a reflection of her own personality, an echo of her fears, and a manifestation of her subconscious.
Why similar: Experimental 32.1% ★, Psychological 21.5%, Emotional 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Horror 9.6%
Dobo’s Heroes is a puzzle platform game, where you need to help Dobo leave the depths of his world. For that to happen, use his grandchildren’s powers to get to the portal of each mission.
Why similar: Psychological 30%, Philosophical 27.4%, Emotional 22.2%, Platformer 6.7%, 2D Platformer 5.1%
Julia: a Science Journey is a narrative adventure about viruses, society, and life choices.
Why similar: Narrative 26.9% ★, Philosophical 18.5%, Emotional 15.8%, Education 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Experimental 30.7% ★, Psychological 20.9%, Philosophical 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Emotional 9.7%
An atmospheric narrative puzzle-adventure set on a surreal Nordic island. Guide young Sam and his companion Kira through two shifting realities - switching between a world of terrifying shadows and a world of light to solve puzzles and reignite the broken lighthouse
Why similar: Narrative 41.2% ★, Psychological 20.6%, Emotional 19.1%, Dark 8.7%, Story Rich 6.2%
A short work of interactive horror fiction, about bright minds, and the end of all things. Feel the ink on your skin, return to the woods, and escape the small town that you've never called home.
Why similar: Experimental 36.4% ★, Narrative 18.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Emotional 13.7%, Horror 12.8%
On her twelfth birthday, Xiaohan makes a wish—but more than candlelight fades. Her reflection blurs, and her best friend Xiaoyu disappears. Through dual perspectives, explore a dreamlike millennium town, battle with card marbles, and uncover its hidden truth.
Why similar: Narrative 45.3% ★, Psychological 16.9%, Emotional 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Story Rich 4.4%
This video game realized how boring it had been and now is trying its best to fix that.
Why similar: Experimental 30.1% ★, Philosophical 22.4%, Emotional 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Story Rich 5.7%
After shouting "Let Me Play!" to the cast in a theatre, the fiction comes crashing down as everyone, including you, becomes aware they're only following a script. Will you let the play continue? Or will you write your own ending?
Why similar: Experimental 36.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Philosophical 16.7%, Psychological 16.7%, Adventure 4.7%
Elio is a boy who deals with reality through imagination. He finds himself trapped in a dark dungeon mirroring his thoughts. This wordless puzzle platformer tells a story through memory shards. Only by gathering them, he hopes to break free.
Why similar: Narrative 43.9% ★, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological 12.3%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Platformer 8.4%
Originally released in 2012, Loving Life is a non-fictional auto-biographical visual novel about Zhenghua Yang (Z) and the near-fatal incident which led to the founding of Serenity Forge. This is where it all began.
Why similar: Emotional 22.3%, Philosophical 17.7%, Education 15.2%, Psychological 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%
A surreal first-person narrative experience. Walk along an endless tropical beach, encounter out-of-place artifacts and look for a way to escape while being guided by a soothing yet sarcastic voice who makes you ponder the meaning of your existence.
Why similar: Narrative 38.8% ★, Psychological 25.6%, Philosophical 23.9%, Story Rich 4.1%, Indie 2.4%
Descend into a surreal psychological horror where familiar places stop obeying familiar rules. Explore, uncover what happened, and decide whether you can still trust what you see.
Why similar: Emotional 22.2%, Narrative 19% ★, Action-Adventure 18.6%, Psychological 18.6%, Horror 9.2%
A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.
Why similar: Narrative 32.3% ★, Philosophical 23.1%, Emotional 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Story Rich 5.6%
The Glass Sea is a narrative adventure focusing on exploring memories and discovering who you are. The game contains several unique "memory shards" each holding new objectives, friends and secrets to uncover.
Why similar: Narrative 22.7% ★, Psychological 19.9%, Emotional 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Dark 6.2%
Board the Trans-Siberian railroad and travel 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok. Clash with a vibrant culture as you meet people as strange to you as you are to them. Journey into a standalone Wanderlust adventure from the makers of The Witcher.
Why similar: Experimental 30.4% ★, Psychological 18.5%, Philosophical 18.5%, Emotional 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
A story-driven puzzle game about a boy trapped in a mysterious virtual sanctuary. Explore, solve puzzles, and discover the secrets hidden in a world that never lets him go.
Why similar: Narrative 33.7% ★, Psychological 27.5%, Emotional 19.9%, Story Rich 6.8%, Indie 3.5%
A narrative game about grief, memory, and perception. Explore a shifting home that reshapes itself around emotion. What you’re willing to face will determine what you find, or what stays hidden.
Why similar: Narrative 49.3% ★, Psychological 24%, Emotional 15.1%, Story Rich 6.8%, Adventure 2.4%
Cold rationality and warm ideals. The protagonist carries conflicting worldviews—and she journeys to the afterlife.
Why similar: Philosophical 34.7%, Emotional 23.9%, 2D Platformer 11.8%, Story Rich 9.6%, Platformer 5.3%
Enter a dark BioPunk visual novel where memory is contraband, poetry is rebellion, and the story may be trying to rewrite you. Navigate glitching timelines, forbidden intimacy, and the veiled forces controlling the circuit.
Why similar: Narrative 52.1% ★, Psychological 21.4%, Dark 9.9%, Story Rich 7%, Singleplayer 3%
