60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Singleplayer, Action, Story Rich.
Double is an action-quest game telling about a fight with a mental disorder by immersing in dreams. Choose your way and find out how this mystical story ends.
Disorder
A psychological 2D puzzle platformer. You must switch between two versions of the past: dark & light, positive & negative, hope & despair. Every action is innately tied to this dualistic battle. Traverse a surreal landscape of memory to try and mend a fragile mind.
Bad Dream: Coma
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
A psychological 2D puzzle platformer. You must switch between two versions of the past: dark & light, positive & negative, hope & despair. Every action is innately tied to this dualistic battle. Traverse a surreal landscape of memory to try and mend a fragile mind.
Why similar: Psychological 33.6%, Action 20.7%, Indie 19.1%, Dark 15%, Story Rich 8.9%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Psychological 23.3%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Dark 11.9%, Adventure 10.3%
Cube Gothic is a Story-driven Shoot 'em up Adventure. Shooting enemies and dodging projectiles while solving simple puzzles and trying to comprehend the surreal plot - these are the challenges you'll be facing in Cube Gothic.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Action 12.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
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: Choices Matter 37.3%, Story Rich 24%, Action 15.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%, 2D 11.7%
Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!
Why similar: Adventure 26.8%, Action 24.3%, Side Scroller 21.9%, Indie 19.2%, 2D 5.5%
Lost in the kingdom of the white beast, will you find your way out? The Perfect Pencil is a story-driven action platformer that throws you into the innermost depths of the human mind. Navigate surreal worlds punctuated by bizzare personalities, tense boss battles and secrets. She’s waiting for you.
Why similar: Psychological 27%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Dark 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Story Rich 8.8%
One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?
Why similar: War 28.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Story Rich 9.4%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Dark 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Adventure 11.2%
Creepy quest with the atmosphere of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Go through a dangerous adventure filled with puzzles and challenges! Perhaps it is you who will be able to solve all the secrets of forest and save the peaceful creatures?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.2%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Dark 17.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.6%, Choices Matter 14%, Adventure 11%, Action 10.5%, Story Rich 10.1%
Make impactful decisions in moral dilemma situations, which will change the course of your journey through this atmospheric, hand-drawn metroidvania. Explore the hazardous paths of the Realm of Aestik and fight its corrupted inhabitants as you unravel its deep-rooted mysteries.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.3%, Hand-drawn 21.2%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Adventure 17.1%, Story Rich 10.6%
A dark fantasy story adventure to face the long-forgotten 「memories」!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Dark 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Story Rich 10.5%
When I Was Young is a stylish and challenging 2D action game set during the Vietnam War. Fight your way through the brutal firefights enjoying a unique combat system and a story-driven campaign. Immerse yourself in the fascinating entourage of the 1960s!
Why similar: Adventure 21.6%, Action 21.5%, War 15.4%, Indie 14.9%, Historical 13.4%
Erra: Exordium is a 2D action adventure game in Dieselpunk setting. Explore a world based on Sumerian-Akkadian mythology. Take the role of a scientist who was able to cheat death and fight the rebellious army of mechatrons.
Why similar: Historical 18.5%, Dark 15.7%, Adventure 13.5%, Action 11.5%, Side Scroller 9.6%
A girl who never wakes up. She has been fighting monsters in her dreams... "NeverAwake" is a nightmarish twin-stick shooter with a unique worldview and original game rules.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Side Scroller 25.4%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Dark 12.9%, Action 12.8%
Through the Nightmares is a challenge-driven platformer for anyone who’s ever had a restless night. Run, jump, and change your size to overcome the nightmare’s traps. Face Morpheus. Rescue children from an endless dream.
Why similar: Side Scroller 36.5%, Dark 21.5%, Action 11.1%, Indie 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%
Past Cure is a dark psychological thriller that blurs the lines between dreams and reality. An intense, cinematic, story-driven experience that challenges the player to use mind-bending mental abilities to survive.
Bittersweet Birthday is a boss fight-only action adventure where every encounter is a unique and emotional showdown. Explore a colorful world full of endearing characters, uncover your memories, and battle your way through challenges that push skill, timing, and determination to their limits.
Why similar: Story Rich 31.8%, Action 20.8%, Indie 20.2%, Atmospheric 18.9%, Singleplayer 8.4%
Your character has lost his memory and finds himself in a godforsaken place. An adventure with a nonlinear storyline, lots of choices, and a unique combat system. Could he get out alive?
Why similar: Adventure 30.1%, Action 27.2%, Indie 22%, Visual Novel 20.7%
"Between something and someone." U-chronia is a mysterious world constantly changing like a book whose pages are flipped out of order. You will wear the shoes of OU, the protagonist, to live through this game-shaped experience—without knowing what it really is.
Why similar: Psychological 20.7%, Hand-drawn 16%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Adventure 8.6%
Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle
Why similar: Side Scroller 35.3%, Dark 17.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Indie 10.3%, Action 10.3%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Dark 22.6%, Adventure 20%, Action 17.9%, Indie 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.8%
Black Sheep" is a 2D story-driven adventure game, you will play a high school student who explores the flooded school ruins, trace the shadow of the past, and unveil the evil those buried in the bottom of the river to see the light of day.
Why similar: Adventure 44.6%, Indie 18.8%, Story Rich 18.5%, 2D 14.1%, Singleplayer 4%
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.5%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Dark 16.6%, Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 10%
Opus Castle it's a 3D horror, adventure and mysterious game with a narrative based on the real tragic history of the little castle on Apa Street, located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
Why similar: Historical 39.7%, Choices Matter 22.9%, Story Rich 15.1%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Adventure 7.2%
Explore a mysterious world as the protagonist in this short adventure game with pixel graphics.
Why similar: Dark 29.2%, Choices Matter 22.1%, Story Rich 17.8%, Adventure 11.7%, 2D 10.1%
PSYCHO - is an exciting 3D shooter with hardcore elements where you will explore an abandoned psychiatric hospital playing as a fighter SWAT.
Why similar: Adventure 31.7%, Action 28.3%, Indie 21.9%, War 10.3%, Story Rich 3.4%
Uncover the dark secrets of a gritty, tangled metropolis and battle diabolic villains with your trusty Gunbrella, a bulletproof brolly that doubles as a firearm.
Why similar: Side Scroller 56.1%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 13.3%, 2D 10.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%
An exciting game, full of traps and mysteries to be solved in each of its 96 levels. In this hostile story you must put all your skills to the test to solve the hidden enigmas and lead Frank to the end of this compelling story in 2D.
Why similar: Side Scroller 49.4%, Action 24.2%, Story Rich 10.2%, 2D 9.7%, Adventure 3%
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: Psychological 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Dark 13.3%
In Between is set inside the mind of a man hit by a cruel twist of fate. Together you are on a journey through the protagonist's head, a world that doesn’t obey the laws of physics.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 17.8%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Dark 14.6%, Story Rich 10%, Indie 9.1%
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 28.9%, Dark 18%, Story Rich 15.3%, Adventure 15.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%
Emerald Dreams: Sanity - Platformer Quest is an exciting 2.5D platformer and adventure Metroidvania that takes you on a journey through mysterious worlds. The game offers a rich story set in a dark fantasy universe where every decision you make can lead to one of multiple endings.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 29.5%, Side Scroller 27.6%, Adventure 17.8%, Action 14.3%, Story Rich 10.9%
Kingdom Shell is an atmospheric 2D platformer with a captivating storyline. Explore the local lands to stop the invasion of nightmarish creatures and unravel the mysteries of the Kingdom.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.4%, Adventure 15.4%, Dark 14.1%, Story Rich 13.4%, Action 11.6%
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
Why similar: Psychological 53.1%, Dark 22.5%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 11.3%
You are the Entangled One, a malformed entity. Traverse the flesh wastes under the eye of an eternal eclipse. Delve deep into the planet's guts. Uncover a fleshy ecosystem. Engage in deliberate, challenging combat, using your whiplike arms and collectible sub attacks to augment your combat style!
Why similar: Side Scroller 33%, Hand-drawn 28%, Dark 18.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Action 7.7%
A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!
Why similar: Psychological 41.7%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 14.8%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Action 10.8%
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Psychological 32%, Side Scroller 26%, Adventure 12.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24%, Action 17.4%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 15.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%
You are the prime suspect in the massacre of your squad during a clandestine rescue mission. An indie cinematic experience with an immersive psychological horror narrative and a retro visual style inspired by PS1-PS2 classics.
Why similar: Adventure 22.9%, Story Rich 21.5%, Action 19.8%, Psychological 18.1%, Atmospheric 17.7%
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Why similar: Dark 19.1%, War 15.5%, Action 13.4%, Historical 11.3%, Adventure 10.8%
The Familiar Stranger is a 3D psychological horror game where twisted memories and nightmares blur. Uncover dark secrets while evading a relentless entity that watches from the shadows. Can you escape the horrors of the past, or will they consume you?
Why similar: Indie 30.5%, Adventure 26.7%, Action 24.2%, Story Rich 18.6%
Experience the altered memories of a dying man, reliving his entire life as a little boy while lying on his deathbed. Explore the profound depths of his subconscious as you assist Griffin to shed the remains of his miserable life before his impending demise.
Why similar: Dark 21.1%, Adventure 20.5%, Story Rich 20.2%, Action 12.6%, Atmospheric 12%
2D platform game focused on intense combat against enemies and exploration of secret areas in dark dungeons full of dangers.
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.5%, Action 18%, Indie 15.8%, Adventure 13.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
Why similar: Indie 17.7%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Adventure 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Psychological 10.8%
Two pairs of twins war for love, life, and limb beneath the curtain of a dark Tokyo night. From the artisans at CRAFTWORK comes a visual novel lush with art, action, and mystery; a story of GEMINISM—deformity and divinity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Dark 25.2%, Adventure 17.8%, Story Rich 14.8%, Atmospheric 12.4%
A 2D action-adventure where the story unfolds by tuning the stage with music. A play by Aleph and Liora, who have lost their memories. A beautiful yet eerie stage, and the secret of the forgotten theater await. Your choices will determine the play's ending — and their fates.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 26%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Story Rich 13.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Action 11.3%
Kontrakt is a hyper-violent action-adventure game about schizophrenia with a dark and twisted story. You will assume the role of a hitman involved in mysterious contract killing, while uncovering the dirty truth and secrets behind the City of Light.
Why similar: Adventure 28%, Action 25.3%, Indie 21.6%, Story Rich 9.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%
A bitter RPG where every enemy has their own unique minigame, and where there are two sides to every soul: Main and Invert!
Why similar: Choices Matter 38%, Story Rich 23.9%, Indie 16.8%, Adventure 9.7%, 2D 8.5%
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: Psychological 19%, Hand-drawn 18.4%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Dark 15.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Psychological 21.8%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Adventure 8.9%
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Dark 26.7%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Adventure 17.6%, 2D 6.1%
The Creepy Syndrome is an anthology that offers several psychological horror stories, with different pixel art and retro 1 bit, 8 bit, gameboy, etc. styles. Stories of a disturbed mind that intertwine with each other while being analysed by a mysterious psychiatrist.
Why similar: Psychological 30.7%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Story Rich 12.1%, Adventure 10.4%
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.
Why similar: Adventure 32.7%, Action 27%, Indie 23.5%, 2D 12.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%
You're Sam, a young dreamer struggling in the gig economy. However, tonight may change everything. In this absurd comedy, fight your inner battles, rally your forces, and get ready to overthrow the system!
Why similar: Psychological 29.6%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Adventure 10.6%
Team up with your "other self", Honno-chan, as you parry, pummel and pulse your way out of your darkest nightmare in this one-of-a-kind "parry heaven" action game!
Why similar: Story Rich 27.1%, Indie 20.3%, Action 18%, Adventure 16.5%, 2D 13%
Rot Gut is an action packed platformer set in America’s 1920’s Prohibition era. You take control of an agent who, to uncover their mysteries, goes on a mission to fight the city’s underground armed to the teeth organizations.
Why similar: Side Scroller 37.1%, Dark 12.7%, Story Rich 12.6%, Action 11.2%, Adventure 10.3%
What if you could use 50% of your brain? Learn to control 2 characters at the same time, one with each hand. Achieve ambidexterity and rescue both the prince and the princess simultaneously.
Why similar: Action 42.6%, Indie 22.6%, Atmospheric 13.9%, 2D 13.7%, Singleplayer 7.2%
After a psychologist visit goes terribly wrong, you find yourself trapped in the mind of a game developer on the brink of physical and emotional burnout during the final stages of an intense project. Experience a metroidvania-lite drenched in anxiety and based on a very true story.
Why similar: Action 36%, Adventure 34.8%, 2D 22%, Singleplayer 7.2%
Schizo Dark is a survival horror game where you play as a detective investigating disappearances, encountering nightmares, monsters, and terrible secrets.
Why similar: Action 51.8%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Adventure 13.1%, 2D 11.7%, Singleplayer 9.7%
