- #1 Freud's Bones-the game
97% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: Katabasi StudioPub: Fortuna Imperatore AxelFox
Windows
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Why similar: RPG 81.9%, Indie 18.1%
- #2 CINERIS SOMNIA
96% matchVery Positive90% of 959 reviews2018
Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 71%, Casual 29%
- #3 7 Days
96% matchVery Positive99% of 95 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: RPG 37.2%, Walking Simulator 37%, Indie 25.8%
- #4 书之旅人 Story Walker
95% matchVery Positive95% of 187 reviews2022
Dev: KARELITSUN薰
Windows
"Story Walker" is a leisure collection puzzle solving Chinese game. The game tells the story of the new book wizard entering the book world to collect elves.Players need to control the hostess to explore in the scene, and have a small journey with the game characters.
Why similar: Casual 55.4%, RPG 31.2%, Indie 13.4%
- #5 LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust)
94% matchMixed48% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: Eternity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 30%
LSD Dream Emulator: Vaporwave (Wanderlust) is a first person exploration game that takes you to a journey between worlds. Inspired by the original PSX game.
Why similar: RPG 44%, Casual 33.1%, Indie 22.9%
- #6 Jung's Labyrinth
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: Jan Jileček
Windows · Mac
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 74%, Indie 26%
- #7 Into A Dream
93% matchVery Positive91% of 76 reviews2020
Dev: Filipe F. Thomaz
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 67.4%, Indie 32.6%
- #8 Project Morpheus: Prologue
91% matchVery Positive82% of 542 reviews2021
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Welcome to Project: Morpheus, you will reprise yourself as EAST, and play your way in this world where reality and dreams collide.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #9 百禾梦境漫游 Wandering Dreams of Yuri
91% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组Pub: u-secret studio
Windows
She becomes Alice of the fairy tale world and joins forces with the mysterious Zixuan to explore the twisted world of fantasy: name-grabbing factions, invisible witches ...... In their light-hearted adventures, they gradually uncover the truth and endeavour to return to reality.
Why similar: RPG 60.5%, Casual 39.5%
- #10 DMT: Dream Dealer Trip
92% matchMixed53% of 243 reviews2016
Dev: Eternity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
DMT: Dream Dealer is a walking simulator that guides you trough a trip between worlds. You'll never know if what you see is real, or if you are in a trance. A game made to delight your sensory system, inspired by titles like The Stanley Parable, Dear Esther, Gone Home...
Why similar: Casual 57.5%, Indie 42.5%
- #11 The Heart of Influencer
89% matchVery Positive88% of 329 reviews2025
Dev: Mountain and Sea Studio
Windows
You are entrusted with training five "troubled" influencers from Mountain & Sea Media, and gain the “Heart Probe” ability which allows you to uncover girls’ inner thoughts. Use your wisdom and ability to help them meet their training KPIs, while discovering their real selves beneath their facades.
Why similar: RPG 69.4%, Casual 30.6%
- #12 The Honours Project
89% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Scott CambellPub: ScottCambellAudio
Windows
The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 65.9%, Casual 34.1%
- #13 Awakening Sarah
88% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Asteristic Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Awakening Sarah is a 2D platformer with emphasis on exploration. Unravel the dreams and realities of Sarah, a girl who's recovering from a coma, while helping her understand the world around her and herself.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 71.4%, Casual 28.6%
- #14 Red Gate
90% matchMostly Negative21% of 240 reviews2019
Dev: uora
Windows
Red Gate is a story of a soldier in a remote country. As the old saying goes, the player tries to pass through the gate and help people. But power comes at a price.ple.
Why similar: RPG 62%, Indie 38%
- #15 Dreaming Sarah
87% matchVery Positive91% of 2,861 reviews2015
Dev: Asteristic Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 64%, Casual 36%
- #16 NIDANA
85% matchVery Positive87% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: lvl374Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 84.1%, Indie 15.9%
- #17 梦乡 The Dreamcatcher
86% matchVery Positive85% of 119 reviews2020
Dev: Huanlin Games
Windows
The Dreamcatcher is a single player first person psychological adventure set in the modern times. You play as a young man who has just started his life in a big city. You will adventure into different dream worlds, overcome obstacles in the dreams with the help from outside the dreams.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 74.2%, Indie 25.8%
- #18 CODE CRACKER 代码破译者
86% matchVery Positive90% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive nostalgic dream of that golden old age with the retrospective graphic. In this game, you play as a college student who meets diverse characters and solve multiple puzzles together with them. The story unfolds in different ways corresponding to the choices you made along with the gameplay.
Why similar: RPG 48.3%, Casual 28.6%, Indie 23.1%
- #19 YiYi
84% matchVery Positive93% of 201 reviews2022
Dev: 埋月山枯
Windows
You are "GUI", you have come to a city of eternal night, to find your soul to dream of "Yi Yi".
Why similar: RPG 57.2%, Indie 22.8%, Casual 19.9%
- #20 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
81% matchVery Positive93% of 21,072 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: RPG 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #21 Room of Depression
83% 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: Casual 90.4%, Indie 9.6%
- #22 Rewoven Self
82% matchPositive92% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Tang Yuanyuan
Windows · Mac
Rewoven Self is a 2.5D side-scrolling narrative puzzle game where fantasy and reality intertwine. Through folding, cutting, and stitching, you rebuild yourself in a cycle of brokenness and renewal — a gentle yet profound journey of emotional healing.
Why similar: RPG 60.9%, Casual 30.1%, Indie 9%
- #23 YIIK Nameless Psychosis
81% matchVery Positive92% of 738 reviews2024
Dev: Ackk StudiosPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Experience a sneak peek of YIIK I.V! Step beyond Alex Eggleston's story and become the Nameless Child, a young girl pushed from a mysterious tower. Guide her through a surreal dimension where she must find a way to save both the Good Brother and the Bad Brother.
Why similar: RPG 84.8%, Indie 15.2%
- #24 Connected Hearts - Visual novel
82% matchVery Positive89% of 345 reviews2017
Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Stw Projects
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Gary is caught in a strange dream and now he must overcome the adversities on his path or perish in the attempt. In this adventure you will meet 3 children in dream-like scenarios, next to a mysterious girl who talks about a promise.
Why similar: Casual 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #25 Blind Touch
79% matchNo user reviews89% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Flygogo Games
Windows
A "Blind" simulator that lets you experience a new perspective and immersive sensory journey. Step into a world of darkness using your guide cane.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 64.3%, Indie 19.7%, Casual 16%
- #26 The Longest Walk
80% matchVery Positive96% of 405 reviews2022
Dev: Alexander TarvetPub: Somewhat Unsettling
Windows
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 56.6%, Casual 27.8%, Indie 15.6%
- #27 When the Darkness comes
78% matchVery Positive92% of 8,425 reviews2019
Dev: Sirhaian
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #28 Strange Dream
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Half Flower
Windows
You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 59.4%, Casual 23.1%, Indie 17.5%
- #29 Director Simulator
76% matchVery Positive85% of 623 reviews2024
Dev: GOLDEN AGE
Windows · Mac
You, who lack talent, always have strange dreams. Until one day, all kinds of beautiful women from dreams entered your life one by one. You will experience an unprecedented legendary journey from a first person perspective.
Why similar: RPG 62.5%, Casual 37.5%
- #30 Afterdream
76% matchVery Positive93% of 350 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
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: Walking Simulator 79.8%, Indie 20.2%
- #31 Journal
79% 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 40.8%, Walking Simulator 40.8%, Casual 18.4%
- #32 Dream
78% matchMixed56% of 994 reviews2015
Dev: HyperSloth
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.6%, Indie 30%, Casual 18.4%
- #33 Brick Exorcist
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: Fish Chain Games
Windows
"Brick Exorcist" is a casual bishojo brick break game! You accidentally crossed into another world and became an exorcist. With the help of the goddess, you exorcised the beautiful girl who was possessed by the devil!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #34 Depression The Game
77% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
Dev: DeepWorks Studios
Windows
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 100%
- #35 daydream 白日夢
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,193 reviews2022
Dev: Alright Peaches Studio
Windows
This is a campus daily galgame, I hope you like it. 这是一款校园日常galgame,希望大家能喜欢。 これは日常系&学園モノのギャルゲーです。皆さん楽しんでいただけたら幸いです。
Why similar: RPG 58.6%, Casual 41.4%
- #36 False Dream
73% matchVery Positive97% of 481 reviews2024
Dev: TenkaiGames
Windows
You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 57.9%, Casual 26.4%, Indie 15.8%
- #37 Millennium Dream
69% matchVery Positive93% of 2,557 reviews2026
Dev: LucidDreamLab
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 82.7%, Casual 17.3%
- #38 103
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 201 reviews2018
Dev: Dystopia Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Lily use her imagination to unlock her memories and relive the events of a night that changed her life. Discover what happened and what is 103.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 55%, Casual 26.4%, Indie 18.6%
- #39 Faded Grey
74% 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: Walking Simulator 74.4%, Casual 22.6%, Indie 3%
- #40 From Head to Toe
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 106 reviews2019
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
"From Head to Toe" is a short interactive story about winter, existential guilt and your ex-classmates.
Why similar: Casual 42.3%, Indie 31.3%, Walking Simulator 26.4%
- #41 Biphase
71% matchVery Positive96% of 268 reviews2021
Dev: Seasun Seed
Windows
Biphase is a 2D platform jumping game with exploration and puzzles as its core. In the game, the player plays a role who has bipolar disorder, trying to discover and break through the self in the abstract red and black world.
Why similar: Casual 38.9%, RPG 32.5%, Indie 28.6%
- #42 Therapy Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Jemboy
Windows
Step into the chair of a therapist in Therapy Simulator! Guide your patients through emotional journeys with branching dialogue choices. Balance humor, humanity, and the chaos of therapy!
Why similar: Casual 64.5%, Indie 35.5%
- #43 nophenia
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 826 reviews2026
Dev: lane
Windows · Mac · Linux
a small dream explorer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 63.6%, Casual 21.4%, Indie 15%
- #44 Dream on
67% matchVery Positive98% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: Alice Karaush
Windows
Dream On is a very short, atmospheric walking simulator (5-10 minutes) about making a wish. Walk through a symbolic dreamscape, explore your thoughts and feelings, and make a quiet, meaningful choice at the end of the journey.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 95.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #45 Soma Spirits: Rebalance
71% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: Torch60
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Guide Heart and Soul, the guardian spirits of Soma, through a divided realm in a colorful RPG adventure where your choices decide the fate of the world.
Why similar: RPG 68.9%, Indie 31.1%
- #46 Sumire
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 940 reviews2021
Dev: GameTomo TeamPub: GameTomo Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.4%, Casual 26.2%, Indie 20.4%
- #47 Lucid Dream Adventure
70% matchVery Positive82% of 234 reviews2018
Dev: Dali Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
Why similar: Indie 71.3%, Casual 28.7%
- #48 The Orphan Dreams
72% matchMixed64% of 61 reviews2016
Dev: Tayfun Tuna
Windows
The Orphan Dreams is a permadeath adventure game combined with RPG elements. Step into the universe of The Orphan, who in his dream finds a letter from his own mother he has never seen before.
Why similar: RPG 45.1%, Casual 32.7%, Indie 22.2%
- #49 Flandre's dream. - 36000 ft deep -
70% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2019
Dev: KAWASAKI-BUPub: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
Windows
Save Flandre who is caught in deep sleep and can not wake up. Gently evolving Touhou secondary creation RPG which gently raises and challenges the monsters of the deformed Touhou project. Follow the story with more than 130 articles of Flandre and characters!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #50 The Next Door
72% matchMixed50% of 1,092 reviews2016
Dev: LaboryPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.6%, Indie 33.4%, Casual 32.1%
- #51 藏梦 Hidden Dream
69% matchVery Positive89% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: 锈钻游戏工作室Pub: 芒果互娱
Windows
“Hidden Dream” is a game about puzzle, exploration and collection in horizontal version. In this game, players are supposed to participate in the story about how did Princess Wencheng complete her journey to Tibet that for getting marry with Srongtsen Gampo in Princess Wencheng’s fantasy world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.7%, RPG 32.3%, Casual 18.6%, Indie 11.4%
- #52 Have a Nice Dream
66% matchVery Positive93% of 4,906 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: RPG 84.9%, Indie 15.1%
- #53 Russian Psychiatric Pastoral: Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan Lysenko
Windows
Introductory demonstration version. An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.
Why similar: RPG 40.2%, Indie 31.4%, Casual 28.4%
- #54 Yume Nikki
66% matchVery Positive94% of 10,293 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 71.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52%, Indie 26.9%, Casual 21.1%
- #55 Promesa
68% matchVery Positive86% of 195 reviews2020
Dev: Julián Palacios Gechtman
Windows · Mac
A contemplative experience where you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 81.8%, Indie 18.2%
- #56 Fishbowl
64% matchVery Positive96% of 160 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a slow and tender narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Why similar: RPG 67.7%, Casual 32.3%
- #57 Don't Forget Our Esports Dream
68% matchVery Positive92% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Team Eleven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don’t Forget Our Esports Dream is a narrative game about the South Korean esports scene. Play as Bolt, a professional StarCraft: Brood War player at a flashpoint in his career. Play like a pro with guided StarCraft scenes, and see what it takes to live the dream.
Why similar: RPG 48%, Casual 28.3%, Indie 23.7%
- #58 Denpa Nightmares
64% matchVery Positive93% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: 不重要Pub: 千鳥豚工作室
Windows
No matter how long you’re gone, there will always be a girl waiting for you in the same place. This is a story about forgetting, and about waiting. After countless restarts and countless memories lost… how long will you stay with her this time?
Why similar: RPG 80.6%, Indie 19.4%