Games Like In the Pause Between the Ringing

The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place is a story about a building eater consuming a tower in a town condemned to be removed from history. It ponders the violence of erasure and the profound grief of surviving at the edge of despotism, when places of entangled heritage are willfully effaced.

Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Casual 35.9%, Indie 27.2%

a Museum of Dubious Splendors, is a storybook from the world of Somewhere. A quiet game about prosaic objects and spurious histories, it is an irreverent rumination on the nature of an archive and forms of recollection.

Why similar: Adventure 36.8%, Casual 35.6%, Indie 27.5%

Did you ever pay attention to the importance of space? Space Between Worlds is a short puzzle game that expresses the concept of proximity and lets the player interpret the context and arc of the story.

Why similar: Casual 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

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: Indie 34.5%, Adventure 34.3%, Casual 31.1%

Kith is free regular mini-adventure series, set on a planet covered in fractured plateaus above a dark and ominous mist.

Why similar: Adventure 38.9%, Casual 34.8%, Indie 26.3%

Something for Someone Else is a short atypical experience, a brief journey into the mind of a distressed game developer that feels haunted by a game he made. All in the form of a poorly hand drawn narrative platformer accompanied by the beautiful musics of Celluloid Jam.

Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Casual 35.9%, Indie 27.8%

Paws and Soul: First Step is a story introduction to Paws and Soul. Adventure game about reincarnation. Turn yourself into a wolf, explore mysterious forest and reveal every secret of your past life!

Why similar: Adventure 59.2%, Indie 40.8%

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: Casual 56%, Indie 44%

Bodyless is a VR journey set during Taiwan’s martial law era. You inhabit the ghost of a political prisoner, moving through fragmented spaces where folklore and surveillance intertwine. As environments distort, the line between memory and reality begins to dissolve.

Why similar: Indie 49.6%, Adventure 33.6%, Casual 16.8%

A first-person 3D platforming experience through a broken mind turned against you.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

A short wordless adaptation of a Civil War story.

Why similar: Indie 100%

There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown?

Why similar: Adventure 38.1%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 26.7%

Error: Human Not Found is a visual-novel/puzzle game with portions of point-and-click adventure. Play as Grace and work to uncover the cause of death for the first AI to inhabit a physical body. Solve 4 types of computer-science based puzzles that increase in difficulty as the story progresses.

Why similar: Casual 36.9%, Adventure 36.4%, Indie 26.6%

A short interactive story for room-scale VR: Become Caliban, the scion of a broken lineage struggling to understand your dark inheritance. Explore the ruins of the family estate, and the incredible realm below seeking clues to your past, and to the events that severed you from your family long ago.

Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Casual 35.8%, Indie 27.1%

Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .

Why similar: Adventure 57%, Indie 43%

Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.

Why similar: Adventure 38.6%, Casual 32.2%, Indie 29.2%

Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .

Why similar: Adventure 46.2%, Indie 36.1%, Casual 17.7%

Faefever tells the story of a troubled journalist trying to uncover the mystery of a missing brother and sister in the small town of Glenroch, where not all things are as they seem.

Why similar: Adventure 37.5%, Casual 35.6%, Indie 26.9%

Indie Puzzle Game

Why similar: Adventure 54.5%, Indie 45.5%

This is the prologue chapter of "When the Past was Around", an upcoming adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

Why similar: Casual 38.5%, Adventure 32.3%, Indie 29.1%

A machine ponders its loneliness. It scans the radio spectrum for an answer to its question.

Why similar: Casual 42.5%, Indie 33.9%, Adventure 23.6%

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: Adventure 51.3%, Casual 48.7%

As a soul transitioning into the afterlife, Senza Peso shepherds you on a spiritual journey through a beautifully dark world of lost souls and redemption.

Why similar: Casual 51.6%, Adventure 48.4%

This is a visual novel about 60 minutes in length, telling a story of memories.he visual novel "Once10" is a story which will recall the experience of many individuals.

Why similar: Adventure 58.8%, Indie 41.2%

A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.

Why similar: Casual 40.9%, Adventure 37.6%, Indie 21.5%

In an ancient riad once used as the base of a spy network, retrace the events and people tied to a forgotten tragedy. Your weapon? Names. Find them, write them, become them.

Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Indie 41.3%

Magic Forest is a classic platformer in which you learn a little history of the travels of the rabbit

Why similar: Adventure 36.7%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.7%

In this free 3D adventure, explore someone's mind and discover their secrets in a surreal story about a father, son, Asian-America and more. Explore a dying father's "Memory World", and travel to familiar, supernatural spaces. By Melos, co-creator of Anodyne and Angeline Era.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

If the world was ending, how would you spend your final days? Explore a narrative management game set shortly before the end of the world, about enjoying the time you have left. Play music, take calls, and help the town face the challenges of saying goodbye to those closest to them.

Why similar: Casual 73.4%, Indie 26.6%

A Game About is a free, short, lo-fi point & click adventure that tasks the player with living with their daily routine. Through day to day choices, life changes in imperceptibles and unexpected ways.

Why similar: Indie 100%

This is a visual novel about 60 minutes in length, telling a story of memories."Once'" is a story which will recall the experience of many individuals. Regardless of if you're in your springtime of life having full of dreams for the future, or if you're a matured adult who has already stepped into the society and owns a family,...

Why similar: Adventure 56.2%, Indie 43.8%

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

Why similar: Adventure 58.5%, Indie 41.5%

The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.

Why similar: Casual 39.1%, Adventure 38.4%, Indie 22.5%

This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.

Why similar: Adventure 36.5%, Casual 35.8%, Indie 27.7%

A meditative experience that invites players to explore the serene beauty of a living, breathing cemetery as it changes with the seasons.

Why similar: Casual 79.9%, Indie 20.1%

A student built, subdued adventure game that will take the player to unseen depths utilizing a unique and novel approach to vision and clarity.

Why similar: Adventure 37.1%, Casual 35.8%, Indie 27.1%

My grandmother went to space—and came back.After that, the world began to spin, round and round...What was this country, this society, meant to be?We simply process the things that come our way.What was the world supposed to be like?I don’t know.SAYONALAIKA is an adventure game.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Adventure 100%

"Two days ago a monster appeared in the hallway outside the office. Maybe if I just wait it will leave eventually." A very short psychological game dealing with isolation, entrapment and the nature of fear.

Why similar: Adventure 36.2%, Casual 35%, Indie 28.8%

A horror visual novel set in a suburban city.

Why similar: Adventure 50.4%, Indie 49.6%

Explore a planet, learn a language

Why similar: Casual 100%

Mars Underground is an apocalyptic adventure where you relive the same day over and over. With each cycle new items can be picked up and topics unlocked.​ Explore the possibilities of this timeloop and uncover multiple endings.

Why similar: Adventure 58.5%, Indie 41.5%

It's been 30 years since a terrible arson attack erased an entire family. Until today the culprit has been on the loose. You are sent to investigate a similar incident in this narrative exploration game.

Why similar: Casual 55.7%, Indie 44.3%

Something terrible happened in the forest! Someone frightened all Bugs! What happened? You are the only one who can find it out!

Why similar: Casual 40.7%, Adventure 32.2%, Indie 27.1%

Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.

Why similar: Adventure 59%, Indie 41%

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: Casual 57.6%, Indie 42.4%

Stranded for unknown reasons in the lower orbit of a purple gas giant, you are kind of just chilling out. You should probably get on with your mission. There's still plenty of time, though.

Why similar: Casual 44.8%, Adventure 31.9%, Indie 23.3%

I must kill...: Fresh Meat is a light horror story adventure game based on a sad story of a butcher. One day, one night and one accident will bring his misty past and memories to light.

Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%

13: Origin is a web of clues that you must follow and not miss, as in most room escape/puzzle games. As you untie each knotted loop, you will realize how long and endless the thread you hold on to the end is.

Why similar: Adventure 93.7%, Indie 6.3%

Deepwell is a story-driven adventure game, about a small town surrounding a giant mystery hole.

Why similar: Adventure 81.3%, Indie 18.7%

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: Casual 50.1%, Adventure 49.9%

To the town in the hole... a story about a place where I can't go.

Why similar: Adventure 76.7%, Indie 23.3%

An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.

Why similar: Adventure 75.1%, Indie 24.9%

A short narrative and exploration game about Zach, June, and a strange phenomenon. You're Zach and, stuck in your home, you will do everything to keep hearing June's voice messages. What is happening out there?

Why similar: Indie 100%

my brother lives in a canyon is a short adventure game about two brothers reminiscing over short-wave radios.

Why similar: Adventure 55.8%, Casual 34.5%, Indie 9.6%

Step onto the stage in Forgetmenots, a story-driven puzzle adventure where memories take center stage. Explore a theatrical world that unfolds like a live performance, solving puzzles in a whimsical yet bittersweet journey about loss and remembrance.

Why similar: Casual 57%, Indie 43%