- #1 Lilith Wants to Buy Your Soul
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 796 reviews2023
Dev: Pyon Pyon Platinum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Surreal 17.6%, Immersive Sim 16%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Horror 9.6%
- #2 you're just imagining it
96% matchVery Positive96% of 470 reviews2024
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.3%, Visual Novel 27%, Simulation 17.3%, Emotional 9.7%, Atmospheric 4.7%
- #3 Scritchy Scratchy
95% matchVery Positive94% of 15,152 reviews2026
Dev: Lunch Money GamesPub: Funday Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?
Why similar: Incremental 82.2%, Simulation 17.8%
- #4 Insanity Clicker
96% matchMixed67% of 3,049 reviews2016
Dev: PlayFlock
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 121.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Been looking for the thrill? Then you've come to the right place! Insanity Clicker is a time-killer game full of horror and fear that will make you tremble in a couple of minutes!
Why similar: Incremental 63.4%, Horror 26.8%, Simulation 7.4%, Action 2.4%
- #5 Vidiot Game
94% matchVery Positive91% of 224 reviews2020
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
WARNING: VIDIOT GAME MAY CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE. PLAY AT YOUR OWN DEMISE.
Why similar: 2D 100%
- #6 A Simple job
93% matchVery Positive95% of 499 reviews2025
Dev: Saturn91Pub: DreamStudios
Windows
💼 A simple task: Don’t press the red button. Sounds easy? 😏 Featuring an annoying voice, absurd endings, and too many achievements. Free. Pointless. Glorious. 🤡🔴
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 42.3%, Horror 30.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Atmospheric 13.3%
- #7 Introvert: A Teenager Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
One of the new guys in school tells you he’s going to shoot up the school if he doesn’t make friends in 5 days. Discover the decisions, people, situations you will encounter while playing and trying to make friends of your own and living your own life.
Why similar: Horror 47%, Atmospheric 18.7%, 2D 17.2%, Mystery 17.1%
- #8 Scary Game
92% matchVery Positive91% of 961 reviews2025
Dev: KanGames
Windows
You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 62.5%, Horror 31.9%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #9 Knock Harder: Useless
91% matchVery Positive94% of 386 reviews2020
Dev: Snail-Ninja StudioPub: Snail-Ninja Studio
Windows
The only way to wake up is to die. The player must decide for himself whether he is inside a dream or is in reality.
Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Action 13.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.8%
- #10 Perfect Vermin
90% matchVery Positive93% of 3,863 reviews2020
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: ItsTheTalia
Windows
Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin. The sledge hammer you have been provided is capable of destroying almost all office appliances and furniture that may be uncooperative. Your time is running out.
Why similar: Surreal 40.5%, Horror 24%, Destruction 22.3%, Action 7.1%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #11 Something Strange
91% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Ethan ZimmerlePub: Mr. Hand
Windows
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.1%, Horror 35.5%, 2D 13.4%
- #12 Disturbed
89% matchVery Positive92% of 1,872 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Horror 24.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #13 Loading Screen Simulator
89% matchVery Positive87% of 8,618 reviews2017
Dev: CakeEaterGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A game about never-ending problem of loading screens. We've all experienced it while playing games, while downloading something, while installing an operating system ect. And now you can experience it once again in Loading Screen Simulator: Steam edition
Why similar: Incremental 72.4%, Simulation 22.8%, 2D 3.1%, Atmospheric 1.7%
- #14 Progress Bar Simulator
88% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2019
Dev: SpielmannSpiel
Windows · Linux
Ever wanted to accelerate the progress bar of your download, slow installation, Windows update or just to kill some time until something else has finished? Then here comes the game you never asked for: Progress Bar: The Game
Why similar: Surreal 30.7%, Incremental 28.4%, Immersive Sim 24.6%, Simulation 11.9%, 2D 4.4%
- #15 THE BUTTON by Elendow
85% matchVery Positive93% of 3,271 reviews2023
Dev: Elendow
Windows · Linux
Every time you press the button you get 1 point. Every time you press the button your odds to lose all your points increases by 1%. Good luck.
Why similar: Incremental 64.9%, Horror 11.5%, Simulation 11.3%, 2D 7.3%, Stylized 5%
- #16 A Bad Clicker
86% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: HasADash Studio
Windows
Some games are good, a few games are great, most are alright. This is not one of those games. Come explore this labyrinth of menus that make number bigger. Watch number get big, only to get small, to get big again, faster this time even!
Why similar: Incremental 47.5%, Dark Comedy 43.8%, 2D 8.8%
- #17 Kitten Love Emulator
87% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: TruePub: False
Windows
Come explore a disgustingly LOVE-addled world! Solve 'puzzles' in ever-changing, emotion-based, overly-hyphenated levels -- while hunting down the murderer. Experience an ever tightening knot in your stomach as you realize: "Something is terribly wrong here, and I don't want to dig any deeper".
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #18 the static speaks my name
86% matchVery Positive82% of 5,796 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Horror 65.8%, Surreal 28.1%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #19 My succubus Kukula
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,376 reviews2024
Dev: 火鸡头工作室
Windows
Click the cute pixel Succubus Kukula, as she barges into your house—she'll kill you, if you don't sign her pact! ^o^ Save yourself!! Life and death are in your hands, so take care not to anger Kukula.
Why similar: Incremental 40.5%, Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Simulation 5.8%, 2D 4.9%
- #20 Mitoza
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,897 reviews2021
Dev: Gal MamalyaPub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 17%
It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.
Why similar: Surreal 67.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%, 2D 9.6%
- #21 2310 seconds in HELL
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 136 reviews2022
Dev: HeFakePub: HeFake Games
Windows
This is a very short game. Has an average level of difficulty. If you do not know what to do, then try to complete this game in less than 2310 seconds.
Why similar: 2D 67.4%, Action 32.6%
- #22 Outcore: Desktop Adventure
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,245 reviews2022
Dev: Doctor Shinobi
Windows
All you wanted was a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.
Why similar: Emotional 48.7%, Simulation 33%, 2D 18.4%
- #23 Annoy This Guy
81% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel Leigh
Windows
Annoy this guys time in this comedic piece of interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 60.7%, Visual Novel 34.6%, 2D 4.7%
- #24 Greed's Grub
80% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Brolokko
Windows
You don’t remember exactly what you did, just that it had to have been real bad, if this was your punishment. Five days of community service in this greasy, rotting excuse for a burger joint. Just five days, and you’re free. That’s all you have to endure.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 32.1%, Horror 31.6%, Stylized 14%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Lore-Rich 7%
- #25 3 Blind Mice: A Remediation Game for Improper Children
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 149 reviews2019
Dev: James Earl Cox III
Windows
A remediation game designed for last attempt corrections for particularly troubled youth. Failure to complete this game may result in removal from society. Please do not attempt to find the surveillance units. They are only present for monitoring your progress. Have a pleasant day.
Why similar: Simulation 25.2%, Dark Comedy 22.9%, Horror 20.4%, Emotional 11.1%, Stylized 9.4%
- #26 One Way To Die
82% matchMixed56% of 348 reviews2015
Dev: Tenth&Hess GamesPub: CoaguCo Industries
Windows · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
After waking from a terrifying dream of your own untimely death, you attempt to make your way to the Finnigan Brothers' Fun Park for its last day then back home again. It's like playing Russian roulette with five chambers loaded, but more frustrating.
Why similar: Horror 56.6%, Visual Novel 43.4%
- #27 MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
79% matchMixed66% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
Windows
You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Surreal 17.5%, Horror 17.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Simulation 9.5%
- #28 Life Tastes Like Cardboard
79% matchVery Positive96% of 335 reviews2019
Dev: Demensa
Windows
A game about boredom and self-pity. It's about myself mostly. You walk around and press the 'interact' button. Sorry for making this.
Why similar: Surreal 67.2%, Emotional 32.8%
- #29 Everyday Devil
76% matchVery Positive96% of 312 reviews2026
Dev: alleesaur
Windows
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.3%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Horror 15.9%, Stylized 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #30 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,309 reviews2024
Dev: Raycastly
Windows
Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.
Why similar: Horror 62.3%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Mystery 8%
- #31 25 Layers of Pain
78% matchVery Positive77% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Beautiful Void Studio
Windows
Are you tired of being happy? Does life keep giving you everything you want? Are you finally ready to turn that frown right-side-up? Play 25 Layers of Pain. The game for masochists.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 72.2%, Action 18%, 2D 9.8%
- #32 Take Care Of It.
75% matchVery Positive99% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Zealli
Windows
Horror/thriller visual novel with RPG elements about two friends that explores guilt, co-dependency, and personal limits being pushed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.8%, Horror 31.3%, Simulation 24.8%, 2D 6.1%
- #33 The Itch
78% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: Dane ShermanPub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows
The Itch is a 2D platformer centered around using heart rate as a resource to make objects move, grow, and shoot in order to find a doctor who can cure a deadly virus. The path to the doctor is full of obstacles as you traverse cavernous environments filled with plant life and people.
- #34 Clean Break
74% matchVery Positive94% of 132 reviews2025
Dev: Benjamin Pilbrow
Windows
Explore a quiet house. Destroy any furniture that seems... off. This is just a bit of decluttering. Probably.
Why similar: Surreal 35.1%, Destruction 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Emotional 6.5%, Action 5.7%
- #35 Play Things
73% matchVery Positive99% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Burning Eye
Windows
A psychological horror game about testing dolls and determining if they are Good or Dangerous. Play in a strange location with dolls potentially filled with bloodlust. Uncover secrets about who you are, where you are, and just WHAT is happening.
Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Immersive Sim 17.7%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Emotional 12.2%
- #36 welcome to heaven
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 550 reviews2017
Dev: vextro
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Heaven... should feel better than this shouldn't it?
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #37 Wunderdoktor
77% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: Ghostbutter
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Step into the role of the Wunderdoktor, a traveling doctor whose daily work is to cure rare and exotic diseases. Explore a world full of quackery, ghosts and addictive potions.
Why similar: Surreal 31.6%, Incremental 31.3%, Horror 21.7%, Action 5.6%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #38 The Closing Shift
73% matchMixed66% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: Bird Box Games
Windows
A short interactive first-person horror game. Walk, look around, and talk to people to finish the short story about closing your restaurant. Complete the story with immersive sounds, and spooky tension and jumpscares to keep you focused.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.8%, Simulation 20.9%, Horror 20.1%, Action 10.8%, Emotional 6.1%
- #39 The End o,,,o
76% matchMixed64% of 273 reviews2017
Dev: xrrawva
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Face the grim reaper at 3 frames per second.
Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Stylized 26.5%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Action 10.2%, 2D 10%
- #40 Magical Massage
70% matchVery Positive96% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: Pop Elephant StudioPub: Cyberisle
Windows
Extreme Life-and-Death Massage! Enjoy magician's look of agony and cure embarrassing ailments! From hemorrhoids that cause earthquakes to rhinitis that make huge explosion...nothing too fancy that you can't handle. However, if your skills fall short, these powerful, unclothed magicians may kill you.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.6%, Visual Novel 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Simulation 15.7%
- #41 Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,229 reviews2024
Dev: Beard EnvyPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Come on down to Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop, for all your roguelite spaceship repair simulation needs! WARNING: Untested genre not suitable for people with tentacles for arms or an aversion to dying horrifically. Side effects include improved reading comprehension under pressure and a furry fetish.
Why similar: Surreal 32.7%, Simulation 22.6%, Lore-Rich 21%, Atmospheric 13%, 2D 10.7%
- #42 My Friend is a Raven
72% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2020
Dev: Two Star Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 17%
You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.
Why similar: Horror 58%, Surreal 30.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #43 The Flayed Man
69% matchVery Positive91% of 383 reviews2025
Dev: Snoring Dog Games
Windows
The Flayed Man is a short narrative-driven point and click horror game. Awaking without memories (or skin), you must uncover the sins of the past, pass judgement, and decide your fate in this macabre adventure.
Why similar: Horror 70.7%, Atmospheric 29.3%
- #44 I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling
72% matchVery Positive91% of 1,669 reviews2017
Dev: Mutant Entertainment Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Do you love opening loot crates, but hate the tedious gameplay sessions in between? Our marketing department has the game for you! Unbox random items! Get stuff, but not what you really want! Skate legal and ethical lines! Remember kids, its only a video game, so grab your parents credit card!
Why similar: Incremental 58.2%, Horror 21%, Simulation 20.8%
- #45 BUG
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: solarsuit.games
Windows · Mac · Linux
BUG is an action clicker game where you just smash pesky bugs and DO YOUR PART! Have you been taken out of action or not allowed to protect SuperDuperEarth? Welcome to the planet Drake, where you can destroy bugs from a remote drone turret FOR FREEdom!
Why similar: Incremental 44.6%, Horror 28.6%, Simulation 16.7%, Action 10.1%
- #46 World of BoreCraft
71% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Chris Antoni
Windows
Retro 2004 flash-like parody that asks the question, how much will you sacrifice to become the greatest WoB player ever?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 50.6%, Simulation 39.5%, 2D 9.9%
- #47 NSFW ~ Not a Simulator For Working
73% matchVery Positive86% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: GameChanger Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
NSFW or Not a Simulator For Working is a casual simulator game where you try not to work anytime you can. Be careful of your snitching co-worker and strict boss. If you get caught, you will get FIRED !!!
Why similar: Incremental 22.7%, Dark Comedy 22%, Immersive Sim 18.2%, Horror 12.6%, Simulation 10.3%
- #48 Little Man Has a Day
69% matchVery Positive97% of 433 reviews2023
Dev: Mosman
Windows
A personal, short and silly handwritten game about a little man feeling a little 'eh'.
Why similar: Stylized 63.9%, 2D 36.1%
- #49 DeathJack
70% matchMixed61% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Joseph Y.
Windows
Play Blackjack where the wager is your life. Do you have what it takes to beat the host? Let's find out...
Why similar: Horror 40%, Simulation 28.3%, Stylized 12.7%, Action 12.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #50 No, I'm not a Voenkom
70% matchMixed46% of 119 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: Horror 33.6%, Simulation 21.7%, Action 14.9%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #51 Sucker for Love: Prelude
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 527 reviews2021
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Preform a series of scary rituals to win over an eldritch cutie and win a smooch!
Why similar: Horror 77%, Simulation 23%
- #52 Welcome Home
67% matchVery Positive86% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: Stalker StudiosPub: ITU Games
Windows
Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 50.4%, Horror 39.4%, Action 10.3%
- #53 Underfishing
67% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Petros Anastasiadis
Windows
You just arrived in hell. Nothing left to to do but contemplate the life you lived, and fish. Fish out ancient treasures, upgrade your fishing abilities, and face your biggest regrets in this narrative fishing game! Will you manage to fish out Lucifer's crown and earn another chance at life?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 34.5%, Surreal 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Simulation 7.8%, Atmospheric 0.8%
- #54 Pleh!
66% matchVery Positive95% of 1,364 reviews2023
Dev: Jester Games
Windows
Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator that tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets.
Why similar: Emotional 38.1%, Horror 35.3%, Atmospheric 15.6%, 2D 11.1%
- #55 Very Scary Backrooms Game
67% matchVery Positive86% of 184 reviews2023
Dev: Wilboforce
Windows
You have no weapons. You have no means of defending yourself. Some will chase you, some will outsmart you. If you are in danger, run and hide.
Why similar: Horror 65.9%, Action 21.5%, Atmospheric 12.6%
- #56 Saccharine Pale?
66% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: SleepyBud
Windows
Begone from this cursed place.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 40.3%, Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Simulation 16.6%, Stylized 11.8%
- #57 Beat This Game To See Hot Lady
64% matchVery Positive93% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Del "DeeDave" Huband
Windows
This will be one of the worst games you'll have to endure. Are you brave enough to walk down that path?
Why similar: Action 51%, Stylized 49%
- #58 Stockwrk7
68% matchMixed69% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: GudeAndi
Windows
A short FREE First Person Horror-Adventure on a single Floor. Explore the Floor and try to solve the riddles. But don't get too deep into it. You don't know what you'll find. There are only englisch subtitles. Sorry.
Why similar: Horror 100%