60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Surreal, Singleplayer, Experimental, Adventure.
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?
Schastye
A miniature frozen between the atmosphere of a small room and Castaneda with Lovecraft. The story of radical spiritual practices in the search for truth among panels and stacks.
TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
A miniature frozen between the atmosphere of a small room and Castaneda with Lovecraft. The story of radical spiritual practices in the search for truth among panels and stacks.
Why similar: Experimental 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Minimalist 10.8%, Psychological 9%, Surreal 8.9%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Experimental 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Surreal 15%, Psychological 10.3%, Minimalist 9.9%
Under the cloud, pressure is crushing – only machines survive in the open. LAMINA BRUISE is a narrative-driven first-person adventure. Solve thoughtful puzzles and overcome revealing obstacles in a tense, hostile environment.
Why similar: Experimental 39.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Surreal 20.8%, Minimalist 8.8%, Adventure 2.6%
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: Experimental 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Surreal 14.2%, Psychological 13.3%, Philosophical 10.5%
P.I.G.E.O.N. is a short surrealist visual novel RPG in which you become a pigeon, armed with a camera, sent to spy. You will have to make choices, but you won't always be able to make a choice.
Why similar: Experimental 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Surreal 13.8%, Philosophical 12.5%, Psychological 9.3%
Experience a 'painfully human', 'psychological' narrative through dreams and allegory. Live in a flat. Buy things. Use things. Tire yourself out. Sleep. Dream. Wake up. Repeat. And maybe, just maybe, find a Bear in a Pit. What could be scarier than the Bear? Find out.
Why similar: Experimental 27.5%, Philosophical 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Psychological 13.8%, Surreal 12.4%
Answer the question of mortality in this sidescroller inspired by the adventures of old. Wander the depths of two parallel worlds. Confer with gods, locals, and other travelers. Solve problems through intuition and a collection of odd trinkets. Choose: death, or eternal life?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Surreal 22.3%, Philosophical 20.2%, Minimalist 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.
Why similar: Experimental 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Surreal 15.1%, Philosophical 14.9%, Minimalist 10%
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 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Philosophical 12.5%, Minimalist 11.4%, Psychological 10.5%
MaryPark St. is a short story telling indie game, set in a black and white dream-like world. Featuring two interpretations of the same story, The Dream & The Nightmare.
Why similar: Experimental 41.8%, Surreal 20.2%, Philosophical 14%, Minimalist 11%, Adventure 4.8%
Lost Voice is a story-based first-person sci-fi adventure game with strong action elements, puzzles, and unique gameplay mechanics.
Why similar: Experimental 37.6%, Surreal 20.5%, Philosophical 19.3%, Minimalist 10.4%, Adventure 8.5%
Your future is vaster than the cosmos.
Why similar: Experimental 48.7%, Surreal 24.9%, Philosophical 22.9%, Indie 1.6%, 2D 1.3%
This is a psychological horror visual novel game. You wake up in an eerie old hotel with no memory. You need to meet bizarre characters and recover lost memories. There are 20 endings. Pixel art, desaturated tones, dreamlike dread. Horror comes from existential self-reflection, not jump scares.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Surreal 20.2%, Philosophical 19.2%, Experimental 12.5%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Surreal 24.8%, Philosophical 13.5%, Psychological 12.2%, Adventure 9.8%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Experimental 28.8%, Surreal 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Psychological 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
is a short, interactive experience about those endless, looping fever dreams you get when you're sick.
Why similar: Experimental 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Surreal 18.1%, Philosophical 12.2%, Psychological 8.5%
Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.
Why similar: Experimental 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Surreal 18.2%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Psychological 6.7%
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 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Philosophical 13.6%, Surreal 13.3%, Psychological 11.5%
Nine personas live in Clive’s head. Dialogue is combat. Choose who speaks and what they say to survive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Experimental 18.7%, Surreal 14%, Psychological 11.9%, Philosophical 10.5%
Destiny Island is a very short computer game. You play a man who visits his memories. You can walk and talk to mannequins about 7 sins. Associate essence with anything comes to your mind.
Why similar: Experimental 47.6%, Surreal 20.7%, Philosophical 13.1%, Minimalist 9.9%, Story Rich 4%
An interactive psychological horror drama.
Why similar: Experimental 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Surreal 18.5%, Psychological 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Experimental 30%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Surreal 16.7%, Minimalist 8.3%, Adventure 7%
A mysterious creature has torn your home from reality. Explore the City of Stolen Worlds, uncover the secrets of its inhabitants, and try to find your way back. Or perhaps you want to become the new Master?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Surreal 21%, Philosophical 15.7%, Psychological 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...
Why similar: Experimental 29.2%, Surreal 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Philosophical 10.3%, Psychological 9.5%
A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.
Why similar: Experimental 35.6%, Surreal 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Psychological 13.6%, Adventure 5.5%
A short visual novel about a man living its worst nightmare. There is no way out, no safe place, no death, just eternal limbo. Only you can help him... if that's what you want.
Why similar: Experimental 32.6%, Surreal 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological 12.6%, Minimalist 11.4%
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Surreal 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Philosophical 14.8%, Experimental 14.3%, Psychological 12.9%
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Experimental 20.2%, Philosophical 14.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
I AM MILK is a surreal, branching audio-first narrative game played through headphones with one button. Make split-second choices as a 21:30 minute story unfolds in real time, leading to more than 40 endings. DARKFIELD’s award-winning 3D sound transports you into the middle of this strange world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Surreal 18.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Psychological 10.5%, Minimalist 8.9%
Employee 925 is a short psychological horror game about compliance and the quiet erosion of self in the workplace.
Why similar: Experimental 24.4%, Surreal 19.7%, Philosophical 14.5%, Psychological 13.4%, Minimalist 8.1%
Play as you playing as you.
Why similar: Experimental 36.5%, Surreal 20.5%, Philosophical 17.5%, Minimalist 12.9%, Stylized 6.3%
Collect remnants of things that came before you. Explore a dark and ominous world.
Why similar: Experimental 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Surreal 16.3%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Stylized 6.5%
halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Surreal 25.1%, Minimalist 15.1%, Psychological 12.8%, Adventure 5.9%
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Surreal 23.6%, Experimental 17.6%, Philosophical 11.5%, Psychological 8%
10mg is a collection of 10 minute long games. Always Down is about going away.
Why similar: Experimental 46.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Adventure 13.9%, Minimalist 8.3%, Stylized 3.3%
One wish to shape a game forever. Wait 2 hours in darkness, make your request, and watch it become real for those who comes after.
Why similar: Experimental 47.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Psychological 10.9%, Minimalist 7.8%, Choices Matter 3.9%
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 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Philosophical 14.9%, Psychological 13%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
You’re a grade-schooler at a religious institution where something feels off in this surreal, first-person adventure game. Do your genes make a difference in the outcome of your suffering? Will your faith be enough to shroud your fears? Perhaps you already know the answer.
Why similar: Surreal 28.5%, Philosophical 23.1%, Psychological 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Adventure 12.2%
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: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Experimental 20.9%, Philosophical 19.5%, Psychological 14.1%, Adventure 7%
A journey through the life of a star player of a cryptic and bizarre sport. The dialogue choices you make will determine the path your life takes, and the ultimate conclusion to your story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Surreal 22.6%, Psychological 13.7%, Philosophical 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be.
Why similar: Experimental 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Psychological 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Collaborate with your past self to change the present and influence the future. Only your vision affects the world.
Why similar: Experimental 24.6%, Surreal 22.4%, Philosophical 18.9%, Psychological 10.6%, Stylized 7.2%
Two small experimental games made as part of a one-week game workshop in Zagreb, Croatia, as part of a project called "Interactive Empathy - Citizenship & Storytelling in Video Games". Inside is also a documentary video about the workshop, as well as a booklet about the whole project.
Why similar: Experimental 35.9%, Philosophical 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Minimalist 8.6%, Adventure 7.8%
Welcome to Super Real AI, the ultimate AI Simulator where you are the intelligence. Judge, classify, and share your advice—but be careful, your answers for simple requests have super real consequences. Log in today and bring back the intelligence where it belongs: to humans.
Why similar: Experimental 24.9%, Philosophical 15.3%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychological 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
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: Experimental 25.4%, Philosophical 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological 14.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.
Why similar: Experimental 31.7%, Surreal 17.2%, Philosophical 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Psychological 10.7%
You're the maintenance man for an apartment complex that has mysteriously been transported to the middle of the ocean. Woodrot is a surreal adventure game about getting to know your neighbors who all seem to blame themselves for their recent relocation.
Why similar: Surreal 24.8%, Psychological 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Philosophical 12.4%, Adventure 8.5%
A quiet room. A window. Thirty one days spent watching strangers and inventing their lives. October is a minimalist, atmospheric story about isolation, building slowly toward the day you finally step outside.
Why similar: Surreal 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Psychological 15.2%, Adventure 14.5%, Philosophical 14.1%
The Nameless Dead cannot be buried, their remains pile up in a mass of indignity. You have crawled from the gutter to name them. Explore the cemetery and uncover their names before the Worm eats your insides.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.1%, Surreal 22.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Stylized 7.2%
A top down exploration horror/adventure game where you use a spirit board to find clues, fulfil last wishes of the departed, learn secrets, and hopefully track down a serial killer before they find you.
Why similar: Experimental 40.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Adventure 20.7%, Stylized 6.4%, Story Rich 6.2%
Trapped inside your monitor, navigate your fragmented mind in this minimalistic physics-based narrative puzzle. Shift your color to manipulate the world around you and uncover the hidden haikus that will guide you through a poetic journey into yourself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.1%, Minimalist 17.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Psychological 12.7%, Adventure 10.3%
A free 5-minute visual novel. A security concern demands your attention.
Why similar: Experimental 45.2%, Minimalist 14.7%, Psychological 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
The Walking Fish returns, this time in space, in an all-new fish comedy horror experience. Stuck on a space station, you have to solve the mystery of the Walking Fish, and escape its terror.
Why similar: Experimental 47.6%, Surreal 29.9%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 46.2%, Philosophical 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Adventure 6.9%, Story Rich 5.4%
Chasing colors in the void. A game we made to Zen you.
Why similar: Experimental 37.7%, Surreal 22.7%, Philosophical 19%, Adventure 10.3%, Stylized 7.5%
7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Surreal 22.6%, Philosophical 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Adventure 8.6%
Run, fly, and save the world.
Why similar: Experimental 34.6%, Surreal 14.5%, Psychological 11.3%, Adventure 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
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: Experimental 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 27%, Philosophical 12.7%, Psychological 12.2%, Adventure 9.3%
❗ 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 38.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Psychological 14.6%, Philosophical 14.3%, Adventure 6.4%
