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Games Like New Meaning

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Psychological Horror, Visual Novel, Adventure.

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In New Meaning you play as Luke Wilson, or do you? Luke is a struggling teenager trying to shed some light upon a dark lonely world, will you help him or will you aid his departure into depression? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Reviews: Mixed — 68% — of 81 reviews
Released: 2021-08-16
Developer: Brave Lobster Studios
Genres: Free To Play
Platforms: Windows

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    Median: 48 minMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%

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    95% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
    Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
    Windows · Mac
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    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: Visual Novel 29%, Psychological Horror 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Anime 10.2%, Cute 8.5%

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    96% matchPositive91% of 66 reviews2022
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    Windows

    Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

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    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 219,150 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

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    94% matchMostly Positive72% of 869 reviews2021
    Dev: Euphoric Brothers
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    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 24.8%, Drama 24.6%, Dark 21.3%, 2D 18.1%, Story Rich 11.2%

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    93% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2023
    Dev: Maldo19
    Windows

    A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

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    Dev: Crimson Moon Studio
    Windows

    Your average student life quickly descents into horror as a mysterious witch takes over the college... Can you save the girl you love? Or even make it out alive?

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    91% matchVery Positive97% of 323 reviews2024
    Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
    Windows

    Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

    Why similar: Story Rich 33.8%, Horror 27.3%, Dark 19.9%, 2D 16.9%, Singleplayer 2%

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    92% matchMixed61% of 3,931 reviews2014
    Dev: The Quinnspiracy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

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    Dev: ixavon
    Windows

    Until Oblivion is an atmospheric narrative game that follows 17 year old nobody Emma Wilson as she tries to rekindle a dying relationship in a dying world. Join her in an increasingly nightmarish Halloween party and find out if anything (or anyone) is worth anything at all.

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    89% matchVery Positive99% of 87 reviews2024
    Dev: ナツミカン
    Windows

    A summer night consumes the girls... Exploration type horror ADV game

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    89% matchVery Positive91% of 163 reviews2022
    Dev: Velvetique GamesPub: Neoclassic Games
    Windows · Mac

    A story about a girl named Lizzy living in a miserable world and her journey to its darkest depths. A free atmospheric horror visual novel where you navigate life-or-death situations. SEEK PARADISE OR DIE TRYING

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    87% matchVery Positive93% of 152 reviews2025
    Dev: Elite Lords Studios
    Windows

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    86% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2024
    Dev: ChattercapPub: Chattercap LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    88% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2015
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    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Dev: Black Leaf Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Dev: Pixel Poxet
    Windows

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    Dev: HiKing Mind StudioPub: Second Maze
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    80% matchVery Positive92% of 8,408 reviews2019
    Dev: Sirhaian
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%

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    82% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2020
    Dev: socah developmentPub: socah
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

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    78% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
    Dev: Doomster Entertainment
    Windows

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  29. #29 Glassy Stare
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 70 reviews2026
    Dev: ghost funeralPub: Nikita Kryukov
    Windows

    A story-driven psychological experience where memory fades, silence deepens, and something waits in the dark.

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  30. #30 Lynne
    79% matchVery Positive80% of 1,113 reviews2018
    Dev: ebi-hime
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%

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    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,536 reviews2022
    Dev: PureIceBlue
    Windows

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

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  32. #32 Pandemic Love
    78% matchVery Positive93% of 232 reviews2021
    Dev: Red Skald
    Windows

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    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,337 reviews2023
    Dev: Jester Games
    Windows

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    77% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2023
    Dev: Faithy Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Dev: Saikono
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%

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    76% matchVery Positive87% of 151 reviews2021
    Dev: KigyoDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    73% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
    Dev: betetiro
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    74% matchVery Positive88% of 145 reviews2022
    Dev: Black CycPub: JAST
    Windows

    A deeply unsettling visual novel following a boy who returns to his hometown expecting to find peace; however, it isn't long before his hopes are dashed by the monster known as Gore Screaming Show.

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    71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,226 reviews2025
    Dev: Broken Bird Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

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  40. #40 The Doll's Window
    74% matchMostly Positive74% of 58 reviews2022
    Dev: ujumiru
    Windows

    A horror exploration game that takes place in an underground labyrinth. Avoid malicious creations that are hungry for your soul. Depart from the nightmares that constantly haunt you.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.4%, Dark 14.3%, Cute 13.9%, Anime 12%, Horror 10.6%

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    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,177 reviews2025
    Dev: びぶ/viv
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%

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  42. #42 Crimson Gray
    73% matchVery Positive96% of 442 reviews2017
    Dev: Sierra Lee
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.

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    70% matchVery Positive100% of 202 reviews2025
    Dev: Te.Sa
    Windows

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 50.2%, Psychological Horror 48%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  44. #44 Viltnemda
    73% matchVery Positive83% of 257 reviews2022
    Dev: Not In Kansas Games
    Windows

    You've been called into the forest to investigate a wounded deer, but the forest is dark and all you have is a flashlight. Oh bother, what a Tuesday you're having.A retro PSX style horror game

    Why similar: Horror 94.4%, Singleplayer 5.6%

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    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,133 reviews2024
    Dev: Leef 6010
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.1%, Anime 16.5%, Horror 12.7%, Cute 11.4%, Story Rich 11.4%

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    72% matchVery Positive90% of 3,613 reviews2016
    Dev: Eternal Night StudiosPub: Alberto Herrera
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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    71% matchVery Positive98% of 93 reviews2022
    Dev: Kaffein
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 140 reviews2025
    Dev: markuwaaaaa
    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive94% of 87 reviews2024
    Dev: Simon Herbig
    Windows · Mac

    Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 44.9%, Anime 18.3%, Story Rich 13.5%, 2D 8.9%, Dark 8.2%

  50. #50 THANATOS
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2024
    Dev: Angela NguyenPub: WahooCat Productions
    Windows · Mac

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    68% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2025
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    Windows

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  52. #52 It Paints Me
    67% matchVery Positive97% of 224 reviews2024
    Dev: ENDYSIS
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 11.1%, Dark 8.9%

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    65% matchVery Positive94% of 330 reviews2025
    Dev: BOBER BROS
    Windows

    PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR // ANTI-DATING SIM about learning to say NO.

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    71% matchMixed65% of 81 reviews2017
    Dev: Horizon Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 56.4%, Horror 23.5%, Anime 20%

  55. #55 Channel 4 Midnight
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 102 reviews2026
    Dev: foolkien
    Windows

    A bite-sized psychological horror game about a wayward soul who seeks transformation through a sinister ritual.

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  56. #56 海子 UMIKO
    65% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2025
    Dev: 盾构机 Tunnel Boring Machine
    Windows

    "海子 UMIKO" is a psychological horror visual novel. Engage in conversations with Umiko, complete various mini-games, solve puzzles, and gradually piece together the dark truths she tries to hide about herself and her dimension from fragmented narratives. Preserve your fragile friendship for a week!

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  57. #57 My Head On Your Body
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: Creepy Pop
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

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  58. #58 Train of Afterlife
    72% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
    Dev: Zeiva Inc
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

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  59. #59 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,767 reviews2021
    Dev: Leef 6010
    Windows

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

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    67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
    Dev: Andy Church
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.

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