- #1 nothing_matters
97% matchVery Positive83% of 229 reviews2023
Dev: Ka Hin Yuen
Windows
A short point & click narrative adventure inspired by the real life experience of a struggling solo indie game developer. A story about everything and hence nothing at all. Discover what truly matters to you.
Why similar: Surreal 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Psychological 16%, Point & Click 15.3%, Philosophical 14%
- #2 The Franz Kafka Videogame
96% matchMixed65% of 883 reviews2017
Dev: Denis Galanin (mif2000)Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
Why similar: Surreal 52.9%, Point & Click 19.7%, Adventure 12.8%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 1.4%
- #3 Sisyphus Reborn
96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,093 reviews2016
Dev: Edwin MontgomeryPub: Myshkin Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.
Why similar: Philosophical 45.8%, Point & Click 20.6%, Adventure 17.8%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Indie 1.3%
- #4 SELF
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 275 reviews2020
Dev: doBellPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?
Why similar: Psychological 35.8%, Adventure 33.7%, Story Rich 14.2%, Atmospheric 11%, Indie 4.3%
- #5 un/FRAGMENT.
94% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: izakiko paradox
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Surreal 24.1%, Philosophical 22.4%, Psychological 17.1%, Emotional 9.9%, Stylized 6.9%
- #6 Thing-in-Itself
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 125 reviews2017
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 20%
“Thing-in-Itself” is a short interactive story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant’s concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.6%, Psychological 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Emotional 11.9%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #7 The Night Fisherman
93% matchVery Positive82% of 771 reviews2020
Dev: de FaultPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Philosophical 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Point & Click 14.2%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #8 7th Chance
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Drewid GamesPub: Stasis Booth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.8%, Surreal 19.5%, Philosophical 10.1%, Point & Click 8.7%, Psychological 8%
- #9 Kaigrad
91% matchVery Positive93% of 329 reviews2021
Dev: Offline Games Group
Windows · Linux
Kaigrad - is a non-linear visual novel in the genre of dark fantasy. The action takes place in a world where Light comes only from people, animals and all living things. The darkness is near. You have to find out what happened here, who is to blame for this and try to fix it!
Why similar: Philosophical 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Story Rich 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #10 Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
91% matchVery Positive82% of 1,017 reviews2021
Dev: Pendulo StudiosPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Psychological 19.7%, Drama 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Adventure 9.9%
- #11 A Living Room
89% matchVery Positive87% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Valtteri TavastPub: Instant Million
Windows
You are a man in a room. Something feels off. Or maybe it's on. A short existential comedy point-and-click non-adventure about the limitations and imitations of human existence – or, really, whatever you want it to be about.
Why similar: Surreal 26.8%, Point & Click 23.3%, Philosophical 17%, Psychological 11.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #12 When the Darkness comes
89% 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: Psychological 27.8%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Story Rich 13.6%, Emotional 12.7%, Adventure 12.6%
- #13 Depression Quest
90% matchMixed61% of 3,934 reviews2014
Dev: The Quinnspiracy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 78.1 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.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.5%, Psychological 16.4%, Emotional 5.3%, Story Rich 2.1%
- #14 THIEF'S SHELTER
88% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Geo GamesPub: Restless Corp.
Windows
THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.
Why similar: Psychological 26.4%, Point & Click 25.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Adventure 8.6%
- #15 Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination
87% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Finnegan MotorsPub: Indie Asylum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Surreal 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Story Rich 9%, Point & Click 8.1%
- #16 Centum
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 186 reviews2025
Dev: Hack The PublisherPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.7%, Point & Click 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Psychological 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%
- #17 Freud's Bones-the game
86% 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: Point & Click 27.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Psychological 21.4%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #18 Metamorphosis
85% matchVery Positive85% of 642 reviews2020
Dev: Ovid WorksPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
Why similar: Philosophical 40.2%, Story Rich 18.7%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Adventure 12.6%, Dark 5.2%
- #19 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 228 reviews2021
Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.8%, Surreal 16.1%, Psychological 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #20 I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
84% matchMixed69% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: LUAL Games KIGPub: DreadXP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Psychological 25.9%, Story Rich 14.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #21 Disturbed
83% matchVery Positive92% of 1,861 reviews2016
Dev: iBlackpen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 32.2 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Point & Click 19.7%, Adventure 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #22 Trolley Problem, Inc.
82% matchMixed67% of 1,535 reviews2022
Dev: ReadGravesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
Why similar: Philosophical 42.1%, Surreal 38.9%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #23 Inversed
81% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Psychological 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Surreal 16.9%, Point & Click 16.8%, Emotional 12.3%
- #24 Don't Get Your Hopes Up
80% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Krish Raghav
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're looking for a new apartment in Amsterdam. Your once-confident search is morphing into panic. Nothing is available. Anything will do. ANYTHING.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Surreal 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Philosophical 15.7%, Adventure 7.8%
- #25 Demons Never Lie
81% matchVery Positive92% of 462 reviews2019
Dev: IndieBugPub: RecordMedia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Demons Never Lie is a creepy graphic adventure made with voxel and low-poly where even your soul is at stake! An incredible and dark story with elements of the classic point&click and visual novels. An exciting interactive experience with a unique atmosphere.
Why similar: Surreal 19.5%, Point & Click 18%, Philosophical 15.5%, Adventure 14.7%, Psychological 13.1%
- #26 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
79% matchVery Positive97% of 371 reviews2022
Dev: 作場金属製作所 Sakuba Metal Works
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
Why similar: Point & Click 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Adventure 10%, Dark 4.8%
- #27 The NADI Project
82% matchMixed67% of 469 reviews2016
Dev: Monkeys Tales Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.
Why similar: Adventure 28.2%, Point & Click 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Story Rich 14.4%, Exploration 6.5%
- #28 Gamebook Edgar A. Poe: The Oval Portrait
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: The Midworld
Windows
Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Philosophical 22.8%, Psychological 12.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Stylized 8.9%
- #29 Fantasmagorie
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: Needlepoint Productions
Windows
Journey through a distorted theatre held together by the fragile mind of a grieving puppet master. With only a needle and thread, traverse through this world and evade twisted and terrifying creations. Shatter the delusion and unravel the truth behind it all.
Why similar: Surreal 27.2%, Psychological 19%, Emotional 11.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #30 Moral Dilemma: The Interview
75% matchVery Positive84% of 1,101 reviews2025
Dev: Hectic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. It’s interview day, and you really need this job—enough to ignore the talking printer, the anomaly corridor, and the ridiculous life-or-death trials your interviewer keeps putting you in. But deep down, you know... something here is very, very wrong.
Why similar: Philosophical 34.1%, Surreal 16.9%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Story Rich 15%, Adventure 9%
- #31 Bad Dream: Coma
77% matchVery Positive91% of 2,208 reviews2017
Dev: Desert Fox
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
Why similar: Point & Click 23.7%, Surreal 21.5%, Psychological 17.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #32 Depression The Game
78% 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: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Psychological 25.8%, Emotional 12.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 10%
- #33 Indecision.
76% matchVery Positive85% of 640 reviews2018
Dev: bilge
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.
Why similar: Surreal 22.9%, Psychological 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Emotional 9.8%
- #34 Mango
75% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 28.5%, Philosophical 22.5%, Psychological 19.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #35 The Hungry Fly
73% matchVery Positive92% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Erupting AvocadoPub: indie.io
Windows
Once upon a time, there was a fly. A hungry fly. A fly with razor-sharp teeth, with a taste for dead things. This is the tale of its adventure to find something dead to devour, in a swamp where nothing dies, everything is grotesque, and every choice matters, no matter how surreal.
Why similar: Surreal 38.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, Emotional 11.5%, Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #36 ABEL
73% matchVery Positive87% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: CNAM-ENJMIN
Windows
An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.
Why similar: Psychological 31%, Emotional 20%, Surreal 13.5%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 10.5%
- #37 Strangeland
72% matchVery Positive93% of 962 reviews2021
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.9%, Surreal 26.3%, Psychological 17.8%, Story Rich 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%
- #38 Pleh!
71% matchVery Positive95% of 1,346 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: Psychological 31.9%, Emotional 18.9%, Story Rich 17.9%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 8.8%
- #39 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
74% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2018
Dev: Peace & Love Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Surreal 25.7%, Psychological 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Adventure 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #40 Nirvana Game Of Life
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Goldtusks
Windows · Mac · Linux
A darkly humorous life simulator where every decision matters. Swipe left or right to guide a life through hundreds of strange events while balancing Health, Money, Social, and Happiness. Live well, die horribly, and try again.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 60.3%, Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Drama 12.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #41 Train of Afterlife
76% 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.
Why similar: Surreal 19.8%, Psychological 19.3%, Adventure 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Story Rich 9%
- #42 KARMA: The Dark World
68% matchVery Positive92% of 4,329 reviews2025
Dev: POLLARD STUDIO LLCPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.7%, Psychological 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Emotional 10.5%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #43 Follow the meaning
69% matchVery Positive94% of 998 reviews2024
Dev: HiKing Mind StudioPub: Second Maze
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
Why similar: Point & Click 34.1%, Surreal 29.3%, Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, Atmospheric 8%
- #44 The Dark Egg Demo
71% matchVery Positive96% of 227 reviews2022
Dev: Transcend Pixels
Windows
A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.
Why similar: Surreal 25%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Story Rich 9%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #45 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,742 reviews2021
Dev: Dead Idle Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.5%, Psychological 21.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Emotional 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #46 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,034 reviews2020
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Story Rich 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #47 Veritas
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Glitch Games
Windows
Uncover the lies. Free your mind. Veritas is a compact narrative puzzle game that asks: what is truth, and does it even matter?
Why similar: Point & Click 43%, Story Rich 16.9%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Adventure 14.4%, Exploration 4.4%
- #48 FAKEBOOK
69% matchVery Positive91% of 747 reviews2024
Dev: banjihagames
Windows · Mac
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Point & Click 23%, Story Rich 15.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Adventure 8.3%
- #49 Caliban Below
71% matchVery Positive92% of 223 reviews2018
Dev: Blackthorn Media, Inc.
Windows · Mac
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 38.4%, Story Rich 27.4%, Atmospheric 26.9%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #50 The Preposterous Awesomeness of Everything
72% matchVery Positive93% of 176 reviews2016
Dev: Joe RichardsonPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The Majority of People navigate progress, politics and preposterous propulsive plans in this satirical point-and-click adventure. Featuring highly debatable democracy, problematic project managers and the belief that Anthony's underdeveloped prefrontal cortex will lead to your salvation!
Why similar: Surreal 22.4%, Point & Click 20.9%, Philosophical 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #51 DeafBlind
69% matchVery Positive87% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: Joe Williams
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 34%
DeafBlind offers an immersive sensory deprivation experience, simulating what life might feel like if you were both deaf and blind. This game invites you to navigate a world shrouded in silence and darkness, challenging you to adapt and explore in entirely new ways.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.8%, Philosophical 38.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Exploration 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #52 Knell of St. Godhrkar
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,545 reviews2021
Dev: -二律背反-
Windows · Mac
In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Story Rich 27.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Exploration 6.2%
- #53 Locke(d)
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,097 reviews2023
Dev: KigyoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?
Why similar: Philosophical 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Point & Click 22.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Adventure 7.1%
- #54 Stories of Liane
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Gearshift Media
Windows
An experimental narrative-focused walking-simulator experience that explores dark settings and stories through multiple perspectives.
Why similar: Surreal 58.7%, Story Rich 19.2%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Dark 7.2%, 3D 3.8%
- #55 Dinner with an Owl
67% matchVery Positive95% of 860 reviews2021
Dev: BoringSuburbanDad
Windows
Break the puzzling spell of your eccentric host! Dinner with an Owl: A short surreal point and click adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 42.4%, Point & Click 38.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Adventure 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #56 It Paints Me
65% matchVery Positive97% of 245 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: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Story Rich 16.3%, Emotional 14.1%, Atmospheric 11.5%
- #57 Minds Beneath Us
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,730 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Psychological 16.7%, Point & Click 15.3%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #58 MORSOMNIA:0
65% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: 沐沐睡星
Windows
Interacting with the unidentified life form “Kuon”, we move forward with the pain. A surreal, mysterious fancy adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 61.8%, Atmospheric 23.5%, Adventure 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #59 Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
66% matchVery Positive94% of 89 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: Psychological 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Philosophical 23.8%, Story Rich 11.6%, Emotional 10.3%