- #1 Pathologic 2
97% matchVery Positive92% of 12,076 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Survival 13.4%, Surreal 11.1%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #2 The Mildew Children
96% matchVery Positive93% of 490 reviews2024
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Surreal 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #3 INDIKA
96% matchVery Positive89% of 8,542 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Surreal 23%, Psychological 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Story Rich 14.2%, Female Protagonist 13.4%
- #4 Fran Bow
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,524 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Story Rich 18.1%, Psychological 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Surreal 10.1%
- #5 1998: The Toll Keeper Story
94% matchVery Positive91% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: GameChanger Studio
Windows
A narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a toll keeper in the fictional country of Janapa, a nation on the brink of chaos. Navigate daily challenges and make difficult moral choices to survive—all for the sake of your unborn child.
Why similar: 1990's 19.1%, Point & Click 18.4%, Life Sim 16.8%, Investigation 13.9%, Survival 11.8%
- #6 The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
93% matchVery Positive86% of 325 reviews2023
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Surreal 11%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #7 Albatroz
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Among GiantsPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Albatroz is a backpacking adventure RPG that will take you through majestic landscapes in search of your lost sibling. A tale about knowing when to let go and start over.
Why similar: Survival 28%, RPG 20%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Open World 16.1%, Adventure 5.5%
- #8 Whisper of a Rose
94% matchMixed51% of 98 reviews2014
Dev: RosePortal GamesPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Melrose is trapped in a life of hardship. She can find no one who understands her. To cope with her sorrow, Melrose turns to her imagination. Sadly, dreams must end... But not today. Melrose is about to meet her godmother and discover that the land in her dreams is real and in trouble.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Female Protagonist 21.8%, RPG 20.3%, Story Rich 18.1%, Adventure 6.8%
- #9 Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim
91% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Triple ToppingPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Gordy and her punk band, Dead Pets, haven't hit it big but they will any day now! Go to band practice, crush a diner shift, chat with friends and manage Gordy’s mess of a life. Unleash your inner demon in a feminist, slice-of-life, management-lite, minigame-heavy narrative rhythm game!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 53%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 9.3%, Colorful 5.3%
- #10 Neo Cab
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,838 reviews2019
Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 44.7%, Choices Matter 13%, Point & Click 12.8%, Emotional 10.6%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #11 Keep Driving
89% matchVery Positive94% of 6,180 reviews2025
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.
Why similar: RPG 24.2%, 1990's 23.6%, Open World 19.1%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Adventure 10%
- #12 Kathy Rain
90% matchVery Positive92% of 3,973 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 96.2%, Detective 1.4%, Female Protagonist 1%, Adventure 0.4%, Story Rich 0.3%
- #13 Shelter 2
89% matchVery Positive85% of 4,312 reviews2015
Dev: Might and Delight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
As a powerful Lynx, you will make your way through vast open landscapes. In the harsh tundra, you will raise and strengthen your cubs by mastering your skills for hunting prey. Do everything you can to prepare your little ones for the vicious entities dwelling in the wilderness.
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.7%, Survival 16.1%, Emotional 15.3%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Choices Matter 11%
- #14 Dex
88% matchVery Positive87% of 3,512 reviews2015
Dev: Dreadlocks Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.2%, Female Protagonist 22%, RPG 15.8%, Open World 12.3%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #15 Fallow
87% matchVery Positive97% of 143 reviews2021
Dev: Ada Rook
Windows
Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.5%, Emotional 17.9%, Surreal 17.9%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #16 YIIK Nameless Psychosis
86% matchVery Positive92% of 738 reviews2024
Dev: Ackk StudiosPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Experience a sneak peek of YIIK I.V! Step beyond Alex Eggleston's story and become the Nameless Child, a young girl pushed from a mysterious tower. Guide her through a surreal dimension where she must find a way to save both the Good Brother and the Bad Brother.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.3%, 1990's 18.4%, Psychological 15%, Surreal 12.5%, RPG 11.8%
- #17 One's Own Exile
84% matchVery Positive100% of 467 reviews2025
Dev: Updog Software
Windows
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Emotional 28.8%, Story Rich 19.6%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #18 The Wreck
85% matchVery Positive88% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Point & Click 12.5%, Emotional 11%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #19 The Girl of Glass: A Summer Bird's Tale
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2020
Dev: Markus with friendsPub: En Widunderlig Produktion
Windows
Join Kristal as she sets out on her journey to better understand herself and the world around her in a point and click adventure game, featuring turn-based combat and hand-painted environments.
Why similar: RPG 37.3%, Point & Click 22.7%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #20 Paradise Killer
84% matchVery Positive93% of 4,463 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Investigation 13%, Point & Click 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #21 Burnhouse Lane
82% matchVery Positive94% of 1,128 reviews2022
Dev: Harvester Games
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Why similar: Side Scroller 30%, Choices Matter 19.7%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Surreal 10.4%
- #22 ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies
80% matchVery Positive84% of 2,358 reviews2026
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
From the creators of Disco Elysium comes ZERO PARADES – an espionage RPG. You're a brilliant but tormented operant on one final desperate assignment. Gather your broken network, untangle a web of lies, and prove yourself on the world stage - or blow it all up again.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.6%, 1990's 12%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Point & Click 11.4%
- #23 Lovely Lady RPG
79% matchVery Positive100% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: DAS POPPY UND MIA KUNSTKOLLEKTIV
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.
Why similar: RPG 48.3%, Choices Matter 31.8%, Story Rich 16.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #24 Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,292 reviews2025
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 17.2%, 1990's 14.5%, Point & Click 14.2%, Female Protagonist 11%
- #25 My Light In The Dark
82% matchVery Positive93% of 88 reviews2019
Dev: TaleHammer
Windows
My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.9%, Emotional 17.9%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Psychological 13.3%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #26 Unrest
83% matchMixed68% of 195 reviews2014
Dev: Pyrodactyl
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.3%, Point & Click 17.8%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.5%, RPG 10.5%
- #27 My Big Sister
81% matchVery Positive93% of 677 reviews2018
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
My name is Luzia...and this story isn't about me, it’s about my sister. Do you still wish to hear it?
Why similar: Surreal 34.5%, Story Rich 28.7%, Atmospheric 17.9%, Adventure 12.8%, Singleplayer 6.1%
- #28 Closer the Distance
79% matchVery Positive90% of 286 reviews2024
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 16.9%, Emotional 16.7%, Point & Click 16.7%, Life Sim 16.4%, Choices Matter 15.2%
- #29 Afterdream
78% matchVery Positive93% of 350 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.4%, Psychological 15.9%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Emotional 12.7%, Surreal 11.1%
- #30 Vagrant Hearts
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 134 reviews2015
Dev: Warfare Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Enjoy pure 16-bit RPG goodness! Scarllet and Beatrice are two close sisters. One of them has the gift of healing, the more she knows about her gift the more she realizes how big her responsibility is. Features party splitting, beautiful artworks and an intricate storyline.
Why similar: RPG 40%, Female Protagonist 31.4%, Adventure 13.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #31 my eyes deceive
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 908 reviews2024
Dev: nouhidev
Windows
Set over the course of roughly a week, you play as a young girl who has been living in a shelter all her life. The outside world is infected with a deadly disease. Society is in chaos. Fortunately, your papa is protecting you.
Why similar: Emotional 20.2%, Psychological 19.1%, RPG 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11%
- #32 Nightmare Shift
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 240 reviews2025
Dev: Binary Lunar
Windows
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26%, Story Rich 10.8%, Psychological 10.3%, 1990's 10.1%, Life Sim 9.1%
- #33 Hazy Mind
75% matchVery Positive86% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Choices Matter 17%, Story Rich 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12%
- #34 Riley & Rochelle
76% matchPositive94% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Owlskip Games
Windows
Uncover the lives, losses, and stories of two musicians from opposite sides of the tracks as they become superstars, fall in love and fall apart in this 90s narrative puzzle game.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.9%, Choices Matter 19.8%, 1990's 18.6%, Emotional 15.2%, Story Rich 12.7%
- #35 Perfect Tides: Station to Station
73% matchVery Positive99% of 245 reviews2026
Dev: Three Bees
Windows · Mac
A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while attempting to find your place in the world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.1%, Point & Click 19.6%, Emotional 18.4%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Story Rich 12.2%
- #36 Contraindication
74% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Static Remains
Windows
Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.7%, RPG 18.6%, Psychological 15.3%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #37 Red Line
74% matchVery Positive97% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Rolling Cat StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac
Moving into a shabby apartment, a saturnine girl with hidden secrets finds a notebook that allows her to communicate with another world. A thrilling adventure taking place across multiple timelines ensues.
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, RPG 20.3%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, 1990's 18.2%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #38 Shardlight
76% matchVery Positive90% of 794 reviews2016
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
Why similar: Point & Click 36%, Female Protagonist 28.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Story Rich 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #39 Ghost on the Shore
75% matchVery Positive84% of 220 reviews2022
Dev: like CharliePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Emotional 16.6%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Story Rich 14.5%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #40 Welcome to Planet E1d0r4d0!
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: LuluGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Welcome to Planet E1d0r4d0 is a narrative-driven management sim and side-scrolling hunting adventure about a young girl searching for the meaning of existence at the edge of the cosmos. In this chaotic, lawless universe, even immortality feels devastatingly fragile.
Why similar: Side Scroller 27.5%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Story Rich 13.2%, RPG 12.2%
- #41 A Void Hope
72% matchVery Positive93% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Atmospheric 40.5%, Female Protagonist 32.9%, Adventure 23%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #42 Little Rocket Lab
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,280 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.1%, RPG 23.5%, Life Sim 18.6%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 8.7%
- #43 With My Past
71% matchVery Positive95% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Imagine Wings StudioPub: Edigger
Windows
"How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.6%, Female Protagonist 28.6%, Psychological 26%, Story Rich 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #44 The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
69% matchVery Positive93% of 6,142 reviews2023
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 35.8%, Choices Matter 28.9%, Story Rich 17.2%, Adventure 7.4%, Colorful 6.7%
- #45 Stiff Neck
69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,036 reviews2026
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team UranianPub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.8%, Psychological 18.3%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Emotional 15.8%, RPG 13.7%
- #46 You Are NOT Bunnygirl
68% matchVery Positive96% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: (Just)JordanPub: Jordan Peloquin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide Bunnygirl through a lab of malfunctioning robots in this RPG about self-care! Learn how to weaponize her emotions in combat and meet unhinged robots who seem to know more about her than she does. Can you protect Bunnygirl? And...who is she, anyway??
Why similar: Surreal 24.2%, Female Protagonist 23.3%, Story Rich 18.8%, RPG 17.7%, Atmospheric 12.3%
- #47 Endling - Extinction is Forever
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,533 reviews2022
Dev: Herobeat StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them and save them. And you should never forget that extinction is forever – in the real world and in this 2023 BAFTA award winning experience.
Why similar: Emotional 18.5%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Survival 15%, Female Protagonist 11%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #48 Lucid Dream Adventure
72% matchVery Positive82% of 234 reviews2018
Dev: Dali Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.3%, Psychological 20.3%, Point & Click 18.2%, Surreal 17.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #49 Even the Ocean
71% matchVery Positive86% of 282 reviews2016
Dev: Melos Han-TaniPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A story-rich 2D platformer where you'll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures, while uncovering the truth of your world. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.5%, Story Rich 21.1%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Colorful 11.9%
- #50 Silence
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,740 reviews2016
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.
Why similar: Point & Click 51.4%, Adventure 21.2%, Story Rich 18%, Female Protagonist 8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #51 Living Cell
67% matchVery Positive96% of 253 reviews2023
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the liquidator survived the samosbor in block G-326 of the endless Gigakhrushchyovka. You have to find out what happened in this block, evacuate the residents and find a way out for yourself. But is everything as simple as it seems at first glance?
Why similar: Survival 33.1%, 1990's 21.6%, Story Rich 18.3%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Adventure 8.2%
- #52 Art House
67% matchVery Positive94% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Turtle Fish StudiosPub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
Art House is a 2D puzzle platformer in which you play as a woman who gets trapped with her children inside the paintings of her recently deceased mother. Navigate through painting rips and use a magical paintbrush to escape and come to terms with your grief.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.2%, Psychological 19.9%, Story Rich 18.6%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Adventure 10.1%
- #53 Smoke and Sacrifice
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 508 reviews2018
Dev: Solar Sail Games LtdPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Smoke and Sacrifice sees Sachi, a mother forced to give up her son, adventure into a grotesque underworld on a quest that will lead her to a darker truth.
Why similar: Survival 32.1%, Female Protagonist 31.8%, RPG 24.7%, Adventure 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #54 Awakening Sarah
66% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Asteristic Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Awakening Sarah is a 2D platformer with emphasis on exploration. Unravel the dreams and realities of Sarah, a girl who's recovering from a coma, while helping her understand the world around her and herself.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.8%, Surreal 25.6%, Story Rich 16%, Emotional 12.7%, Colorful 10.2%
- #55 Wienne
69% matchVery Positive88% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Creeepling
Windows
Wienne is unique - you can change the flow of the story at any moment in time. Repeatedly. In this short story and lore-driven RPG you will have to save Wienne and Zack from a nearly inevitable demise. Can you find the path?
Why similar: RPG 65.6%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #56 Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory
67% matchVery Positive80% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Different Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
A choice-driven RPG thriller set in the World of Darkness universe. Step into the shoes of Samira, a young werewolf refugee in Poland, as she battles dark forces and loneliness, caught between rage and despair. How will your story unfold?
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.2%, Investigation 18.5%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Surreal 16%, RPG 12.9%
- #57 Soul's Spectrum
66% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Thund GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
You wake up in a mysterious dungeon, full of dangerous traps and unlucky inhabitants. Brain cracking puzzles await you while a dark story will slowly unfold in this supernatural place!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.1%, Emotional 20.4%, RPG 18.1%, Story Rich 15.8%, Surreal 15.3%
- #58 Fishbowl
63% matchVery Positive96% of 160 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a slow and tender narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.1%, Emotional 17%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Psychological 14.1%, Female Protagonist 10.9%