Games Like The Leak

TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

Why similar: Text-Based 14.1%, Psychological 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Minimalist 12.5%, Dark 10.5%

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: Psychological 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Abstract 14.2%, Dark 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.6%, Text-Based 31.2%, Dark 17%, Casual 11.5%, Adventure 3.1%

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: Psychological 32.2%, Point & Click 30.4%, Casual 15%, Dark 14.1%, Adventure 5%

Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

Why similar: Mystery 46.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Adventure 7.2%, Multiple Endings 6.4%

Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Emotional 12.2%, Point & Click 10.6%

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Psychological 16.9%, Abstract 16.5%, Text-Based 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%

A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.

Why similar: Psychological 22.2%, Dark 20%, Emotional 19.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Text-Based 10.7%

In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Emotional 7.4%

The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.

Why similar: Text-Based 31%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Minimalist 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

What to do when your days are not going well? What to do when you need to wake up and manage a troubled life, in which you need to work, eat well and still have time for yourself? Isolated Room is about that, and maybe a little more.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.7%, Point & Click 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Mystery 18.2%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 10%

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 35.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological 13.6%, Text-Based 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%

Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Minimalist 15.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Dark 11.6%

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 19.5%, Minimalist 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Text-Based 16.3%, Emotional 10.8%

You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.5%, Text-Based 25.5%, Atmospheric 19.4%, Casual 10.7%, Multiple Endings 3.2%

eat, sleep, work, repeat.

Why similar: Psychological 64.1%, Pixel Graphics 26.7%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%

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 33%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Minimalist 16.9%, Emotional 12.5%, Atmospheric 6.3%

A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Visual Novel 27%, Dark 11.6%, Emotional 10%, Adventure 7.4%

A short meta story about the struggles of procrastination, and never finishing the things you start. Help motivate me, and give me the confidence I need to finish something.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Emotional 15.2%, Psychological 14.1%, Casual 10.8%, Text-Based 10.8%

A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Emotional 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Mystery 15.2%, Minimalist 13.6%

A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Dark 21.8%, Mystery 16.8%, Psychological 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.

Why similar: Dark 21.5%, Mystery 20.6%, Point & Click 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Atmospheric 14.2%

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 25.1%, Psychological 20.5%, Emotional 12.2%, Point & Click 12%, Atmospheric 10.2%

You can remember nothing before this moment. Your existence begins with a keystroke followed by the flick of a switch. Electrical power streams into your neural network, and you are alive.

Why similar: Atmospheric 29%, Point & Click 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.9%

This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.

Why similar: Minimalist 30.2%, Text-Based 24.5%, Psychological 14.2%, Dark 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

An experimental, minimalistic microgame about loneliness. Originally released as a Flash game in 2010 that was featured by Extra Credits.

Why similar: Abstract 19.1%, Minimalist 18.7%, Emotional 15.9%, Dark 14.2%, Atmospheric 8%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 48.7%, Dark 32.6%, Casual 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Story Rich 2%

A small, lonely boy on a hopeful quest navigates through a dark and dreary motel. Dive into its mysterious, eerie atmosphere and find your way through the motel's strange puzzles, as it becomes increasingly clear that reality is not as it seems.

Why similar: Text-Based 33.1%, Point & Click 20.8%, Dark 19.5%, Casual 13.3%, Mystery 13.3%

This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions have to be made. Or meaningful, to such an extent, that there is nothing left once they are made.

Why similar: Psychological 35.5%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Indie 0.8%

This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

Why similar: Dark 37.2%, Minimalist 29.6%, Atmospheric 21.1%, Adventure 6.7%, Multiple Endings 3.9%

A free 5-minute visual novel. A security concern demands your attention.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Minimalist 22.6%, Psychological 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Mystery 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Psychological 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%

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: Psychological 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Emotional 17.3%, Atmospheric 11.3%

A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.

Why similar: Psychological 21.1%, Emotional 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Emotional 27.5%, Atmospheric 26.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Story Rich 1.5%

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: Visual Novel 23.9%, Dark 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%

A simple free clicker game

Why similar: Minimalist 34.9%, Incremental 19.4%, Dark 17.9%, Casual 16%, Atmospheric 11.4%

A patchwork quilt of meanings, ideas, references, and madness. A crack in the sink of your understanding. And also the story of one unfortunate girl.

Why similar: Text-Based 25.5%, Abstract 25.5%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Dark 16.4%, Casual 7.7%

It's time for a well-deserved break from your space-engineering stuff. Unravel the functioning of your freshly repaired coffee machine, while trying not to destroy the Earth. The fate of all humanity lies on your mug!

Why similar: Incremental 48.9%, Casual 46.4%, Adventure 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%

A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Emotional 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Atmospheric 9.8%

A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.

Why similar: Atmospheric 46%, Point & Click 26.3%, Adventure 24.9%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Mystery 17.4%, Text-Based 16.5%, Dark 11%

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: Dark 29%, Psychological 26.2%, Emotional 18.2%, Atmospheric 17.5%, Adventure 6%

YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a recording of a training protocol. By answering questions and resisting jumpscares, can you beat the Entity Exam?

Why similar: Text-Based 43.5%, Dark 18.1%, Mystery 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Satirical, short and simple point-and-click "simulation" game about the meaninglessness of life.

Why similar: Point & Click 42.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 33%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Casual 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

A Game About is a free, short, lo-fi point & click adventure that tasks the player with living with their daily routine. Through day to day choices, life changes in imperceptibles and unexpected ways.

Why similar: Point & Click 91.9%, Indie 8.1%

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 29.4%, Emotional 14.2%, Dark 11.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Psychological 11.2%

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 23.3%, Emotional 20.9%, Dark 20.5%, Minimalist 15.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.

Why similar: Dark 38.1%, Casual 29.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Multiple Endings 10%, Indie 2.1%

A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Minimalist 9.8%, Atmospheric 9%

Snow, dullness, depression. Constant dissatisfaction with work and superiors and feeling like there is no escape. Is this what life will always be? Perhaps… but I can always hope for change to be just around the corner!…

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 20.2%, Emotional 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

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.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Dark 19.2%, Mystery 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Point & Click 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Casual 9.1%

Have you set your alarm for 07:00 yet? He was waiting for you too.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Abstract 16.2%, Text-Based 13.3%, Casual 10.7%

Unveil the truth in a genre-blending sci-fi mystery. Awaken from cryogenic slumber you find your shelter damaged by unknown circumstances. Scavenge your surroundings, repair the shelter and explore the ruins in hopes of uncovering – or perhaps avoiding – the uncomfortable truth of what has transpired.

Why similar: Mystery 63.4%, Adventure 28.6%, Story Rich 4.7%, Indie 3.3%

Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.

Why similar: Text-Based 46.3%, Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Mystery 14.2%, Adventure 5.2%, Story Rich 2.1%

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: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Point & Click 8.5%

Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.

Why similar: Visual Novel 56.4%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Casual 16.6%, Multiple Endings 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%

There is a monster living in your apartment.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 16.9%, Psychological 13.2%, Dark 11.3%