Games Like The Mildew Children: Chapter 1

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 14.5%, Surreal 11.1%, Visual Novel 7.6%, Faith 7.4% ★, Female Protagonist 6.4%

Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

Why similar: Surreal 22%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Point & Click 11.6%, Story Rich 10.8%

Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

Why similar: Surreal 18.2%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Story Rich 10.7%, Point & Click 10.3%, Mystery 10.1%

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

Why similar: Female Protagonist 23%, Point & Click 20.6%, Mystery 11.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 10.1%

The story is about Ash. An ordinary girl who takes a journey through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures. Ash must find her way back home...before something else finds her.

Why similar: Surreal 29.5%, Choices Matter 22.2%, Story Rich 18.5%, Exploration 16%, Adventure 12.9%

Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Psychological Horror 13%, Mystery 10%, Story Rich 9.5%

Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.8%, Story Rich 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Exploration 11.4%

The August Before: Chapter One is the first chapter in a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.4%, Story Rich 18.4%, Emotional 16%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Colorful 8.1%

The Missing Parts of Maria Gwozdek is a dark fantasy visual novel about fulfilling your aspirations by sacrificing parts of yourself. Literally.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 14%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%

CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.

Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Mystery 10.9%, Exploration 9.6%

A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.2%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Story Rich 16.7%, 2D 13%, Adventure 9.2%

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: Psychological Horror 25.7%, Story Rich 16.2%, Point & Click 15.1%, Surreal 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

Bygone Dreams: Prophecy is a free prologue for a high fantasy Action-Adventure game set inside a surreal dream world. Face fantastical adversaries, solve puzzles, and fight your way through challenging bosses in your quest to save the world's matron deity and stop the nightmare consuming the dream.

Why similar: Magic 32.5%, Adventure 29.3%, Surreal 18.4%, Story Rich 17.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%

This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.

Why similar: Colorful 97%, Singleplayer 3%

An explosive mix of action and mystery, seasoned with black humor and a sinister atmosphere. Journey into Hell alongside a brave boy named Blizzy and defeat Evil itself. Save the world and become a hero. But at what cost?

Why similar: Side Scroller 17.5%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Mystery 10.6%, Story Rich 10.3%

A 2D MMORPG with turn-based combat, dungeons, PvP, PvE in a unique world with story driven content.

Why similar: Magic 27.4%, Exploration 27.1%, Adventure 17.9%, 2D 14.3%, Story Rich 13.3%

The Few Nights More is a roguelike turn-based RPG based in a world where Vampire Lords seek to conquer lost territories and their place in the world. Design and defend your stronghold, slay your enemies with traps, and fulfill your Lord’s true potential, slowly conquering what is rightfully yours.

Why similar: 2D 50.1%, Dark 47.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.5%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Story Rich 15.2%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Point & Click 14.4%

Witching Hour is a horror story that takes you out of your family home and across the quiet town of Hollow Hills. Your fate depends on making difficult choices, your relationship with your family, and confrontations with the matriarch of the town’s affliction with witchcraft, Lucilia.

Why similar: Surreal 23.6%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Mystery 10.8%, Exploration 10.5%

Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches is a first-person point-and-click adventure inspired by Welsh mythology, focused on investigation, puzzles, and a dark, atmospheric mystery.

Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Female Protagonist 12%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%

Misericorde: Volume One is the first part of a series of mystery visual novels set in a convent in 1482.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.6%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Mystery 17.3%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Adventure 8.9%

This game is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls. Skelethrone: The Prey is a free prequel to the main game, setting the stage for the events that will unfold throughout Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona campaign.

Why similar: Side Scroller 63.6%, Adventure 18.1%, 2D 16.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Sins of Sinister is an episodic horror experience inspired by lore stories. Each chapter delivers a short yet intense descent into fear, folklore, and the unknown. A rural village begins to fall victim to mysterious deaths with no medical explanation. As dark whispers of witchcraft spread.

Why similar: Exploration 31.3%, Adventure 20.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Story Rich 17.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Point & Click 8.3%

Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.

Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Mystery 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%

Run your sporting goods shop in this free prologue version of the game. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, and run little contests to entertain your customers. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.

Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

Run your tobacco shop in this free prologue version of the game. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, and meet customer needs. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.

Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.

Why similar: Surreal 31%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Point & Click 10.3%, Mystery 9.3%

Myth lingers in a tranquil and remote ancient town in China. In one telling, once a beautiful maiden is chosen by the cave deity, her soul disappears from the mortal realm. A minority girl called Miao Fei embarks on her journey to uncover the truth behind the legend, and rescue herself, perhap.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.7%, Story Rich 23.2%, Mystery 19.4%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 8.4%

Assemble a team of 5 daring girls and compete against other heroes in captivating match-3 team battles. Discover the best combination among hundreds of abilities and effects that will help you rise to the top of the Pleasure Tower and claim the throne of the universe’s greatest champion!

Why similar: Adventure 93.6%, Singleplayer 6.4%

A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Story Rich 12.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Female Protagonist 11%

UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!

Why similar: Faith 17.5% ★, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Story Rich 10.8%

Travel through time and help Mai and her Grandfather uncover the mysteries of the world after the Last Great War. Explore the connections between ancient eras and dystopian futures in an adventure that blends thrilling combat with precision platforming.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.1%, Story Rich 17.8%, Mystery 16.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Atmospheric 11.8%

Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in HackHub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.

Why similar: 2D 93.6%, Singleplayer 6.4%

A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.

Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Point & Click 12.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Mystery 10.7%, Surreal 8%

Run your retail company in this free prologue version of the game. Sign contracts with leading brands, order new products, meet customer needs, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Hire new workers, expand your store, and enjoy the growth of your retail company.

Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

The Witches Tea Party is a story-driven adventure game with a magical world and colourful characters. There will be small quests, collectables, mysteries, disturbing rooms and multiple endings. Having tea with witches is probably not an easy task...

Why similar: Story Rich 38.1%, Female Protagonist 31.7%, Adventure 30.3%

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: Psychological Horror 15.1%, Point & Click 13.4%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Exploration 12.6%, Story Rich 8.7%

A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies! The prologue for the full game, World Crafter TD!

Why similar: Exploration 61.7%, Adventure 36.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%

At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Story Rich 13.3%, Emotional 7.8%

Hoversteppers is a freestyle hoverboard skating game. Flip, spin, and test your boarding skills with timed challenges across multiple stages.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 63.9%, Exploration 35.1%, Singleplayer 1%

Castle of Secrets is a dark psychological adventure with horror elements. Uncover the mystery behind your family's murder as you journey through the world of the dead, meet strange beings, solve puzzles, and make choices that shape the story.

Why similar: Surreal 19.4%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Exploration 11.1%

Future Breach: Youngblood is a prologue chapter of the main game, Future Breach 3D. Breach and Clear areas tactically in a team-based shooter.

Why similar: Colorful 94.2%, Singleplayer 5.8%

DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

Why similar: Detective 26.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Mystery 11.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.

Why similar: Choices Matter 37.3%, Story Rich 32.8%, Dark 15.3%, 2D 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive the wasteland in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from tons of build-defining modules and wacky bots for a new experience every run. Prologue teaser build.

Why similar: 2D 100%

Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

Why similar: Atmospheric 51.2%, Adventure 46.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial is a combination of Tower Defense and Action RPG. Upgrade your army, get the best gear, and craft unique strategies across 10 levels. Face Arachne, and seamlessly transfer progress to the main game.

Why similar: Adventure 60.2%, 2D 37.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%

This is the free version of the game "Ale & Tale Tavern". Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING!

The most addicting tower defense game, packed with monsters and tough defenders, all of which fit perfectly into the cartoonish environment. Prehistory is a prologue for the main story Age of Defense.

Why similar: Adventure 33.9%, 2D 32.3%, Colorful 29.5%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action. As Emily investigates about her sister's vanishing, she finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.3%, Exploration 22%, Mystery 16.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.7%