- #1 LISA: The Painful
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 15,200 reviews2014
Dev: Dingaling ProductionsPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 30.8%, Dark Humor 21.9%, RPG 10.6%, Dark 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #2 Dystopian Pet Simulator
96% matchVery Positive97% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: dinca.team
Windows
A grim exploration-driven pet simulator set in a broken world. Master platforming, optimize pet modifiers, upgrade your body, and advance through a dystopia where survival comes at a cost.
Why similar: Gambling 49.4% ★, Dark 21.1%, Exploration 19.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #3 DOOMER SIMULATOR
96% matchMixed70% of 339 reviews2025
Dev: Sebasa Games TaganrogPub: Sebasa Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality
Why similar: Dark Humor 41.3%, Funny 18.4%, RPG 16.8%, Exploration 13%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #4 Roman Sands RE:Build
95% matchVery Positive91% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.
Why similar: Surreal 42.1%, Walking Simulator 23.9%, Stylized 13.6%, Dark 11.4%, Funny 9%
- #5 Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
94% matchVery Positive96% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
You've been exiled to The Mirk - an unforgiving swampland where every step could be your last. You must constantly make choices: what paths to take, which tree to shelter under, what beasts to engage or avoid, what items to bring into the darkness of dungeons, and what treasures to leave behind.
Why similar: RPG 29.9%, Pixel Graphics 24.6%, Exploration 22.1%, Atmospheric 12.7%, 2D 10.7%
- #6 Wooden Ocean
94% matchVery Positive97% of 255 reviews2020
Dev: Leif Ian AndersonPub: Self
Windows
Kill cosmic gods and their fascist sycophants in a post-entropy future. Become Violence. Become Romantic.
Why similar: Surreal 47.5%, RPG 20.7%, Atmospheric 12%, Funny 8.3%, 2D 7.1%
- #7 Ashina: The Red Witch
93% matchVery Positive92% of 235 reviews2022
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.
Why similar: Surreal 21.3%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Top-Down 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Dark 8.9%
- #8 Doomer
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: WinDARitiesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Step into the melancholic world of a Russian doomer, living in the bleak confines of a typical post-Soviet Khrushchev. Your life is a cycle of addictions, mundane work, and endless introspection, set against the backdrop of a provincial town that time forgot.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Dark Humor 27.1%, RPG 16.1%, Exploration 14.9%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #9 The Dark Room
91% matchVery Positive90% of 124 reviews2018
Dev: Developers At LargePub: John Robertson
Windows · Mac
Addictive and vicious retro-styled comedy puzzler chock full of profanity, abuse, unfairness and warped logic. Will You: Go North? Find Light Switch? Cower and whimper like a beaten swine? Make your decision and escape The Dark Room! Just remember - YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE!
Why similar: RPG 61%, Atmospheric 39%
- #10 Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop
90% matchVery Positive85% of 1,239 reviews2024
Dev: Beard EnvyPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Come on down to Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop, for all your roguelite spaceship repair simulation needs! WARNING: Untested genre not suitable for people with tentacles for arms or an aversion to dying horrifically. Side effects include improved reading comprehension under pressure and a furry fetish.
Why similar: Dark Humor 31.6%, Surreal 23.1%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #11 Helen Keller Simulator
89% matchVery Positive96% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: Soapy Sandwich
Windows
Explore a world without your eyes and ears to guide you. Uncover the secrets this world has to offer, hoard all the items you can find or get lost trying.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.8%, Dark Humor 38.3%, Exploration 20.9%
- #12 DON'T GIVE UP: A Cynical Tale
91% matchVery Positive85% of 89 reviews2019
Dev: Tristan Barona
Windows · Mac · Linux
A comedic RPG about the cynical and hilarious realities of social interaction, personal growth, and confronting your inner demons.
Why similar: RPG 34.2%, Dark Humor 32.6%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Funny 12%, 2D 7.3%
- #13 Total Party Kill
89% matchVery Positive96% of 168 reviews2019
Dev: Adventure Islands
Windows · Mac
Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!
Why similar: Dark Humor 43.5%, Pixel Graphics 25.9%, Funny 18%, 2D 12.7%
- #14 DashBored
88% matchVery Positive81% of 352 reviews2016
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Enter a bizarre and idiosyncratic world! Adventure into the unknown, and defeat horrid monsters! A story of Love, Loss, and the end of the Multiverse.
Why similar: RPG 58.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Funny 13.7%, Atmospheric 12.5%
- #15 New York Rat Simulator
87% matchVery Positive83% of 153 reviews2021
Dev: Firebug Games
Windows
In a world bound by the very laws of traffic, one Rat has been chosen.... Roam the streets of New York, imbued with unnatural jumping abilities, you can now disrupt the very fabric of society and collect pizza slices in the name of the glorious Rat King to summon the dark eldritch being of New York.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.2%, Exploration 18.7%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Funny 15.7%
- #16 RESTLESS SOUL
86% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2022
Dev: Fuz GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, RPG 19.1%, Funny 12%, Exploration 11.9%
- #17 The Demons Told Me to Make This Game
84% matchVery Positive98% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Haunted Dude
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.2%, Lore-Rich 21.7%, RPG 17.4%, Exploration 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #18 Three Wishes
84% matchVery Positive99% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Kyuppin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ever wonder what the little sisters of famous idols get up to in their free time? Get ready for an adventure full of headpats and wish-driven insanity! Discover 12+ endings in this visual novel that pushes the genre beyond its limits.
Why similar: Funny 38%, Dark Humor 34.3%, Multiple Endings 17%, 2D 10.6%
- #19 Door in the Woods
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 264 reviews2019
Dev: teedoubleuGAMESPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows
This game is a venture into an alternative timeline in which graphics and sensible game design were never invented.
Why similar: Perma Death 43.9%, RPG 18.2%, Dark 17.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%, 2D 6.8%
- #20 the static speaks my name
85% matchVery Positive82% of 5,805 reviews2015
Dev: the whale husband
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 7%
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.7%, Dark 26.3%, Surreal 16.2%, RPG 11.2%, Atmospheric 4.1%
- #21 Slaughter Horse 2
83% matchVery Positive97% of 454 reviews2022
Dev: Catfood McFlyPub: Catsmeat Studios
Windows
Use deduction, murder and trust your luck to eliminate the town council and rule over the helpless cartoon horses in a twisted strategy RPG.
Why similar: Dark Humor 55.3%, RPG 30.2%, 2D 14.5%
- #22 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
82% matchVery Positive84% of 3,360 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Dark Humor 38.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.9%, RPG 20.1%, 2D 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #23 Tear Factory
82% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Daddysucc5000
Windows
A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Surreal 22.1%, Stylized 14%, Dark 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
- #24 Night in the Woods
81% matchVery Positive95% of 20,322 reviews2017
Dev: Infinite FallPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Why similar: Cats 28.1%, Dark Humor 24.6%, Stylized 13.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Funny 9.1%
- #25 Scarlet Hollow
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,335 reviews2021
Dev: Black Tabby Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Dark Humor 40.1%, Multiple Endings 21.1%, RPG 21.1%, Lore-Rich 17.6%
- #26 Party on Hallow Grove
79% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: vaaasm
Windows
Talk to kooky guests, trade party items, and explore Death’s mansion as you throw him the spookiest birthday party EVER!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.5%, Dark Humor 20.6%, Cats 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Exploration 11.7%
- #27 Sewer Rave
79% matchVery Positive97% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: Autumn Rain
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exactly what it says on the tin. Sewer Rave is a game about exploring a rat infested Rave in a Sewer. There are creatures to talk to, items to collect, fights to get into, and jams to listen to. Explore, discover secrets, and writhe.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 52%, Exploration 20.1%, Funny 18.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #28 The Preposterous Awesomeness of Everything
80% matchVery Positive93% of 182 reviews2016
Dev: Joe RichardsonPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 39.2%, Dark Humor 34.2%, Funny 13.6%, 2D 6.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #29 Kindergarten
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,658 reviews2017
Dev: Con Man GamesPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 54.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.
Why similar: Dark Humor 47.1%, Funny 27%, Pixel Graphics 22.4%, RPG 3.5%
- #30 The Cursed Forest
78% matchVery Positive89% of 893 reviews2019
Dev: KPy3OPub: Grable Team
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Surreal 23.8%, Dark Humor 17.3%, Exploration 9.3%, Dark 8.7%
- #31 Unemployment Simulator 2018
76% matchVery Positive84% of 147 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
Windows · Linux
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: Dark Humor 38.2%, Surreal 32.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #32 Interactivity: The Interactive Experience
78% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Aetheric GamesPub: Pixeljam
Windows
A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...
Why similar: Surreal 38.4%, Walking Simulator 34.6%, Dark 16.9%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #33 Brutal Orchestra
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,103 reviews2021
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: Hellbent Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brutal Orchestra is a Turn-Based Roguelike Strategy Game. You died, someone killed you. You are in Purgatory and you will never escape. Make a deal with the "demon" Bosch and set off into Purgatory finding all manner of demented friends and foes on your quest to get petty revenge.
Why similar: Perma Death 35.2%, Dark Humor 21%, RPG 12.7%, Dark 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #34 Summoner's Mess
77% matchVery Positive96% of 85 reviews2021
Dev: Elendow
Windows · Linux
You've made a mistake trying to summon a beast from the depths. Explore a huge manor to solve your mess. Can you find the sacred grimoires before being consumed by the darkness?
Why similar: Exploration 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Atmospheric 15%, Dark 10.4%
- #35 Sister Ray
73% matchVery Positive96% of 451 reviews2026
Dev: The Growing Stones
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
2D RPG about the brutal daily life of Ray - an artist struggling with addiction, who takes care of her little sister. Look after your condition - no one should know about the addiction. Improve your skills, sell paintings, do everything to ease the withdrawal. Survive and look for a way out.
Why similar: Surreal 47.4%, RPG 35.6%, Atmospheric 17%
- #36 24 Killers
74% matchVery Positive99% of 445 reviews2023
Dev: Happy Shabby Games
Windows
Explore a desert island full of oddities, transform into monsters you've rescued, collect mysterious spirits, and unlock mods that change up future playthroughs.
Why similar: Surreal 26.3%, Dark Humor 20%, Top-Down 12.7%, Exploration 10.4%, RPG 8.4%
- #37 OUTTA GAS
76% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Trevor KelloggPub: Good Steward Games
Windows
OUTTA GAS is a post-apocalyptic RPG featuring a turn-based SHOOTING GALLERY combat mechanic where blasting away body tiles damages monster health and decreases their combat stats. Explore four unique acts to find gas and get back on the road to the Party at the End of the World!
Why similar: RPG 65.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Funny 7.8%, Exploration 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.2%
- #38 Wicked Games
74% matchVery Positive96% of 227 reviews2022
Dev: Sibcat Team
Windows
To get a "Ticket to Paradise" while being in Hell. A ticket that’s obviously worth it. A ticket that sends you to the obstacle path. What kind of road from Hell to Heaven could it be? What difficulties are awaiting you on this road? Are you worthy of a chance at redemption?
Why similar: Cats 27%, Dark Humor 25.9%, Dark 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #39 Colossus - Eternal Blight
72% matchVery Positive96% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: RUSTIC PANDA GAMES LLCPub: LevelUpGaming
Windows
Your brother is corrupted. The Blight is spreading. Only you can stop it. Colossus is an atmospheric pixel action-adventure where you master precise combat, explore a vast dark fantasy world, and make choices that permanently scar the kingdom of Eireos.
Why similar: RPG 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 23.3%, Exploration 21%, Atmospheric 16%, 2D 12.2%
- #40 Graveyard Keeper
73% matchVery Positive85% of 56,175 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 32.5%, RPG 27.5%, Dark Humor 25.6%, Dark 8.9%, 2D 5.5%
- #41 The Chronicles of Nyanya
75% matchVery Positive90% of 175 reviews2018
Dev: hamstercubePub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A sweet jRPG-style game about cats, brutal massacres, cuteness, racism and social issues, friendship, sinister thoughts, hilarity and Nazi furniture. It’s an epic attempt to blow your mind with adult themes hidden behind bright cartoon graphics.
Why similar: Cats 51.4%, RPG 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Funny 8.9%, 2D 2.4%
- #42 Cruelty Squad
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,057 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: Surreal 49.1%, Dark Humor 23.7%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Stylized 11.7%
- #43 The Endless Empty
73% matchVery Positive97% of 320 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Surreal 42.1%, RPG 24.7%, Dark 9.3%, Stylized 7.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #44 Kach
72% matchVery Positive81% of 295 reviews2022
Dev: Bhargav ModhaPub: BYGames
Windows · Mac
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.1%, Stylized 20%, Dark 17.9%, Exploration 12.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #45 Hobo Cat Adventures
71% matchVery Positive92% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: Hobo Cat Games
Windows · Linux
Join a homeless cat in this 3d platformer with souls-lite combat and dark humor. Explore the Squirrel Kingdom - a place full of secrets, collectibles and new weapons to find. Complete jobs for weird characters. Fight, dodge or parry challenging enemies and bosses with a lock-on combat system.
Why similar: Dark Humor 35.7%, Cats 34.3%, Stylized 18.4%, Funny 11.5%
- #46 RATSHAKER™
68% matchVery Positive93% of 3,835 reviews2024
Dev: Sunscorched Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
RATSHAKER™ is the fun and quirky solution to all your rat problems! Hold on to the RAT, shake your arm, and watch life’s problems disappear! How far can you go?
Why similar: Surreal 26.7%, Dark Humor 22.4%, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Exploration 9.2%, Funny 8.3%
- #47 Gobs and Gods
69% matchVery Positive96% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Space Peons
Windows · Linux
Hire a band of almost-heroic goblins to fight and die for you in tactical turn-based battles, accomplish silly quests for the weird inhabitants of this fantastic world, and truly become a god - at least by goblin standards.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 55.8%, RPG 15.1%, Exploration 12.5%, Funny 9.8%, 2D 6.8%
- #48 Derp Souls
71% matchMixed68% of 208 reviews2022
Dev: Imagination Rabbit
Windows
JUST LIKE DARK SOULS EXCEPT DARKER and with a carrot. FLAILING and FLATULENCE awaits you on your legendary derpy journey. HUMP N PUMP
Why similar: Dark Humor 56.1%, Funny 22.8%, Atmospheric 21.1%
- #49 Closer To Home
70% matchVery Positive98% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: itamu
Windows · Mac
Closer To Home is a dialogue-focused surreal horror exploration game. Navigate connections between reality and dreams, look for weird stuff and make friends. There is no reason to fear death.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, Stylized 19.8%, Top-Down 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Dark 9%
- #50 The Dark Egg Demo
69% matchVery Positive97% of 228 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 38.3%, RPG 17.3%, Exploration 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, 2D 8.3%
- #51 Joy Malignant
67% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Petros Anastasiadis
Windows
A surreal dice-based RPG in a cursed city of gut-wrenching suffering. Here, your choices shape your skills and your appearance. Survive the city's hellish trials, meet tortured characters, and develop your own unique identity. Every choice matters as your actions will literally shape you.
Why similar: RPG 29.5%, Surreal 28.9%, Exploration 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Dark 10%
- #52 Blood Soaked Bastard!
68% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Kill_Mind_Creator
Windows
Blood Soaked Bastard! Is an RPG set in a dreary medieval fantasy setting. Become a much abhorred Blood Knight and kill monsters in turn based combat, alongside a cast of freakish companions. Draw the blood of wretched monsters, you Bastard!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 32.8%, Dark Humor 17%, RPG 11.1%, Stylized 10%, Dark 10%
- #53 Die For The Lich
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 300 reviews2025
Dev: MonovoidPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Gather magical dice, adapt your gear and venture through a land haunted by folklore creatures.
Why similar: Dark 43.7%, 2D 29.4%, Atmospheric 26.9%
- #54 Kitten Love Emulator
70% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: TruePub: False
Windows
Come explore a disgustingly LOVE-addled world! Solve 'puzzles' in ever-changing, emotion-based, overly-hyphenated levels -- while hunting down the murderer. Experience an ever tightening knot in your stomach as you realize: "Something is terribly wrong here, and I don't want to dig any deeper".
- #55 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 39,585 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Dark Humor 24.8%, Dark 23%, Exploration 17.8%, Stylized 17.4%, Multiple Endings 17.1%
- #56 Entity Researchers: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-CPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: Perma Death 38.8%, Surreal 23.9%, RPG 12.3%, Exploration 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #57 Mewgenics
63% matchVery Positive90% of 54,448 reviews2026
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 42.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.
Why similar: Cats 32.2%, Dark Humor 26.3%, Surreal 17.3%, RPG 11.4%, Funny 8.3%
- #58 Desolation Seed
66% matchNo user reviews65% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: ECS Software
Windows
An atmospheric survival shooter placing you inside a hyper-violent maze of urban waste, environmental biohazards, and societal ruin. Scavenge, explore, and survive while finding a path out of a late stage modern Shinar
Why similar: Exploration 64.9%, Atmospheric 35.1%
- #59 Catgirl
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,021 reviews2025
Dev: City GirlPub: City Girl Games
Windows · Mac
Catgirl! The RPG where you're a cat and also a girl. I bet you'd like that, wouldn't you? You little freak. Haha jk, ur good.
Why similar: Cats 27.7%, RPG 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Funny 16.7%, Exploration 7.6%