60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Psychological Horror, Indie, Story Rich.
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Depression Quest
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.
When the Darkness comes
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.
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 33.6%, Psychological 15.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Indie 10%
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 Horror 37.7%, Psychological 16.9%, Dark 14%, Indie 8%, Atmospheric 7.8%
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 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 11%
A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.
Why similar: Experimental 26.1%, Psychological 15.9%, Surreal 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Mystery 8.3%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological 10.3%, Adventure 8.7%, Casual 8.4%, Surreal 7.6%
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Casual 11.6%, Adventure 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%
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 21.3%, Surreal 17.2%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Psychological 10%, Choices Matter 9.7%
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: Psychological 16%, Surreal 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
A small "horror" narrative game about isolation and depression.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Psychological 23.4%, Dark 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Adventure 11.3%
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Psychological 13.1%, Adventure 11.6%
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Experimental 16.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Minimalist 12%
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: Psychological 18.4%, Text-Based 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Psychological 19.1%, Text-Based 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.
Why similar: Experimental 37.9%, Minimalist 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Indie 5.7%
A short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation.
Why similar: Dark 36.6%, Indie 23.7%, Adventure 22.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.6%, Psychological 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Surreal 10.5%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 25.9%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.
Why similar: Experimental 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Surreal 11.5%, Minimalist 8.9%, Casual 7.8%
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: Experimental 25.8%, Psychological 15.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Text-Based 13.1%
it's always monday - is a first person exploration game
Why similar: Adventure 88.7%, Interactive Fiction 2.2%, Psychological Horror 1.9%, Indie 1.7%, Dark 1.7%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Experimental 19.6%, Surreal 11.9%, Psychological 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.
Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 30.9%, Text-Based 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Minimalist 10%
The train is the only escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Violent 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Mystery 11.6%
This is a psychological horror in which we play as a girl who has psychological health problems, and her mother has sent her to the store. Our task is to help her buy groceries.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Minimalist 12.3%, Surreal 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Psychological 10.9%
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: Psychological 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Text-Based 16.5%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Adventure 7.4%
An interactive psychological horror drama.
Why similar: Experimental 25.6%, Surreal 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Psychological 9.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%
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 21%, Psychological 21%, Dark 14.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Text-Based 9%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Mystery 16.2%, Psychological 15.3%, Surreal 13.6%, Dark 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.
Why similar: Surreal 20.9%, Psychological 14.6%, Dark 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.6%, Psychological 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Mystery 14.6%, Dark 12.4%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Surreal 17%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Dark 11.5%, Mystery 9.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Dark 20.3%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Adventure 10.1%
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 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Surreal 14.7%, Dark 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
Away — is a short game telling about the hero's death experience, performed in a gloomy black and white style.
Why similar: Psychological 36%, Dark 13.2%, Casual 12.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
Why similar: Adventure 26.2%, Dark 20.7%, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Indie 19.1%, Atmospheric 10.6%
A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.
Why similar: Dark 17.5%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 11.5%
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Text-Based 14.1%, Psychological 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Minimalist 12.5%, Dark 10.5%
You start the game, you wake up, and eventually you will close the game. One day, you may even start the game again. That's the game.
Why similar: Experimental 23.6%, Surreal 15.3%, Psychological 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 9.2%
A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.6%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Casual 6.2%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Surreal 30.7%, Mystery 19.3%, Dark 18.8%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 10.1%
This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space
Why similar: Psychological 27.1%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, Mystery 19.9%, Surreal 18.1%, Adventure 6.9%
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.7%, Dark 21.4%, Violent 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Adventure 7.9%
Fractured Minds is an immersive artistic short game, exploring anxiety and mental health issues. Embark on a journey through the human psyche to experience the everyday challenges associated with these conditions.
Why similar: Indie 51.8%, Psychological Horror 28.8%, Adventure 19.4%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 19.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Text-Based 8.5%
It's Sara's first day of work. However, when she takes the elevator to go to the office, she suddenly finds herself on a mysterious floor. What truth lies behind these weird rooms? Will you be able to move on? Or rather... will you want to move on?
Why similar: Surreal 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%
The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.
Why similar: Psychological 40.7%, Dark 22.2%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Mystery 7.3%
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 20.7%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%
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: Experimental 25.2%, Psychological 19.1%, Adventure 16%, Indie 12%, Mystery 11.7%
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: Text-Based 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Indie 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Casual 7.5%
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 26.4%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Dark 17.4%, Minimalist 12.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%
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: Psychological 19.5%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Casual 14.2%, Text-Based 13.3%, Choices Matter 8.6%
John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.
Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Violent 13.2%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%
Destined to Die is a task managing game about depression, containing over 200+ pieces of physical and digital art. What's the point in life, if all paths lead to death. Choose your actions, and learn how to live. All paths lead to death, but how long can you live?
Why similar: Dark 36%, Casual 28.6%, Choices Matter 15.2%, 2D 15%, Indie 3.5%
Enter a world that’s utterly surreal and eerily familiar. Escape the mundanity of your existence in an experience that will stay with you. Mosaic is a narrative-driven modern adventure game with a story that lasts about 2-3 hours.
Why similar: Adventure 39.5%, Indie 30.4%, Dark 17.1%, Atmospheric 13%
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 35%, Dark 17.3%, Casual 14.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Surreal 10.1%
Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...
Why similar: Psychological 29.5%, Surreal 26.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Dark 10.4%, Adventure 10.3%
Trapped in a hallucinatory, liminal-space style underground passageway, explore and unravel the endless "dead-end" paths to find a way forward. "Dead Path is a short ambient horror puzzle game that references Exit 8, but with a completely different core mechanic.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 39.2%, Surreal 26.8%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%
This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Psychological 15.4%, Mystery 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.8%
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Text-Based 19%, Surreal 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 13%
