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  1. #1 Ukraine War Stories
    97% matchVery Positive87% of 1,079 reviews2022
    Dev: Starni Games
    Windows

    Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, War 21.7%, Visual Novel 16%, RPG 8.7%, Drama 8.4%

  2. #2 IZGUB 2001
    96% matchVery Positive98% of 97 reviews2024
    Dev: Dbrhdk
    Windows

    You decide how a civil war in the country of Izgub is supposed to end. Visual novel with strong themes of war, political violence and moral dilemma.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, War 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, RPG 11.1%, Dark 8.9%

  3. #3 December 1914
    96% matchVery Positive85% of 144 reviews2023
    Dev: 莉莉恩工作室
    Windows

    A comic-style narrative-oriented game based on the Christmas Eve Truce during World War I.

    Why similar: War 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Emotional 10.8%, Drama 10.5%

  4. #4 Brutalism22
    95% matchMixed65% of 68 reviews2023
    Dev: Marginal act
    Windows

    This is a retro horror game about the war in Ukraine and brutalist architecture in Eastern Europe

    Why similar: First-Person 49.2%, Philosophical 25.4%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.1%

  5. #5 Undying Symphony
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 184 reviews2024
    Dev: Siberian Koala
    Windows

    «Undying Symphony» tells a story about challenges that Leningrad people faced during the Siege and shows us one of the most tragic episodes of Leningrad history

    Why similar: Military 31.3%, Realistic 20.1%, Historical 18.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.1%

  6. #6 Sovietpunk: Chapter one
    94% matchMixed70% of 189 reviews2021
    Dev: Hot Chill
    Windows

    Sovietpunk is a cyberpunk story set in the setting of the Soviet Union after a global nuclear war. You have to guide the main character through the gloomy tunnels, in which the struggle for life is in full swing.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.1%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Dark 11.8%, RPG 7.5%

  7. #7 Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes
    93% matchNo user reviews91% of 171 reviews2026
    Dev: Cats Who Play
    Windows

    Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

    Why similar: Military 29.8%, War 26.4%, Modern 15.8%, Realistic 15.2%, Historical 7.2%

  8. #8 The Underground Man
    92% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,389 reviews2016
    Dev: Mehsoft
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.

    Why similar: RPG 41.1%, Atmospheric 37.6%, Story Rich 21.4%

  9. #9 Svoboda 1945: Liberation
    91% matchVery Positive98% of 185 reviews2021
    Dev: Charles Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.

    Why similar: War 21.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Emotional 14.8%, Drama 13.5%, Realistic 13.1%

  10. #10 Squad 22: ZOV
    91% matchMixed59% of 647 reviews2025
    Dev: SPN StudioPub: Zarobana Entertainment
    Windows

    Single player tactical action real-time game with active pause to plan orders carefully. Based on real war-time experience of living Russian veterans of war in Ukraine. It's all about modern conflict small infantry groups with some armored vehicle and drone support as well as real events story

    Why similar: Military 43.3%, War 36.1%, Historical 19.3%, Story Rich 1.2%

  11. #11 All Quiet in the Trenches
    90% matchVery Positive90% of 855 reviews2024
    Dev: Totally Not Aliens
    Windows · Linux

    All Quiet in the Trenches is a narrative turn-based strategy RPG set in World War I. Get to know your soldiers, take care of their needs and lead them in battle, trying to strike a precarious balance between the ambitions of your superiors and the survival of your men.

    Why similar: War 38.9%, RPG 15.5%, Historical 11.8%, Drama 11.4%, Emotional 11.2%

  12. #12 Chornobyl Liquidators
    89% matchMixed48% of 653 reviews2024
    Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Frozen Way
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?

    Why similar: Emotional 31.2%, Historical 24.1%, First-Person 20.6%, Atmospheric 18.1%, Story Rich 6%

  13. #13 We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 127 reviews2023
    Dev: Act Zero
    Windows

    ‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Modern 17.7%, Emotional 15.8%, Philosophical 15.5%, Drama 13.3%

  14. #14 Aftermath
    88% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2024
    Dev: Deeppink manPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
    Windows

    The story of a soldier left alone in a bunker.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, War 22.3%, Realistic 14.5%, Emotional 12%, Drama 11.6%

  15. #15 Son of Perun Kharkiv
    87% matchVery Positive91% of 102 reviews2023
    Dev: Brenntkopf DevelopmentPub: Brenntkopf Publishing
    Windows

    Son of Perun: Kharkiv is a first-person shooter in the setting of Kharkiv of the future and retrowawe.

    Why similar: Realistic 57.1%, First-Person 41.2%, Story Rich 1.7%

  16. #16 Double
    86% matchVery Positive83% of 219 reviews2019
    Dev: Tomato Fantasy Games
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    Double is an action-quest game telling about a fight with a mental disorder by immersing in dreams. Choose your way and find out how this mystical story ends.

    Why similar: War 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Dark 12%, Historical 9.6%

  17. #17 RECORD_DrowsyVortex
    84% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2024
    Dev: LunarHillz
    Windows

    RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.

    Why similar: CRPG 32.1%, Visual Novel 19%, Philosophical 17.9%, Drama 14.2%, RPG 14.1%

  18. #18 Trans-Siberian Legends
    85% matchMixed58% of 113 reviews2024
    Dev: Stop-TussiN
    Windows

    A first-person adventure game with a storyline. You are about to travel on a passenger train along the Trans-Siberian Railway. You can walk around cities, ride a train and watch nature change, talk to passengers and much more.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, Realistic 24.7%, First-Person 18.1%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Linear 4.2%

  19. #19 Survive In Russia
    86% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2020
    Dev: Alexander Sablin
    Windows · Mac

    Survive in Russia is a survival quest in Russia. You will be available a selection of characters. Each of them presents survival mode and story mode. Only on your choice will depend on the life of the character.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Realistic 21%, Drama 20.9%, RPG 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%

  20. #20 A War of a Madman's Making
    83% matchVery Positive96% of 101 reviews2024
    Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
    Windows

    You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, War 19.6%, Military 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dark 7.8%

  21. #21 Long Gone Days
    82% matchVery Positive89% of 549 reviews2023
    Dev: This I DreamtPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.

    Why similar: Military 21.9%, War 16.6%, Drama 13.2%, Modern 13%, Visual Novel 12.2%

  22. #22 Russian Train Trip 2
    84% matchMostly Negative33% of 55 reviews2023
    Dev: Stop-TussiN
    Windows

    Journey on a passenger train in Russia. You play as a first-person character, you have to travel by train for 7 days to Vladivostok. Look out the window, listen to the radio, and move around the carriage.

    Why similar: Realistic 33%, First-Person 23.6%, Atmospheric 21%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Linear 4.3%

  23. #23 ArmaCulture
    82% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2021
    Dev: RageForDragons
    Windows

    ArmaCulture is an indie factory-builder RPG set in the midst of a bitter, industrialized war between two nations in a fictional world similar to our own. The game combines illustrated character art with stylized pixel art to create a unique and dark historic atmosphere.

    Why similar: War 33.7%, Visual Novel 23.1%, RPG 16%, Drama 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%

  24. #24 Through the Darkest of Times
    81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,135 reviews2020
    Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.

    Why similar: Historical 22.5%, Emotional 21.8%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Dark 16.6%, Atmospheric 13.2%

  25. #25 Sinking The Boats
    79% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2025
    Dev: 孟夏MengxiaPub: 糕薯科技
    Windows

    It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Drama 19.9%, RPG 19%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Historical 12%

  26. #26 Bright Lights of Svetlov
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,339 reviews2021
    Dev: Vladimir Cholokyan
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.

    Why similar: Drama 27%, First-Person 20.9%, Realistic 18%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Emotional 9.6%

  27. #27 Siberian Way
    78% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: RootGame
    Windows

    Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Dark 22.6%, Historical 20.3%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Story Rich 4.5%

  28. #28 Attentat 1942
    78% matchVery Positive93% of 479 reviews2017
    Dev: Charles Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Realistic 14.8%, Drama 14.7%, Emotional 13.5%

  29. #29 ASH OF WAR™
    80% matchMixed63% of 67 reviews2018
    Dev: Two-Way Ltd.
    Windows · Mac

    The story about an uneasy journey of one man. You will experience certain situations, those, that could have happened with our parents, children or even a neighbours on just any other war. Through the eyes of our hero you will see his struggle in a modern war, struggle with oneself.

    Why similar: Philosophical 86.9%, Story Rich 13.1%

  30. #30 The Czar is Dead
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 111 reviews2024
    Dev: Машина РадостьPub: Grable Team
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The Czar is Dead is a visual novel in the setting of the Russian Empire. Help the last russian emperor save his soul, life and country.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 74.6%, Atmospheric 25.4%

  31. #31 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
    81% matchMixed53% of 222 reviews2016
    Dev: HarotobiraPub: Sometimes You
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber ​​City 2157.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 57%, Dark 21%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Story Rich 5.9%

  32. #32 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
    75% matchVery Positive91% of 903 reviews2025
    Dev: Space Colony StudiosPub: Astrolabe Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Military 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Drama 13.3%, RPG 9.3%

  33. #33 Trench Face
    74% matchVery Positive95% of 531 reviews2025
    Dev: Pulse Blue
    Windows

    Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.

    Why similar: RPG 62.7%, Dark 21.1%, Atmospheric 16.2%

  34. #34 Conquer the world
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,312 reviews2025
    Dev: 互动之星
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    "Conquer the world" is a historical theme of live-action interactive film game. First-person immersive experience, super-long and massive endings,rich interaction with multiple gameplay. Here,you will cross the river of history, Against invaders!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, War 16.9%, Military 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Drama 10.1%

  35. #35 VED
    76% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2024
    Dev: KaraclanPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows

    VED is a story-driven, hand-drawn RPG with a unique turn-based combat system and roguelite elements. Set in two different worlds, VED tells the story of Cyrus, a young hero who sets out on a quest to become a master of sword and magic, and save everything he knows from destruction.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Emotional 24.8%, RPG 21.2%, Dark 15.4%, Story Rich 5.9%

  36. #36 Lovely Lady RPG
    74% matchVery Positive100% of 86 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: Visual Novel 59.7%, RPG 36.9%, Story Rich 3.4%

  37. #37 it's always monday
    77% matchMostly Positive79% of 291 reviews2016
    Dev: Alon Zubina
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 32%

    it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Emotional 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Drama 13.2%, First-Person 12%

  38. #38 Heads Will Roll: Downfall
    76% matchMixed68% of 417 reviews2022
    Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    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: War 40.2%, Historical 18.9%, RPG 18.5%, Dark 17.8%, Story Rich 4.6%

  39. #39 Duskpunk
    72% matchVery Positive92% of 147 reviews2025
    Dev: Clockwork Bird
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!

    Why similar: CRPG 57.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, RPG 17.8%, Story Rich 4.9%

  40. #40 If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,656 reviews2021
    Dev: Dead Idle Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

    Why similar: Emotional 25.8%, Drama 24.6%, Dark 22.8%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Story Rich 6.4%

  41. #41 Death Below
    75% matchMixed54% of 80 reviews2022
    Dev: Soft
    Windows

    Death Below - is a third-person action adventure with elements of survival horror. The plot of the game is based on the legend of the Soviet experiment of the 1940s.You will plunge into a dark world, and begin an exciting investigation, fighting on your way with thousands of distraught people

    Why similar: Underground 64.6%, Dark 22.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Story Rich 2.8%

  42. #42 Simulator of Ukraine 1991
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 219 reviews2024
    Dev: Almost Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.

  43. #43 Chernobyl: Origins
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 81 reviews2023
    Dev: Nelset
    Windows · Linux

    "Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements. You have to solve a lot of puzzles to find out the terrible secret of the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant. The game will take you to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.1%, Dark 22.5%, Atmospheric 17.5%, Historical 15.1%, Story Rich 3.8%

  44. #44 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 260,033 reviews2025
    Dev: Sandfall InteractivePub: Kepler Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 32.0 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.

    Why similar: RPG 71.2%, Story Rich 28.8%

  45. #45 The Dearest Person
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 624 reviews2024
    Dev: house.opposite
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Idler 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Philosophical 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Emotional 15%

  46. #46 BLOCKADE War Stories
    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2019
    Dev: Novalink
    Windows

    New vision of the Great Patriotic War in the style of Blockade3D! New heroes, new adventures, dangerous tasks, crowds of enemies and a unique atmosphere - all this is Blockade War Stories!

  47. #47 UnderRail
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 7,028 reviews2015
    Dev: Stygian Software
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

    Why similar: CRPG 62%, RPG 31.4%, Atmospheric 6.6%

  48. #48 Diving Disorder-下潜症
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 143 reviews2021
    Dev: Lingtan Studio
    Windows

    Diving Disorder is an AVG on wasteland theme. Players will play the role of a refugee who are struggling to survive after a global disaster, together with a white-haired girl suffering from narcolepsy, exploring the truth of the doomsday and the old world in memory.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 60.8%, First-Person 20.6%, Drama 18.7%

  49. #49 Minds Beneath Us
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,416 reviews2024
    Dev: BearBoneStudio
    Windows
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Philosophical 27.4%, RPG 18.8%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Story Rich 5.6%

  50. #50 Vendir: Plague of Lies
    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 248 reviews2024
    Dev: Early Morning Studio
    Windows

    Vendir: Plague of Lies is a classic party-based RPG with a deep storyline and turn-based combat. Experience an intricately crafted world, steeped in history and brought to life through a carefully crafted atmosphere and the trials and tribulations of stories of the people that inhabit it.

    Why similar: CRPG 60.8%, RPG 14.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Dark 9.6%, Story Rich 4.3%

  51. #51 Sky in your eyes
    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 61 reviews2022
    Dev: Aleksey Izimov
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Visual novel about the life in the post-soviet country. Cute artstyle, 10 animated CGs, 5 BGs and 5 chibi CGs in 4k, English voice-over for each heroine, animated live2d sprites, original OSTs and a dramatic story!

    Why similar: CRPG 35.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Drama 8.6%, First-Person 7.9%

  52. #52 I live under your house.
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 305 reviews2022
    Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    You are a monster under someone's house.

    Why similar: CRPG 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Underground 17.2%, Visual Novel 15%, RPG 7.8%

  53. #53 Tunnels of Despair
    71% matchMixed62% of 74 reviews2018
    Dev: BearFighterDev
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Tunnels of Despair is an atmospheric game with horror and survival elements, in which you are to explore the tunnels of an abandoned subway system, find a way out and escape the underground.

    Why similar: Underground 39%, First-Person 25.9%, Atmospheric 18.9%, Dark 16.1%

  54. #54 Motherland
    70% matchMixed60% of 103 reviews2021
    Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: My Way Games
    Windows

    Motherland (A sad fairytale for adults) is an indie-game that allows you to immerse in the atmosphere of a provincial town during the epidemic.

    Why similar: Realistic 34.9%, First-Person 23.8%, Atmospheric 19.3%, Dark 16.6%, Story Rich 5.5%

  55. #55 Experimentation
    68% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2023
    Dev: Faithy Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Visual Novel 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Dark 17.5%, Drama 15%, Atmospheric 10.6%

  56. #56 CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 288 reviews2019
    Dev: Mehsoft
    Windows

    1986. Chernobyl disaster. The story that you will see in the game resembles a delusional dream of a man exhausted by radiation. But whether it is nonsense or the nightmarish reality of the Soviet era – you decide.

    Why similar: Atmospheric 100%

  57. #57 Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 90 reviews2025
    Dev: Active Fungus Studios
    Windows · Linux

    In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.

    Why similar: Dark 21.1%, Historical 20.4%, First-Person 19.3%, RPG 17.7%, Realistic 15.6%

  58. #58 Prophecy of Ashen
    64% matchVery Positive80% of 213 reviews2026
    Dev: hhyuGame
    Windows

    Prophecy of Ashen: a dark fantasy tactical CRPG. Be a secret messenger between the Hall's judgment and the Ashborne's vengeance. Recruit allies, use terrain and magic in turn-based combat. Your choices reshape Rattalan: uphold order or ignite destruction.

    Why similar: CRPG 64.8%, RPG 18.4%, Drama 8.8%, Dark 4.8%, Story Rich 3.2%

  59. #59 Through The Fragmentation
    66% matchVery Positive96% of 223 reviews2021
    Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
    Windows

    Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.

    Why similar: First-Person 54.1%, Atmospheric 39.4%, Story Rich 6.4%

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