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91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

91% User Score Based on 480 reviews

“Godforsaken. No other word for it. A murder so brutal it made the whole town of Asbury Pines look itself in the mirror. We work, we raise kids, we do our best, we let time run its course, and then we’re still left scratchin’ our heads. Why did this evil have to happen?” - Rodney “Buzz” Snow, Sheriff of Asbury Pines… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asbury Pines.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

95% User Score Based on 676 reviews

Sacred Fire is a narrative RPG in which your humanity and emotions impact your fight for survival and inner freedom. Inspired by ancient Caledonia, the story follows a group of resistance fighters and their rise to power. Choosing motives, ideas and feelings is as important as choosing your actions. Develop your personality and compete for influence to change the story and avert a tragic ending. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sacred Fire.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

95% User Score Based on 1,376 reviews

Twenty-two years ago, Geoff Keighley was in college when he visited Gabe Newell and Valve Software to write The Final Hours of Half-Life. Now, over two decades later, Keighley returns to Valve for The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx. This 25,000 word multimedia experience gives readers an unprecedented and unvarnished look at the past decade inside Valve. From the revelation of surprising cancele… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

97% User Score Based on 1,068 reviews

The Songs have fallen silent and the world lies in ruin, lost to madness and despair. But within the high walls of Eren Keep, life persists – held together by unbreakable will and the iron fist of the Masked King, ruler and tyrant, savior and messiah. As the swordsmith of Eren Keep, you turn steel into something more precious than gold. Customers come with coin in their hands and demands on their … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bladesong.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization

88% User Score Based on 1,629 reviews

Zombies rise again! A sequel to the apocalyptic smash-hit Zombie Exodus! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

90% User Score Based on 770 reviews

You are the founder of your video game company. The starting point belongs to you, in your garage, or think big instead of small by acquiring your first local. At the end of the day, your decisions will make your studio a success and will mark the Video Game History. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to City Game Studio.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

78% User Score Based on 249 reviews

The DeLuca Family is a story-driven adult game. Try to win over the ladies of the house and increase in the ranks in the crimeworld. Choose your playstyle with three modes - full experience (Text-based rpg game), story+freeroaming, or VN-Mode. But no matter the mode, lots of lewd! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The DeLuca Family - Season 1.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

85% User Score Based on 34 reviews

From out of an old vase emerge two Sengoku Era generals but... they're hot babes?! Our protagonist Jun finds himself responsible for helping Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen adapt to modern Japan, as well as fulfilling their (after)life-long regret of not experiencing the joy of motherhood. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Commander Babes.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

88% User Score Based on 42 reviews

Isabella - Chasing Shadows is an erotic thriller with adult elements. After the death of your fiancée, you’ll try to uncover the city’s darkest secrets. What connection does a ‘High Fashion’ model have to your fiancée’s death and can you protect those you care about? It’s up to you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Isabella: Chasing Shadows.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

79% User Score Based on 81 reviews

A dream among the stars — or a nightmare. 1, 000 colonists. One ship. A destination that may be fifty years away — or centuries. Some will land. Some will be born, age, and die in the dark between stars without ever knowing if the mission succeeded. Inspired by John Ayliff's Seedship, Dead Reckoning is a game about the slow, invisible erosion of civilization across generations. Every decision you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

89% User Score Based on 1,420 reviews

Fake Bitcoins, Real Fun! Mine fake bitcoins to upgrade your life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bitcoin Billionaire.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

76% User Score Based on 74 reviews

Nico embarks on a trip to the world with the roar of a train If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunset Hills.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

70% User Score Based on 273 reviews

24 writers, and you're one of them. Challenge yourself to become the best writer in the world. Write books, create characters, choose endings, team up with rivals, answer letters from readers, and don't let other authors beat you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Writer's Rush.

Have you ever dreamed about a journey far beyond the known regions of the universe? Close to Alpha Centauri, Olivia Lund is on the trail of one of mankind's greatest secrets and a thousand-year-old mystery. After nearly 20 years in hypersleep, she wakes up alone on her stranded ship, the Polaris-7. The artificial intelligence Io seems to be her only remaining friend now. Hibernated 1 - This Place… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hibernated 1 (Director's Cut).

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

97% User Score Based on 190 reviews

Join the feline festivities in special moments! Find cats friends in vibrant celebrations where popping balloons is as relaxing and satisfying as popping bubble wrap! To get off to a good start, celebrate Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro during the New Year. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Meow Moments: Celebrating Together.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

97% User Score Based on 447 reviews

My Furry Protogen 2 continues the story of the protogen scientist Juno and her love—our main hero. After two years of training, preparation, and research, they have finally uncovered clues that could lead them to their enemy. With some outside assistance, new equipment, and upgraded armor for Juno, they are now more than ready to continue their mission! Their relationship has also grown stronge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Furry Protogen 2.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

99% User Score Based on 152 reviews

An Injustice at the Abbey! Sister Hedwig is an anchoress - a religious figure who has vowed to stay locked in the same room for the rest of her life as an act of devotion - at Linbarrow Abbey, a remote convent in the moors of England. This quiet life of meditation and solitude is broken one day when the abbess comes to her with a most unusual request... Misericordetta is a short (~20-30mi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Misericordetta.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

97% User Score Based on 183 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Play the history. Go behind the scenes of Jordan Mechner's landmark game Karateka in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, with archival materials, video features, and more. Experience pixel-perfect versions of this legendary game, with all-new features. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Making of Karateka.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

89% User Score Based on 2,578 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 5 reviews

Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mad Games Tycoon.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

80% User Score Based on 430 reviews

Critic Score 100%Based on 1 reviews

The game mechanics were based directly on those used in the tabletop role-playing games Tunnels and Trolls and Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes created by Wasteland developers Ken St. Andre and Michael Stackpole. Characters in Wasteland consequently have various statistics (strength, intelligence and luck among others) that allow them to use different skills and weapons. Experience is gained th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wasteland.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 29 reviews

The Good People: Na Daoine Maithe is a lore-rich, choice-driven visual novel inspired by Irish myths. Venture into Tír na nÓg, the Celtic Otherworld, in order to retrieve your family's stolen valuables... and get swept up in deadly fairy politics and a whirlwind romance along the way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Good People: Na Daoine Maithe.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

67% User Score Based on 46 reviews

“Neighboring Islands” – is an exciting graphic novel, key feature of which is an opportunity to take part in its events, directly influencing the development of the plot. Every decision of the player-reader can change the course of the narrative in one direction or another. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neighboring Islands.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

96% User Score Based on 238 reviews

"Life is like a waiting room, except people don't leave in the order they enter." Narcissu is a thought provoking visual novel series about terminal illness, living, dying, and the relationship between those leaving and those left behind. There are no miracles, no heroes, no villains in this story. Just life and the characters finding their own ways of facing death in an indifferent, relentless, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

96% User Score Based on 624 reviews

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative-driven text-based RPG set in a ruthless medieval realm that comes to life on the pages of the protagonist's journal. Though every man's life is predetermined by the Lot they received at birth, it is you who decides whether your character will challenge fate and alter his destiny, rewriting the established laws of the universe. The free version o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

98% User Score Based on 445 reviews

The year is 1482. The age of exploration and enlightenment is on the distant horizon and the Renaissance is in full swing across Europe; but in England, the War of the Roses is in its final throes. Change is coming, but in one little convent in the north of the kingdom, everyone has seemed blissfully unaware. Everyone except Sister Catherine, a beloved nun and firebrand thinker who has just been… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Misericorde: Volume One.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

74% User Score Based on 207 reviews

Ten years ago, Wizardry set the standards in Fantasy Role-Playing (FRP). Now after two million copies have been sold and dozens of awards have been won, Bane of the Cosmic Forge raises and redefines those standards. This new Wizardry , the truest simulation ever of Fantasy Role Playing, will push your computer, your mind, and your sense of adventure to their very limits. Only through the power of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

74% User Score Based on 86 reviews

Join three heroes in training as they learn to master their individual strengths and harness the power of Alterium Essence. With their training nearly completed, Dolion, their teacher, prepares them for the most important mission they've faced yet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alterium Shift.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

74% User Score Based on 95 reviews

Create and run your own TV show! An isometric management game where you craft scripts, populate your world with characters and cast actors to play them. Hire and manage staff, develop your studio and gain a dedicated following. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Showrunner.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

93% User Score Based on 1,062 reviews

In Sanitarium you play an amnesiac thrust into a morbid, really creepy universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sanitarium.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay

77% User Score Based on 30 reviews

3D Hardcore Cube 2 - is a continuation of a fascinating game about clever cube that moves through dangerous obstacles to the portal. In the new part of the game was implemented completely new physics control character. Were added sounds to improve the atmosphere of the game. Original and beautiful achievements that you can decorate your profile! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 3D Hardcore Cube 2.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

90% User Score Based on 353 reviews

Prove that you and your dragon have what it takes to race with the pro's! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dragon Racer.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

92% User Score Based on 52 reviews

You wake up at the bottom of a dark ocean, surrounded by your broken dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Open Sorcery: Sea++.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

98% User Score Based on 632 reviews

Pro Wrestling Sim is a text-based pro-wrestling booking simulator. Control a wrestling promotion, decide your roster, and create storylines, feuds and matches where the winners and losers are in your hands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pro Wrestling Sim.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

94% User Score Based on 857 reviews

A serial killer is on the loose. Solve the case before it's too late! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solve It 3: Killer Fans.

A short, story-driven, detective-mystery game where you are tasked with solving a deceptively simple break-in case. Meet the citizens of Arcadia Springs, find and follow the clues, make the right choices, and you may unlock a dark secret kept under lock and key.  You play as Detective Dalton Reynard, the former star detective of the ASPD. After a year-long hiatus, a simple break-in case lands o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Case of Arcadia Springs.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 1,084 reviews

Step in the shoes of the titular Desert Stalker, and scour the wasteland for artifacts and erotic encounters in this acclaimed Adult Visual Novel where your choices shape the game’s story. Dive into a world filled with grit, sex, and unparalleled power fantasies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desert Stalker.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

87% User Score Based on 15 reviews

DLsite 2023 Newcomer Award NominatedExhilarating Combat System There was a girl named Laura who lived in a remote village called Hatayaki. She was close friends with a girl named Lunaroa who lived next door, and they promised to marry in Yuriscene, a country where women can marry each other. Reuniting after five years, the two girls were swept up in an incident and set off on a journey to Yur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Laura of Reigetsu.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

97% User Score Based on 145 reviews

■ Update2026/08/08 ver.1.2.0 Update (Korean language added, Chapter 5 still image fixed, pattern on Hermann's character sprite fixed, text readability adjusted, ending song volume adjusted) 2025/11/27 ver.1.0.1 (Fixed a bug where Traditional Chinese text would display as English in Chapters 2 and 5.) 2025/11/27 ver.1.0.0 ■ Future ScheduleEpilogue scheduled for free addition in 2026 ■ Introd… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knights College 2.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

98% User Score Based on 65 reviews

Each person has a universe inside of them. A personal universe with characters influenced by the observable reality around them. Your friends, the fans, the local shop clerk, each person you pass without giving pause is another universe. You make up a story about them, they form a story about you. The universes expand. I always wonder how similar our universes can be. You and I. Will I e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Chamber of Stars.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

93% User Score Based on 620 reviews

1920s-themed BL/yaoi visual novel If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Dry Delight (BL/Yaoi game.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

81% User Score Based on 105 reviews

Jitter is an immersive sci-fi exploration and survival game set on a mining colony and its outskirts in the Main Asteroid Belt. You assume the role of an experimental AI that maintains ship functions and engages with the crew on board. As you explore the mining colony, you will take on new missions, expand ships and bases using various modules, add survivors to your crew, engage in space fights, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jitter.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

82% User Score Based on 10,000 reviews

From an ordinary writer to a genuis businessman! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Writer Simulator 2.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

90% User Score Based on 459 reviews

My Little Life is a life simulator that lives on the bottom of your screen, allowing you to focus on other tasks while periodically checking on your own little person. Watch as they live out their own livesMy Little Life is built to be non-intrusive, with no loud popups or distracting events that need to be acted on immediately. This allows you to focus on other tasks while your little person live… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Little Life.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story

87% User Score Based on 164 reviews

Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strategos.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

75% User Score Based on 92 reviews

Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall is an old-school, narrative-driven RPG set amidst the vampire-dominated gangs of a cyberpunk city. As a Familiar of one of the ancient vampire lineages, you have been tasked by your undead masters to expand their criminal empire. A story of blood, tears and sighs - The vampires of MoonFall are different from the ones you may be used to. While all vampires ar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

98% User Score Based on 256 reviews

Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode Pixel Art Academy is an educational game for learning how to draw. In Learn Mode, you jump straight into the game's interactive tutorials for the fastest way of becoming a pixel artist. After you learn how to use the basic drawing tools, you put theory into practice by first copying an existing pixel art sprite. When you've shown you got the hang of the tools, you ge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 2,859 reviews

In Tavern Keeper you manage a tavern, building, bartering, cooking and cleaning your way to success in a humorous fantasy world. Starting out with a shell of a tavern in the backwaters of the kingdom, you build rooms, place items, stock the larder and hire staff to satisfy the demands of the oddball locals and misfit heroes that stumble through your door. Run your business well and you'll progress… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tavern Keeper.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

77% User Score Based on 62 reviews

"The Darkness Below" is a first person grid-based dungeon crawler,inspired by titles such as Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder, Lands of Lore & Might and Magic 3-5! Features (v1.2 + Prelude) windows / linux / android*prelude version - contains about ~3 hours of the full releaseturn-based moving & battling much like M&M 3-5interactable items & objects (ground items, levers, doors, keylocks)variou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Darkness Below.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

71% User Score Based on 28 reviews

PHANTASIE I: When sorcery ruled, and trolls and minotaurs still walked this Earth, a party of six intrepid adventurers set out to find the Nine Rings and use them to destroy the Dark Lord. This is your quest. This is your... Phantasie. A multiple-character role-playing game, PHANTASIE transports you to the medieval isle of Gelnor for the adventure of your dreams. You command a group of one to si… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phantasie Memorial Set.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

94% User Score Based on 34 reviews

⚠️ This game is a tribute: It’s based on true events — a heartbreaking story of a dear friend who is no longer with us.  ☠️ Attention Players ☠️ A huge update has just been released! We've added new areas, enemies, weapons, a reworked interface, and improved performance across the board. Thank you so much for your patience and support during this time!! The Midnight Town Stories: Adam’s Forgot… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Midnight Town Stories: Adam's Forgotten Secrets.