Games like A Duel with Shadows

"Please Knock on My Door" is a narrative-driven game simulating the daily life of a person dealing with social anxiety and depression. Players must manage routines, complete tasks, and make choices that impact the character's mental health and relationships. The game offers a poignant, interactive exploration of mental health challenges, striving to foster understanding and empathy.

"Depression Quest" is a text-based game that simulates living with depression, presenting players with everyday challenges to manage while dealing with the illness. The game offers multiple endings and features over 150 unique encounters, with available choices and generated content based on the player's depression levels. The audio and visuals also adjust to reflect the player's emotional state, enhancing the immersive experience.

"Chicory: A Colorful Tale" is a top-down adventure game where you can draw on anything in a coloring book world. As Chicory's biggest fan, you must wield the Brush and restore color to the land after the superstar artist goes missing. The game features puzzle-solving, new paint abilities, character customization, and local co-op play, with a focus on exploration and creativity in the Picnic Province.

You spend a day seeing how many coins you can fit into the hollows above your collarbones. You're losing yourself first in inches, then moments... Will you survive yourself?

A short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and its effects on her relationship. Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly.

"Fractured Minds is a single-player, horror-action game that explores the daily struggles of living with anxiety and mental health issues. Offering a raw and honest portrayal, the game aims to provide insight into the experiences of those with mental illness. Designed by a game developer with personal experience of anxiety, Fractured Minds won a BAFTA award for its provocative and thought-provoking journey."

"The Beginner's Guide" is a unique narrative-driven game that explores the mind of a fictional game developer through a series of unfinished games. The player delves into the developer's thoughts and feelings as they navigate through a variety of experimental game designs, shedding light on the creative process and the struggles that come with it. The game serves as a thoughtful commentary on game development and the relationship between creators and their work.

"This Strange Realm Of Mine" is a first-person shooter with elements of poetry and psychological horror. After creating your character and dying, you'll explore your afterlife, meeting various characters and their stories while solving puzzles. Combat includes a variety of weapons to fend off monstrous beings in a universe filled with both beauty and horror. The game also features an original soundtrack.

"Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk" is a surrealistic puzzle game where players interact with bizarre and constantly changing environments. The game features a unique art style with hand-drawn graphics and a soothing, atmospheric soundtrack. Players must navigate through unconventional obstacles and absurd situations to progress through the game's dreamlike world.

Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world - being a teenager.