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81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

81% User Score Based on 99 reviews

In Her Footsteps is a short story about mending a broken heart from the award-nominated creators of Causeway, No Response and Helmouth Halls If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In Her Footsteps.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

98% User Score Based on 1,576 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 7,923 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

A coffee-brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coffee Talk.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization

96% User Score Based on 1,762 reviews

Something stalks the shadows, and it's up to you to find out what! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, stability

91% User Score Based on 61 reviews

A necromancer awakens in a dilapidated tower he once knew as a pristine stronghold for his lord and sorcerer that he was apprenticed under. Somehow, the necromancer slept through it all in a sleep so sound, not even his lord's death woke him up. But that's all right; his lord had foreseen this coming and made sure the necromancer had the knowledge and training so he could raise his dead lord all o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life Eternal.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

94% User Score Based on 289 reviews

You're a young man named Alex who arrives in the cliffside town of Silverpine. Explore the town's many mysteries and meet its colourful townsfolk, while you grow closer to a kind-hearted local named Jake. Can the two of you save the town from the impending doom brewing inside the mysterious Vault? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Newfound Courage.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

86% User Score Based on 100 reviews

Description Close Your Eyes is a puzzle horror game where your only defense against enemies is to close your eyes. Enemies will not chase you while your eyes are closed. You are being hunted... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Close Your Eyes.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

83% User Score Based on 92 reviews

Taking over a beach resort sounded like a great idea, until you arrived and found it was filled with bad decisions of the past, all of which you will need to overcome to make it a success. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beach Girls.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, graphics

93% User Score Based on 65 reviews

7 years ago, your best friend Leo Williams mysteriously disappeared, and no one had the slightest clue where he went. Seven years after this incident, Leo was declared dead since no one could find him. And now you are in possession of his belongings. But something about his stuff seems off... Something says he's still out there. And many more too. Broken Through is a full length psychologica… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Through.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

96% User Score Based on 705 reviews

A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heart of the Woods.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

97% User Score Based on 5,240 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 12 reviews

Open a second-hand bookshop by the sea in this narrative management game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiny Bookshop.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 2,368 reviews

Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wylde Flowers.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

96% User Score Based on 186 reviews

Step into the shoes of a medieval mercenary in a world not like our own! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Golden Rose: Book One.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 4,361 reviews

Marie's Room is a short-story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates, told through memories. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was 20 years ago. What happened to Marie and Kelsey all those years ago? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Marie's Room.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, atmosphere

85% User Score Based on 71 reviews

The Day Before is an open-world MMO survival set in a deadly, post-pandemic America overrun by flesh-hungry infected and survivors killing each other for food, weapons, and cars. You wake up alone in a world you no longer remember, setting out to find answers and the resources to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Day Before.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 706 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 5 reviews

A slice-of-life RPG set in east Asia, Spirittea is a story about a city author heading out to a mountain town to pick up inspiration for their book. In doing so, they find a magical teapot that allows them to see into the spirit world. Strange occurrences plague the town, and it's up to the player to find and appease the spirits by rebuilding their bathhouse and managing it to a high standard in o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spirittea.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

96% User Score Based on 810 reviews

Mutazione, a new game in development by the people behind Johann Sebastian Joust and Where is my Heart?,is a character-driven “swamp opera" as described by Die Gute Fabrik themselves. The game is set in a strange tropical world, and features a female lead known as Kay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mutazione.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

95% User Score Based on 100 reviews

(Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) Drift around corners with guns blazing and take out legendary competitors in this fast-paced, top-down racing game. Fight your way through explosive, action-packed missions and defeat cunning bosses to add their vehicles to your garage. Customize your newly-acquired cars and then return to the track to blast through more enemies. Jump online with Xbox LI… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scrap Metal.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

77% User Score Based on 20,826 reviews

Critic Score 86%Based on 14 reviews

A first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home. Katie must explore the mansion to put together the stories of where her parents have gone and why Sam has decided to leave. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gone Home.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

94% User Score Based on 100 reviews

A grim new threat looms over The Central Kingdoms. The borders protected by the fierce King’s Knights are no longer secure. The fearsome orc clans, more numerous than ever, lurk on all roads. The proud nomadic peoples of the steppes are on the alert, for strange beasts prowl the darkness. Not even the stout dwarves, hidden in their underground palaces, seem safe from threat - from the unknown tunn… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blade of Darkness.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

80% User Score Based on 120 reviews

Set in a distant future world, this is a unique first person shooter/platform/puzzle game where you need to find out why all the debris is falling and save your world from destruction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All Fall Down.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

96% User Score Based on 340 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 11 reviews

Immersive Cozy-punk Life Sim Lose yourself in an emotional, uplifting narrative about community, musical mysteries and underdog spirit. Help endearing and indecisive customers find their perfect records while debating all things music with your loveable colleagues. It's your job to help Repeater Records find its rhythm again! Crates of Puzzles to Dig Through From customer requests to store shenani… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wax Heads.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

97% User Score Based on 340 reviews

It is the 1920s, and in a sleepy Sussex village, beekeeper and former world's greatest detective Sherlock Holmes is trying to arrange a pleasant clifftop picnic for his lifelong companion Dr Watson. The only problem is that a series of mysteries keep getting in the way! Explore a seaside town It’s the day of the village fete, a suspicious new neighbour has taken a lease on  a long-abandone… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

92% User Score Based on 176 reviews

Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fernweh Saga: Book One.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

94% User Score Based on 2,937 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 8 reviews

Buy Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery on PlayStation Store. Solve a variety of puzzles to help an aspiring artist complete her masterpiece. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 2,498 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 6 reviews

This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links the clients together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Bed We Made.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

82% User Score Based on 6,204 reviews

Find clues, unravel the case & solve the murder mystery | A Match 3 Crime Game If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Small Town Murders: Match 3.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

98% User Score Based on 747 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 1 reviews

The Blackwell Epiphany is the last game in the Blackwell series. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackwell Epiphany.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability

96% User Score Based on 305 reviews

A story about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cemetery Mary.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 5,173 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

A story about taking things apart and putting ourselves back together. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Assemble With Care.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

85% User Score Based on 9,596 reviews

Design your family hotel & garden by solving match 3, decor & story puzzles! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Delicious B&B: Decor & Match 3.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development

86% User Score Based on 205 reviews

Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic fantasy tale! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fatehaven.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

90% User Score Based on 100 reviews

The Herbalist is a calm and short exploration game about a traveler in search of a special herb. You can explore the environment for clues, and try to ask for directions, although you don't speak the language of the locals. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Herbalist.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

69% User Score Based on 230 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 8 reviews

Broken Pieces is a psychological thriller taking place in a french coastal village somehow outside the flow of time. Solve the mysteries by putting the pieces of the story back together by figuring out the enigma behind this mystical place. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Pieces.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

92% User Score Based on 1,161 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 6 reviews

Listen to stories of boasting glory and utter failure. Gather rumors, turn them into quests, and send the next adventurer on a journey that may change their life forever. Play the tavern owner, serve your drinks, and save the day! And while you’re at it why not uncover truths about a looming evil? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tavern Talk.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

83% User Score Based on 2,586 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 24 reviews

Welcome Home, Hobbit! – From the creative studio, Wētā Workshop, live the cosy life of a Hobbit in the wonderfully serene landscape of the Shire. Discover, decorate, and share in this idyllic corner of Middle-earth. Join friendly Hobbits and familiar faces awaiting your arrival in Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings™ Game. Create your own Hobbit as you set forth in Bywater. Though not ye… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 2,370 reviews

A new life awaits you in Honeywood! Build a thriving farming community that will last generations in this cozy farm simulator. Farm, socialize, make friends, cook, craft, forage, and uncover the secrets of the island! And if someone doesn’t want to be friends? There are always other means. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes of the Plum Grove.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

89% User Score Based on 2,943 reviews

The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s. As a young and upcoming journalist, you are to uncover the secrets behind the town killings and publish the truth in the city papers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Painscreek Killings.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

89% User Score Based on 2,498 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 7 reviews

A game in which you explore the intimacy of someone whose phone you've found. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Normal Lost Phone.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

97% User Score Based on 388 reviews

Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Story Beside.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 2,933 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 5 reviews

You've been given the Kynseed, a mystical acorn that grows into a family tree where your choices manifest in its branches. Raise a family, farm the land, run shops, and explore a world where everyone ages. When you die, step into the shoes of your children and continue your legacy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kynseed.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

95% User Score Based on 98 reviews

Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

100 tricky levels to solve One Hundred Ways. The goal - to make the ball reach its goal - sounds simple - but it's not! To solve the levels, there are some tools available. Sometimes one needs to think outside the box to overcome obstacles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Hundred Ways.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 2,609 reviews

Freya Fellow had been murdered... by an unfinished painting?! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tangle Tower.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

80% User Score Based on 1,288 reviews

World's Dawn is a colorful life and social sim set in a sleepy seaside village. Inspired by the Harvest Moon series, it features vibrant top-down graphics, a huge cast of characters to meet and befriend, and 30+ hours of gameplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World's Dawn.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 12,913 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

Buy Life Is Strange: True Colors on PlayStation Store. Embark on an emotional, narrative-led adventure where a unique power is the key to solving a thrilling mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life is Strange: True Colors.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

96% User Score Based on 1,231 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

"Please, kill me." "If you get out with me, then I'll kill you." Their strange "promise" formed a peculiar bond between the two of them. Where are they? Why were they caught? They desperately try to escape from the sealed building! "Angels of Death" is a psycho horror adventure game, which consists of four episodes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Angels of Death.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 1,483 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 15 reviews

Survive the wilderness to restore your childhood home in this cozy crafting sim If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Winter Burrow.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 217 reviews

Embark on an intriguing seaside getaway you’ll never forget in On Your Tail, a sleuthy story-driven 3D life sim of relaxation, investigation, and knowing how to play your cards right. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to On Your Tail.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

96% User Score Based on 1,531 reviews

A heartfelt tale about a cozy little diner that will warm your heart. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hungry Hearts Diner: Memories.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

95% User Score Based on 3,822 reviews

What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Never Was.