Games like A Reason to Cry

Achi ran away from the orphanage and he found himself surrounded by concrete, indifference, and violence. He was saved by a mysterious creature that came from within, and by a peculiar detective. He had no way of knowing that darker, more disturbing voices were about to reach him. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The World Below - A Call Within.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

69% User Score Based on 108 reviews

At the end of the 1800s, the government declared a global ban on this legendary card game due to an increase in bar fights, divorces, and family feuds. It was political correctness gone mad. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Awkward.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

90% User Score Based on 61 reviews

I must dedicate myself to them—through video games… Game Game Developer is a horror game themed around game development. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Game Game Developer.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 2,350 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 25 reviews

Eternights is a dating action game where you try to make the most out of life during the apocalypse. Monday: Go on a date. Tuesday: Clear dungeon. Friday: Freak out! The clock is ticking!! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternights.

The sound of a pickup truck starting. A hammering headache. And this locked room. What happened to Cathy? Cathy And The Others offers a narrative experience where the player must escape a strange house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cathy And The Others.

General description: In Unlighted you will play as a test subject that works for called Umbral Alchemy, a company dedicated to the research of stones with mysterious properties never seen before by humans. Thanks to you they hope to discover the origin of these strange materials, but it won't be an easy path.                         As a test subject you will have to test your abilities t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unlighted.

What Did The Chicken See THE STORY: WELCOME TO THE SEWER: You have hit rock bottom. The world around you is decaying, rendered in brown hues and digital noise. You are not alone, but your companion is not a friend—it is a narrator who sees through the facade of modern existence. What Did The Chicken See is a dark, philosophical journey that challenges the player to question the systems that g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to what did the chicken see.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development

90% User Score Based on 890 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

Karma: The Dark World's Deluxe Edition contains the following : - Full game of KARMA: The Dark World - The 58 Track Original Soundtrack - The 5 Track 'Into the Mist' EP - The 138 Page Artbook If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KARMA: The Dark World.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

80% User Score Based on 440 reviews

Rally your party. Build your deck and boost its power and potential. Slay your enemies and protect your allies. Play your cards right and you might just survive the perilous descent into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deepest Chamber.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

83% User Score Based on 127 reviews

The most boring game ever made. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to White Middle Class Guy Simulator.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

83% User Score Based on 714 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 2 reviews

White Shadows is a modern fable about escaping a dark, weird and violent world. A long time has passed since The Great War. Humanity is half human, half animal. What remains of civilization lives in The White City, a vast network of towers rising high into a dark sky. To protect against a deadly pandemic, those who can afford it try to keep themselves alive - by covering their skin in bright whit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to White Shadows.

Sam & MaRU is a programming, puzzle-solving game where you take on the role of Sam, a programmer in a robotics company’s automated maintenance department. Sam is in charge of programming maintenance robotic units (MaRUs) to clean and maintain the robotics factory.But Is Everything As It Seems? Sam must use the MaRUs to prepare the old, unused parts of the factory for Project Asimov: an excitin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sam & MaRU.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

95% User Score Based on 864 reviews

Critic Score 74%Based on 3 reviews

Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Burnhouse Lane.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

75% User Score Based on 68 reviews

Terfenstein 3D is a short retro first-person shooter game about escaping a gender-fascist concentration camp. Unleash your pent-up fury upon the gender-critical tyrants with an arsenal of deadly weapons and tactics in cathartic bliss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terfenstein 3D.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

92% User Score Based on 205 reviews

In Taphouse VR, you are the bartender! Run your own taphouse, give drunk dwarves their fill of delicious ale or drench the bunch by mixing delicious cocktails! Everything around the counter is yours to mess with - including your paying customers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Taphouse VR.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

98% User Score Based on 12,338 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 7 reviews

Honk, blow, & toot your way through over 20 songs, collect all 50 unique Tromboner Cards, and uncover the mysteries of the Trombiverse. Do you have what it takes to become the true Trombone Champ? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trombone Champ.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

81% User Score Based on 2,418 reviews

They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams... Interactive Dream Journal & Diary; Awkward Dimensions Redux is a personal game. Lasts 20 minutes to an hour with less traditional... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Awkward Dimensions Redux.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

82% User Score Based on 4,418 reviews

A dark, sad, funny, weird 1st person exploration game in which you play as a man obsessed with the meaning behind a painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE STATIC SPEAKS MY NAME.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

96% User Score Based on 1,070 reviews

You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. Distraint 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DISTRAINT 2.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

80% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Disharmony is a turn-based role-playing game with elements typically found in rhythm games. It is currently being developed for Windows, and possibly other platforms in the future. In this game, You take control of Tay, as you travel through a fantasy-world/sci-fi world based on music. It's filled with music-related puzzles, characters, references to tons of bands/musical groups, and more. You als… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DISHARMONY.

You flirt with absolute confidence, trying to decode her completely illogical reactions. You say one thing, she hears another. Love doesn't run on logic: the same sentence can make her laugh, get mad… or unlock the “happily single” ending in the most painful way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Damn Love.

Salut; Mon jeu est un point and click où il faut "nettoyer" des tombes. Nettoyer une tombe c'est enlever les feuilles dessus, faire partir les malédictions accrochées à la tombe et chasser les fantômes autour. Il y a 2 modes de jeux, le story mod qui n'est qu'un tutoriel avec des éléments de lore; et le endless mod où il faut nettoyer le plus de tombes avant de mourir. La totalité des dessins on… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The grave keeper.

Submission for OST Composing Jam #7 Mood references and inspiration: Andrei Tarkovsky Movies, Yume Nikki, Hypnagogia Boundless Dreams, Critters for Sale, Disillusion Story Overview "Nostalgia" is an introspective journey through the mind of Alex, a young artist struggling with mental health issues. Alex's main problem is nostalgia for the past, and for childhood. Because of this, Alex can't… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nostalgia.

Submission for OST Composing Jam #7 Mood references and inspiration: Andrei Tarkovsky Movies, Yume Nikki, Hypnagogia Boundless Dreams, Critters for Sale, Disillusion Story Overview "Nostalgia" is an introspective journey through the mind of Alex, a young artist struggling with mental health issues. Alex's main problem is nostalgia for the past, and for childhood. Because of this, Alex can't… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nostalgia.

Ce jeu d'arcade a été réalisé dans le cadre du festival Numerik Games. Le jeu est basé sur la bande dessinée The future Soldier. Sensibiliser, apprendre, s’amuser, tester, innover, expérimenter virtuellement de nouvelles technologies afin de mieux en comprendre les opportunités et menaces? Est-il possible, sous un aspect ludique, d’enseigner de nouveaux concepts, voire de susciter des vocations? S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Instruction Synaptique.

Will you help the Monsters' revolt or will you stop them siding with the Humans? Gameplay Simulacrum is a turn-based roguelike. You can choose which side are you on and who is the hero you will start with. Crawl into each floor and defeat those who will try to stop you, gain new allies and buy powerups from the Hand Merchant! Controls Left Button Mouse Click  on a free tile (blue during combat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Simulacrum.

A heartfelt, story-rich casual puzzle adventure celebrating the best of ancient Chinese culture. Explore an exquisitely hand-drawn world with delightful surprises, from cooking, finding hidden objects, paper crafting, and more. Guide Rooster in an emotionally rewarding tale about family and love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rooster.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

71% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Music by NicoTeenLow This is the Last Time This is a short narrative game with a dark and heavy atmosphere. Experience Jon’s final day at work—just before heading home… or so he thought. Music and Sound design With carefully selected and arranged audio, every detail serves a purpose. Listen closely. A brief story This is a simple yet immersive experience, lasting no more than 5–10 min… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This is the Last Time.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

99% User Score Based on 1,554 reviews

this is a game about magnifying horses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horse Magnifier: The Full Horse.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

67% User Score Based on 123 reviews

A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—just choices and their consequences. Simply answer his questions and witness the end. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgive or Finalize.

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.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

88% User Score Based on 811 reviews

Dimhaven is a remote island in the middle of nowhere, covered with mountains, shrouded in mist and desolation. The once lively tourist paradise is now left almost completely abandoned and isolated by the mysterious events of the last few years. A mixture of adventure, puzzle solving and exploration-driven storytelling like never seen before: Dimhaven is a story we’ve wanted to tell for years. Pick… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dimhaven: The Lost Source.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Would you forgive yourself if you killed someone you love? Enter the traumatic memories of The Flower, experience death as the killer and the killed, and submerge yourself in a dark, interactive adventure of emotions, suffering, and regret - looking for a way to forget. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Undying Flower.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

82% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Wishlist and join the early access launch on Steam Bearzerk is a twisted teddy world where you harness bizarre plush powers, gather an arsenal of wacky weapons, and crush wave after wave of stitched nightmares. Survive 20 grueling round and choose from a whole bunch of teddy heroes, each with their own monstrous quirks and synergy potential. It’s an auto-shooter that focuses on creative builds,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bearzerk.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

93% User Score Based on 323 reviews

Intellica believes that positivity and happiness are the keys to self-sustaining thinking programs. By taking part in the A.M.T. Study, you can help make it happen!  QUALIA is a retro-inspired Interactive Fiction text game where you analyze and categorize two participants based on their responses to a series of questions. Are they really human? Are you? Remember, the A.M.T. Study is not a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to qualia.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

75% User Score Based on 76 reviews

About This Game Play a sinister game of poker against blood-thirsty demon billionaires who’ve trapped you on their mega yacht in this rogue-like dice builder. You have been forcefully stranded aboard The Avarice in order to participate in an underground tournament. Find a way to win several rounds of a sadistic poker dice game that the elites have concocted on their luxury mega yacht. Wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Finger Dice.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

98% User Score Based on 361 reviews

Baionlenja is a first-person metroidvania with an extreme movement focus. Explore the vast and interconnected research facility, where a mysterious fossil grants you unimaginable power and mobility. B-hop, rocket jump and air strafe to uncover the secrets of the Baionlenja corporation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BAIONLENJA.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

93% User Score Based on 906 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 7 reviews

Hey remember when your parents, your friends, and society at large all conspired to make you feel ugly, lazy, stupid, and unloved despite the brilliant human spirit contained within you? No? Well, allow us to refresh your memory via the timeless medium of a slice-of-life role-playing game! In Consume Me, you take on the role of Jenny, young, in love, and entering her final year of high school. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Consume Me.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics

75% User Score Based on 68 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

Either I die, or the Witches perish. I challenge thee to a deathmatch!” Asuha, a self-proclaimed gambling prodigy, challenges the Witch ruling the gambling district. Poised to win, she is defeated by a mysterious power. An adventure of gambling, exposing frauds and earning fortunes through poker. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All in Abyss: Judge the Fake.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

96% User Score Based on 118 reviews

You are an orange in trouble. You have been picked for a deadly game that is scary and juicy and intense. Choose carefully and you just might get out of this without making the floor sticky. THE BANANA GUN: The Banana Gun has six chambers. A single seed pod forms in a single chamber as the Banana Gun ripens. When it has reached full development, under a bright sun, the Banana Gun begins to 't… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orange Roulette.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization

48% User Score Based on 285 reviews

Step into Ningyōmachi, once a thriving hub of doll-making mastery, now a decaying ghost town haunted by the bloodstained legacy of a twisted craftsman. As you uncover the town's dark secrets, you'll confront the eerie remnants of the Hanabira Doll Factory and the lifelike creations that refuse to stay still. Will you survive the horrors hidden within the forgotten "Doll Town," or will you become a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Welcome to Doll Town.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

94% User Score Based on 878 reviews

Critic Score 84%Based on 6 reviews

Vampire Therapist is a narrative adventure in the vein (get it) of What We Do in the Shadows, the horror works of Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and Horrible Histories where you play as a reformed bloodsucker helping other vampires find inner peace. Take on the role of Sam, a former rootin’, tootin’ Wild West gunslinger who escaped his day-to-day of murder and mayhem and realized, after a hundred years… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampire Therapist.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

92% User Score Based on 98 reviews

This game is an arena shooter where you have a gun, and you must fend off hordes of börds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Börd Killer.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

51% User Score Based on 51 reviews

The Burst is a smashing high-speed VR shooter. Play as a spec ops operative to bring down the tyrannical warband leader and her goons. Restore order on a prison planet the best way you can - with violence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Burst.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

94% User Score Based on 947 reviews

Follow Chud on his fight against Dr Soystein's 'jak army in this spine-tingling survival shooter. NOW FEATURING BADLANDSCHUGS If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

91% User Score Based on 1,140 reviews

An adventure full of puzzles, thrill and irony! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moth Lake.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

97% User Score Based on 445 reviews

My Child Lebensborn is a story driven nurture game based on true events. Play as the adoptive parent of Karin or Klaus, and experience the struggles they go through along them. In My Child Lebensborn Remastered, we are providing more opportunities for you to create more memories with your child, even at the face of tragedy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Child Lebensborn Remastered.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

79% User Score Based on 922 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 20 reviews

Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Golf Club Wasteland.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 747 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 8 reviews

The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure where you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to traverse reality and book worlds, and track and retrieve famous items like Thor's Hammer and the Excalibur in exchange for your creative freedom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 76 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Hint of Purple.