Games like Between the Shadows

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.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

95% User Score Based on 1,532 reviews

Critic Score 86%Based on 2 reviews

If Found… is an interactive visual novel from Dreamfeel about searching for connection. Find out who you really are. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to If Found....

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, optimization

93% User Score Based on 102 reviews

In the period of 180 seconds you will analyze every object in your house... when the ambulance passes, the thunder, and the ringing of the phone. You live during the time of a pandemic and your mission is to use your real-world knowledge that you have learned about viruses. Would you be infected? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 180 Seconds.

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.

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.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

67% User Score Based on 215 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 6 reviews

"No Longer Home" is a semi-auto-biographical point and click game, about two recent graduates preparing to move out of their flat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Longer Home.

Between Cheer and Heartbeat – A Transgender Cheerleading shortnovel about Courage, Love, and Self-Discovery Welcome to Willow Creek, a picturesque small town where Riley Parker, a seventeen-year-old transgender teenager, dares to start anew. After years of moving and the constant challenge of asserting herself in a world that doesn’t always accept her, Riley hopes to finally find a place w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Between Cheers and Heartbeats.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

73% User Score Based on 64 reviews

A short somber game about exploring a forgotten town. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No One is Here.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

86% User Score Based on 100 reviews

A unique experience in which you are tasked with discovering the mystery behind a newborn island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bittersweet.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

99% User Score Based on 903 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

A Summer’s End - Hong Kong 1986 is a visual novel game. Follow the story of Michelle and Sam, and how their chance meeting evolves into a deeper romantic relationship. A Summer’s End is a romance story between two women. Set in vibrant Hong Kong in the year 1986, it is an original story about love, family, and culture. Inspired by Hong Kong cinema, 80s anime, and city pop, A Summer’s End - Hong K… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Summer's End: Hong Kong 1986.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

93% User Score Based on 100 reviews

VERSION 1.1.0 Now available This Is Forever is an atmospheric symbolic game, in which you explore a relaxing world while uncovering clues by finding missing memories in the form of personal... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This is Forever.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability

89% User Score Based on 90 reviews

On day 200 of a 365 day mission your ship suffers a catastrophic engine meltdown. Stranded in space one hundred light years from Earth, you must make your way back one light year at a time. It's going to be a long way home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Long Way Home.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere

98% User Score Based on 464 reviews

An adventure game about old computers, community, creativity, fandom, gender, and the internet. Alex Cole is a teenage trans girl in 1999 who has yet to figure herself out. She spends much of her free time on the internet, browsing a fan forum for her favorite magical girl show, and chatting with her friends. Join her on her story of self-discovery through friendship and media as she explores her … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Secret Little Haven.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization

88% User Score Based on 260 reviews

Fractured Minds is an immersive artistic short game, exploring anxiety and mental health issues. Winner of the BAFTA Young Game Designers Award, Fractured Minds is a game created by 17-year-old Emily Mitchell, with the hope of aiding understanding and awareness of mental illness. Embark on a journey through the human psyche and experience six atmospheric and thought-provoking chapters, each symb… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fractured Minds.

"The Hidden Library" is a 2D adventure with point-and-click elements, where you will immerse yourself in worlds forbidden by authority, awakening the imagination and guiding you through a forgotten literary past. Set in Southern Russia in the early 2000s, you play as Elena, a 13-year-old girl who discovers her late grandfather’s hidden library. It is a place of shadows, secrets, and for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hidden Library.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

93% User Score Based on 100 reviews

In the near future, an experimental attempt to harness the power of the Earth’s core ends in a terrifying disaster: the release of the Sludge God. This eldritch abomination begins terraforming the area, turning soil to scum and the living to undead monsters. However, the genius behind the experiment has a plan to make things right. All he needs is a team of competent, highly trained mercenaries t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloodrunner.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

84% User Score Based on 88 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

What if you could create your own constellations? A love story about Asian American identity, mental health, and stargazing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Space in Between.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

91% User Score Based on 103 reviews

Beyond the Horizon. We take you to the edge of a black hole and toss you in. That's where your adventure begins. Travel about, taking in the sights and sounds of this unusual world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond the Horizon.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

99% User Score Based on 108 reviews

Critic Score 45%Based on 2 reviews

Mitsuki, an aimless young man studying to take his university entrance exams, falls for a young single mother who lives in his apartment complex. A relationship develops between these mismatched social outcasts, and then... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Language Of Love.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere

86% User Score Based on 178 reviews

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? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shrinking Pains.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Venus: Improbable Dream.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

85% User Score Based on 122 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 5 reviews

A contemporary adventure game about debt, family, and the truth about honesty. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Red Lie.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

91% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Critic Score 5%Based on 1 reviews

‘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 If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

83% User Score Based on 252 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 5 reviews

Explore the inner demons of three childhood friends on a summer retreat. Unearth secrets, fears and obsessions as you help them reconnect and rediscover themselves. A mature and treacherous visual novel from the creator of Milky Way Prince - The Vampire Star. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mediterranea Inferno.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

94% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Summit of the Wolf is a poignant point-and-click graphic novel adventure. A young girl wakes up in an ethereal garden and sets out on a personal journey to the fabled Summit of the Wolf, whereupon she must uncover the tragic events that led to her arrival in this fantasy realm. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Summit of the Wolf.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

98% User Score Based on 55 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 2 reviews

The Last Birdling explores Bimonia and Tayo's struggle to remain friends against all odds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Birdling.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

97% User Score Based on 1,188 reviews

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, also known as CBT, is the use of evidence based strategies to help manage symptoms of poor mental health problems such as stress, anxiety and depression. Yuuka Kazami from the Touhou Project invites you to some mostly peaceful lessons where you grasp the basics of CBT! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CBT With Yuuka Kazami.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 852 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A YEAR OF SPRINGS.

Welcome to the world of Daring Academy! Daring Academy is a wholesome fantasy sci-fi futuristic visual novel that faces important lessons in romance and self-healing while focusing on familiar everyday moments. Along with Amelia Sweet and their younger sister Isabella Lullena, the player has to face the outcome of escaping a terrible past while discovering newly blooming feelings towards each o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Daring Academy.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

95% User Score Based on 54 reviews

The game was created for the seventh Wizard Jam, a bi-annual Idle Thumbs community-run game jam that runs for two weeks. Follow a small child with great imagination and one big wish on the way to make it happen. Find a path through colorful puzzles and meet people who are more than happy to help! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Wish Upon A Star.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

85% User Score Based on 182 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

A story-driven experience with puzzles about a middle-aged woman trying to make peace with herself. Join her in this dive to her mind and travel through memories and traumas. The unique 2d art style, meticulous sound design and hand-drawn animations bring her to life If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leila.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

98% User Score Based on 7,656 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 15 reviews

In a world still recovering from catastrophe, Mark Borja and his friends navigate the joys and woes of another year of high school. Wake up in a typical teenage bedroom, practice piano, race to meet homework deadlines, and build (and burn) relationships, as you reminisce about the daily insecurities of high school life. That is, until a fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Until Then.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere

73% User Score Based on 100 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

This cute little disaster is bursting with big fun and challenge If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Disaster.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

78% User Score Based on 60 reviews

The Great Perhaps tells the story of an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past. Experience constant time traveling between an empty, melancholic scenery of the post-apocalyptic Earth and its vivid days gone by. The her… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Great Perhaps.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization

70% User Score Based on 87 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 1 reviews

Reflection of Mine is a dark puzzle video game about multiple personality disorder. The entire game takes place in the broken mind of Lilly Witchgan, and the goal is to discover who is real - Lilly herself or one of her many personalities. The plot will tell us about her many minds and how are they fighting each other. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reflection of Mine.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

89% User Score Based on 55 reviews

A gloomy yuri VN set in an abandoned theme park, focused on a ruinous relationship between a pair of estranged childhood friends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamy Planet.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

97% User Score Based on 814 reviews

Critic Score 92%Based on 1 reviews

Golden Treasure is a game for those who carry dragons in their hearts. Hunt, explore, survive, and become Great among the True Children of Sun and Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Golden Treasure: The Great Green.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

92% User Score Based on 434 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 8 reviews

A story-focused adventure game about a little girl in the world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lydia.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music

87% User Score Based on 121 reviews

Ancient Guardian - this is adventure first-person shooter in a procedurally-generated locations. You play as a father who has to find his lost daughter, avoiding a meeting with dangerous enemies, avoiding traps and solving puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ancient Guardian.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

96% User Score Based on 1,824 reviews

You thought it was going to be just another summer. You were wrong. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leap of Faith.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

89% User Score Based on 155 reviews

Help Alfie find the the stars to get back home to his homeland. If you don't want to follow this short story you can explore this very beautiful island in search of Easter eggs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seeker.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

74% User Score Based on 463 reviews

Critic Score 57%Based on 3 reviews

Actual Sunlight is a short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation. The game puts you in the role of Evan Winter, a young professional in Toronto, as he moves through three distinct periods of his life. The story is linear, unavoidable and (hopefully) thought-provoking. You experience his perceptions, fall under the consequences of his decisions, and meet everyone who didn’t … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Actual Sunlight.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 515 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 15 reviews

Explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne in a unique narrative experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dordogne.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, replayability

98% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 3 reviews

Chuusotsu is a fun, colorful story of three girls brought by their individual circumstances to live under the same roof and being forced to tackle existential questions to win their place in society. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chuusotsu! 1st Graduation: Time After Time.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, monetization

96% User Score Based on 741 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 5 reviews

"Set in 20XX, Arcade Spirits follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred - after a turbulant work history you are granted employment at the Funplex, a popular arcade, home to a host of unique personalities and customers. Where will this new found employment take you? Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?" If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcade Spirits.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, character development

88% User Score Based on 100 reviews

The second part of caterpillar's adventure. You can't jump, so you must bounce off your enemies or use tubes to your advantage. Both platformer skills AND logic are required to complete 40 challenging levels! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Butterfly 2.

Coming SoonKK Narratif is a studio focusing on interpersonal relationships and creative storytelling. We hope to bring joy and inspiration to everyone through our games!Contact [email protected] Feel free to reach out to us via email! We'd love to hear from you! About the Game Twenty years, time flies, while it takes a lifetime to say goodbye to a sunny day. "You know what? When I w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fragment: A Story in Growing.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

84% User Score Based on 318 reviews

You have tried to maintain a semblance of peace throughout the Realm for four hundred years. Since the death of the Queen and a great apathy seized the King, it fell to you, the prince of the vampires, to restore the order. So when you smell an unfamiliar scent that should not have been amongst a party of humans, you go to investigate and meet Leyala. Leyala seems to be hiding something, and b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Seven Realms - Realm 1: Terran.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 893 reviews

Desert Stalker puts you in control of a seasoned antiquity scavenger, a man whose main objective is finding rare objects in the ruins of civilization. When you uncover an artifact capable of not only informing the past but also shaping the future, everything changes. Make major decisions about how you interact with the world around you, enter into erotic relationships, and live with the conse… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desert Stalker.