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HEADPHONES IN!  Same exact game as black ash | white sand, just without copywrited music.  For Indiepocalypse Issue #7, a version of my game black ash | white sand but with music that's my own. I didn't edit the original game because voting is still open for Obscure Game Jam #1, the jam for which this game was originally made, but I really wanted to be able to submit to Indiepocalypse too! So here… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to blacker ash || whiter sand.

33%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

50% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Path To Knighthood is a 250,000-word interactive fantasy novel written by Ian Lai, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. This game depicts a classic story in a new way. A brave and dashing knight on the back of a white horse, rushing headlong to slay the dragon and come to th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Path to Knighthood.

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.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

This is a walking simulator game where the story takes place in an abandoned school. You must escape the curse of Hanako and escape alive. Explore the school and collect the materials left behind to uncover what once happened in this school and find a way to escape. Story"Stay away from my alma mater and live far, far away." "...... or you will die too." Your father left this … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hanako in the abandoned school.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

96% User Score Based on 923 reviews

Experience death from the comfort of your seat. A compilation of five short stories which occur in different eras and locations, touching on themes like time travel, black magic, and immortality. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Critters for Sale.

You were part of the Somnolence Research Project — a clinical program exploring the boundaries of dream-based therapy and cognitive mapping. During the procedure, an unauthorized surgical intervention was performed without your consent. You awoke inside the system — a simulated dream environment where no one was ever meant to regain consciousness. From that moment, reality and simulation began … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Somnolence.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization

97% User Score Based on 795 reviews

"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly uplifting story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wednesdays.

33%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

55% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Two small experimental games made as part of a one-week game workshop in Zagreb, Croatia, as part of a project called "Interactive Empathy - Citizenship & Storytelling in Video Games". Inside is also a documentary video about the workshop, as well as a booklet about the whole project. Games available in: - English - French - German The participants of the workshop we… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interactive Empathy.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

75% User Score Based on 197 reviews

This work is a free short text based Doujin adventure game, produced with passion.Game Features Beautiful CG and illustration Lovely music Dual ending A touching story about internal healingSynopsisIn order to help the head of department to organize some materials, I still had to come to the school to work during the holidays. There’s none of that cool breeze of the air conditions, nor is ther… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kid,napper: Gosh, I'm Kidnapped by a Pupil.

You've always been different. Cursed, some might say, with the ability to see ghosts. It made your childhood a living hell, so you buried the secret deep, building walls of normalcy to protect yourself.  Now, you're just trying to make ends meet as a new bartender at "Sinner's Haven," owned by the charismatic Alphonse Winchester (aka Alpha.). But then you stumble upon Alphonse's horrifying secret… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sinner's Haven.

The Duke of Zterre is throwing a party.   Counselors and courtiers and hangers-on of every kind are all in attendance.  The night is young, the liquor is flowing, and the music is perfect for dancing.    And then the doors slam closed. As the junior ambassador, you're here for one reason: to persuade the duke and his followers to release your queen's merchants from his dungeons.  Your boss, the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Duke of Zterre.

Black Birds A pounding headache. An unfamiliar hotel room in the late of night. And an ominous, pulsating, buzz coming from the halls. You start to get the feeling this hotel isn't normal, either that or you just keep getting lost.  Go through this point and click adventure to either find the source of the noise, or get the hell out of dodge. created for Cursed Jam: The void.  why a point and clic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Birds.

Just Updated Dr. Yaga Lost House Chapter two coming soon! About the Game Dr. Yaga Lost House Step into the shoes of a fearless video content creator in Dr. Yaga Lost House, a first-person psychological horror game that will keep you on edge. Known for exploring haunted houses and sharing his experiences with the world, our protagonist dec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dr. Yaga Lost House.

Story This is a story about a little girl who is grieving the loss of her best friend. It's been a long time since then, but no one believes her when she says she lost her friend because a monster ate him. But that doesn't make sense: She never tells lies. She always gets golden stars from her teacher. In short, she's a good girl. Or is she? After all, she also has the power of the "malice&qu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sweet Girl Gurumelo.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

100% User Score Based on 44 reviews

THIEF’S SHELTER is a psychological adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted. THIEF'S SHELTER unearths buried trauma, twisted ambitions, and the inhuman forces pulling the strings behind it all. Your investigation is intertwined with Detective James' personal struggles, such as the artificial dementia along with its effect… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THIEF'S SHELTER.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

96% User Score Based on 184 reviews

Blackshard is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BLACKSHARD.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

76% User Score Based on 41 reviews

ENTER THE NIGHTMAREStep into the abandoned Vandermere Mansion, where the echoes of a brutal past still linger. Uncover the horrifying secrets hidden within its decaying walls, but beware—something is watching you. UNCOVER A DARK PASTScattered throughout the mansion are newspaper clippings and forgotten notes, each revealing the terrifying truth of what happened decades ago. Will you piece togethe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to [REC] Desolation.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

73% User Score Based on 102 reviews

Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mojika: Truth Rears Its Ugly Head.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

89% User Score Based on 45 reviews

Now Released New game from 4noki About the GameStoryA private investigator visits a small town after recovering from a coma. She searches for her mentor's lost beloved, but the very eyes she was born with, those that can see the black strings of hate, drag her down into the darkness of conspiracy. A cult, two priestesses, and the threads that puppet the world.Features ~45k words 4 major endi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lachesis or Atropos.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

85% User Score Based on 466 reviews

Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In Will: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Will: A Wonderful World.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

95% User Score Based on 110 reviews

Solve picross, date puzzle superheroes, and save the day! Dating sim meets picross puzzle game in this romantic comedy adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pixel Puzzle Makeout League.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sin.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

80% User Score Based on 98 reviews

Tomorrow Don't Come is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tomorrow Don't Come.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay

81% User Score Based on 135 reviews

A golden dream, and a closed world. A spiral staircase into the garden of the mind. What lies beyond gilded wonderland? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fallstreak.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

78% User Score Based on 287 reviews

You have been Marked... A strange rumor is spreading through the shadows of Tokyo's H City: a mysterious disfigurement, like a grotesque birthmark, has been appearing on the bodies of certain individuals. Anyone who receives the Mark will rapidly die of unknown, horrifying causes. Deprived of your memories, you arrive at a mansion rumored to protect the bearers of the Mark. As the doors swing op… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Death Mark.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

93% User Score Based on 544 reviews

An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Firework.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

80% User Score Based on 64 reviews

Filled with puzzles, the story between she and me at the end of the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Our End of the World.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

94% User Score Based on 18,415 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State. Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the family members themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Remains of Edith Finch.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

46% User Score Based on 74 reviews

Critic Score 49%Based on 11 reviews

Story-driven FPS mystery thriller-horror with stealth and detective modes based on facts from the world-famous story of Zodiac, a never-captured American serial killer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This is the Zodiac Speaking.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 983 reviews

"Love is both poison and cure, both knife and remedy." Set in 18th Century France, this is a gothic romance tale about loss, revenge and the different faces of love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cupid.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

73% User Score Based on 221 reviews

Auto-cannibalism. Demonic Seduction. Occult Rituals. Bloodfeasting Worms. This dark, horrific Twine-based dungeon crawler pairs edgy interactive fiction with grisly pixel art and light RPG elements. Navigate this sprawling narrative-driven labyrinth bristling with otherworldly doom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Book Is A Dungeon.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay

91% User Score Based on 23 reviews

Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Filmmaker - A Text Adventure.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

96% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Game OverviewThis is a first-person psychological narrative game. Your choices shape the story, reveal the heroine's past, and open a path toward the people around her. StoryNoele is a police officer whose biggest monthly expense is treating her chronic neck pain at a massage parlor. Late in the fall, a strike erupts at a toy factory. Cursed dolls begin appearing in an abandoned tower… And a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stiff Neck.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

100% User Score Based on 2 reviews

This is not just a text quest, but a real journey into the depths of yourself, an atmospheric immersion in the night city, soaked with rain, melancholy and the mysterious whispering of destinies. You are not just a reader, but the creator of your own story, a composer whose decisions are the chords that form the unique melody of fate. Imagine: outside the window the rain is pouring continuous… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Одиночество Скуфа.

Greta Tanner died in her sleep last night. The doctors don’t know what to think. Sure, Greta was old, but not old enough to die without an apparent cause. She didn’t take pills, had no medical problems, and had no recent surgeries. Winter creeps into the small town of Trenton, Alaska. The roads are blocked with snow, and the wind carries an icy dagger. Dr. Grayson, the town’s new resident docto… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sleeping Sickness.

CW: HUMILIATION, ABUSE, TORTURE, VIOLENCE, NON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL ACTIVITIES. THIS GAME IS INTENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 18 OR OLDER [There was another content warning here urging people who aren't into noncon to not play this game. BUT some lovely people from Strawberry Jam who aren't into noncon porn told me that they found the game interesting despite the content; it is fairly well-written, if I … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Defiant.

33%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

55% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Fill the shoes of Masters Mason-Northwood a ‘genius scientist’ who, after a failed assassination attempt, is left wandering in the dark, reading books, finding notes and listening to audio logs about the world of Dunia and himself, while also trying to find a way out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dunia: Masters.

A closed-circle mystery you solve in your head. Twelve people wake up in an impossible mansion—and the only way out is the truth. OverviewThe Mansion of Gluttony is a closed-circle mystery kinetic visual novel. Twelve people wake up inside a Western-style mansion with no visible entrance or exit—and when murders begin, they must uncover who is killing them and what the “Mansion” truly is. You … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LOOP THE LOOP The Mansion of Gluttony.

VIATICA is an Interactive Fiction set in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future, with a focus on personal growth, as well as platonic, familial, and romantic bonds. Your world is a desert, both figuratively and literally. Speech is prohibited, books are outlawed, and any meaningful human interaction is nonexistent. Humans are reduced to the job they do for The City. There are no names; instead, eve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Viatica.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development

95% User Score Based on 42 reviews

This is a visual novel.Plot SummaryShu Yu, a popular writer who has no romantic experience but loves writing yuri love stories, becomes sisters with Lu Xi, an otaku and experienced online voice actress. Although they share a strong bond, their relationship becomes awkward due to their own secrets. However, when Lu Xi accidentally discovers that her favorite yuri author is actually her sister S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 要来点百合吗 Love Yuri.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

55% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Discover who you are as a sailor in this choice-based text adventure for iOS. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Choice of Broadsides.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, character development

99% User Score Based on 132 reviews

...he's just been turned into a vampire. Well, actually, he has two problems, because he's also found himself on Fledgling Manor, the hottest vampire reality show in America. Eight new vampires are forced to live together in a remote mansion. Each episode, they must vote off one of their fellow Fledglings. But the losing contestant isn't just forced to leave the show — they're executed for the pl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fledgling Manor.

The Regis family experiment is a horror game telling the story of Connie and Bryan, two young urban explorers who decided to venture into a place they shouldn't have gone Try to survive in the depths of the bunker and discover the truth behind the story of Hans Regis and his family. GAMEPLAY The Regis Family Experiment is a linear narrative game that incorporates various puzzles to solv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Regis Family Experiment.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

90% User Score Based on 263 reviews

[The tale of a twisted metamorphosis...]I woke up and found myself made... Out of Hands. Step into a nightmare like no other that unfolds forevermore. Insanity, uncertainty and the bizarre await... [The line between dreams and reality begins to blur.]With real video footage cut into collage, everyday objects take on a chilling new form. Mix and match organs, build your arsenal, and wield pecul… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out Of Hands.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

"In the year 21XX, there is no rest for the dead—only servitude." The world is ruled by an Emperor of unparalleled power, who commands the fate of millions in life—but also after death. He promises safety and dominion. In return, he demands absolute obedience. You are a servitor—stripped of your name, your past, and your future. Bound by laws you did not choose, you exist as one small … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mortal Advocate.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

95% User Score Based on 544 reviews

Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring a hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art developed by award-winning Finnish solo developer Jesse Makkonen (DISTRAINT -series, Afterdream, Heal). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Without a Dawn.

Check in to your hotel, and check out the ghosts! Sexy specters await you - but can you fix up the hotel in style so that the living guests will find luxury, too? Haunted Hearts Hotel is an interactive erotic paranormal romance novel by Elle Grace. It’s  entirely text-based, 158,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Haunted Hearts Hotel.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

99% User Score Based on 551 reviews

The complete horror-comedy series! Join protagonist BB as she collects material for her zines in a mysterious world of drinky birds, secret rooms, dream resorts, waterparks, bort dolls, immersive theater, beachfront novelty shirts, police men, serial killers, art freeports and unorthodox medical treatment. Nobody's getting out of here alive! Voice Of The Killer BB joins a call center on the edge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anthology Of The Killer.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, gameplay

96% User Score Based on 155 reviews

Every night, you awaken in your studio and paint your masterpiece. Or, at least, you try to. Oh, if only your muse would return. If only lifting your brush didn't fill your fingertips with agony. It Paints Me is a short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain, and love. It features: 3.9k words 3 endings hand drawn artwork original music partial voice acting … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It Paints Me.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

95% User Score Based on 39 reviews

A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inversed.