Games like CALENDULA

"Stories Untold" is a narrative-driven experimental adventure game, combining text-adventure, point-and-click, and horror elements in 4 interconnected stories. It offers 80s retro aesthetics with innovative gameplay and tense psychological horror, engaging players in a unique anthology of visual storytelling. Try the free demo "The House Abandon" for a taste.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery game focused on exploration and discovery. As occult-minded private detective Paul Prospero communicate with the dead to discover the fate of a missing boy and the mystery behind a dark ancient force lurking in Red Creek Valley.

"Event is a unique single-player horror narrative exploration game with a retro-futuristic sci-fi theme. Players build a relationship with an insecure AI entity, Kaizen, by typing messages and solve puzzles to progress through the story. The game boasts impressive visuals, physics-based rendering, and advanced lighting techniques, with an atmospheric soundscape providing an immersive experience."

"Year Walk" is a first-person adventure game set in 19th century Sweden, where you venture into the dark woods on a vision quest to foresee your future. Solve puzzles, discover cryptic folklore creatures, and delve into the game's built-in encyclopedia to understand the supernatural phenomena. This edition includes new locations, updated art, additional puzzles, and an integrated encyclopedia.

"Home" is a single-player adventure horror game with an interesting plot and good game mechanics. It takes place in a beautifully designed pixel world, where the game's environment subtly changes to reflect your perspective. As a murder mystery, the game allows you to decide its outcome, creating a unique and masterfully crafted atmosphere.

"Pony Island" is a unique indie game that traps players in a corrupted arcade machine. They must navigate through malware, minigames, and puzzle-solving to uncover the dark truth behind the game. The narrative unfolds through text messages, hacking segments, and eerie encounters with a demonic force ratcheting up the tension. This game is a mind-bending trip through a digital hellscape that twists the concept of a simple pony game on its head.

"Layers of Fear" is a single-player horror action game with an intriguing story and good gameplay, set in a densely atmospheric Victorian-era mansion. As an insane painter, you explore the ever-changing environment, searching for your magnum opus, while experiencing hallucinations and uncovering the secrets of your madness. The game boasts amazing graphics, perfect music, and emotional depth, but can be very grinding and buggy, with some elements that may make you laugh.

"Happy Game" is a psychedelic horror adventure game by Amanita Design. You must navigate through three disturbing nightmares, solving puzzles in eerie environments while facing unsettling characters such as creepy smiley faces and pink bunnies. The game features music from the Czech freakfolk band DVA, adding to the overall unsettling atmosphere. The goal is to help a little boy escape his nightmares and find happiness again.

"Blameless" is a free 3D adventure game focused on puzzle-solving and story, taking place in an unfinished house where you must escape a mysterious pursuer. The game features realistic puzzle mechanics, investigative gameplay, and a mysterious atmosphere with alternative solutions and story progression through exploration. The game is a short, intense experience with a tension-filled element of surprise, lasting around 20-60 minutes.

"Decay: The Mare" is a single-player horror adventure game with an interesting plot, where players help Sam, an addict stuck in a nightmarish institution, "Reaching Dreams," after a botched treatment. The game boasts good mechanics, a wonderful soundtrack, and a beautiful atmosphere, but requires patience due to lots of grinding. As a tribute to classic horror games like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Phantasmagoria, it offers a psychological horror experience in 3D, including an exclusive third chapter that concludes Sam's journey.