Games like ConOps21: Subversion Protocol

Volunteer Beta TestersHey everyone! I’m currently looking for a small number of volunteer early build testers. Feedback at this stage will directly influence the final release! The game is a slow-burn psychological horror experience with a grounded approach to violence and gore, restrained in some moments, overwhelming in others. It isn’t designed to be comfortable, and it may be too much f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SUBDERMAL: This isn’t you.

They said fear could be measured, isolated, eliminated. They said the human mind could adapt. That sleep was a weakness of the human soul, a flaw to be cured. So they kept them awake. And then… they never slept again. When the last light went out, the signal didn’t stop. It remembered. It learned. It woke up. The Forgotten TownHidden deep in the northern Ural forests lies Novokirsk, a Soviet se… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Entity Unknown.

Grim Pulse: The First BloodA fast-paced character action game where you transform mid-combat, chain stylish combos, and uncover a hidden vampiric system controlling a modern city. Key FeaturesTransformative Combat SystemUnleash powerful transformation states mid-combat to evolve your abilities in real time. Shift between forms to extend combos, adapt to enemy behavior, and dominate encounters wit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grim Pulse: The First Blood.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 1,311 reviews

Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cabernet.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

88% User Score Based on 222 reviews

A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your AI drone for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the dark mysteries buried beneath the ice. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arctic Awakening.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

63% User Score Based on 67 reviews

Uncover the Truth The Shadows of the Past Demand an InvestigatorShadow Mansion is a narrative-driven, first-person horror and investigation game that prioritizes psychological dread and active deduction over simple jump scares. You don’t merely survive the mansion you must uncover the dark truth it has buried for decades. Your journey begins with a mysterious letter that summons you to an abando… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SHADOW MANSION.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability

99% User Score Based on 106 reviews

A refreshing twist on roguelite and storytelling, Endless Dark is a psychological horror game about the pressures of monotony and the purpose of existence. You, the Custodian, are a sentient machine onboard a sleeper colony ship, charged with keeping it intact. No combat, enemies, or NPCs await you - only a myriad of system failures and the decay of your own sanity as you whittle away the deca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Dark.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

89% User Score Based on 183 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Project Songbird is a cinematic first-person narrative horror game set in the Appalachian forest. Take on the role of Dakota, a musician who must record their new album in a remote log cabin amidst a writer's block. Take caution, however. These woods were never empty... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Songbird.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

95% User Score Based on 676 reviews

Sacred Fire is a narrative RPG in which your humanity and emotions impact your fight for survival and inner freedom. Inspired by ancient Caledonia, the story follows a group of resistance fighters and their rise to power. Choosing motives, ideas and feelings is as important as choosing your actions. Develop your personality and compete for influence to change the story and avert a tragic ending. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sacred Fire.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

76% User Score Based on 101 reviews

ADD FULL GAME TO YOUR WISHLIST About the GameWe are developing this short experience into a new full game called Imagined Leviathans, which will greatly develop the gameplay and themes into a full 2-3 hours of play, with improved visuals and significantly more to do and see, including meeting other survivors“At fifty degrees below zero frostbite can strike in as few as five minutes” A poetic su… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Imagined Leviathan: Prologue.

Chrongrid is an AI-driven narrative orchestration engineChrongrid is not a chatbot, not a visual novel, and not a menu of branching choices. It is a machine that runs stories — separating a narrative's skeleton from its flesh, each playing its own role. The author writes the blueprint — defining the world, the characters, the destinies. The Chrongrid engine sets the blueprint in motion — orchestr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chrongrid.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 2,632 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 10 reviews

You didn't ask to lead this expedition but here you are: stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilization and everyone looking for you to lead. Manage your meager resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls and head in the only direction you can - into The Pale Beyond. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pale Beyond.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

92% User Score Based on 5,613 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 18 reviews

Pathologic 2 is a narrative-driven dramatic thriller about fighting a deadly outbreak in a secluded rural town. You are a healer, and to save anyone, you'll have to survive in this bleak and strange world, where even food and medicine are scarce. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pathologic 2.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

81% User Score Based on 160 reviews

Critic Score 62%Based on 12 reviews

"Players take on the roles of immortal knight Sir Lancelot Du Lac and cursed sorceress Morgana Le Fey as their latest adventure brings them to the smog-shrouded streets of Victorian London during the infamous Whitechapel Murders of 1888. They become embroiled in the gruesome mystery due to the occult nature of the killings, which leads them to Mary Kelly: a Whitechapel local with a magical secret… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey.

Episode 2: Late Lines FMLate Lines FM is a first-person, story-driven psychological horror experience. Your night shift at 107.9 FM turns into a nightmare when the forbidden 99.9 frequency emerges. When the cursed song begins to play, you must cover your ears but to find the radio, you have no choice but to listen. On this night, you won’t just face dangerous frequencies, but also Ethan Morris’s … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fragments of Dread - Late Lines FM.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

96% User Score Based on 3,492 reviews

Your Creation, Her Eternity If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The NOexistenceN of you AND me.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 822 reviews

Critic Score 89%Based on 10 reviews

STORY Embark on a thrilling sci-fi journey in a futuristic Asian city with MINDS BENEATH US. In a society fully automated by advanced AI, you find yourself trapped in a foreign body, alongside the subconscious of its original owner. As society evolves, a new industry emerges that replaces the hardware needed to operate AI-automated systems with human brains. Consequently, the most disadvantaged … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Minds Beneath Us.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

77% User Score Based on 179 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 5 reviews

"BURIED STARS" is a new mystery Communication x Survival x Adventure game developed by Team Largo and LINE Games Corporation. BURIED STARS is an adventure game that takes place at a collapse site of a live audition show. The trapped survivors communicate with each other, and through social media, while waiting for the rescue team’s arrival. But an unexpected turn of events splits them apart and d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BURIED STARS.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

71% User Score Based on 112 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 8 reviews

Stay is a nail-biting tale of abduction and isolation, where every single second counts. A pixel-art adventure game with multiple routes and endings, your computer is tethered to a PC inside an abandoned house... where an abducted man finds himself trapped and in desperate need of help. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STAY.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 8,505 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 45 reviews

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. Play as Alex, a bright, rebellious teenager who brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party on an old military island. The night takes a terrifying turn when you unwittingly open a ghostly gate spawned from the island’s cryptic past. How you deal with these events, your peers, and the omino… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxenfree.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

76% User Score Based on 887 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism. The game explores themes of separation, disjuncture and reunification, in a world that is torn between a dystopian material reality and a utopian virtual future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to State of Mind.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

94% User Score Based on 226 reviews

Critic Score 89%Based on 1 reviews

Welcome, interrogator, to the year 2065. You were constructed to question other, disobedient androids: why do they glitch? Why do they believe they have free will? Manipulate their emotions; extract their secrets; scrap those beyond repair. You wouldn't disobey your creators, would you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silicon Dreams.

Dive into five mysterious stories, each marked by a strange whisper from far, far away. This faint sound crosses the boundaries of sky, time, and space. Barely audible, it seems to rise from a forgotten past, disturbing every being who hears it. The characters in these five tales don’t know each other, yet there’s an elusive connection between them. Each one moves forward in their own way — hesi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to US Visual Novel.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 1,141 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 43 reviews

Your choices solve a mystery If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxenfree II: Lost Signals.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

82% User Score Based on 3,626 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 24 reviews

Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nobody Wants to Die.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

82% User Score Based on 2,450 reviews

# Game Overview When eight friends return to the isolated lodge where two of their group vanished a year prior, fear tightens its icy grip, and their mountain retreat descends into a nightmare with no escape. Face your fears and determine who survives Until Dawn in this seminal horror classic, rebuilt and enhanced for PC. # Cult horror rebuilt Immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror rebui… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Until Dawn™.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

88% User Score Based on 951 reviews

Critic Score 77%Based on 6 reviews

From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’. ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’ is a dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller in which engaging puzzles drive a fast-paced narrative set in a dynamic gameworld that responds to –… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond a Steel Sky.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

65% User Score Based on 2,640 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 26 reviews

Unfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019. Backbone is a pixel art cinematic adventure with stealth and action elements. As a private investigator Howard Lotor you are set to solve detective cases, interrogate witnesses, explore the intriguing retrofuturistic Vancouver, and sneak your way to safety using smell… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tails Noir.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

56% User Score Based on 2,807 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 3 reviews

Please enjoy your stay If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

87% User Score Based on 522 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternal Threads.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 5,758 reviews

Critic Score 88%Based on 3 reviews

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Roadwarden.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

64% User Score Based on 395 reviews

Critic Score 52%Based on 25 reviews

Those Who Remain is a psychological thriller that takes place in Dormont, a small town in the US. Dormont appears to be a regular and typical American town at first glance. However, it is cursed... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Those Who Remain.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

67% User Score Based on 13,922 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thief.

Battle across two worlds, uncover lost memories, and awaken your true power to reclaim what was taken. Awaken 8 is a cinematic, emotionally-driven RPG set across two fractured worlds where forgotten memories hide dangerous truths  and rebellion begins behind a mask. In Virex City, emotion is treated like a threat and memories are quietly rewritten. Eight souls, scattered by time, loss, and broken… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Awaken 8 : Fragments left behind.

You don't remember how you got here. The room is cold. The walls are damp. A single lamp flickers on a desk where a typewriter sits waiting. You don't touch it. It doesn't matter. The keys start moving on their own. It has a question for you. "Do you want to play a game?" Welcome to The Quiet Room — a psychological horror deckbuilder where your words are your only weapon and the room… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Quiet Room.

ABOUT THE GAME The Emperor has placed a bounty on an artifact called the Crown of the Vermillion Devil — enough gold to retire a king. Adventurers from every corner of the known world are chasing it. Your trail has led you here: a rain-soaked fishing village on an isolated island at the edge of the map, where the lampposts barely hold back the dark, the locals are going strange, and something old… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crown of The Vermillion Devil.

The world feels older than you — and it’s not happy you’re there.Ava Hunt and Thieves of the Lost is a grounded, cinematic, story-driven survival experience with a mystery that unfolds through atmosphere and consequence. You’re chasing something powerful, and the deeper you go, the more the ruins push back — reacting to every step you take. Key features Momentum-driven, physical movement: survi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ava Hunt and Thieves of the Lost.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization

83% User Score Based on 482 reviews

From ZA/UM comes ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies – a story-rich espionage RPG. You're a brilliant but tormented operant on a desperate assignment. Pick up the pieces of your broken network, untangle a bloody web of intrigue at the End of History, and prove yourself on the big stage or blow it all up – again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

94% User Score Based on 50 reviews

HYPERxFANTASY is an experimental narrative RPG set in a brutalist dystopian underworld teetering on the edge of digital ascension. As Dreamer, players navigate an endless megastructure, using a versatile glider to traverse its vast, abstract spaces and advance non-linear storylines through branching dialogue. Tasked by the enigmatic Executor to "digitize everyone" and save them, players will soon … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HyperxFantasy.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 9,338 reviews

WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No, I'm not a Human.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

97% User Score Based on 185 reviews

Critic Score 97%Based on 7 reviews

Shueisha Games Title About the GameWhen the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? In that final moment, if you could accompany souls wandering between life and death, what words would you choose to share with them? Schrödinger’s Call gently unfolds a picture-book-like world. It speaks softly to your heart, helping you notice what truly matters, once more… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Schrödinger's Call.

86%Game Brain Score

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Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

92% User Score Based on 1,944 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 15 reviews

A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

87% User Score Based on 2,830 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 8 reviews

Copycat is a narrative-driven indie game about a pet who learns to deal with abandonment, and a human forced to surrender. Together, two souls go on a journey to discover the meaning of family and home. The game's colourful visuals delight the senses while exploring dark thematic depths. Journey on an emotional rollercoaster that pulls at the heartstrings and reminds you how it feels to be left be… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Copycat.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization

64% User Score Based on 73 reviews

Become a medic - the true hero of war. Survive the horrors of the battlefield, dodge the bullets, and bring salvation to the wounded. Be their last hope in the chaotic reality of the Pacific Front. Patch, revive, and carry them to change the course of the battle! Be ready to make hard choices! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Medic: Pacific War.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

66% User Score Based on 467 reviews

Dustborn is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure game about hope, love, friendships, robots…and the power of words. You play Pax: exile, con-artist, Anomal — with the ability to weaponize language. Looking for a new life and a way out, Pax has been hired to transport an important package from Pacifica to Nova Scotia, across the Justice-controlled American Republic. Sounds like a legit r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dustborn.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 5,618 reviews

Delve into a hyper-cinematic adventure. You are a clone. You live at the world's end. You worship the last surviving human: the Allmother. When a dangerous rumour shatters your faith, you phase through time and memory—to expose a 1000-year-old lie. Relive. Reclaim. Resist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1000xResist.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

62% User Score Based on 1,283 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 13 reviews

Explore themes of retrofuturism, transhumanism, and grief in Paradise Lost, an emotion-driven post-apoc story. Discover the mystery of the underground city hidden in an abandoned Nazi bunker, where Slavic mythology mixes with unusual technology. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paradise Lost.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

96% User Score Based on 902 reviews

Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liquidators.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

71% User Score Based on 367 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Silence of the Sleep is psychological horror adventure game for PC. You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before. You will travel through the abstract world of Silence of the Sleep to find the very reason for your journey... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silence of the Sleep.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding

79% User Score Based on 142 reviews

Your Future Self is a thrilling time loop "conversation-em-up" with a unique conversational "battle" mechanic. It harks back to the aesthetics of text-based adventure games whilst deliberately subverting your expectations; both in story and design. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Future Self.