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  1. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 52 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

    Drink, smoke, date. Speak to the monster in your apartment. A darkly comic and haunting interactive graphic novel that explores the anxiety and loneliness of a young woman living alone through a long summer in Copenhagen. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stilstand.

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 991 reviews

    Pleh! is a short psychological horror walking simulator which tells the story of a depressed game developer, his intrusive thoughts and his dark mysterious secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pleh!.

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  5. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    72% User Score Based on 114 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 4 reviews

    Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between.

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  7. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    70% User Score Based on 330 reviews

    Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Depression The Game.

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  10. 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.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    60% User Score Based on 48 reviews
    Critic Score 52%Based on 4 reviews

    “What Happened puts you in the shoes of high-school student Stiles, a teenage boy suffering from acute anxiety and depression. You must guide him through the dark and twisted corridors of his own sub-conscious, with his fate depending entirely on your empathy with his tortured state of mind.” Psychological thriller in which you guide high school student Stiles on an uncompromising journey through… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Happened.

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  12. 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.

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  13. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    93% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game is a point and click game with looping levels, which features comics, documentaries and gaming to explore OCD and anxiety. You become trapped in a flat and are forced to figure out how to escape. In this lo-fi game your guide is narrator TIGER ORCHID - a Twitch/ YouTube style narrator who is with you all the way. Played by Shaniqua Okwok (Small Axe, It's a S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game.

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  14. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    88% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    This is a atmospheric horror game about a abandoned supermarket but... theres something eerie about this place could be haunted or maybe just squatters find out for yourself by playing this game If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Supermarket.

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  15. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 149 reviews

    Live the life of (a starving) artist in 19th century alternative history. Collect and combine feelings, memories, ideas and inspirations, fight with depression, addiction or madness and other mental phenomenon. Paint masterpieces, sell them for riches (or scraps) and explore the city of Nova Oportunia. A unique card-based roguelite with 18 alternative endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Artist Life Simulator.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    83% User Score Based on 23 reviews
    Critic Score 59%Based on 9 reviews

    Sym is a puzzle-platformer that explores social anxiety disorder. Play as Josh, a teenage boy trying to reconcile a maze of two contrasting worlds that coexist within the blank spaces of each other - his perception of reality, and the world he created to avoid his fears. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sym.

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  17. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    89% User Score Based on 54 reviews
    Critic Score 3%Based on 1 reviews

    In Into A Dream you wake up in a mysterious place devoid of all your memories and come upon a recording addressed to you. As you listen to it, you realize that your mind has been linked to the dreams of a Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with severe depression. You are Luke’s last hope and must prevent him from… fading away. Delving deep into Luke’s dreams, where memories and symbols are blended t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into A Dream.

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  18. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    94% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Of Moons and Mania is an interactive psychostic break, based on lived experience. It uses elements of its design to explain the struggles of psychosis, and tells a personal story about mental illness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Of Moons and Mania.

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  19. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    92% User Score Based on 827 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 12 reviews

    Shady Part of Me is a narrative puzzle game. It tells the story of a little girl, frightened by the light, and her shadow. Together, they try to get out of the dreamlike world in which they are locked. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shady Part of Me.

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  20. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    83% User Score Based on 207 reviews

    THE FULL STORY DEVELOPER MESSAGEI started developing Wait! Life is Beautiful! while I was going through one of the roughest periods of my life and perhaps I’m still here precisely because of this game. I never aim to bring you down, I just want to tell you a story about something that may affect everyone. That nearly happened to me, and may you never be that close to the edge. I don’t really hop… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wait! Life is Beautiful! Prologue.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 248 reviews

    After listening to a new rap album I got inspired to vent by turning my feelings into a little game, where you play as a virus on his computer, making his life better, the hard way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to "LIFE" not found;.

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  23. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 5,813 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Taking around an hour on the first play-through, "When The Darkness Comes" feels like you're wandering around a glitchy hard drive full of abstract dreams and beautiful nightmares. The narrator initially makes it feel like a comedic game, but it soon starts to take a darker tone as you travel down the bizarre broken rabbit hole that explores the darkest themes of the human mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When the Darkness comes.

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  24. 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.

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  25. 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.

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  26. Join usJoin the official QQ group and Meow My Crop together! 864353195 About the Game Meow My Crop!——Become a cat farmer, and cover the bitterness of work with the sweetness of harvest!Use your keyboard and mouse to spread the fertilizer, let every moment of work accumulate and bear fruit~ Additional device support included: Controllers Graphics Tablets MIDI Keyboards Multipl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Meow My Crop!.

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  27. 《The Seafloor》— An Interactive Narrative Journey About Depression, Listening, and Coexistence Game Introduction 《The Seafloor》 is an emotionally immersive interactive narrative game played from a first-person perspective. You will play as "River", a young girl experiencing depression, and live through seven seemingly ordinary yet internally tumultuous days through her eyes and heart. C… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Seafloor.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    A horror story that could happen to anyone.Strangers who might show up at your door. Choices you’ll have to make. A truth that’s hard to accept. This short psychological visual novel is more about perception than traditional storytelling. Every choice determines how the final outcome unfolds. Every detail is intentional. StoryA young couple moves into a new apartment after their wedding … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Invisible Wall.

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  29. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    100% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    I'll be Brave, Tomorrow is an adventure driven narrative experience, combining the precise pixel art platforming of the 80's, and a deep narrative revolving around a sick child. The game itself has two aspects; The 3D hospital room, where there are many objects to interactive with, as well as mini-games to keep the kid entertained....But there is also the video game they play, which is a classi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I'll be Brave, Tomorrow.

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    100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    100% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    One's Own Exile is a narrative exploration game in which you must abandon your identity in order to escape across the border without being noticed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One's Own Exile.

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  32. When a pretty plant in Alma's garden begins to speak to her, she knows that a dark mystery is afoot! But in Victorian England, women are often dismissed as nothing more than hysterical fantasists. Can you help Alma find her power, and solve this dangerous situation before it's too late? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Secrets In Green.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Welcome to the Valley of Shadow. In it, you will experience a REAL harrowing journey of loss through the eyes of the developer. Experience the depth of grief as he visits the places of his childhood and discovers where love and acceptance come together. Experience the dramatic retelling of a traumatic event in the lives of the developers, three siblings, through the eyes of one as he attemp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Valley of Shadow.

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  34. 书写属于你的帝王史诗!《皇游天下》是一款以中国历史为背景的皇帝模拟+牌组构筑游戏。在这里,您将化身千古帝王,招募名臣良将,打造奇观伟业,运筹奇谋妙策,开创独属于您的太平盛世! 跨越时空,汇聚英豪!历朝历代的能臣良将皆听您调遣,辅以卡牌锻造、伟业建造、计策谋划,走出一条前所未有的帝王霸业之路! 丰富内容,自由构筑: 30+位中国帝王——从秦皇汉武到唐宗宋祖,任君选择 150+位文臣武将——五虎上将、四大才子,打造最强班底 40+种计策谋略——合纵连横、暗度陈仓,智取天下 50+座奇观伟业——修建长城、开辟运河,功盖千秋 沉浸历史剧本——亲历真实事件,改写王朝命运 帝业模式 基础游戏模式,以坚持25个回合为目标,期间应对种种挑战 丰富的随机要素,每局都会带来全新体验 通关帝业模式,逐步解锁全新皇帝 剧本模式 历史玩法:亲历王朝兴衰,复刻经典历史图… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 皇帝游戏:天下-皇游天下.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    69% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    Incarnation is a mouse-only roguelike with reverse progressionExperience a divine entity's descent from the heavens through a series of procedurally generated levels. After each level, you must lose one of your celestial powers until you are completely transformed into a human.Will you be able to reach mortality?The game was developed as a graduation project in the Visual Communication department … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Incarnation.

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  36. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    86% User Score Based on 74 reviews

    2023 Independent Games Festival Nuovo Award Nominated and 2022 AMAZE Berlin Audience Award WinnerThe Much Anticipated SequelOriginally released as an after credits bonus scene in The Titanic, but most people left the theater before getting a chance to see it because The Titanic is already 3 hours long. Now remastered in HD and brought directly to you via Steam.This Tragedy Features First Person … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Titanic II: Orchestra for Dying at Sea.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 79 reviews

    Only YOU can help Mia escape her NEET lifestyle and set her back on the path to a promising future. Will she succeed... or will all her efforts be in vain?Gameplay:Each day you must choose from a growing list of activities for Mia to complete. Each activity has its own Hunger, Energy, and Time cost. By completing the activity, Mia will get a boost to her Mood, Motivation, and Loneliness meters. In… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unavailed.

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  38. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Margo is back! Armed with a strong hunger for vindication as well as a dubious psychotherapeutical coping mechanism, she sets out to tie up the loose ends she left behind. While getting used to her new life as a capable, collected young woman, an unexpected letter draws her into a mysterious plot. Facing many new demanding challenges, will she stay on top of things? Equip Margo with all the be… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Margo.

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  39. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    71% User Score Based on 70 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Unleash your inner gardener and immerse yourself in the serene world of Garden Buddies, cultivating a vibrant flower garden alongside your new friend Mutsy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Garden Buddies.

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  40. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    80% User Score Based on 175 reviews

    Pretentious Game, a free online Puzzle & Skill game brought to you by Armor Games. A small platform game about love or maybe just a little pretentious game? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pretentious Game.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    95% User Score Based on 101 reviews

    When a star falls in a nearby forest, it spurs Po onto a quest to find that light and bring it into their life. Light & Shadow is a shadow puppet platformer where you face your anxieties, push past depression, and seek moments of joy in a grey world. Finding your way isn't always easy, keep going! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Light & Shadow.

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  42. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    86% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    [Media 2293963] PRE-ORDER LENIN - THE LION RIGHT NOW Patreon Page - Support the project and get access to exclusive content and rewards Attention - In order to have a better immersive experience... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lenin - The Lion.

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  43. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 226 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 6 reviews

    Buy The Forest Quartet on PlayStation Store. Experience life, death and jazz in this unique puzzle adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Forest Quartet.

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    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.

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  45. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 92,552 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 8 reviews

    A single-player platformer about climbing a mountain. Battle your inner demons and climb through more than 250 devious stages to reach the summit. It won't be easy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Celeste.

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  46. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 511 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 3 reviews

    Find us: Steam | Twitter | Newsletter | Discord | Facebook [Media 2256705] Iris and the Giant is a fusion of the roguelike, RPG and CCG genres. You play as Iris, and will discover her psyche and... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Iris and the Giant.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 200 reviews
    Critic Score 51%Based on 2 reviews

    Letters is a cozy, often funny, and sometimes sad game about friendship, courage, and the power of words. Journey back to the 90s and 2000s to follow the story of Sarah and move through her beautiful hand-drawn letters and nostalgic pixel worlds. Help her navigate all the ups and downs of growing up and decide what kind of person she'll become. Use words to solve riddles and explore Sarah's col… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to +=-.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    98% User Score Based on 7,261 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kind Words.

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  49. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    61% User Score Based on 3,444 reviews

    Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment. This game aims to show other sufferers of depression that they are not alone in their feelings, and to illustrate to people who may not understand the illness the dept… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Depression Quest.

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  50. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    77% User Score Based on 154 reviews

    The rhythm of nature is in danger! You are Áilu, a young Sámi whose ordinary reindeer herding day turns into an adventure. Learn the old ways of the Noaidis, Sámi Healers. Harness the powers of the Noaidi Drum and the Familiar Spirits to fight against a disorder spreading across the land! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skábma: Snowfall.

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