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Games like Defective Dreams - Abnormal Backgrounds

Games like Defective Dreams - Abnormal Backgrounds

Looking for games like Defective Dreams - Abnormal Backgrounds? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Color Splash: Butterflies, Glass Masquerade 4: Constellations or Leaves: The Journey.

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  1. Color Splash: Butterflies is a charming and relaxing puzzle game that will lift your spirits and take You into the world of adorable butterflies and art. Venture into the gallery, where you will find many extraordinary and colorful butterflies paintings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Color Splash: Butterflies.

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  2. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 209 reviews

    Get ready for the next Glass Masquerade sequel! Immerse yourself in the beautiful world of stained glass art, split into constellations with various themes on the celestial map If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glass Masquerade 4: Constellations.

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  3. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 492 reviews

    Travel to the mystic lands of Mononino and help the Treefruities to recover the lost leaves of their home tree. Search for clues to master the many puzzles and challenges on your journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leaves: The Journey.

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  4. Color Splash: Parrots is a charming and relaxing puzzle game that will lift your spirits and take You into the world of adorable parrots and art. Venture into the gallery, where you will find many extraordinary and colorful birds paintings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Color Splash: Parrots.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    100% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Hello. Good news  ̄̏͋̎̄̏͋̎ ̉̑̔͑̓̏̓̽̎͑̈́̄̏͋̎̚ ̉̑̔͑̓̏̓̽̎͑̈́̚ ̄̏͋̎̄̏͋̎ You are in the process of integrating your shadow.                                                                                               ̄̏͋̎̄̏͋̎ ̉̑̔͑̓̏̓̽̎͑̈́̄̏͋̎̚ ̉̑̔͑̓̏̓̽̎͑̈́̚                                                                                                                              /̴̀̐̆̄̔́̈̍͊͋̏̏̈̌̚͝͝͠͝͝… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NEUROZA.

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  7. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    86% User Score Based on 184 reviews

    Sequel of mind-blowing puzzle WayOut. Now with new hexagonal tiles, levels and challenges. Based on Lights Out gameplay, WayOut goes beyond that and brings great variety of level shapes and mechanics into it. Each level has the same goal - switch off all tiles using the least amount of moves. Test limits of your brain by perfecting each puzzle. Let your mind be your guide in meditative and relaxi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayout 2: Hex.

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  8. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 260 reviews

    Mononino and the Treefruities fared well without you - until another disaster scattered the leaves of their home tree. Once more, take on the journey and challenging puzzles along the way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leaves: The Return.

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    56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    The Overdreamer is a side-scrolling 2D horror game, in which you must use and combinate various items in order to defeat your enemies and carry on, so that you can figure out what's happening behind the scenes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Overdreamer.

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  10. 42%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    50% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Nightfall: Escape puts you in the shoes of a field journalist who is on a mission to investigate the mysterious disappearances in a remote area. Explore the place, search for leads and use your wits to survive the hidden terrors of the cursed place. Tread carefully, for curiosity may come at a price. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightfall: Escape.

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  11. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    92% User Score Based on 50 reviews

    Here in the city of Greenberg time is meaningless, and space is infinite. The city has endless history and yet... The whole place is fading away. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Faded Stories: Greenberg.

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  13. Lovely Anime Puzzle: Spring is a delightful puzzle game featuring charming anime-style girls in Spring attire. Your goal is to assemble images of these adorable characters, which have been divided into a set number of puzzle pieces. The game offers 4 difficulty levels that progressively increase the challenge and add new excitement. Regardless of the chosen difficulty, you’ll enjoy high-quality … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lovely Anime Puzzle: Spring.

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  14. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    94% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots, always maintaining Puko's style. FEATURES: • Anthology with 6 different games • Each game contains a different horror story • Unlock trophies upon finishing each diskette • Dialogues with different choices • Inspired by classics like Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Diskettes Vol.1.

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  15. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 276 reviews

    A strange journey throughout an elaborate labyrinth awaits, featuring hundreds of characters and happenings as you try to gather items that once brought happiness to others. Explore a randomized labyrinth with light rouge like optional mystery dungeon combat, or play the game purely for exploration viewing the various point and click adventure styled scenes. Features well over 400 animations, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disillusion ST.

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  16. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 138 reviews

    ️ Roadmap From the developer:We are not trying to invent something fundamentally new; we simply love the dreamcore aesthetic. However, it seemed to us that existing games often emphasize the unsettling side of liminal spaces, which usually evoke feelings of anxiety and loneliness. So we decided to create a softer, dreamier, and less frightening interpretation. We hope it gives you that very f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole.

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  17. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    95% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Wishlist on Steam for the full game When playing our game you undertake a very normal life living in a Hotel, you do tasks, listen to the radio and prepare for work. Slowly over time you might notice a few changes, cracks in the walls, sounds you've never heard before and a sense that maybe something unsettling is happening behind the scenes. You take what's called "The Miracle Pill" a new pill … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deceived Of Joy.

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  18. About This Game This is a sex simulation that moves smoothly with Live2D. "I want a childhood friend." "I want to be a girlfriend with a girl I grew up with." "I want to have sex with my childhood friend as much as I want." Please enjoy it while having these fantasies. You can experience the state of your childhood friend in three stages. *State 1 - Virgin First time having s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lovely Sex with Childhood Friend -An innocent girl becomes addicted to lewd play-.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    79% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Become an uncompliant process and fight off the corrupted digital zombies that haunt the crumbling halls of a dying digital world. Technically a first-person shooter (it's in first person and you shoot things), The Corruption is in feel really a bit more like a liminal or backrooms game, except that you usually also have a grenade launcher to fight zombie-like enemies, instead of always running. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Corruption.

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    39%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    58% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Welcome to Plot Twist, where you take on the role of an ambitious writer in a world of stories and inspiration. You will manage your own writing career, create bestsellers, gain fans, and shape the history of literature! Your success depends on making the right decisions and your creativity! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plot Twist.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    93% User Score Based on 117 reviews

    Join our community! Atan is a student project made by a passionate team from Breda University of Applied Sciences. We want to hear what you think of the game! Feel free to join and share your opinion and give us feedback so we can improve the game. We are looking forward to hear from you! About the GameThe GameAtan is an action-adventure game where you traverse a massive colossus. Use your cli… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Atan.

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  22. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    94% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    APOPIA is a comedic adventure with dark mysteries. Help young girl Mai to find her way home. Progress by solving puzzles and outsmarting enemies in minigames. Make friends and foes with talking animals. Unravel the mystery of Mai’s identity from her dark and blurry memories. GAMEPLAY As Mai, you will: Explore the beautiful fantasy world. Get to know funny characters who are a cat, a mole, a l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apopia: Prologue.

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  23. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Airhead.

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  24. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    90% User Score Based on 99 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 12 reviews

    Gridrunner. Revenge of the Mutant Camels. Tempest 2000. Llamatron. In the British gaming universe of the 80s and 90s, nobody made games like Jeff Minter. Now, in a new interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, you can play the history of one of the weirdest, wildest game developers to ever exist – a man who loved shooters and sheep, lasers and llamas. LLAMASOFT Journey back in time to an era… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    74% User Score Based on 84 reviews
    Critic Score 49%Based on 4 reviews

    Fight through unique biomes against challenging enemies and bosses as you piece together the mysteries of a broken world, in an action role-playing experience that paints a new path. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arto.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    100% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    What's that sound coming from the basement....? GLITCH DADDY is the new fever dream of a game by Sad Mask Party, the twisted brains behind Mango and The Lotus Holidays. It is a surreal, elusive, highly immersive and just slightly distorted tale of mystery, friendship, romance, solitude, trying and failing, overcoming obstacles, and all around, love. It is presented as a first person advent… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GLITCH DADDY.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    98% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    Welcome to CatBox! Cute, fluffy and sometimes unpredictable - cats can be the real heroes of our puzzles! You will have to use your wit and logic to place them correctly on each level. More than 30 different cats and 150 levels are waiting for you. Game Features: - More than 30 kitties - More than 150 levels - Different locations - Pleasant music for relaxation If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CatBox.

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  28. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    68% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    BlueSuburbia is a haunted world where you explore poems through immersive environments. Seek out dark secrets, confront your demons, and delve deeper into a dream that dances between beautiful and terrible. Explore forgotten dreamscapes and open worlds on your quest to find hope. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BlueSuburbia.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    81% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    Kick Ass Robot Annihilating Fun!Certified 100% pure arcade action, rendered in eye-melting neon vectors, Vektor Wars is classic first-person blasting for the shooter connoisseur. The year is 2024, and you are Commander James Moses, a Space Ranger. Your mission: destroy the robot death army, rescue the Robodudes and save the world! Select your weapon and use your skills to face down a tidal wave o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vektor Wars.

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  31. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    81% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    A mysterious adventure with challenging puzzles follows a suspenseful story of Prophecies, Artifacts and Old Gods.FBI Agent Moreton is called to a murder scene at the Greenich Museum in New York. The grand opening of the new exhibition on African cults is just around the corner as the nightwatchman was brutally mauled with a flashlight. Not everyone is content with a fed walking around and asking … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Curse of the Old Gods Web.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 606 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky forest, an abandoned carnival, and the strange, surreal realm that … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Closure.

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  33. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 3,669 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 25 reviews

    Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour. You explore a dangerous grey land, unearthing coloured fragments on a journey to find your missing mother. As obstacles match the background, they disappear, creating new and exciting puzzles - full of peril, mystery… and colours unseen If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hue.

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  34. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 1,910 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 15 reviews

    A musical action-adventure set in the recesses of the human mind... Welcome to the world of Figment. A strange and surreal world; a place filled with our deepest thoughts, urges and memories, populated by the many voices we hear in our heads. # Discover the human subconscious This mind has been quiet and calm for many years. But something has changed. New thoughts have started to emerge - takin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Figment.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 456 reviews
    Critic Score 61%Based on 4 reviews

    Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Munin.

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  36. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    49% User Score Based on 76 reviews

    For over 300 years, the five planets of the Kotiro galaxy have struggled under the heavy hand of maniacal, mechanical bots called Spiral. As the metallic army's relentless pursuit of the resource Black Sand begins ramping up exponentially, a few brave heroes decide to fight back. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Sand Drift.

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  37. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    91% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    Sally Summers, an average Jill living in her apartment in L.A, has trouble getting to sleep one night. As it turns out, her favourite pillow needs some new feathers! Are you a bad enough dude to collect the feathers in this  First-person Dream exploration Collectathon Platformer? EXPLORE A LABYRINTH OF DREAM WORLDS A massive world with 40+ interconnected levels to explore, fully open from the s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sally Can't Sleep.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    90% User Score Based on 82 reviews

    Probably the most colorful horror game you've ever played. Hide from moaning disembodied eyeballs while facing existential dread, ambient music, and alternative medicine. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brighter Day.

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  39. 38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    48% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    Traverse your way through this Atmospheric Psychological Horror! Explore the 9 eerie levels of The Backrooms, a place where everything seems familiar, with a constant feeling of something or someone watching you. Why were you chosen to enter The Backrooms? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Exploration.

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  40. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    A fever-dream-like singleplayer puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria.

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    54%Game Brain Score
    54% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Resultarias is a surrealist adventure game narrated by dream exploration. You play as Utsuki, a girl that for some reason doesn't want to leave her room and will only explore the world through her dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Resultarias.

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  43. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 241 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 16 reviews

    [Media 2048026] Shape of the World A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shape of the World.

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  44. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 252 reviews

    NeonCode is a one hour long cyberpunk-retrowave adventure game. It was inspired by classics such as the Blade Runner-movies, Miami Vice, Grim Fandango and the games of Telltale. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NeonCode.

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  45. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    94% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    It desires more. Feed It. Nourish It. Sanguine Sanctum is an atmospheric horror-exploration game with a low-poly, PS1 aesthetic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sanguine Sanctum.

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  46. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    81% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    Pixelscape: Oceans gives users the tools to sketch and build animated oceanscapes, and then fill them with a number of different sea creatures. Save, share, and download an unlimited amount of custom underwater content. The possibilities are as endless as the seas. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pixelscape: Oceans.

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  47. About 读睡前故事?唱摇篮曲?亲手喂安眠药?和陪睡达人枕边少女一起共度良宵吧! 本游戏是由《橘子班》制作的枕边少女系列合集, 今后或许不定期会有更多的枕边少女加入其中,尽请期待。 Story 【枕边少女·梧桐】 主人公十分渴望有个可爱的女孩子陪自己睡觉。 没想到就在他呼唤之后,真的有一名可爱的少女从天而降,砸到他身上。 来人自称“见习枕边少女·梧桐”,她需要主人公的配合完成训练任务才能成为正式的枕边少女。 主人公满心欢喜地答应下来,却发现自己实在是太天真…… 就这样,一场欢乐无限令人捧腹的小故事,即将展开。 【枕边少女·薄荷】 主人公艾新是个绝对不会主动帮助任何人的“铁面人”,就连老好人班长罗琴也拿他没办法。 偶然情况下艾新不小心下载了一个叫《枕边少女》的APP。 在他还在迷惑的时候,一名天真烂漫的少女来到了他的床上,突然开始大哭大闹! 而艾新发现,如果想要她恢复正常,自… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moe Hypnotist: Share Dreams With You.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    69% User Score Based on 104 reviews

    Rubek is a minimalist color based puzzle game. Roll a cube to pick up and match correct colors on the floor, as you make your way to reach the end point while figuring out a way to solve the puzzles. Play through 75+ handcrafted levels of mind bending difficulty and collect stars. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rubek.

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  49. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    82% User Score Based on 462 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    A surreal trip through the mundane. Reveal the hidden ecosystems of ten unusual environments. Unlock an atmospheric experience while exploring strange yet familiar scenes. Carl Burton's other work has been featured in the New York Times, Serial, Colossal, and Medium. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ISLANDS: Non-Places.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 440 reviews

    Dracomaton is a top-down roguelike bullet hell where you swap between multiple playstyles on the fly. Equip yourself with various Forms that have different strengths and weaknesses, OR Mod existing Forms with the characteristics of other ones! A fast-paced, single-player experience built for interesting replayability 16 unique Forms with 3 potential Mod versions each Over 30+ build-influe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DRACOMATON.

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