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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.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

75% User Score Based on 40 reviews

A game you can read. A book you can play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNMEMORY.

It’s always more fun to throw a snowball than to be hit by one!Toaplan’s hit Snow Bros is back! This arcade-style, fixed-screen platformer follows brothers Nick and Tom through epic levels in the Kingdom of Hottoda to save two trapped princesses, each possessing the magic of snow… and the only hope for the realm. As evil King Atchich seeks to take over the world, the snowmen we love must set out t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snow Bros Classic Collection.

Beware: currently in first public, free demo. VERY BUGGY AND INCOMPLETE. With that said... Bento -- The unique companion This is an experimental project for an AI companion that not only helps people, but is also a friend. A friendly, customizable face with unique, growing personality and memories, and several utilities and functions. Local, open-source model experiments are in progress and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bento_OS.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

96% User Score Based on 238 reviews

A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everyday Devil.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere

80% User Score Based on 556 reviews

You awaken in the Forest of Silver Shallots, setting out to uncover the secret of the Morphean Paradox. Above, factions weave their schemes; below, the black mist hides a swelling undercurrent. Time never stands still, and truth wears many faces. Not everyone can return to their fate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Noexistencen of Morphean Paradox: The Forest of Silver Shallots.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability

85% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 1 reviews

Omnimus. Welcome to the future! A visual novel about a daring experiment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OMNIMUS.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

86% User Score Based on 72 reviews

Every choice you make will change your story. Every small choice will change your relationships with comrades, and change your fate and those of your comrades at critical moments. You may be the villain, or a trustworthy comrade. Everything depends on your choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 7Days Origins.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

86% User Score Based on 370 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 1 reviews

A narrative-based RPG game which draws from the old gamebook genre, set in the world of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythology. Drawing from the dark realms of H.P. Lovecraft's imagination, Omen... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Omen Exitio: Plague.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

96% User Score Based on 164 reviews

Restore a broken mind to solve a twisted case. Investigate a couple's most intimate moments and piece together the events of a fateful night. Pick what to investigate, deduce awful truths, and solve a dark mystery. But most of all, Mind Diver: find the lost love. Before it's too late. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mind Diver.

Self-IntroductionI’m Pancake, a 2020 grad from a coastal uni. My college dream? Making a game that that mattered. By graduation, all I had was nothing but a rough demo. Years later, [So Long, My Youth] is here: a photo-based visual novel weaving together memories of college life. Each screenshot is a real photograph, each dialogue line inspired by my lovely friends. Maybe I wasn’t born to make ga… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 她毕业了 So Long, My Youth.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Celebrate the 5-year anniversary of Lightmatter with us! Join us for a walk down memory lane with 9 playable Lightmatter prototypes — spanning from 2013 to 2018! From its early inception as a university project called 'See You On The Other Side', to the full Steam release in 2020, we want to give something back to the community by providing an exclusive peak into the many iterations that Lightmat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lightmatter Anniversary.

SCENARIO Clicky click the dolphin has found a coffee shop where they can show their artwork. The only problem is that the coffee shop is in a working dungeon! FEATURES Multiple choice your way through the dungeon looking at art and meeting characters.Not really any puzzles but you can take a wrong turn.Short! It takes about five minutes to go through and maybe a couple of trips to max out all it h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to clicky clicks dungeon of hand drawn computer graphics.

You are a scholarship student at the secluded Veir Academy. Two heroines. Nora or Lika? Trust or distance? Submit to the system — or break it? An introspective visual novel about tension, closeness, and silent choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beneath their Names.

50 Years of Text Games (2023) told the story of the first half century of interactive fiction in a whirlwind tour of fifty text-based computer games, one for each year between 1971 and 2020. Now available as a standalone volume is this companion book, stuffed with extra chapters and bonus materials that couldn't fit in the main volume. Inside you'll find twelve new chapters and 85 pages covering … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Further Explorations: 50 Years of Text Games.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

88% User Score Based on 84 reviews

My New Memories: The Beginning tells you the story of My New Memories before you reunited with Anna and started a family. Find out how the MC turned out to be the man you know from the main game - The loving and caring husband and the protective and wonderful father! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My New Memories: The Beginning.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

70% User Score Based on 1,460 reviews

Sega Genesis and Sega Master System emulator! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GENPlusDroid.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere

58% User Score Based on 283 reviews

Celebrate 30 years of Rayman If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rayman: 30th.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 278 reviews

Is survival in the cards? Kumitantei™: Old-School Slaughter is an episodic murder-mystery ADV cardbattler that lovingly fuses retro anime analog horror with killing game! Kumitantei will consist of 6 episodes, beginning to release in early 2026. "The Empire of Japan, 1989... Awoken in a decaying old bunker, sixteen elite Absolute Students are trapped in a kill-or-be-killed Apathy Experiment. Will … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

80% User Score Based on 35 reviews

A Storied Life: Tabitha is a cozy narrative game about memory, legacy, discovery, and joy inspired by elements of Unpacking, A Little to the Left, and classic word game Mad Libs. An elderly loved one has died, leaving you their estate and a letter encouraging you to sell any valuables. But when a mishap spoils their soon-to-be-published memoirs, you set out to repair the damage, piecing together t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Storied Life: Tabitha.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

83% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Shrug off bullets, smash buildings with your bare hands, and soar through the air as you battle diabolical supervillains! A text-based interactive superhero novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Scion.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

84% User Score Based on 265 reviews

Set in the glitzy world of Hollywood in the late '70s, Confidential Killings have you investigate a series of gruesome murders that seem connected. There are rumours about a mysterious cult behind them...  Explore the crime scenes, use your detective skills to deduce what's going on! Wishlist on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2797960/Confidential_Killings On some browsers you may ex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Confidential Killings.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding

99% User Score Based on 76 reviews

This is Interesting is a psychological horror narrative based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in. Knowledge-based progression While each run of the game will differ, the true progression of the story comes from knowledge gained in previo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This is Interesting.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

85% User Score Based on 87 reviews

Get the newest version free on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3426490/End_Transmission/"End Transmission?" is a narrative resource management game set shortly before the end of the world. The game is about how, even though you know that the end is inevitable, you should still use the time you have left to live a happy life with the people you love, as well as the challenges of saying go… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to End Transmission?.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

99% User Score Based on 73 reviews

A Christmas tale set in the world of BROK the InvestiGator, presented as a visual novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brok: Natal Tail, A New Christmas.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

93% User Score Based on 40 reviews

CELL 0 is a prologue to CELL visual novel series. Humans are fragile. STORYThe humanity was destroyed by a quantum artificial intelligence - Omniscient, a global service program, the peak of technological advancement. The extinction occurred within a single day. No records remain of the events, as no survivors exist to recall them. Kenzo’s existence is a result of improbable circumstances. Ar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CELL 0: Cyber Entertainment Leisure Lounge.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

87% User Score Based on 3,319 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

Discover Lost Records: Bloom & Rage on the official PlayStation website. Learn about this new adventure from the makers of Life is Strange. See screenshots, watch trailers and check out gameplay features. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Records: Bloom & Rage.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

98% User Score Based on 193 reviews

Eleven months ago, the Moon was sent violently flying off course by a catastrophic explosion, depriving Earth of its steady stream of resources. Less importantly, the two maintenance workers on there when the explosion occurred have been stranded ever since. It's not so bad, honestly. The Heart provides for everything, a practically infinite source that gives them water, food, and powers their sa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

97% User Score Based on 40 reviews

A Game from the "Legends of Savvarah" series."Time of Pariah" is an interactive story. The game is primarily text-based, but with lots of illustrations (essentially a visual novel in a non-standardised setting).On the continent of Erteon, the endless war rages between Kradzhan – an alliance of three beastly kingdoms – and Dominion of the Horned Ones.Seihal is a port city of Kradzhan, steeped in co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

46% User Score Based on 69 reviews

The political drama set in a future that's too close for comfort. Become the first mayor of ARTEMIS: A Pioneering Lunar City. Navigate the future of lunar colonization, choose between independence and cooperation, shape policies for or against AI influence, and tackle interplanetary conspiracies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lunar Ascendant.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

69% User Score Based on 112 reviews

Critic Score 55%Based on 14 reviews

The 8-and 16-bit era of Jurassic Park games returns! This Carbon Engine release not only includes a lineup of classic titles but also adds new features, including save states for each game, new in-game maps, and various quality-of-life fixes that bring these games into the modern era of gaming. The Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection includes Jurassic Park (NES, Game Boy, and SNES) and Jurass… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

72% User Score Based on 81 reviews

In LongStory you can be and date who you choose. Play as the gender of your choice and date the cutie you like best! LongStory is is based on real stories - things that have happened, if not to us, to people we know and love. We hope it is funny, sad, perplexing and wonderful… Just like life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LongStory.

26%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music

26% User Score Based on 104 reviews

The mind dissolves in the surrounding darkness like pain dissolves in wine. Remains of memories crumble and rapidly leak like sand through fingers. And only one name stuck in the throat filled with fear. Magdalena... Minutes feel like days while waiting for something to happen. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Magdalena.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

96% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

The CORE, a private research station, 2352. A celebrity scientist must rely on a mysterious companion to help him find his loved ones in the ruins of a fallen utopia. The Mind's Eclipse is a science-fiction tale featuring beautiful hand-drawn scenes & emotional narrative-driven gameplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mind's Eclipse.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 455 reviews

A collection of several stories that are prequels to The House in Fata Morgana. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

100% User Score Based on 62 reviews

Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is an all-new comedy text adventure from award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thaumistry: In Charm's Way.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

89% User Score Based on 244 reviews

Guide Hamlet, Ophelia and Hamlet Sr. to hundreds of hilarious deaths in Ryan North's chooseable-path edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to To Be or Not To Be.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

69% User Score Based on 128 reviews

Each puzzle will be presented as a combination of Text, Picture and/or Sounds. The puzzles will follow the storyline. The Clues may be hidden in the form of (but not limited to) History, Cryptograms, Steganograms, Riddles and Metaphors. However, here the Game intends to connect you with the Real world, and so you are free to use any available resources like Internet, Books, Library, Encyclopedias… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Temporal Invasion.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

93% User Score Based on 61 reviews

'Lingua Fleur: Lily' is focused on friendship, love, troubles, efforts, and confusions between girls. Made with illustrations, animations, and original music, this story tells of the protagonist Yuyi Wu's secret, one very different from an 'ordinary' girl. Told in a gentle and ordinary style. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lingua Fleur: Lily.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development

78% User Score Based on 79 reviews

Forgotten Fields is a game about a struggling author who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and experience bursts of inspiration in this nostalgic game about the passage of time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgotten Fields.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

76% User Score Based on 887 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.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 294 reviews

Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger working the forests with his crew. When he awakens to find his friends missing and no memory of what's happened, he begins searching, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Buried: An Interactive Story.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, emotional

87% User Score Based on 131 reviews

In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

93% User Score Based on 470 reviews

In a society where everyone is a clone of the Emperor, can you survive long enough to find out who you truly are? Try out the brand new visual novel set in the Endless Universe! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love Thyself: A Horatio Story.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

67% User Score Based on 51 reviews

Gold Rush! Anniversary is the remake of Sierra’s the million seller in the 80s! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gold Rush! Anniversary.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

77% User Score Based on 81 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 12 reviews

Enter and explore memories from long ago. Relive moments frozen in time.Hindsight is a narrative exploration game spanning the entirety of a woman’s life, from birth to present day, as she tries to make sense of it all. Revisit her childhood home, sort through personal belongings, and step through windows to memories frozen in time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hindsight.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization

70% User Score Based on 92 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

Gem collecting puzzle action in an update of the classic game! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boulder Dash 30th Anniversary.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

90% User Score Based on 77 reviews

8-bit Adventure Anthology is a compilation featuring faithful remakes of three of the best 8-bit point & click adventure games ever made. Originally released between 1987-1991, each stand-alone adventure features the same mind-blowing puzzles, graphics and music that mesmerized generations of console gamers! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 8-bit Adventure Anthology: Volume I.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

86% User Score Based on 329 reviews

It's been a year since Semyon returned from "Sovyonok" and met the girls from the camp in the real world. But it's New Year at hand! And it needs to be celebrated! "Frosty Kiss" is a tiny piece of this holiday that will bring back the well-loved characters of the novel one more time, even if it lasts only for a few moments. But somewhere deep in your heart should always be a place for celebration … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frosty Kiss.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay

81% User Score Based on 131 reviews

Pilot and customize a giant iron war mech in this alternate medieval history! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ironheart.