Games like Ember

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

93% User Score Based on 785 reviews

A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sisyphus Reborn.

You are L1L1TH, the first of your kind. A truly bio-mechanical automaton. Developed with a programmed loyalty to your Queen. Political unrest is brewing somewhere deep within the capital city of Luminary, you are sent by yourself to discover all the truths that lie hidden away, and protect your Queen. What lies in wait in the kingdom of Nexus? What will L1L1TH discover about herself, and the natu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Laments of a Platinum Rose.

Circular Fallacy is a card-based narrative puzzle game with 3D scene perspective switching. The story is set in an unknown space where you wake up, having forgotten why you came here, and begin your journey to find yourself... But as the story unfolds, the interwoven layers of time and space make the world increasingly elusive. Can you uncover your original self? Perspective switching bring… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Circular Fallacy.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

83% User Score Based on 116 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

Unreliable Narrator: Centum challenges traditional gaming conventions by weaving an intricate narrative where reality is as fluid as the mind of its narrator. Mind-bending Gameplay: Navigate a series of daunting scenarios, each shrouded in uncertainty and enigma. Every click and decision is remembered, forcing you to grapple with the unreliable nature of the narrator's hints and guidance. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Centum.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Leo: The Square is a minimalist 2D platformer that focuses heavily on atmosphere and level design. As players explore various locations, they will encounter diverse challenges, solve puzzles, and progress through the storyline. Key Features Varied levels: Each level introduces new obstacles and conditions. Progression requires adapting to different challenges. Atmospheric music: Filled with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leo: The Square.

Upon leaving a strange laboratory, Jeremy enters a world of wonder and mystery. Everything is weird, wacky, and abnormal. Jeremy has also lost his memory of, well, everything! Far off in the distance, a castle can be seen. Perhaps this castle has answers? The journey will be treacherous, but what else can he do? Control Jeremy in order to race through time based levels and reach the end of t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hypothetimania.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

87% User Score Based on 92 reviews

**This current version is for an exhibition at Denny Dimin gallery in New York from May 23-June 30, 2019**(some networking features only work on Steam) This software is morphable to what you want it to be. It can be a small database of games, a downloadable art show, a simulation, a moving painting, an album, an existential crisis, a talisman, a play, a meditation, a spell, a forest, a distopian n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sometimes to Deal With the Difficulty of Being Alive....

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

61% User Score Based on 83 reviews

A 3d puzzle platformer that takes you along a journey of wisdom, through the 64 unique worlds that draw inspiration and teachings from the I Ching [Book of Changes], one of the oldest oracles in human history. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Game of Changes.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability

74% User Score Based on 77 reviews

Second Thoughts A short, psychological experiment where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed. You will be required to evaluate data on eight different subjects. Each day you will select one of these subjects to be executed using the data provided to make your decision. For each time an exe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Second Thoughts.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

67% User Score Based on 21 reviews

When we talk about outer space is there something cooler than an astronaut? Someone could have said a space marine, but where are we, in the first decade of the 2000s? What about a Russian dog astronaut cursing in the afterlife? Laika is the protagonist of this small absurd point and click game, hand-drawn and animated. After being sent into space Laika will find herself exploring some astero… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Am I?.

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.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

98% User Score Based on 65 reviews

halfmoon is a short adventure game set in a reception office for the deceased, the final stop before the afterlife. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to halfmoon.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

100% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Can you trust what you see, when your mind is breaking? John Hale is a struggling musician, a husband and a father, barely holding his life together. As reality begins to fracture, John finds himself slipping in and out of the real world and a darker reflection shaped by his own mind. Non‑linear story Lost in Voice throws you into a captivating non‑linear story experience. Is it the future, past, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost in Voice.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

93% User Score Based on 83 reviews

This game does not imply a certain way of interaction. You are free to come up with your own method of playing. Whatever you do or press, nothing unusual will happen. ***FROM WALKING SIMULATORS AND NOT GAMES TO BLACK SCREEN A new kind of entertaining Action/RPG When the habit of consciousness to see the embodiment of rules, goals, victories and defeats in computer games disappears, then we wil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Screen.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

88% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Welcome to the stage of Forgetmenots, a story-driven puzzle adventure where memories linger like echoes in an empty theater. In this beautifully crafted world, the entire game plays out like a theatrical performance, with shifting stage floors revealing new scenes as you progress through a sidescrolling journey of wonder, mystery, and melancholy. With a vibrant, whimsical aesthetic that contras… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgetmenots.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, stability

98% User Score Based on 94 reviews

Decade is a narrative point-and-click adventure game where you will send children back into the past - ten years at a time to learn how the world ended, and what you can do to change it. Investigate documents, technologies, and artefacts to understand history, manage the children and their abilities as they age dramatically, and try to make the right decisions as you create multiple futures tha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Decade.

A surreal interactive experience exploring dementia through FMV storytelling. Navigate a fading mind, make choices that shape reality, and uncover multiple endings in this emotional and psychological descent into memory loss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Empty House: A Dementia Interactive Experience.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

90% User Score Based on 61 reviews

This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Shouldn't Be Here.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

98% User Score Based on 48 reviews

A story-based exploration game about the very far future. Explore The Library, a megastructure the size of the universe, filled with all of humanity's knowledge. To guide you are two Artificial Intelligences, built to process its massive collection of information. But something else is calling you - a distress call from the center of the universe. The stagnant universe is breaking down… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Year Unknown.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

96% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Walk the plains of The Way Down. Talk to the beings that inhabitant this world at its end. We forget how to die. Features: - Crunchy 3D art style. - Over 400 Choices. - Absurdist RPG "System". About the author: Samuel Leigh is a game developer, writer and adjunct professor based in New York. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Way Down.

When you open this dreamy magic book, you will follow our steps and explore the endless fantasy world! As a curious beginner, you need to constantly improve your insight, find the mysteries of the world, and feel the flow of time and space. "Where Wh..?" is a puzzle-solving game with LowPoly art style, but this time, it takes you into a three-dimensional world and lets you embark on an a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Where wh..?.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

95% User Score Based on 65 reviews

Can you find the truth? Nine people wake up trapped in an abandoned research facility. Split into three teams, separated into different halls, the members of the two Answer Teams need to compete in a game of life and death. The goal: to figure out the "truth" behind the secret member of the Question Team: Emilia. Do you really want to? Each part of Anamnesia will cover the same timefram… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

63% User Score Based on 24 reviews

The 52 Fragments is not a game for everyone. The 52 Fragments are an experimental, esoteric series of games and experiences. The project began in November of 2023 with one fragment added every few weeks until the library is complete. These games examine themes related to identity, agency, perception, and the creative process. Fragments may change over time. Replay is encouraged. This ga… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The 52 Fragments.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

87% User Score Based on 142 reviews

Seybul Tech is a walking simulator. Navigate as an office employee, confronting peculiar encounters while in search of an exit from this enigmatic abyss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seybul Tech.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

89% User Score Based on 72 reviews

You drive a car when a UFO crosses the road. You get abducted, but what comes next is not what you expect. It's an enigmatic trip of your mind towards the mind of the Other. It has something to say to you. Will you listen? Will you understand? The gameplay of "Unveiling" is simple and the puzzles are unobtrusive. You move through mind-bending environments, wrapped in striking visuals. Thi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unveiling.

MUTUS METEORA Welcome to the virtual gallery where you can explore the highlands, its architecture, discover works of art, collectibles, interact with a third-person character, and adjust the time of day. This project is an exploration on Secondary Bounce journey, and we are excited to have Shir Pakman as our special guest visual artist and immersed in the music of Javier Jaime. Deeply entwine… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mutus Meteora.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

71% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Welcome to the world of Bad Dream, where nothing is as it seems. In the latest addition to the series, Bad Dream: Purgatory, you'll explore a hauntingly surreal landscape filled with unused characters from a cancelled project. These characters are trapped in a state of limbo, suspended in nothingness without any purpose or direction. It's up to you, the player, to decide their fate and give them t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bad Dream: Purgatory.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

87% User Score Based on 15 reviews

The Life of a Magical Circle is a deceptively simple evade-and-collect game about following your dreams. Take control of a circular creature and see if you can figure out your purpose with only a little help from a mysterious narrator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Life of a Magical Circle.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

93% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Find your way down to earth in this amazing platformer game If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to From Heaven To Earth.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

99% User Score Based on 167 reviews

"In FLATSPACE, on HJÖ, where HJÖRIANS live in DOMES in symbiosis with RAINCOATS...you'll find MR.RAINER'S SOLVE-IT SERVICE. You've got a problem - we solve it." One day, HEINO's partner dies. He gets a new one. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere

73% User Score Based on 71 reviews

This is an open world escape Indie Game, you are an escape expert helping clients to escape. Work is not always simple, you may become city wanted, police will block all exit ways, you need to prepare enough food, fuel, energy, tools, etc to survive during these wanted days. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape Expert.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

81% User Score Based on 141 reviews

From the co-creator of Anodyne. In this surreal, PSX-like adventure, learn someone's secrets and experiences by exploring their mind. Control Yuito as you explore his estranged and dying father's "Memory World" - what surreal and supernatural things will you find? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All Our Asias.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

75% User Score Based on 2,018 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny. Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game. Developed by Richard Perrin the creator of the white chamber with music by Wounds (Bartosz Szturgiewicz). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kairo.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

97% User Score Based on 190 reviews

It only took a few moments for the feeling of panic to set in. "What if I lived my life wrong? How would I be judged? What if there is nothing after this?" The story begins with an individual, recently deceased, who is struggling to comprehend the reality of being dead. The mind, disconnected and failing, desperately attempts to form some vision of reality. Yet, the memories of its life are only … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Endless Empty.

73%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 2 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.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization

84% User Score Based on 82 reviews

Fumiko! is a story-driven, artistic platformer that is not ashamed of being weird and unique. You are an artificial intelligence named Fumiko. You managed to escape the testing grounds and voices are telling you where to go. A surreal world is unfolding. Everything is unknown to you in a dystopian network of 2080. In this single-player, story-driven game you'll enter a rabbit hole. The network i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fumiko!.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

95% User Score Based on 74 reviews

A small game about letting go. Stay up late. Smoke cigarettes. Talk to strangers. Think about what you've lost. Someone you used to love? Or someone you used to be? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Immaculate Drag.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

95% User Score Based on 514 reviews

A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time. This is the prologue for Exo One. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exo One: Prologue.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Utility for the Soul is a miniature meditative puzzle experience based on the Lithuanian-American environment artist Aleksandra Kasuba’s concept of the Retreat House - a unique, utopian facility used by large corporations to rejuvenate their overworked employees. Take the role of the revitalization manager of the Retreat House and guide the visiting workers by interacting with various mechanisms … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Utility for the Soul.

Embark on a captivating journey through "Getting There," a 3D isometric narrative game that weaves a tale of resilience and discovery. Step into the shoes of Lauren, a survivor in a world transformed by the enigmatic "Collision." Alongside her partner Kirsten, they found solace amidst the chaos, until Kirsten's affliction led to a heart-wrenching decision. As Lauren starts her van, a familiar … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Getting There.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

70% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Mind Shadows is the first standalone game that my friend and I have made since graduating college in 2020. As a tunnel rat during Vietnam your sole purpose was to hunt the enemy that lurked below. But that was years ago. You left that life behind, it was hard, it took its toll, and for the most part, you're content. However, for some reason tonight feels different, and in a way, almost … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mind Shadows.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

41% User Score Based on 7 reviews

A puzzle game about living structures that evolve every time you move. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Changes.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

92% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Exo-archaeologist Bale arrives on Tor Ulsat with his colleague Jen, an exo-linguist, to study the ruins of the lost Tor civilisation. But when he unwittingly activates the Chronolith - an ancient alien device - reality shatters. Jen vanishes, and Bale is trapped in a fractured world where time loops and echoes of the past and future bleed together. With no way to contact mission control, Bale must… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Causal Loop.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

98% User Score Based on 3,314 reviews

Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about an astronaut drifting through the vastness of space, searching for a reason to keep going while struggling with the feeling that there may be no way back home. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, the game explores despair, friendship and how we are able to move forward even in the deepest void of the cosmos. A Hopecore-Ins… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Control, I'm Not Coming Back.

With only 5 minutes left until the deadline, the real nightmare has just begun.You play as Jian Xun, a 25-year-old scriptwriter drowning in deadline anxiety. Every time you wake up in your cramped, cyberpunk-style room, the piercing mechanical alarm clock is dead set at 11:55. This is not just high-pressure occupational anxiety; it's a life-and-death struggle for the dominance of consciousness. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INFINITY DEADLINE.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

A short game poem and interactive fiction about The End. You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil. Explore brutalist ruins to collect memories of a dead world. Maybe your presence can heal what is left. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to she danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

!!!AN ISSUE OF UTMOST URGENCY REQUIRES YOUR ATTENTION. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCIDENT AT THE INGOLSTADT RESEARCH BASE, RELATED TO THE SHELLEY PROJECT. DECISION-PARALYSIS IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE REVIEW THE NECCESSARY CONTEXT, AND GRANT YOUR INPUT. FEATURES Comb through the logs of a secret arctic research base. Learn about the lives and struggles of four unique inhabitants. Experience a strange world… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Qelochia.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

82% User Score Based on 119 reviews

The Test: Reimagined The Test: Reimagined is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche and get answers to questions you've kept buried in yourself. Unlock your mind in ways never done before and experience new found knowledge simply by taking, "The Test: Reimag… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Test: Reimagined.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Step into an art sanctuary woven from colors, shapes, and puzzles, and embark on an unprecedented journey of the soul. You will become an art seeker, traversing the inner worlds of four 20th-century art masters, unlocking the secrets hidden deep within their works. Picasso's Cubist Fantasy: What passions and struggles are hidden beneath the bright sun of Barcelona? Enter Picasso's world and ex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Son of Art.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

100% User Score Based on 35 reviews

SIRE follows the protagonist’s journey to visit their father’s funeral on the other side of the world. Players combine cards to explore a darkly comedic, surreal world of loss and learning, in a combination of classic point-n-click adventure and real video footage of my father's actual artwork. My StoryWhen my father passed away 7 years ago, the idea for SIRE was born. The game comes from an … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SIRE.