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Looking for games like Esoteric? Here are top role playing recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Paranoia: Deliver Me, Samurai of Hyuga Book 4 or Cultist Simulator.

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    54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    58% User Score Based on 45 reviews

    A name forgotten, a memory lost. The girl is losing her mind in the paranoia, while the demons surround her. She asks for forgiveness after being betrayed. Then the song of love and hate is sacrificed. The game 'Paranoia: Deliver Me' is based on the novel Paranoia, by Yuli. It is an ADV game about youth and school. The story is about a girl named Lingluo, who is trying her best to pursu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranoia: Deliver Me.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    80% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    Become the vagabond you always knew you were. Rely on your blade and wits, for little else will save you amidst the cold and unforgiving North! Retrace the steps of your past and rekindle a love once lost. Or try your best to snuff it out—either way, it’s going to burn. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Samurai of Hyuga Book 4.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 2,725 reviews

    A game of apocalypse and yearning. Experiment. Die. Ascend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cultist Simulator.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 7,081 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 4 reviews

    Play as the captain of a steamship on an underwater ocean surrounding the fictional city of Fallen London. Manage your ship's fuel and food supplies as you try not to go mad fighting off Lovecraftian monsters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SUNLESS SEA.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    90% User Score Based on 100 reviews

     Ludum Dare 50 results Overall: 25thFun: 39thTheme: 19th (out of 1922 games!) *Warning: the game contains flashing animations* I need to tell you something important... Try to avoid the conversation! Use every move you got and every answer you can find to delay these - you assume - terrible news! Controls ⌨️   Play with your keyboard! - Arrow keys to play cards  - Spacebar to trigger ultimate C… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Need To Talk.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    59% User Score Based on 123 reviews

    Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grimind.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    92% User Score Based on 176 reviews

    Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fernweh Saga: Book One.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    57% User Score Based on 94 reviews

    De-Void is a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to De-Void.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    86% User Score Based on 143 reviews

    In the battle to save your people, will you serve the gods or overthrow them? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Champion of the Gods.

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    10%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    10% User Score Based on 80 reviews

    BlackShadows is a survival horror game where you'll assume the role of a young scientist who is fighting against her worst nightmare... You'll have to escape from a strange and creepy place in order to survive. You think it's easy? Be careful : Black Shadows are never friendly! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BlackShadows.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 142 reviews

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

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    82% User Score Based on 215 reviews

    Fight for the future—your own, and the world’s! Your fate is yours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Soul Stone War.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    77% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Venture forth in this puzzle-combat dungeon explorer. Blinded and trapped inside a dungeon tower, every sound you make illuminates your path to freedom. Danger lurks around every corner: trapdoors, chambers filled with toxic fumes, and halls patrolled by crusader knights are only the beginning. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EchoBlade.

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    27%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    38% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    You are about to uncover four twisted tales of misadventure surrounding people connected, in some way, by the late Dr. Cyrus Stansfield's cloning machine. Within these stories you must face the ethical dilemmas and possible fortune while guiding each character to their own end. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Raise Your Own Clone.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay
    81% User Score Based on 135 reviews

    A golden dream, and a closed world. A spiral staircase into the garden of the mind. What lies beyond gilded wonderland? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fallstreak.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    96% User Score Based on 52 reviews

    Experience a different take on the roguelike genre. Explore a world created on the fly by your actions. Wonder about your purpose. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to illumine.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    98% User Score Based on 102 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Marry everything. Execute everything. SPEND IT ALL. Live the ultimate fantasy in this Henry VIII simulator, and humiliate France with your wealth and excess, or die trying. Who's going to stop you? God? Nope. You're also the Pope. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fit For a King.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    75% User Score Based on 1,044 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 5 reviews

    One by one, everyone left the once bustling village for the city. Everyone, except Talma. Now approaching the end of her days, she maintains a simple, solitary way of life, surviving, subsisting, tending to her homestead and her goats. Develop your own personal routine as you care for your farm and your animals. Tend to your goats, make cheese with their milk, collect eggs and cook meals, grow ve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Stillness of the Wind.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    92% User Score Based on 296 reviews

    Deathtrap Dungeon is an interactive video realisation of Ian Livingstone's multi-million selling classic gamebook starring Eddie Marsan (Fast & Furious presents Hobbes & Shaw, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde) as narrator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deathtrap Dungeon: The Interactive Video Adventure.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 785 reviews

    Prepare to enter the land of silk and steel, you bloodthirsty ronin! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Samurai of Hyuga.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    62% User Score Based on 120 reviews

    What will you do if you can redo the last 7 days before you died? Try this unique supernatural mystery visual novel! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cafe 0: The Drowned Mermaid.

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    33%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    33% User Score Based on 136 reviews

    The main character is a hunter who looks for ancient relics. One day he set off to find a legendary mirror which concluded the great force and so great evil, keeping secrets of a magic artifact. You have a chance to know were is a mirror, but be careful the evil waits for you continually. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to White Mirror.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    79% User Score Based on 9,162 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 7 reviews

    Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning from Alexis Kennedy, creator of Fallen London and Sunless Sea. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories. Perhaps you're looking for knowledge, or power, or beauty, or revenge. Perhaps you just want the colours be… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cultist Simulator.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    72% User Score Based on 95 reviews

    Deckline is an atmospheric war-horror card game. Out of ammo and encircled, you play one last game of Durak to distract from the inevitable. Experience the grit and dread of modern combat through the lens of a board game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deckline.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    88% User Score Based on 1,460 reviews

    Who do you trust If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DEATH NOTE Killer Within.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    89% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    please show support by rate and follow.Sarah Caldwell's casual drink at a neon-lit bar turns into a night of survival. As mutants descend from a UFO above Gleam City, Grab your AK47 and fight back in this adrenaline-pumping first-person shooter. Can you help Sarah save her city from extraterrestrial chaos? Load up and light up the night in this sci-fi action saga!Created with Unreal Engine 5.2Foll… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Radiant Exodus.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 902 reviews

    Collect everything Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop has to offer in this convenient (if we don't say so ourselves) bundle. It contains the following: • Base Game • Soundtrack • Deluxe Skin and Artbook If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    84% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    A sweet slice of life boys love / yaoi visual novel set in the English countryside about a couple of young men who bond over mutual bereavement. Also, one of the main characters is over 1000 years old. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In Fair Spirits.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    77% User Score Based on 47 reviews

    Unleash your lust and your thirst in a battle for the soul of London! Will passion lead you back to humanity, or will you embrace the night as a vampire? Vampire’s Kiss is a 170,000-word interactive erotic vampire novel by Dash Casey. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fuelled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. In life, you were the guardian of a pr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampire's Kiss.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    70% User Score Based on 326 reviews

    Cyberpunk Visual Novel about a girl hacker struggling in a modern World. The story revolves around surveillance, hacking, artificial intelligence, cybernetic implants and those who want to lead a normal life in a high-tech society. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Invisible Apartment.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    "Wait" is a mystery horror game, inspired by the works of H.P Lovecraft and the Silent Hill series. The gameplay is put together by elements of exploration and riddle solving. Experience horror without jump scares or fighting monsters, but with the fear of the unknown and unimaginable. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wait: Extended.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 63 reviews

    Rise of the Triad, a first-person shooter, is the successor of Wolfenstein 3D, with a somewhat improved 3D engine. Everything is still composed from blocks, but multiple vertical levels have been added; there are stairs made of platforms floating in air, and jump pads which launch you (and the enemies) high up so that you can walk over tall barriers in your way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rise of the Triad: Dark War.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    88% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    The toughest ronin in Hyuga returns! Heated battles and even hotter romances await you in the land of silk and steel! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Samurai of Hyuga Book 2.

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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    62% User Score Based on 404 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 9 reviews

    Pankapu is a 2D platform/action game, narrative and episodic: In a world full of Dreams and Nightmares, a tiny warrior has to fight for the safety of his homeland. However, the real purpose of his his quest, beyond the struggle of good and evil, is the mental health of a traumatized child. Told in the manner of a fable read to a child, the game has two levels of reading: the story of Pankapu, ep… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pankapu.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    81% User Score Based on 3,395 reviews
    Critic Score 87%Based on 6 reviews

    Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kentucky Route Zero.

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    31%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    32% User Score Based on 47 reviews

    Hound is not a game in a conservative way, but a powerful engine, you can play - a system that can create a new unique world for you to shape and conquer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HOUND.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    85% User Score Based on 106 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 1 reviews

    Dark Souls-inspired Room-Scale Virtual Reality RPG where you hold the power of magic in your hands. Learn arcane gestures to cast powerful spells. Battle fearsome foes who give no quarter, and find your way through a weird, magical landscape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Left-Hand Path.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    74% User Score Based on 9,997 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 2 reviews

    Get ready for the most creative DRAW A STICKMAN adventure yet! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 1,269 reviews

    ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic and flexible combat. The Steam version adds various Deluxe features like achievements, difficulty level customization and various play modes (e.g. a story mode allowing to save and restore games, a weekly challenge game, an explo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery).

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 400 reviews

    A heartbreaking kinetic novel about the meeting of a depressed thirty years old man with a lost little girl he takes in his house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ambre.

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    44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    44% User Score Based on 792 reviews

    All Is Dust is a first-person horror game for PC and Oculus Rift. Experience the terror of a dust storm in the 1930s and unravel the mystery surrounding your decaying farm. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All Is Dust.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    86% User Score Based on 205 reviews

    Master four elements and take on fate itself in this epic fantasy tale! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fatehaven.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    96% User Score Based on 212 reviews

    Command a squadron of cavalry to win the war of gunpowder and magic! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guns of Infinity.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 886 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lucid9: Inciting Incident.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    70% User Score Based on 200 reviews

    Talisman: The Horus Heresy is a digital board game based on the Talisman rule system and set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, during the cataclysmic events of the Horus Heresy. Up to four players will be able to take control of one or more of the galaxy's greatest heroes or most notorious villains. Taking the side of either traitor or loyalist, these Warlords will form vast companies of Space Mar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Talisman: The Horus Heresy.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:humor, replayability
    96% User Score Based on 552 reviews

    This is a surreal puzzle/visual novel short story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tomorrow Won't Come For Those Without.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    70% User Score Based on 113 reviews

    A game about experiencing dementia FORGOTTEN is a psychological horror game about experiencing dementia. Essentially a walking simulator with narration and disturbing imagery. Travel through progressively disturbing environments as a fox in a fantasy world while searching for items that refer to the protagonist's life. Hold each memory close to you as it might fade away, faster than you think.Tak… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FORGOTTEN: THE GAME.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 9,812 reviews

    Existential Nature Simulation If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mountain.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 77 reviews

    An edutainment jRPG experience, spanning from ancient Greece to the 12th century European Renaissance, brimming with historically-accurate characters and events, experienced through two realms: of spirits, thoughts and emotions, and the material world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spirit of Europe: Origins.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 3,996 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 5 reviews

    Book of Hours is an elegant, melancholy, combat-free RPG set in an occult library, from the makers of BAFTA-nominated Cultist Simulator and the creator of Fallen London and Sunless Sea. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BOOK OF HOURS.

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