Games like Group 8 - "The Simulation" (Fall 2021)

Developed by Group 8 (Anand, Zach, Xavier, John) in the Fall 2021 semester of CMLIT 191N at Penn State, this game is the final project of the class. Take control of your character and embark on an adventure to save the world by collecting artifacts across the area. Overcome challenges to get each artifact and in the process, learn a little bit more about how video games relate to everyday issues. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CMLIT 191N Final Project (The Simulation).

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

68% User Score Based on 88 reviews

Sophie and Mike have been separated by an evil group and must now try and rejoin forces before taking on a great evil. But something more sinister is happening and may change the world forever! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Origin of Destiny: Crimson Awakening.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

97% User Score Based on 414 reviews

"Doll Impostor" is an innovative horror and mystery game that immerses you in the eerie task of being a guardian of possessed dolls. Set in a creepy environment and wrapped in a suffocating atmosphere, the game centers on a unique premise: among your collection of dolls, which at first glance seem to be under control, hides an imposter with sinister intentions.  As a player, you find yourself in a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doll Impostor.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music

41% User Score Based on 162 reviews

Alone is a Psychological horror game that changes around you as you play. When Sam receives a letter from his sister Michelle, asking for help, he ventures back to the hostel where he grew up. Little did he know, what he was about to encounter. Can you track down your missing sister, and discover the strange occurrences happening at the home where he grew up? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ALONE?.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

99% User Score Based on 156 reviews

Pipe Push Paradise is a difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing. You've arrived on a lonely island faced with a hero's calling. Rise to the occasion (push pipes around) and restore this paradise to its former glory. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pipe Push Paradise.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

74% User Score Based on 336 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace. There is also a deeper, more adventurous path in which you can complete complex puzzles to restore life changing events of the patient's histo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ether One.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

70% User Score Based on 108 reviews

Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jung's Labyrinth.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 1,820 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 9 reviews

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles is an oddball of a 3D platforming game with collect-a-thon spin! Become a reckless hero as you do missions, collect items and search for secrets rolling through various (inaccurate) historical events! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bang-On Balls: Chronicles.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 18,971 reviews

Critic Score 86%Based on 27 reviews

The Talos Principle is a philosophical first-person puzzle game from Croteam, the creators of the legendary Serious Sam series, written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Talos Principle.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

90% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Critic Score 54%Based on 2 reviews

The Cinema Rosa is an immersive PC and Mac exploration game and puzzle game set in an abandoned cinema. The game explores themes of: loss, romance, nostalgia and regret, aiming to take the player on an emotional journey through the psychological effects of a relationship. You take on the role of a protagonist exploring his past through various personal demons. As you explore, you encounter vario… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cinema Rosa.

## In Closed Alpha Version ## Where we are and who we are is a mystery in the narrative, but the biggest one is whether we will overcome the challenges to discover everything there is. Set in an ancient world where neither the place nor the time is known very well, there is a lot to explore and discover. We will have many challenges to achieve. Will we find everything we need? Come find out wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales Of Saturn.

37%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

37% User Score Based on 232 reviews

Ten minutes. That’s how long the average mass shooting lasts, and in this school, it’s also how long you have to escape. Set in an American high school, The Final Exam places players in students' shoes to experience a choice-driven survival game that mirrors the real-life decisions students must make during a mass shooting. As players navigate through emotionally charged scenarios like classroom… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Final Exam.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story

100% User Score Based on 58 reviews

A Unique Mixed-Genre Experience that feels Vibrant, Whimsical, and Refreshing! Go haywire and become the world's most mischievous vacuum cleaner! What You'll Do: CLEAN   Vacuum trash, smash objects, and overachieve by clearing every corner of the levels COLLECT Every object and hidden collectible sucked up or disposed appears in the player's home  CONQUER  Tackle sandbox stages with evolving… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ACUVAC: A Suck and Blow Adventure.

WishBone [Version 1.5.1] A simple pirate themed rpg game made with GB Studio version 3Created by Taiyaki1199.About:Hello! Thank you for taking interest in this game! WishBone is my first game, and is very much a tech demo/experimental game. The project was created with GBStudio, a  fan made studio application that renders projects for the gameboy game system, and Pixen, a professional pixel art ed… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WishBone 1.5.1.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 130 reviews

Unique Battle System! Fight monsters in a truly unique puzzle-based battle system! Using the power of falling blocks, weave together powerful combo attacks, use elemental powers, throw items, sabotage enemy attacks, and grow in power to thwart everything from lowly Beewis and Cookie Ferrets to Craggans and Battle-Axolotls. Flowstone Saga has real-time or optional turn-based combat where you fac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flowstone Saga.

26%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

29% User Score Based on 42 reviews

Want to learn Blender but don't know where to start? START HERE! 3D Skills Start Here (formerly known as Blender Start Here) teaches the BASICS of Blender through play and storytelling while familiarizing complicated Blender actions with fun mini games and puzzles. LEARN TIPS AND TRICKS from Suzanne while fighting DUBE to free your friends! 3D Skills Start Here covers 7 topics: Orbit,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 3D Skills Start Here.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

62% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Experience a fast-paced VR Shooter that challenges your ability to engage and react under increasing levels of intensity as you blast your way in the fight for survival. Unlockable Hero Classes with unique abilities and mechanics. Missions with diverse scenes, objectives and enemy types. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galactic Core: The Lost Fleet.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

71% User Score Based on 76 reviews

Hoping to escape your destiny as a monster trainer you left the home of your famous parents to find your own way in the world. Within two years of leaving home your parents had been murdered and now you've been called back to inherit their failing farm. With the farm heavily in debt to the bank, and with a burning desire to find and kill your parents' murderer the only option is to take up the m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Void Monsters: Spring City Tales.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability

46% User Score Based on 99 reviews

Critic Score 48%Based on 2 reviews

''No70: Eye of Basir'' is a story based first person perspective horror and adventure game which focused on investigation. Players will help Aras and Erhan to solve the mystery about Basir and the No70 house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No70: Eye of Basir.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

54% User Score Based on 1,172 reviews

Dream’s gameplay is strongly based around exploration with games such as Yume Nikki and LSD being the initial inspiration for the concept. On top of this we have been inspired by the narrative elements in Dear Esther and Deus Ex’s non-linear story telling and environments, the resulting gameplay maintains aspects of all 4 games. There will be many puzzles to solve, horror sections and some more na… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dream.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

89% User Score Based on 2,943 reviews

The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s. As a young and upcoming journalist, you are to uncover the secrets behind the town killings and publish the truth in the city papers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Painscreek Killings.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

39% User Score Based on 147 reviews

It's the zombie-slaying survival game with JRPG elements you didn't know you wanted! Get swarmed by zombies in active-time battles, search for other survivors, eat and most importantly: SURVIVE! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Invasion: Brain Craving.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music

74% User Score Based on 109 reviews

Relive is a free sci-fi adventure game about CPR. Its main purpose is to increase the awareness about this topic and encourage people to take a CPR class and be prepared to intervene in case of need. Discover the story and challenge your friends in tournament mode! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Relive.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

78% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 4 reviews

Explore a diverse island, from dense jungles to snowy peaks. Harvest resources, craft gear to keep monsters at bay. Sneak into pirate camps to free captured creatures, who will become powerful allies. Create a home, tend to your farm and make the island your own. Ikonei is fully in your hands! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

61% User Score Based on 80 reviews

Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Memorrha.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

90% User Score Based on 48 reviews

Zenko: A Fox's tale is a 3D adventure platformer that takes place in a Japanese inspired environment. A whimsical fox must move between realms to capture wandering spirits, discover new abilities, and restore an abandoned shrine. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zenko: A Fox's Tale.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

62% User Score Based on 541 reviews

Take a fishing trip to Jura, a remote and beautiful island. Explore, meet the locals, and catch delicious fish! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Isle of Jura.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

80% User Score Based on 2,003 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 14 reviews

Rogue Hero is a 4 player action rpg with roguelike elements, combining procedural dungeons and an expansive overworld full of secrets. Take down the various dungeons, build up your village, or just fish, farm and swim around Tasos. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue Hero.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

58% User Score Based on 548 reviews

Frozen State is a game about the adversities faced whilst existing and surviving in a dying Siberian city, Duga 40. The experimental city has been infested by an extraterrestrial parasite that has obliterated the native population. Once infected, the parasite causes its victims to become vicious alien hybrids… However, the grotesquely disfigured creatures are not the only menace that threatens t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frozen State.

Don't you hate it when you are casually walking through the forest when you fall 60 feet into a mysterious world? Well... that's what goes down. And now you, must find a way up. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glitch.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

81% User Score Based on 497 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 5 reviews

Hidden secrets await discovery If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Eyes of Ara.

Controls: Computer Browser: Walk – WASD / (Arrow Keys) Interact – Z Key Mobile: Walk – D-Pad Interact – A Button I suggest that anyone that plays this game does so on a desktop computer while using chrome. Joshua Houchlei: This game is based off of the activities and memories of Civic Studio in 2020. The activities within the game include navigating the studio we inhabited throughout the semester … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Civic Studio.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

An adventure psychological horror game which explores the themes of life and death in a unique way. Help a girl in the capsule to find her memories and escape from a mysterious world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DE:VOID.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

79% User Score Based on 84 reviews

The Mysterious Sinkhole "Scar" Long ago, during an era of racial wars fought to control the continent, a massive sinkhole suddenly appeared at its center. Born for unknown reasons, what secrets does this mysterious sinkhole hold? Join the famous explorers of the continent and dive into the unknown to uncover the secrets of the Scar. Real-Time Grid-Based Action Guidus Zero is a real-time grid-b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guidus Zero.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music

92% User Score Based on 1,648 reviews

Play a cute little spider in this physics-based sandbox game! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Webbing Journey.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

69% User Score Based on 137 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 5 reviews

Get your crew back together The crack team of hackers and masterminds at Pocketwatch Games is in the backroom planning out Monaco II, the sequel to the hyper-stylized heist hit that PC Gamer called “one of the best co-op games of all time.” The vision to pull off this job is simple. Bring in a new rogues’ gallery of skilled thieves and infiltration experts to play. Let them loose in an intriguing… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monaco 2.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 797 reviews

Explore, craft, and fight your way on the uncharted islands solo or in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tinkerlands.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

83% User Score Based on 40 reviews

2D top down view open world sandbox survival farming game. Survive, adventure, hunt, gather resources, craft, build, farm, fish, trade, become an adventurer, complete various tasks and explore this fantasy world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Border Town.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

90% User Score Based on 15,154 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Shadows of Doubt is a detective stealth game set in a fully-simulated neo-noir metropolis. There’s a serial killer on the loose, and it’s up to you to catch them by any means necessary, with... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadows of Doubt.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Step into the shoes of the exiled Druid. Outcast from society and beaten by the king's shining champion, the injured Druid wanders into the forest. Discovering the magical nature of the woods and its impending doom at the hands of the tyrannical king, they embark on a quest to unite the forest. Can they save the Soul of the Forest?Game DetailsIn Depth Combat System Execute attacks, counters, dodge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soul of the Forest.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

88% User Score Based on 187 reviews

Thalassa is a single player, first person psychological drama set in 1905. You play as Cam, a deep sea diver in a crew of adventurers and pioneers aboard Thalassa. As you prepare to raise a long-forgotten Spanish galleon from the ocean, what should be a great day for history takes a turn for the worst. Upon needing to take some time to heal from the event, you discover Thalassa has met a mysteri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

50% User Score Based on 38 reviews

A self-exploration game that uses the power of psychology, personality tests and cute bugs to help you better understand yourself and others. Discover where you belong on a train bound for an unknown destination. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tracks of Thought.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

83% User Score Based on 29 reviews

Tomb Explorer VR is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure where you explore ancient ruins, solve intricate puzzles, and embark on a quest for historical treasures, relics, and artifacts. In a fully immersive physical virtual reality experience, you will need to utilize various physical movements such as walking, crouching, jumping, climbing, dodging, sliding, rope zip lining, and even usi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tomb Explorer VR.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

83% User Score Based on 10,000 reviews

The most detailed simulation of school life that fits in your pocket! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to School Days.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

is a fast paced, top down, dungeon crawling action-rpg with roguelike elements in which every death is a lesson on how to move forward. Progress through six distinct areas, collecting game changing items, leveling up and learning how to best fight each enemy you encounter along the way. Mix item effects together for game-breaking combinations or force your way through on your skill alone, all the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DRAGOT.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

81% User Score Based on 54 reviews

You play as Natsuna, a girl who works at a nondescript office doing nondescript work. Doesn't really matter, that's the boring part! But her daily mundane "life" of a monotonous cycle is interrupted by Slimes, Boss fights, Giant Crabs and more! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Mundane Life Is Threatened by the Tropes of an RPG!!!.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

66% User Score Based on 70 reviews

When stargazer Zach watches the sky one night, he sees a star fall and land in the nearby woods. He rushes to check it out, only to find that out the star was actually a girl, and with her, magic returns to the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stargazer.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

88% User Score Based on 19,142 reviews

Critic Score 57%Based on 4 reviews

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipement. Do everything that a real thief does. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thief Simulator.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

79% User Score Based on 276 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Yukumo is a young girl who travels around in her airship, her pride and joy. When visiting a particular Far Eastern town to run some errands her airship suddenly breaks down. She decides to explore the town to search for parts for repair; however, the town has fallen silent with no trace of the people who live there, the only inhabitants being a strange cat-like species...Tasomachi is an adventure… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TASOMACHI: Behind the Twilight.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

89% User Score Based on 27 reviews

Inspired by many classic fantasy RPGs of the past, Trials of Guinevere combines strategic, turn-based combat with the emotional, character-focused story of a visual novel. The heroes will grow and mature as the game progresses, and each will play an important role in its resolution. Trials of Guinevere explores many themes, such as the origins of personal strength, loyalty and betrayal, the meanin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trials of Guinevere.