Games like January1st
Looking for games like January1st? Here are top action recommendations with a horror and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with 7Days Origins, The Many Deaths of Lily Kosen or The Blue Shadows.
1 86%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability86% User Score 72 reviewsEvery 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.
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2 59%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storyreplayability100% User Score 10 reviewsDiscord About the Game The Many Deaths of Lily Kosen is a horror visual novel in which you and your friends have to survive a series of terrifying attacks. Your choices in the story will affect who will live and who will die as you proceed through the game, leading to a dynamic story enhanced with horrifying visuals and top-notch sound design. Blood stains your hands. You gather your strength …
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3 The Blue Shadows is a 2D platform game where you take control of two thieves’ brothers that in one of their heists, they steal a blue crystal which has an incredible power, but a dangerous purpose of existence. Made in 14 days for the July 2024 Pirate Software Jam, with theme Shadows & Alchemy. KNOWN BUGSYou can get a final cutscene placeholder before finishing the 4th house because of an error…
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4 72%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, music72% User Score 130 reviewsSet in a fictionalized version of the 1920s where the lines between modern psychiatric treatment and pseudoscience are still muddy at best. Sanatorium is a 2D card-based workplace adventure where the player has to test, diagnose and treat patients. At its core, Sanatorium is a comment on the turbulent history of the practices and pseudoscience used to stigmatize mental illnesses.
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5 99%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayatmosphere, music99% User Score 68 reviewsThis 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…
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6 59%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayatmosphere, music66% User Score 41 reviewsBecome the captain of a state-of-the-art flying ship and embark on a perilous journey through space in search of your missing father. Explore mysterious worlds, collect occult artefacts, and confront hostile forces that stand in your way. In this concise and memorable Action-Adventure RPG, your choices shape the story as you upgrade your ship, meet unique characters, and uncover the dark truths h…
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7 86%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayatmosphere, grinding86% User Score 51 reviewsAn indie storytelling experience that goes beyond the lanes of the here and now into distant memories of a future planetary collapse. Destabilize the present and plunge into a neon psychohistory of a bizarre entity in distress. This is not a game about minigolf.
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8 94%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, replayability94% User Score 578 reviewsPLEASE NOTE: This is the "old" version of Dinner with an Owl. Soon, there will be an enhanced version, featuring: full professional voice acting and a new, eerie soundtrack! It will be FREE!...
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9 62%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, music62% User Score 85 reviewsWhat would you do if the hotel you checked in for the night turned into a death trap? Hotel Anatolia is a short, terrifying horror game which is about a man trying to run away from his past.
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10 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviewsHere’s a look at my ongoing JRPG project, Kalm — a 2.5D adventure built in Unity and inspired by my favourite Final Fantasy titles (VII, VIII, and X). Kalm – A 2.5D Turn-Based RPG Adventure After a mysterious comet crashes into the Kalm Lands, strange energy begins seeping through the earth. Guided by fate, Zavian sets out to uncover its secrets — joined by Yuna, a close friend and an archer w…
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