Games like January1st
Looking for games like January1st? Here are top action recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with 7Days Origins, The Many Deaths of Lily Kosen or The Blue Shadows.
1 View Game86%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability86% User Score 72 reviews"7 Days to Die: Origins" is a post-apocalyptic survival game with a focus on crafting and defense. You must gather resources, build shelter, and fend off hordes of the undead in this open-world sandbox. This "Origins" edition includes improved graphics, lighting, and weather effects, as well as new locations and enemies. With endless replayability and a focus on multiplayer, it's a challenging and engaging experience for fans of the survival genre.
View Game2 View Game59%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 …
View Game3 View GameThe 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…
View Game4 View Game72%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, music72% User Score 130 reviewsSanatorium: A Mental Asylum Simulator places you in the roaring twenties as a debt-ridden journalist drawn to uncover mysteries at Castle Woods Sanatorium. Each week presents new patient cases requiring careful diagnosis and treatment, balancing conventional methods with risky experimental options. Unravel secrets while managing the challenges of mental health care.
View Game5 View Game99%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayatmosphere, music99% User Score 68 reviewsThis is Interesting is a psychological horror narrative game with roguelite elements, where you explore a gray purgatory to uncover a mysterious past. Each run offers new knowledge that unlocks deeper story layers, influenced by hidden stats shaped by your choices. Its immersive sound design heightens the unsettling atmosphere as you reveal the true ending.
View Game6 View Game59%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayatmosphere, music66% User Score 41 reviewsIn Void Sails, you captain a flying ship navigating an uncharted solar system to find your missing father. Explore mysterious worlds, collect occult artifacts, and engage in ship-to-ship battles against hostile forces. Your choices influence the story’s outcome as you upgrade your ship, meet unique characters, and uncover dark cosmic secrets.
View Game7 View Game86%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.
View Game8 View Game94%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, replayability94% User Score 578 reviews"Dinner with an Owl" is a narrative-driven game where players interact with various characters at a mysterious dinner party. The game features a unique art style and puzzle-solving elements as players uncover the secrets and relationships between the guests. The game's themes include communication, observation, and the impact of social dynamics.
View Game9 View Game62%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, music62% User Score 85 reviewsIn "Hotel Anatolia," players uncover the mysteries of an ancient Anatolian ruin while managing and upgrading a hotel. Interacting with various characters, solving puzzles, and learning about the region's history are integral parts of the experience. The game offers unique cultural immersion with its captivating narrative and strategic hotel management simulation.
View Game10 View Game50%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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