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Games like Nowhere New

Looking for games like Nowhere New? Here are top puzzle recommendations with a drama, mystery and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Vessels, 7Days Origins or Silicon Dreams.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    95% User Score Based on 107 reviews

    Vessels is an atmospheric, character-driven narrative adventure game. Players assume the role of crewmember quarantined in the airlock of their ship with no memory of how they got there, and with crewmates who refuse to let you out. Players can posses other crew members to explore the ship and find a way to free yourself, where different choices can lead to multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vessels.

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  2. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    Every 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 7Days Origins.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 226 reviews
    Critic Score 89%Based on 1 reviews

    Welcome, interrogator, to the year 2065. You were constructed to question other, disobedient androids: why do they glitch? Why do they believe they have free will? Manipulate their emotions; extract their secrets; scrap those beyond repair. You wouldn't disobey your creators, would you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silicon Dreams.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development
    85% User Score Based on 322 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 3 reviews

    RAINSWEPT is an adventure game - A murder mystery dealing with themes of love, relationships and unresolved trauma. The focus is on delivering an emotional story, tied together with charming art style, characters with deep histories, and a moving soundtrack. FEATURES - An emotional story set in an immersive and atmospheric game world - Characters with deep histories, meaningful motivations and di… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rainswept.

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  5. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    62% User Score Based on 630 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 3 reviews

    Rue Valley Digital Deluxe Edition includes: - Rue Valley - Rue Valley - Digital OST - Rue Valley - Digital Artbook - Rue Valley - Supporter Pack If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rue Valley.

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  6. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 444 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 8 reviews

    As a police detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means? Interrogation is a narratively immersive convo-puzzle game that challenges common preconception… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interrogation: You will be deceived.

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  7. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 708 reviews

    Social Media: Steam | Discord | Twitter | Facebook Gamedec is a single-player non-combat cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gamedec.

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  8. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    97% User Score Based on 110 reviews

    Lockheart Indigo is an 8-bit psychological thriller. A private-eye must deceive a rich family into revealing their darkest secrets, before the killer amongst them silences everyone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lockheart Indigo.

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  9. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 72,832 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 29 reviews

    The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a space shuttle and travels across their solar system to get to the bottom of its mysteries by exploring the cosmos and gathering the knowledge hidden within each of the system's planets, left behind by another civilization in the distant past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outer Wilds.

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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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  11. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    98% User Score Based on 278 reviews

    Atmospheric first person aventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Through The Fragmentation.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 172 reviews

    Solstice is a dystopian mystery thriller about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solstice.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 220 reviews

    A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task. Stars Die is a non-linear, sci-fi mystery game with branching dialogues. FEATURES - Completely non-linear story. Have long debates with people or ignore them the entire game. - Five parallel, bu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stars Die.

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  14. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    80% User Score Based on 1,398 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 17 reviews

    In Neo-San Francisco, a vibrant city of low life and high tech, you will witness the world’s first sapient robot learning to grow and live as you become embroiled in the darkest scandal of 2064. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 2064: Read Only Memories.

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  15. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    82% User Score Based on 3,626 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 24 reviews

    Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nobody Wants to Die.

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  16. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, replayability
    96% User Score Based on 77 reviews

    Return to Grace is a first person narrative adventure set in a visually stunning ‘60s retro sci-fi world. You play as space archaeologist Adie Ito, who has unearthed the ancient resting place of an A.I. god and onetime caretaker of the solar system known as Grace. The only inhabitants of the site are fracture variations of the Grace AI. Each with their own quirky personalities and unknown mo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Return to Grace.

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  17. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    86% User Score Based on 144 reviews

    An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island´s tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley´s fate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghost on the Shore.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 5,758 reviews
    Critic Score 88%Based on 3 reviews

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Roadwarden.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 3,230 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    A demon possessed you one year ago. Since that day, you unwillingly tore a trail of bloodshed through New York City. Your salvation comes in the form of the Unavowed – an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. You are free, but your world is in tatters. You have no home, no friends, and are wanted by the police. Your old life is gone, but perhaps you can start a new one. Join the ranks of th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unavowed.

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  20. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 1,206 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 3 reviews

    Immerse yourself in a thrilling psychological horror visual novel taking place in the secluded Japanese village of Yasumizu. A heavy fog surrounds the village, preventing everyone from ever leaving. Ancient Gods have come back to hunt the villagers down one by one. The Feast has begun, can you escape the village alive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Raging Loop.

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  21. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 4,168 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 1 reviews

    Amy Ferrier's first day on Lunar Transfer Station Tacoma is not exactly what she expected. Discover the story of a remote space facility and the crew that lived there in Tacoma, the new game from the creators of Gone Home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tacoma.

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  22. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 984 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 8 reviews

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lacuna.

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  23. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    88% User Score Based on 832 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 6 reviews

    Cinders is a mature take on a classic fairytale with a heavy emphasis on player choices and role playing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cinders.

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  24. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Explore the floors of the mysterious Homunculus Hotel and help its guests understanding their dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Homunculus Hotel.

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  25. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 329 reviews
    Critic Score 53%Based on 4 reviews

    Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Between Horizons.

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  26. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 2,498 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 6 reviews

    This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links the clients together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Bed We Made.

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  27. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 474 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 4 reviews

    Synergia is a yuri thriller visual novel that takes place in a cyberpunk future, wrapped up in a beautifully unique, vibrant neon aesthetic. At the end of the world, sometimes love is the ultimate crime. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Synergia.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 99 reviews

    A visual novel about trainwrecks, trysts & treason. Roadtrip across the country to take down a tyrant. Befriend, torment, woo or wingman your party. Decide who you want to be. And maybe, just maybe: make it out of this one alive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Amarantus.

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  30. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 468 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Short media bias adventure where YOU control national news and its impact on your career, society, and family. Control the News, control the Truth. Share your story, and see what the Headliner before you did. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Headliner: NoviNews.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 791 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 10 reviews

    Tokyo Dark is an anime-style horror adventure game combining point and click and visual novel genres. The story follows Detective Itou across Tokyo, searching for the truth behind her partner's strange disappearance. Featuring puzzles, stat management, and difficult decisions, Tokyo Dark puts the narrative in the hands of the player. Players' decisions change their character, opening or locking op… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tokyo Dark.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    92% User Score Based on 230 reviews

    SoulSet is a Mystery/Romance Visual Novel, in which you can try to avoid death and pursue a relationship with both male and female characters. You play as Mariko, who finds herself trapped in an eerie mansion with 5 other people who claim to have no recollection of their past. Who will you trust? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SoulSet.

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  34. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 822 reviews
    Critic Score 89%Based on 10 reviews

    STORY Embark on a thrilling sci-fi journey in a futuristic Asian city with MINDS BENEATH US. In a society fully automated by advanced AI, you find yourself trapped in a foreign body, alongside the subconscious of its original owner. As society evolves, a new industry emerges that replaces the hardware needed to operate AI-automated systems with human brains. Consequently, the most disadvantaged … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Minds Beneath Us.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 684 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hate Plus.

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  36. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 8,391 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 7 reviews

    Using the new governmental security program that has the power to survey the online presence of every person in The Nation, you investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development
    71% User Score Based on 650 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 2 reviews

    The Detail, a crime noir adventure in a modern American city. This is a city where cases matter, clearance rates matter, and on a good day even justice matters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Detail.

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  38. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 8,505 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 45 reviews

    Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. Play as Alex, a bright, rebellious teenager who brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party on an old military island. The night takes a terrifying turn when you unwittingly open a ghostly gate spawned from the island’s cryptic past. How you deal with these events, your peers, and the omino… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxenfree.

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  39. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 4,546 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 9 reviews

    A narrative-driven RPG set in a gritty world where a person's Lot is determined at birth, while the gods are real and preside over the fates of men. Set out on a lifelong journey and carve out your own destiny. Will you become a judge, an inquisitor, or conspire against the old order? You decide! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante.

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  40. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 18,415 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State. Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the family members themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Remains of Edith Finch.

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  41. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    82% User Score Based on 822 reviews
    Critic Score 61%Based on 1 reviews

    "The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is a horror themed murder mystery FMV game where you play as a therapist questioning patients. The game features the simplest of interfaces, over 1600 HD video responses, six main characters, and a randomly chosen murderer at the start of the game (which determines your story path)." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker.

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  42. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 3,448 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 9 reviews

    Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors. This is The Final Station. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Final Station.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 613 reviews

    You are Isabella Song – a hacker PI. Your job is to hack cameras, phones, and computers, as well as question suspects, analyze evidence and draw conclusions. But don't forget that in Farca city, even criminals can end up victims. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Song of Farca.

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  44. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    73% User Score Based on 146 reviews
    Critic Score 57%Based on 3 reviews

    A live-action mystery FMV game, where you make decisions for a father that must rescue his teenage daughter from an eclectic cult before their final night at the Isle Tide Hotel. Save Eleanor Malone by making decisions, collecting clues, solving puzzles and unlocking hidden scenes and endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Isle Tide Hotel.

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  45. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 3,687 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 22 reviews

    Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.

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  46. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    77% User Score Based on 912 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 29 reviews

    "Take a deep breath..." Try to remember: a girl, a chair, a bomb. Just keep... calm. Follow the voice into the depths of your memory. Relax... and search for the darkest memories in the deepest recesses of your mind. Can you find her? The clock is ticking... And this is just a part of the treatment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GET EVEN.

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  47. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 15,234 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 1 reviews

    Road 96 is a crazy, beautiful road-trip. The discovery of exciting places, and unusual people on your own personal journey to freedom. An ever-evolving story-driven adventure inspired by Tarantino, The Coen Brothers, and Bong Joon-ho. Moments of action, exploration, contemplative melancholy, human encounters and wacky situations. Set against a backdrop of authoritarian rule and oppression. A stunn… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Road 96.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, monetization
    77% User Score Based on 829 reviews

    What if you controlled the News? Short media bias adventure game about controlling the news and it’s impact on your career, society, and family. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HEADLINER.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 1,407 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 4 reviews

    Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eliza.

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  50. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    99% User Score Based on 9,606 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 12 reviews

    A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Case of the Golden Idol.

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