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This mystery is based on the poem “The Post-German Ballad of Sopot” by Polish poet Miron Białoszewski and urban legends about Villa Irmer's grim past and its subsequent haunting. It's based in Poland and is inspired by themes of war, displacement, language barriers, and lost connection to local history. Stories about the haunting of Villa Irmer stretch back to the end of World War II, when previou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sopot Ballad.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Recall: Empty wishes is a story-driven game based in Taiwan. The story centers around the desires and memories shared by a brother-sister pair. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Recall: Empty wishes.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 25 reviews

Step into the shoes of Everlyn Sterling, a new grad undertaking a temp job in a small town in dead winter. Little does she know this seemingly ordinary task will soon unveil a mysterious tale of a disturbed spirit. Solve a series of brain teasers, booby traps, and ciphers set by the ghost. Can you unravel why a once beautiful mansion now harbors a dark, ugly secret? FEATURES Simple point-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Winter Haunting.

NAIAD is an open-world adventure exploration RPG game made to life through music by yukiakino. It has 8 tracks, each representing it's own experiences and feelings. The genre of this whole submission is orchestral.ᯓ★STORY SYNOPSISThe story is about our main character (the girl in the jam photo theme), and her yearning about her best friend. Her best friend died at a beach in their hometown, and sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NAIAD.

You've played this game before. You may not remember, but the game does. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Restore, Reflect, Retry.

Prologue + 1/3 of Chapter 1 out now!!Follow me on tumblr! DEMO - Last updated September 11th, 2023 A Moon so Cruel is a 17+ slice-of-life, paranormal mystery (with optional romance) interactive fiction book written in Twine- where you, a college student, suddenly find yourself with a spirit attached to your side. This game is still in early stages of development, and will undergo significant chan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Moon so Cruel.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

94% User Score Based on 133 reviews

12 Memory Lane is a first-person narrative mystery game. Step inside the manor of the elusive Henry Villemaine and piece together the slices of life leading up to the sudden disappearance of his family. EXPLORE AN EVER-SHIFTING MANSIONHenry Villemaine’s mansion is constantly shifting : faces change in photographs, furniture moves when you’re not looking... Use post-it notes to mark objects and k… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 12 Memory Lane.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

92% User Score Based on 185 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

In BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH, immerse yourself in the haunting world of Shinji, a young hikikomori trapped in his Tokyo apartment. As his mind unravels, confront a malevolent entity watching from the shadows. Will you uncover the truth before it's too late? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Half Away is a One-Shot Narrative adventure where you play as Juna, exploring a mystical Spirit Realm. Use her unique ability to hear hidden voices to solve puzzles and interact with enchanted objects and spirits. Discover secrets, face challenges, and uncover multiple endings in this magical journey filled with exploration, puzzle-solving, and storytelling. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half Away.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

100% User Score Based on 71 reviews

You wake up as a ghost, with no memory of who you were or how you died. The only clue to your past is the empty suit of armour you now possess. As you explore an abandoned castle and piece together your memories, you’ll uncover your tale: A tale of broken promises, regret, and bonds that last beyond death. But your story doesn’t have to die with you. The Last Winter Knight is an a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Winter Knight.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

91% User Score Based on 579 reviews

A free game created by Ebi-Hime, author of Asphyxia, The Way We ALL GO, and Strawberry Vinegar. TSSofEB is a free yuri (girls' love) game created for a game jam. As the saying goes, dead men tell no tales. They only leave tales behind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 317 reviews

Dreams in the Witch House is an open world horror adventure game, where you guide Walter Gilman, as he prepares to face the dreaded May-Eve witch ritual in the legend-haunted city of Arkham. Choose your own approach and reveal the secret of the Witch House before it's too late. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreams in the Witch House.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

97% User Score Based on 116 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

A couple of days before the summer holiday starts... Kanzaki Shuuichi receives a "cursed Blu-ray disc" from one of his friends and is possessed by a female ghost which, when exorcised, leaves behind the physical form of the female specter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seven Days.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

97% User Score Based on 8,976 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 4 reviews

The house of madness invites you inside. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fran Bow.

A mashup of TTRPG #Promptober and the Minimalist TTRPG Jam. I'll be adding all the games I make this month to this anthology just so they're in one place.  Prompt 1, Mystery: Who Killed Septimus Cain? A science fantasy murder mystery inspired by Sevens, Shichinarabe, and Randy Lubin's Working the Case. Prompt 2, Parallel Worlds: Something Isn't Right A world that is not your own invades your ever… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Cold Wind and a Dark Sky.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 900 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 4 reviews

What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back. From the creator of Coffee Talk, in collaboration with Rolling Glory Jam, the creator of Rage in Peace. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Comes After.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

57% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Insane Decay of Mind is a first person horror game. You play the role of Katherine, a young girl lost in the eerie hallways of a building she believes to be her school. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insane Decay of Mind.

Caution: Ghosts at WorkA mystery for Paranormal Inc. by Kaid Brenen Sacander. Made for the Paranormal Inc. Mystery Jam. The demolition of an apartment complex has ground to a halt as a haunting prevents any work from being done.  Can Paranormal Inc. discover the cause before a nosy reporter catches wind of the situation? Caution: Ghosts at Work is a mystery for Paranormal Inc.  by Alicia Furness,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Caution: Ghosts at Work.

The Common Shakespeare Company has been holding its annual “Players in the Park” series in the Sally Gardens for years, bringing the gift of theatre to the public for free every fall. Normally a smooth production with nary a hiccup onstage, this season’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been nothing short of a tragedy. What seemed like a few harmless pranks quickly took a turn for the t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Midsummer's Nightmare.

The Past is Never Dead A Backwater: Southern Gothic Horror Tabletop adventure A woman has disappeared from One-Horse Hollow, a small town west of New Orleans. Normally, wardens wouldn’t be called in for something like this, but she was a member of the aristocracy – of the One-Horse Hollow Jeffersons, whose line (dubiously) dates back to Thomas Jefferson. The woman lived alone–except for an old ser… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backwater: The Past is Never Dead (Adventure).

Explore Ke'Bara You always knew that the woman who raised you wasn’t your birth mother. When she passes away suddenly, you find yourself left alone to pick up the pieces and discover the truth of your birth. Accompanied by your childhood friend Jay you follow the clues and find your family estate on the island of Ke’Bara. You soon find the lush, island nation is a place where the line between the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Island of Whispers.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

100% User Score Based on 33 reviews

Twincantation is a short and emotionally resonant visual novel set in the haunted woods of Mirrorstone National Park. You play as a teen trespassing on sacred private property to hold a séance for your deceased twin—but something goes terribly wrong. Choose your path through cozy horror or psychological introspection, with hand-drawn ink and watercolor visuals and an original soundtrack. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Twincantation.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

98% User Score Based on 99 reviews

■About the GameAIR is the work from the visual novel studio, Key, known for titles such as CLANNAD, Little Busters, Summer Pockets and more. It received great acclaim and was even adapted into an anime series. Enjoy this moving tale centered around themes of familial love and the characters' sensitive emotions, now with the latest visual novel engine! · The story evolves depending on the cho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AIR.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development

98% User Score Based on 86 reviews

Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades if not centuries. With the aftermath of his last case weighing on his soul and a long-silent cult resurgent, can he solve the crime—or will it become his curse? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Shell Part II: Purgatorio.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

98% User Score Based on 791 reviews

Hello, new Puppeteer! Meet Charlotte - a puppet you will control. Meet her alien friends, maggot cat and a certain Observer. Dive deep into horrors of junk food, TV world, religion and romance novels for middle-age women. Keep your puppet safe at all times. Or don't. ​ Have fun dying! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 2,588 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game. Set in Honjo, Tokyo's Sumida ward during the Showa period (1926-89), this is the unsettling tale of those with the power to curse, derived from the gruesome real world urban legends: "The Seven Mysteries of Honjo." Follow the cursed seven as they embark on a supernatu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 226 reviews

Buy The Forest Quartet on PlayStation Store. Experience life, death and jazz in this unique puzzle adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Forest Quartet.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

91% User Score Based on 444 reviews

Suoh Shirahane, a shy girl with a mysterious past, will begin her first year of high school at Saint Angraecum Academy, where she hopes to find a new beginning. She will navigate friendships and mysteries at her new school, and discovers that love can come in many forms. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flowers: Le Volume sur Printemps.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

97% User Score Based on 228 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

A free hour long melancholy, point-and-click narrative mystery set in the bible belt of Sweden. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

64% User Score Based on 236 reviews

"Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic. The world ruled by a five noble-born kins under the suzerainty of the undead Plague King. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

72% User Score Based on 64 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

Paper Dolls 2 is a first-person horror adventure game. A dark aura emanates from a Qing dynasty dwelling—the Yin Mansion. What happened to the once-famous Yin Family? Clues lead us to its second floor haunted by restless spirits. A truth, buried for over a hundred years, is waiting to be unraveled. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paper Dolls 2.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

97% User Score Based on 72 reviews

The Witches Tea Party is a story-driven adventure game with a magical world and colourful characters. There will be small quests, collectables, mysteries, disturbing rooms and multiple endings. Having tea with witches is probably not an easy task... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Witches Tea Party.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 15,259 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 28 reviews

Night In The Woods is an adventure game about a college dropout who comes home to the friends and the town they left behind. Break stuff, play bass, hang out, go places and discover things that aren't meant for you. Come home to Possum Springs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night in the Woods.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

44% User Score Based on 140 reviews

A surreal puzzle platformer that's as beautiful as it is challenging – discover two beings entwined by fate, a girl and her soulmate, left to travel through a hauntingly elegant world... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tulpa.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

81% User Score Based on 718 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

A first-person game in which after starving to death, the player wakes up in the Void, a dying land housing numerous Sisters and long-absent Brothers, all of whom subsist on Color, the essence of life in the Void. With the player's arrival, a resurgence of Color is observed in the Void, prompting the Brothers to return and subject the player to various trials so that he may also become a Brother b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Void.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

94% User Score Based on 18,415 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.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 500 reviews

Critic Score 38%Based on 1 reviews

Acting as Adam Wolfe, an investigator of the paranormal, you will discover a hidden world under the modern San Francisco. In this city, ghosts, artifacts, secret orders and curses are just some of the things that Adam will come across working on his most important case. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adam Wolfe.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

92% User Score Based on 250 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 2 reviews

The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation is a first-person atmospheric horror game with stealth-based gameplay. Out of 10 college horror tales from Taiwan, The Bridge Curse is one of the well-known supernatural incidents based at Tunghu University. Players will immersively wander on campus and experience the terrifying campus horror. Taboo from bygone days that alive for many years at Tunghu University.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

90% User Score Based on 234 reviews

Destroy the evil at the heart of a haunted manor! Will the nightmare claim you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heart of the House.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

92% User Score Based on 1,980 reviews

You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Will (Not) Remain.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

76% User Score Based on 1,742 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 2 reviews

Dark first-person psychological thriller set at the end of the Second World War If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Martha is dead.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 176 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 1 reviews

After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Days of Lazarus.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 272 reviews

You know, my dear, it isn't safe... To wander and creep while oh so weak. In the abandoned, the rotten, the decayed. Society has forgotten you; it won't lift a finger for that which is tossed away. You're just prey that the true prowlers who lay in shadows await to feast upon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Haze.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

82% User Score Based on 4,418 reviews

A dark, sad, funny, weird 1st person exploration game in which you play as a man obsessed with the meaning behind a painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE STATIC SPEAKS MY NAME.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, optimization

96% User Score Based on 45 reviews

Birmingham, England: 1993. A shocking ritual murder compels a world-weary forensic investigator to discover a hidden realm of witchcraft, gods and demons. Follow clues and use magic to solve the case, with moral choices leading to multiple possible endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Sceptic's Guide to Magic.

Take the mantle of a postman who refuses to give up his job, even after death, in order to hold on to the only memory he has of his past. Fly away to the world of the forgotten to deliver your letters to the ghosts trapped there and allow them to reach the afterlife, while protecting your mail from those who, consumed by loneliness, pursue you relentlessly. Fly through the streets of Lunhac Us… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to White Memories.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

+++ This game was developed and published by a single individual. It was created solely as a narrative medium to present the developer’s personal original character (OC) story. All decisions regarding the development and release of this game prioritize the developer’s physical and mental well-being. The current price includes only the first two chapters; the price will increase as new chapters a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 愚人船 NARRENSCHIFF.

Aesemyr: The Withering is a text-based high fantasy game written in choicescript. The current length of the demo is around 120k words, consisting of the prologue and chapters 0-3.For now, only one path is available to play in chapter 3.The game contains some dark themes, so be sure to read through the content warnings at the beginning. Magic comes with a price. That is an inevitability every m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aesemyr: The Withering.

In 1960, the main character's life was turned upside down by the tragic death of her family at the Belhaven Hotel, and for thirty-eight years he has struggled with the dark secrets of his past. Now she is determined to go back to find out what happened in this cursed hotel and uncover the truth. But this hotel is not just an old building, it is a living hell, haunted by the horrific events of the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Do Not Disturb.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

76% User Score Based on 17 reviews

You are Ben, an unknown exorcist, who has been summoned to the Witherspoon house because of strange goings on that have frightened the family from their home. Stepping into the unknown to face ghosts and terrifying creatures, armed with faith, holy water and a UV flashlight, your job as Exorcist is to figure out why the spirits are angry, to seek out the hidden secrets that will finally put their… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ben The Exorcist.