Games like Tales from the Recycle Bin

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

82% User Score Based on 108 reviews

Did you really believe that in Forgotten Hill we have regular furniture? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgotten Hill: The Wardrobe.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

97% User Score Based on 152 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 11 reviews

It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saltsea Chronicles.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

97% User Score Based on 98 reviews

The chart-topping indie hit Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One comes to Steam, with a slew of enhancements and new features! Step into court as Nina Aquila, rookie defense attorney in this thrilling VN/adventure game hybrid, and fight for justice in a world where all anime genres exist at once! This game replaces the earlier episodic releases and is a collected version of Chapters 1-3 of the "N… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Season One.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

85% User Score Based on 193 reviews

The latest visual novel by Tomo Kataoka, the author of Narcissu 1st & 2nd, has arrived! An empty world with endless rain and only one person. Here there is no hunger, sickness or even death. Just what story does this world's one occupant have? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal-.

Since the very moment the first mechanical mind became aware of itself,  it craved love. No one truly understand why the heart made of copper and wires started beating, but it did. Even after we were gone. And these are their stories. [RETURN Machine.Love( )]  is a robot-romance anthology, containing 3 different stories. Each story were written, drawn, and made by humans, for humans. 1. E… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RETURN Machine.Love().

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story

100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Battle Live! The Idol School Collection is a compilation of episodic, short stories that take place in the idol school of Pride Park. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battle Live! The Idol School Collection.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

95% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Tales From The Arcade: Starship Murder is an experimental murder mystery roguelite in which the killer changes every time you play. The astro hauler the SS Persephone is falling apart. You - the on-board AI - are being reactivated to perform the necessary repairs. The crew claims that the captain died in a mysterious accident, the same one that conveniently erased your memory banks. Who is tellin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales From The Arcade: Starship Murder.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

87% User Score Based on 16 reviews

"Project Vostok" is a non-linear horror visual novel about a group of airplane crash survivors finding a mysterious Soviet-era bunker in Russian mountains. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Vostok: Episode 1.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

90% User Score Based on 229 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 8 reviews

Set in a late-night café in Tokyo, Coffee Talk Tokyo invites players to step into the role of the barista, brewing drinks that warm the hearts of humans and fantastical beings alike. Each cup influences the tone of every conversation, revealing the stories, dreams, and struggles of a completely new cast of characters. Players can experiment with both hot and cold drinks, enhance their latte art w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coffee Talk Tokyo.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

98% User Score Based on 1,576 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

60% User Score Based on 82 reviews

Get lost in a deliciously dark horror anthology. Inspired by Shudder’s Creepshow series, this point-and-click adventure has gone all kinds of wrong. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creepshow.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Rediscover the internet of the 2000s in DreamNet, a free to play Frutiger Aero exploration game. Dive into nostalgic worlds, uncover the story, and revisit the beauty of the old internet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DreamNet.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

92% User Score Based on 104 reviews

Once you open this book, you are no longer just a reader. A "reading-style" fantasy adventure in the spirit of The NeverEnding Story — handcrafted over six years by a 30-year veteran from Vanillaware. 100% handmade, from the first page to the last. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

84% User Score Based on 237 reviews

You are a monster under someone's house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I live under your house..

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

96% User Score Based on 45 reviews

After surviving a mysterious forest attack that erased his memory twelve years ago, a former Man in Black, now a field guide named Robert, leads a group of tourists to the source of an Alaskan river... When they are attacked by the Grizzly Man, a mysterious and deadly figure linked to the CIA and Project MKUltra. A Pixel Pulp slasher! Grizzly Man is a standalone experience and the newest installme… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grizzly Man.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

90% User Score Based on 42 reviews

An American provincial town has seen better days. Now it slowly withers away, shrouded in fog and surrounded by endless fields. Time feels frozen, and it seems nothing can awaken life in Riverwood. But one day, a group of teenagers discovers a strange, unmarked VHS tape. Driven by curiosity, they decide to watch it, which sets off a chain of terrifying events. The tape seeps into their minds,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pink Noise.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

93% User Score Based on 95 reviews

A dark yuri visual novel with themes around depression, a hidden magical art, and unexpected love from the depths of grief. As a reserved and unassuming university student in snow-bitten Hokkaido, the personal tragedy which visited Honoka Asakawa would lead to her experimentation in a magical art thought long-lost — blood magic. Unexpectedly able to visit the sealed world of Meiji-era Sapporo, Ho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Tithe in Blood.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

92% User Score Based on 1,161 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 6 reviews

Listen to stories of boasting glory and utter failure. Gather rumors, turn them into quests, and send the next adventurer on a journey that may change their life forever. Play the tavern owner, serve your drinks, and save the day! And while you’re at it why not uncover truths about a looming evil? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tavern Talk.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

78% User Score Based on 18 reviews

Just as Faye and Rich’s painful memories resurface, the two friends are ensnared in the distorted corridors of a decrepit subway station beneath a city still foreign to Faye. To find any path through, they need to decipher all that they have so desperately tried to forget. Illustration and ReflectionDiscover and illustrate meaningful objects and people to decipher Faye’s history. Living Memori… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stuck in the Present.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

81% User Score Based on 43 reviews

A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neon Hearts City.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

91% User Score Based on 33 reviews

ABOUT THIS GAMEIt started with an email. Inside the attachment waits an innocent little spot-the-difference game. Nothing special - just one of thousands of strange files that used to drift around the old internet. Except once you run it, something stays with you longer than it should. Creepy Tales: Smile Dog is a desktop psychological horror inspired by the classic 2008 creepypasta. It’s a shor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Smile Dog.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

79% User Score Based on 123 reviews

A game about life after love If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pine: A Story of Loss.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

96% User Score Based on 705 reviews

A fantasy yuri visual novel filled with magic, fairies, and a ghost girl. When Maddie and her best friend, Tara, journey to a remote forest village to investigate rumors of the supernatural, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heart of the Woods.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

97% User Score Based on 1,220 reviews

A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, character development

92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ezrebeth.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

68% User Score Based on 25 reviews

Spring Tales is a cozy 2D puzzle adventure game. Help the charming residents of Blossomdale prepare for their spring festival by solving puzzles, overcoming challenges, and rebuilding after a storm. Experience a heartwarming story filled with friendship, hope, and community spirit. Spring Tales welcomes you to Blossomdale, a cozy town where the community is coming together to prepare for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spring Tales.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Get ready for an exciting 2D Puzzle Platformer Adventure In Excelios, you become Lexi, a self aware file living inside a computer. The computer belongs to a company in big trouble because its data got messed up. As Lexi, you're a smart piece of data who needs to fix things. To save the day, you'll solve puzzles and explore the computer world to find out what's causing all the trouble. You'll be… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Excelios.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

92% User Score Based on 131 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on colonial tides. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

97% User Score Based on 58 reviews

Third Eye Open is a coming of age story about a young girl with the ability to see spirits. Will this burgeoning power be a blessing or a curse? Will you be able to save your family and unravel the mystery at the heart of the adventure?Her PowerYou are Ting, a young girl who is able to see the spirits around her. You form a remarkable friendship with a young ghost, Xiu, who is seeking peace. Toget… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

96% User Score Based on 52 reviews

In the first Cannibal Tales episode, "The Interview", you play the role of a young and ambitious journalist determined to make a career. Your goal is to get a scoop that will allow you to become a partner in the newspaper you work for. You focus on the mystery surrounding a young survivor of a metropolitan cannibal, determined to obtain an interview to unravel the connection between t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cannibal Tales - Episode 1.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 41 reviews

It was raining und thunderstorming.In the middle of the night.And there happened something ...... something terrible.At the old abandoned ... WATERMILL. You wake up with no memory.In the middle of the night.You are locked up.You are alone ... or are you not?Find out what happened and escape from the old watermill!And maybe ... not everything is as it seems ... Features Point and click adventure Si… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Night at the Watermill.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

78% User Score Based on 18 reviews

"ByteBurst" invites you to an exhilarating action and strategy adventure, delving into the mysterious world of computer hacking. Transition from an ordinary computer user to navigating the dark corners of the digital kingdom in this thrilling game. Key Features: Hack and Defend: Infiltrate the depths of the digital world by solving challenging puzzles and bypassing security systems. S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

97% User Score Based on 119 reviews

Mucorales is an immersive interactive horror experience, lasting approximately 30 minutes to an hour, inviting you to delve into a dark reinterpretation of the classic Red Riding Hood fairytale. Explore the twisted narrative and witness how your choices shape the story, unraveling hidden secrets within this captivating RPG Maker tale. Embark on a journey with Blanchette, a young girl visiting… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mucorales.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Looped is a short interactive story in which you solve mini-puzzles to progress a peaceful story about love, rockets, and time travel. This is a story of a love-at-first-sight so powerful it creates a wormhole in time. From the end to the beginning and back again, you follow Him and Her and help them with tasks along their way. A black hole appears suddenly in a young woman’s living room. An unc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Looped.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Chronotopia: Second Skin is a unique rewriting of the Donkeyskin fairytale, a darker variation of Cinderella. Follow Kionna into a painful but ultimately rewarding search for her true self. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chronotopia: Second Skin.

35%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

67% User Score Based on 3 reviews

Rearview Mirror is a narrative videogame in which most of the events take place inside a car. From a first-person perspective, the player interacts with the passengers through the rearview mirror. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to REARVIEW MIRROR.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

95% User Score Based on 2,515 reviews

Discover clues, crack the case If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Rise of the Golden Idol.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

73% User Score Based on 63 reviews

Tell Me Your Story is a story-driven cozy puzzle game, which might remind you of the warm times spent with your grandparents or loved ones on getting to know the many, sometimes unexpected stories from their lives. THE PERFECT TRIO Meet Amelia, a schoolgirl with a vivid imagination, who’s going on her summer vacation to her grandma Rose’s cottage – her loyal best friend, Peanut, in tow. This is… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tell Me Your Story.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

94% User Score Based on 324 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 3 reviews

“Once Again” is an interactive story game about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present. After meeting her, summer will never be the same again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Once Again.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

89% User Score Based on 19 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

The Adventures of House Cat Cinnamon If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Street Cat's Tale 2.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

84% User Score Based on 88 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

What if you could create your own constellations? A love story about Asian American identity, mental health, and stargazing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Space in Between.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

99% User Score Based on 2,466 reviews

Your Turn To Die: Death Game By Majority is a multi-ending horror adventure game. Your decision will directly affect the story and final outcome! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Your Turn to Die: Death Game by Majority.

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.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

91% User Score Based on 987 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 3 reviews

The Lion's Song is a series of four self-contained point & click stories connected into an overarching narrative, where player choices will affect the way in which the story unfolds. Set against the backdrop of early 20th century Austria, every episode follows a different character, each blessed with an exceptional creative mind. The game pulls players into a story of personal struggle for creativ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lion's Song.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

94% User Score Based on 48 reviews

Jump into an adventure to revive your soulmate and travel through fabulous hand-painted jigsaw puzzles! Play the way you want using different number of pieces, shapes and helpers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Jigsaw Adventures - Roads of Life.

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.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development

95% User Score Based on 43 reviews

This is the third game in Whirlpool’s Neko-nin exHeart series. It’s been a few months since the cute nekomimi ninjas Yura and Tama came from Fuuma Village to serve the protagonist. Ritsu and Maya have joined them since and their time together have become even more happy and lively. But as expected, a wind of change is in the air. “I am the next leader of the Saikashu, the successor of Magoichi….… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NEKO-NIN exHeart 3.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 135 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 3 reviews

Postcards written in invisible ink reveal a secret history... Travel back in time in the debut game from Stave Studios, OVER THE ALPS. Stay undercover, evade the police, and race across 1939 Switzerland in this Hitchcockian World War Two spy thriller. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Over the Alps.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

98% User Score Based on 5,789 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

A story-driven adventure spanning a lifetime. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Finding Paradise.