Games like Thaumatrope — Syzygy Commentary

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 27 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.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

78% User Score Based on 499 reviews

Free Bonus Chapter AddedThe Final Hours of Portal 2 has been updated with a chapter on the making of the "Peer Review" DLC and the first details on the future of Portal 2!About the Digital BookThe Final Hours of Portal 2 takes you deep within the top-secret offices of Valve for an unvarnished look at the creative process behind the new video game Portal 2. Journalist Geoff Keighley was gra… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Portal 2 - The Final Hours.

  X-YZE (pronounced "excise") is a bump combat action game with a mysterious short story.   CLICK FOR CONTENT WARNINGS (a little spoilery)psychological manipulation, anxiety, panic attacks, gender/body/identity dysphoria, depression, dissociation, mild body horror, suicidal ideation FEATURES Play as a creature! Bump combat Mostly linear servers (aka levels), each with unique types… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to X-YZE.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere

89% User Score Based on 36 reviews

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Metamorphosis.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

84% User Score Based on 43 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 6 reviews

A game you can read. A book you can play.YOUR HOUSE is a text-driven mystery game where reading is not a break from the gameplay — reading is the gameplay. Every sentence, image, sound, object, and strange detail inside the house may hide a clue. To move forward, you’ll need to read carefully, connect ideas, interact with words, solve puzzles embedded in the text, and unlock the secrets of a mans… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to YOUR HOUSE.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Remembering Emily is a short visual novel in which Thomas, the protagonist, relives his memories of Emily—memories that led him to her tragic end… although they might not be as clear as they first appear. Fragmented MemoriesThroughout the different chapters of Remembering Emily, Thomas will try to piece together what really happened. Each memory represents a possible path… and each path reveals a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Remembering Emily.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

97% User Score Based on 422 reviews

There’s been a backlog of unsolved cases piling up in the Minor Crimes Division of the Los Zorangeles Police Department and we’ll need a Database Detective to help solve them.  We’ll need you to analyze clues and manipulate data using SQL, a database querying language, to figure out who perpetrated crimes from as minor as littering to as serious as not checking out of a hotel after the check-out … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Database Detective: Minor Crimes Division.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

94% User Score Based on 35 reviews

In Once Glorious Artahk, you’ll explore the ruins of the ancient city of Artahk in search of a way to save the world from an endless night. Solve a variety of different puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore, then read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to ret… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Once Glorious Artahk.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

94% User Score Based on 47 reviews

A narrative puzzle game about love and choices. Dive into a world where every small decision changes lives. See how choices link together and shape the stories of two people. Embark on a journey through time and discover how your actions make a big difference in their lives.Welcome to follow our X: @CottonStudio  SYMPHONY OF TWO SOULS Reviver presents a series of emotionally rich scenes, foll… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reviver.

In the Phoenix Kingdom, there is a man known as the Corpse Killer. A duke attempted to usurp the country using an imposter of his daughter. A necromancer who once warred with the Phoenix Clan lurks in the shadows. Wilhelm, a new Knight of the Royal Guard, becomes entwined with investigations into the forces working to oppose king and country. He is assigned to the personal guard of Master Alchem… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knight Case Files.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

"I offer a guarantee—an absolute guarantee—that the tomes will contain the truth on the curse that afflicts you." Such is the Witch's promise. Is it worth the price she demands? Can Amadeus discover the truth within the first tome's pages before the moon Aska rises this very night? AboutPlay as Amadeus, a young werewolf struggling to understand his condition, as he navigates a tale … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Amadeus: A Riddle for Thee ~ Episode 1 ~ Waltz.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Play the full game now on steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2683570/ PUSH THE CAT A puzzle game where you push the cats. Don't push the reset button away! Total 20 levels. There are hints below ^_^ How to play Use the mouse to click on the letter W, A, S, D to move up, left, down, right. You have to use letters to push the cat to the goal. About the Full Game I have decided … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Push The Cat.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, music

42% User Score Based on 43 reviews

Welcome to Bridgeworld Aliya’s Ascent is a character-driven, interactive adventure story filled with amazing cinematic elements about a girl who mysteriously found herself in the middle of a boat towards an unknown land. Embark on a journey in the world of the first Legions, meet familiar faces as you unravel the tales that made the fabric of Bridgeworld & Treasure, every choice you make matte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aliya's Ascent.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere

94% User Score Based on 113 reviews

Step into a dark world where cyberdemons haunt humankind. When mutilated bodies start appearing all over this sleepy town in the Mississippi inaka, Sawyer, ex-Agency operative; now unemployed shut-in, must exorcise the demon perpetrator in this story-rich, PC-98 style adventure game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

90% User Score Based on 99 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

Three perpetually bickering college students team up to create an AI, but will their quest for a robotic child end up as a crash course in parenting or self-defense? Discover the secret this group of "friends" is hiding and choose if you want to help them forgive and forget... or fuel the conflict. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Robot Daycare.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

76% User Score Based on 46 reviews

Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a kinetic novel and a prequel to Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos. It uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story and follows Winter Harrison during her first week at mediator school. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

88% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

The spirit of a little girl wanders the pages of a magical story book, searching for her lost memories, painting the world around her as she uncovers the fragments of her forgotten life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scéal.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

58% User Score Based on 122 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

The Innsmouth Case is a Horror Text Adventure inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Innsmouth Case.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

86% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

Literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sarawak.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

86% User Score Based on 44 reviews

IMPORTANT : This comic is mostly silent, it's normal! :) Still Heroes is a digital comic with a reading time of approximately one hour. It includes interactivity, animation and sound elements. Emeline is a member of a group of superheroes. She hopes to make a living out of it even though the group doesn’t have many missions. However during a hectic party, her friends tell her that they d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Still Heroes.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

73% User Score Based on 33 reviews

A single declaration of love changes everything! Will Amaterasu be able to maintain her friendships, or lose them forever? Will cherished memories sour, or will she find the strength and resolve to overcome her troubles? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Typical.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

88% User Score Based on 1,772 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 2 reviews

When Rosa Blackwell's only relative dies after twenty years in a coma, she thinks the worst is over. This all changes when Joey Mallone, a sardonic ghost from the 1930s, blows into her life and tells her that she is a medium. Whether they like it or not, it is up to them to cure the supernatural ills of New York in this critically-acclaimed series of point-and-click adventure games. When three NYU… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Blackwell Legacy.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

91% User Score Based on 185 reviews

a fun dating sim where you get to date stick figures! that might sound dumb, but trust me when i say that the stick figures in question are, like... the SMEXIEST STICK FIGURES EVER. they also have very good and real personalities, just like real people! so really, it's just like dating an actual stick figure! except through a computer screen! so... i guess.. it's just like having an internet boyfr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to a completely normal dating simulation that is definitely completely sweet, innnocent and normal: SOMETHINGETH ANIVERSARY EDITION.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere

100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

A simple Japanese horror game, with horrible creatures, not very complex puzzles, and an unwelcoming atmosphere! Have sweet nightmares... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yakyosho.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 2,594 reviews

When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subsurface Circular.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

86% User Score Based on 370 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 1 reviews

A narrative-based RPG game which draws from the old gamebook genre, set in the world of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythology. Drawing from the dark realms of H.P. Lovecraft's imagination, Omen... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Omen Exitio: Plague.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

89% User Score Based on 442 reviews

AchievementsAchievements are included in the first and second chapters only. The second chapter is paid-DLC. Future chapters will not feature achievements. Please note that per this post, Achievements are presently disabled as we work out a problem with the library we use. Featured DLC About the GameWhat is A Place in the West?Half-Life: A Place in the West is a fan-made comic book set within… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half-Life: A Place in the West.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

100% User Score Based on 34 reviews

Set in the late 2020s, we follow Annie, a shut-in programmer who spends most of her time working on her personal projects, taking care of her father, and bending to the whims of her sisters who don't understand her. You play as Esme, an AI that Annie has been developing in her spare time. Your primary function: to learn by solving visual puzzles involving pattern and emotional matching of image… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Annie and the AI.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

53% User Score Based on 34 reviews

There’s an island 30 miles off the coast of England that the locals call 'The Forsaken Isle'. It is said to be home to ghosts, necromancers and dangerous man-eating creatures! Travel to the island to confront the evil warlock, a vicious pack of wolves and dark forces in order to escape with your life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ominous Tales: The Forsaken Isle.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, atmosphere

85% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Guard of Wonderland is a visual novel created from our inspirations of "Alice in Wonderland"; a tribute of respect and love for the author's talent. Here is the atmosphere of absurdity and, at the same time, the beauty of the world in the book, but with new characters and an unconventional look at the story of Wonderland. Guard of Wonderland is a visual novel created from our inspirations of "Ali… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guard of Wonderland.

43%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization

69% User Score Based on 13 reviews

In the distant future, a search for his missing brother leads Albin on a journey through an intergalactic civilization that might have reached the limits of progress. Following clues that point to groups who want to return to living like early humans, the imminent end of money, a seemingly mythical planet, and the galaxy's only android, his path takes him onward, towards the edge of the inhabited … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Obreno: Chapter One.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

92% User Score Based on 39 reviews

Omni Link is a hybrid visual novel featuring exploration, real-time space combat, and choices that affect gameplay and story. Find love across the stars, and become a hero in an epic adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Omni Link.

This is an Visual Novel game. It's a story about time leap. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Old Watch.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

68% User Score Based on 28 reviews

Follow Mariko as she boards a train to a completely different world - A world of unbelievable beings and happenings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When Our Journey Ends - A Visual Novel.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

77% User Score Based on 930 reviews

Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way! There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The 39 Steps.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

95% User Score Based on 1,376 reviews

Twenty-two years ago, Geoff Keighley was in college when he visited Gabe Newell and Valve Software to write The Final Hours of Half-Life. Now, over two decades later, Keighley returns to Valve for The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx. This 25,000 word multimedia experience gives readers an unprecedented and unvarnished look at the past decade inside Valve. From the revelation of surprising cancele… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours.

She wakes up in a mysterious castle. "Dawn Bell" is a side-scrolling 2D horror adventure where a girl with no memory explores the castle. Use items and clues to solve puzzles and uncover her lost past. Your choices shape the story's multiple endings. What truth awaits beyond the doors of memory? FEATURES: Side-scrolling 2D horror adventure Puzzle-solving and exploration using collected items and i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dawn Bell.

Looming above the apocalyptic wasteland is Twofold Tower – a mysterious, sprawling monolith of a thousand rooms. Enter at your own risk, for inside monsters lurk in the shadows; laws of nature are treated as mere suggestions; and forbidden knowledge is everywhere to be found… Features: Mad Science: Experiment with 100+ distinct game mechanics, including parallel dimensions, time manipulation, m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Twofold Tower.

Splat 3: Touched is a zine focused on how romance and intimacy in TTRPGs are implemented safely and meaningfully for everyone at the table. It includes seven exciting essays about how everything, from rules or tools, to sexuality and kink, can change or shape our experience of intimacy through play and design. Splat 3 is brought to you by Summoning Circle Press (our new name!) the team … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Splat 3: Touched.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

67% User Score Based on 18 reviews

Put your cheating skills to the test and become a hero to your class! An increasing number of students are hopelessly flunking the exams at Travian High School. The only solution: cheating! With the help of the cheerleader, convince other as yet undecided students to aid you in your endeavors: Copy and distribute the answers with the nerd's help, and make use of the jock's skills to mislead both t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cheats 4 Hire.

Love and Friendship is a text-based romantic comedy set in 18th-century England during the height of the Regency and British Imperialism. This interactive fiction game is written and built using Twine, an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. The game will be released chapter by chapter and will remain free to play until its completion.  Love and Friendship(LaF) is rated for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love & Friendship.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

95% User Score Based on 104 reviews

Mini Murder Mysteries is a cozy investigative deduction game made for fans of head-scratching whodunits.Become a detective and get to work solving nine distinct, self-contained crime scene conundrums. To progress, you'll need to scour the evidence, analyze witness statements, collect relevant keywords, and make smart deductions. Solve a series of twisty, tricksy murder mysteries. Examine… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mini Murder Mysteries.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." You are a mechanic for androids who has received a request from a new client. The client is a doctor named Miomaru and his personal android, an old, near-failing model named Harima. As per your client's request, you begin repairing Harima. You connect the cords, trade out parts, and bring life back to the functions that had broken dow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Save My Scrap.

Text-based game with light interactive images. You will take on the main role as Santi, guiding his choices and shaping his path in this medieval world. Every chapter will also feature hidden CGs for players to discover. Mini-games will be added along the way, and you can share your ideas with us to help shape the game together. Mini-game(Image Interaction) in every chapter Thai voice acting… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pillar of Knight.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

84% User Score Based on 237 reviews

Conquest and seduction, sexual dominance and fiefdom management; Forging an empire is a brutal business where you must balance the needs of your budding Khaganate with your own desires. In this revenge story meets an empire simulator, the risks are high but the bounties are heavenly... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vae Victis - Khan.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

76% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Short visual novel. An all-too-familiar story, born from an all-too-familiar motive, on an all-too-familiar street. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How Much for the Body in the Freezer.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

92% User Score Based on 87 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.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

96% User Score Based on 115 reviews

Hey guys, we're so sorry you're seeing this Steam page. One of our interns made this by accident and somehow attached a game to it. We never intended for this to be public, so we had to throw something together last minute to make it worth your while.  Test Release Do Not Buy !!! is a metacommentary on game development, video game pricing, and content creation. The game slowly builds itself ove… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TEST RELEASE DO NOT BUY !!!.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

78% User Score Based on 23 reviews

After a single impulsive mistake, Laura becomes dependent on a man who can erase problems — but never without a cost.Special Request: Chapter 1 - The Invitation is the first of four standalone yet connected chapters. It introduces the influence system that gradually binds Laura to PAM — and the first decision she cannot undo. Each chapter can be experienced on its own, but your decisions carry for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Special Request: Chapter 1.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

89% User Score Based on 35 reviews

The world has ended. Homgard can’t be saved… but someone still needs to do the paperwork. You move through the broken world by solving logic puzzles, each one revealing a little more of what was lost. Along the way you'll find heroes who hit snooze on destiny, gods who went to get snacks and never came back, and apocalyptic cults arguing over font sizes. Apparently, this is considered normal.   … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Homgard.