Games like The Lesser Known Monsters series (eBook)

Lesser Known Monsters (Book 1 of 3 in the Lesser Known Monsters Series) eBook edition Being the chosen one isn’t always a good thing. Oscar Tundale is not a hero. Anxious, indecisive, and awkward, he can barely get through a normal day. Now he’s about to find out monsters are real. Oscar’s friends: brave, stubborn Zara, and hyperactive, paranoid Marcus, might help discover what hunts him, and un… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lesser Known Monsters (eBook).

The Bone Gate (Book 2 of 3 in the Lesser Known Monsters Series) eBook edition New beginnings don't mean happy endings... More than a year has passed since Oscar's friends stopped him from ending the world as we know it. Life is settling back to a new normal, and everyone is finally able to take a breath. The group are preparing to embrace the tedium of day jobs and current affairs, but must firs… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bone Gate (eBook).

The Torn Earth (Book 3 of 3 in the Lesser Known Monsters Series) eBook edition Nothing is as dangerous as a broken heart.Two years have passed. The events at Stonehenge have left the group, and their hearts, fractured and heavy with sorrow. There’s no worse time to learn existence is in peril from an overwhelming power battering down the veil between worlds. To stop it, they must do what they hav… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Torn Earth (eBook).

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

96% User Score Based on 928 reviews

You are running through a forest. It is late at night and the sky is as black as pitch. The trees which surround you, jutting out of the earth like eerie monuments to a foreign god, are blotting out most of the moonlight. You do not know where you are going. You have no map; no route; no plan. You have no desire, as you run, save to escape. You cannot let yourself be caught. All you can do … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It gets so lonely here.

True Colours is a romance/horror visual novel - a cute innocent dating sim with a dark twist! WARNING: THIS GAME CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF HORROR, THREAT, VIOLENCE, GORE, DEATH AND MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES/ILLNESS. GAMERS WITH SENSITIVE DISPOSITIONS MAY FIND CERTAIN SCENES DISTURBING. Tired of the same old daily routine? Our protagonist knows that feel all too well. Working a boring office job a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to True Colours.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

81% User Score Based on 47 reviews

Out of the Blue is relatively simple, you wake up in a maze and you need to find your way out. You fight enemies, explore the map, collect items and manage your resources (such as bullets, water, grass, and tea). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OUT OF THE BLUE.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

95% User Score Based on 2,570 reviews

Dramatical Murder is set in the near future on the fictional island of Midorijima (碧島), Japan. At some point in the game's recent history, the island was privatized by the powerful Toue Konzern (東江コンツェルン, Tōe Kontserun) and turned into a resort called Platinum Jail (プラチナ・ジェイル, Purachina Jeiru), with the island's original residents being forced to live in the Old Residential District (旧住民区, Kyū-Jūm… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DRAMAtical Murder.

dark sci-fi fantasy | FF | neurodivergence | trauma | love Life is about as good as it gets for an anxious and depressed bastard stripped of any social benefits of her caste. Farzana has a cushy job, a wonderful best friend, and a mother and younger brother who love her to bits. Then the faerie who abandoned her mother before she was born—the father she always hoped to meet—returns, brutally murd… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farzana's Spite.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

96% User Score Based on 469 reviews

A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where awful monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lake of Voices.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development

85% User Score Based on 98 reviews

A nerve-wracking walk into the wilds of the unknown. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Devoured by Darkness.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, optimization

86% User Score Based on 116 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 3 reviews

This otome-style visual novel blends eeriness and romance into a compelling drama. A ring of deadly towers traps you in the small mining town of Bataille, Missouri with extreme conspiracy theorists, a serial killer, and wealthy vampires. Choose your partner wisely. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crimson Spires.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, atmosphere

85% User Score Based on 73 reviews

Naked Butlers is a hardcore yaoi visual novel rife with dark comedy. Unleash your inner sadist and bully these hot butlers good in this solo project from a developer who absolutely loves butlers! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hadaka Shitsuji - Naked Butlers.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

89% User Score Based on 83 reviews

Think you can handle a little romance with creatures from Spanish folklore? Careful: your love life isn’t the only thing at stake at Mythic Love: Iberian Legends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mythic Love: Iberian Legends.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

100% User Score Based on 31 reviews

Return to Two Elk Island anew Dorman, a closeted trans woman, has just finished recovering from a sailing incident that left her bedridden when her grandmother encourages her to start a new career. All the while, she struggles with the expectations her parents left behind - of her as a sailor and as a man. As she begins to settle back into her life, she finds that Two Elk Island isn’t as tranqu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breathless Winds - LGBT Visual Novel.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

95% User Score Based on 454 reviews

When The Night Comes is an episodic fantasy otome game with supernatural elements. You are a Hunter, and you've been called to the quiet town of Lunaris to assist the local Enforcers with an investigation into a series of increasingly unsettling murders. Immerse yourself in the world of Witches, Vampires, Demons and Lycan's as you slowly unravel the mystery that lies deep within the roots of the t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When The Night Comes.

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, music

94% User Score Based on 160 reviews

雪山上，木屋里，我们被这个世界绑在了一起。我和她只能相爱，不能分离。这是自由的感情，还是被操纵的爱？多结局的清淡小短片《茸雪》，故事里有小茸和小雪，还有懂得何为爱情的你。 If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiny Snow.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

85% User Score Based on 1,417 reviews

Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more? Could you be the one that unfolds the truth about the Wychwood forest that have been hidden about hundred years, and release the forest from its curse? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trick and Treat - Visual Novel.

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.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

91% User Score Based on 100 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

The Dark Prophecy is a 2D pixel-art point & click adventure inspired by the best retro games of the 90's. Welcome to a peaceful medieval village, where life is safe and calm. But one fateful night, everything changes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark Prophecy.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization

94% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Can you defeat the rebellion in your kingdom before your past consumes you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I, the Forgotten One.

Find a weapon lost to myth, and Drake can save the world.Find a creature lost to war, and they can save themself.Drake Elýnus was never supposed to be in Tārāmen. They were never supposed to be working for Tārāmen’s royal family. They were never supposed to do the things they’ve done. But Drake hasn’t stood a chance since the day their home was burned to the ground, the boy they loved was executed… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Veil Us in Gold.

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.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

83% User Score Based on 252 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 5 reviews

Get the full game and its complete soundtrack, featuring more than 60 minutes of original music written by the game's author, Lorenzo Redaelli. Deluxe Edition includes: Mediterranea Inferno Mediterranea Inferno Soundtrack If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mediterranea Inferno.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

90% User Score Based on 1,536 reviews

What will you do when the last sky comes? The story follows a group of Tokyo high school students through a mystery revolving around a prophecy about the end of the world and they try to find their own "Wonderful Everyday". Wonderful Everyday: Down the Rabbit-Hole is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

92% User Score Based on 88 reviews

Time travel, assassins and one magical gangster rabbit! The demon king threatens your kingdom and it's up to you, the prince, to find a suitable hero to fight it. Not an easy task, as it will require you to shed a lot of blood and maybe even die. But at least you will save everyone... right? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How Stories Die.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

89% User Score Based on 100 reviews

A sequel to The Tower. It is also about trans women, tarot, and therapy; but also about self-loathing, time loops, and obsession. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The House of God.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

86% User Score Based on 84 reviews

"If they call me wicked for following my heart, then so be it." You're Willow, a wicked witch, trying to make her way in the world in 1993. Who is Willow? She's a judgy vegan. An Atheist who says she wears a cross "ironically." A sad soul with a tragic past. A brush with death has awakened Willow's powers, but don't expect her attitude to improve. Along for the journey is Av… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wicked Willow.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

94% User Score Based on 183 reviews

Critic Score 88%Based on 3 reviews

Mission: It’s Complicated is a narrative-based, visual novel where you match super-awesome superheroes to go on missions during the night and dates during the day. The more compatible the pair of superheroes are, the more likely that they will fall in love and save the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mission: It's Complicated.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 670 reviews

A middle-aged man has an encounter with a cute catgirl in the dead of night - but all is not as it seems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sweetest Monster.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

94% User Score Based on 128 reviews

Alice, Alice, the Red Queen is missing. The queen has been dismembered and Alice must find all her pieces. A horror-fantasy yuri visual novel filled with death, love, and forgotten memories. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Who Is The Red Queen?.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

86% User Score Based on 222 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 4 reviews

Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash is a different type of adventure in the Corpse Party series that stars the violent and murderous Sachiko Shinozaki, who has decided to invite her victims to Heavenly Host Elementary School to celebrate her birthday. However, this isn’t the type of party where the guests leave with a smile on their faces. Instead, Sachiko plans to force the stude… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

80% User Score Based on 120 reviews

Set in a distant future world, this is a unique first person shooter/platform/puzzle game where you need to find out why all the debris is falling and save your world from destruction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All Fall Down.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

92% User Score Based on 100 reviews

Cruel World is a mingleplayer masocore platformer set in a game world that degrades based on player choice. It is only available on April 1, 2021. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cruel World.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

95% User Score Based on 177 reviews

Critic Score 55%Based on 1 reviews

The Chrono Jotter is a mystery and suspense visual novel that follows the steps of Ran Ibuki, a high-school student, as she investigates against the clock to discover who's killing her new classmates -- and avenge the murder of her girlfriend. Are you ready for this savage feast of life and death? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Chrono Jotter.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

97% User Score Based on 125 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

The Remainder is a dark fantasy story made of psychological puzzles, romance, and the unexpected. The Complete Edition contains acts 1 to 4! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

97% User Score Based on 1,188 reviews

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, also known as CBT, is the use of evidence based strategies to help manage symptoms of poor mental health problems such as stress, anxiety and depression. Yuuka Kazami from the Touhou Project invites you to some mostly peaceful lessons where you grasp the basics of CBT! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CBT With Yuuka Kazami.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, character development

87% User Score Based on 134 reviews

If you love someone, let them go. Unfortunately, you've got to love her first! That's the only way to get rid of Pseudo, the mysterious ghostly woman who has been chained to your leg! A short romantic visual novel from Wilson Taylor, the writer of the critically acclaimed dating sim Animal Lover! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nowhere Girl.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

86% User Score Based on 438 reviews

Lynne is a short story about the scariest thing in the world - being a teenager. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lynne.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

98% User Score Based on 1,125 reviews

"All ended well. There was nothing to be sad about." A sci-fi psychological thriller. A final episode. Hello, Charlotte. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hello Charlotte EP3: Childhood's End.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

94% User Score Based on 232 reviews

Floral Aroma in the Shrine is a short Vision Novel Touhou Project Fan Fiction game. The main story is about a love story of Reimu and Marisa. Player will be playing as Marisa and experience her side of the story happened in Hakurei Jinja. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Floral Aroma in the Shrine.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 852 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A YEAR OF SPRINGS.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

97% User Score Based on 122,636 reviews

Write the way into her heart! (Not suitable for those who are easily disturbed.) If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doki Doki Literature Club.

With great power comes your past incarnations and future self playing chess with your existence. Her whole life, Kylie Rae had been concerned with appeasing her demanding, achievement-focused mother while enjoying an otherwise peaceful teenage life of sleeping late and hanging out with friends after school. That all changes after she learns she’s the reincarnation of a destroyed magic kingdo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Riyati Rebirth.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

96% User Score Based on 140 reviews

Love of Magic is an Adult Visual Novel / RPG set in an Arthurian Urban Fantasy world. You've found True Love, you've glimpsed your Destiny. Now it's time to wage the War you were born to fight. Book 2: The War continues the story of the Knights of the Lake from Book 1: The Crown. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Love of Magic Book 2: The War.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Olga Doesn't Die.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

88% User Score Based on 169 reviews

Meike is the daughter of the noble von Essen family. Once one of the wealthiest families in Germany, the von Essen name has since been tarnished after a string of bad business decisions led them to financial ruin. Desperate to be restored to their former wealth and glory, Meike’s parents try to marry their only daughter off to the self-made businessman Walter Gerhardt. Meike possesses no fond f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cage of Roses.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development

86% User Score Based on 100 reviews

Description Close Your Eyes is a puzzle horror game where your only defense against enemies is to close your eyes. Enemies will not chase you while your eyes are closed. You are being hunted... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Close Your Eyes.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

100% User Score Based on 63 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.