Games like The Light! It Burns!

DILEMMA OF A CANDLE: HAVE you ever thought about how HARD life must be for a candle? For its entire life, we—candles—lie in the darkness of your old toolbox, waiting for a SINGLE MOMENT for which we were born — to light up and quickly burn down. Sounds depressing? But not all candles are ready to accept this horrific fate, at least I'm NOT! You can call me Shine and I'm a candle. Please, help me t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Time To Shine.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

100% User Score Based on 15 reviews

Text Wormhole is a dodge game of bullet hell generated by the roguelike way dynamically based on the theme of letters, which adopts the minimalist design style. The unprecedented visual spectacle will give you an extraordinary game experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Text Wormhole.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

67% User Score Based on 39 reviews

An exciting game, full of traps and mysteries to be solved in each of its 96 levels. In this hostile story you must put all your skills to the test to solve the hidden enigmas and lead Frank to the end of this compelling story in 2D. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drama.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

65% User Score Based on 99 reviews

Amy Chambers, a young woman on her way to the Black Ridge Mountains to meet with her friends for a weekend of camping will soon find that the forest holds more than just a good time for her and her friends. The saw beckons and it must feed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MEAT SAW.

31%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

31% User Score Based on 136 reviews

You wake up at the desk of Joseph Walker, an accountant working for a firm in the city of Montas. Normal life for Joseph has become a distant memory, haunted by nightmares of events that didn't happen, and cursed with unsettling hallucinations wherever he goes. As a result of stress and anxiety, Joseph is now an alcoholic. Paranoia is growing, and the situation worsens when police begin to quest… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Montas.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

99% User Score Based on 84 reviews

Step into EXA, an immersive musical studio where you can compose, record, and perform music using expressive instruments of your own design. Jam with EXA’s huge sound library or your own, create virtual bands, invent 'impossible' playing styles, export to WAV/MIDI, and so much more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXA: The Infinite Instrument.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

62% User Score Based on 47 reviews

Fallen into a giant old dungeon, unclear for any destiny, you have to descent deeper and deeper to a place, where even all cries will be silenced.​ If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horror of the Deep.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

76% User Score Based on 34 reviews

In pursuit of your missing colleague your car breaks down. You enter the only house for miles to use the phone. What follows next can only be described as an intense, action-driven fight for survival. What horrors lay within the house? Only one thing is certain: you need to get out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Martha.

Overview Echoes From Willowbrook is a physics oriented survival horror game where you attempt to escape from a sinister farmstead that you’ve just woken up in the middle of. Use everything in your surroundings (yes, everything) to defend yourself from the abominations roaming the farm and to solve the puzzles slowing your escape.  This game was made in 2 weeks for the Cosmic Horror Game Jam II. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes From Willowbrook.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

48% User Score Based on 4 reviews

*Also available on Steam!* You've been recommended to the head of the Detective Department because you have a really good memory. You have accepted to have a meeting with him to demonstrate your capabilities. But be careful, the boss has anger issues. You have 50 seconds to look around a certain room and keep in mind the maximum details you can. The detective will ask you questions about that… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Try To Remember.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 24 reviews

BUY ON STEAM!! Join the discord: https://discord.gg/gZPytk6ks9! Follow the twitter: https://twitter.com/eggascent!! Speedrun.com: https://www.speedrun.com/egg_ascent!!! Early access!!! Paid version has 102 more levels!! (hard mode included)Full roadmap on the discord!! Game is in active development. A momentum based platformer where you use your ability to suck up and spit out different colored e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Egg Ascent.

Your core is under attack! Protect it as long as possible in this strategic turn-based action game Different-colored energy orbs are being fired at your core in an ever-increasing onslaught. Luckily, the orbs only move after you do. Move your core or rotate your shields to avoid danger and protect your core for as long as you can. A colored orb can be blocked by the same colored shield, but beware… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colorguard.

In Blocks Must Fall your goal is to lead the Red Cube to the exit. But the exit needs to be opened first. To do that, you must take off all bright tiles (white and light-gray) by jumping them off. Find a way to rid off all the tiles. You love puzzles but hate to make endless attempts just because you made a silly mistake? Use the Back button as many times as you need to fix this! This makes … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blocks Must Fall!.

NOTE: The Maze Game will scroll the web browser window.  It is best played in full screen mode(arrows in the bottom right of the game screen to switch to full screen mode).  Everything else should work just fine in full screen mode as well :) This game is simply titled "Breathing Exercises" for now Each game has some basic instructions before entering the game room for that practice and/or game. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breathing Exercises.

Basic run down This is a Zion Arts game for the Brackeys 2021.1 game jam. In the game, the goal is to get both players to collide. there are 24 levels. Also some secrets. How to play There is a tutorial in-game, but I will explain here too. Use WASD to move(the pink player has mirrored left and right)Space to interact with teleporters and switches.The blue and pink pads with numbers are teleporte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Why not together.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

72% User Score Based on 74 reviews

STARKID’S OBSTACLE COURSE is a skill-based game that has you problem solving the whole way through. There is no shooting, there are no explosions, and the rules are very simple. Find your own path through each level without getting hit. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starkid's Obstacle Course.

You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps! Move Mr Boom's firework crates from the machines to the exit without destroying them. Beware though, as nothing is quite what it seems in the Firework Factory! This fast moving puzzle game features high quality effects and graphics, with lots of explosions. Work your way through the factory's many tasks whilst avoiding explosions, to reveal… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mr Boom's Firework Factory.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

91% User Score Based on 55 reviews

Letherfall, June 27, 1998. A child is found on the shores of a lake. His eyes wide with terror, his body frozen with fear and cold. Not far from him, dozens of lifeless bodies: Dylan is the only survivor. The police investigate, secret services intervene, but it’s all in vain — the truth lies buried with the corpses and within the twisted corners of young Dylan’s mind. Manhattan, 2018 Dylan sti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Letherfall.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

87% User Score Based on 102 reviews

"My Putrid Ponies" is a horror adventure set in a once-idyllic pony ranch now overrun by undead equines. As the last surviving, your mission is to uncover the mystery behind the ponies zombies outbreak while navigating through haunting landscapes filled with danger and despair. The Gameplays: Dynamic Gameplay Perspective: Engage in heart-pounding first-person gameplay for intense com… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Putrid Ponies.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

88% User Score Based on 25 reviews

Midway upon the journey of our life… In Canto I, you take control of Dante, the Sommo Poeta, in a small adventure that reimagines the first canto of the Divine Comedy as a videogame. Finding yourself in the Forest Dark, you’ll need to use all abilities at your disposal to traverse it!Features Spread your wings and overcome every obstacle, bounce on magical books, dash through spike traps and defe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Canto I.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

88% User Score Based on 17 reviews

This is an open-world story about VAN CAT (that's his name, no affiliations with vehicles), a duduk player from a regular family, who tracks down his CULT-LEADING UNCLE through spacetime to talk him out of creating a WORLDWIDE DICTATORSHIP!!! Explore three surreal, immersive worlds swirling with music, light and color, inspired by the Ottoman Empire, Soviet Armenia and modern day Armenia to rescu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vanakatu.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

73% User Score Based on 118 reviews

This is an immersive horror game where you have to find your dog by shouting for "ROY" on your microphone. Microphone input is totally optionally and can be turned off which will switch to voice-acting instead for calling, but microphone input is highly recommended for the full experience. If you enjoyed it, please considering getting the game on steam here or on itch.io. It really support… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rotten Flesh - Cosmic Horror Survival Game.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

71% User Score Based on 62 reviews

A Rhythmic Duel!Embark on rhythmic fun with Hailing From the Abyss! Explore a variety of distinct stages, each offering unique enemies and original soundtracks, meticulously crafted to match the mesmerizing pixel art style. Adventure through the world of Hailing from the Abyss while our protagonist faces off against her own memories in familiar settings with each distinct tune of melodies after s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hailing from the Abyss.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

87% User Score Based on 54 reviews

Created by passionate students at the University of Utah. Dive into No Strings Attached, a puzzle platform thriller where you play as Pavo, a newlysentient puppet trying to escape from an abandoned circus. Marionette Pavo’s arms to swing, climb, and more as you are guided by a mysterious Blue Light to the Big Top. Unravel your Master’s true intentions in this captivating, Pinocchio-inspired adven… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Strings Attached.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, story

60% User Score Based on 70 reviews

How many people were lost to the eternal stairwell before it was shut away from the world? What happened to those cursed to walk the liminal spaces for eternity? Descend the stairwell armed with nothing but a torch and some pieces of chalk while you attempt to keep the monsters at bay. You do not take the journey alone as you are guided by recordings of those who came before. Uncover the reasonin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCP: Descent.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music

68% User Score Based on 151 reviews

Wreak havoc through the undead plague and feel like a real badass in this unique physics-based medieval combat title. Ruthlessly cut, stab, smash, shoot or blow up your foes with a large variety of melee and ranged weapons as you explore the cursed citadel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Undead Citadel.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

83% User Score Based on 1,126 reviews

Get ready for an electrifying mix between a bullet game and a typing hell! Dodge bullets while typing exorcisms at the very same time: turn on both sides of your brain and jump into the adventure of Ray Bibbia! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Textorcist.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

63% User Score Based on 166 reviews

Plo goes on a journey to destroy the core of a horrible disease that infected his girlfriend Oth. Plokoth is an atmospheric 2D platforming game set in a mysterious jungle. For Speedrunners - can you beat the public highscore? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plokoth.

17%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

17% User Score Based on 120 reviews

Cargo 3 is a futuristic action game set in science-fiction horror world, which links the best features of the genre: unusual dynamics and thrilling high intensity of the gameplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cargo 3.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story

71% User Score Based on 293 reviews

Depths of Fear :: Knossos is a Greek-themed 1st person adventure game with stealth, action and edge-of-your-seat elements within rogue-like procedurally generated levels. You will run. You will hide. You will fight. You will die. The fate of Athens is in your hands as you step into the role of legendary Greek hero Theseus. Offering yourself for tribute unto the corrupt King Minos, you embark upon… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Depths of Fear: Knossos.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

47% User Score Based on 102 reviews

You Deserve is an horror indie game in which you will experience a bullying story about revenge, starring a teenager called Amy who is lost in a world that she doesn’t know and her only objective is to escape from it without getting murdered. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Deserve.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Do you have what it takes to build the biggest space farm in the galaxy? Help the alien reach this goal in this classic Sokoban puzzle style game! Push cows, sheep, pigs and chicken so that the correct UFO beams can abduct them. (Also, as a side-quest, collect all the hats you can!) If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sokobalien.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability

100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Obsolete is a short 2D platformer with a calm atmosphere in a very strange world where everything is deteriorating quickly. Cross the abandoned caves of this fallen world in search of an answer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Obsolete.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

90% User Score Based on 30 reviews

INFORMATION Cat + Solitaire = CATAIRE (legal gambling with cats). Purrfection graphic, You can playing CATAIRE with mouse, meow sounds and purrfect music. Cats would buy CATAIRE (if they could play). Buy it right meow! FEATURES - 52 Kotocards!- No time! Only You and cats- 94 languages supported- Simple game and mechanics!- Relaxing music- High score- 3 modes- Support mouse, keyboard or gamepa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CATAIRE - Gambling with cats.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay

91% User Score Based on 35 reviews

The first episode of an indie horror RPG series with hand-drawn visuals inspired by 90s anime. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dream of Shadowlands.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

74% User Score Based on 146 reviews

Explore an abandoned trading post and solve a complex puzzle to investigate the terrible secret it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Whisperer.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

84% User Score Based on 50 reviews

A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Incoming Evil.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

53% User Score Based on 64 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Immersed into dark and unexplored ancient woods in a search of the almost forgotten "Legend of the Ancients". But not everything goes as planned as the place keeps a never revealed horrifying secret. Hidden is a first person horror point n' click adventure game, with focus on story, puzzles and exploration. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

85% User Score Based on 647 reviews

The crisp winter air fills your lungs, but you can feel the earth underneath calling for you. The warmth from the sun melts the snow away and flowers bloom. Spring is here. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kinoko.

26%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

25% User Score Based on 126 reviews

Critic Score 30%Based on 1 reviews

Sleeping Valley - a new arcade platformer game In Sleeping Valley you only have one life to live and it's your job to see how far you can take this cute character on his brutally hard journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sleeping Valley.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Elisa, a young reporter, is sent to investigate the abandoned mansion of Renowned author Jaime Salazar, who disappeared, along with his entire family, in May 1986. Setting out to find the truth of what happened in that house, she gets a lot more than she bargained for when she realizes the house of Salazar is not totally empty!Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become anot… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Horror Of Salazar House.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

92% User Score Based on 465 reviews

Flicker of Hope is a suspense thriller where you play as a small candle in the ruins of a dark cathedral. Though the halls are littered with victims of a mysterious plague, you are not the only soul left. Use the properties of a candle, and a trusty douter to prevent yourself from being discovered. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flicker of Hope.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

93% User Score Based on 15 reviews

Logic gameplay with a twist  Move that Box is a retro arcade top-down action-puzzle game based on logical thinking that also requires reflexes. The game draws handfuls of Sokoban. The player's task is simple - get from point A to point B by moving boxes and solving puzzles. Move, push, throw, melt, and even blow up items to reach the goal. Arcade style story  Love of your life has been captured… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Move That Box.

36%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay

35% User Score Based on 34 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 1 reviews

The latest addition to the Swords and Sandals family is an all new combat platformer based on the life of the legendary gladiator Spartacus. Take up the sword of the great man and do battle with the might of the Roman Republic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Swords and Sandals Spartacus.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

55% User Score Based on 40 reviews

Think... The Stanley parable. Now mix some horror, a psychotic spirit who is guiding you, and a dash of twisted humor. You are in the void realm between hell and earth. A kindly spirit named Fate explains you have been sent here to prove you are worthy of redemption. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tower of Fate.

30%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

30% User Score Based on 164 reviews

Critic Score 30%Based on 3 reviews

In Hollow, you are one of the pilots that transports precious resource cargo from the mining ship Shakhter-One down to Earth. One day you wake up in an emergency capsule drifting near the facility. You don’t remember who you are, or how you got out there… All you can remember is an autopilot docking code for capsule dock NR 6. When you dock with Shakhter-One, it is clear that something has gone ho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hollow.

Welcome! Dive into this cute, casual hide-and-seek game with cats! Find 150 hidden felines. Some are easy, while others require sharp eyes and wits to solve mini-puzzles. Can you find them all? As a solo dev, the game has room to grow. I'll improve animations, music, and effects in the next update! If you enjoy it, please leave your support. Your feedback helps me create a better experience. Hope… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 拾光绘喵 Paws & Pastels.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

91% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Big NEON Tower VS Tiny Square is a precision platformer that challenges you to ascend a vibrant neon tower. Navigate tricky obstacles, use momentum, and collect cherries. Master the tower now! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Big NEON Tower Tiny Square.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, humor

79% User Score Based on 34 reviews

You awaken in a mysteriously malfunctioning elevator, trapped and disoriented.Navigate between floors, avoid the locals, and escape the building alive. And never turn your back on the MATRESHKA. Challenging PuzzlesSolve intricate puzzles that require logic, observation, and creativity. Each solution brings you one step closer to freedom but also deeper into the building's mysteries.Immersive Atmos… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MATRESHKA.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

97% User Score Based on 2,294 reviews

Space Rock Breaker is an incremental game about mining asteroids with guns and processing them using a plinko machine. Upgrade your ship, open lootboxes, and explore the depths of space. This version is a demo, and is currently available on Steam: Space Rock Breaker Demo on Steam If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Rock Breaker.