Games like THE LOVELESS LORD OF NOTHING BUT THE CRADLE

TW:  guns, violence, gore, death, trauma, grief, cannibalism, suicide ARTIST STATEMENT (particularly for those new to my brand of games): i was inspired to make this game in the 4hr window for ectocomp 2023 - la petite mort which requires you to make a game in a limited timeframe. this is what i ended up with.  if you are familliar with my work, then you will recognize many of the names, particul… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THAT WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM RESURRECTION.

Fading is an interactive fiction game series being made in Sugarcube. It is a dark adult fantasy that will focus on the dark side of the truth and the line between what is morally right and wrong. In this series, you will learn about lies, truths, and what it means to ultimately be alive. Legend of a Savior is rated 18+. Content Warnings: Language, violence, death, parental abuse, blood and g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fading.

Legend of a Savior is an interactive fiction game series being made in Sugarcube. It is a dark adult fantasy that will focus on the dark side of the truth and the line between what is morally right and wrong. In this series, you will learn about lies, truths, and what it means to ultimately be alive. Legend of a Savior is rated 18+. Content Warnings: Language, violence, death, parental abuse,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legend of a Savior: Book One.

watch out! incredibly long meta below! it's a doozy! BUT THIS IS ALSO PROBABLY THE MOST COMPLEX NARRATIVE I'VE EVER WRITTEN, and one of the most horrifyingly true stories i've ever told TW: half of the things under the sun. gang violence, sexual abuse, rape, csa, teacher/student csa, abortion, (didn't make it in-game because i forgot prior to release, but: ) severe internalized homophobia, interna… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to kimono (着物).

THE CONTRACT WAS TOO GOOD TO REFUSE. THE PRICE MIGHT BE YOUR SOUL. It is September 2025. Stefano Caldara, an acclaimed but financially struggling photographer, accepts a highly unusual job: a solitary night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry, under the light of a full moon. The client is anonymous. The pay is staggering. But what waits for him in the darkness is a truth that will shatter his rea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Shadow.

     A stupid rainy day. Another one, the umpteenth in Soviet Europe. It kindly keeps the dust down, but moving through the rubble is difficult: the risk is that of slipping and breaking a bone. I'm in the right alley. I can't see the door, though... Ah! There it is, at the end, behind those boards. Now it's only a question of grit--stepping into a future that sounds so surreal. But even so, l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Train to Piccadilly.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

84% User Score Based on 662 reviews

“Between the infinite worlds was infinite nothing. A void, a darkness between realities. But nothing is as crowded as is nothing. The House built itself in reaction to its own lack of existence.” A House of Many Doors is an indie RPG written and coded by Harry Tuffs, with art by Catherine Unger and music by Zach Beever. In A House of Many Doors you are an explorer, poet and spy, traversing and m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A House of Many Doors.

Orphan is an adult CYOA/interactive-novel set in a dying neo-Rome ruined by Sorcery, ruled by the Blade. Immerse yourself in an unforgiving world, full of violence, magic, sex and intrigue. Life in the Cradle is short, brutish and crude. Ruined nobles struggle for power amongst the shadows of a crumbling city-state teeming with sorcery, rampant slavery and corruption. And you... you're just a nobo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orphan.

Welcome to the world of ''Ballad of the Judgment Night'', a dark fantasy interactive fiction game. In it, you play as an angel who's using their skills for one goal: to destroy the world. Choose how to tackle this goal and how to deal with anyone who would stand against it, regardless of who it is. This game is 18+. Content warnings: violence, death and murder, language, avoidable sexual content. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ballad of the Judgment Night.

The Bonewitch is a horror fantasy inspired by the German Baroque period. This is standalone IF and is currently in progress. Content warnings: Please note the game is rated 18+ for scenes including body horror, trauma, blood, drug/alcohol use, dubious consent, sexual content, and mentions of cannibalism. You are a Bonewitch, born into a bloodline steeped in ancient magic. When you came of age,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bonewitch.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

WARNING: This game contains flashing images. If you are sensitive to flashing lights, please proceed with caution. A Bad Christmas Story is a short, horror interactive fiction experience set in the same universe as Bad Summer. Whether you’re already familiar with Bad Summer or stepping into this world for the first time, A Bad Christmas Story is a standalone, tightly focused horror story you ca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Bad Christmas Story.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 60 reviews

Winner of the Producer's Guild Innovation Award and based on the novel by Yathay Pin, Stay Alive My Son is a virtual reality feature based on a true story of a Cambodian genocide survivor and father haunted by his past, to first-handedly experience an inspirational journey about family separation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STAY ALIVE, MY SON.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

90% User Score Based on 100 reviews

A short experience about ghosts and places and people, set in the first days/weeks after the lockdown ended in Melbourne. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to i am still here.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

95% User Score Based on 1,582 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 27 reviews

Steins;Gate 0 is a Japanese visual novel. It is the fifth game in the Science Adventure series and the sequel to Steins;Gate. Like Steins;Gate, the game is described as a "hypothetical science ADV". The player assumes the role of Okabe Rintaro in the β World Timeline. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STEINS;GATE 0.

A 2D point-and-click game, Don't Wake the Night is a visual novel-inspired game based on elements of community, witchcraft, and ancestry. As the player, you navigate the story as the spirit, an entity summoned by a community of witches who are in the middle of handing out judgement, which they leave up to you to decide. Having no memories of the world of the living, you must gather as much informa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DON'T WAKE THE NIGHT.

Chapter Ten has been released! A Tale of Crowns is a high fantasy romance with Middle Eastern roots, both on pc as well as mobile! It’s entirely text-based, with choices throughout to shape both your main character’s personality and skills as well as influence their relationships with others. There are four love interests for you to choose from, both female as well as male, each with their own st… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Tale of Crowns.

Trapped in a mysterious cave system, four dungeon explorers struggle to find a way out before the light fades forever... Dungeon of Departure is an independently developed, pixel art, visual novel set in an original universe. The story follows the silent, player protagonist and three companion characters as they face difficult decisions, strange occurrences, and seek a path forward and out of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon of Departure.

"And they lived happily ever after" might be the biggest cliffhanger of all. In Auctorem Credimus is a metafictional sci-fantasy adventure where you play as the main character's love interest, who takes over the MC's role after the story has ended. This game is an entry for the @interact-if ranked game jam! The jam's theme is "cliffhanger", so the game will end on one, but the game is written wit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In Auctorem Credimus.

In a world where magic is law and power is everything, A thin line between desires invites you into a sinfully beautiful, emotionally charged, wickedly dark and traumatic interactive tale set within Aequrion, a realm that had been split a long time ago into the Mortal and Undying Lands, humans and kindred. Embark on a fast-burn, high-stakes journey of trauma, power, and the thin, blistering line b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A thin line between desires.

a twine game about a tired, closeted office worker's struggles with sexuality + lucid nightmares, and the first in the Fantasy Cascade episodic series. it takes place in the world of Morbit, which you don't need any information on to experience this twine- but for those interested, you can explore our forums (18+) and wiki more here.  you can get the second episode here! wilson is a "concept", a s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FANTASY CASCADE- Episode 1.

The year is 1606. The unified Kingdoms of the British Isles are abound with hysteria for the Devil and HIS minions, fuelled by the paranoid King James VI and I. At the same time, a secret inquisition, previously lost to history, tries stemming the tide of Hell's influence before the brutal witch trials authorised by the Crown claim innocent lives. The year is this year, 1862. In Daemonologie you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Daemonologie Field Guide.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics

80% User Score Based on 15 reviews

Game + Soundtrack Bundle available now! All Along The Moss-Clad Copse Taking place near the end of the 15th century in medieval Pomerania, Unterholz invites players to an alternate version of our own reality. Explore the murky corners and abandoned ruins of an isolated enclave in the middle of a dark swamp. Unveil the truth behind the disappearance of its doomed denizens on a psychological journe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unterholz.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

73% User Score Based on 102 reviews

Haunted by the ability to read minds, Suteru embarks on a journey of revenge against those who wronged him. Uncovering the secrets of his tormentors, he must confront his demons in a story that explores the depths and darkness of the human mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mojika: Truth Rears Its Ugly Head.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

73% User Score Based on 37 reviews

Back is a full-motion live action horror game. Players will take on the role of the “Ren Xing” and experience a suspenseful and bizarre journey in the game. In the game, the player will explore a huge villa. The villa hides a huge conspiracy, players will face different emergencies to choose different ways to respond, and different ways to respond will determine the final outcome. Ren Xing as a re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Back.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding

95% User Score Based on 1,482 reviews

You, the "sole male student" at a women's university, are about to embark on a sweet and laughter-filled campus love journey from a first-person perspective! How will you resist the temptations of the beauties and create your own legend in this girls' school? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knowledge, or know Lady.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

90% User Score Based on 61 reviews

When a popular illustrator is found dead, disgraced demonologist Harold Ludicael is hired to summon her ghost. Ghosts are the one thing he can't summon, but with sharp insight, perhaps he can solve the mystery, and resurrect the most important thing: His career. We hope you enjoy our fantasy tale with creeping monsters, summoning magic, and a cast of rich, colorful characters. It has: 20,000… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Case of the Serialized Killer.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

87% User Score Based on 478 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 7 reviews

The popular light novel/anime series, Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World - is coming as a Tactical Adventure game! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne.

❝ , .❞ You are 3000 years old. More or less. Not like you actually care. You stopped counting ages ago. Your early undead life was preoccupied with other things to the point that you were only happy that the pesky hunters did not find and kill you yet. Your travels bring you to the closest thing you would ever come to the kind of happiness that can shatter bones. And you would gladly… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to These Crimson Strings.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

100% User Score Based on 36 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 2 reviews

The Pale City is a story-driven, dark fantasy RPG with an emphasis on characterization and atmosphere. Explore a dangerous, morally complex world where every detail is personal.. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pale City.

A classic-style text adventure game spanning three chapters. Enter verb/noun commands via keyboard, mouse, or game controller to explore, collect items, and solve puzzles in a post-apocalyptic, Christian-themed story. Features an auto-drawing map and hint system. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Forgotten Nightmare Series.

Dive into Vita: The Ember Oracle, where the city of Pando is torn by zealous dogma and a terrifying prophecy. Follow Sin-Nul's story of self-discovery and understanding of beliefs, as he fights to unravel a conspiracy threatening to destroy the Ever Flame. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vita: The Ember Oracle.

Описание игрыRevolution's Eternal Debt» is a narrative-driven RPG that immerses you in an alternate history of the October Revolution, woven with threads of mysticism and demonic conspiracy. The year is 1917. Petrograd is not merely a powder keg of political passions. It is a sacrificial altar, upon which something capable of overturning the very fabric of existence is being prepared. You are Gle… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Revolution's Eternal Debt.

Phantasma Hotel is a pixel horror roguelike RPG about being trapped in a cursed hotel that kills you, revives you in filthy bathrooms, and forces you to try again with new scars and knowledge. Explore gloomy corridors in a top-down view, search rooms, solve puzzles, and trigger random tabletop-style events where your stats decide whether you barely survive or break a little more inside. When ni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phantasma Hotel.

Welcome to the zoo! You'll be playing as Annette Cylon, a sketalian girl who just graduated with majors in both Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. In school, Annette's grades were outstanding, and she was highly dedicated to her studies, but she's been struggling with a constant battle with her own melancholy and aimlessness, leaving her jobless. Luckily, opportunity struck when her uncle on her mother's … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mutasmagoria.

Shattered Souls is a dark, fantasy otome that is currently in development by Eternal Love Studios. Become lost in a realm where nothing is as it seems. A realm of broken, beautiful, and resilient people. Experience enchanting, passionate love stories with twists and turns in every direction. Fight for your soul, never giving up, and always trying again until the day you are healed. Shattered Sou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shattered Souls.

About UsX: @SiToKa_official Instagram: @SiToKa_offical Bluesky: @sitokagame.bsky.social About the GameGame IntroductionEngram is a Computer RPG focused on role-playing and storytelling. Here, you accompany your ailing sister Mia through a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world in search of a miracle to cure her. How you spend Mia’s limited life becomes your central dilemma — do you devote time to he… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Engram.

The Crystal Kingdom of Chalcedonia was once a beautiful place, under the rule of Princess Rosalia, they lived happy peaceful lives. Until one day, monsters called Nightmares destroyed the kingdom. Princess Rosalia and her fairy knight Diana hid deep in the castle, praying that their last hope, the magical Rose Crystal Mirror would produce a miracle, and save their home, however, they were attacked… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Magical Warrior Diamond Heart.

An Interactive Fantasy Romance Story You're headed towards the biggest career opportunity of your life. But when you set out to travel the dangerous public road to the city of Bruthhaven, you must bring along a hired sword for protection. Your alliance with this intriguing stranger quickly turns to attraction when the perils of the journey awaken your desires. Take control of the action in thi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lone Wolves.

Life of Tabayama is a psychological thriller visual novel set in a quiet Japanese mountain town in the early 1990s. What begins as a lighthearted high school romance quickly descends into a dark and disturbing mystery. With a deeply emotional storyline, richly developed characters, and a creeping sense of dread, this is a game that explores what happens when jealousy, desire, and hidden traumas co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life of Tabayama.

The Art of Masquerade A Narrative Interactive Fiction A Thrilling Tale of Survival, Friendship, and the Power of Art Step into the shadowed streets of an alternate Victorian Venice, a city of breathtaking beauty and dark intrigue. In this richly crafted narrative, you are Gia, a masterful mask-maker whose creations are so lifelike, they blur the line between art and reality. But in a world … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Art of Masquerade.

In the Labyrinth, they talk of gods. They whisper between their fingers and sweeten their breath with the tales of titans of old who once stood so tall that a single breath would cause earth-tremors, their steps reshaping the ground trod beneath them. Their fingers were the tools that smoothed the mountains into points, shaped and carved the ridges and valleys in between. If you hike far enoug… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mouths of Elysium.

What time is it? My clock broke three weeks ago, so I've lost count... Blubird is missing. I can't find him anywhere. He gave me these VHS tapes, four of them, to be exact, but they don't make any sense. Just are full of random anagramic mysteries: a broken toy, a lost robot, a man who lost his eye, and a small locket. Something doesn't add up... Look, typically I wouldn't be coming to you, but, M… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blubird and The Memory Machine.

Deadly Nightmare Unwanted Heritage brings you back to the nightmare world, where your mission it so try and break the curse before 6 AM. In the first Deadly Nightmare game, you played the role of John, but this time around you take the role of his grandmother. Surviving is not easy, since you need to explore supernatural locations, figure out what’s wrong and uncover the truth as fast as you can. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadly Nightmare Unwanted Heritage.

TW: discussion of suicide, gore, violence, heavily anti-christian sentiment, and sexual abuse inviolet the deer (AND THE DIRECTOR OF HEAVEN!) and sacrosanct the falcon-god discuss their histories and manipulate dimensional / temporal mechanics for the sake of one another, for each other's sake, to find a way to be together, despite all the ways it could (AND HAS GONE!) go wrong. --[reposted from c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to eleventh (unsacred).

Anamnesis is a text-based, single player, life simulation and role playing game in as continuous a development as life circumstances have allowed since 2010. It exists because I always wanted to play a game like it but nobody else was doing it. The content of the game, such as plot elements, characters, factions and locations, are manually developed, but their selection is randomized for each gam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anamnesis, of Renascents and Monsters.

At a stage in our lives we all fear the inevitability of death but what if you could cheat such an end through the use of a forlorn mirror? A traveling circus group, known as the Roulette Runners, arrive at the city Horizon Bluff to perform for the festival of the Wyvern Glass. The performance celebrates a legend from the coastal region about a mythical mirror, which had the power of Ressurflecti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ressurflection.

I’m the Echo when You call is my submission to the non-ranked Interact-If 2022 Game Jam. The theme is “Red Herring”.  You are a Liminari - a scholar who has committed sacrilege by pursuing forbidden knowledge in hopes of evolving into an Old One, a being who can break itself out of the curse of the ouroboros, become a master of its own life and death; a god. During one of your solitary voyages … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I’m the Echo when You call.

Snakeroot is a fantasy horror interactive fiction WIP about monsters, haunted forests, and surviving when the odds are stacked against you. It is set in the original modern fantasy world of Siressea, inspired by TTRPG formats D&D and MoTW. In it, you play as a hunter in the employ of the Vanguard, an organisation of monster-hunters dedicated to combating a magical curse known as the Rot. General… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snakeroot..

Epic of Serinor: Dawnshadow is a modern RPG styled after the great 8-bit classics of old. Follow the adventures of "Sai" Wulfgar, a psychic orc with various reptilian pets in the struggle for freedom from imprisonment by the god of darkness and destruction. Which sounds silly written out like that. Features Experience an original story and world presented in a classic style.Defeat your foes in … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Epic of Serinor: Dawnshadow.

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