Games like The Paper Loop

Contra Spem Spero (Latin for 'Against all hope, I hope') is a narrative-driven horror experience that blends text-based exploration, immersive visual novel storytelling, survival elements, and puzzle-solving. Your car breaks down in the middle of a deserted road. Having no time to waste, you decide to continue on foot, grabbing only your journal and camera. Yet imperceptibly, the asphalt turns …

"Protocol" is a sci-fi comedy game set in the near future, where you play as a carefree soldier participating in the Protocol program to make first contact with an alien life form. By following a mysterious AI's orders, you must avoid violating the Protocol, which could result in the complex and staff's elimination. The game features an intriguing plot with elements of horror, action, and a twisted love story.

In Superhero Simulator, protect your city by stopping crimes, rescuing civilians, and battling villains while your choices influence the world around you. Balance your superhero duties with everyday jobs to earn money for food and gear upgrades. Customize your hero’s look and manage health, hygiene, and mental state to rise or fall in your heroic journey.

Static Dread: The Lighthouse plunges players into an atmospheric horror story set on a forsaken island where a lone lighthouse keeper battles supernatural forces threatening the seas. As eerie encounters and mysterious disappearances escalate, players must navigate strange rituals, protect loved ones, and face unknowable horrors with multiple possible endings. The chilling tale explores sanity and survival amid creeping darkness.

Niktophobia is an action game where you join a biological and chemical threat prevention team tasked with investigating a space station's chemical facility after power failures and lost communication. Navigate shifting environments from light to darkness, manage your power carefully, and evade a persistent AI threat that adapts to your actions. Play solo or cooperatively with up to two players for an intense, immersive experience.

A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world that gets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it? Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

Endless Dark is a narrative-driven, space exploration game where you manage a crew of survivors on a mysterious derelict ship. Uncover the ship's dark secrets and past through detailed interactions, while balancing resources and repairing critical systems to ensure your crew's survival. With a focus on character development, player choice, and atmospheric tension, Endless Dark offers a unique and immersive sci-fi experience.

Chernobylite is a single-player or co-op horror shooter RPG set in a hyper-realistic 3D scanned Chernobyl wasteland. As ex-employee Igor, you'll investigate your fiancée's mysterious disappearance, facing military, stalkers, supernatural creatures, and harsh environment. Build a base, craft, manage resources and companions, and prepare for a thrilling adventure of survival, conspiracy, horror, love, and obsession.

"Not For Broadcast" is a darkly comedic game where you control a live television broadcast, deciding which camera angles to show and which content to censor. Balance the demands of egotistical celebrities, pushy sponsors, and politicians to keep your audience entertained, all while dealing with unexpected technical issues. Your choices shape the narrative and tone of the broadcast.

Asbury Pines is a story-driven incremental/idler game where you uncover a brutal murder mystery by combining characters, artifacts, and places across time—from the stone age to the distant future. Through immersive writing and resource production mechanics, you build interconnected economies that reveal the dark secrets of this small town. The game blends rich worldbuilding with strategic synthesis to unravel its chilling tale.