Games like Theatrical Elegy for the Age of Machines and Dead Matter, or: All the Quiet Processes Beneath Alien Presences
Looking for games like Theatrical Elegy for the Age of Machines and Dead Matter, or: All the Quiet Processes Beneath Alien Presences? Here are top simulation recommendations with a historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, CAT Interstellar or South Scrimshaw, Part One.
1 72%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, optimization77% User Score 1,212 reviewsCritic Score 62%4 reviews1979 Revolution, the action/adventure game, immerses players into the gritty, euphoric streets of revolution – where the choices you make may betray you. Set in the actual events of 1979 Iran. 1979 Revolution’s story is told through the main character Reza, a young photojournalist in Tehran, during the electrifying early days of the revolution in 1978. Without political or religious motivation, R…
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2 74%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, replayability74% User Score 787 reviewsCAT Interstellar is a short story-driven science fiction game about humanity's attempt to terraform Mars. Pilot a DOG V4 unit on an alien world and uncover the past of a seemingly barren planet.
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3 99%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, monetization99% User Score 1,271 reviews"The consciousness dawning inside of an aquatic egg is prodded alert. It is a male whale calf, stirring with a newfound awareness of body." South Scrimshaw uses the linear VN format to create a science fiction documentary about fictional science. It is composed of over 400 illustrations, painted in a mix of watercolor, ink, and digital media, set against a rich audio backdrop of music…
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4 84%Game Brain Scoregraphics, atmospheregameplay, replayability84% User Score 126 reviewsExplore and escape the mall of your mind in this surreal adventure game.
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5 81%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, grinding81% User Score 141 reviewsFrom the co-creator of Anodyne. In this surreal, PSX-like adventure, learn someone's secrets and experiences by exploring their mind. Control Yuito as you explore his estranged and dying father's "Memory World" - what surreal and supernatural things will you find?
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6 99%Game Brain Scorehumor, storycharacter development, grinding99% User Score 551 reviewsThe complete horror-comedy series! Join protagonist BB as she collects material for her zines in a mysterious world of drinky birds, secret rooms, dream resorts, waterparks, bort dolls, immersive theater, beachfront novelty shirts, police men, serial killers, art freeports and unorthodox medical treatment. Nobody's getting out of here alive! Voice Of The Killer BB joins a call center on the edge…
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7 83%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, grinding90% User Score 2,614 reviewsCritic Score 76%16 reviewsAsk and you shall be deceived
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8 90%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability95% User Score 7,848 reviewsCritic Score 85%52 reviewsBuy Pentiment on PlayStation Store. A historical narrative-driven game inspired by illuminated manuscripts and printed woodcuts.
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9 94%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsmonetization94% User Score 248 reviewsYou play as the Professor, on a mission to find the sunken city of Houston. Things have been getting worse for the few surviving colonies of Earth as their resources dwindle and a corrupting algae bloom threatens all that remains. For years you've been systematically exploring the wastes without any sign of the ruins. Your main companions on your mission are ARORA, an AI who's been humanity's guid…
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10 99%Game Brain Scoremusic, storygameplay99% User Score 152 reviewsAn Injustice at the Abbey! Sister Hedwig is an anchoress - a religious figure who has vowed to stay locked in the same room for the rest of her life as an act of devotion - at Linbarrow Abbey, a remote convent in the moors of England. This quiet life of meditation and solitude is broken one day when the abbess comes to her with a most unusual request... Misericordetta is a short (~20-30mi…
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