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Games like THERE WAS A VIDEOGAME HERE

Games like THERE WAS A VIDEOGAME HERE

Games like THERE WAS A VIDEOGAME HERE

Looking for games like THERE WAS A VIDEOGAME HERE? Here are top action recommendations with a comedy and erotic focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Once Again, A Taste of the Past or HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE.

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  1. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    94% User Score Based on 324 reviews
    Critic Score 42%Based on 3 reviews

    “Once Again” is an interactive story game about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present. After meeting her, summer will never be the same again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Once Again.

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  2. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 1,275 reviews

    Reconnect with your mother’s culture through food while navigating a train that goes deeper and deeper in time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Taste of the Past.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    93% User Score Based on 59 reviews

    Bass Monkey is a musical album set to a cartoony, hack n' slash arcade game! Assemble your band (up to 4 players) and play as a bass swingin' monkey or guitar swingin' panda! Collect bananas, smack away your fans, and top the (high score) charts before the album ends! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bass Monkey.

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  6. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    98% User Score Based on 9,931 reviews

    Pineapple on Pizza is a short game about exploring an island full of dancing people, finding a way to ruin the party, and unexpectedly enjoying it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pineapple on pizza.

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  7. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 6,017 reviews

    Yume Nikki is a 32-Bit freeware game created by Kikiyama, a Japanese solo game designer. The game was made using RPGMaker 2003. The game is regarded as one of the most original applications of RPGMaker 2003, and the start of a possible new genre of games. "Yume Nikki" means "Dream Diary" in Japanese, and the game follows a young girl named Madotsuki as she dreams. The goal is to seek out and acqu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yume Nikki.

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  8. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 1,539 reviews

    Change is an emotional homeless survival experience set in a randomly generated city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items and more to develop your character and escape to a new life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    71% User Score Based on 42 reviews

    It's about exploring the Unknown, the Nothingness, the Infinite... the Structure. An architectural non-sense, a symbolic space expanding beyond comprehension and full of emptiness. But in this Structure, among corridors, stairs and repetitive empty rooms, can also be found, from time to time, unexpected places: Unique Places, where every imaginable things can exists... In SenS, you will… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SenS.

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  10. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 361 reviews
    Critic Score 87%Based on 2 reviews

    Use living liquid creatures to build bridges, grow towers, terraform terrain, and fuel flying machines. The world is beautiful, dangerous, and evolving. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World of Goo 2.

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  11. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 359 reviews

    A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Many Nights a Whisper.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    59% User Score Based on 123 reviews

    Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grimind.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    Accompanied by beautiful piano music, you begin to experience a wonderful love journey. There is no dialogue in the story, only pictures intertwined with montage techniques. Players need to unlock each puzzle to open every door of memory, to find the youth that we have been missing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Secret in Story.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    62% User Score Based on 74 reviews

    A Squirrel rages through the end of its dying world in this chaotic depiction of the beginning and the end. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Osk.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 582 reviews

    2 mini-games - in 1 You play as an officer of Gaypolice, who must arrest all straight people. And in 2 mode you play for straight, got to GAYLAG and you need to squats on the bottle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gay World.

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  16. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, atmosphere
    100% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    If You're a Ghost Call me Here! is an adventure where the player must instantly judge the content of multiple conversations that are displayed on the screen at the same time, and continue to make the right choices in order to connect combos! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to If You're a Ghost Call me Here!.

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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    66% User Score Based on 203 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 8 reviews

    It's 1972 and a military coup has rocked Anchuria. You, Angela Burnes, are trapped in the metropolitan capital of San Bavón. Your paradise has turned into a warzone. You take up a job as a housekeeper. Every week, an hour before sunset, you clean the swanky bachelor pad of the wealthy Gabriel Ortega. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunset.

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  18. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 130 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    The Swordbreaker game is interactive fiction with lots of illustrations where you and you alone get to choose the storyline and the ending! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Swordbreaker The Game.

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  20. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    81% User Score Based on 3,395 reviews
    Critic Score 87%Based on 6 reviews

    Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kentucky Route Zero.

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  22. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    63% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    The Ballad Singer is a mix of a game book, a graphic experience and a GDR videogame. An unprecedented format combines a fantasy novel and masterpiece drawings without restricting the player's freedom to choose! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Ballad Singer.

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  23. 24%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    26% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    You are alone. Except for the zombies! But there are guns and some ammo. You can fight, but there is No Way Out of this city infested with hideous creatures that will chase you to the end! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Way Out.

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  24. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    69% User Score Based on 84 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    The Beggar's Ride is a unique and innovative Platform Puzzle Adventure Game where the player can manipulate the environment to solve puzzles in a deep and intriguing story of discovery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Beggar's Ride.

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  26. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 236 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 5 reviews

    Smoke and Sacrifice is an open-world, narrative-driven RPG, where exploiting living ecosystems is the key to your survival. Craft, fight, survive and explore the huge open world in this beautifully hand-painted, gothic adventure where every character has their tale to tell. Sachi’s home is the one tiny patch of fertile land which remains in an icy wasteland of a world. Her farming community thriv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Smoke and Sacrifice.

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  27. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    67% User Score Based on 271 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 6 reviews

    Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient is a game in the Corpse Party survival horror adventure game series. Players take control of a set of characters to explore the eerie hospital and escape from there. To do so, characters must interact with the environment to find clues and items needed to unlock the locked areas. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient.

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  28. An adorable puzzle/platformer where you take on the roll of a 4" tall cleaning robot. Protect Nida's house from an onslaught of mutated bugs. Jump, vacuum, and solve puzzles to keep the house clean! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ROTii.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, stability
    98% User Score Based on 94 reviews

    Decade is a narrative point-and-click adventure game where you will send children back into the past - ten years at a time to learn how the world ended, and what you can do to change it. Investigate documents, technologies, and artefacts to understand history, manage the children and their abilities as they age dramatically, and try to make the right decisions as you create multiple futures tha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Decade.

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  30. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    100% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    Wishlist our new game: About the GameNight of Love is a kinetic novel about your return to your hometown. Your once close friend died, and now you have to fulfill his last wish together with Jane, your ex-girlfriend. However, Jane changed a lot since your breakup: her body shape, appearance and personality - she seems like different person now. Besides, her attitude towards you changed a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night of Love.

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  33. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 335 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    Playing as Twinsen, you are a model citizen who overnight becomes a fugitive pursued by Dr. Funfrock’s henchmen. Throughout your journey from island to island, you must tirelessly search for the other rebels and form an underground network to end the clone occupation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    84% User Score Based on 174 reviews

    Be You is a weird visual novel game that your character develops different personality types depending on your choices, so they respond uniquely to different situations. With around three different choices to make and three unique lines of dialogue for each of them there's around nine different texts you can see and six endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to be you.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    91% User Score Based on 76 reviews

    Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Like Clay.

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  37. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    78% User Score Based on 97 reviews

    Remediation game designed for last attempt corrections for particularly troubled youth. Failure to complete this game may result in removal from society. Please do not attempt to find the... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 3 Blind Mice: A Remediation Game for Improper Children.

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  39. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    56% User Score Based on 268 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 3 reviews

    The Franz Kafka Videogame is an original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka. The protagonist named K., gets a sudden offer of employment and this event changes his life forcing him to make a distant voyage. To his surprise, the world beyond his homeland appears to be not as normal as he would think. Together with K., you will experience an atmosphere of absurdity, surrea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Franz Kafka Videogame.

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  40. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    97% User Score Based on 814 reviews
    Critic Score 92%Based on 1 reviews

    Golden Treasure is a game for those who carry dragons in their hearts. Hunt, explore, survive, and become Great among the True Children of Sun and Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Golden Treasure: The Great Green.

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  41. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    68% User Score Based on 92 reviews

    Explore the mysterious castle full of monsters and secrets in a quest to collect all the treasures (that will also protect you from the curses on your way) and crush the main boss. The game won't let you exit the castle, no matter how you try. Technically you can win, but there is no end. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Castle of no Escape.

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  42. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 940 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 31 reviews

    Beyond Blue is a single-player narrative adventure that takes you deep into our planet’s beating blue heart. Set in the near future, Beyond Blue explores the mysteries of our ocean through the eyes of Mirai, a deep sea explorer and scientist. Become a part of a newly-formed research team using groundbreaking technologies to see, hear, and interact with the ocean in a more meaningful way than ha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Blue.

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  43. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 9,780 reviews

    Watch the trailer: When walking home in a cold night, the Boyfriend and Girlfriend encounter a portal to a strange forest.. Vs. Alfie: Moonlit Melodies is a Friday Night Funkin' mod that includes 2 full weeks and an extra bonus week, multiple characters and stages, 10 songs in total, and a bunch of overhauled assets! The mod can be downloaded on Itch io, Gamebanana, and Gamejolt. Plus, the ar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vs. Alfie: Moonlit Melodies (+ 2 Bonus Songs).

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    88% User Score Based on 1,174 reviews

    Vinty has been getting nowhere with her calligraphy. Her confidence has sunk to an all time low. As life pressures her toward giving up, will she forget why she pursued this craft in the first place? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Without Within.

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  45. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    93% User Score Based on 425 reviews

    The Walking Fish returns, this time in space, in an all-new fish comedy horror experience. Stuck on a space station, you have to solve the mystery of the Walking Fish, and escape its terror. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier.

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  46. Notes from the developerIt is recommended to play with XBOX One Controller. In order to adapt the atmosphere to the game, we also recommend a quiet environment, as well as a darkened room. Children who are in a similar position like the main character can react very emotionally to the game. About the Game You are on the path of your own childhood that you have not experienced before. You find … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All That Remains: A story about a child's future.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    68% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    You get the motorcycle and now you're trying to outrun the death. Riding the ruined world, you should choose: save or be saved, live or survive, kill or be killed. Press the gas and find a way to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Indef.

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  49. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    88% User Score Based on 1,896 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 12 reviews

    An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green's 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to That Dragon, Cancer.

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  50. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    75% User Score Based on 10,416 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 43 reviews

    Scorn is an atmospheric first person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry. It is designed around an idea of "being thrown into the world". Isolated and lost inside this dream-like world you will explore different interconnected regions in a non-linear fashion. The unsettling environment is a character itself. Every location contains its own theme (st… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scorn.

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