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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 A Taste of the Past, HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE or Plug & Play.

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  1. 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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  4. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    94% User Score Based on 324 reviews
    Critic Score 63%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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  8. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    94% User Score Based on 413 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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  10. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    73% User Score Based on 148 reviews

    Thing-in-Itself is an interactive short story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant's concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter. Thing-in-Itself is not a game in a traditional sense - it doesn't have win or lose conditions and doesn't present challenge to the p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thing-in-Itself.

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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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  13. 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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  15. 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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  16. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 175 reviews

    A horrible corruption has forced the children of the forest into hiding. They confide in the Treehouse Man, but their prayers remain unanswered. Baptized into the group, you must take the hallowed boat on an odyssey to save your brothers and sisters before the silence kills them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Treehouse Man.

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  18. 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 60%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 thrive… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Smoke and Sacrifice.

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  19. 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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  20. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 3,314 reviews

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about an astronaut drifting through the vastness of space, searching for a reason to keep going while struggling with the feeling that there may be no way back home. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, the game explores despair, friendship and how we are able to move forward even in the deepest void of the cosmos. A Hopecore-Ins… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Control, I'm Not Coming Back.

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  21. 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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  22. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    73% User Score Based on 130 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 2 reviews

    With amazing new abilities, re-visit a land full of wonder on a new adventure in LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias - sequel to the award-winning ‘LostWinds’. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias.

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  25. Description A short - middle length Firewatch horror game with a retro vhs style and a branching narrative. You can have different conversations with characters and choose your response. Some choices have consequences... others don't. The game's story is relatively simple. The Story You (Max) have finished school and want to get a job. Unfortunately, you're just out of luck, and nobody a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 808 - Firetower12.

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  26. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 6,239 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 8 reviews

    Buy Unbeatable at PlayStation Store. An anime-juiced rhythm adventure where you (figuratively) destroy on stage while you (literally) destroy on stage. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNBEATABLE.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 192 reviews

    An Action-RPG that's (not-so) secretly a Personality Test. Use Physics-based telekinesis to make your mark on a strange world of Spirits. You will not be told when you are making decisions. You will never be judged in terms of Good or Evil. You will simply face the consequences of your actions. - Explore a strange world of Spirits! - Pick up & Throw Anything that's not nailed down!️ - Learn abou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FREERIDE.

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  28. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    95% User Score Based on 165 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 2 reviews

    Afterdream is a 2D psychological horror adventure game.Navigate the obscure location populated by ghosts, and collect items to solve puzzles as you move further through the intriguing story. Look through the lens of your strange camera and photograph highlighted objects to interact with them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Afterdream.

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  29. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    98% User Score Based on 264 reviews

    Little Man woke up and doesn't know what to do with his day. Play as Little Man and help him through the day by walking around, talking to friends (or foes) and a little bit of journaling, in this short and silly game about feeling 'eh'. Short (15 minute) game!Handwritten journal to readTalk to humans. Or dog.  ---------------------------------------------This is my first solo game project. I… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Man Has A Day.

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  30. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 5,618 reviews

    Delve into a hyper-cinematic adventure. You are a clone. You live at the world's end. You worship the last surviving human: the Allmother. When a dangerous rumour shatters your faith, you phase through time and memory—to expose a 1000-year-old lie. Relive. Reclaim. Resist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1000xRESIST.

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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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  32. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    76% User Score Based on 109 reviews

    You Are Not A Banana is set in everyday life and has a sprinkle of imagination and humor. The audiovisuals (free OST included) seek to evoke nostalgia for the 80s and 90s. This short form experimental game unfolds as a sequence of thought provoking events and surprises. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Are Not A Banana.

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  33. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    77% User Score Based on 550 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 13 reviews

    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? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today.

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    41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    46% User Score Based on 39 reviews

    ‘D.N.Age’ features a DNA system that will open your eyes to a new, never-before-seen world of monster merging. Improve the DNA of your monsters to create stronger specimens and form a party to complete quests! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to D.N.Age.

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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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    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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  38. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    96% User Score Based on 990 reviews

    This time, Motherland sent you to fight vs Nazi forces in the ruins of the snowy Stalingrad. Kill enemies and conquer trophy weapons to get the maximum chance to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BEAR, VODKA, STALINGRAD!.

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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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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    61% User Score Based on 57 reviews

    Albatross is an indie first-person adventure themed game. You can take the role of an experienced private agent, who conceals himself behind an alias known as the 'Albatross'. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Albatross.

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    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    51% User Score Based on 53 reviews

    Take Jethro the Lion on a magical journey, traversing space and time to prevent the imminent collapse of the universe. Oh and your friend Ronald the Bear is missing, maybe you can find him whilst you’re out exploring? Discover a huge world and enjoy an adventure that blends together retro platforming fun with a mix of 2D + 3D mechanics and a modern design aesthetic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lion Quest.

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  43. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    62% User Score Based on 53 reviews

    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to date someone without any idea of their gender or appearance? Or maybe you date without gender or appearance as a main focus. In any case, this game simulates the same experience! The player is shown 5 colors, each of which with different personalities. The goal is to figure out as much about these colors before choosing which one to date. Next, you w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Personality Dating Sim.

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  44. 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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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    65% User Score Based on 123 reviews

    A short and minimalist game about the day things got weird. You can only walk, jump and use fire to avoid death and find your way back home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The End o,,,o.

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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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  47. 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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  48. 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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  49. 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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    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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