Games like What Happened in Addison's Grotto

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

86% User Score Based on 72 reviews

A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black and white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghost in the pool.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 41 reviews

It was raining und thunderstorming.In the middle of the night.And there happened something ...... something terrible.At the old abandoned ... WATERMILL. You wake up with no memory.In the middle of the night.You are locked up.You are alone ... or are you not?Find out what happened and escape from the old watermill!And maybe ... not everything is as it seems ... Features Point and click adventure Si… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Night at the Watermill.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, humor

96% User Score Based on 4,925 reviews

Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a truly daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dagon.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

93% User Score Based on 90 reviews

In the winter of 1910, professor Crawford Tillinghast mounted an expedition into the mountains of Europe. He went searching for a lost village shrouded in the myths and rumors of a bygone era. This is his story... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to From Beyond Prologue.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

90% User Score Based on 451 reviews

A young man named Selim Kara is found dead under mysterious circumstances. When a camera is connected to his computer, the system becomes corrupted and its files turn unreadable. You are an agent at the National Intelligence Center. Your assignment is simple: recover the files. WELCOME BACK TO 2005... BUT DIFFERENT. Boot into a strangely familiar desktop. Old and slow, but just as much fun interne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heaven Does Not Respond.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

90% User Score Based on 52 reviews

A first-person horror game where you play as Daniel, a Maritime Operative trapped alone aboard a submarine. Sent to investigate an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying horrors await in its depths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell Dive.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere

56% User Score Based on 364 reviews

The town of Stonecreek is haunted. People keep disappearing into thin air, leaving nothing but an eerie symbol behind. With the townsfolk gripped with fear, use a missing victim's phone to unlock the truth in the third entry of the acclaimed horror series, Simulacra. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SIMULACRA 3.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

72% User Score Based on 65 reviews

Morph Girl is an FMV Point And Click/Visual Novel developed as a homage to 90/00's low-fi Japanese horror movies. Inspired by home VHS tapes, Morph Girl intends to evoke the most personal fears surrounding the presence of the unknown within one's home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Morph Girl.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

74% User Score Based on 146 reviews

Explore an abandoned trading post and solve a complex puzzle to investigate the terrible secret it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Whisperer.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 1,785 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 7 reviews

In the old days man tried to catch a glimpse of the future in the strangest of ways. Experience the ancient Swedish phenomena of year walking through a different kind of first person adventure that blurs the line between two and three dimensions, as well as reality and the supernatural. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Year Walk.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay

91% User Score Based on 23 reviews

Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Filmmaker - A Text Adventure.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

93% User Score Based on 323 reviews

Intellica believes that positivity and happiness are the keys to self-sustaining thinking programs. By taking part in the A.M.T. Study, you can help make it happen!  QUALIA is a retro-inspired Interactive Fiction text game where you analyze and categorize two participants based on their responses to a series of questions. Are they really human? Are you? Remember, the A.M.T. Study is not a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to qualia.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

84% User Score Based on 323 reviews

From the creators of cult sleeper hit Scratches and the haunting Serena, comes a chilling journey into the darkest depths of your mind. ASYLUM is an ambitious first-person horror adventure casting you into the hallucinatory setting of the Hanwell Mental Institute. As an ex-patient suffering bizarre visions, you must explore the intricate layout of the building, research its past history, and ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ASYLUM.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 620 reviews

Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring a hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art developed by award-winning Finnish solo developer Jesse Makkonen (DISTRAINT -series, Afterdream, Heal). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Without a Dawn.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 1,141 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 43 reviews

Your choices solve a mystery If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OXENFREE II: Lost Signals.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

99% User Score Based on 112 reviews

A surreal, coming-of-age visual novel set in early 2010s Central Florida, "Siren's Call" is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside of you knows that this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

68% User Score Based on 510 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

TRAUMA tells a story of a young woman who survives a car accident. Recovering at the hospital, she has dreams that shed light on different aspects of her identity - such as the way she deals with the loss of her parents. TRAUMA lets you experience those dreams in an interactive way, reminiscent of Point-and-Click Adventure Games. It builds upon this established formula by introducing a gesture-ba… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trauma.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

72% User Score Based on 1,546 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 23 reviews

The Town of Light is a psychological adventure told in the first person. The story is set in Italy in the first half of the 20th Century in a place which really existed and has been meticulously reconstructed. Exploring and interacting with the environment you will relive the history of the main character through her confused viewpoint and on the basis of your choices, the story will develop in di… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Town of Light.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

85% User Score Based on 230 reviews

While attending a religious recollection, Holly Beltran experiences strange hauntings throughout the convent. At night, broken faced statues and whispered prayers haunt Holly’s dreams — before the recollection is over, Holly may have to face more than her own demons to come out alive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saint Maker.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

90% User Score Based on 108 reviews

Explore a sinister village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a story-driven point & click game. Delve into the horror of guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Whispering Valley.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

69% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Trials of Harmony is an interactive mystery novel told from a mobile messaging app perspective. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trials of Harmony ~ Experimental Visual Novel.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

68% User Score Based on 38 reviews

This is a 100% handcrafted point and click adventure about traveling to a seemingly ordinary place, right next to you that slowly introduces itself as a surreal and twisted world that has it's own invisible gods, agendas, and order. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GRUNND.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

69% User Score Based on 115 reviews

The Fan is an interactive photo fiction with real locations and actors. The game is a first person thriller with a unique twist. Driven by a creepy and unsettling atmosphere, it will take you deep within the darkest places of Paris underground. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fan.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 4,100 reviews

Critic Score 53%Based on 4 reviews

A realistic horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SIMULACRA.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

91% User Score Based on 926 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 8 reviews

After performing a charm that would supposedly unite them as friends, a group of students are teleported to the mysterious Heavenly Host Elementary School where they are visited by the spirits of the school's murdered students. Featuring the voice talent of Aqua Voices, Lindsey Vachon,  Byron Rodrigues, and many more talented voice actors. The English version of the first two chapters are playab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpse Party.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

81% User Score Based on 62 reviews

A supernatural mystery visual novel. What kind of fate will the heroine face after she relives the last seven days before her death? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cafe 0: The Sleeping Beast.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Elisa, a young reporter, is sent to investigate the abandoned mansion of Renowned author Jaime Salazar, who disappeared, along with his entire family, in May 1986. Setting out to find the truth of what happened in that house, she gets a lot more than she bargained for when she realizes the house of Salazar is not totally empty!Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become anot… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Horror Of Salazar House.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

88% User Score Based on 196 reviews

The Trench is a short horror experience in which you will command the Pandora submarine, exploring the depths of a trench that has been uncovered after an earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, your mission will be to retrieve all the data from a previous accident involving another submarine "The Neptune" If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Trench.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

100% User Score Based on 46 reviews

Find your missing father and uncover the dark conspiracy surrounding a sacred artifact and an enigmatic brotherhood in this haunting text adventure that combines the best elements of classic interactive fiction and gamebooks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lifestream - A Haunting Text Adventure.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability

55% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 6 reviews

In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Charon's Staircase.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

77% User Score Based on 930 reviews

Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way! There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The 39 Steps.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

76% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 6 reviews

A visual novel about an abusive relationship, idealization, and intimacy. Live a summer of dysfunctional love through branching storylines, twists, sudden changes, and an innovative mechanic where you choose which senses to use with your boyfriend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

76% User Score Based on 2,961 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 10 reviews

Observer is a first person perspective horror game that focuses on a dark, atmospheric environment and deep story telling. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Observer.

A dark noir mysterious dream. Like an old photograph come to life. A detective visits a far away hotel in order to investigate what happened to a missing girl and solve the mysteries that lie within the walls of this cold and strange place. With a deep and dark atmosphere to explore. Navigate this strange place and investigate the even stranger residents to get to the truth. Find objects, sol… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neighbors.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

85% User Score Based on 186 reviews

The iconic game The 7th Guest has been brought back to life with modern technology, delivering an atmospheric story like no other. Six guests have been welcomed to a foreboding mansion, but something sinister is at play. The wealthy recluse and toymaker Henry Stauf lurks in the shadows, and a dark power hangs over the house, shrouded in mystery. Who is the seventh guest? What does Henry want with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The 7th Guest Remake.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

86% User Score Based on 42 reviews

It's 3am in your childhood home. Everyone's asleep, but you. Sneak out of your room to do what you always do - "T.W.I.R.L." - whatever that means. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to T.W.I.R.L..

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 153 reviews

Don’t Go Looking For Evil, You May Find The Likho… One-Eyed Likho is a mystical first-person horror adventure in which you have to find Likho and escape your own evil fate. Features Folk horror – Explore a game world inspired by a Slavic fairy-tale recorded in the early 19th century Story-focused exploration – Progress through the game to uncover secrets and learn the whole truth Unique style - A … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One-Eyed Likho.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 48 reviews

The Third Shift is a Game Boy Styled horror game inspired by classic horror titles like Resident Evil and Clock Tower.  As the newly hired security guard at the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder, you’ll be working under the watchful eye of your boss, Daniel.  An Adventure in Multiple Perspectives Blend 3rd and 2nd person perspectives as you see yourself through video surveillance. 1st p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Third Shift.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

84% User Score Based on 43 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 6 reviews

A game you can read. A book you can play.YOUR HOUSE is a text-driven mystery game where reading is not a break from the gameplay — reading is the gameplay. Every sentence, image, sound, object, and strange detail inside the house may hide a clue. To move forward, you’ll need to read carefully, connect ideas, interact with words, solve puzzles embedded in the text, and unlock the secrets of a mans… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to YOUR HOUSE.

You were part of the Somnolence Research Project — a clinical program exploring the boundaries of dream-based therapy and cognitive mapping. During the procedure, an unauthorized surgical intervention was performed without your consent. You awoke inside the system — a simulated dream environment where no one was ever meant to regain consciousness. From that moment, reality and simulation began … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Somnolence.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

100% User Score Based on 61 reviews

After agreeing to take on what seems like a mundane story about the unique city and its planned road bridge, journalist James Maynard finds himself uncovering a disturbing underbelly to the local customs, and a hideous core to the notion of Venetian pride. Not even the might of Mussolini can truly kill the Carnival. Winner of Best Lines of Dialogue - Adventure Games Of The Year 2025. C… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Carnival.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

86% User Score Based on 214 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 11 reviews

Set off on a quest for the Great White Birds in a mysterious land If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Amerzone The Explorer's Legacy.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

91% User Score Based on 80 reviews

This is a relaxing atmospheric game where you simply watch a robot catch creatures. Place it at the edge of your screen like a vertical desktop accessory and observe the ecosystem. It’s neither an idle game with mountains of stats nor an exciting fishing game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fishing The Abyss.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

65% User Score Based on 31 reviews

The Sinking Forest - 沈む森 - is a Japanese psychological horror game. The game has autosave system. My sister Sayuri is missing, and she hasn't answered the phone for days, I have to find her! The game has the texts translated with automatic translator. I'm sorry but I don't have the budget to pay for professionals, I hope to be able to do it in the future! Game Features: Spectac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sinking Forest - 沈んだ森 -.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

94% User Score Based on 945 reviews

PROXIMATE is a dread-driven narrative game where you investigate a deep sea laboratory and piece together the events that lead to the research team’s demise. You'll be required to wear an image recognition visor that only tells you the bare minimum information you need to succeed — and sometimes less. Use text information, proximity data and audio clues to form a mental map of your surroundings an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PROXIMATE.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization

87% User Score Based on 40 reviews

CHIYO is a first person, escape room styled, single player, puzzle game set in a Edo era Japan horror background and in the same universe of MALICE. Play as Idate Chiyo, a newly recruited paranormal investigator of the Tokugawa Shogunate's Magical Arcane Division, tasked with her first assignment to investigate some strange occurrences reported to have originated from an abandoned mansion on the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chiyo.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 283 reviews

Com este patch, você poderá jogar Clock Tower:Rewind em português (PT-BR)! Clique aqui para acessar um documento (PDF) que ensina passo-a-passo como aplicar o patch no jogo e também como acessar a versão correta na hora de jogar! Lembrando que isto é apenas um patch! Isto é, você precisará ter o jogo na Steam para poder aplicar a tradução. Mas por favor, não redistribuam o patch, tampouco o arqu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clock Tower: Rewind.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

97% User Score Based on 58 reviews

Third Eye Open is a coming of age story about a young girl with the ability to see spirits. Will this burgeoning power be a blessing or a curse? Will you be able to save your family and unravel the mystery at the heart of the adventure?Her PowerYou are Ting, a young girl who is able to see the spirits around her. You form a remarkable friendship with a young ghost, Xiu, who is seeking peace. Toget… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open.

Escape is a platform-adventure game of new weird style. You will be in an uncontrollable research institution, and witness the site being disintegrated by Data Elimination. Seek a gleam of light desperately in the erosion of the darkness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ESCAPE SITE 13.

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.