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Games like What Lies Beyond

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  1. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 4,318 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 13 reviews

    The Fall is a side-scrolling adventure game with platforming and combat elements. Your character is an AI controlling a combat suit whose occupant is unresponsive and presumably dead or seriously injured. You have crash landed on an unknown planet for unknown reasons and must seek medical attention for your 'pilot'. The bulk of the gameplay resolves around completing a series of object-matching p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fall.

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  2. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    77% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Venture forth in this puzzle-combat dungeon explorer. Blinded and trapped inside a dungeon tower, every sound you make illuminates your path to freedom. Danger lurks around every corner: trapdoors, chambers filled with toxic fumes, and halls patrolled by crusader knights are only the beginning. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EchoBlade.

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  3. You are in a place called Purgatorium, a labyrinth prison. Why are you there? A mysterious being called Mr. Nobody introduces himself and says his goal is to get to Paradisus. However, he doesn't care if you make it, but, he's the only help you have. Will you be able to get there? Who is Mr. Nobody? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Search For Paradisus.

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  4. Become the Architect of the ApocalypseSystem Ascension: Idle Core is a story-rich, incremental strategy game where you take control of a stranded artificial intelligence arriving on a mysterious planet. Master interlocking power sources, optimize your resource automation, and engineer the ultimate planetary engine. Will you conquer the old world to bring order to the new? RISE OF THE SYSTEM M… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to System Ascension: Idle Core.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    87% User Score Based on 82 reviews

    She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nidana.

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  7. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 3,881 reviews
    Critic Score 57%Based on 8 reviews

    Inspired by Gone Home and Dear Esther, Scanner Sombre is a cave exploration experience. With stunning visuals and a terrifying theme, it is the 6th major video game released by Introversion Software. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scanner Sombre.

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  8. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, replayability
    96% User Score Based on 77 reviews

    Return to Grace is a first person narrative adventure set in a visually stunning ‘60s retro sci-fi world. You play as space archaeologist Adie Ito, who has unearthed the ancient resting place of an A.I. god and onetime caretaker of the solar system known as Grace. The only inhabitants of the site are fracture variations of the Grace AI. Each with their own quirky personalities and unknown mo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Return to Grace.

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    54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    55% User Score Based on 225 reviews
    Critic Score 53%Based on 3 reviews

    Rememoried is an independent video game, a virtual place where memories change to dreams and the only possible way is forgetting, which becomes a mechanism for proceeding to the next layer of dreams. The Surrealist explorative first-person adventure game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rememoried.

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  10. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 770 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 5 reviews

    There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers. But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knock-Knock.

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  12. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    81% User Score Based on 1,696 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

    The Unfinished Swan is a game about exploring the unknown. The player is a young boy chasing after a swan who has wandered off into a surreal, unfinished kingdom. The game begins in a completely white space where players can throw paint to splatter their surroundings and reveal the world around them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Unfinished Swan.

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  13. 23%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    35% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Ayahuasca: Polyventure is a low poly experimental game based on beautiful atmospheres and lucid dreaming, to concern about endangered species and other future human society problems. The game mainly consists in exploring the surroundings of the psychedelic worlds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lucid Dreams: Polyventure.

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  14. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 5,138 reviews
    Critic Score 87%Based on 8 reviews

    The Swapper is a short puzzle platformer where you must complete every puzzle and collect 124 orbs, in groups of 3 and 9 later on, to complete the game. The game has a tool which lets you create up to 4 clones and switch between them as long as you have a clear line of sight. The main obstacles for the puzzles are 3 kinds of lights that interfere with the tool in different ways to make the puzzl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Swapper.

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  15. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    64% User Score Based on 556 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 17 reviews

    PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PLANET ALPHA.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    82% User Score Based on 354 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    A haiku platformer. It isn't for everyone, but you are welcomed to try it. The game won't take too much time to finish. It's short and vague. You just push left, right and sometimes jump. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Indecision..

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  17. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 1,605 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 8 reviews

    "The Cave is a new adventure game from Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator Ron Gilbert, and Double Fine Productions, the award-winning studio behind Psychonauts and Brütal Legend.Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, each with their own unique personalities and stories, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore locations including a subterranean amusement park … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cave.

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  18. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    77% User Score Based on 154 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 4 reviews

    The rhythm of nature is in danger! You are Áilu, a young Sámi whose ordinary reindeer herding day turns into an adventure. Learn the old ways of the Noaidis, Sámi Healers. Harness the powers of the Noaidi Drum and the Familiar Spirits to fight against a disorder spreading across the land! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skábma: Snowfall.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    81% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    Marginalia is a first-person horror game that transports you to Kestlebrook, a secluded valley where history becomes enmeshed with a strange present. Weeks ago Eric left. Days ago you got a letter telling you to come to him. Now you're here, but precisely where is here? And better yet, when? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Marginalia.

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  20. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 138 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 7 reviews

    [Media 6637141] [Media 3418852] [Media 2269244] Re:Turn – One Way Trip a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure horror game. It tells the tale of five college friends went on a camping trip the... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Re:Turn - One Way Trip.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 2,790 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 2 reviews

    NaissanceE is a first person exploration PC game developed on UDK by Limasse Five with the participation of Pauline Oliveros, Patricia Dallio and Thierry Zaboitzeff. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world but platforming and puzzles areas will also enrich the experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NaissanceE.

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  22. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    78% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    Mirage of Dragon is a unique, 2D platformer, with an open world that gives you a freedom of exploration. Wander the maze, solve puzzles and discover all of the game endings in a mysterious, dreamy place. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mirage of Dragon.

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  23. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 7,072 reviews
    Critic Score 88%Based on 6 reviews

    Explore a beautiful Escheresque world where the laws of physics are different. Geometry repeats infinitely in every direction, and falling down leads you back to where you started. Manipulate gravity to change your perspective and see the world in new ways. Master the rules of the universe and restore a barren world with vegetation and life. - KEY FEATURES - ◽ An expansive and visually striking … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Manifold Garden.

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  24. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    95% User Score Based on 40 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup is a 2D platformer with a strong focus on character and a sad story seasoned with dark humor. It is developed by the creator of Conker's Bad Fur Day and ex-RARE staffer Chris Seavor. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup.

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  25. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    The New Dimension in Co-op with Blazon are proud to present Alpacalypse. A fun run and jump, collect and avoid game, first  released on Zzap! 64 Micro Action #19's cover mount. This game production consists of the following:- Presentable loading bitmap- Front end presentation- Hi score table- A selection of difficulty level settings- Upbeat music with custom in game sound effects blended together-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alpacalypse.

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  26. About This GameIt was just another Friday night. You were sitting in your room, controller in hand, losing yourself in the glow of the TV screen. The pizza was getting cold. The world outside didn't matter. It was just you and the game — the way it was always meant to be. Then something happened. The screen flickered. The colors twisted. The room around you began to blur and stretch, like reali… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spikes&Traps.

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  27. 30%Game Brain Score
    30% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Imagine waking up to sounds of demonic whispers coming from a nearby outdated radio.  This is what thirty-year veteran detective Giles Morris experienced after falling asleep in his office one foggy Monday morning in the 1940s.  He had never experienced something so bone-chilling in all his years of detective work.  Through the static, he could hear the blood curdling scream of a woman calling out… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Scream.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    94% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Color Souls is a Fast-paced Splatformer where platforms are invisible and you have to paint them. Walk, Jump, Double Jump, Slide and Wall Jump to paint everything, A vast amount of difficult levels for you challenge and powerful bosses to beat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Color Souls.

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  29. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Clipping Mask Clipping Mask is a 2D Puzzle Platformer in which the player must use a combination of movement skills, alongside the “Clipping Mask” ability in order to progress in each level. This skill allows them to copy properties from their environment and paste them into others, effectively altering the landscape to their advantage. Properties are represented through the usage of colour schem… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clipping Mask.

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  30. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    How to play The aim of the game is to see how far you can run through the cave, whilst avoiding various hazards and jumping over many gaps. When the game starts, you will start running automatically and build up speed running on the ground. As you travel further into the cave, the challenge will increase. The game ends when you run out of health, or fall into a pit. This game can played in brows… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Cave Runner DX.

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  31. Jump Up, Jerry! is an arcade platformer where you have to jump your way through different types of cable cars and enemies in order to reach for your highest score. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jump Up, Jerry!.

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  32. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Help The Death to undo his mess, collect souls between heaven, purgatory and hell. Run, Jump, Hide and Explore! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Death Into Trouble.

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  33. In Submansion, you will travel through ten rooms in search of lost keys and an invaluable thing. Your guide will be the Keykeeper. At first glance, a helpless lady who could not even cope with her main task - to keep the keys. Complete the challenges in each room to find all the keys and learn more about Keykeeper, the mansion, its inhabitants, and yourself. Each room is a piece of the puz… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Submansion.

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  34. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    63% User Score Based on 87 reviews

    You’re held prisoner by the hideous Lich, who captured you during his expansion wars and locked you up for eternity in his fortress with the other outcasts. With no name, no past, and left to rot in a place of death and damnation, you have one goal: survive... and escape. Advance through different rooms in this horrific citadel, face the enemies that block your way, and keep on your path to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fortress.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 1,282 reviews

    About this game:  Rat Quest is a game about a rat platforming up the level to get his sweet sweet cheese. Difficult platforming: The platforming in this game is very difficult! Every jump matters, if you fall, its right back to the bottom. Not as it seems: everytHing is finE, no reason to worry in the sLightest. very Pleasant game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rat Quest.

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  36. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 2,117 reviews

    An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system. Lorn's Lure is an atmospheric narrative first-person platformer with novel climbing mechanics and modernized retro 3D graphics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lorn's Lure.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    96% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    Embark on a thrilling adventure in Pre Dusk, a captivating journey into darkness. Play as Ray, a determined youth escaping his grandfather's mysterious home. Master weapons and abilities like gliding and grappling to overcome challenges and foes. Uncover secrets, interact with intriguing characters, and navigate diverse environments. The world of Predusk is rich with its characters and natu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pre Dusk.

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  38. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 105 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    An ongoing apocalyptic meteor shower has forced the world’s population to settle underground. As Shell, a feline child who awakens to find her mother missing, drill downward from the surface layer through a tile-based underground and discover the Everdeep. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everdeep Aurora.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    88% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    Midway upon the journey of our life… In Canto I, you take control of Dante, the Sommo Poeta, in a small adventure that reimagines the first canto of the Divine Comedy as a videogame. Finding yourself in the Forest Dark, you’ll need to use all abilities at your disposal to traverse it!Features Spread your wings and overcome every obstacle, bounce on magical books, dash through spike traps and defe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Canto I.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    95% User Score Based on 74 reviews

    KnightLight is a 2D puzzle platformer where you light your own way through the darkness. You play as the Light, exploring a seemingly abandoned civilization where you find a suit of armor that seems to have some magical properties. Suit up, using the powers of the suit to channel your own light magic to see what (or who) else this strange and beautiful place is hiding. Use the suit to protect y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KnightLight.

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  41. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 139 reviews

    Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Genopanic.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    96% User Score Based on 17,548 reviews

    Buy Animal Well on PlayStation Store. Explore a surreal, forsaken labyrinth and unravel its many secrets. Rely on your wits to avoid danger in this combat-free Metroidvania. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ANIMAL WELL.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    79% User Score Based on 275 reviews

    The 98xx was an old computer OS from the 90s that’s recently been discovered after many years of being lost. There are still a few working files within the OS that can be explored, but there... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 98xx.

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  44. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    98% User Score Based on 89 reviews

    Creepy Tale is a mysterious quest rich in riddles and eerie atmosphere. An autumn morning promised a quiet fishing trip, but events took our hero to "some other place." Find the way home, uncover loads of secrets, and save everyone that you can. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creepy Tale: Some Other Place.

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  45. Gravity Castle is a puzzle-action platformer game. You become a pilgrim and embark on a journey that will never return, deep into the depths of Gravity Castle. You'll have to face the malevolence of the dungeon, with a mystical tool that allows you to handle the gravity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gravity Castle.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    91% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    Adventure through bizarre and intricately made levels in this 2D platformer game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to sun-rise.exe.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    60% User Score Based on 142 reviews

    Mona, a young butterfly, is disguised in the hood of a moth’s design for her own protection. But from what, Mona does not yet know. There are many things about the world Mona has been purposefully kept from knowing. Holed up in her nestroom, she looks out of her window and gazes upon the distant, glittering, twinkling lights of an alluring place which lies near the heart of this unknown world of b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sect-Machina.

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  48. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 148 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 3 reviews

    Your life is plunged into disarray by a monstrous entity known as “the Vile”. With the town in shambles and your arm left blackened by the Vile, you discover that your best friend, Luella, is also missing. Will you save the town and find Luella — or will you give in to the monster you've become? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Venture to the Vile.

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  49. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    93% User Score Based on 59 reviews

    A collection of short minigames about surviving trauma, depression, and a society that values commodification of grief. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK.

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  50. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    88% User Score Based on 1,006 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

    Dreaming Sarah is an adventure game where you explore the dream world of a young girl named Sarah, who is in a deep coma. Collect items and abilities as you solve puzzles, interact with people and objects to try to wake up. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreaming Sarah.

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