Narrative

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Under The Waves - Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
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Aug 28, 2023
78% 👍
of 2.0k
Adventure · Underwater · Exploration · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Indie · Third Person · Sci-fi · Submarine · 3D · Cinematic · Narrative · Open World · Walking Simulator
The Quarry - When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
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Jun 9, 2022
82% 👍
of 23k
Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Horror · Multiplayer · Cinematic · Story Rich · Quick-Time Events · Gore · Singleplayer · Thriller · Sexual Content · Narrative · Adventure · Realistic · Survival Horror
Minute of Islands - Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...
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Jun 13, 2021
78% 👍
of 974
Puzzle Platformer · Hand-drawn · Story Rich · Exploration · Mystery · Narrative · Platformer · Adventure · Comic Book · Indie · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Puzzle · Post-apocalyptic · Action-Adventure
INSIDE - Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Jul 7, 2016
97% 👍
of 74k
2.5D · Puzzle Platformer · Atmospheric · Dark · Indie · Horror · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Cinematic · Adventure · Multiple Endings · Puzzle · 2D Platformer · Platformer · Minimalist
Death and Taxes - In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
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Feb 20, 2020
86% 👍
of 8.4k
Choices Matter · Story Rich · Simulation · Point & Click · Multiple Endings · Strategy · Choose Your Own Adventure · Puzzle · Replay Value · Casual · Interactive Fiction · Dark Comedy · Narrative · Indie · Adventure
What Lies in the Multiverse - A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.
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Mar 4, 2022
91% 👍
of 716
Puzzle Platformer · Time Manipulation · Story Rich · Adventure · Dark Humor · Narrative · Time Travel · Pixel Graphics · 2D Platformer · Puzzle · Psychedelic · Stylized · Dark Comedy · Exploration · Comedy
Sumire - One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.
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May 26, 2021
95% 👍
of 940
Choose Your Own Adventure · Exploration · Collectathon · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · Walking Simulator · Cute · Female Protagonist · Supernatural · Relaxing · Indie · Choices Matter · Story Rich · Casual · Anime
A Juggler's Tale - Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?
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Sep 29, 2021
92% 👍
of 2.2k
Atmospheric · Fantasy · Story Rich · Puzzle Platformer · Platformer · Female Protagonist · Medieval · Physics · Adventure · Singleplayer · Indie · Side Scroller · 2.5D · Short · Exploration
HIVESWAP: ACT 2 - Continue Joey and Xefros’s adventure through the dark and dangerous planet Alternia. Meet dozens of unique and memorable characters, some more helpful than others, as you navigate this volatile alien culture. Hurry up! There’s a train to catch.
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Nov 25, 2020
87% 👍
of 1.2k
Adventure · Point & Click · Visual Novel · RPG · Story Rich · Comedy · Indie · Soundtrack · 2D · Hand-drawn · Puzzle · Colorful · Narrative · Female Protagonist · Investigation
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York - Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York is a narrative experience set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions - the Camarilla and the Anarchs - bathed in the night lights of the Big Apple.
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Dec 11, 2019
74% 👍
of 3.1k
Vampires · Visual Novel · Indie · Interactive Fiction · Story Rich · Atmospheric · RPG · Dark · Narrative · Singleplayer · LGBTQ · Great Soundtrack · Text-Based · Horror · Choices Matter
The Gunk - The Gunk is an action-adventure game in which you play as Rani, part of our duo of gritty space haulers. As they’re struggling to bring in funds, they chance upon an untouched planet brimming with life. They came in search of valuable resources, and it looks like they’ve hit the jackpot…
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Apr 29, 2022
86% 👍
of 5.8k
Action-Adventure · Atmospheric · Sci-fi · 3D Platformer · Female Protagonist · Family Friendly · Relaxing · Third Person · Space · Exploration · Colorful · Adventure · Linear · Controller · Metroidvania
Neo Cab - A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.
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Oct 3, 2019
79% 👍
of 2.8k
Dialogue Heavy · Visual Novel · Cyberpunk · Interactive Fiction · Story Rich · Choices Matter · Atmospheric · Noir · Multiple Endings · Point & Click · Stylized · Sci-fi · Comic Book · Emotional · Adventure

Top Rated

Before Your Eyes - Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
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Apr 8, 2021
98% 👍
of 23k
Emotional · Narrative · Story Rich · Indie · First-Person · Interactive Fiction · Singleplayer · Walking Simulator · Adventure · Cartoony · Colorful · Psychological · Philosophical · Hand-drawn · Surreal
Metal Garden - Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
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Mar 21, 2025
97% 👍
of 3.9k
Atmospheric · FPS · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · Mystery · Immersive · Exploration · Action · Adventure · Narrative · Shooter · Indie · First-Person · Futuristic · Combat
The Spirit and the Mouse - Bring kindness and light to the people of Sainte-et-Claire as Lila—a tiny mouse with a big heart! Explore a quaint French village, make electrifying new friends, and do good deeds for those in need in this lush narrative adventure game.
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Sep 26, 2022
97% 👍
of 1.0k
Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Platformer · Female Protagonist · Adventure · 3D · Colorful · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Fantasy · Narrative · Collectathon · Exploration · Animals · Cute
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers - If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
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Sep 21, 2021
96% 👍
of 2.8k
Point & Click · Story Rich · Pixel Graphics · Dark · Atmospheric · Narrative · Horror · Psychological Horror · Emotional · Supernatural · Psychological · Mystery · Gothic · Adventure · Singleplayer
Wylde Flowers - Join Tara on a heartfelt journey to become a witch in Wylde Flowers. Farm by day, and cast spells by night as you craft your cottagecore life and bond with your coven. Come to know and love the fully voice acted characters of Fairhaven, as you unravel a local mystery.
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Sep 20, 2022
96% 👍
of 2.7k
Cozy · Simulation · Farming Sim · Female Protagonist · LGBTQ · Life Sim · Narrative · Magic · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Dating Sim · Cute · Relaxing · Romance · 3D
Promise Mascot Agency - Explore a cursed Japanese town! Recruit mascot friends and come to the rescue when disaster strikes! Solve the mystery of your exile! Help a living finger work through her many anger issues! Turn Promise Mascot Agency into the best agency in Japan in this open-world narrative adventure!
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Apr 10, 2025
96% 👍
of 2.6k
Story Rich · RPG · Indie · Open World · Adventure · Simulation · 3D · Funny · Narrative · Visual Novel · Anime · Crime · Creature Collector · Driving · Management
Teacup - Teacup is a short and wholesome narrative adventure game with a focus on exploration and non-linear progression. Help a small and shy frog on her journey to find the ingredients she needs for her tea party!
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Sep 23, 2021
96% 👍
of 1.2k
Cute · Exploration · Story Rich · Female Protagonist · Side Scroller · Funny · Narrative · Colorful · Nonlinear · Relaxing · Atmospheric · Family Friendly · 2D · Adventure · Indie
Night in the Woods - NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
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Feb 21, 2017
95% 👍
of 20k
Dialogue Heavy · Story Rich · Adventure · Atmospheric · Stylized · Dark Humor · Exploration · Choices Matter · Singleplayer · Narrative · 2D · Psychological Horror · Hand-drawn · Cats · Mystery
Esoteric Ebb - Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
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Mar 3, 2026
95% 👍
of 8.1k
Story Rich · Choices Matter · RPG · CRPG · Isometric · Singleplayer · Interactive Fiction · Hand-drawn · Nonlinear · Political · Narrative · Point & Click · Atmospheric · Adventure · Funny
Epistory - Typing Chronicles - Epistory immerses you in an atmospheric action/adventure game where you play a girl riding a giant fox who fights an insectile corruption from an origami world. As you progress and explore this world, the story literally unfolds and the mysteries of the magic power of the words are revealed.
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Mar 30, 2016
95% 👍
of 6.8k
Typing · Adventure · Narrative · Exploration · Story Rich · Female Protagonist · Singleplayer · Colorful · Indie · Magic · RPG · Atmospheric · Action · Open World · Top-Down
1000xRESIST - 1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.
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May 9, 2024
95% 👍
of 6.7k
Female Protagonist · Thriller · Futuristic · Post-apocalyptic · 3D · Story Rich · Walking Simulator · Sci-fi · Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Anime · Narrative · Cinematic · Atmospheric · Multiple Endings
How Fish Is Made - Are sardines trustworthy? Are you? Do you want to be? How Fish is Made is a janky little jaunt through the world of surrealist storytelling. Now featuring a Katamari-like DLC!
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Jan 14, 2022
95% 👍
of 5.6k
Surreal · Short · Horror · Atmospheric · Narrative · Psychological · Psychological Horror · Indie · Walking Simulator · Dark Comedy · Funny · Multiple Endings · Singleplayer · Casual · Dark

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Teller's Duty - In 1980, you land a teller job at Kertasia Bank thanks to your distant uncle. But the bank follows bizarre rules set by a foolish government. Face strict policies, tough customers, and moral choices while saving for your mom’s medical bills. Your fate is in your hands.
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Jun 12, 2026
71% 👍
of 292
Simulation · Story Rich · Choices Matter · Political · Dystopian · Job Simulator · Time Management · Narrative · Dark Humor · Atmospheric · Economy · Point & Click · First-Person · Singleplayer · 2D
Fears to Fathom® - Scratch Creek - After noticing bone-chilling similarities to an episode of Fears to Fathom, Tessa and Marcus decide to share their own experience. Scratch Creek is an exclusively online co-op experience.
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Jun 10, 2026
75% 👍
of 6.0k
Adventure · Horror · Casual · Multiplayer · Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror · First-Person · Exploration · Co-op · Realistic · Crime · Indie · Driving · Atmospheric · Nature
Terrinoth®: Heroes of Descent - Step into the epic world of Descent with the first fantasy co-op tactical RPG forged from the legendary dungeon crawling board game. Lead a company of fearless heroes across Terrinoth®, survive against epic boss battles in turn-based combat, and settle the fate of a world facing unending darkness.
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Jun 7, 2026
72% 👍
of 347
Tactical RPG · Turn-Based Tactics · PvE · RPG · Fantasy · Dungeon Crawler · Isometric · Multiplayer · Co-op · Tabletop · Online Co-Op · Strategy RPG · Adventure · Strategy · Narrative
BrokenLore: FOLLOW - BrokenLore: FOLLOW is a psychological first-person horror game that immerses players in the haunting narrative of Anne, as she grapples with issues of self-acceptance, bullying, and worthlessness while encountering metaphorical surreal creatures that heighten the terror of her journey.
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May 31, 2026
81% 👍
of 162
Psychological Horror · Surreal · Horror · Atmospheric · Thriller · Female Protagonist · First-Person · Dark · Story Rich · Action · Demons · Investigation · 3D · Psychological · Adventure
Coffee Talk Tokyo - Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
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May 21, 2026
91% 👍
of 425
Visual Novel · Story Rich · Cozy · Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter · Atmospheric · Relaxing · Dialogue Heavy · Multiple Endings · Indie · Narrative · Casual · Simulation · 2D · Emotional
The Caribou Trail - The WWI story where your goal isn’t to kill, but to survive. In the still trenches, three soldiers learn the harsh truth of war: reckless missions, digging trenches, collecting dog tags and ghostly whispers in the dark. Home before the leaves fall, they thought.
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May 14, 2026
91% 👍
of 497
Walking Simulator · Adventure · Narrative · World War I · Historical · Singleplayer · Linear · Interactive Fiction · Action-Adventure · First-Person · Exploration · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Casual
Call of the Elder Gods - Journey to the far corners of the Earth and unearth ancient horrors in this Lovecraftian narrative puzzle adventure and sequel to 2020’s critically acclaimed Call of the Sea.
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May 12, 2026
93% 👍
of 294
Puzzle · Story Rich · Lovecraftian · Adventure · First-Person · Investigation · Mystery · Atmospheric · Female Protagonist · Exploration · Walking Simulator · Logic · Singleplayer · Multiple Endings · Indie
Wax Heads - Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
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May 5, 2026
97% 👍
of 465
Dialogue Heavy · Stylized · Exploration · Adventure · Indie · Singleplayer · Point & Click · Puzzle · Story Rich · Colorful · 2D · Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Text-Based · Detective
Coincidences? - After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...
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Apr 27, 2026
91% 👍
of 284
Adventure · Horror · Psychological Horror · Atmospheric · Dialogue Heavy · Cinematic · Supernatural · Narrative · Thriller · Walking Simulator · First-Person · Indie · Gore · Violent · 3D

Hidden Gems

As Long As You're Here - What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.
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Oct 28, 2025
100% 👍
of 514
Adventure · Emotional · Story Rich · First-Person · Linear · Female Protagonist · Walking Simulator · Mystery · Exploration · Cartoony · Stylized · Colorful · Narrative · Indie · Short
7 Years From Now - A slice of life story-driven adventure game with a distinctive 3D pixel art. Embark on a journey and accompany Haruto Soraki, a high schooler, in his quest to find the memory he lost in an accident seven years ago.
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Jun 17, 2021
99% 👍
of 275
Adventure · Voxel · Story Rich · Indie · Pixel Graphics · Atmospheric · Mystery · Singleplayer · Narrative · RPG · Visual Novel · Isometric · 3D · Wholesome · Horror
Perfect Tides: Station to Station - A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while attempting to find your place in the world.
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Jan 22, 2026
99% 👍
of 244
Point & Click · Pixel Graphics · Romance · Story Rich · Cartoony · Cute · Emotional · Female Protagonist · Philosophical · Comedy · Exploration · Narrative · Cinematic · Adventure · Historical
Some Goodbyes We Made - I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.
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Oct 24, 2024
99% 👍
of 181
Story Rich · Adventure · Cute · Narrative · Atmospheric · Interactive Fiction · Casual · Short · Colorful · Family Friendly · Experimental · Emotional · Psychological · Philosophical · Singleplayer
DISCOPUP - DISCOPUP is a mystery game about a seal who wants to sneak inside a dogs-only party. Explore the city and meet shady characters as your search for the perfect dog costume.
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Jul 25, 2025
98% 👍
of 546
Mystery · Surreal · Story Rich · Retro · Puzzle · Psychological Horror · Comedy · 3D · Indie · Exploration · Dark · Narrative · Multiple Endings · Cute · Time Management
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown - CLOSE YOUR EYES. BECOME A WARRIOR: Feel your enemy’s rasping breath; a foot shifts on swampy ground; the crack of steel on wooden shield. The Vale is an audio based action adventure that sets out to breathe new life into medieval combat and fantasy narrative.
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Aug 19, 2021
98% 👍
of 380
RPG · Action-Adventure · Action RPG · Story Rich · Emotional · First-Person · Adventure · Narrative · Action · Swordplay · Combat · Archery · 3D · Magic · Singleplayer
Letters of Bernard Thorne - 『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
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Mar 29, 2025
98% 👍
of 192
Psychological Horror · Horror · Story Rich · Adventure · Narrative · Text-Based · Simulation · Interactive Fiction · Puzzle · Exploration · 3D · First-Person · Atmospheric · Dark · Surreal
Svoboda 1945: Liberation - Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.
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Aug 3, 2021
98% 👍
of 190
Dialogue Heavy · Singleplayer · Visual Novel · Emotional · Adventure · Historical · World War II · Choices Matter · War · Cinematic · Story Rich · Realistic · FMV · Choose Your Own Adventure · Atmospheric
Ten Bells - You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.
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Aug 30, 2024
97% 👍
of 577
Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror · Horror · Dark · 3D · First-Person · Nonlinear · Narrative · Casual · Adventure · Singleplayer · Realistic · Psychological · Hidden Object · Action
Perfect Tides - Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you follow Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called island paradise.
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Feb 21, 2022
97% 👍
of 345
Adventure · Point & Click · Exploration · 2D · Cartoon · Pixel Graphics · Cute · Emotional · Text-Based · Funny · Philosophical · Retro · Female Protagonist · Romance · Linear
Last Time I Saw You - First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.
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Oct 10, 2024
97% 👍
of 324
Anime · Narrative · Story Rich · Emotional · Exploration · Romance · 1990's · Atmospheric · Hand-drawn · Stylized · 1980s · Mystery · Dialogue Heavy · Adventure · Linear