Forgotten Hope
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with…
89% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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If Broken Aperture scratched a emotional and atmospheric itch for you, keep reading. You might settle into these games easily.
Clean Break
Explore a quiet house. Destroy any furniture that seems... off. This is just a bit of decluttering. Probably.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
94% of 138 Steam reviews are positiveFreeEmpathy: Path of Whispers
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
59% of 164 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Portrait of a Torn
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
83% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$6.99My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me
A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences. You wander, read, talk, and piece together 10+ puzzles to give a finished story some closure. Worth playing for its sad, strange mood and early-2000s look.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
92% of 165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$10.99Forgetmenots
Step onto the stage in Forgetmenots, a story-driven puzzle adventure where memories take center stage. Explore a theatrical world that unfolds like a live performance, solving puzzles in a whimsical yet bittersweet journey about loss and remembrance.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
92% of 72 Steam reviews are positiveFreeFallow
Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
96% of 132 Steam reviews are positive$19.99The Falling Star
The Falling Star is a first-person exploration and narrative-driven walking simulator. Following the mother's last wish, the girl embarks on a journey in a dream to uncover the story of her missing aunt’s past.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
86% of 43 Steam reviews are positiveFreeAporia: Beyond The Valley
CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open world storytelling to new heights of adventure.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
82% of 430 Steam reviews are positive$16.99One Last Memory
One Last Memory is an emotional story driven exploration game about an old man who re-discovers his own past and lost memories on his journey through the beauty of nature. It is an adventure filled with joy, sadness and breathtaking locations and environments that are waiting to be discovered.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
68% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Blueberry
Blueberry is a story-driven puzzle platformer that takes you deep into a woman’s mind as she faces her trauma. Ascend her Tower of Life, relive her key memories, and collect pieces of her fragmented self to unlock the mysteries of her past.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
100% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$12.49Apopia: Sugar Coated Tale
Apopia: Sugar Coated Tale is a comedic adventure with dark mysteries. Help young girl Mai to find her way home. Progress by solving puzzles and outsmarting enemies in minigames. Make friends and foes with talking animals. Unravel the mystery of Mai’s identity from her dark and blurry memories.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
96% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$10.49Broken Memories
Broken Memories is a first-person horror adventure game based on a person's story where he travels to another world in search of his dead wife's memories. you need to escape from the evil souls in order to survive. Moreover, few puzzles are added to the game, making gameplay more varied.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
0% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
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Broken Memories
Broken Memories is a first-person horror adventure game based on a person's story where he travels to another world in search of his dead wife's…
0% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Dear Diary
Dear Diary is a short atmospheric first-person exploration game about the memories of a girl.
100% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Fractured
Explore the manor of the Montbury family, and dive into your past to understand your relationship with your dead brother.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The First Friend
A majestic, first person exploration game that delves you into the personal story of you and Zack as you traverse beautiful terrains and discover…
77% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Trauma
An elaborate puzzle challenge combined with an unconventional story.
73% of 237 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Dawn Awaits
The journey of a girl and her toy cat escaping a fractured home into a mesmerizing world of mirrored steps and emotional challenges.
100% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Gone Home
It's 1:15 AM, June 7th, 1995. You come home from a year abroad to an empty, rain-lashed house. No note on the fridge, nobody in sight.
77% of 13,658 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$4.49
Recurring Dream
Recurring Dream is a short, atmospheric walking simulator where you revisit a cold, majestic mountain lost in memory and longing.
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Memories That Shape Us
The Memories That Shape Us is a narrative video game that lasts about two hours.
82% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
I Promise
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Home is Where One Starts...
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home.
78% of 582 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Hidden gems like Broken Aperture
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me
A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences.
92% of 165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$10.99
Clean Break
Explore a quiet house. Destroy any furniture that seems... off. This is just a bit of decluttering. Probably.
94% of 138 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Fallow
Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.
96% of 132 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds.
94% of 639 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
UNREAL LIFE
A lost girl and a talking traffic light search a strange city for the one name she remembers.
95% of 1,882 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Hindsight
What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past?
80% of 152 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
When The Past Was Around
Point, click and puzzle your way through the disjointed rooms of a remembered romance, from first spark to letting go.
94% of 3,948 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
Recursive Ruin
A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief.
78% of 288 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
The Last Campfire
Guide a lost ember through quiet wilderness, solve gentle puzzles and help the Forlorn find their spark again.
97% of 17,942 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 94$14.99
Before I Forget
A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life…
87% of 190 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Shattering
The Shattering is a first-person, story-driven, psychological thriller.
84% of 288 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Newest games like Broken Aperture
Fractured
Explore the manor of the Montbury family, and dive into your past to understand your relationship with your dead brother.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me
A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences.
92% of 165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$10.99
Forever Ago
Drive an old man north to keep a promise to his late wife, photographing the journey and reliving the memories it stirs up.
96% of 455 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Dear Diary
Dear Diary is a short atmospheric first-person exploration game about the memories of a girl.
100% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
The Quiet Things
Step into a fractured 00s childhood in the South of England.
80% of 35 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Blueberry
Blueberry is a story-driven puzzle platformer that takes you deep into a woman’s mind as she faces her trauma.
100% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$12.49
Inner Voice
A slow-burning first-person adventure where a mysterious narrator guides your choices through a dreamlike world of grief, symbols and secrets.
92% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$12.49
I Promise
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
As I Began to Dream
As I Began to Dream is a hand-illustrated puzzle platformer telling the story of a young girl's journey of navigating grief and loss.
90% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Requiem
In a dark cemetery, you face the echoes of your past mistakes. Solve locked chests, find lost letters, and uncover the truth behind the silence.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Protagonist
A psychological horror adventure set in the frozen aftermath of a dead sun.
83% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99