Games like Catalyst

Still thinking about Catalyst and its story-driven and mysterious tone? These games line up well for what comes next.

The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
82% of 552 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$2.60
Vampire Therapist
Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
93% of 938 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Metahorror Therapy Session
Take control of a therapist in a mysterious, never-ending therapy session. Can you unravel the truth behind your patient's lies, and live to tell the tale? A psychological mystery developed by a psychologist.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
97% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Tender Loving Care
You are about to enter a fantasy quite unlike anything you've ever seen or felt before - a fantasy built from the stuff of your very own mind. Tender Loving Care is not just a finely crafted suspense story; it's an exploration into your innermost perceptions, opinions, and attitudes.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
85% of 221 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER
A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,” the voice he hears in his head.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
96% of 125 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The Therapist
A dark, emotionally grounded visual novel where you conduct therapy sessions under pressure, choose how to respond to clients, and craft your own therapeutic reframes to shape their progress.
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
$0.99
Psychiatrist Simulator 2
Take role as Dr. Smith, psychotherapist. Game consists of real people video recordings. Talk with them, treat, learn about psychology. Your choices have consequences, at the end you will see what happened in their life after meeting with you.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
29% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$0.74
I Saw Black Clouds
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
61% of 616 Steam reviews are positive$2.54
SIMULACRA
A woman named Anna is missing, and her phone is in your hands. Search her messages, emails, photos and dating app, talk to the people in her life, and piece together what happened before it is too late. A found-phone horror story with live actors, real choices and five endings.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
92% of 3,487 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$4.99
Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator
The year is 1923—step inside Castle Woods Sanatorium, where care and cruelty blur together. Disguised as a doctor, you’ll diagnose and treat patients using a deck of symptoms, tests, and outdated therapies. But tread carefully: one wrong move could expose you as an impostor.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
60% of 210 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
The Shattering
The Shattering is a first-person, story-driven, psychological thriller. Its defining features are the dynamic environments, beautiful aesthetic and intriguing story. The gameplay is meant to submerge you in the mind of John, as you take each step forward into the twisted mystery of what happened.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
84% of 288 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Therapist Simulator
As a psychiatrist, journey into the minds of your patients. Make tough decisions, uncover hidden stories, and strive to maintain your mental well-being.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
11% of 9 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Cheaper than Catalyst

The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker.

$2.60

Metahorror Therapy Session

Take control of a therapist in a mysterious, never-ending therapy session.

$6.99

Tender Loving Care

You are about to enter a fantasy quite unlike anything you've ever seen or felt before - a fantasy built from the stuff of your very own mind.

$5.99

The Therapist

A dark, emotionally grounded visual novel where you conduct therapy sessions under pressure, choose how to respond to clients, and craft your own…

$0.99

SIMULACRA

Dig through a missing woman's messages and apps, question the people who knew her, and race to uncover the truth before it is too late.

$4.99

Psychiatrist Simulator 2

Take role as Dr. Smith, psychotherapist. Game consists of real people video recordings. Talk with them, treat, learn about psychology.

$0.74

I Saw Black Clouds

After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets.

$2.54

The Testing Chamber

For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result...

$4.99

Therapist Simulator

As a psychiatrist, journey into the minds of your patients. Make tough decisions, uncover hidden stories, and strive to maintain your mental…

$4.99

ESC

An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.

$4.99

Double

Double is an action-quest game telling about a fight with a mental disorder by immersing in dreams.

$5.99

outside the door

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.

$1.99

Hidden gems like Catalyst

Heaven Does Not Respond

Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline.

$9.99

Who's at the door?

Check every visitor for hallucinations, take your medication only when you are sure, and uncover a story with three endings and one hidden truth.

$4.99

YAMIKKO TROUBLEMAKER

A long-form, choice-driven psychological horror and depression game in which the protagonist’s ending changes based on the choices made by “you,”…

Free

Vampire Therapist

Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy…

$14.99

outside the door

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.

$1.99

REVEIL

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration.

$9.99

Hazy Mind

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

$9.99

The Testing Chamber

For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result...

$4.99

I Did Not Buy This Ticket

Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals.

$7.99

The NOexistenceN of you AND me

A short visual novel about affection and reality, where hundreds of choices twist the story toward very different endings.

$1.99

Breakout 13

Play a teen locked away for his gaming habit, and use disguises, clues and surveillance feeds to find a way out with your friends.

$9.99

ESC

An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.

$4.99

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