Games like Dear Diary

Loved how atmospheric and emotional Dear Diary can get? Start with these games when you are ready.

Cheaper than Dear Diary

Dark Room

Dark Room

Dark Room is an atmospheric point-and-click adventure game. You awaken in a mysterious, locked environment with no memory of who you are.

59% of 39 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Search

The Search

Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!

69% of 357 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Gone Home

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 13,656 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$4.49
Luna's Room

Luna's Room

An unfamiliar room. Vague memories. Explore Luna's room through the objects inside it in this intimate narrative experience about loss, told as a…

100% of 72 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The First Friend

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
Home is Where One Starts...

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
Another Tomorrow

Another Tomorrow

Another Tomorrow is a first-person point and click game. Trapped without your memories you’ll explore abandoned apartments, airfields, temples, and…

88% of 51 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$3.99
Close Me

Close Me

You start the game, you wake up, and eventually you will close the game. One day, you may even start the game again. That's the game.

78% of 108 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Drizzlepath: Glass

Drizzlepath: Glass

Your husband is dead and you want to visit his grave. There is an abondoned house in a village, and in that house you will find a red rose.

60% of 170 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Empress Of The Deep

Empress Of The Deep

Anna wakes up in a vast and mysterious undersea temple with amnesia.

66% of 128 Steam reviews are positive$1.19
Lost In Time

Lost In Time

This is a First Person Story Adventure video game with Walking Simulator mechanics.

20% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
The Paradixion: Son's Room

The Paradixion: Son's Room

[The Paradixion: Son's Room] is a point-and-click adventure game with a mysterious atmosphere.Solve various puzzles with a unique atmosphere and…

84% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Hidden gems like Dear Diary

Desktop Explorer

Desktop Explorer

Dig through files and clues with a peculiar program to find out what happened to someone who vanished.

95% of 2,602 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$17.99
12 Memory Lane

12 Memory Lane

Explore the shifting manor of the enigmatic Henri Villemaine and uncover the truth behind his family’s sudden disappearance.

94% of 298 Steam reviews are positiveFree
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

Investigate a haunted forest house as a small mute mystic who can only ask questions, one conjured card at a time.

96% of 2,960 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The August Before

The August Before

The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on.

92% of 323 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$11.99
Dordogne

Dordogne

Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost…

92% of 920 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$14.99
Night Reverie

Night Reverie

Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house.

96% of 286 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
UNREAL LIFE

UNREAL LIFE

A lost girl and a talking traffic light search a strange city for the one name she remembers.

95% of 1,880 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Hindsight

Hindsight

What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past?

80% of 151 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
The Diary

The Diary

Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present?

65% of 146 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
The Almost Gone

The Almost Gone

Rotate miniature worlds, uncover clues and piece together the story of how you ended up here.

80% of 1,024 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
103

103

Help Lily use her imagination to unlock her memories and relive the events of a night that changed her life. Discover what happened and what is 103.

72% of 161 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Newest games like Dear Diary

Hidden Memories

Hidden Memories

Lucian wakes up trapped with no memory of how he got there. Explore fragments of the previous night, solve dark puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and…

88% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Desktop Explorer

Desktop Explorer

Dig through files and clues with a peculiar program to find out what happened to someone who vanished.

95% of 2,602 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$17.99
Luna's Room

Luna's Room

An unfamiliar room. Vague memories. Explore Luna's room through the objects inside it in this intimate narrative experience about loss, told as a…

100% of 72 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
A Storied Life: Tabitha

A Storied Life: Tabitha

A wholesome narrative puzzle game about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell.

78% of 69 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
12 Memory Lane

12 Memory Lane

Explore the shifting manor of the enigmatic Henri Villemaine and uncover the truth behind his family’s sudden disappearance.

94% of 298 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Good Morning My Darling

Good Morning My Darling

Mailey wakes up and goes to make her morning tea. However, something strange is going on inside her house, and her housemate Derthan is nowhere to…

100% of 18 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The August Before

The August Before

The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on.

92% of 323 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$11.99
Lost in Loss

Lost in Loss

Welcome to the strangest case of your career, detective: characters have forgotten who they are!

75% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

Investigate a haunted forest house as a small mute mystic who can only ask questions, one conjured card at a time.

96% of 2,960 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Diary

The Diary

Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present?

65% of 146 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Portrait of a Torn

Portrait of a Torn

As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story.

83% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$6.99