Under The Island
Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce…
92% of 469 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Games like Deepwell
Chasing that mysterious and story-driven feeling you got from Deepwell? These games are a good place to start.
Everdeep Aurora
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.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
88% of 176 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Night in the Woods
Mae Borowski drops out of college and comes home to Possum Springs, a fading mining town where her friends have moved on and something stirs in the woods. A hand-drawn story about growing up, with sharp jokes, characters who feel real, and a mystery that gets darker the longer you stay.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
94% of 18,180 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 162$19.99Project DeepWeb: Eternal Nightmare
This is a desktop-like adventure game about exploration of the Deep Internet, a sequel to Project DeepWeb. Inspired by Internet lore and real netstalking experience, it tells a story of a person who got stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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100% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Whale Well
Whale Well is a short adventure game where you play as a duck. Collect and trade items while exploring a civilization in the belly of a great whale.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
85% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFreeA Completely Fictional Story About a City Inside a Whale
Travel on a wind-up boat and complete quests in the charming town of Whaleville located inside a whale.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
85% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Lily's Well
A rainy night in 2005. Nine-year-old Lily hears a voice crying for help from the well, and the only way down is a rope you build from whatever the house and grounds will give up. A pixel horror puzzle box with over ten endings, where dying is often the point.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
97% of 2,703 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2FreeVideoHole: Episode I
VideoHole is an episodic first person adventure game set in an alien dimension. Meet new allies, find gadgets and uncover the mysteries of an ancient power far below your local video store.
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93% of 59 Steam reviews are positive$3.99I Am Dead
I Am Dead is a charming puzzle adventure game from the creators of Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse about exploring the afterlife.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
80% of 420 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Deep Under
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
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94% of 52 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Fallow
Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
96% of 132 Steam reviews are positive$19.99ANIMAL WELL
A dense pixel-art labyrinth full of strange creatures and secrets. No combat, no hand holding: you explore, experiment with odd tools that all have hidden uses, and slowly uncover layers of puzzles that go far deeper than the credits. Cute and unsettling at the same time, and quietly brilliant.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
95% of 23,051 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 123$17.49SWOLLEN TO BURSTING UNTIL I AM DISAPPEARING ON PURPOSE
SWOLLEN TO BURSTING is a weirdo RPG in which something is very wrong. A flying saucer has crash landed in town, but it's Thursday so you have to go to work at the post office.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Atmospheric
96% of 352 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Hidden gems like Deepwell
Well Dweller
A dark fairy-tale metroidvania starring Glimmer, a tiny bird armed with a single matchstick.
97% of 4,328 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 215$15.99
Keeper
Guide a wandering lighthouse and its bird companion through a wordless, surreal journey across a dying island.
91% of 1,082 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Dimhaven - The Lost Source
Search an abandoned resort for a missing uncle, photograph clues and solve gentle puzzles at your own pace.
86% of 1,012 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$25.99
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
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 158 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$10.99
Radiolight
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth.
90% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Afterplace
Made by one person, an open world adventure game filled with silly characters and terrible secrets.
97% of 179 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Everdeep Aurora
An ongoing apocalyptic meteor shower has forced the world’s population to settle underground.
88% of 176 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
SWOLLEN TO BURSTING UNTIL I AM DISAPPEARING ON PURPOSE
SWOLLEN TO BURSTING is a weirdo RPG in which something is very wrong.
96% of 352 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Mondealy
Mondealy is about you building relationships and exploring the world.
93% of 571 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories
Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories is a story-exploration game about getting caught up in the outlandish happenings of a small town where melons…
89% of 263 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Newest games like Deepwell
Odd Town
Odd Town is a story-driven first-person adventure about being stuck in a town where everything feels just a little wrong.
71% of 102 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99
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 158 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$10.99
Well Dweller
A dark fairy-tale metroidvania starring Glimmer, a tiny bird armed with a single matchstick.
97% of 4,328 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 215$15.99
Nothing Strange Here
Explore Larcenest Gap as an investigative journalist. Take photos, publish articles, and watch the town change with your choices.
93% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Project DeepWeb: Eternal Nightmare
This is a desktop-like adventure game about exploration of the Deep Internet, a sequel to Project DeepWeb.
100% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
A Completely Fictional Story About a City Inside a Whale
Travel on a wind-up boat and complete quests in the charming town of Whaleville located inside a whale.
85% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Under The Island
Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce…
92% of 469 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Radiolight
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth.
90% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Keeper
Guide a wandering lighthouse and its bird companion through a wordless, surreal journey across a dying island.
91% of 1,082 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
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
Everdeep Aurora
An ongoing apocalyptic meteor shower has forced the world’s population to settle underground.
88% of 176 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Whale Well
Whale Well is a short adventure game where you play as a duck. Collect and trade items while exploring a civilization in the belly of a great whale.
85% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFree