Games like Dichotomy

Did Dichotomy leave you in a story-driven and dark frame of mind? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

1. Forgotten Symphony

   

   In der Zukunft hat man es sicherlich nicht einfach, oder? Der Klimawandel, übermächtige Konzerne, totale Überwachung... Ellie versucht ein ganz normales Leben zu führen, als sich ein ihr unbekannter Hacker Zutritt zu ihrem Hirnchip verschafft und anfängt ihren Körper zu übernehmen.

   Story-driven, Dark, Tense

   90%90% of 42 Steam reviews are positiveFree

2. MINDHACK

   

   Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into happy people!

   Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Emotional

   93%93% of 716 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

3. RECORD_DrowsyVortex

   

   RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.

   Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Tense

   100%100% of 54 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

4. Dream about yoU

   

   A dashing blond partner drops in from the sky, declaring they're taking responsibility for you—but they need a small favor.Find them in your dreams, wake them up, and crack the dream maze. Sci-fi comedy, adventure starts now!

   Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Cinematic, Atmospheric

   88%88% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

5. 子夜之章:历史的终局～MidNights of Desperado～

   

   The protagonist of this lonely life is you. You leave your hometown and come to a strange world. The world is prosperous and cold, strange but real. You may like it or wish you could tear it to pieces. The good news is, you have the choice!

   Story-driven, Dark, Tense

   98%98% of 269 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

6. Diving Disorder-下潜症

   

   Diving Disorder is an AVG on wasteland theme. Players will play the role of a refugee who are struggling to survive after a global disaster, together with a white-haired girl suffering from narcolepsy, exploring the truth of the doomsday and the old world in memory.

   Story-driven, Dark, Tense

   92%92% of 125 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

7. Nobody Nowhere

   

   a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...

   Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Atmospheric

   93%93% of 172 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

8. Dichotomy Illusion: The Coser Disassembly Incident

   

   "Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN (Anime, Comics, Games, Novels) subculture knowledge to solve criminal cases and uncover the truth.

   Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Tense

   85%85% of 438 Steam reviews are positiveFree

9. Minds Beneath Us

   

   A sci-fi story set in near-future Taipei, where humans sign their brains over as computing power for AI. You wake in a borrowed body, share it with its original owner's subconscious, and talk your way through a society quietly eating its poorest. Choices branch everywhere, hidden clues unlock new dialogue, and the ending you get is the one you earned.

   Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Tense

   96%96% of 5,903 Steam reviews are positive11Players online now: 11$19.99

10. A Flicker of Light

    

    In this visual novel, experience the story of Ethan Syfran, who by an accident got him and his family caught in a whirlpool of crime in a catastrophe-swept world. How would he struggle to get out and save everything he cherished... or carry up all the sins he'd done and keep going?

    Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Tense

    82%82% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

11. Is the Vat Utopia or Dystopia?

    

    Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for an interstellar highway, and two lonely teenagers get picked as samples for an alien "Human Observation Documentary". What follows is a short, sweet and surprisingly moving romance visual novel: dark jokes, meme-heavy dialogue, gorgeous presentation and a pure love story with a happy ending, all in about four hours.

    Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Cinematic

    97%97% of 1,003 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$2.69

12. 人类动物园 Human Zoo

    

    Beautiful teenagers, dreams, grotesque orgies. When no one in the world is awake anymore, is your sanity an alternative madness? A turn-based surrealist psychological horror game with beautiful L2D combat artwork and a deep, philosophical plot.

    Story-driven, Dark, Tense

    89%89% of 143 Steam reviews are positive$6.99

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Is the Vat Utopia or Dystopia?

Earth is being demolished, and two chosen students star in an alien documentary about falling in love.

97%97% of 1,003 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$2.69

Dissolution of My Self

A prince who has lost his kingdom and everything else. His uncle and aide-de-camp, unable to leave him.

94%94% of 360 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$5.99

Dream about yoU

A dashing blond partner drops in from the sky, declaring they're taking responsibility for you—but they need a small favor.Find them in your dreams…

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Nobody Nowhere

a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art.

93%93% of 172 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Dichotomy Illusion: The Coser Disassembly Incident

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Veloria

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KARMA: The Dark World

A first-person psychological thriller in an alternate 1984 East Germany, where the Leviathan Corporation watches everyone.

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[ECHOSTASIS]

THE AWARD-WINNING CONCLUSION TO THE [ENIGMA] TRILOGY, [ECHOSTASIS] presents a world where our reality is not only curated by algorithms, but created…

90%90% of 222 Steam reviews are positive$19.99

Minds Beneath Us

Talk your way through near-future Taipei, sharing a body with its old owner's subconscious while every choice quietly reshapes where the story ends…

96%96% of 5,903 Steam reviews are positive11Players online now: 11$19.99

MINDHACK

Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into…

93%93% of 716 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

1000xRESIST

Serve the ALLMOTHER as Watcher, uncover what your sister died to reveal, and follow a twist-heavy sci-fi mystery to its endings.

95%95% of 5,445 Steam reviews are positive25Players online now: 25$19.99

It gets so lonely here

Run through a night forest, choose your path, and meet the three strangers waiting at the end of each one.

94%94% of 2,402 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6Free

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Project II: Silent Valley is a linear, semi-open world dystopian visual novel.

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The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school.

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The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September.

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Dichotomy Illusion: The Coser Disassembly Incident

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Veloria

Veloria awakens from a nightmare in an abandoned orphanage. As childhood fears resurface, she must piece together fragmented memories and uncover a…

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KARMA: The Dark World

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