
Seen
A lonely boy runs through a grey, hostile world with nothing but a cat and his hope.
If Mosaic left you wanting something dark and surreal, you have options. You will find a few strong contenders among these games.
A game about boredom and self-pity. It's about myself mostly. You walk around and press the 'interact' button. Sorry for making this.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
A lonely boy runs through a grey, hostile world with nothing but a cat and his hope. Seen is a short 2.5D puzzle platformer that mixes runner sections with quiet environmental puzzles, minimalist shapes, a strong soundtrack and a story that hits harder than its simple look suggests. Sad, strange and over far too soon.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
A child named Niko carries a lightbulb through a dying world, and you are the god who guides them. A surreal puzzle adventure where the game talks to you, uses your actual computer for its puzzles, and asks choices of you that sting. Short, strange, and hard to forget.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
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.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
A short point & click narrative adventure inspired by the real life experience of a struggling solo indie game developer. A story about everything and hence nothing at all. Discover what truly matters to you.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
Summer days and no one around. Routine feat. The agony of isolation and abandonment. No violence, no haste, no conflict, except fighting your doubts. Swifts, butterflies, sunset rays on the leaves of trees; radio, notebook and pencil; typewriter; bus; overwhelming loneliness.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
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.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
A cinematic puzzle-platformer in striking black and white. Guide a little ravengirl through a brutal dystopian tower city, past grinding machinery and watching guards, as a wordless story about oppression slowly unfolds. Short, dark and atmospheric, built for players who play for mood and meaning.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
A short psychological adventure about a student whose whole life has shrunk to books, exams and the ceiling above her bed. Look around her room, follow her thoughts where they bend into something stranger, and find three endings. Hand-drawn, atmospheric, and heavier than its length suggests.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
Dealing with the issue of the contemporary refugee crisis while at the same time being deeply rooted in a classical cyberpunk atmosphere à la Blade Runner, NORTH features a dark synthpop soundtrack, a sprawling mega-city and weird monster-like inhabitants.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
Kay has turned into a monster, and her flooded city rises and falls with her mood. Sail, swim and climb through a drowned world of beautiful, terrifying creatures, each carrying its own loneliness. A short, atmospheric story about facing what is under the surface.
Dark, Surreal, Atmospheric
Four short stories about four dreamers: a student who sets his alarm for 6 am, a programmer who will change the world someday, a man off to find himself, and a game developer who insists he is an artist. A hand-drawn visual novel with Cantonese narration, sly jokes and a bitter aftertaste. It takes about an hour, and it might sting.
Dark, Surreal, Emotional

A lonely boy runs through a grey, hostile world with nothing but a cat and his hope.

A child named Niko carries a lightbulb through a dying world, and you are the god who guides them.

A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences.

Summer days and no one around. Routine feat. The agony of isolation and abandonment. No violence, no haste, no conflict, except fighting your doubts.

Wander a fading mining town, talk with old friends and follow the strange things stirring at its edges.

You play a small ravengirl climbing and descending a grim tower city, solving puzzles and staying out of sight on her way out.

Dealing with the issue of the contemporary refugee crisis while at the same time being deeply rooted in a classical cyberpunk atmosphere à la Blade…

Explore a student's shrunken world, follow her thoughts as they turn strange, and choose between three endings.

A hand-drawn visual novel that follows four young men chasing dreams that keep slipping past them.

A slow, minimalist psychological pixel experience about living the same empty routine in a silent city. Wake up. Work. Eat. Sleep.

Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.

Coming home after visiting your doctor for the last time, you are told that you only have three more days to live.

A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.

Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.

A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences.

A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities.

Follow a pale light through tombs and cathedrals of flesh, piecing together the memory of Her in a sunless world.


you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.

MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars.

Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd…

She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.

Wastelands, grim folks behind garages, a nightclub, and a huge gray sky — a lost world for a lost generation.

Follow Mark through school days, first love and a mystery that slowly unravels everything he thought he knew.

A slow first-person walk through a dreamlike nowhere where lost inhabitants trade regrets and half-finished sentences.

A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities.

A slow, minimalist psychological pixel experience about living the same empty routine in a silent city. Wake up. Work. Eat. Sleep.

A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.

Spend one last afternoon exploring your childhood neighborhood before the world ends at 6:38 PM.

you find an abandoned fps game on an old computer. you decide to play it.

Follow a pale light through tombs and cathedrals of flesh, piecing together the memory of Her in a sunless world.


She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.

MOOD is a short visual novel combining horror, dark humor, and dialogues on a wide variety of topics, from old movies to ancient wars.

Keep a lonely mountain border post running by blowing the whistle on schedule, while the thin air drains you and something strange takes hold.

Follow Mark through school days, first love and a mystery that slowly unravels everything he thought he knew.