
NORTH
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…
Want something that feels dark and story-driven the way Suppressed does? These games line up well for what comes next.
Try and navigate your way through one of the world's most tightly controlled dictatorships, with two cute soldiers by your side. Avoid getting shot, executed, black-bagged, or tried for treason as you explore Pyongyang's most famous tourist attractions.
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In Way of Defector you experience the process of a North Korean defector escaping to China and arriving in South Korea. You must overcome starvation and break through the surveillance of the Public Security Officers to find the broker who knows the way to get to South Korea and safely arrive at the destination.
Dark, Story-driven, Emotional
A narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a toll keeper in the fictional country of Janapa, a nation on the brink of chaos. Navigate daily challenges and make difficult moral choices to survive—all for the sake of your unborn child.
Dark, Story-driven, Emotional
Comic Kingdom is a text-based adventure game primarily featuring a black-and-white comic style. It tells the story of a group of young manga artists who are trapped in a suburban farm.
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You are the State's landlord in a totalitarian country. Bug apartments, sneak into tenants' rooms while they're out, and report anyone who might plot against the regime. Or don't: you have a family to keep alive, and every choice costs something. A bleak, darkly funny story with several endings.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
You wake up as North Korea’s Supreme Leader. Manage diplomacy, internal power struggles, and national survival. Balance nuclear ambition, public needs, and elite loyalty. One wrong move could cost you everything — will you rule or fall?
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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, Story-driven, Emotional
Poland, December 1981. Martial law is on, the shelves are bare, and Christmas Eve is tomorrow. You play a father hunting for a ration card so his daughter gets her tangerines, making choices that carry real weight across many endings. Short, pixel-lit and quietly affecting.
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After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?
Dark, Story-driven, Emotional
A stranger's phone lands in your hands, and a government agent on the line wants evidence of terrorism. Snoop through messages, photos and social media to find it. A short, sharp interactive novel about surveillance, guilt and twelve very different ways out.
Dark, Story-driven, Emotional
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!
Dark, Story-driven, Emotional
‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.
Dark, Story-driven, Emotional

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…

You wake up as North Korea’s Supreme Leader. Manage diplomacy, internal power struggles, and national survival.

Snoop through an apartment building for the regime, then decide which neighbors deserve to be reported and which secrets stay buried.

When I was young, I got a unusual gift accidentally, it was a seed. I planted it in soil, but I don’t know that it will have so big impact to my life.

21 Days is a simulation adventure game in which you experience the life of a Syrian refugee.

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

Attention! In 72 hours something very important will happen, stay in the streets, do your part and wait for the armed forces!

"Beginning of the Rain" is a Visual Novel Simulation Game based on colorful illustrations and rich OSTs.

Motherland (A sad fairytale for adults) is an indie-game that allows you to immerse in the atmosphere of a provincial town during the epidemic.

In this 2D fighter you must rescue humanity from a cruel, merciless, bloodthirsty dictator aspiring to world hegemony.

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

Trapped in a repressive campus ruled by a brutal principal, you must survive a terrifying night and uncover buried truths.

Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective…

Faced with the cruel and harsh reality of homelessness, you seek out affordable housing in your area.

A narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a toll keeper in the fictional country of Janapa, a nation on the brink of…


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Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels.

Two high school sweethearts, one small town in late 90s rural Indonesia, and a reality that is quietly coming apart.

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.

‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of…

Poland, December 1981. Martial law is on, the shelves are bare, and Christmas Eve is tomorrow.

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

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…

Finally, a game you deserve! It's entirely up to you whether you save the princess or rob the bank. But can you actually find a way to make it happen?

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

Ministry of Truth: False Memory is a story-driven simulator in a totalitarian society.

A top-down 2D story-driven adventure game inspired by real-life events.

Witness to Mass Incarceration is a narrative-driven interactive story based on my life in federal prison.

A visual novel about a dystopian country and the things survivors must do to stay alive...

A narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a toll keeper in the fictional country of Janapa, a nation on the brink of…

You wake up as North Korea’s Supreme Leader. Manage diplomacy, internal power struggles, and national survival.

Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective…

Comic Kingdom is a text-based adventure game primarily featuring a black-and-white comic style.


Countdown is a short visual novel that tells the story of an ordinary individual's journey through their thoughts and emotions as their life…