Games like Thoughtless

If Thoughtless scratched a story-driven and dark itch for you, keep reading. These games are worth a look next.

My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life
This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions have to be made. Or meaningful, to such an extent, that there is nothing left once they are made.
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
75% of 498 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Kindred [Subject 6244]
In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
94% of 36 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
What follows is a short, strange visual novel about existence, affection and what is real, told through hundreds of choices, surreal detours and multiple endings. Cute on the surface, unsettling underneath, and harder to shake off than its few hours suggest.
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
93% of 20,708 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 66$1.99
Surrogate
Visit a surreal world and help a blue girl navigate the perils of paranoia and the intrusion of mysterious beings in her life...
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
83% of 29 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
93% of 764 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Deadly Obsession
A psychological horror visual novel where you’re kidnapped by an obsessed captor—your choices determine whether you escape or fall into his twisted love.
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
88% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Reflections of the void
A sci-fi drama about love, control, and the price of human emotion. Care for your wards, follow every order — or break the rules to discover who you truly are.
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
100% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$5.84
Cold Verdict
Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
88% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Outsider
Shape humanity's future in a sci-fi narrative game where choices matter. Experience an extraterrestrial contact while deciphering an overarching mystery of far-reaching consequences. Who is the Outsider?
Story-driven, Emotional, Mysterious
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Quantum Conscience
In this unconventional visual novel, the player controls the story by choosing whether to use the main character's ability to read people's minds. As an agent of an intergalactic society of freedom fighters, Blaire's telepathic skills can be used in the name of freedom, or to manipulate others for power.
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
79% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
and yet, we dream
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
92% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
i feel very lonely and i don't remember myself
A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab. Explore their chat records to uncover the mysteries of Inturg Technologies. How can they escape their doom?
Story-driven, Dark, Emotional
94% of 148 Steam reviews are positiveFree

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Kindred [Subject 6244]

In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds?

$1.99

My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life

This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions…

$1.99

The NOexistenceN of you AND me

A short visual novel about affection and reality, where hundreds of choices twist the story toward very different endings.

$1.99

outside the door

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.

$1.99

Surrogate

Visit a surreal world and help a blue girl navigate the perils of paranoia and the intrusion of mysterious beings in her life...

$0.99

Reflections of the void

A sci-fi drama about love, control, and the price of human emotion.

$5.84

Quantum Conscience

In this unconventional visual novel, the player controls the story by choosing whether to use the main character's ability to read people's minds.

$4.99

and yet, we dream

a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their…

$3.99

Distress: A Choice-Driven Sci-Fi Adventure

A sci-fi visual novel where the lives of your crew are in your hands. Investigate a mysterious space station.

$5.99

VERSUS: The Lost Ones

Steal alien powers and absorb their memories! Can you outlast your opponents to escape from planet Versus? An epic adventure in a new galaxy.

$4.99

Second Thoughts

A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person…

$1.99

Quarantine Circular

In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching.

$2.99

Hidden gems like Thoughtless

outside the door

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.

$1.99

i feel very lonely and i don't remember myself

A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab.

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No More Future

In the last days of their life, a dying person takes one final gamble...

Free

Hazy Mind

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

$9.99

Athanasy

Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides.

$9.99

The NOexistenceN of you AND me

A short visual novel about affection and reality, where hundreds of choices twist the story toward very different endings.

$1.99

Pandemic Love

A short visual novel about isolation. You try to search for comfort in the lonesome people around you.

Free

Love Thyself - A Horatio Story

In a society where everyone is a clone of the Emperor, can you survive long enough to find out who you truly are?

Free

Quarantine Circular

In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching.

$2.99

My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life

This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions…

$1.99

The Bottom of the Well

Play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world, and is retelling it to her friend.

Free

VERSUS: The Lost Ones

Steal alien powers and absorb their memories! Can you outlast your opponents to escape from planet Versus? An epic adventure in a new galaxy.

$4.99

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