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A short, somber narrative game about a boy deflecting negativity while navigating growing up.

"LIFE" not found;
A short, mouse-only narrative point-and-click puzzle game about a high school dropout's mental health struggles.
2022-06-23
- First person
- Indie
- Simulator

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Cracking the Stone
Games like Cracking the Stone

Find the Steam hidden gems

single-players with secrets you find without a guideor

Edit search

Games like Cracking the Stone

A short, somber narrative game about a boy deflecting negativity while navigating growing up.

"LIFE" not found;
A short, mouse-only narrative point-and-click puzzle game about a high school dropout's mental health struggles.
2022-06-23
- First person
- Indie
- Simulator

Lynne

A free, compact narrative simulation about the uncomfortable, relatable fears of being a teenager, clocking in around an hour and a half.

2018-07-13

Horror
Indie
Simulator
Visual Novel

Hibernation Day

A short, cozy dialogue-driven adventure about a family trying to stay afloat, with a median reviewer playtime of about 14 minutes.

2023-12-14

Comedy
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Visual Novel

Little Man Has a Day

A short, silly, hand-drawn casual game about a little man's mildly down day, delivering a surprisingly deep, book-like story in about 50 minutes.

2023-08-16

Comedy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

The Painting

A brief, emotionally heavy visual novel about grief and memory, playable in about ten minutes.

2024-09-27

Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Visual Novel

Masochisia

A short psychological horror game about a man who hallucinates his future as a psychopath and must choose whether to resist fate.

2015-10-09

First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Point-and-click

And No One Was There

A free, single-player, casual exploration of a shadowed childhood home through diaries and notes—melancholy, reflective, and very short, with sparse mixed reviews.

2026-05-31

The Way of Life Free Edition

A brief indie narrative game that shows one life from child, adult, and elderly perspectives, reviewed mostly positively.

2016-05-31

Indie
Open world

Aimi

A brief, emotionally resonant indie RPG about memory and identity, with creative puzzles and a mysterious world.

2020-10-20

Indie

The Quiet Things

A single-player, roughly 6–7 hour autobiographical narrative adventure about a 2000s childhood in southern England, blending evocative memory exploration with emotionally heavy, often uncomfortable scenes.

2026-06-18

First person
Adventure
Indie
Point-and-click
Drama
Visual Novel

this was for you.

A short, melancholic visual novel about memory and loss, with a linear story and roughly 45-minute runtime.

2019-08-14

Adventure
Indie
Text
Drama
Visual Novel

Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel

A short, free kinetic novel about a depressed man who takes in a lost girl, with an emotionally heavy story and an unreliable narrator.

2017-06-09

Indie
Text
Drama
Visual Novel

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