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Depression The Game
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Games like Depression The Game

A somber interactive simulation of a young man's day with major depression, focusing on thought management and survival; mixed reviews and a ~33-hour reviewer playtime.

The Longest Walk
A short, personal walking simulator about a father's depression, told through voiced narration, lasting roughly 13 minutes.
2022-09-09
- First person
- Adventure

Indie

Educational

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Life Tastes Like Cardboard

A surreal, roughly six-to-seven-hour walking game about boredom and self-pity, blending beautiful and disturbing dream sequences.

2019-09-22

Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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Vampire Therapist

A gothic dark-comedy therapy sim where you use CBT to counsel vampires through centuries of emotional baggage in a roughly 7-8 hour interactive narrative.

2024-07-18

First person
Comedy
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Side view
Simulator
Text
Drama
Visual Novel

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Room of Depression

A short, emotional adventure about an office worker whose depression changes how she navigates ordinary city life.

2023-05-03

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Simulator
Text
Educational
Drama

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Destined to Die

A dark single-player task-management game about guiding a depressed character through daily choices, with a brief playtime and a bleakly humorous tone.

2021-07-13

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

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My Friend The Spider

A brief single-player narrative adventure that uses a horror-tinged mood to explore isolation and depression.

2024-01-04

First person
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Simulator

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Pleh!

A short single-player psychological horror walking sim about a depressed developer facing his intrusive thoughts and dark secrets.

2023-03-17

Adventure
Horror
Indie
Side view

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Unemployment Simulator 2018

A darkly comic indie sim-horror about surviving unemployment through routine, surreal threats, and studio-apartment chores, playable in about three hours.

2026-02-03

Adventure
Indie
Side view
Simulator

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GameDev Life Simulator 🎮🕹

A roughly six-hour single-player indie simulation of a game developer's work and daily routine, covering industry workings and the challenges of solo development.

2023-02-18

Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Actual Sunlight

A dark, honest interactive story about love and depression in corporate life, playable in about 3.5 hours.

2014-04-03

Adventure
Indie

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Isolation Simulator

A slow, introspective single-player simulation where you sit alone with a broken mind through strange events, lasting about an hour.

2026-04-21

Simulator

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Failed Game Developer

A single-player life simulation about a failed game developer's difficult, hopeful road to rebuilding a normal life, with a compact story.

2026-03-07