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A short, introspective hand-painted adventure about memory, childhood, and dreams that reviewers finish in roughly three hours.

The Dreadful Whispers
A short, introspective indie adventure about confronting inner demons, starting slow but becoming rewarding with secrets.
2019-09-05
- Platform
- Adventure

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Games like Journal

A short, introspective hand-painted adventure about memory, childhood, and dreams that reviewers finish in roughly three hours.

The Dreadful Whispers
A short, introspective indie adventure about confronting inner demons, starting slow but becoming rewarding with secrets.
2019-09-05
- Platform
- Adventure

Indie

UNREAL LIFE

A single-player, pixel-art psychological adventure about an amnesiac's memory recovery through time manipulation, with an atmospheric tone and a roughly 10-hour length.

2020-11-19

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Mystery

CINERIS SOMNIA

A single-player 3D adventure through a melancholic, dreamlike world, where you explore a girl's forlorn dreams and uncover a haunting story over roughly 8-10 hours.

2018-10-09

First person
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Mystery
Drama

Torn Away

A single-player, hand-drawn interactive story blending adventure, side-scrolling, and first-person levels, following a girl's war-torn journey home in about five hours.

2023-09-29

Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Simulator
Historical
Point-and-click
Drama

A Memoir Blue

A ~2-hour interactive movie about a swimmer's memories of her childhood and mother, with minimal gameplay and strong emotional atmosphere.

2022-03-24

First person
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Side view
Point-and-click
Kids
Drama

Leila

A heartfelt, hand-drawn single-player narrative adventure with memory-based puzzles and a short ~2-hour runtime.

2025-04-07

Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Point-and-click

If Found...

A short, story-driven indie game about going home, coming out, and erasing the world to progress an emotional narrative.

2020-05-19

Adventure
Indie
Side view
Visual Novel

7 Days

A short, hand-drawn psychological walking sim where choices guide a boy through surreal, traumatic memories.

2025-08-29

Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Side view
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery

Pine: A Story of Loss

A short, hand-drawn single-player adventure about a grieving woodworker doing daily chores and carving tributes in his forest home, lasting roughly two hours.

2024-12-13

Adventure
Indie
Point-and-click
Drama
Romance

The Town of Light

A slow, emotionally heavy psychological adventure about a 16-year-old girl's breakdown in 1938, with a roughly 5-hour story.

2016-02-26

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Open world
Mystery
Drama
Virtual Reality

Mind Garden

A heartfelt ~2.5-hour single-player adventure about processing memories and healing by feeding a flame, completing a journal, and meeting residents in a handcrafted mind-garden.

2026-03-17

Memoranda

A surreal 2D point-and-click adventure about a woman losing her name, with slow, obtuse puzzles and a short runtime.

2017-01-25

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Mystery
Point-and-click

The Dreadful Whispers