Games like The Inner Darkness
by Nauris Amatnieks
A lone man's journey through a strange world. Dimension switching mechanic - switch between the dimensions to traverse the world and solve puzzles.
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$24.99INSIDE
Jul 7 · Playdead
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Dark
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
2.5DPuzzle PlatformerAtmosphericDarkHorrorIndieStory RichSingleplayerCinematicAdventure👍 69,808
$9.99ElecHead
Oct 14 · NamaTakahashi, Tsuyomi
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Pixel Graphics
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Puzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerLinearPixel GraphicsActionRetroAdventureSingleplayerIndie👍 1,412
$14.99INMOST
Aug 21 · Hidden Layer Games
Both: Pixel Graphics · Puzzle Platformer · Dark
Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.
Pixel GraphicsIndieAdventureStory RichExplorationAtmosphericThrillerPuzzle PlatformerPsychologicalDark👍 5,929
-75%$4.99Little Nightmares
Apr 27 · Tarsier Studios
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Dark · Puzzle
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
HorrorAtmosphericAdventureSingleplayerPuzzle PlatformerDarkPuzzleIndieStory RichStealth👍 52,189
$19.99Creaks
Jul 22 · Amanita Design
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Mystery
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.
PuzzleHand-drawnAtmospheric2DPuzzle PlatformerSurrealStylizedCartoonRelaxingMystery👍 5,323
$9.99Closure
Sep 7 · Eyebrow Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Dark
In the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this multiple-award-winning puzzle game. Play as a strange spider-like demon who explores the stories of three human characters through beautiful, eerie environments such as a decrepit factory, a murky...
PuzzlePlatformerIndiePuzzle PlatformerSurreal2DSingleplayerDarkHorrorGreat Soundtrack👍 449
$3.99Face It - A game to fight inner demons
Jun 9 · Tlön Studios, Ilex Games
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Carefuly crafted puzzles in a challenging 3D plaformer take the player on a surrealistic journey through a maze of feelings. In Face It, abstract concepts are shaped into gameplay: darker emotions are monsters and traps, while brighter concepts are the powers you need to beat the levels.
IndieAdventureActionPuzzle3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerHorrorEarly Access👍 520
$7.99SolarGun
Jul 28 · Mechanical Boss
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Short · Puzzle
Discover SolarGun, a first-person puzzle game set in a aseptic factory. Use energy orbs, dodge lasers, and activate mechanisms to escape. With over 20 puzzles, hidden minigames, and a speedrun mode, every decision counts on your path to freedom.
IndieCasualPuzzle PlatformerSci-fiShortFirst-PersonPuzzle
$5.99The Past Within
Nov 2 · Rusty Lake
Both: Puzzle · Mystery
The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake! Play together with someone you deem trustworthy: one in The Past, the other in The Future. Observe and communicate what you see around you. Solve the puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.
Co-opPuzzleOnline Co-OpMultiplayerEscape RoomHorrorMysteryPoint & ClickAdventureIndie👍 14,676
FreeMy Light In The Dark
Aug 23 · TaleHammer
Both: Short · Dark · Pixel Graphics
My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.
Adventure2DShortDarkPixel GraphicsPoint & ClickPuzzleExplorationHorrorPsychological Horror
$19.99YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
Feb 22 · KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Active Gaming Media Inc.
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...
ExplorationPuzzle PlatformerPuzzleFemale ProtagonistPlatformerPsychological HorrorHorror2.5DCuteStory Rich👍 1,350
-40%$5.99OneShot
Dec 8 · Future Cat LLC
Both: Pixel Graphics · Puzzle
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Story RichPixel GraphicsIndieGreat SoundtrackCuteAtmosphericPuzzleSingleplayerChoices MatterAdventure👍 59,257
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
IndiePuzzle PlatformerAdventurePlatformerPuzzleLocal Co-OpDifficultSingleplayerCo-opGreat Soundtrack👍 296
$7.99Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe
May 24 · Andrew Morrish
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Pixel Graphics
The title says it all. Take one part falling block puzzle game, combine one part old-school platformer, add a couple thousand pixels, blend and serve. Why match colored blocks when you can just shoot the hell out of them? Your goal is to survive as long as you can. From celebrated indie developer Andrew Morrish and Adult Swim Games.
IndieActionCasualPlatformerPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerDifficultGreat SoundtrackPixel GraphicsLocal Multiplayer👍 374
Freean unplayable game?!
Oct 20 · ./badgames.zip
Both: Short · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
a game about accessibility settings that's just a *bit* too hard for you to play effectively. 10-15 minutes in length with 30+ minutes of developer commentary!
LinearActionCasualAbstractShortPuzzle PlatformerEmotionalPuzzle2D PlatformerPixel Graphics
$4.99Laughing to Die
Apr 10 · 大吉利制作组
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
囡囡回乡参加奶奶一百岁的丧礼。家人们都说老人百岁去世是喜丧,因此家里正大摆宴席招待亲友。独自一人的囡囡看到一个酷似奶奶的身影之后随之而误入某个奇怪的房间,在寻找离开的道路同时,囡囡也逐渐从这些房间的故事中知道了奶奶的来历,更从中得知在喜丧背后所隐藏的秘密。
AdventureCasualPuzzlePlatformer2D PlatformerHand-drawnPsychological HorrorPuzzle PlatformerPhilosophical2D👍 3,121
Reveal The Deep
Dec 4 · Lazy Monday Games
Both: Pixel Graphics · Puzzle
Reveal The Deep is a short exploration game set in the wreck of a 19th century steamship. Navigate through expansive levels, uncovering the stories of the ship's demise and it's passengers. Keep your nerve, your wits about you, and prepare to reveal the secrets of the deep.
IndieHorrorAtmosphericExplorationCasualPixel GraphicsUnderwaterPuzzle2DAdventure👍 1,363
$8.99Anoxemia
Jan 16 · BSK Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Dark · Puzzle
Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.
PhysicsPuzzle PlatformerDarkPuzzleAtmosphericSide ScrollerPlatformerSingleplayerDark FantasyAdventure
$9.99Suicide Guy VR
Jul 24 · Fabio Ferrara
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
Experience Suicide Guy now in Virtual Reality for the greatest, most immersive snooze! These surreal dreams have never been so chaotic and frantic. If you're faint of heart, do not play this game.
Puzzle PlatformerComedyFirst-PersonAdventurePuzzlePhysicsAction-AdventureActionDark HumorScience👍 133
$0.99Despair
May 12 · AGC
Both: Short
The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
IndieHorrorActionFirst-PersonAdventureAtmosphericWalking SimulatorSingleplayerShort👍 1,398
$0.99The Lost Souls
Apr 11 · GDNomaD
Both: Puzzle · Short
What does it feel like to find yourself in hell? You don't feel the wind, you don't see the sun. No more hearing child's laughter. No memory of those who once were your friends and family.
IndieHorrorFirst-PersonGothicStory RichPuzzleShortWalking SimulatorExploration3D👍 203
$1.99Lonely Trip
Feb 5 · Fish Chain Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
Lonely Trip is a 2D puzzle platformer. Unique puzzles, beautiful visuals and capturing music, experience all these by completing this lonely adventure.
Puzzle PlatformerPlatformerCasualIndiePuzzleRelaxingMinimalist2D Platformer2DCartoon
Dark Echo
May 11 · RAC7 Games
Both: Puzzle · Dark
Trapped in darkness, you must use visualized sound to guide your way through threatening environments. The sounds you create will bounce off obstacles, revealing the shape of the surrounding world. It won't be long before your only way of sensing the world attracts a horrifying evil that devours both sound and souls.
AdventureIndiePuzzleHorrorAtmosphericSingleplayerPsychological HorrorMinimalist2DDark👍 835
$19.99Monochroma
May 28 · Nowhere Studios
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
IndieAdventurePlatformerPuzzleAtmosphericPuzzle PlatformerDystopian 2.5DSide ScrollerSingleplayer👍 467
-68%$3.83Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
Mar 4 · OhNoo Studio
Both: Puzzle · Mystery · Dark
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.The dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere of the game was inspired by works of painters H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. The game's final look and feel was also strongly influenced by the universes of games such as Demon's Souls or Dark Seed.
Point & ClickHorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleMysteryDark FantasyStory RichAdventureDarkAtmospheric👍 2,528
$19.99Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Sep 8 · Frictional Games
Both: Puzzle · Dark
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
HorrorGorePsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericPuzzleFirst-PersonNudityDarkLovecraftian👍 20,429
$0.99Noah's Descent into Madness
Sep 29 · Squiggly Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
Noah's Descent into Madness is a short horror-themed adventure and puzzle game. Make your way through a dark forest of unknown horrors while trying your best to escape the nightmare you've found yourself in.
AdventurePuzzle PlatformerExplorationDemonsStrategyPuzzleCinematic3DFirst-PersonRealistic
$0.99Wooden House
Sep 5 · GDNomaD
Both: Short · Dark
What could be better than relaxing in nature? Taking a break from the hustle and bustle of the city in a small cottage. Spending time reading books by the fireplace. But one night, strange voices began to echo from deep within the basement.
Walking SimulatorShortIndieDarkSurvival HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonSingleplayerPvENature👍 158
$0.99LUNA
Nov 20 · Simple
Both: Puzzle · Pixel Graphics
Play as a little girl named 'Luna', and survive from the dark being while discovering the secrets behind her. The more you traverse on her memory, the more you will discover dark truths that lie deep inside.
PuzzleRPGFemale Protagonist2DTop-DownHorrorPsychological HorrorPixel GraphicsCasualAnime👍 296
FreeSonder
Feb 15 · Finally Games
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
Experience an innovative co-op adventure where two players have to work together. Engage in collaborative puzzle solving and dynamic combat with each player having unique abilities. Delve into a psychological narrative that explores the essence of humanity.
CasualAdventurePlatformerPuzzlePuzzle PlatformerExplorationSide Scroller2.5DCinematicStylized
$1.99Darkness Ritual: Impasse
Mar 6 · AProX
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
You witnessed a dark ritual taking place and nothing will go wrong from now on. You are stuck in an unknown place, can getting out of here and solving the secrets save you from this impasse?
AdventurePsychological HorrorSupernaturalDemonsPlatformerPuzzleHorror3D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerFPS
$6.99SCP: Descent
Mar 20 · Pixel Drip Games
Both: Puzzle
Inspired by SCP-087, step into the shoes of an unfortunate student long before the stairwell became legend. Follow the clues left by those who came before, your only choice is to descend.
HorrorPuzzleLovecraftian1980sAtmospheric3DActionFirst-PersonRealisticConspiracy👍 105
$24.99Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
May 16 · Simogo
Both: Puzzle · Mystery
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationHorrorActionMysteryStylizedAction-AdventureIndiePsychological👍 3,110
$0.99One Wish
Jun 6 · GDNomaD
Both: Puzzle
Сlassic indie horror for one evening. The game has no tips, you need to solve all the puzzles yourself and avoid the monster that wants to devour your soul. Therefore, you need to be very careful and attentive to escape from the nightmare.
AdventureIndieHorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorPuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonMinimalistPsychological👍 162
-75%$7.87Neon Abyss
Jul 14 · Veewo Games
Both: Pixel Graphics
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.
RoguelikePlatformerBullet HeavenLootProcedural GenerationSingleplayerPixel GraphicsReplay ValueShooterCyberpunk👍 19,709
$0.99Retention
Jan 13 · Sometimes You
Both: Short · Puzzle
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
IndieCasualAdventureShortSingleplayerVisual NovelSimulationPoint & ClickPuzzleInteractive Fiction👍 215
FreeThe Wolf's Den
Jul 6 · Fried Octopus
Both: Mystery · Dark · Short
The Wolf's Den is a suspenseful first person experience through a dark atmospheric mountain. Explore a mysterious train tunnel on your way to escape from a tragic accident that destroyed you and your partner's lab and uncover the truth behind the mysteries that surround you. Enter The Wolf's Den!
WerewolvesMysteryDarkWalking SimulatorAtmosphericSingleplayerLinearShortAdventureFPS
$0.99THERE IS NO SLEEP
Jan 2 · Matt McGreevy
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Pixel Graphics
Everyone has nightmares every now and then... but what would you do if a demon trapped you in a nightmare and you couldn't wake up?
AdventureRPGStrategyAction-AdventurePuzzleStrategy RPGPuzzle Platformer2DPixel GraphicsTop-Down
$3.99bit Dungeon II
Dec 15 · Kinto Games LLC
Both: Pixel Graphics
bitDungeon II is fast action-adventure game with a giant overworld to explore. You are a spirit in an undead world of demons. Your "loved one's " grave has been desecrated. Fight through these corrupted lands, and bring peace to her soul.
RPGPixel GraphicsAction RoguelikeIndieActionAdventureRoguelikeDungeon Crawler2DSingleplayer👍 1,401
FreeMANDAGON
Aug 3 · Blind Sky Studios
Both: Pixel Graphics · Short
Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .
Free to PlayPixel GraphicsPlatformerIndie2DAdventureAtmosphericShortRelaxingSingleplayer👍 165
$4.99DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Oct 21 · Jesse Makkonen
Both: Pixel Graphics · Dark
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
IndiePsychological HorrorHorrorPixel Graphics2DAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerDark👍 7,683
$3.992D Neon Cube
Sep 8 · Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich
Both: Puzzle Platformer
2D Neon Cube - it's beautiful and not difficult to pass the game. Exciting obstacles and graphical effects. Move the main character to the portal and try not to die!
Side Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerDifficultCasualPlatformer2DSpace SimSurvivalRelaxing👍 180
FreeMissing Translation
Sep 24 · AlPixel Games, Luis Diaz, Gustavo Santos, Albert Fernandez, Tice Thomason
Both: Pixel Graphics · Puzzle
Lost in a weird city in the middle of the desert and surrounded by strange creatures that keep staring at you. This is a game about exploring the unknown and solving puzzles... lots of them! Don't be fooled by the looks, this isn't a point & click adventure.
Free to PlayPixel GraphicsPuzzleIndieAdventureCasualGreat SoundtrackPoint & ClickSingleplayer2D👍 111
$1.99The Test
Feb 24 · Randumb Studios
Both: Pixel Graphics
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Choose Your Own AdventureSimulationMultiple EndingsStory RichPixel GraphicsPsychological HorrorPsychologicalSingleplayerChoices MatterVisual Novel👍 19,596








