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2013PC60 % positive

A text-based interactive fiction in which you live through the daily life of someone with depression. Your choices show how the illness limits relationships, work and treatment, building empathy for both sufferers and those who don't understand it.

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  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for Depression Quest are Actual Sunlight, Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You and Façade. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Depression Quest special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Actual Sunlight

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2013PCPlayStationNintendo Switch74 % positive4.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Depression Quest: a strong story, a dark atmosphere and a relaxed difficulty.

You follow Evan Winter through three periods of his life in Toronto, shaped by love, depression and a corporation. Gameplay is deliberately minimal so that the text-driven story and its emotional weight stay in focus.

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Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

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You work as an investigator for a government surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles of citizens and deciding which information to pass on. It makes the moral cost of mass surveillance tangible within a gripping thriller story.

Façade

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An experimental interactive drama where you visit a quarreling married couple and type free-form text to talk with them. AI-driven characters react in real time, so each conversation unfolds differently and can save or wreck their marriage.

Along the Edge

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A story-focused visual novel set in the European countryside where your decisions shape the protagonist's personality and appearance, leading to different romance and mystery outcomes.

The Devil on G-String

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A dark visual novel about a gangster's son drawn into a cat-and-mouse game with a powerful underworld boss. Psychological tension, scheming and Bach-inspired music define the story.

Saya no Uta

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A short, disturbing horror visual novel from Nitroplus: after an accident a medical student sees the world as flesh and viscera, with only Saya appearing beautiful to him. It is a bleak, uncompromising blend of cosmic dread and tragic romance.

Many Nights a Whisper

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A short, narrative-driven indie experience about dreams, pressure and expectations, where you take part in an ancient ritual in which a single shot decides the fate of a generation.

My Name is You

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In this minimalist visual novel you face a monotonous moment where seemingly meaningless decisions start to weigh heavily. Its stripped-down, stylized presentation invites you to reflect on identity and consequence.

A New Life.

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A short, narrative-driven visual novel following a love story from first meeting to old age. It centers on how you respond when someone you love hurts you.

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