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A 2.5D fan game inspired by Yume Nikki in which you explore the protagonist's surreal dream world without combat. It focuses on atmosphere, discovery and enigmatic places.

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Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for Growth are Yume Nikki, Anatomy and .Flow. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Growth special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Yume Nikki

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2004PCSteam Deck playable94 % positivefree

A wordless dream-exploration game where you wander surreal, unsettling dreamscapes as Madotsuki, collecting Effects. There is almost no plot, leaving all meaning to the player's own interpretation.

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You explore an eerie suburban house from a first-person view, collecting cassette tapes and piecing together a disturbing story from fragments. The game thrives on its quiet, unsettling atmosphere and the curiosity about what lurks within its walls.

.Flow

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You explore Sabitsuki's dreamworld as a gloomy, unsettling fangame of Yume Nikki, collecting effects in a sublime dreamscape. Its eerie atmosphere and body-horror hospital imagery are what make it stand out.

Yume 2kki

Distinctive, stylised art style

A huge fan-made dream-exploration game in the spirit of Yume Nikki: as Urotsuki you wander through hundreds of surreal dream worlds, collecting Effects that unlock new paths and secrets. There is no combat, just cryptic discovery, wandering and an unsettling mood.

Lisa: The First

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A short, disturbing Yume Nikki-style exploration game that walks through a surreal dreamscape of young Lisa's traumatized mind. It tells a very bleak story of abuse and despair without conventional combat.

Scanner Sombre

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You explore a pitch-black cave armed only with a LIDAR scanner that paints the surroundings as glowing point clouds. A short, eerie walking-sim style experience with a quietly mysterious story.

The Complex: Found Footage

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A walking-simulator horror game viewed through a VHS camera, in which you wander endless dreamlike Backrooms-style spaces. Its cryptic story raises more questions than it answers.

The Path

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An experimental psychological horror art game that reimagines Little Red Riding Hood in modern times: six sisters are told to stay on the path, but straying into the woods leads to symbolic, unsettling encounters with the wolf.

Pools

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A liminal-space exploration game that favors eerie atmosphere over conventional horror. You wander through endless, near-identical pool rooms, trying to orient yourself and find the way out.

LSD: Dream Emulator

Distinctive, stylised art style

A surreal, goalless dream experience where you wander through psychedelic, randomly linked dreamscapes that shift whenever you bump into walls or objects. An experimental cult oddity that offers mood over traditional gameplay.