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Games like Joana's Life

2016PC

You explore your home and find a creepy old mirror tied to a string of gruesome deaths in town. A short, story-driven indie adventure with a mystery and horror mood.

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Joana's Life are You Deserve, The Closing Shift and Fingerbones. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Joana's Life special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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You Deserve

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2016PC

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Accessible and relaxed

You play Amy, a teenager trapped in a strange, menacing world who must escape without being murdered. This indie horror tells a dark tale of bullying and revenge.

The Closing Shift

Dark, serious atmosphere

A short Japanese-style indie horror game in which you play a young woman working a late closing shift as eerie events unfold. Tension comes from atmosphere and mundane routine that gradually turns sinister.

Fingerbones

Dark, serious atmosphere

A short psychological horror game where you wander an abandoned building and piece together a disturbing story from notes you find. It leans on atmosphere and mystery rather than combat.

Shutter

Dark, serious atmosphere

You play US Marshal Teddy Daniels searching Shutter Island for an escaped patient. This hidden object adventure is based on the well-known film and relies on creepy atmosphere and investigation.

A Girls Fabric Face

Dark, serious atmosphere

A short indie horror game where you investigate a brutal murder through security cameras set up in a house. Things are not what they seem, and a final decision shapes how you understand the truth about the girls with the fabric face.

Urban Legend Hunters 2: Double

Dark, serious atmosphere

A story-driven point-and-click adventure with visual novel elements where you chase eerie urban legends through a modern city. The focus is on atmosphere, narrative and investigation rather than action.

Decay: The Mare

Dark, serious atmosphere

A psychological horror adventure in which a drug-addicted patient is trapped in an endless nightmare inside a clinic. It pays homage to classics like Resident Evil and Silent Hill with puzzles and a bleak atmosphere.

HellTown

Accessible and relaxed

You play a postman in 1959 in the seemingly idyllic town of Little Vale, slowly uncovering its eerie secrets. A short indie horror adventure driven by atmosphere and mystery.

Stairs

Dark, serious atmosphere

You play journalist Christopher Adams in first person, exploring grim locations to uncover the fates of three missing people. The focus is on oppressive atmosphere and psychological dread rather than combat.

Simulacra

Dark, serious atmosphere

You dig through a missing woman's smartphone, reading messages, using apps and watching videos, to piece together a creepy mystery. A short, story-driven horror experience told through found-footage-style screen interaction.

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