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2013PCPlayStationNintendo Switch74 % positive4.99 €

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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The closest matches for Actual Sunlight are Saya no Uta, Depression Quest and Narcissu. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Actual Sunlight special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Saya no Uta

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2003PC91 % positive

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

Adds dread and tension, unlike Actual Sunlight.

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.

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Depression Quest

Strong, story-driven narrative

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.

Narcissu

Strong, story-driven narrative

You follow a quiet, melancholic love story between two terminally ill people who run away from their hospice. Its strength lies in restrained writing and the emotional weight of its small, intimate moments.

The Beginner's Guide

Strong, story-driven narrative

A narrative experiment in which Davey Wreden walks you through the strange, unfinished games of a friend while narrating his own interpretations. It turns into a surprisingly personal reflection on creativity, projection and friendship.

Crimson Gray

Dark, serious atmosphere

You follow John, a young man struggling with severe depression, through a quiet story about searching for meaning and hope. As his world fades to grey, one special encounter may bring colour back.

Fragments of Him

Strong, story-driven narrative

Fragments of Him is a first-person narrative game about a fatal accident and the lives it touches before and after. You move through places and memories as a spirit or inner voice of the characters, and your choices nudge the story forward in quiet, lingering ways.

Neyasnoe

Dark, serious atmosphere

You glimpse a fragment of a man who searches for meaning and loses himself in the labyrinth of his own thoughts. It is less a conventional game than a melancholic, introspective experience.

The House in Fata Morgana

Strong, story-driven narrative

A gothic visual novel about a cursed mansion, spanning nearly a thousand years through interwoven chapters of tragedy, guilt, love and madness. Its strengths are its emotional storytelling, brooding atmosphere and strong soundtrack.

Love, Sam

Strong, story-driven narrative

You find a diary on your desk and slip into its story about a high school crush and small-town romance. The game is a quiet, melancholic narrative that gradually reveals a darker undertone beneath its surface.

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