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Games like .Flow

2009PC

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.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lots to discover
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for .Flow are Yume Nikki, Yume 2kki and Lisa: The First. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes .Flow special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Yume Nikki

95 %Match

2004PCSteam Deck playable94 % positivefree

  • Lots to discover
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

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

Dread and tension

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.

Hypnagogia

Dread and tension

Hypnagogia takes you through dreamlike worlds built from real dreams, haunted by sleep paralysis demons and liminal spaces. Its nostalgic late-90s polygonal look makes for a short but unsettling journey.

The Complex: Found Footage

Dread and tension

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

Dread and tension

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.

Anatomy

Accessible and relaxed

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.

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.

The House in the Woods

Dread and tension

You wander alone through a seemingly endless forest, trying to figure out what is going on. The game lives on atmosphere, unease, and the feeling that the woods will not let you leave.

Yume Nikki: Dream Diary

Dread and tension

You wander a dreamlike, enigmatic world and uncover clues and hidden places piece by piece. The game thrives on its unsettling atmosphere and the feeling that something disturbing is always just out of sight.

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