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181 games like Don't Play Games

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01 You Are an Ancient Poet at the Neo-Orchid Pavilion Cover

When the emperor himself summons you to write a poem about the state of things, who are you to refuse? Torn between two factions, led by the emperor's half-sister and his most loyal general, you have the unenviable job of unpicking the complex threads of polit...

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79% Sehr nah dran
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02 The Watson-Scott Test Cover
70%

Take the Watson-Scott personality test and discover your deepest and darkest fears. 30 multiple-choice questions will tell you if you're more afraid of clowns, snakes, or something more sinister...

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70% Sehr nah dran
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03 Tonight It Follows Cover

2019 · PC

Tonight It Follows

47%

Escape an unrelenting horror that never stops as you make your way through a cemetery at night. A 2D pixel art survival horror game inspired by Silent Hill!

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47% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Single player Mode
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04 Aquapark.io Cover

2019 · Android, Switch, PC

Aquapark.io

38%

Reach to the end of the water slide, try to be the first. Bump other players during the race and have fun playing this colorful and sunny water slide game.

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38% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Single player Mode
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05 The Last Journey Cover

2017 · Mac, PC, iOS

The Last Journey

38%

The Last Journey is an ultimate post-nuclear exploration game in which you travel the universe to find a new planet suitable for mankind to live on after the Earth was destroyed in a nuclear war.

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38% Mutiger Treffer
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06 Children of Morta Cover

2019 · Android, Linux, Mac

Children of Morta

37%

Children of Morta is a narrative driven hack and slash roguelike. Take on the role of a member of the Bergson family, the Guardians of Mount Morta, as you fight desperately against the Corruption. Experience not only what it means to be a hero, but to be part...

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37% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Single player Mode
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07 Firewatch Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Firewatch

36%

Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start t...

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36% Mutiger Treffer
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08 The Stanley Parable Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, PC

The Stanley Parable

36%

A first-person exploration game built around branching narrative choices and an omniscient narrator who reacts to the player's decisions. Players navigate an office environment, choosing whether to follow or defy the narrator's directions, with each choice lea...

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36% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Single player Mode
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09 World War 3 Cover

2022 · PC

World War 3

36%

World War 3 is a tactical online multiplayer FPS where the world is your battleground. Outgun the enemy in thrilling, team-based skirmishes with a huge arsenal of weapons, vehicles, gadgets, and drones at your disposal.

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36% Mutiger Treffer
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10 Outlast Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Outlast

35%

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enou...

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35% Mutiger Treffer
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11 Subnautica Cover

2018 · Android, Mac, Switch

Subnautica

35%

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more, all while trying to survive.

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35% Mutiger Treffer
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12 Among Us Cover

2018 · Android, Switch, PC

Among Us

35%

Play with 4-15 player online or via local WiFi as you attempt to prepare your spaceship for departure, but beware as one or more random players among the Crew are Impostors bent on killing everyone! Originally created as a party game, we recommend playing wit...

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35% Mutiger Treffer
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13 Life is Strange: Before the Storm Cover

2017 · Android, Linux, Mac

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

35%

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in dramatic new story in the BAFTA a...

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35% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Single player Mode
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14 Garry's Mod Cover

2004 · Linux, Mac, PC

Garry's Mod

35%

Garry's Mod is a physics-based sandbox game built on Valve's Source engine. In its base mode, there are no objectives. Players can spawn non-player characters, ragdolls, and props, then manipulate them using a physics gun that can pick up, rotate, and freeze o...

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35% Mutiger Treffer
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15 A Short Hike Cover

2019 · Linux, Mac, Switch

A Short Hike

35%

Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

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35% Mutiger Treffer
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16 Planet Alpha Cover

2018 · Switch, PC, PS4

Planet Alpha

35%

Planet Alpha is an adventure set in a living alien world where you have the ability to manipulate the daytime. To survive on this strange planet you will have to be observant of how the environment and the wildlife behaviour changes depending on the time of d...

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35% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Single player Mode
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17 Pacify Cover

2019 · Mac, Switch, PC

Pacify

34%

An indie, multiplayer, horror game with fast paced game play for up to 4 players. Teams will need to explore an eerie mansion with a rumored past of funeral services including contacting deceased loved ones. A scary girl roams the house, and players need to ke...

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34% Mutiger Treffer
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18 Etherborn Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Etherborn

34%

Etherborn is an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice calls to you, patiently awaiting your arrival. As your firs...

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34% Mutiger Treffer
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19 Celeste Cover

2018 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Celeste

29%

Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mount...

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29% Mutiger Treffer
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20 Hollow Knight Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Hollow Knight

28%

A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones and uncovers the ki...

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28% Mutiger Treffer
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