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Games like Growth

2021PC

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.

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

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In short: Games like Growth

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

95 %Match

2004PC, Steam Deck playable94 % positivefree

Brings what grabs you about Growth: lots to discover, a calm pace and a dark 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.

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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.

Eclipsium

Lots to discover

A surreal, unsettling indie horror adventure where you push through a dark, twisted world toward a distant tower. It focuses on atmosphere and disorientation rather than combat.

The Path

Accessible and relaxed

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.

.Flow

Lots to discover

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.

Scanner Sombre

Accessible and relaxed

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.

Yume 2kki

Lots to discover

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

Lots to discover

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.

Pools

Easy to pick up

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.

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