Games like Depression Quest
If Depression Quest is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Test: Secrets of the Soul, The Ultimate Death Clock and Pikabuu: STOP! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bleak, contemplative and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Depression Quest is a free-to-play interactive fiction experience released in 2014 by The Quinnspiracy, exploring life with depression through choice-based progression and narrative branching. Players navigate everyday situations where options remain locked based on the protagonist's mental state, functioning as a realism simulation that mirrors how depression constrains decision-making. Reviewers describe the writing as brutally honest, with the game designed without traditional victories or rewards. Players report it as bleak and emotionally challenging, forces players to confront their own limitations, and mirrors the erosion of motivation rather than offering conventional game loops. Running as playable on Steam Deck, it holds 61% positive reviews from over 3,400 Steam players.
About Depression Quest: Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
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Top pick for Depression Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Depression Quest.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
The Ultimate Death Clock
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Second-strongest match for Depression Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Depression Quest.
You find yourself in a singularity with Death itself. With few chances to speak with the living, Death proposes a little game. Do you dive deep within yourself to indulge this cosmic guide and find out when you will meet again on official business? The Ultimate Death Clock awaits!
Pikabuu: STOP!
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Third-strongest match for Depression Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Depression Quest.
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
Room 337
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Ranked #4 for Depression Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Depression Quest.
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Human.exe
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Ranked #5 for Depression Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Depression Quest.
An AI has isolated the mind of a philosophy professor to evaluate human morality. As the terminal operator, you access files, run programs, and take his consciousness through ethical dilemmas. Your decisions will train the AI's final algorithm.
Penrose
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Ranked #6 for Depression Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Depression Quest.
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
The Quiet After
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Ranked #7 for Depression Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Depression Quest.
You play Ava, a would-be adventurer whose guild registration is only the first step into something far more dangerous, on the road ahead and beneath her own skin. A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes who she becomes.
Stella: into the Shadow
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Ranked #8 for Depression Quest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Depression Quest.
Blackwood knows how to keep secrets: beneath the neon, behind polite smiles, in offices with no nameplates. Stella is searching for a missing friend and realizes too late that she was let in for a reason.
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Frequently asked about Depression Quest
- Does Depression Quest run on Steam Deck?
- Depression Quest is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Depression Quest free to play?
- Yes — Depression Quest is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Depression Quest?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Depression Quest are The Test: Secrets of the Soul, The Ultimate Death Clock, Pikabuu: STOP!.
- Who developed Depression Quest?
- Depression Quest was developed by The Quinnspiracy, Patrick Lindsey, Isaac Schankler and published by The Quinnspiracy.
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