Games like Depression Quest

If Depression Quest is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante, Actual Sunlight and The Dark Queen of Mortholme — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as bleak, contemplative and dark, and single out its choice based progression and locked options. 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.

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.