Games Like A Mortician's Tale

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Casual 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A short, intimate visual novel that handles complex emotional themes with a delicate, hand-drawn aesthetic.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Story Rich 19.5%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%, Atmospheric 11%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-rich exploration of family history and death that shares the somber, reflective tone of a mortician's daily life.

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.9%, Story Rich 21.3%, Relaxing 20.5%, Indie 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title explores the process of death and transition through a management-style lens with deep emotional resonance.

Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.

Why similar: Story Rich 24.4%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Indie 12.9%, Stylized 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This short, narrative-driven game uses a unique mechanic to reflect on a life's journey, mirroring the focus on mortality found in the seed game.

A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.6%, Story Rich 25.3%, Indie 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Female Protagonist 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-focused game deals heavily with end-of-life reflection and the emotional weight of memories, much like the themes in the seed game.

A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 14.8%, Point & Click 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Dark 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines a relaxing, atmospheric setting with deep, character-driven storytelling about community and loss.

Repair old-school objects in this cozy puzzle game. Join antique-restorer Maria, as she arrives in the sun-soaked town of Bellariva and set out on a journey of helping the townsfolk reconnect.

Why similar: Casual 18%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Indie 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Relaxing 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-focused puzzle game about fixing objects and mending relationships, sharing the seed game's focus on quiet, restorative work.

Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.

Why similar: Relaxing 17.4%, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Point & Click 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Casual 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game tells a life story through the mundane act of organizing possessions, echoing the way the seed game uses professional tasks to reveal character.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.7%, Dark 24.9%, Relaxing 15.3%, Story Rich 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly quiet, work-focused experience where you manage a shop while uncovering dark, mysterious stories through interaction.

Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.3%, Casual 12.5%, Point & Click 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Indie 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A brief, poignant interactive story about the milestones of life and relationships that mirrors the emotional brevity of the seed game.

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.4%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Story Rich 10.9%, Dark 10%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich point-and-click adventure that explores heavy themes through a unique and somewhat unsettling lens.

In a back-alley cafe, the dead are granted one last night to mingle with the living. Necrobarista follows a dynamic and diverse cast of characters as they navigate Melbourne's hipstery coffee culture, the questionable ethics of necromancy, and the process of letting go.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.2%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Stylized 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Set in a cafe for the recently deceased, this visual novel explores death and closure with a stylish, modern narrative approach.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Experimental 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Relaxing 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being a listener to others' lives while performing a repetitive, relaxing work task.

It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.4%, LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Walking Simulator 17%, Relaxing 14.5%, Story Rich 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A peaceful work-simulation game that focuses on the quiet, personal stories of the people you encounter during your daily route.

A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.

Why similar: Experimental 27.6%, Casual 13.6%, Indie 11%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Relaxing 9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric, and wordless narrative experience that evokes a similar sense of melancholic beauty.

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 18%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Story Rich 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Atmospheric 9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-driven walking simulator that focuses on uncovering the secrets and history of a single room.

Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Story Rich 11%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-adventure game that uses a unique perspective to explore themes of death, memory, and loss.

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Story Rich 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, conversation-based game that focuses on the nuances of communication and relationship dynamics.

No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.3%, Point & Click 15.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Relaxing 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: An intimate, semi-autobiographical interactive story about the anxiety of transition and the end of a chapter in life.

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.4%, LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Point & Click 16.1%, Story Rich 15.1%, Visual Novel 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy experience that deals with morality and human nature, featuring a professional role that influences the lives of others.

A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.9%, Point & Click 22.2%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Story Rich 8.6%, Cute 8%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky, dark visual novel that explores the afterlife with a blend of humor and emotional depth.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.6%, Indie 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Story Rich 10.1%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more stressful, it masterfully uses a professional work-sim structure to force the player to confront the human cost of their decisions.

Belladonna is a gothic adventure game, twisted and dark. Take the role of a corpse girl rising from the dead in an abandoned laboratory, and unravel the mysteries concerning your own death and reanimation.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.6%, Female Protagonist 35.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Indie 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A gothic, point-and-click adventure that features a strong female protagonist and a dark, mysterious narrative.

Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?

Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.6%, Point & Click 24%, Dark 12.9%, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological story-rich game that explores childhood trauma and emotional hardship.

Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Casual 10%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, short game about reflecting on one's past and the choices made throughout a lifetime.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.4%, Great Soundtrack 25.9%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 8.6%, Relaxing 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: An emotionally charged, artistic platformer that deals with the stages of grief through visual storytelling.

A meditative experience that invites players to explore the serene beauty of a living, breathing cemetery as it changes with the seasons.

Why similar: Silent Protagonist 42.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Relaxing 5.9%, Story Rich 4.8%

Explore a lovingly crafted world with all its odd inhabitants as you experience the ethereal realm and deliver messages to the spirits. Make your mark in the wordless narrative - with a Tiny Echo.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.6%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Relaxing 11.6%, Casual 11.2%, Indie 9%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, short point-and-click adventure that emphasizes atmosphere and quiet exploration over complex mechanics.

In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Casual 15.1%, Indie 12.5%, Relaxing 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative card game where conversation is the primary mechanic, focusing on the difficulty of maintaining connections.

She and the Light Bearer is a point and click adventure game, a poem, a fairy tale. Take a journey inside a vibrantly colored forest, meet silly creatures, listen to serene folk music, and discover somber secrets.

Why similar: Experimental 17.6%, Point & Click 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Casual 13.1%, Indie 10.1%

Paperbark is a charming game that tells a beautiful short story of a wombat, the bush and a very hot Australian Summer.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.8%, Point & Click 15.1%, Relaxing 11.4%, Casual 10.4%, Stylized 8.9%

An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Point & Click 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Dark 9.1%

What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Female Protagonist 25.7%, Casual 10.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Indie 7.6%

halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.6%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%

"From Head to Toe" is a short interactive story about winter, existential guilt and your ex-classmates.

Why similar: Experimental 20.4%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Casual 14.8%, Indie 11.5%, Visual Novel 10%

Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Dark 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%

A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Casual 8%, Dark 7.7%

An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 19%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Point & Click 14.1%, Story Rich 11.9%

Strange Telephone is a 2D adventure game in which the player explores strange worlds created with merely 6 digits, and has multiple endings.

Why similar: Silent Protagonist 34.1% ★, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Point & Click 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Casual 8.8%

PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.9%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Dark 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%

An elaborate puzzle challenge combined with an unconventional story.

Why similar: Experimental 28.4%, Point & Click 26.3%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Indie 12.3%, Casual 10.9%

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Why similar: Point & Click 34.5%, Story Rich 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Casual 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%

An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.6%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Visual Novel 15%, Dark 9.2%, Story Rich 8.8%

A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 23%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Dark 15.5%, Casual 9.6%, LGBTQ+ 8.7%

URLate is a short and free point & click adventure that immerses you in a hand-drawn world filled with puzzles and mysteries to solve.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.7%, Casual 14.3%, Indie 10.6%, Dark 10%, Story Rich 9.3%

A story-driven adventure game about a haunted bed & breakfast. A dead & breakfast!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 43.1%, Indie 23%, Story Rich 14.6%, Cute 10%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

Why similar: Dark 30.6%, Female Protagonist 29.7%, Atmospheric 19.8%, Indie 12.6%, Singleplayer 7.3%

In a book found in the attic, Manon discovers the past of her family members through their memories, their gestures, their quirks and their little secrets.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.6%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Relaxing 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Casual 10.1%

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Indie 12%, Cute 2.8%

Explore a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Casual 16%, Great Soundtrack 15%, Indie 13.6%

A quiet game of life and loss. One by one, everyone left the village for the city. Everyone, except Talma. Approaching her final years, she maintains a simple way of life tending to her homestead, surviving, subsisting, whilst increasingly disturbing letters arrive from her family in the city.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.1%, Point & Click 19.2%, Indie 17.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%

Teacup is a short and wholesome narrative adventure game with a focus on exploration and non-linear progression. Help a small and shy frog on her journey to find the ingredients she needs for her tea party!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.1%, Story Rich 14.7%, Cute 12.6%, Relaxing 12.3%, Colorful 8.1%

A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.3%, Indie 17.1%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Stylized 13.4%, Casual 12.3%

Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.6%, Point & Click 25.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Casual 9.6%, Stylized 7.1%

Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Experimental 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Casual 12.1%

memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Female Protagonist 19%, Visual Novel 17%, Story Rich 7.9%, Casual 6.9%

Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation

Why similar: Point & Click 17.4%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Indie 15.3%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Dark 10.1%

A Pizza Delivery is a narrative exploration game with puzzle elements focused on connecting with people. Share pizza with charming characters to uncover their stories—and your own. Drive and explore a strange, meditative world filled with secrets.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Walking Simulator 19%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Stylized 8.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%