60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Singleplayer, Mystery, Adventure.
A medical student. An interrogation room. A surgeon who almost didn't survive.A Surgery Beyond the Heart is a noir visual novel set in a small Ohio city in 2016. You piece together what happened — and why — through memory, silence, and the things a person chooses not to say.
Aenigmarch
Step into a chilling mystery and peel back the ominous veil shrouding a peaceful southern Russian town.
The Portal Pirate
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Step into a chilling mystery and peel back the ominous veil shrouding a peaceful southern Russian town.
Why similar: Cinematic 23.5%, Psychological 16.9%, Thriller 15.4%, Mystery 15.1%, Text-Based 14%
A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.1%, Mystery 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Psychological 12.7%, Thriller 10.5%
Explore a wikipedia-like database and solve a small town mystery in Eastern Europe. Step into the shoes of a journalist in the 90s as you sprawl through articles and uncover the secrets that have been laid in front of you.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.4% ★, Mystery 20.1%, Text-Based 17.7%, Thriller 12.4%, Story Rich 9.5%
Find your missing father and uncover the dark conspiracy surrounding a sacred artifact and an enigmatic brotherhood in this haunting text adventure that combines the best elements of classic interactive fiction and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.2%, Mystery 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, RPG 10.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
Elara is a dark, narrative-driven visual novel where players investigate a corporate death, navigate manipulation and power dynamics, and make choices that lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.7%, Conspiracy 20.2% ★, Psychological 14.8%, Mystery 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
A journalist is trapped in a terrifying technological box of illusions where he is on a journey to discover the truth behind his family's darkest secrets.
Why similar: Text-Based 28%, Conspiracy 24.2% ★, Mystery 15.5%, Thriller 13.1%, Story Rich 7.1%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Text-Based 43.8%, Mystery 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Story Rich 9.8%, Casual 8.9%
All in your head is a single-player first-person horror game. You find yourself in a cabin alone and your goal is to finish what you and your friends came here to do, but alone. Beware of Miley, a girl who roams the areas, because all you have is your phone's light.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.1%, Thriller 19%, Mystery 18.9%, Story Rich 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.4%, Thriller 13.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
ConOps21: Subversion Protocol: Book One — Black Signal. An interactive drama in Neo-London. You are Cipher Reeve. The Dominion tried to erase you. The protocol failed. A buried civilization remembers itself through one fractured mind. Memory is the terrain. Truth is contraband.
Why similar: Conspiracy 25.4% ★, Cinematic 21.5%, Psychological 15.6%, Thriller 15.2%, Story Rich 10.5%
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
Why similar: Cinematic 20.4%, Conspiracy 19.1% ★, Thriller 15.2%, Mystery 13.5%, Psychological 12.6%
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.6%, Cinematic 17.5%, Psychological 13.9%, Mystery 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
Why similar: Text-Based 33%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Psychological 15.2%, Mystery 13.6%, Story Rich 12.9%
A narrative-driven atmospheric horror game. You are X and find yourself in the Red Machina system, a virtual paradise on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Conspiracy 22.5% ★, Text-Based 22.4%, Thriller 18.5%, Psychological 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
--Is that determination really your own will? An adolescent perversion adventure presented by creators who all started their challenges from scratch! This game will be a simple text adventure.
Why similar: Conspiracy 24% ★, Cinematic 20.6%, Text-Based 16.8%, Mystery 16.7%, Story Rich 12.6%
Explore the eerie depths of Ravenwood Drive as Emma, drawn by a mysterious letter. Your journey quickly turns dark, where every shadow conceals a sinister truth. Dare to confront the darkness within.
Why similar: Cinematic 27.1%, Conspiracy 21.5% ★, Thriller 14.8%, Mystery 13.6%, Story Rich 9.7%
You never received any New Year's gifts. This year, you decided to take what is yours. After tracking Santa down by his IP address, you head to his lair to take what is rightfully yours.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.1%, Thriller 23.4%, Psychological 15.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Story Rich 10.3%
Cradlemoor is a cinematic multi-layered narrative game, which casts you as Journalist William Marlowe as he journeys to the Dartmoor village of Cradlemoor to investigate a missing film crew. Cradlemoor features a persistent story across multiple playthroughs and hours of film, files and documents.
Why similar: Cinematic 21.7%, Thriller 17.3%, Mystery 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Story Rich 11%
"I Want to Be a Werewolf" is a text-based adventure where you can enjoy the detective elements of the Werewolf game and the stories of the characters.A strange room when you wake up. "werewolf game" that starts without knowing the purpose. Mystery & suspense that sees through deception.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.9%, Mystery 20.1%, Psychological 17.9%, Conspiracy 16.3% ★, Story Rich 10.6%
A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Psychological 16.8%, Thriller 15.6%, Mystery 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%
You're an insurance investigator. Review evidence, spot fraud, make decisions. Every case is a puzzle — approve, reject, or negotiate. Limited energy, a ticking clock, and your reputation on the line
Why similar: Medical Sim 36.2% ★, Cinematic 24.8%, Text-Based 17.6%, Psychological 11%, Story Rich 6%
Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
Why similar: Cinematic 30.5%, Mystery 16.8%, Thriller 14.6%, Psychological 12%, Story Rich 9.7%
Jacob White, a young man in need, took a job at an old motel. It seemed easy: clean rooms, survive the nights. But he soon noticed increasingly unsettling things. Adding to his pain was the recent loss of his wife.
Why similar: Psychological 21.3%, Thriller 18.9%, Text-Based 18.2%, Mystery 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
"Disease" is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre. The Yellow Man pierces the night in search of a new victim. Can you stop him before it's too late?
Why similar: Cinematic 38.7%, Text-Based 24.8%, Thriller 13%, Story Rich 12.6%, Indie 4.7%
Stop a deadly plague in a medieval fantasy tale of swords and surgery! Unearth medical knowledge, prevent the town’s purge, or plot your own escape.
Why similar: Medical Sim 36.5% ★, Text-Based 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, RPG 10.4%, Indie 6.7%
Expose the dark secrets and mysteries of your seemingly idyllic hometown in this romantic thriller! Will you fall in love or fall victim to its horrors?
Why similar: Text-Based 30.7%, Thriller 22.8%, Mystery 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, RPG 6.7%
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 28.3%, Mystery 23.5%, Cinematic 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
Unravel dark secrets, confront inner demons, and shape the haunting narrative in this psychological thriller. Your choices define the gripping, first-person journey - will you unravel the truth or succumb to madness?
Why similar: Cinematic 24.1%, Thriller 23.4%, Psychological 22.2%, Conspiracy 13.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
你跟随秦苏言调查一起十年前的学生跳楼事件时，突然收到了两封神秘的邮件。一封邀请你参加高中毕业十周年聚会，另一封则警告你如果继续调查“下一个就是你”。察觉异样的你决定赴会，试图找到更多的线索，却被卷入了一场“密室狼人杀”的局中。面对生死，是善念的互助，还是释放人性中的恶意？
Why similar: Cinematic 27.8%, Thriller 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Psychological 11.8%, Mystery 10.9%
You make every interaction with her feel like coincidence. You know her far more than she could ever imagine. But you don't seem to realize, a butterfliy don't usually fly into the net on their own.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Thriller 19.4%, Mystery 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Cinematic 12.6%
Make friends, cast spells, and uncover secrets in your magical small town! Will you preserve the forest or let the town grow?
Why similar: Text-Based 44.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, RPG 11.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Casual 9.6%
A first-person psychological horror that unfolds around Andy, who has just moved into a new trailer park one summer day. Try talking to the seemingly friendly residents.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.8%, Thriller 20.1%, Psychological 19.3%, Text-Based 14.9%, Story Rich 12.8%
A newly hired cybersecurity specialist gets pulled in over his head as he unravels mysterious code hidden by an ancient prophet. You must use the clues to find and recover the missing hard drive and any evidence.
Why similar: Cinematic 40.3%, Conspiracy 23.3% ★, Mystery 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%, Story Rich 5.9%
Retro terminal mystery: explore a live IBM PS/2, decode corrupted logs, and learn who waits behind the blinking prompt.
Why similar: Text-Based 37.4%, Conspiracy 26.4% ★, Mystery 13.1%, Casual 7.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%
VERUM: a thought-provoking game exploring ethical issues surrounding tech corporations and personal data usage. Embark on a journey through multiple side stories, gain diverse perspectives, and unlock multiple endings to uncover the full story. Simple yet immersive gameplay with captivating graphics
Why similar: Conspiracy 32.8% ★, Text-Based 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Casual 6.5%
Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.
Why similar: Cinematic 24.8%, Thriller 20.3%, Psychological 17.7%, Mystery 11.8%, Story Rich 11.2%
A haunting coming-of-age story about a school trip to a dying island and social outcasts looking for closure.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.6%, Thriller 20.1%, Psychological 19.4%, Mystery 16.1%, Story Rich 9.4%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Cinematic 34.3%, Psychological 17.2%, Thriller 17%, Mystery 15.6%, Story Rich 13%
Explore a Fallout 2 inspired tactical grid map in this text-based sci-fi cRPG. You blacked out in 2089 and woke up 300 years later to a solar system reduced to ruins. Scavenge ships, craft items, and survive turn-based combat as narrative choices shape your journey.
Why similar: Text-Based 50.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Mystery 13.2%, RPG 8.5%, Indie 4.9%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 53.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, RPG 10.5%, Mystery 6.4%
MALPRAXIS™ is a first-person, on-rails medical detective horror game focused on realistic visuals, objective-driven investigation and medical trauma.
Why similar: Medical Sim 34.3% ★, Cinematic 24.2%, Conspiracy 21.9% ★, Mystery 12.1%, Story Rich 5.4%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Text-Based 41.2%, Psychological 17.9%, Mystery 17.8%, Casual 9.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
A visual novel strategy game where your floral fragrances determine the fate of your mysterious shop and its patrons. Make choices, talk to customers, and shape the story. Get ready for a journey of heartfelt connections and strategic decision-making.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.2%, Story Rich 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Mystery 16.3%, Conspiracy 12.9% ★
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Text-Based 28%, Mystery 18.4%, Story Rich 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Psychological 11.3%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.2%, Cinematic 27%, Mystery 13.5%, Psychological 13.3%, Story Rich 9.9%
A masked killer hunts you in the dark. Manage noise and light, hide quickly, and survive this intense first-person stealth horror experience inspired by classic 80s slasher films.
Why similar: Cinematic 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Thriller 13.1%, Psychological 13%
Sequel of Old Watch
Why similar: Conspiracy 27.8% ★, Text-Based 25.8%, Mystery 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
Zlot rodzinny to dla Miłosza Dajskiego okazja, aby spotkać się z dawno niewidzianymi członkami rodziny. Przechadzając się po pałacu, w którym nie było go od lat napotyka człowieka, który zdaje się twierdzić, że jest jego kuzynem, ten jednak za nic nie potrafi go sobie przypomnieć.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.2%, Conspiracy 15.7% ★, Thriller 13.1%, Mystery 12.3%, Psychological 11.3%
Inherit a crumbling English hotel and restore it by day—while battling ghosts by night. With a sardonic cat, a talking power tool, and a twisting supernatural plot, this is a musical mystery unlike any other. Will you be able to hold it together while everything around you falls apart?
Why similar: Cinematic 29.2%, Psychological 20.2%, Mystery 18%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Story Rich 13.1%
A story driven experience about an ambitious, newly elected senator Claire Lockridge. Follow Claire as she struggles to uncover her father's assassin and prevent a war in the heart of her country. A story of courage, love, defiance and self-sacrifice; Claire will forever change the course of history.
Why similar: Cinematic 50.8%, Story Rich 21.2%, Casual 12.4%, Indie 11.2%, Singleplayer 4.3%
It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?
Why similar: Text-Based 42.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Mystery 10.7%, RPG 10.4%, Story Rich 9.4%
ARE YOU OKAY? is a short immersive psychological experience of existential horror and narrative. You must answer questions from 3 different forms displayed on an old TV screen.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.8%, Conspiracy 15.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Mystery 8.8%, Psychological 8.4%
You are Tommy, a local high school football hero in the town of East Bend. It’s game night for the Purchase County Turbines and your sweetheart is waiting in the bleachers. Join Tommy for a night you won’t forget...
Why similar: Cinematic 23.9%, Thriller 21.7%, Psychological 19.4%, Mystery 13.8%, Story Rich 12.2%
A storm-lashed island, a nursery rhyme that foretells death, seven prodigies, serial murders, modern locked-room mysteries, classic locked-room mysteries, astrology, a jigsaw of flesh and blood, a survivor—and one lie told only so you would see this story.
Why similar: Cinematic 38.8%, Text-Based 22.6%, Mystery 21.9%, Thriller 9.6%, Story Rich 3.3%
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.4%, Mystery 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Story Rich 13.1%, RPG 5%
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Thriller 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Mystery 13.6%, Story Rich 12.8%
Spark romance amid secrets in a crumbling mansion! What will you sacrifice for love? Can you trust your own heart?
Why similar: Conspiracy 28% ★, Text-Based 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Mystery 13.5%, RPG 10.5%
An interactive narrative in social engineering.
Why similar: Text-Based 43.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Indie 19.8%, Story Rich 16%
A character-driven adult visual novel centred on deep relationships and emotional storytelling. Experience a grounded, dramatic narrative that builds attachment through character development, intimacy, and evolving personal bonds.
Why similar: Cinematic 22.6%, Thriller 18.4%, Conspiracy 18.4% ★, Psychological 13.5%, Story Rich 12.2%
People end up forgetting about the dead.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.4%, Cinematic 29.4%, Story Rich 15.1%, Psychological 12.7%, Casual 5.1%
