60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Walking Simulator, Atmospheric, Exploration, Indie.
Release your spirit and fly through mystic landscapes as you search for a cure for the darkness. Ahro is a stylized, lore-rich, side-scrolling adventure.
Guideless
A short narrative-heavy non-linear exploration game. Where you explore a dungeon, journal your own notes, manage your light, avoid traps, read lore, and hunt for a way out.
Krypta FM
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
A short narrative-heavy non-linear exploration game. Where you explore a dungeon, journal your own notes, manage your light, avoid traps, read lore, and hunt for a way out.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 28.9%, Walking Simulator 23%, Mystery 15.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Lore-Rich 22.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%
Play as a courier on one last delivery to an old St. Petersburg apartment, uncovering a labyrinth of mirrors, hidden secrets, and a family's haunting past. Solve puzzles, explore rooms, and experience a 2D psychological horror adventure full of tension and mystery.
Why similar: Side Scroller 34.7%, Walking Simulator 33.7%, Adventure 8.3%, 2D 7.5%, Story Rich 6.6%
You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.9%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Exploration 8.7%, Atmospheric 8%
Abashed lets you step into the troubled mind of Issac, as the fragments of his past flash before his eyes. Solve puzzles, meet mysterious characters, and alter reality as he faces his worst fears to uncover the truth behind his missing partner, or so he thought.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.6%, Side Scroller 21.1%, Walking Simulator 15.2%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.6%
In Broken Aperture, players explore Freya's emotional journey through beautifully crafted environments, solving puzzles to uncover hidden memories. This narrative-driven game delves into themes of grief, memory, and self-discovery,
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Narrative 10.6% ★, Exploration 10.5%, Stylized 10%
A first-person point-and-click exploration adventure set in a mysterious post-apocalyptic swamp filled with giant insects and abandoned robots. Observe your surroundings, find the right objects, and progress through the ruins in this 3–4 hour atmospheric journey.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.9%, Narrative 20.1% ★, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Exploration 9.3%
A short, atmospheric narrative adventure about fatherhood, memory, and healing. Explore a beautiful world, relive pivotal moments from a new father’s past, and see how they shape the parent he chooses to become.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Mystery 16.8%, Exploration 12.6%, Atmospheric 12%, Story Rich 10.5%
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 53.3%, Narrative 19.1% ★, Exploration 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Story Rich 4.9%
More than just an anomaly hunt, this is a knowledge-based game. Uncover the truth behind the anomalies and confront a massive narrative. Countless documents will be your guide toward the singular truth. Experience unique mechanics and deep puzzles.
Why similar: Narrative 37.4% ★, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Mystery 13.9%, Exploration 9.3%, Story Rich 8.6%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.7%, Mystery 19.8%, Exploration 18%, Atmospheric 12%, Adventure 9.9%
The Last Oath is a short story based game about a knight that fell in battle fighting for their king. You find yourself with a final task to keep your oath to the king. Complete this task as you find out more about the world by interacting with the environment through text based dialogue.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.3%, Walking Simulator 28.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Stylized 7.9%, 2D 6.3%
A story-driven first-person experience about someone trying to hold onto the past. After the death of his best friend, he is forced to confront reality, which sends him into a spiral of emotions and regrets.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Narrative 21.5% ★, Mystery 16.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Exploration 9.2%
A garden caught in eternal recurrence. A god who forgets everything. A witness without rest. In this narrative-driven 2D exploration game, walk, listen, and read your way through four cycles to piece together a truth hidden beneath the surface.
Why similar: Narrative 23.3% ★, Lore-Rich 20.4%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Exploration 9.9%, Atmospheric 7.2%
You are the main character in this Twilight Zone-inspired experience. Tragedy has struck your family, but you must find a way to move on. Can you unlock the memories that are keeping you trapped? Can you free yourself from the past? Can you do what is needed to finally move on?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Narrative 24.9% ★, Exploration 13.1%, Story Rich 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
my brother lives in a canyon is a short adventure game about two brothers reminiscing over short-wave radios.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.2%, Exploration 15.2%, Mystery 14.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Built by Professor Ward, you are an autonomous Moon Rover on a mission to investigate mysterious activity on the lunar surface...
Why similar: Side Scroller 28%, Walking Simulator 27.6%, Exploration 11.6%, Mystery 11.1%, 2D 6.4%
Explore Dodd's local museum in this short and sweet, casual and relaxing side-scroller adventure! Visit various exhibits within the museum's four wings and talk to various characters along the way!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.6%, Side Scroller 28.6%, Exploration 13.6%, Casual 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%
You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.3%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Exploration 8%, Atmospheric 6.9%
You have been dispatched for a 911 call. From the moment you step inside the apartment, you realize something is really wrong with the place. You are gonna make Him the last dosage. He needs his medicine.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25%, Walking Simulator 21%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 5.8%
OPUS: Prism Peak is a narrative adventure where you play as a weary photographer stranded in the Dusklands, traveling with a girl who's lost her memories. Together, you'll uncover the mysteries of this land through your camera and find your way home.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.5%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Narrative 18% ★, Mystery 12%, Exploration 8%
A story-driven adventure game about a boy trapped in a mysterious virtual sanctuary. Explore, solve puzzles, and discover the secrets hidden in a world that never lets him go.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 37.3%, Exploration 11%, Narrative 10.6% ★, Atmospheric 10.2%, Story Rich 10%
Mine, upgrade, and explore as you journey toward the moon. With the help of Astra, the AI in your suit, gather resources, build your ship, and face the emotional cost of chasing your dreams. Will reaching the top bring you happiness, or leave you questioning everything?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 41.3%, Exploration 17.7%, 2D 9.2%, Story Rich 9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Avoid the obstacles by jumping over them and beat your own highscore.
Why similar: Side Scroller 40.5%, Walking Simulator 36.4%, Casual 10.9%, 2D 8.7%, Indie 1.9%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Mystery 17.6%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Exploration 11.6%, Story Rich 11.5%
Escape the clutches of a decadent cult of aristocrats and the demon that haunts their retreat. Stay quiet, stick to the shadows, uncover the dark secrets of the sadistic Empire and of the mysterious Plightswoman who claims to want to help you. A story-rich horror game with immersive stealth.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.2%, Walking Simulator 21%, Narrative 18% ★, Exploration 10%, Mystery 7.7%
Observation game about anomalies in a train car: spot changes, choose back or forward, advance by a streak of correct choices. No HUD; focus on attention and memory.
Why similar: Side Scroller 45.1%, Walking Simulator 35.3%, 2D 8.5%, Atmospheric 6%, Casual 2.4%
Homgard is a cosy, story-heavy nonogram (picross) adventure set after the end of a fading world. Solve logic puzzles with new nonogram rules, reveal the map beneath, and piece together a vast, whimsical place that refuses to be forgotten.
Why similar: Narrative 33.3% ★, Lore-Rich 23.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Story Rich 8.8%, Stylized 4.3%
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.6%, Narrative 23.8% ★, Mystery 11.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
You've awoken, after your crew has vanished. Drift through its otherworldly architecture to collect the black boxes containing their neural data and read fragmented clues to what drew them here.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.7%, Lore-Rich 28.2%, Exploration 17.9%, Stylized 7.9%, Atmospheric 4.7%
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: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Exploration 12.3%, Mystery 12%
Inspired by a historical event, relive the trial of Old Thiess, a 17th-century Livonian peasant accused of being a werewolf. Through his testimony, fight demons and witches in Hell to protect the villagers of Jürgensburg from a diabolical cult.
Why similar: Narrative 40.3% ★, Lore-Rich 23.9%, Exploration 11.2%, Mystery 8.4%, Story Rich 5.8%
Hello, Your Order is a story-driven adventure game about a food deliveryman in a small town. You will have to live a week in his skin, collect orders, drive old buses, take atmospheric photos and soak up the melancholic atmosphere of your town and get to know its inhabitants.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.1%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 9%
Ohm, a recordkeeper from the great library, has been sent to the Crescent Mountains to uncover the origin of life. It has been 100 years since the Last Advent and now the metal bodies of the Autons are failing. They must find the Makers before their civilization disappears.
Why similar: Narrative 18.8% ★, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Mystery 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Stylized 8.2%
A narrative game about grief, memory, and perception. Explore a shifting home that reshapes itself around emotion. What you’re willing to face will determine what you find, or what stays hidden.
Why similar: Narrative 37.8% ★, Walking Simulator 26%, Exploration 15.3%, Story Rich 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%
Alia’s Chronicles is a puzzle-narrative game where you play as Neniu, a semi-elf on his quest for identity. Every action you take impacts the story! Craft tools, use your powers to solve puzzles, and prove yourself to the inhabitants of this enchanting world.
Why similar: Narrative 29.8% ★, Walking Simulator 24.8%, Lore-Rich 24.3%, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 4.4%
Zoom through the landscape as Boll, a mysterious glowing sphere, uncovering a forgotten past and the truth behind the world they've landed in. Gather all sorts of collectibles, evading Shapes and Nature alike. Uncover the mysteries...
Why similar: Lore-Rich 31.9%, Mystery 19%, Exploration 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Stylized 8.4%
Transit is a dark narrative adventure set in a looping world of midnight trains and traumatised souls. Guided by a sarcastic sock-puppet, you explore repeating routes, fractured memories, and the echoes of a lost sister.
Why similar: Narrative 28.2% ★, Walking Simulator 18%, Mystery 14.2%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%
New Mexico, 1986. You're a private detective, investigating a bizarre incident that occurred inside a building in a small town. Find clues, visualize past events and learn about this alternate-reality.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Narrative 17.7% ★, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%
"Tsugunohi" and the video game play-by-play artist, Pocky, have collaborated. "Tsugunohi -Pocky dog’s adventure-," created in conjunction with Pocky's 10th anniversary event, is now available on Steam. Lured by a white butterfly, Pocky the dog's "little adventure" now begins.
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.2%, Walking Simulator 32.2%, Adventure 7.8%, 2D 6.6%, Atmospheric 6.5%
A charming and relaxing memory game where you match pairs of cool anime predators.
Why similar: Side Scroller 52%, Atmospheric 14%, Casual 12.6%, 2D 11.4%, Stylized 4.1%
This game is about reliving mysterious tales surrounding the haunted location, 'Lantern House.'
Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.7%, Exploration 19.5%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Adventure 5.9%, Indie 2.5%
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: Narrative 30.7% ★, Side Scroller 29.3%, Exploration 13%, Story Rich 9.1%, Atmospheric 6.7%
Catalina, our protagonist, embarks on a quest for valuable objects despite the rumors of the Luz Mala guarding the town. You must uncover what happened there before the night consumes you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.2%, Lore-Rich 35.6%, Exploration 19.9%, Adventure 3%, Indie 1.8%
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Narrative 25.1% ★, Exploration 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Mystery 9.4%
Rivers of Rain is a puzzle platform game where you play as Antonia and her grandfather, switching between both of them to solve different puzzles to complete their journey from the mountains to the sea.
Why similar: Side Scroller 46.9%, Exploration 16.9%, 2D 7.6%, Story Rich 7.5%, Casual 6.7%
Unravel the mysteries of the ocean spirit world by accompanying a recent high school graduate, Bulut, who lost all of his memories of family and friends. The Inspireist is a story-rich puzzle adventure narrative set in a recent 21st century, alternate realm Izmrr.
Why similar: Narrative 42.5% ★, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Mystery 17.3%, Adventure 6.4%, 2D 4.2%
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: Narrative 28.3% ★, Walking Simulator 23.9%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Stylized 7.2%
One of the new guys in school tells you he’s going to shoot up the school if he doesn’t make friends in 5 days. Discover the decisions, people, situations you will encounter while playing and trying to make friends of your own and living your own life.
Why similar: Side Scroller 29.2%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Exploration 12.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Star Sky is a game about a man taking a midnight stroll. You take the same road as many times as you want, each time hopefully unlocking new encounters. Can you unlock the mysteries of the night?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Casual 10.5%, Adventure 8.2%
Enter the world of Milly, a troubled tattoo artist who sets out to revive her dying neighborhood by collecting remaining stories through her art. Walk the streets of Nortown, witness the comes and goes of its people, and redefine the meaning behind each tattoo in this first person narrative game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Exploration 16.9%, Narrative 15.3% ★, Story Rich 14%, Atmospheric 13.6%
Tea for Sana is a story-driven exploration game set in a Slavic-inspired fantasy world. You play as Vesna, a spirit healer who is losing her memory. Discover recipes, find new ingredients, and cook traditional dishes to restore the balance between the mountain spirits and the villagers.
Why similar: Narrative 31.1% ★, Lore-Rich 23.2%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Exploration 9.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
In this puzzle adventure game, you awaken as a ghost after your mysterious death, drawn to the relics of a forgotten war between thieves and pirates. Shift between timelines to uncover the truth behind the war and your demise.
Why similar: Narrative 31.3% ★, Mystery 16.8%, Exploration 11.6%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Stylized 7.9%
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 35.5%, Story Rich 16.8%, Mystery 16.2%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Exploration 11.5%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.8%, Exploration 18.4%, Mystery 17.1%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Story Rich 8.1%
The End of the Sun: Prologue is a first-person, story-driven mystery adventure set in a Slavic fantasy world. As the ashter, a sage sorcerer gifted with the ability to travel in time, you come to a mysterious village where the line between myth and reality begins to fade perilously.
Why similar: Narrative 28.2% ★, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Mystery 16%, Exploration 10.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
Harper Jones is missing. In a last-ditch attempt to find him, Sheriff Oaklyn heads out to the forest surrounding the infamous Watcher’s Point to investigate. But she soon finds herself experiencing the unsettling nature of the forest, one snapshot at a time, when she discovers an abandoned camera.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Narrative 27.1% ★, Exploration 14.2%, Stylized 8%, Atmospheric 6.7%
The Falling Star is a first-person exploration and narrative-driven walking simulator. Following the mother's last wish, the girl embarks on a journey in a dream to uncover the story of her missing aunt’s past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.5%, Exploration 20.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Casual 9%
Altitude's Toll is a short walking simulator mystery set in Himalayas. Deliver packages as sherpa and uncover possibly the biggest Himalayan secret in history.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Mystery 19.3%, Exploration 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Story Rich 9%
