Games Like American Arcadia

In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.

Why similar: Cinematic 27%, Emotional 24%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Story Rich 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric and emotional cinematic adventure that relies on environmental storytelling and puzzle-solving.

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Cinematic 35.4%, Horror 20.7%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in cinematic 2.5D platforming that mirrors the dark, dystopian escape themes of American Arcadia.

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: Cyberpunk 42.1%, Point & Click 14.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Visual Novel 7.4%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply narrative-driven cyberpunk experience that features strong thematic satire and complex character interactions.

MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.8%, Cinematic 20%, Point & Click 14%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, choice-driven narrative experience set in a high-tech dystopian future that feels tonally aligned with the seed game.

From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.9%, Point & Click 20.6%, Thriller 15%, Third Person 12.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style adventure game featuring a strong dystopian setting and a satirical edge regarding societal surveillance.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: First-Person 20.9%, Emotional 20.2%, Exploration 13.5%, Story Rich 13.2%, Horror 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant meta-narrative game that uses satire and player choice to subvert expectations in a way similar to the reality-TV premise of the seed game.

State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism. The game explores themes of separation, disjuncture and reunification, in a world that is torn between a dystopian material reality and a utopian virtual future.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.7%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Story Rich 12.3%, Third Person 8.4%, Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: A futuristic, story-rich adventure that explores complex themes of identity and reality within a dystopian society.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.3%, Horror 22.2%, First-Person 13.7%, Story Rich 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, cinematic cyberpunk mystery that excels in building a claustrophobic and technologically oppressive atmosphere.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Atmospheric 17.5%, Third Person 12.5%, Story Rich 11.2%, Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tense, cinematic puzzle-platformer that focuses on the vulnerability of a protagonist trying to escape a hostile, surreal environment.

Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.

Why similar: Thriller 23.4%, Emotional 14.8%, Cinematic 14.6%, Story Rich 9.4%, Horror 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A moody, story-rich platformer with a focus on atmosphere and emotional, interconnected character arcs.

Ministry of Broadcast is a narrative-driven single player cinematic platformer mixing Orwell’s 1984 with modern reality TV. A country divided by The Wall; to cross it and reach your family, you must compete on - and win - a reality TV show broadcast by the Regime.

Why similar: Adventure 28.7%, Indie 24%, Cinematic 19.4%, 2D 8.6%, Story Rich 8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that mirrors the oppressive, reality-TV-show-inspired themes of American Arcadia.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Point & Click 39.5%, Story Rich 15.8%, Atmospheric 13.8%, First-Person 12.4%, 2D 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click narrative experience with a unique, haunting atmosphere and deep world-building.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 30.8%, Point & Click 20.2%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, Exploration 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich RPG set in a dystopian space station that emphasizes survival, choice, and the struggle against corporate control.

Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future where Earth's natural resources are depleted. In an effort to solve the energy crisis, global powers created the World Space Agency and secured a promising new source of energy on the moon.

Why similar: Sci-fi 22.4%, Adventure 16.2%, Story Rich 11.7%, Indie 11.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic sci-fi puzzle game that prioritizes narrative and environmental storytelling in a high-stakes mission.

Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.

Why similar: Thriller 32.1%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused sci-fi adventure that prioritizes atmosphere and mystery over action, perfect for fans of cinematic storytelling.

Follow R.E.A.C.H., an AI trapped in a human body, on a cinematic adventure through an alternate 1980s America. Explore an atmospheric cyberpunk world full of high-stakes action wrapped in a unique 2.5D pixel art style.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.9%, Cinematic 23.6%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Story Rich 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, cinematic 2D platformer set in a gritty, alternative-history cyberpunk world.

VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.6%, Point & Click 19.6%, Thriller 13.3%, Third Person 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure set in a vibrant, dystopian cyberpunk future with a focus on puzzle-solving.

Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.5%, Cyberpunk 28.8%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Adventure 6.6%, Story Rich 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic cyberpunk noir adventure with a strong, gritty narrative and a focus on investigative gameplay.

Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.

Why similar: Cinematic 31.6%, Emotional 16.2%, Story Rich 15.8%, Cyberpunk 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A highly cinematic narrative game dealing with androids and societal control that offers significant branching choices.

In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Thriller 17.5%, Horror 16.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Story Rich 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A series of puzzle-adventure games that focus on planning and survival under pressure, mirroring the escape-room elements of the seed game.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: First-Person 26.5%, Exploration 19.2%, Atmospheric 18.4%, Story Rich 15.4%, Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A mind-bending, first-person puzzle game that challenges your perception of reality through its unique camera mechanic.

A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 37.4%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Third Person 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Story Rich 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, narrative-heavy game set in a sprawling, dystopian cyberpunk city that emphasizes exploration.

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: Story Rich 18%, Atmospheric 15.8%, First-Person 14.1%, Thriller 12.4%, Exploration 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven mystery that excels in environmental storytelling and intimate character interaction.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.3%, Sci-fi 22.8%, Cinematic 22.1%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian, puzzle-heavy experience with a distinct, retro-futuristic aesthetic and a haunting narrative.

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.6%, Thriller 18.6%, Horror 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Sci-fi 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, immersive-sim style mystery that uses a simulated phone interface to tell a gripping, modern story.

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: Atmospheric 35.2%, Story Rich 15.6%, Indie 13.1%, 2D 11.6%, Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning, cinematic puzzle-platformer that conveys a deep emotional story through its art and mechanics.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Story Rich 21.8%, Thriller 17.8%, Horror 17.7%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Side Scroller 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural mystery game driven by dialogue and atmospheric exploration that feels like a cinematic thriller.

You are ARID, the AI of a high-tech combat suit crashed on a hostile planet. Your pilot is dying inside you. Your protocols demand you save him — but this world will force you to bend every rule you have. A dark sci-fi puzzle-adventure. Winner of Giant Bomb's Best Story award.

Why similar: Sci-fi 19.3%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Point & Click 12.8%, Cyberpunk 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi adventure that blends puzzle-solving with a deep, narrative-driven mystery about artificial intelligence.

A teenage guitar prodigy sets out on a psychedelic journey to inspire his stage persona and confront the legacy of a dead folk legend. Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers.

Why similar: Sci-fi 19.6%, Third Person 17.3%, Story Rich 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Exploration 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, narrative-driven platformer with a focus on artistic expression and surreal environments.

Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.6%, Point & Click 20.7%, Cinematic 18.4%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Story Rich 8.2%

A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

Why similar: Thriller 25.3%, Point & Click 24.4%, Horror 12.3%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Story Rich 9.7%

The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Thriller 22.7%, Story Rich 9.2%, Horror 8.6%, Exploration 6.5%

Escape2088 is an old-school escape room game set in a futuristic, cyberpunk world.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 31.7%, Point & Click 24.9%, Cinematic 11.4%, Exploration 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.7%

Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!

Why similar: Emotional 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Point & Click 14.1%, Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 9.7%

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.

Why similar: Horror 25.3%, Exploration 18.3%, First-Person 18.1%, Story Rich 15.7%, Atmospheric 9.8%

Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.

Why similar: Story Rich 27.8%, Indie 22.1%, Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Horror 11.3%

2D sidescrolling adventure narrative game with puzzle solving and platforming elements.

Why similar: Side Scroller 31.8%, Cyberpunk 24%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Story Rich 10.8%, Cinematic 7.8%

Access Denied: Escape is a puzzle game where you have to hack data vaults and interact with various devices to escape.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 35.8%, First-Person 17.4%, Atmospheric 16%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 7.4%

From the studio that brought you Master Reboot comes a first-person story-driven adventure puzzle game, set in the beautiful, haunting cyber-world of Elysia. Collect unique hand powers, discover multiple endings and choose your own destiny as you unravel the mystery of your digital afterlife.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 31.3%, Thriller 15.2%, Sci-fi 15%, Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 9%

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.5%, Cinematic 24.7%, Sci-fi 14%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

Why similar: Thriller 26.4%, Emotional 22.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, First-Person 11%, Atmospheric 8.9%

A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!

Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.9%, Cinematic 16.1%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Exploration 6.6%

A technicolor side-scrolling narrative adventure game inspired by classic movies including Flash Gordon, Sinbad, and The Land that Time Forgot. Join our bold yet hapless hero as he explores lost civilizations, undersea kingdoms, prehistoric jungles, and lands beyond imagination.

Why similar: Side Scroller 35.6%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Story Rich 15.8%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 6.9%

A sidescrolling 3D adventure shortgame that combines multiple genres and features various action and puzzle sequences. Its artistic approach is supported by powerful visuals, intense atmosphere and a unique game narrative on the boundaries of science-fiction and fantasy.

Why similar: Side Scroller 33.3%, Cinematic 21.3%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Story Rich 10.2%

"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." An interactive visual novel puzzle game. By fixing the broken android, you may uncover the truth about your client's past.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Emotional 10%, Sci-fi 9%

2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society

Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.5%, Point & Click 17.6%, Emotional 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Sci-fi 9%

A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.

Why similar: Point & Click 31.3%, Cyberpunk 23.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Story Rich 10.1%, 2D 7.2%

In the world of excessive biotechnologies, an epidemic is ravaging the human race, infecting people's neuronet implants and enslaving them to the mysterious Worm. Who are you: a fighter of the infection, or a hunter of new prey?

Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.2%, Point & Click 23.3%, Third Person 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Story Rich 8.6%

Enter the twisted world of Forgotten Hill in a new third dimension

Why similar: Point & Click 39%, Horror 22.2%, Adventure 12.8%, First-Person 11.1%, Story Rich 7.7%

The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.8%, Cyberpunk 19.9%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Third Person 9%

"Anomalous Railroad Crossing" is an escape game where you search for strange happenings, set at Japan's most famous railroad crossing. - You suddenly realize that you're standing on a road leading to a railroad crossing with an ocean view. Escape from a world invaded by strange happenings!

Why similar: Thriller 27.2%, Horror 18.9%, First-Person 11.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Exploration 9.3%

Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.

Why similar: Emotional 19.7%, Horror 18.5%, First-Person 11.6%, Simulation 10.9%, Story Rich 10.3%

"Before we knew it, what we once knew as 'freedom' became nothing more but a faint and distant memory." Venture forth and discover the truth behind the seemingly perfect OmniCare society in Sinless: a unique point and click and visual novel hybrid, set in an original cyberpunk reality.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 39.5%, Point & Click 26.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 6.1%

Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.9%, Thriller 11.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Adventure 7.8%

After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?

Why similar: Cinematic 21%, Side Scroller 19.6%, Horror 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.4%

ECHOPLEX is a time-bending puzzle platformer with a full-motion video story. Trapped in a mysterious looping simulation, you are followed by an “Echo” -- a duplicate of yourself who repeats everything you do.

Why similar: Sci-fi 20.7%, Simulation 17.7%, First-Person 14.8%, Story Rich 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%

HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.2%, Horror 16.5%, Story Rich 14.8%, Exploration 14.1%, First-Person 12.1%

it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

Why similar: Adventure 84.6%, Simulation 3.7%, Emotional 3.1%, Visual Novel 1.9%, Indie 1.8%

A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

Why similar: Atmospheric 35.7%, Exploration 24.1%, Adventure 19%, 2D 9.8%, Indie 7.1%

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Thriller 29.2%, Cinematic 19.3%, First-Person 14%, Story Rich 10.3%, Horror 9.8%