- #1 Heavy Rain
97% matchVery Positive85% of 27,203 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19%, Cinematic 16%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Crime 10.9%, Story Rich 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A seminal interactive thriller that mirrors the high-stakes, crime-focused tension found in As Dusk Falls.
- #2 Detroit: Become Human
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 236,046 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Choices Matter 27.5%, Cinematic 25.8%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Story Rich 13.4%, Emotional 10%
Why You'll Like It: Features high-production branching narratives where every choice significantly alters the fate of multiple protagonists.
- #3 Until Dawn™
96% matchVery Positive82% of 4,574 reviews2024
Dev: Ballistic MoonPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Cinematic 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Story Rich 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic horror experience that emphasizes the butterfly effect, where small decisions lead to drastically different character fates.
- #4 Tell Me Why
95% matchVery Positive82% of 15,326 reviews2020
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.5%, Cinematic 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Emotional 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An intimate, choice-rich narrative game that explores complex family dynamics and secrets from the past.
- #5 The Quarry
94% matchVery Positive82% of 22,220 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: 2K Games
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.5%, Cinematic 21.3%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Thriller 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a modern, cinematic slasher experience with heavy emphasis on character survival and branching paths.
- #6 The Wolf Among Us
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 38,793 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Cinematic 12.7%, Story Rich 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a gritty, noir-inspired crime mystery where your dialogue choices dictate the outcome of the investigation.
- #7 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 43,453 reviews2020
Dev: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Story Rich 16.5%, Multiple Endings 16.3%, Conversation 8%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for choice-driven narrative games that focus on emotional character relationships and survival.
- #8 Life is Strange: True Colors
91% matchVery Positive89% of 16,479 reviews2021
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Cinematic 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Emotional 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on emotional storytelling and character-driven choices within a small-town mystery setting.
- #9 Late Shift
92% matchVery Positive86% of 9,107 reviews2017
Dev: CtrlMoviePub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Crime 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Story Rich 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes FMV crime thriller where your choices lead to one of many distinct endings.
- #10 Beyond: Two Souls
91% matchVery Positive88% of 39,194 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.8%, Cinematic 23.7%, Story Rich 13.1%, Co-op 10.8%, Emotional 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, supernatural thriller that blends interactive gameplay with a deep, character-focused narrative.
- #11 Telling Lies
90% matchMixed63% of 1,290 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: Crime 35.5%, Thriller 25.4%, Mystery 18.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Adventure 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: An investigative mystery that requires you to piece together a narrative through fragmented video footage.
- #12 The Council
89% matchVery Positive84% of 5,581 reviews2018
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Choices Matter 37.9%, Story Rich 15.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A unique narrative RPG where choices have lasting consequences on the story and the protagonist's development.
- #13 Twin Mirror
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,604 reviews2021
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?
Why similar: Cinematic 21.5%, Crime 20.1%, Choices Matter 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Mystery 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological mystery that focuses on investigation and internal character conflict.
- #14 Erica
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,713 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Cinematic 13.6%, Crime 13.5%, Thriller 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive FMV interactive thriller that uses tactile decision-making to drive the plot forward.
- #15 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,275 reviews2019
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.4%, Cinematic 22%, Co-op 20.7%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Story Rich 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op friendly horror experience that emphasizes group decision-making and character survival.
- #16 Batman - The Telltale Series
86% matchVery Positive87% of 17,573 reviews2016
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.
Why similar: Choices Matter 36.3%, Story Rich 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Dark 9.6%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, narrative-heavy take on the Batman mythos where your choices define the hero's moral compass.
- #17 Quantum Break
86% matchVery Positive86% of 29,913 reviews2016
Dev: Remedy EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
Why similar: Cinematic 43.8%, Story Rich 25.6%, Choices Matter 22.6%, Adventure 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends high-budget action gameplay with live-action television episodes that change based on your decisions.
- #18 Life is Strange 2
85% matchVery Positive87% of 39,153 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
Why similar: Choices Matter 41.7%, Story Rich 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Sexual Content 7.7%, Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A powerful, choice-heavy road trip story that explores the bond between two brothers in a hostile world.
- #19 Not For Broadcast
84% matchVery Positive94% of 12,340 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.7%, Choices Matter 27.6%, Multiple Endings 19.9%, Story Rich 14.9%, Adventure 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A unique FMV game that puts you in control of a news broadcast, where your editing choices influence the public narrative.
- #20 The Complex
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,459 reviews2020
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.4%, Sexual Content 14.2%, Thriller 10.4%, Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: An intense FMV sci-fi thriller that forces players to make rapid decisions under extreme pressure.
- #21 Bloodshore
83% matchMixed69% of 916 reviews2021
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Bloodshore is an interactive action movie about a televised battle royale between high-profile streamers, entertainers and death row inmates. You control the fate of Nick, a washed-up actor who fights for a life-changing cash prize.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Cinematic 20%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Story Rich 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: An action-packed FMV game that pits contestants against each other in a high-stakes survival reality show.
- #22 Death Come True
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 948 reviews2020
Dev: IzanagiGames
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!
Why similar: Cinematic 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.7%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced FMV mystery game that utilizes a time-loop mechanic to uncover the truth.
- #23 She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,141 reviews2019
Dev: Rhinotales
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.5%, Cinematic 21.3%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Violent 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A mature, crime-focused FMV thriller that offers multiple paths and endings based on your actions.
- #24 Life is Strange: Reunion
77% matchVery Positive92% of 2,457 reviews2026
Dev: Deck Nine GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?
Why similar: Cinematic 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Emotional 11.5%, Mystery 7.3%
- #25 Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
81% matchMixed66% of 1,161 reviews2022
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.8%, Crime 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Mystery 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted yet engaging FMV mystery that relies on social deduction and dialogue choices.
- #26 The Invincible
78% matchVery Positive89% of 9,176 reviews2023
Dev: Starward IndustriesPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Conversation 24.3%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Thriller 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Mystery 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused sci-fi adventure where your choices and philosophical outlook shape the outcome of the mission.
- #27 Oxenfree
80% matchVery Positive91% of 12,023 reviews2016
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Choices Matter 30.8%, Story Rich 21.7%, Mystery 16.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Thriller 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a naturalistic dialogue system that shapes the story and character relationships in a supernatural setting.
- #28 Eternal Threads
79% matchVery Positive86% of 817 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Thriller 13.4%, Emotional 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique time-manipulation puzzle game where you alter the past to change the outcomes of multiple characters' lives.
- #29 I Saw Black Clouds
81% matchMixed62% of 633 reviews2021
Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Why similar: Cinematic 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Emotional 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror FMV game that uses a branching narrative to explore themes of trauma and mystery.
- #30 Firewatch
78% matchVery Positive91% of 96,852 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33.2%, Mystery 32.5%, Thriller 15%, Adventure 14.2%, Singleplayer 5%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven mystery that excels at building tension and character depth through dialogue-based exploration.
- #31 The Casting of Frank Stone™
77% matchMixed62% of 5,541 reviews2024
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
Why similar: Cinematic 16.6%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Crime 9.8%
- #32 New Tales from the Borderlands
79% matchMostly Negative32% of 2,051 reviews2022
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: 2K
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Decide the fates of altruistic scientist Anu, her ambitious, "streetwise" brother Octavio, and the fierce, frogurt-slinging Fran. Claw and con your way through five thrilling chapters!
Why similar: Cinematic 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Violent 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, choice-heavy adventure that balances humor with high-stakes decision-making.
- #33 Road 96: Mile 0
76% matchMixed68% of 1,995 reviews2023
Dev: Digixart
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Conversation 18.3%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Emotional 11.2%
- #34 A Way Out
75% matchVery Positive88% of 98,325 reviews2020
Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.
Why similar: Co-op 26.6%, Crime 15.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Cinematic 7.7%
- #35 Somerville
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,808 reviews2022
Dev: Jumpship
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.
Why similar: Cinematic 28%, Emotional 18.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Story Rich 11.6%, Dark 10.8%
- #36 The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
76% matchMixed55% of 5,741 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes ‘Murder Castle’. But on arrival they soon discover they’re being watched, and even manipulated, and suddenly there is much more at stake than just their ratings…
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.9%, Crime 20.5%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Cinematic 14.4%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #37 Life is Strange Remastered
73% matchVery Positive91% of 9,009 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.3%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Cinematic 14.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Emotional 12.9%
- #38 The Narcotic Operation
72% matchVery Positive88% of 507 reviews2025
Dev: Beijing Kuailai Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?
Why similar: Crime 20.3%, Cinematic 17.3%, Emotional 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
- #39 Life is Strange: Double Exposure
73% matchMixed69% of 9,290 reviews2024
Dev: Deck Nine GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Cinematic 12.2%, Story Rich 11%, Emotional 10.5%
- #40 Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered
74% matchVery Positive84% of 3,927 reviews2022
Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.5%, Cinematic 15%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Emotional 12.1%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #41 Dahlia View
74% matchVery Positive85% of 358 reviews2021
Dev: White Paper Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Why similar: Cinematic 24.1%, Thriller 18.5%, Conversation 15.8%, Emotional 9.7%, Dark 9.6%
- #42 The Assistant Season 2
73% matchVery Positive87% of 158 reviews2024
Dev: Backhole
Windows · Mac
The Assistant is a choice-driven adult Visual Novel that combines adventure, suspense, action and sex. You play as a young man who gets a new job as a personal assistant for a wealthy family. You will meet the family members and see how your entire life changes because of this new job.
Why similar: Crime 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Sexual Content 11.4%, Thriller 10.8%
- #43 Breakout 13
71% matchVery Positive88% of 7,394 reviews2023
Dev: ALT Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #44 This Bed We Made
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,983 reviews2023
Dev: Lowbirth Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: Crime 27.5%, Cinematic 26.6%, Mystery 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #45 The Isle Tide Hotel
72% matchMixed65% of 254 reviews2023
Dev: Wales Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Crime 19.4%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Thriller 10.6%
- #46 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
70% matchVery Positive89% of 10,305 reviews2021
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.3%, Multiple Endings 20%, Story Rich 13.4%, Mystery 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9.6%
- #47 Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina)
69% matchVery Positive91% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: Unreliable Narrators
Windows
Explore 17th century Canadian wilderness through the eyes of Jeanne, a French woman who crossed the Atlantic to start anew and Maikan, an Innu hunter trying to discover what’s disturbing the forest. Your choices will shape the traits of the protagonists in this narrative single-player experience.
Why similar: Cinematic 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Choices Matter 16%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #48 The Expanse: A Telltale Series
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,659 reviews2023
Dev: Deck NinePub: Telltale
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Choices Matter 23%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #49 Dustborn
70% matchMixed67% of 635 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thread GamesPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.5%, Emotional 26.8%, Story Rich 18.6%, Action-Adventure 12%, Adventure 7.3%
- #50 逆光迷途 Lost in Darklight
71% matchMixed51% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Beijing Changyou Chuangxiang Software Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: Changyou.com HK Limited
Windows
Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game. A retired ace soldier, four girls, a hidden chamber at home, genetic cloning tech... Experience interactive VR panoramic evidence searching with this game and decide your own ending. Every choice you make is crucial!
Why similar: Cinematic 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Emotional 10.5%
- #51 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,214 reviews2020
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.
Why similar: Co-op 21%, Multiple Endings 19%, Story Rich 13%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Mystery 10.8%
- #52 What Remains of Edith Finch
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 49,863 reviews2017
Dev: Giant SparrowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Story Rich 43.9%, Mystery 26.9%, Dark 9.5%, Emotional 8.3%, Adventure 7.8%
- #53 BURIED STARS
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,079 reviews2021
Dev: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 15.4%, Conversation 14.1%, Thriller 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #54 Before Your Eyes
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 22,221 reviews2021
Dev: GoodbyeWorld GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Emotional 45.5%, Story Rich 26.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Stylized 8.3%, Adventure 5.4%
- #55 The Assistant Season 1
67% matchVery Positive89% of 347 reviews2023
Dev: Backhole
Windows · Mac
The Assistant is a choice-driven adult Visual Novel that combines adventure, suspense, action and sex. You play as a young man who gets a new job as a personal assistant for a wealthy family. You will meet the family members and see how your entire life changes because of this new job.
Why similar: Crime 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Sexual Content 12.3%, Conversation 11.5%
- #56 The Signifier Director's Cut
68% matchVery Positive80% of 333 reviews2020
Dev: PlaymestudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Emotional 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Dark 9.7%
- #57 Love Shore
67% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Cinematic 21.9%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Crime 17.1%, Stylized 9.2%
- #58 Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,228 reviews2021
Dev: Frogwares
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Crime 24.7%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Thriller 11.4%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #59 A Shot in the Dark - Part 1
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 201 reviews2023
Dev: ViM Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Shot in the Dark is a choice-driven adult visual novel about new possibilities and dark secrets.
Why similar: Crime 16.6%, Sexual Content 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #60 Leaving DNA
66% matchVery Positive87% of 171 reviews2024
Dev: The Impious Monk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Leaving DNA is a story-driven adult visual novel with dark themes. Play as a criminal prosecutor whose commitment to the justice system is challenged when a cold case murder investigation leads to his father's military special forces unit.
Why similar: Crime 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 15%, Sexual Content 13.1%, Emotional 11.9%