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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Point & Click, Puzzle, 1990's, Horror.

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  1. #1 Murder Meet Cute
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kitico
    Windows

    Look, they don’t call me Amy ‘the tech genius’ Bailey for nothing? But just because I’m paid to fix computers, doesn’t mean I’ll sit here and listen to your life story. So what there’s been murders? Do I look like a detective?

    Why similar: 1990's 16.2%, FMV 13.9%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Alternate History 11.9%, Point & Click 11%

  2. #2 Hypnospace Outlaw
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,338 reviews2019
    Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

    Why similar: 1990's 24.4%, Alternate History 13.8%, Point & Click 13%, Surreal 12.1%, Detective 9.5%

  3. #3 SIMULACRA
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
    Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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

    Why similar: FMV 23.8%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Detective 12.5%, Point & Click 11.4%, Horror 9.3%

  4. #4 mobOS
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: mob
    Windows

    Explore an open ended internet and operating system set in a 2000s alternate reality that changes over real life time depending on how you interact with it. Discover secrets through the web, download games, become an active member in communities and more. The world is at your fingertips.

    Why similar: Alternate History 18.2%, Point & Click 13.1%, Surreal 11.8%, Sandbox 8%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%

  5. #5 Un-Usual Hotline
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Gonnerme
    Windows

    A retro-inspired horror puzzle game where you take calls on a un-usual hotline, identify supernatural threats, and use a cryptic manual to protect callers from paranormal danger.

    Why similar: 1990's 20.4%, Immersive Sim 18.3%, FMV 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Horror 9%

  6. #6 The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition
    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 271 reviews2019
    Dev: MojoTouch
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    The famous game remastered in a new 25th Anniversary Edition! The father and mother of all 'Haunted Mansion' games. Winner of multiple gaming awards and “No. 1 Rated Game of 1994”.

    Why similar: FMV 34.1%, 1990's 17.3%, Point & Click 14.5%, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 6.6%

  7. #7 Markus Ritter - The Lost Family
    93% matchVery Positive85% of 176 reviews2021
    Dev: Flimmersoft
    Windows · Linux

    Play as Markus Ritter in this short full motion video game in the style of the famous 90's point-and-click adventures.

    Why similar: FMV 30.7%, 1990's 19%, Point & Click 13.5%, Alternate History 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

  8. #8 SIMULACRA 2
    92% matchVery Positive86% of 1,648 reviews2020
    Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

    Why similar: FMV 22.1%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Detective 11.4%, Point & Click 9.9%, Surreal 8.9%

  9. #9 Breakout 13
    91% 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: FMV 24.9%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Detective 10.5%, Point & Click 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

  10. #10 The Void Between
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Key Compass
    Windows · Mac

    When one man's dream holiday turns into a nightmare, it's up to you to save him from himself...

    Why similar: FMV 37.1%, Point & Click 14.7%, Horror 12%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Psychological Horror 6.8%

  11. #11 Home Safety Hotline
    90% matchVery Positive91% of 2,710 reviews2024
    Dev: Night Signal Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.

    Why similar: FMV 23.5%, 1990's 18.4%, Alternate History 13.3%, Point & Click 11.9%, Horror 10%

  12. #12 Heaven Does Not Respond
    89% matchVery Positive93% of 348 reviews2026
    Dev: Rise Studios
    Windows

    Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.

    Why similar: Detective 12.2%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Point & Click 11.9%, Surreal 10.7%, Horror 9.3%

  13. #13 Mr. Ashfish's Distant Rehab
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Irreal Cube Studios
    Windows

    Feel the magnificence of the 90's FMV adventure games one more time!

    Why similar: FMV 43.5%, 1990's 35.2%, Point & Click 21.2%

  14. #14 Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
    89% matchVery Positive82% of 227 reviews2016
    Dev: SierraPub: Activision
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    All Curtis wants is to live a normal, happy life, but something seems to have other plans...

    Why similar: FMV 46.9%, 1990's 19.8%, Point & Click 12.5%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 7.4%

  15. #15 Small Press Tycoon
    88% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
    Dev: Inpatient Interactive
    Windows · Mac

    The original DIY publishing adventure sim

    Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.6%, Point & Click 16.3%, Surreal 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, 1990's 11.5%

  16. #16 TELETEXT
    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 42 reviews2024
    Dev: div
    Windows

    Welcome back to 1995. You turn your TV on, but there's an ad break! You press the red button to check out your favorite passtime. As you browse through, you see there's a lot missing. News articles not displaying, games out of order. Is anyone even keeping this updated anymore? Where did they go?

    Why similar: 1990's 29.1%, Point & Click 18.3%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Detective 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

  17. #17 Corpo Connections
    84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: Polias Games
    Windows

    Corpo Connections is a stylistic, narrative-driven, horror adventure game where you match anomalies and their descriptions. Uncover hidden secrets, solve scrambled messages, and piece together the mysterious workings of your new employer.

    Why similar: 1990's 20.2%, Point & Click 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Surreal 12.5%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

  18. #18 The 11th Hour
    86% matchMixed42% of 266 reviews2013
    Dev: Trilobyte GamesPub: Nightdive Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 12 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%

    IN THE 70 DESOLATE YEARS since the horrifying murders chronicled in The 7th Guest, the town of Harley has been ominously silent.Only when journalist Robin Morales vanishes while investigating the rotting abandoned mansion of the legendary toy maker Henry Stauf, do events resurrect a malignant past.

    Why similar: FMV 44.1%, Point & Click 20.9%, 1990's 16.1%, Horror 14.4%, Puzzle 4.5%

  19. #19 Life Eater
    83% matchVery Positive84% of 339 reviews2024
    Dev: Strange Scaffold
    Windows

    If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.

    Why similar: FMV 24.2%, 1990's 16.5%, Alternate History 14.8%, Point & Click 11.7%, Horror 9.6%

  20. #20 Bad Mojo Redux
    85% matchVery Positive86% of 253 reviews2014
    Dev: Pulse EntertainmentPub: Nightdive Studios
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%

    Enter a world of perilous puzzles and bizarre perspectives--as a cockroach. What you discover may shock you. What you don't may kill you. Either way, you won't come out the same person. You may not even come out a person at all.

    Why similar: FMV 48.6%, 1990's 17%, Horror 10.8%, Simulation 10%, Point & Click 9.1%

  21. #21 Phantasmagoria
    84% matchVery Positive87% of 516 reviews2016
    Dev: SierraPub: Activision
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.

    Why similar: FMV 44.6%, 1990's 18.6%, Point & Click 17.7%, Horror 11.7%, Retro 3.8%

  22. #22 Erica
    82% 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: FMV 34.2%, Point & Click 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Detective 10.2%

  23. #23 The House on the Hill
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Grim Games
    Windows

    First-person horror exploration game! You've just moved to a new rural town and you've been tasked with babysitting the neighbor kid. Only, things in this town seem strange. Explore the world and solve the secrets of your neighborhood while still being a half-decent babysitter.

    Why similar: 1990's 25.2%, Horror 16.1%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Open World 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%

  24. #24 Carnal Sins: Malum Incarnatum + Carne Vescens
    80% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2025
    Dev: Maximilian Reisenberger
    Windows

    Dive into the twisted perceptions of love from two lost souls: Unravel a life torn apart by the desire to love and be loved, and help a mother feed her insatiable child by paying the ultimate price.

    Why similar: FMV 27%, Surreal 13.1%, Point & Click 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Horror 9.8%

  25. #25 Kids On Site - Hard Hat Edition
    82% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
    Dev: Screaming Villains
    Windows

    An FMV simulator that lets you take the controls of construction equipment.

    Why similar: FMV 38%, 1990's 26.1%, Point & Click 21.1%, Simulation 14.9%

  26. #26 Sinisomnia
    79% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2025
    Dev: Dave KangPub: Fiction Roast
    Windows · Mac

    Sinisomnia is a psychological point-and-click horror game that traps you in a looping nightmare of uncertainty and dread. Scattered fragments, unsettling oddities, and the constant sense that something isn’t right await at every turn.

    Why similar: Immersive Sim 14.8%, Detective 13.4%, Point & Click 12.7%, Surreal 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

  27. #27 Hotel Investigation 09
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Squeaks D'CorgehPub: Cogware Games
    Windows

    An archival of a strange game that cropped up online. Play as Howlz, explore the hotel's halls, and rescue the captive under the building.

    Why similar: Surreal 17.3%, 1990's 16.2%, Horror 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Retro 11.2%

  28. #28 The Spectre Files: Deathstalker
    81% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2020
    Dev: Game RefugePub: Galloping Ghost Productions
    Windows

    Question. Investigate. Save the girl. SURVIVE! The choices are yours in this retro, wacky, b-class horror, FMV arcade game.

    Why similar: FMV 25.4%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Detective 13.6%, Horror 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%

  29. #29 My Helpers
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: PauloH*
    Windows

    My Helpers is an experimental horror game that hides a group of virtual… "assistants" inside your machine. FIND THEM by combing through your real files, exploring weird applications, and using your computer in ways you may have never expected - and remember: this is just a game.

    Why similar: 1990's 23%, Horror 12.6%, Alternate History 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

  30. #30 Dreamsettler
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
    Windows

    Sleepnet. It's where dreams are literally made. But sometimes dreams need a little help, and that's where you come in. They say a private eye never sleeps, but to crack these cases you'll need to be out cold.

    Why similar: Alternate History 18.1%, Point & Click 15.7%, Surreal 14.6%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Retro 10%

  31. #31 Splittown
    76% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2025
    Dev: Mats KyyröPub: All-Seeing Eye
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Splittown is a point-and-click adventure inspired by 90s classics such as Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit The Road. You are Leonard Nimby, a former top agent of the IM5, hot on the trail of a villanous mayoral candidate on the eve of a fateful election.

    Why similar: 1990's 17.9%, Alternate History 16.5%, Point & Click 13%, Detective 12.6%, Surreal 11.6%

  32. #32 The Isle Tide Hotel
    77% 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: FMV 32.6%, Point & Click 13.3%, Detective 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

  33. #33 lily's world XD
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SonderingEmilyPub: Kwalee
    Windows

    lily’s world XD is a psychological horror game where you investigate a young girl’s computer. Channel your inner 2000s teen as you read her old conversations, customize her blog, and look through her embarrassing selfies. That is, until you find messages addressed to you...

    Why similar: FMV 23.2%, 1990's 17.6%, Detective 12.2%, Horror 9%, Retro 8.5%

  34. #34 SIMULACRA 3
    77% matchMixed60% of 342 reviews2022
    Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows

    The town of Stonecreek is haunted. People keep disappearing into thin air, leaving nothing but an eerie symbol behind. With the townsfolk gripped with fear, use a missing victim's phone to unlock the truth in the third entry of the acclaimed horror series, SIMULACRA.

    Why similar: FMV 21.7%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Detective 14%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Horror 8.6%

  35. #35 CORPOREAL
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Cold Out Interactive
    Windows

    Piece together a cursed family photo album in 1990s NZ. Examine haunted photographs, encounter the paranormal & uncover your dark family history.

    Why similar: FMV 27.2%, 1990's 22.1%, Point & Click 11.8%, Horror 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

  36. #36 Island of Hearts
    73% matchMixed57% of 49 reviews2026
    Dev: Titan Digital MediaPub: 4Divinity
    Windows

    After a rough breakup, you do what any reasonable person would: escape to a remote tropical island full of beautiful strangers. There, you’ll meet many captivating women, each with her own charm, secrets, and questionable taste in men. Your choices decide who you love, lose, or accidentally ghost.

    Why similar: FMV 28.6%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Point & Click 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Surreal 8.9%

  37. #37 Encryptid
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Autumn Knight
    Windows

    Encryptid is a short FMV horror game about hunting and catching cryptids. Use real-world footage recorded exclusively via the Gameboy Camera to identify, locate and capture iconic creatures of myth and folklore.

    Why similar: FMV 39.9%, Horror 15.4%, 1990's 12%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

  38. #38 The Jester and the Madman
    72% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
    Dev: Tim Rachor
    Windows · Linux

    The Jester and the Madman, a sequel to Curse of the Old Gods, is a point-and-click adventure with a 90s-style digitized art aesthetic, steeped in Lovecraftian horror. Solve puzzles, uncover a vast conspiracy, and descend into a world of cults, paranoia, and creeping madness.

    Why similar: FMV 28.6%, 1990's 23.3%, Point & Click 18.5%, Detective 16.1%, Horror 8.7%

  39. #39 Lily's Well
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,536 reviews2022
    Dev: PureIceBlue
    Windows

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    Why similar: Point & Click 16%, 1990's 15.2%, Horror 14.3%, Surreal 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%

  40. #40 Abode: Definitive Edition
    73% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
    Dev: Jordon SelwayPub: JordonGameDev
    Windows

    Abode: Definitive Edition is the updated edition of Abode, it is a short walking simulator horror game, you are stuck in a loop going through a small house, when horror starts happening around you.

    Why similar: 1990's 23.8%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Horror 13.7%, Surreal 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%

  41. #41 Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
    75% matchMostly Positive76% of 483 reviews2020
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

    Why similar: FMV 30.7%, Detective 14.4%, Point & Click 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Horror 8.6%

  42. #42 AFAR: An Interactive Horror Film
    71% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2025
    Dev: Jason Trost
    Windows · Mac

    A survival horror experience inspired by 90s FMV games and VHS nightmares. Choose your path as a paranormal investigator in a haunting interactive film and uncover the secrets of Barlang Valley. Every choice you make shapes the story—leading to new scenes, multiple endings, and many ways to die.

    Why similar: FMV 37%, Point & Click 14.9%, Detective 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Horror 8.8%

  43. #43 Midnight Queue
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CORISCO STÚDIO
    Windows

    Vampires infiltrate the nightclub queue. You are the bouncer. Check documents, observe suspicious behavior, and use tools to decide who gets in and who stays outside, but the final decision is always yours.

    Why similar: 1990's 20.4%, Point & Click 17.8%, Detective 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Horror 8.4%

  44. #44 Echoes of the Rest
    71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Feronline Games
    Windows

    A first-person psychological horror game where you explore Joe's house and psyche after his accident, solve clues while trying to escape the house, and attempt to uncover the underlying issue behind Joe's mental state.

    Why similar: 1990's 17.6%, Detective 14.7%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%

  45. #45 Room2Room
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rooster Syndicate
    Windows

    Children have been vanishing while playing with the brand new Room2Room handheld gaming system. You have been contracted to monitor playtest sessions, document any unwanted quirks, and help young testers play safely.

    Why similar: 1990's 26.7%, Point & Click 17%, Horror 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

  46. #46 欢迎来到林葬屋
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 178 reviews2025
    Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
    Windows · Mac

    Mourningwood Lodge is a full-motion video (FMV) live-action mystery horror game. As the first installment in the Funeral Houseseries, players will assume different roles across various game modes to participate in a suspenseful horror journey blending conspiracy and fantasy.

    Why similar: FMV 41.2%, Horror 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Detective 10.2%, Immersive Sim 9.1%

  47. #47 规则怪谈:盛崖小区
    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 305 reviews2024
    Dev: ZHUYUAN Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    这是一款怪谈类剧情游戏。在宏大的原创世界观下你需要一步步探索盛崖小区的“全貌”,你能做到仅仅是依靠“规则”在这里觅得一线生机。你可以假装无事发生,安然度日;也可以想尽办法,逃出生天;或许你也可以直面它,成为它的一部分……但无论如何,请你记住,保持理智,遵守规则。

    Why similar: FMV 30.2%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Choices Matter 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Horror 8.6%

  48. #48 Matt Murphy: The case of the stone guest
    70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
    Dev: David Ponce SeguraPub: Sock Films
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In this pixelated adventure from Sock Films, you'll have to help Matt Murphy and his faithful friend Trey to catch, look, talk and search the underworld of Naperville.

    Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.4%, Point & Click 25.3%, 1990's 23%, Detective 15.7%, 2D 5.1%

  49. #49 Samara
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MissingShip
    Windows

    A punishment trip turns into a nightmare. Trapped in a haunted school and an endless time loop, you must uncover the truth and find the killer before everyone disappears

    Why similar: 1990's 19.8%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Horror 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%

  50. #50 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 104 reviews2024
    Dev: KINJAKOPub: 072 Project
    Windows

    Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.

    Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.3%, Detective 16%, Point & Click 14%, Surreal 13.4%, Horror 11.1%

  51. #51 Teenage Wasteland
    67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: CyberwastePub: Enchanted Workshop
    Windows

    Teenage Wasteland is a hugely detailed, open world RPG set in the early 2000s! With over sixty traits that speak to you and each other, dozens of cliques to help/harass, and hundreds of choices, you can be the teen YOU want to be.

    Why similar: 1990's 16.7%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Point & Click 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Open World 10.7%

  52. #52 Buy Me Some Soup
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: weekend
    Windows

    Heya! Long time no see. I just have a small -tiny- little favor to ask of you, could you buy me some soup? ...How? Well, that's for you to find out!

    Why similar: 1990's 20.2%, Point & Click 17.2%, Detective 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Immersive Sim 8.1%

  53. #53 Who's Lila?
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
    Dev: Garage Heathen
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

    Why similar: Detective 15.6%, Point & Click 14.6%, Surreal 13.9%, Horror 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%

  54. #54 Bad Week
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Nitročelik Games
    Windows

    Bad Week is a retro-style first-person narrative-driven immersive life simulator. Survive the brutal life of an alcoholic living in a Belgrade block in the early 2000s. The world is crumbling around you, and it's on you to stay calm and sane.

    Why similar: 1990's 26.8%, Immersive Sim 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Retro 9.5%, Sandbox 9%

  55. #55 1998: The Toll Keeper Story
    66% matchVery Positive91% of 316 reviews2025
    Dev: GameChanger Studio
    Windows

    A narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a toll keeper in the fictional country of Janapa, a nation on the brink of chaos. Navigate daily challenges and make difficult moral choices to survive—all for the sake of your unborn child.

    Why similar: 1990's 21.6%, Immersive Sim 19.5%, Point & Click 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Simulation 9.2%

  56. #56 FLAM EVAW
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,478 reviews2025
    Dev: 北京万合瑞晟文化传媒有限公司
    Windows

    In"FLAM EVAW ", you will continue to embody the community detective Maple Kurosawa, using your powerful detective and hacker skills to embark on a journey of investigation against the Rainbow Crime Organization with several female assistants of different styles.

    Why similar: FMV 43.1%, Detective 18.3%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Story Rich 5.4%

  57. #57
    66% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
    Dev: SeaCube Studio
    Windows

    “你醒啦?快起来,一起迎接新世纪!” 显示屏上闪烁的异常痕迹,突然出现在桌面又突然变异死亡的“小虫子”,主动弹出的错误日志,梦回千禧年的网站,探求千年虫的真相……

    Why similar: 1990's 23.8%, Immersive Sim 21.9%, Surreal 14.6%, Detective 9.9%, Simulation 8.8%

  58. #58 Let’s Kill This Love
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ngpgames
    Windows

    《Let’s Kill This Love》is a first-person interactive live-action game with immersive performances and branching storylines. Players make choices as the protagonist to unlock multiple endings.

    Why similar: FMV 29.3%, Immersive Sim 21.6%, Detective 18.8%, Surreal 10.3%, Choices Matter 6.2%

  59. #59 Lost Diskettes Vol.1
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2024
    Dev: Puko
    Windows

    This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.

    Why similar: 1990's 16.6%, Horror 16%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Surreal 10.6%

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