60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Well-Written, Story Rich, Adventure, Mystery.
Read, choose, survive. A horror visual novel set in an infinite dark library deep within the Backrooms. Explore towering bookshelves, hide from hostile entities, and decide your fate across 11 possible endings. Every choice matters, and not every path leads to salvation.
BACKROOMS STORIES
Read five horror stories set in the Backrooms. Experience existential horror and terrifying encounters while making choices that will alter your fate. Will you escape or be lost forever?
Urban Myth Dissolution Center
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Read five horror stories set in the Backrooms. Experience existential horror and terrifying encounters while making choices that will alter your fate. Will you escape or be lost forever?
Why similar: Well-Written 27.5% ★, Experience 18.1% ★, Episodic 15.7% ★, Nostalgia 13.3% ★, Illuminati 12.3% ★
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Well-Written 50.2% ★, Illuminati 21.4% ★, Visual Novel 6.9%, Mystery 3.3%, Text-Based 3.2%
Idle and catch mysterious creatures lurking in the Poolrooms. Upgrade your fishing equipment, research bizarre specimens, and build your collection as you uncover the secrets of the Backrooms. Every catch will bring you closer to understanding this strange realm.
Why similar: Well-Written 47.2% ★, Episodic 21% ★, Nostalgia 16.9% ★, Visual Novel 3.8%, Horror 2.4%
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: Well-Written 50.3% ★, Episodic 30.4% ★, Visual Novel 4.9%, Choices Matter 4.6%, Point & Click 3.7%
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
Why similar: Well-Written 66.6% ★, Visual Novel 6.2%, Choices Matter 4.6%, Horror 4.3%, Mystery 3.9%
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場！
Why similar: Well-Written 69.9% ★, Visual Novel 6.6%, Point & Click 5.2%, Choices Matter 5.1%, Text-Based 3.9%
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Well-Written 44.7% ★, Episodic 35.4% ★, Point & Click 5.4%, Horror 4.6%, Adventure 3.2%
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Well-Written 75.8% ★, Visual Novel 6.4%, Choices Matter 5.7%, Adventure 3.8%, Exploration 3.1%
In cities sculpted from the slag of dead worlds, love, crime and fields of farmed meat await in this digital collection of mystery and horror; a window onto a post-apocalyptic world like no other, one thousand years beyond the fall of Earth...
Why similar: Well-Written 75.3% ★, Visual Novel 6.5%, Text-Based 5%, Horror 3.9%, Mystery 3.1%
Follow Dr. Richard P. Griffin during the scariest journey of his life. Welcome to a dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Well-Written 47.1% ★, Episodic 34.3% ★, Point & Click 4.8%, Horror 4.2%, Mystery 3.1%
The Nanny is a short interactive horror story about the supernatural. Follow siblings Oliver and Tina in their quest to find their nanny after she disappears in the middle of the night. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Well-Written 40.9% ★, Episodic 38% ★, Point & Click 5.6%, Horror 4.9%, Mystery 3.5%
Disturbing incidents begin happening after the arrival of a new patient at Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Well-Written 43.6% ★, Episodic 35.4% ★, Point & Click 5.9%, Horror 4.9%, Adventure 3.5%
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Well-Written 69.4% ★, Visual Novel 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Horror 5.3%, Point & Click 4.7%
There is an abandoned Ryokan called "Masagoro" that was closed in the early Showa period. He was locked up in Masagoro where he has got interested to explore. The past of Masagoro has been revealed everytime he found some clues in the residuals.
Why similar: Well-Written 82.9% ★, Horror 9.3%, Adventure 5.5%, Story Rich 1.6%, Indie 0.8%
Itachi: Hunted Abodes is a paranormal suspense adventure that has you wandering through 2000s Tokyo's subculture scenes!
Why similar: Well-Written 64.7% ★, Visual Novel 8.6%, Point & Click 7.9%, Adventure 7.3%, Text-Based 4.2%
In Aery – Stone Age you play as a little flying spirit that watches humanity in its early states evolve. You will discover a long-forgotten land with beautiful environments, and you will be able to enjoy the feeling of flying while exploring a whole world filled with beauty and little secrets.
Why similar: Well-Written 93.9% ★, Casual 3.1%, Exploration 2%, Indie 1%
“Oh, brave hero—please fix the bugs in this RPG!” It’s a little weird and quirky, but it’s a story that will stay with you. A little fantasy of laughter and tears — a story for the grown-up heart.
Why similar: Well-Written 83.1% ★, Adventure 4.4%, Mystery 3.4%, Exploration 3.2%, Casual 1.8%
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Why similar: Well-Written 67.7% ★, Visual Novel 8.2%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Horror 5.6%, Point & Click 3.6%
In this hand-drawn RPG, you play as Joe, a young man attending a dinner party with his new girlfriend. What he doesn't know is that every decision he makes, no matter how small, will have its consequence...
Why similar: Well-Written 79.2% ★, Choices Matter 7.3%, Visual Novel 5.2%, Exploration 3.3%, Mystery 3.1%
There's no reason to be afraid of the dark. Fed up with his fear of the dark, Sam transforms himself into Pajama Sam - world's youngest superhero and resolves to confront Darkness! With help from King the mine car, Otto the boat, and a host of fascinating characters.
Why similar: Nostalgia 73% ★, Point & Click 11.6%, Adventure 7%, Illuminati 4.7% ★, Casual 1.8%
In Aery - Ancient Empires you play as a little bird-like spirit that watches ancient civilizations evolve. You will discover unknown, giant, and beautiful environments and you will be able to enjoy the feeling of flying while exploring a whole world filled with beauty and little secrets.
Why similar: Well-Written 92.9% ★, Casual 3.8%, Exploration 2.2%, Indie 1.1%
Calling all animal lovers! Become the ranger for Summery Islands! Find courage by helping other Pandas. Dancing Pandas: a cozy adventure where bravery blooms beyond your comfort zone.
Why similar: Well-Written 88.4% ★, Exploration 4.9%, Adventure 2.5%, Casual 2.4%, Story Rich 1.7%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Well-Written 83.5% ★, Mystery 5.1%, Adventure 4.2%, Visual Novel 4%, Story Rich 2.3%
Join Evelyn on her quest to save a mysterious island in a puzzle-based atmospheric adventure with a story that spans across 30,000 years of time. Interact with fantastic characters to learn past secrets and transform the Four Elements’ kingdoms, leading up to an epic finale with shocking reveals.
Why similar: Well-Written 77.3% ★, Point & Click 7%, Exploration 4.5%, Adventure 4%, Puzzle 3.1%
Letters is a fun word puzzle game about friendship, growing up and finding your place in life. Follow Sarah, a shy girl from Switzerland, by moving through her pen pal letters and chat messages. Use the power of words to solve riddles, interact with her friends and decide who she will grow up to be.
Why similar: Well-Written 82.8% ★, Choices Matter 7.9%, Adventure 3.2%, Puzzle 2.2%, Story Rich 1.8%
Rainbow Sea is a multi-ending adventure with pixel-art style based on the myth of the traditional Japanese gods — Seven Lucky Gods. You explore inside a treasure ship and make choices to change the storyline. All twenty two endings are true endings, and only you can know the authentic story.
Why similar: Well-Written 87.2% ★, Visual Novel 7.2%, Adventure 2.2%, Story Rich 1.7%, 2D 1%
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
Why similar: Well-Written 62% ★, Visual Novel 10.1%, Horror 6.5%, Text-Based 6.1%, Adventure 4.8%
Work as a body modification consultant in a dystopian future. Talk to clients, make recommendations, and decide how much to upsell them. Balance helping others with earning enough to save your sick rabbit. Make decisions and change lives.
Why similar: Well-Written 80.3% ★, Visual Novel 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Story Rich 1.6%, 2D 1.4%
Seven heroes bound by a destiny of ruin weave a moving tale. Winner of the Freegame Mugen Grand Prize, featuring a fully-voiced main story with 120+ voice actors—an epic JRPG is born! A must-play for all RPG fans!
Why similar: Well-Written 94.1% ★, Exploration 2.5%, Story Rich 1.8%, 2D 1%, Indie 0.6%
A small VR Horror Experience for VR **BIG Update Coming 2022**
Why similar: Experience 86.5% ★, Horror 8.9%, Casual 4.6%
Become a Secret Agent and investigate paranormal activities in this dark Lovecraftian universe. This Alternate Reality Game will have you explore complex puzzles in-game but also in real-life; interacting with real websites, companies, and NPCs that we created as part of our universe.
Why similar: Illuminati 85.5% ★, Horror 4.6%, Puzzle 3.8%, Adventure 3%, Mystery 2%
Experience the thrill of a UFO sighting and the terror of an alien abduction as you come face to face with extraterrestrial beings! Don't worry, everything will be fine in the end, I promise!
Why similar: Experience 78.3% ★, Adventure 14.1%, Casual 6.2%, Indie 1.4%
WE'RE NOT ALONE. HOW DO YOU FEEL? Take on the role of a news pundit in Impressions. Give your thoughts on the discovery of aliens to the people watching and shape the world's perception on the newly discovered aliens.
Why similar: Experience 78.7% ★, Visual Novel 12%, Indie 4.2%, Story Rich 2.7%, Casual 2.4%
The Cave is a 2 in 1 VR bundle. An arcade game and a real world fear experience. Play the arcade option and hunt for diamonds over a dangerous plank while big oscillating logs try to hit you and make you fall down or live the fear of being trapped in a deep cave. A VR game/experience that won't disappoint you!
Why similar: Experience 84.9% ★, Adventure 12.5%, Casual 2.6%
„The Lion's Song: Episode 1 – Silence" draws the player into the life of a talented young composer, Wilma, preparing for her breakthrough concert, the defining moment of her career. Searching for inspiration she escapes from the pressure for success to the solitude of the Austrian Alps.
Why similar: Episodic 60.2% ★, Choices Matter 10.1%, Point & Click 8.5%, Adventure 6.6%, Visual Novel 6.1%
Will you survive the curse together this summer? A new supernatural mystery adventure begins, telling a bittersweet story of the passions of youth featuring new locations, new legends and a new cast of characters.
Why similar: Well-Written 60.5% ★, Visual Novel 11.1%, Adventure 8%, Horror 6.5%, Point & Click 6%
We Stay Behind is a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. Interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.
Why similar: Well-Written 77.8% ★, Choices Matter 6.6%, Mystery 5.2%, Adventure 4.3%, Exploration 4%
3D Point-and-click adventure puzzle game wrapped in cinematic 2D cut-scenes. After a concerning message left on Rob's answer-phone from his panicked-sounding twin, Nick, he rushes to his brother's office to try and find a hidden mask. Not long into the search, things take a very dangerous turn...
Why similar: Episodic 62.2% ★, Adventure 12.9%, Point & Click 8.4%, Mystery 6.2%, Puzzle 3.5%
What does it take to be in a parade? Hard work, a bright shiny chassis and a little help from your friends.
Why similar: Nostalgia 73.6% ★, Point & Click 13.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Casual 2.3%
Don the cloak of a charming yet eerie Grim Reaper in this haunting narrative flight simulation. Glide through dark, mysterious landscapes, shattering cages to free tormented souls and reveal their chilling stories. Experience a spooky, non-violent adventure with 11 eerie tales.
Why similar: Well-Written 94.8% ★, Casual 2.9%, Exploration 1.7%, Indie 0.7%
Arietta of Spirits is a story-driven action-adventure game, with easy to approach game mechanics. Follow Arietta on her journey to unveil the mysteries of the Spirit Realm and immerse yourself in a story filled with emotion and surprising turns.
Why similar: Well-Written 83.9% ★, Mystery 4.5%, Adventure 4.4%, Exploration 3.5%, Story Rich 2.2%
Temple of the Apsara is a VR exploration adventure puzzle experience unlike any other for the HTC VIVE.From the breathtaking mountainside to the depths of the ancient ruins, Temple of the Apsara is a journey unlike any other you’ve ever been on.
Why similar: Experience 78% ★, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 4.6%
A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?
Why similar: Well-Written 67.7% ★, Visual Novel 16.1%, Adventure 4.9%, Text-Based 3.7%, Casual 2.5%
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: Episodic 37.3% ★, Illuminati 20.3% ★, Choices Matter 17%, Adventure 9.1%, Mystery 5.2%
A mild BL horror adventure where you explore a strange, beautiful mansion and follow Aoi’s emotional journey through mystery, soft horror, and quiet drama.
Why similar: Well-Written 67.3% ★, Visual Novel 10.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Horror 5.5%, Casual 3.6%
Rothschild: The Sheep will Wake is a first person horror game in which the Rothschild family dominates the world. The player fills the shoes of Jordan Baker, a journalist sent to investigate the hospitalization of Kane Rothschild. Little did he know, this rabbit hole just doesn't end.
Why similar: Illuminati 68.8% ★, Adventure 16.2%, Horror 10.4%, Indie 4.6%
Help underwater detective Freddi Fish and her finny friend Luther solve the case. Explore underwater caves, deep canyons and colorful reefs, and discover fascinating places like King Crab's Castle and A Sunken Ship Out of Time, in an effort to save the reef.
Why similar: Nostalgia 76.8% ★, Point & Click 13.6%, Adventure 7.2%, Casual 2.5%
The super-suave agent, SPY Fox, must find Mr. Udderly, rescue all the cows, and stop William the Kid from depleting the worlds supply of milk. Using ingenious SPY gadgets, keen wits, and daring moves, SPY Fox, jumps out on an udderly exhilarating adventure!
Why similar: Nostalgia 67.7% ★, Point & Click 16.8%, Adventure 11%, Casual 3.3%, Puzzle 1.2%
Wasteland Horror Radio: Ep. 1 - The Radio: A gift, a radio of revelations bound to one man's personal hell, repeatedly showing him all the people he brutally murdered on September 20th, 1991..
Why similar: Episodic 75.5% ★, Horror 10.6%, Exploration 5%, Adventure 4.8%, Story Rich 2.8%
Every day, tens of thousands of dreams are born, destroyed and reborn
Why similar: Nostalgia 87.6% ★, Puzzle 5.3%, Adventure 3.7%, 2D 2.3%, Indie 1%
The important thing in life is to be able to let go of the past and always be open to an uncharted future. Could you embrace your destiny and save the kingdom?
Why similar: Episodic 59% ★, Visual Novel 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Point & Click 6.7%, Puzzle 3.4%
A 3D adventure game about blowing into the microphone. Join the Wind, a non-corporeal petal breeze, and the Wisp, a little white ghost with a red ribbon, on their journey to repair a mysterious broken garden.
Why similar: Experience 84.6% ★, Adventure 6.3%, Exploration 5.9%, Indie 1.4%, Casual 1%
A Psychological Horror Experience about Traumas of a Soldier from WW2
Why similar: Experience 80.7% ★, Horror 8.6%, Puzzle 3.6%, Story Rich 2.5%, Adventure 2.3%
Six transmedial designers and storytellers decided to take the innovative transmedia theory to the game industry. The gameplay of this Indie puzzler is something players probably haven't seen before. The experiment and goal was to create a transmedial game and Highlight is the proof of concept.
Why similar: Experience 84% ★, Mystery 6.9%, Puzzle 4.6%, Indie 4.5%
Piece by piece, you pour your soul into the monster. This is your burden and you bear it willingly. Your friends think that this is unhealthy.
Why similar: Well-Written 72.2% ★, Visual Novel 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Point & Click 4.4%, Story Rich 2.1%
A group of students from Falica High School have been dared by their classmate and class president Wade Severstone. Solving the mysteries that spread from generation to generation once and for all.
Why similar: Episodic 50.3% ★, Visual Novel 13.1%, Horror 7.9%, Exploration 6.8%, Adventure 6%
Symploké: Legend of Gustavo Bueno is a classic point and click adventure set in a Spanish university and inspired in one of the most influential contemporary philosophers in the world. Play Chapter 3 ONLY if you got through Chapter 2.
Why similar: Episodic 69.6% ★, Adventure 16.5%, Point & Click 9.5%, Indie 4.4%
Do the tango to win the heart of your loved one! Each song in this casual RHYTHM game will unveil the story of Luciano and Martita. Influenced by games like OSU and Crypt of the Necrodancer, with a pinch of melodramatic humor, inspired by the best Latin American soap operas!
Why similar: Well-Written 95.9% ★, Story Rich 1.8%, 2D 1.3%, Indie 0.6%, Casual 0.4%
