60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Atmospheric, Adventure, Exploration, Singleplayer.
New Mexico, 1986. You're a private detective, investigating a bizarre incident that occurred inside a building in a small town. Find clues, visualize past events and learn about this alternate-reality.
The Restricted Index
You are Britain’s last librarian. Investigate a world of censorship and secrets in this first-person mystery puzzle game. Analyse clues, deduce which books each patron needs, uncover forbidden stories and decide what knowledge survives.
Project Hailstorm
Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.
You are Britain’s last librarian. Investigate a world of censorship and secrets in this first-person mystery puzzle game. Analyse clues, deduce which books each patron needs, uncover forbidden stories and decide what knowledge survives.
Why similar: Narrative 18.6% ★, Alternate History 16.7%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 10.6%, Detective 10.4%
Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.
Why similar: Alternate History 20%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Investigation 15.3%, 1980s 11.7%, Narrative 8.7% ★
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
Why similar: Investigation 16%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Narrative 13.9% ★, Detective 11.3%, 1980s 10.2%
Pripyat has been abandoned for decades, but its darkest secrets never left. Walk its silent streets, guided by the uneasy crackle of your Geiger counter. The deeper you go, the harder it becomes to tell what is truly abandoned… and what was never meant to be found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Investigation 22.8%, Detective 10.7%, 1980s 10.2%, Lore-Rich 10%
You play as Audrey, who has just inherited a mansion from an uncle she never met. Step inside and explore the mansion to unveil the story of what happened to your uncle Otto, his butler, and this kinda creepy place. 😬
Why similar: Investigation 27.6%, Narrative 23.7% ★, Mystery 16%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Exploration 7.9%
A first-person mystery solving game, where you try to find out what happened at Syn Archives.
Why similar: Detective 23.2%, Investigation 22.9%, Walking Simulator 22%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Mystery 5.7%
On Tape << Rewind is a psychological horror story told through cassette tapes. Play recordings, search for clues, discover hidden cassettes, and manipulate audio. Unravel the mystery of a scientist’s disappearance and the obsession that consumed him — tape by tape.
Why similar: Investigation 21.2%, Narrative 18.4% ★, Detective 13%, Mystery 11.7%, 1980s 10.3%
Godslayer | one is an indie game adventure with different boss opponents. you can defeat almost any opponent with just one shot - but your opponents can also defeat you with just one hit. Explore a new world with hidden secrets, find and defeat your opponents and try to get better and faster!
Why similar: Investigation 30.8%, FPS 27.9%, First-Person 7.4%, Mystery 7.3%, Exploration 6.8%
Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, 1980s 25.2%, FPS 13.3%, Atmospheric 9%, First-Person 7.5%
A late-night call sends you to the Millers Residence. What begins as a routine investigation turns into a descent through buried records, missing evidence, and a house arranged to hide something far worse.
Why similar: Investigation 22.6%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Detective 13.6%, Mystery 11.1%, 1980s 9.7%
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level features different ways to escape with dangers along the way. Explore the seemingly infinite expanse of eerily familiar levels in the backrooms for a taste of the game's creepy maze-like twists and turns.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, FPS 19.6%, 1980s 18.3%, Investigation 16.9%, First-Person 6.4%
A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, FPS 20.9%, Investigation 17.4%, Mystery 9.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Investigation 26.8%, Detective 18.3%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Mystery 14%, Story Rich 6.7%
Enter an impossible Library where every book contains a human life. María's book is fading. Explore the quiet island inside her memory and uncover what she could not face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Narrative 17.7% ★, Mystery 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%, First-Person 8.6%
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, 1980s 17.3%, Investigation 17%, FPS 16.7%, Lore-Rich 10.1%
In this first-person narrative experience, you step into the shoes of a young girl. Explore a rural farmhouse and witness everyday family life through her eyes. Across 13 consecutive days, you'll realize that your family is not what it seems. Will you notice what everyone else leaves unsaid?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Narrative 20% ★, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Mystery 9.2%, Story Rich 7.6%
Jack Beckham is found dead, hanging in his apartment alone. Police rule it a suicide. His father, refusing to accept the conclusion, hires you to investigate. Delve into the clues left behind in his apartment to discover what really happened.
Why similar: Investigation 22.8%, Detective 19.5%, Narrative 16% ★, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, 1980s 17.6%, FPS 17.3%, Investigation 16.1%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
Field Recordings is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure set in the fragments of a collapsing reality. Guided by a lonely AI from the abandoned Project Ariadne, explore isolated pockets of the world and search for survivors. Use a Field Recorder to tune into echoes and uncover what remains.
Why similar: Narrative 19.4% ★, Mystery 17.2%, Investigation 16%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Story Rich 12.5%
Too much has gone wrong — and now, together with your companion, you must uncover what hides among the trees.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.1%, Investigation 21.9%, FPS 18.6%, Shooter 9.7%, Detective 9.7%
After his wife draws her last breath, Dragomir is devastated. As a poor man with a drinking habit, he must not only manage to hold a decent funeral, but also stand for himself in a small town that doesn't see him with good eyes.
Why similar: Investigation 18.1%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Narrative 14.4% ★, Detective 12.4%, Mystery 11.7%
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Investigation 22.2%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Detective 19.1%, Mystery 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10%
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Detective 15.4%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Mystery 10%
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.5%, 1980s 17.7%, FPS 17%, Investigation 16.5%, Lore-Rich 9.8%
An abandoned dog searches a mysterious forest for his owner. Follow scent trails, uncover memories, and discover the story of a bond that refuses to fade.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Investigation 20.3%, Narrative 16.3% ★, Mystery 13.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%
Returning to her grandfather's house years later, a woman finds herself in an adventure with ghosts from her past as the only way to uncover a terrifying truth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, FPS 22%, Detective 15.4%, Mystery 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Investigate a cold case by living it. Step into the final delivery of a night-shift rider, experience his report firsthand, then return to your desk and decide: close the case, or leave it open?
Why similar: Investigation 19.6%, Detective 14.3%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Lore-Rich 11%
You are the Ashter – a Slavic fire mage and tracker of mythical beings. Following a legendary creature, you reach a village caught in a time rift. Embark on a magical investigation – travel through time, explore the ancient land, and bond with fire to shape villagers’ fate and uncover the mystery.
Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Detective 16.8%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Narrative 12.9% ★, Mystery 12.4%
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: Walking Simulator 19.4%, Investigation 18.8%, Narrative 16.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Mystery 11.4%
Explore the HOUSE, remember it & spot the changes !
Why similar: Investigation 29.2%, Walking Simulator 24.2%, Detective 16%, First-Person 7.1%, Exploration 7%
An RPG science fiction game. Collect clues and evidence to break a murder case. Options for the task will lead to different story-lines and endings. Searching mysterious debris to unlock the history of the world and discover their relationship with human race.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Investigation 13.5%, Detective 13.4%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Shooter 11.7%
My Work Is Not Yet Done is a narrative-driven investigative horror game, combining elements of the survival/simulation genres with a dense, nonlinear plot exploring the imbrication and dissolution of human identities/meanings within uncanny wilderness.
Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Narrative 20.9% ★, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Detective 14%, Mystery 10.4%
The End of the Sun: Prologue is a first-person, story-driven mystery adventure set in a Slavic fantasy world. As the ashter, a sage sorcerer gifted with the ability to travel in time, you come to a mysterious village where the line between myth and reality begins to fade perilously.
Why similar: Narrative 21.5% ★, Walking Simulator 18%, Detective 17.9%, Mystery 13.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
Set against the backdrop of a dark, story rich, alternative past: The Earth is ravaged. Pollution has scorched the land and the forests, turning day and night to one. Can you survive the Half Light?
Why similar: Alternate History 25.3%, FPS 24.5%, Shooter 15.5%, Exploration 7.6%, First-Person 7.4%
A psychological sci-fi narrative experience set aboard a drifting station in Venus' atmosphere. Explore, maintain systems, and follow routine as reality begins to unravel. Perception twists, memories blur. Observe, question, and uncover the truth—if it still exists.
Why similar: FPS 20.5%, Alternate History 16.9%, Investigation 15.3%, Walking Simulator 15%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Dungeons are just another day at the office — an urban fantasy Adventure about Elysia's dungeon bureau.
Why similar: Investigation 21.7%, Narrative 20.9% ★, Detective 15.6%, Mystery 11.9%, Lore-Rich 11.7%
Step inside a circus performer's quiet home, but don't stop at the surface. In this short-form descent into dread, follow a hidden labyrinth deep beneath the floorboards and watch a simple investigation spiral into a claustrophobic nightmare.
Why similar: Investigation 16.8%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Detective 12.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%
BLOK is an Orwellian psychological horror game set in post-communist Poland. You play as a political exile who fled during the communist regime. Years later, after the system’s collapse, a strange letter from your mother draws you back home. But something is deeply wrong.
Why similar: Narrative 20.4% ★, 1980s 15.6%, Mystery 14.8%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.7%
The universe is over. You are the last human alive inside a superstructure orbiting an evaporating black hole and its taking you with it. Can you find the truth about what happened to Humanity and The Machine God while finding a way to escape?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Narrative 17.9% ★, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Mystery 11.2%, Atmospheric 9%
Explore, investigate and unravel the secrets buried in time. As psychic Amber Lopez, navigate haunted grounds, decipher ancient runes, and piece together the puzzle of a decades-old murder, each discovery closing in on a truth she’s not ready to face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Investigation 15.6%, Mystery 15.1%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 11.2%
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Detective 23.7%, Mystery 17.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%, First-Person 6.4%
Maintain an underground research facility full of abyss entities. Fulfill their needs and survive long enough to solve all of the mysteries. Abyss Chamber is a lore-rich, first-person psychological Horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Investigation 20.8%, Detective 13.6%, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%
The nightmares of Appalachian folklore haunt these hills but nothing is going to stop you from finding your missing Uncle.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.8%, FPS 19.1%, Detective 14.8%, Investigation 14.7%, Mystery 7.4%
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Investigation 22.7%, Detective 19.9%, Mystery 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Walking Simulator 9.7%
An immersive adventure game about the secrets of radio broadcasts. Take a journey to the Exclusion Zone, face the time anomaly, and solve the mystery behind the broadcasts from 1986.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Investigation 18%, Mystery 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%
What was supposed to be a quick electrical repair job at an abandoned hospital turned into an investigation of a dark and sinister scheme
Why similar: Investigation 26.1%, FPS 19.4%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Shooter 9.6%
Dive into a haunting mystery where you wake up half-blind and amnesiac, trapped in a time-looping nightmare. Uncover the truth through shifting 3D and 2D perspectives, where every revelation twists reality further.
Why similar: Narrative 23.2% ★, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Investigation 11.1%, FPS 10.7%
Stranded on a desolate planet, decode the whispers of the dead to survive in an enthralling atmospheric exploration horror.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, FPS 23%, Shooter 14.2%, Investigation 13.2%, Exploration 6.9%
Make your way through dense Siberian woods in search of a missing person in this path-finding survival adventure. Compass and map included.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Investigation 22.1%, 1980s 14.6%, Mystery 12.6%, Story Rich 8.5%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Investigation 29%, Mystery 20.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Story Rich 10.6%, Lore-Rich 8%
Detective Andrews is called to a residence after a message is placed to dispatch regarding a disturbance. Not everything is as it seems, leaving you to question your own sanity whilst figuring out how to escape with your life.
Why similar: FPS 19.7%, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Shooter 12.4%, Detective 11.6%
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Investigation 23.5%, Mystery 16%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Story Rich 8.9%
Explore a collapsing multiverse, make first contact with 75 alien civilizations, and uncover the truth behind reality’s unraveling—one discovery at a time.
Why similar: Investigation 26.1%, Mystery 15.1%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Story Rich 10.2%
Release your spirit and fly through mystic landscapes as you search for a cure for the darkness. Ahro is a stylized, lore-rich, side-scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Narrative 17.4% ★, Mystery 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
Why similar: Investigation 20.6%, 1980s 20%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Atmospheric 8%
There is Still Hope is a single-player, adventurous, story-rich, mystery game. You play the character, Tom. Your job is to find your missing wife. To find her, you must go through a dark forest. You have a few tools and an uninvited friend to navigate the woods.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, FPS 13.4%, Mystery 12.4%, Shooter 11.1%
It's winter break 1994 and schools out at Harthorn High School, but not all is silent in its empty classrooms and dark hallways...
Why similar: Investigation 20.1%, FPS 16.1%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Detective 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
After a mysterious and anonymous phone call to the police, Sonia's body was found in an abandoned public toilet. The more we learn about her, the more mysterious this case becomes. Become the detective, investigate her murder and find out who killed Sonia Verninac.
Why similar: Detective 27.1%, Investigation 20.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Narrative 11.3% ★, Story Rich 10%
Equipped with only a flashlight initially, within this first person horror game, The Whisper Shift has you play as Val Hesflame. A reporter investigating strange murders at a police station, and uncover details related to the mysterious deaths through notes scattered inside of the building.
Why similar: FPS 25.6%, Walking Simulator 23%, Detective 14%, Investigation 10.5%, Exploration 8.4%
Dark Memories is an episodic psychological horror game based on road thriller, slasher, and survival thriller genres. You are currently viewing the second episode of the Dark Memories anthology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Investigation 22.7%, Detective 16.4%, Mystery 12.9%, First-Person 7.1%
