60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Singleplayer, Interactive Fiction, Adventure.
In this interactive narrative, you (a goblin custodian) fix up the neighborhood, help solve eccentric neighbors' problems, and uncover a dark and dangerous mystery, all while untangling the occasional drag & drop image puzzle!
Tales From Eternity - Interactive Preview
Step into the universe of Tales From Eternity and experience the complete first two chapters through an atmospheric digital reader.
And who is the maiden?
A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.
Step into the universe of Tales From Eternity and experience the complete first two chapters through an atmospheric digital reader.
Why similar: Narrative 30.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Linear 8.3%, Text-Based 8.1%
A young man disappeared in a Slavic village. You show up with three companions and a few days to find out what really happened, before the water decides to answer for itself. Based on Adam Wołoszczuk's award-winning scenario "A kto dziewczyna?", with 11 different ways it can end.
Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Text-Based 7.6%, Mystery 7.2%
Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.
Why similar: Narrative 34.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Story Rich 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Mystery 6%
AD 673. Camelot has fallen. The Round Table must rally to save King Arthur. Narrative strategy game from the creators of 80 DAYS, with elegant tactics and a unique, dynamic story every time you replay.
Why similar: Narrative 35.3% ★, Mythology 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Story Rich 7.1%
A short atmospheric sci-fi story told through text and ink-wash images, as New Zealand faces strange events beyond explanation.
Why similar: Narrative 30.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 10%, Mystery 9.5%
Discover a once-thriving ocean, now tainted by enigmatic dark entities. Your quest: decipher the mystery and rekindle the ocean's radiant light.
Why similar: Narrative 34.1% ★, Mythology 23.7%, Story Rich 8.1%, Fantasy 7%, Puzzle 6.8%
Become Odysseus, the king who brought down Troy, and survive the cursed voyage home. Every choice is remembered, and every death becomes a clue for your next attempt. A narrative survival adventure with no hidden dice — where even your first instincts are woven into the song.
Why similar: Mythology 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.1%
Leidy dreamed of the city, she never imagined violence would force her there. In this 90s narrative adventure, explore streets and interiors, inspect traces people left behind, hear conflicting family memories, and reconstruct meaningful objects by hand while restoring what violence left unfinished.
Why similar: Narrative 35.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17%, Story Rich 7.8%, Mystery 6.8%, Linear 6.6%
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Narrative 17% ★, Visual Novel 15.2%, Story Rich 13.9%, Mystery 8.4%
"The Silent Huntress" is a visual novel in the genre of a dark fairy tale with choices and different endings. Not only the development of events will depend on your choices, but also the conclusions that the main character makes about her life and the world around her.
Why similar: Mythology 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Mystery 7.5%, Fantasy 7.4%
You arrive in a small village as a fortune-teller who reads the future in tea leaves. But an apocalyptic vision leads you to question its tranquillity. What if you had a part to play in this? Ready your cups and tea leaves, as the future of this village will be shaped by four unusual visitors.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Narrative 18.9% ★, Visual Novel 10.9%, Mystery 8.9%, Linear 8.7%
“Kupala” is a dark, non-linear horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Little Anya arrives at a village on the eve of Kupala Night — the sacred night of the ancient Slavs. In the quiet old house, her grandmother tells her tales of unclean spirits crossing into the living world...
Why similar: Mythology 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Story Rich 7.8%, Text-Based 7.5%
Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.
Why similar: Mythology 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Story Rich 8.7%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Linear 12.1%, Hand-drawn 8%
A modern teen who loves games and manga is thrown into a fantasy world after a 'classic accident.' No hero's bloodline, just an ordinary guy. Since he can't go back yet, why not enjoy the adventure? Odd friends, hidden dungeons, tricky puzzles—and maybe, somewhere in this journey, a way home.
Why similar: Narrative 29% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Linear 9.8%, Fantasy 9.2%, Visual Novel 9.1%
Venture into the medieval kingdom of Dyfed in Tales from the Mabinogion. As King Pryderi, traverse dense forests, rugged mountains, and windswept coastlines. Uncover long-held secrets, face the forces that threaten your people, and protect your realm from a creeping, devastating curse.
Why similar: Narrative 30.7% ★, Mythology 23.4%, Linear 9%, Story Rich 8.1%, Mystery 6.8%
An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 32.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Story Rich 10%, Choices Matter 8.6%
A story-driven RPG you play with text or voice. No jargon, use your own words and the game understands. A hand-written world of myth responds. Real dice, factions, and consequences underneath; a complete, cinematic voyage you can actually finish. Every word human-authored. AI only does the telling.
Why similar: Mythology 19.9%, Narrative 18.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Text-Based 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.5%
An apprentice. A healer. A warrior. Breathe, pull, and choose your way through their stories in this dark yet comforting narrative game about healing the worlds inside us.
Why similar: Narrative 31.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Stylized 8.4%, LGBTQ+ 5%
Step into the world of Exercise your Demons, a 2d narrative adventure inspired by Irish fairies and folklore. Meet and befriend 5 locals while you work towards settling into the small fictional town called Inishsióg in County Galway, Ireland.
Why similar: Mythology 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Fantasy 5.9%
Tale'Switch is a narrative mystery puzzle game about changing events recorded in a book. Replace the people, objects, and places in its sentences, witness the consequences, trace the choices behind recurring tragedies, and carry clues between stories to unlock the next character's record.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Narrative 17.8% ★, Puzzle 12.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Story Rich 10.9%
Vanakan is the journey of Tadevos - a priest, who travels the 500s Armenia to find the monastery that suits for his goal of becoming spiritually closer to Jesus Christ. He meets different people on his way and makes choices which will define his future and that of the country.
Why similar: Mythology 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Story Rich 10%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Haifa is a hidden object puzzle experience that tells a story about the emotional struggles of trying to maintain hopefulness in times of war. Help your characters keep their head up by finding small objects in their environment to lift their spirits, as they look for their lost friend.
Why similar: Narrative 37.7% ★, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Linear 10.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.4%
'Beneath the Woods' is a stylized, narrative-focused 3rd person mystery / horror / puzzle game about a young man in a race against time to investigate the disappearance of his younger sister. What he stumbles upon is something far more sinister than he could ever imagined.
Why similar: Narrative 38.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Mystery 10%, Puzzle 9.3%, Stylized 7.8%
Frog Holm is a narrative-driven cozy mystery game about a young frog who returns home to run the old family pub and finds himself caught in the mysterious disappearance of a fellow islander.
Why similar: Narrative 31.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Linear 11.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, Mystery 7.8%
In this adventure visual novel, you travel across an alien planet stuck in an endless sunset. Shape the fates of 7 companions from different worlds. Uncover the truth about anomalous locations, hidden corridors, and a child who aged in a day. See what remains of a world abandoned by its creators.
Why similar: Narrative 34.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Story Rich 7.8%, Mystery 7.5%
A visual novel where your choices matter. Derek has a job, a beloved boyfriend, friends, and… “piranha thoughts.” Everything was perfect until his younger sister Rina returned to town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Hand-drawn 8.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Inspired by the 3I/Atlas comet, Project Atlas is a story-driven sci-fi narrative following Commander Simth as she tracks a mysterious object through deep space and discovers a truth no one is prepared for.
Why similar: Narrative 39.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Puzzle 11.9%, Story Rich 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
Why similar: Narrative 28.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Text-Based 10.6%, Story Rich 8.3%, Stylized 7.3%
A single-player puzzle game where you divide your soul into two forms, each perceiving a different dimension. Switch between them, manipulate ancient instruments, and solve layered puzzles across overlapping realities in a mysterious astral world left behind by a failed civilization.
Why similar: Mythology 33.3%, Puzzle 14.4%, Fantasy 11.7%, Stylized 11.4%, Adventure 8%
The River Lethe holds memories of the dead. Use its memories to uncover what happened and prove a soul's guilt in the Underworld. His guilt seemed clear—until truth shook the verdict. Knowing all the truth, can you still call him guilty? A story-driven psychological horror about memory and judgment.
Why similar: Mythology 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Story Rich 11%, Mystery 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%
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: Narrative 26.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 24%, Stylized 9.2%, Visual Novel 7.6%, LGBTQ+ 7.1%
Ohm, a recordkeeper from the great library, has been sent to the Crescent Mountains to uncover the origin of life. It has been 100 years since the Last Advent and now the metal bodies of the Autons are failing. They must find the Makers before their civilization disappears.
Why similar: Mythology 25.4%, Narrative 22.1% ★, Linear 9.6%, Mystery 9.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
Song of Kings is a puzzle platformer inspired by Sri Lankan myth. A Yaksha boy, captured by humans, must escape a ruthless king. Guided by his grandfather’s spirit and armed with a magical flute, he uncovers his heritage and fights to return to his people.
Why similar: Narrative 31.1% ★, Mythology 22.7%, Story Rich 8.7%, Linear 7.7%, Puzzle 7.1%
Unravel the mysteries of the ocean spirit world by accompanying a recent high school graduate, Bulut, who lost all of his memories of family and friends. The Inspireist is a story-rich puzzle adventure narrative set in a recent 21st century, alternate realm Izmrr.
Why similar: Narrative 47.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Adventure 6.5%, Choices Matter 6.5%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Fantasy 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Mystery 7.4%
In this narrative-driven, sci-fi point and click adventure, unravel the secrets of a stolen spaceship and your enigmatic crew. A new future away from corporate tyranny awaits. As captain, your choices matter and forging your crew's connections, even more so. Flying free has a cost. Will you pay it?
Why similar: Narrative 33.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Story Rich 10.1%, Mystery 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Narrative 36.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Story Rich 9.9%, Choices Matter 7.2%
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Why similar: Narrative 36.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Puzzle 9.2%, Story Rich 9%, Atmospheric 7.3%
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Narrative 22.7% ★, Visual Novel 12.9%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Text-Based 7.2%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Narrative 38.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Mystery 10.2%, Puzzle 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Mystery 11.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Narrative 23.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Story Rich 9.8%, Stylized 9%, Mystery 8.9%
Mira is a Slavic-themed visual novel with adventure game elements. The gameplay has a strong emphasis on art, atmosphere, and story. Discover your destiny by walking into Navia, a magical land hidden from the eyes of mortals, and decide on its fate.
Why similar: Mythology 26.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Fantasy 9.5%, Mystery 9.3%
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 40.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, Puzzle 7.6%
When a poor stone cutter gets tired of his simple life, the Mountain Spirit make his wishes come true! A beautiful Interactive Fairy Tale about the Wills that move us and the Transformations we go through in our lives.
Why similar: Narrative 33.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Linear 11.5%, Story Rich 8.7%, Puzzle 7.2%
Explore the manor of the Montbury family, and dive into your past to understand your relationship with your dead brother. Manipulate your perception of reality and recreate forgotten memories in this narrative deduction game.
Why similar: Narrative 36.1% ★, Mystery 12.6%, Puzzle 12.4%, Linear 12.2%, Story Rich 10.7%
You are the new hire. The account you inherited is not new — it belonged to E. Vale, who is no longer with the company. Ten business days of email in which you choose what you say, then choose who sees it. The routing is permanent. Someone is still reading.
Why similar: Narrative 24.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 9.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
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 33.3% ★, Mythology 19.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, Puzzle 8.2%
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Narrative 28.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Story Rich 8.5%, Mystery 7.6%
In the Middle Of is a narrative adventure of mystery and fantasy. Isolated in a cabin next to an ancient forest, Shafer will discover that the world is not as banal and logical as he believes and he will be surrounded by enigmatic characters, creatures and extraordinary events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Fantasy 13.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Story Rich 11.3%, Puzzle 10.4%
A war of unseen ferocity is ravaging the continent. You, ringmaster dilettante, must keep the circus afloat. Travel, entertain, and keep the troupe’s spirits up while trying to find a mythical safe haven to last out the storm in this beautifully illustrated, text-based narrative adventure.
Why similar: Narrative 27% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Linear 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Text-Based 10.2%
From the first day of spring, to the last day of winter, wear seven shoes of seven characters and live their most intimate moments. Explore their thoughts, choose their steps and shape their paths in a mumblecore narrative game where the most extraordinary setting is ordinary life itself.
Why similar: Narrative 33.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Story Rich 7.5%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Puzzle 6.6%
Your choices shape the world in this coming-of-age RPG. As a new arrival in a 1980s rural Japanese town with a mysterious ability to loop time, your every decision and relationship will affect the outcome of battles against the invading Kegai.
Why similar: Narrative 28.7% ★, Mythology 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choices Matter 6.9%
Carry Onward is a narrative gameplay short that follows a grieving man as he packs up his home. Immerse yourself in his thoughts and emotions by interacting with items, which shape his internal state. Experience the transformative power of memories and the hope that arises from embracing change.
Why similar: Narrative 36.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Story Rich 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Stylized 6.5%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Narrative 30.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Text-Based 11%, Story Rich 7.3%
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 11.4%, Puzzle 10.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
Explore ruins, temples, and hidden worlds in Ormus, a single-player story-driven fantasy RPG. Solve word-based puzzles, read symbols, fight through quests, and make choices that reveal secrets and shape how the world responds.
Why similar: Narrative 23.7% ★, Mythology 21%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Adventure 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Narrative 19.4% ★, Visual Novel 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Story Rich 8.5%
