60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Story Rich, 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!
Marginalia
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.
Pendragon: Narrative Tactics
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.
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 34.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%, 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 35.5% ★, Mythology 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Story Rich 7.1%
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 34.4% ★, Mythology 23.6%, Story Rich 8%, Fantasy 6.9%, Atmospheric 6.7%
"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 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Stylized 7.7%, Mystery 7.5%
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 24.9%, Narrative 17.1% ★, Visual Novel 15%, Story Rich 13.8%, Mystery 8.4%
A dark text-based RPG set in a world gripped by a restless race for survival against a merciless mushroom Forest. As a prophet’s apprentice, guide your clan along the knife-edge between life and oblivion. Decipher misty visions, make critical decisions, and do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Narrative 27.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.3%
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 19.1% ★, Visual Novel 10.7%, Mystery 8.9%, Text-Based 8.7%
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 26.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 11%, Stylized 8.7%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
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 33.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Story Rich 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
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 23.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Linear 12%, Hand-drawn 8%
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 31.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Stylized 8.7%, LGBTQ+ 4.8%
An emotional narrative point-and-click about a daughter caring for her mother as dementia reshapes their bond. Explore heartfelt conversations, fragmented memories, and simple story-driven puzzles on a journey of caregiving and learning to let go.
Why similar: Narrative 39.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Story Rich 10.3%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.3%
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 32.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Fantasy 5.9%
'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 38.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Mystery 10%, Puzzle 9.1%, Stylized 8%
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 38% ★, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Linear 10.7%, Story Rich 10%, Visual Novel 8.3%
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 40% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Story Rich 9.2%, 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 28.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 10.7%, Story Rich 8.1%, Stylized 7.5%
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 31.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Linear 11.3%, Story Rich 8.2%, Mystery 7.7%
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 25.2%, Narrative 22.3% ★, Linear 9.5%, Mystery 9.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
“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 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Mystery 7.9%
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 33.2%, Puzzle 14.2%, Stylized 11.9%, Fantasy 11.7%, Adventure 7.8%
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 48.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Mystery 10.7%, Choices Matter 6.6%, Adventure 6.3%
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 25.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Fantasy 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Mystery 7.4%
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 39% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Choices Matter 8%, Puzzle 8%
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 37.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Story Rich 9.9%, Choices Matter 7.4%
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 37.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Puzzle 9%, Story Rich 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
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 26.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Fantasy 9.5%, Mystery 9.4%
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 22.9% ★, Visual Novel 12.7%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Text-Based 7.3%
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 33.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Linear 11.3%, Story Rich 8.6%, Puzzle 7.1%
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 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Mystery 11.9%, Story Rich 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
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 25.5%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
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 23.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Stylized 9.3%, Mystery 8.9%
Come to My Party! is a coming-of-age visual novel where choices matter. Jimin sets out to win class president and have her first birthday party. What begins as a simple goal spirals into social pressure, fragile friendships, and choices that can’t be taken back, hitting closer than you’d like.
Why similar: Narrative 27.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Hand-drawn 8.4%, Text-Based 8.1%
『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 41.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Story Rich 10.4%, Puzzle 7.5%
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 28.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Story Rich 8.4%, Mystery 7.6%
Talewarden is a weird west adventure visual novel. Restore time on a planet where the sun never sets as you explore locations, talk, romance, and bond with your companions. Find the source of the voice in your head and discover why you all fell here from different worlds.
Why similar: Narrative 34.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Mystery 8%, Story Rich 7.9%
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 27.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Story Rich 7.1%
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 13.1%, Linear 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Text-Based 10.3%
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 33.7% ★, Mythology 19.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Story Rich 9%, Puzzle 8.1%
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 34% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Story Rich 7.4%, Choices Matter 7%, Puzzle 6.5%
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 28.9% ★, Mythology 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 10%, Choices Matter 7%
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 36.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Story Rich 9.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Stylized 6.7%
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 30.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
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 25%, Narrative 19.9% ★, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Story Rich 8.1%
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 20.6%, Fantasy 13.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Story Rich 11.3%, Puzzle 10.3%
Dawn Awaits is a 2D narrative adventure that creates an experience akin to controlling an anime movie. The story follows Li Han, a young noodle shop delivery man, whose heart is caught between a school friend and a female teacher to whom he is betrothed in repayment of a debt of gratitude.
Why similar: Narrative 38.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Hand-drawn 8.3%
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 23.9% ★, Mythology 20.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Adventure 9.1%
Violence spreads across Europe as Viking raids intensify. In this choice-driven RPG, your fate is shaped by hard decisions, brutal turn-based combat, and a legacy system where death is permanent—but not the end. Live, die, and fight again. Valhalla awaits.
Why similar: Narrative 31.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Mythology 17.5%, Text-Based 9.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
A short narrative driven walking simulator game about a rural village and its lingering people. Wander around and listen to their stories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Narrative 25.9% ★, Stylized 12.6%, Linear 11.8%, Atmospheric 9%
Firebird is a narrative road trip that takes place in Slavic folklore, in an adventure that ressembles a traditional tale. Aboard your truck, travel to the far north, meet colorful characters, and face the creatures inhabiting these sacred lands.
Why similar: Narrative 30.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Hand-drawn 8%, Text-Based 7.9%
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Why similar: Narrative 21.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 20%, Linear 11.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
Ecliptic is a 3D Puzzle Adventure Game set in the Stars! Inspired by the mythological figures of the horoscope, embark on the hero's journey with the mysterious protagonist on a journey of identity and discovery.
Why similar: Mythology 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Puzzle 8.2%, Linear 7.7%
A visual novel about a man who discovers the existence of another dimension hidden in dreams. Explore and learn the rules of a new reality, meet fellow dreamwalkers and solve the mystery of a disaster in the past. Make decisions, build relationships and strive to reach the best ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.6%, Visual Novel 22%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 12.4%, Mystery 9.7%
A sci fi mystery on a ship drifting through space. Solve dialogue puzzles to help the ship's computer AILISH sift through possible timelines to find which one of them can prevent an impending disaster. What disaster? For some reason, AILISH won't actually tell you...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 9.2%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, Puzzle 8.5%
Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse's death.
Why similar: Mythology 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Story Rich 8.4%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Hand-drawn 7%
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 11.6%, Story Rich 10.9%, Narrative 10.7% ★
Follow Joseph, Eric, and William (as well as a handful of other characters) as they awake from cryogenic stasis at the enigmatic facility known as Intermine Laboratories. But, deep within the abyss exists an ancient evil that is seeking to enact its own twisted machinations ...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Linear 16%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Story Rich 9.4%
Play as a postman delivering the words of others over an ancient mountain path. Journal your observations, think on the world around you and consider how your own voice fits into it all.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Linear 16.6%, Story Rich 16.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Narrative 30.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, Choices Matter 8%
"Do you know a monster that dwells around here?" she asked. An ordinary barkeepers' journey, intertwined with the only survivor from a shrouded monster hunter company, started with this question.
Why similar: Mythology 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Text-Based 10.7%, Story Rich 8.9%
