60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Atmospheric, Mystery, Indie.
The darkness surrounding the Odyssey Coffee House is undeniable, but what’s the connection behind these unusual occurrences? Who’s the culprit? Dark Brew is a mystery/thriller cafe simulator set amongst the stars. Play as Leon the racoon, and manage the coffee house while talking to patrons.
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June. No matter what you do—or don’t—days keep moving. But some choices stay. Some things don’t come back. This is that kind of story.
Halsey Row
People come to the shop on Halsey Row to sell the memories they can't carry and buy the ones they can't live without. Appraise what they bring. Decide what it's worth, and who you'll sell it to. Run an honest shop, or a darker one, and piece together what this street is hiding.
June. No matter what you do—or don’t—days keep moving. But some choices stay. Some things don’t come back. This is that kind of story.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 25.8% ★, Mystery 11.2%, Emotional 9.8%, Dark 9.7%, Story Rich 8.2%
People come to the shop on Halsey Row to sell the memories they can't carry and buy the ones they can't live without. Appraise what they bring. Decide what it's worth, and who you'll sell it to. Run an honest shop, or a darker one, and piece together what this street is hiding.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39% ★, Dark 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Story Rich 7.9%
Maybe you didn’t do it… but you watched. The Sin of Fabien is a psychological horror experience woven around guilt, denial, and silence, where every choice reshapes the world and the story. Each decision brings you closer to the truth… or pulls you further away from it forever.
Why similar: Thriller 22.4%, Dark 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 8.5%
You will work night shift at Wrapix Doner in the eerie corner of Germany, but it unfolds irregular activities. It is harder to tell who is protecting or hunting you. You will take orders from strange customers and survive the night. Whatever you do, don't ask too many questions.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.5% ★, Thriller 28.5%, Dialogue Heavy 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Simulation 5.8%
Run a night-shift bakery inside a quarantine zone. Every customer looks human at first. Check their symptoms, fill the report, and make the call — bread, medicine, or the knife. Keep your supplies stocked and beware what waits outside the glass.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.9% ★, Mystery 12.3%, Thriller 12.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Choices Matter 6.7%
Run a late-night burger shop during a deadly outbreak. Cook orders, identify infected customers, and stop the Silent Plague before your town is lost.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 28.5% ★, Thriller 19.2%, Mystery 13%, Simulation 8.2%, Story Rich 7.1%
A roadtrip ends abruptly, causing yourself to go down a spiral of horror.
Why similar: Thriller 33%, Dark 14.9%, Emotional 14.3%, Mystery 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%
"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...
Why similar: Thriller 24.8%, Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Mystery 14.4%, RPG 11.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
Run a weaponsmith shop in dark medieval city of Greyhaven. Sell weapons, manage gold, debt, materials, and fame, while customers, beggars, bandits, and rumors reveal the consequences of every choice.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.1% ★, RPG 10.7%, Story Rich 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Simulation 8.1%
Camp Whittlewood is an old-school horror RPG. You've been dropped off for a weekend of outdoor fun, but soon find bullies are the least of your problems when a twisted campfire story begins to come true.
Why similar: RPG 24.9%, Thriller 21.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Welcome to Anssoloin's new postman! After years of hard work, you've finally been able to buy your own post office by the sea. Learn more about the village and its residents through your work. Will you be able to fit in your new community? Sort the mail, discover new things, chat, and relax.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Simulation 10%, RPG 9.9%, Emotional 7.5%
Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.
Why similar: Thriller 28.6%, Mystery 16.3%, RPG 13.4%, Dark 8.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
In the office of the afterlife, you weigh the dead. Read each soul's ledger, hear their final plea, and seal them to Heaven or Hell. But the Director's doctrine is harsh — and the souls you judge may know your name.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Mystery 12%, Dark 10.4%, Emotional 9.6%
A horror adventure that tasks you with detecting the Unseen to escape the facility's labyrinths alive.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Mystery 12.1%, Emotional 9.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Top-Down 8.7%
Arcadia Cafe - domestic horror in early 2000s. Work the night shift as a student at a roadside cafe. Meet bizarre guests, get cash for your job, but beware — homecoming may be much more horrible than you expect.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.9% ★, Thriller 18.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 8%, Simulation 7.7%
At your grandfather's old tea house, every customer who walks in has a story worth hearing. Brew drinks, serve an odd cast of regulars, build deep connections — and maybe find love along the way. Years of family secrets are waiting to surface.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.9%, Shop Keeper 22.1% ★, Emotional 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
'UNCULT' is a Adventure where the protagonist, the daughter of a cult leader, suffers from amnesia after an accident in a fanatical pseudo-religious group. Now, she must piece together her obscured past, facing numerous challenges and uncovering the truth. Your decisions will shape her destiny.
Why similar: Thriller 22.8%, Mystery 13.8%, RPG 9%, Story Rich 8.6%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
Play as five human heroes in this pacifist 2D RPG taking place in a world where some friendly (and not so friendly) angels conduct balance and harmony together... and where your only instruments for fighting are words and melodies.
Why similar: Emotional 13.9%, RPG 12.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
A mysterious and sinister presence stalks you back to your cabin, where you and your brother are all alone.
Why similar: Simulation 15.1%, Story Rich 13.8%, Emotional 12%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Thriller 11.5%
At an isolated gas station in the 1990s, Cole takes a night-shift job that comes with a room to stay in. As you serve customers, unexplained events begin to unfold in this psychological horror game.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 28.8% ★, Thriller 20.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 8.5%, Dark 7.9%
Play as Iris, a burnt-out goddess who opens a midnight bakery in a sleepless city. Read customers’ emotions as color and craft cakes to comfort them, while hiding from the gods searching for her.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 33.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 23.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Story Rich 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%
A PSX-style horror game where you operate an elevator, check employees' IDs and information, and detect anomalies among the passengers.
Why similar: Thriller 21%, Mystery 19.3%, Simulation 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Retro 7.1%
In a postwar world where even memories can be used as collateral, you become the owner of a small pawnshop. Speak with customers, judge the value of their memories and belongings, and over 30 days of running the shop, uncover forgotten truths and the story of the protagonist.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 58.6% ★, Simulation 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Atmospheric 4.9%
Run a second-hand shop. Hear out your customers, value strange items, and make your offer. Some lie, some hide important details, and some deals may bring more into your shop than you bargained for.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35% ★, Thriller 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Mystery 11%, Simulation 7.8%
Alone and lost for falling asleep on the first day of school, the only option left for Tsuki Ito is to trust a peculiar-looking girl with a radiant presence. Follow this story of romance and suspense inspired by the classic tale of "Little Red Riding Hood."
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.6%, Thriller 20.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Dark 8.3%
A hitchhiking journey through empty roads where every car could be your salvation… or your end. Walk through desolate places and encounter bizarre strangers along the way. Talk, decide, and survive unpredictable encounters as rumors of a roadside killer spread. While travelling towards the unknown.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21%, Thriller 14.5%, Mystery 13.4%, Dark 10.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
Appraise cursed objects in a Japanese horror pawnshop sim. Five tools examine the object itself, and what you find is your evidence. Call an item cursed and take it in: right, and it becomes a vessel for the final night; wrong, and you are stuck with junk you overpaid for. The call is always yours.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.7% ★, Thriller 20%, Simulation 14.2%, Mystery 9.8%, Dark 9.2%
Shop Crush is a shop-owner simulator and visual novel set in the early 2000s. Stock a wide variety of goods, haggle with shoppers, and manage your reputation. Get to know your regulars and peel back the illusions tied to each persona as you slowly uncover the horrifying truth.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37% ★, Dialogue Heavy 20.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Dark 7.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
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: Thriller 25.4%, Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Mystery 15%, Dark 10.4%, Story Rich 9%
A stranger calls at 3:33 AM. They know your name. Choose your words carefully in this fully voiced psychological horror game.
Why similar: Thriller 25.7%, Mystery 16.2%, Dark 11.7%, Horror 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.2%
Renting a small shop and opening a barber shop, Vito meets a woman who works alone next to his shop and he feels like he's falling in love with her, but... is she okay?
Why similar: Thriller 26%, Shop Keeper 20.9% ★, Mystery 14.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Emotional 7.7%
You'll open a potion shop in Sacred Heart City and learn about the reasons for the decline of Sacred Heart City by meeting a wide variety of customers. This is a story-based business simulation game, the main gameplay is that the customer asks you to make the right potion according to the request.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 49.3% ★, RPG 11.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Story Rich 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.8% ★, Thriller 20.3%, Dark 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
The Lightkeeper Is Gone is a retro-styled horror adventure set in the 1930's on a lone island. Take on the job of keeping the lighthouse while discovering the story of those that came before.
Why similar: Thriller 21.9%, Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Mystery 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
Paperback is a short horror game that takes place in a public library at night with an aggressive thunderstorm raging in the vicinity where you take on the role of the newly hired novice librarian, Max.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 41.1% ★, Mystery 15.1%, Simulation 10.7%, Dark 9.7%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
⚠️ KnitBone is a story-driven psychological horror visual novel, where the therapist is more traumatized than the patient.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23%, Mystery 11.7%, Dark 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
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: Thriller 23.6%, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Mystery 16.6%, Story Rich 9.9%, Dark 9.5%
The Last Lodge is a medieval psychological horror game where you work as an innkeeper. Listen closely to your patrons' stories, prepare their orders, and ultimately, choose which traveller has visited their very last lodge.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Mystery 8.2%, Dark 7.9%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
Infinite flow × mild horror × ensemble visual novel. Join this doomsday carnival together with the young girls
Why similar: Thriller 30.4%, Mystery 19.6%, RPG 16.7%, Funny 9.9%, Story Rich 9.5%
Every step forward rewrites your past. Dive into a cinematic fusion of first-person horror and novel. Featuring branching choices, and emotional storytelling.
Why similar: Thriller 25.2%, Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Story Rich 10.2%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Atmospheric 8%
Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?
Why similar: Thriller 27.9%, Dark 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Story Rich 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
A first-person pixel-style inspection and stealth simulation game. Check visitor identities, search computer records, approve or reject NPCs, assign rooms, and sneak through the building at night to find evidence and uncover who can be trusted.
Why similar: Thriller 25.7%, Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Simulation 9.1%, Dark 8.7%
With your shop on the line, meet unique characters and craft potions of every flavor in this short, light-hearted game. From giant constructs to quirky little creatures, listen to their troubles and mix the right ingredients to create a potion that soothes their hearts and satisfies their cravings!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.4% ★, RPG 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Story Rich 6.3%
A demon is trying to kill you and your friends, and it's all that you can do to survive. How can you stop it permanently? How many of your friends have to die before it's all over? Try and make the best choices you can in this pulse-pounding horror visual novel!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Thriller 15.1%, Dark 11.1%, Mystery 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
r/nosleep is a short horror game series with episodes inspired by and adapted from posts on the r/nosleep subreddit. Night Shift at Paradise Valley Pool episode is the story of a night shift pool maintenance worker and his bizarre experiences during his first day on the job.
Why similar: Thriller 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Mystery 13.4%, Dark 12%, Simulation 10.4%
Lingering Shadow is a psychological horror puzzle game set in a 2000s small town. On her birthday, Lanlan returns home to find her father missing. To find him, she must navigate eerie streets and piece together nostalgic yet unsettling memories to uncover a dark truth.
Why similar: Thriller 20.2%, Mystery 17.4%, Story Rich 10.4%, Emotional 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
Your two best friends just broke up, its up to you to figure out why and whose fault it is. Good thing you’re a detective!
Why similar: Thriller 34.8%, Dark 16%, Emotional 11.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 10%
This is a 10 minute short story game adapted from real events. Players will follow the perspective of the female protagonist, click on items or move through the prompts of the scene and tags, and experience this unexpected family upheaval.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.6%, RPG 27.1%, Mystery 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
Delve into a psychological sci-fi shooter, masterfully leading a team of 5 characters to harmonious combat brilliance. Navigate heartwarming connections and intense drama, unlocking enhanced combat capabilities to conquer hostile alien fauna and unveil the mystery behind parental disappearance.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22%, RPG 12.8%, Top-Down 9.7%, Mystery 9.5%, Emotional 9%
Craft uncanny totems. Aid troubled townsfolk. Uncover the darkness below. The Totemist is a narrative-driven occult shop sim set in a quietly strange town, where you craft charms inspired by real witchcraft, aid troubled townspeople, and uncover the ancient force festering beneath them.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36% ★, Mystery 17.7%, Dark 12.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Story Rich 6.5%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.2%, Thriller 20%, Mystery 11.4%, Dark 10%, Story Rich 8.1%
Run a street food stall that the Regime gave you, in a country the Regime runs. No one will go hungry, the government says so. Cook, serve. Talk to your customers, and sometimes to the people who come to threaten you.
Why similar: Thriller 32.2%, Shop Keeper 30.1% ★, Simulation 12.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%
"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...
Why similar: Thriller 23.3%, Mystery 13.6%, Dark 11.6%, Story Rich 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8%
No more job in the city. Managed to find one in the middle of nowhere. Stevedore. Crane worker. It feels off, but you need money. Stevedore is a short industrial horror game where you take a role of a crane worker. Lift containers, load ships and complete your contract. What could go wrong?
Why similar: Thriller 26.9%, Dark 18.1%, Mystery 15.4%, Simulation 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.8%
A card shop management simulation game where you spot scalpers exploiting card games for profit. Build a beloved store as you choose whether to ban them or keep trading. Your choices may lead the story in unexpected directions.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 20.9% ★, Mystery 19.7%, Simulation 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Story Rich 9%
Manage your café, meet new friends, and serve unique drinks as new stories unfold every day in Coffee & Fox! Can you handle everything this place has to offer?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Simulation 7.3%, Top-Down 6.9%
Run your bar as a gorilla and hunt down the humans in animal costumes hiding among your customers. Observe them closely, spot the clues that give their disguises away, test their slogans, and blow the imposters away with your shotgun. Choose your targets wisely... or become the hunted.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.8% ★, Thriller 15.9%, Mystery 13.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Choices Matter 6.9%
PSYCHO CASKET is the definitive emo RPG. Play as a vampire and make the ultimate decision- the lives of your friends, or those of the entire world? It's been waiting for you. Yes, YOU.
Why similar: Thriller 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Mystery 12.5%, Emotional 10.6%, RPG 9%
Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.8%, Dark 11.4%, Funny 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Story Rich 8.9%
Run a Taiwanese breakfast shop in this fast-paced time-management sim! Fry egg crepes, deep-fry nuggets, and mix drinks by hand. Every round ends in a frantic Rush Hour. Serve 31 customer types, catch dine-and-dashers, survive health inspections, and grow a roadside stall into a legend.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 52.9% ★, Simulation 19.7%, RPG 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, 2D 2.5%
