60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Atmospheric, Story Rich, Indie, Choices Matter.
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.
Hummelier 2
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 27% ★, Mystery 11%, Emotional 9.6%, Dark 9.5%, Story Rich 8%
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 40.5% ★, Dark 10.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Story Rich 7.6%
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 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 8.4%
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 37.3% ★, Mystery 12.1%, Thriller 12%, Simulation 9.1%, Choices Matter 6.6%
A roadtrip ends abruptly, causing yourself to go down a spiral of horror.
Why similar: Thriller 33%, Dark 14.9%, Emotional 14.2%, Mystery 13.9%, Atmospheric 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%, Story Rich 8.8%
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 48.6% ★, RPG 10.3%, Story Rich 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Simulation 8%
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 43.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Simulation 9.9%, RPG 9.5%, Emotional 7.3%
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: Shop Keeper 33.9% ★, RPG 19.6%, Emotional 14.8%, Story Rich 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
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 24.8%, Thriller 21.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%
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 12.4%, Mystery 12%, Dark 10.4%, Emotional 9.6%
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 13.3%, Story Rich 8.4%, Dark 8.3%
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 32.2% ★, Thriller 17.7%, Mystery 12.5%, Story Rich 7.8%, Simulation 7.6%
'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 8.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
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 34.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 23.4%, Simulation 9.2%, Story Rich 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
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 35.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 20.9%, Emotional 11.2%, Story Rich 6.9%, Dark 6.6%
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 60% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Atmospheric 4.7%
A mysterious and sinister presence stalks you back to your cabin, where you and your brother are all alone.
Why similar: Simulation 15.3%, Story Rich 13.7%, Emotional 12%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Thriller 11.5%
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 12.8%, Story Rich 11.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
Manage a mysterious second-hand shop where every deal carries a risk. Inspect unusual items, uncover hidden clues with tools such as UV light and scales, negotiate with unpredictable customers, upgrade your shop, and face supernatural events shaped by the cursed objects you choose to buy.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.4% ★, Thriller 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Simulation 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 50.9% ★, RPG 11.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Story Rich 8%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
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 34.1% ★, Thriller 19.9%, Dark 9.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Story Rich 7.1%
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 9.2%, Dark 8.3%
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 25.7%, Shop Keeper 21.9% ★, Mystery 14.5%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Emotional 7.6%
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 42.5% ★, Mystery 14.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Dark 9.4%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
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 25.3%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Mystery 15%, Dark 10.4%, Story Rich 8.9%
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%
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 19%, Mystery 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
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 48.9% ★, RPG 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Story Rich 6.1%
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 18%, Mystery 16.6%, Story Rich 9.8%, Dark 9.5%
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 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
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 8.1%
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%
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 54.3% ★, Simulation 19.3%, RPG 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, 2D 2.4%
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 37.4% ★, Mystery 17.3%, Dark 12.4%, Simulation 7.2%, Story Rich 6.4%
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 45.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Simulation 7.2%, Top-Down 6.8%
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 9.2%, Dark 8.7%
SoulBite is a 2D pixel-art restaurant sim. You're the chef of a small diner where guests share stories and secrets. Listen to their words, figure out what they truly crave, and serve the perfect dish. A cozy, heartwarming experience where every meal tells a story. Welcome, Chef.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.3% ★, Simulation 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Funny 6.9%
"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%, Pixel Graphics 8%
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 17.2%, Mystery 13.4%, Dark 12%, Simulation 10.6%
A psychological horror experience set in a lonely video rental store. Serve customers, manage your business, and survive the eerie events that unfold after dark.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.9% ★, Thriller 25.6%, Mystery 15.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
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 29.7%, RPG 26.9%, Mystery 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Story Rich 7.3%
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 21.9% ★, Simulation 19.4%, Mystery 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Story Rich 8.8%
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 20.3%, Thriller 20%, Mystery 11.4%, Dark 9.9%, Story Rich 8%
Night shift alone at a cursed gas station. Pump gas, stock shelves, clean, and work the register. But you are not alone. An authentic job simulator fused with psychological horror where you must maintain the routine to survive the anomalies watching you.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 36.9% ★, Thriller 16.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Dark 8.9%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
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%
A narrative 2D single-player game about working in an underground tobacco shop, funding a collapsing film project, taking on tasks, exploring a dangerous city, and watching reality gradually break apart.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, RPG 8.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Dark 8.2%
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 12.7%, Top-Down 9.8%, Mystery 9.5%, Emotional 9%
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 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%
A PSX Horror where the bizarre is routine. Survive 5 nights managing a gas station infested by 10 entities with unique death animations. Unravel the mystery buried beneath the fuel pumps before your shift ends in one of 3 endings.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 47.4% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Mystery 12.8%, Horror 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.2%
KILL YOUR FRIENDS /// SAVE THE WORLD PSYCHO CASKET is an interactive RPG about a vampire and her impossible decision. It's been waiting for you. Yes, YOU.
Why similar: Thriller 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Mystery 12.5%, Emotional 10.6%, RPG 8.9%
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 10%, Top-Down 8.8%
A retired hero runs an inn within the living forest, but strange shadows and awakening ruins draw him back into mystery. Unravel a rising curse, explore forgotten magic, and step into an adventure shaped by every traveler.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43.7% ★, RPG 18.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Simulation 7.6%, Top-Down 7.6%
Run your own pub in this atmospheric and story-rich job simulator. Featuring a full brewing pipeline, dynamic NPCs, side quests, bar upgrades and expansions, branching dialogue, a freely explorable city, and a deep narrative set in dystopian Napolis City.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.2% ★, Thriller 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Story Rich 8.1%, Simulation 7.7%
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 42.5% ★, Mystery 13.1%, Thriller 10.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Choices Matter 6.9%
Infinite flow × mild horror × ensemble visual novel. Join this doomsday carnival together with the young girls
Why similar: RPG 27.1%, Thriller 25.6%, Mystery 18.7%, Funny 8%, Story Rich 7.4%
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Thriller 26.6%, Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, Mystery 8.4%, Simulation 7.2%
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: Thriller 22.1%, Mystery 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.4%
The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.
Why similar: Thriller 26.9%, Mystery 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
As the boss, evaluate the proposals that come your way. Manage your nightclub’s reputation. Beat up thieves and put out fires.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 56.1% ★, RPG 14.8%, Simulation 14.5%, Funny 4.4%, Atmospheric 4.2%
