60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Female Protagonist, Indie, Singleplayer.
DOT’S HOME is a single-player, 2D, narrative-driven video game that follows a young Black woman in Detroit living in her grandmother’s beloved home, as she travels through time to relive key moments in her family’s history where race, place, and home collide in difficult choices.
Venba
Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.
Closer the Distance
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.
Why similar: Narrative 47.2% ★, Female Protagonist 15.7%, 1980s 15.3%, Choices Matter 9%, Story Rich 5.5%
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
Why similar: Narrative 50.6% ★, Point & Click 16%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Story Rich 6.5%
A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while attempting to find your place in the world.
Why similar: Narrative 45.3% ★, Point & Click 20%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Exploration 7%, Story Rich 6.9%
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 59.2%, Exploration 18.2%, Story Rich 14.6%, Casual 4.4%, Indie 3.6%
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Narrative 38.8% ★, Point & Click 21.1%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Story Rich 7.4%, Exploration 7%
Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you follow Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called island paradise.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Narrative 23.8% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Exploration 9.4%
Embark on a heartwarming journey as a home cleaning specialist.
Why similar: Narrative 84.1% ★, Exploration 7%, Choices Matter 5.4%, Casual 3.2%, Indie 0.3%
Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Narrative 36.5% ★, Point & Click 17.5%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Story Rich 5.7%
🚗 Take part in a roller coaster of emotions with Louise embarking on a road trip of a lifetime through the late 1960s USA, trying to show her son Mitch how to navigate the often cruel modern world. Your choices matter! ✅
Why similar: Narrative 37% ★, Point & Click 17.8%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
"The Path Home" is a 2D pixel-art puzzle game where you explore a strange world with a girl. Use panels to "flip" black and white tiles and reshape the puzzle world. The girl always searches for the "shortest path to the goal," but avoiding fake goals and reuniting her with the crow is up to you.
Why similar: 2D 43.6%, Story Rich 40.2%, Singleplayer 13.6%, Indie 2.6%
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 45.4% ★, Point & Click 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Exploration 5.5%
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
Why similar: Point & Click 30.2%, Female Protagonist 25.3%, Exploration 12.4%, 1990's 12.3%, 2D 8.4%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Narrative 34.5% ★, Point & Click 20.9%, Female Protagonist 18%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 6.3%
Inua is a narrative game in which three protagonists have their destinies intertwined decades apart in the same locations in the far north. Explore each era, collect ideas and manipulate their minds to change the course of history.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Text-Based 24.5%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Story Rich 12.8%, Historical 6.7%
Moving Through Life is a relaxing 3D game about arranging furniture and items in different stages of life. Make choices that affect your belongings and rooms in subtle ways. Discover the story of the heroine and how your decisions shape her life.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Female Protagonist 25.8%, Story Rich 24.5%, Casual 8.6%, Singleplayer 8.4%
Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who’s the first person you’d meet? An interactive story about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present... After meeting her, summer will never be the same again...Who is she, and what journey awaits you?
Why similar: Narrative 44.4% ★, Female Protagonist 26.8%, Story Rich 9.8%, Time Travel 8.5% ★, Casual 3.7%
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Why similar: Narrative 55.4% ★, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Story Rich 8%, 1990's 3.8%
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost family secrets in this touching formative journey.
Why similar: Narrative 61.8% ★, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Exploration 7.9%, Story Rich 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%
A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 47.7%, Story Rich 24.6%, Casual 15.3%, Singleplayer 9.2%, Indie 3.2%
Brassheart is an adventure game set in the alternative 1920s, inspired by dieselpunk and the classics of the genre. In this world, you play as Pola, a spunky pilot. She follows the clues that may provide a way to save her father kidnapped by his own invention, a rebellious supermachine, Valkiria.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.3%, Female Protagonist 29.6%, Alternate History 10.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, 2D 6.5%
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 45.2%, Exploration 23%, Story Rich 22%, Casual 6%, Singleplayer 3.2%
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
Why similar: Point & Click 41.8%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Exploration 14.8%, 2D 11.6%, Time Travel 10.9% ★
What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.2%, Female Protagonist 30.9%, Exploration 14.4%, Story Rich 12.9%, Casual 3.4%
Blackhaven is a first-person narrative game that follows Kendra Turner, a college intern at Blackhaven Hall, a historic mansion burned during the American Revolution. Working alone on a holiday, Kendra uncovers a trail of secrets and misdeeds that spans centuries and may determine her future.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 35.8%, Story Rich 23%, Exploration 21.5%, Historical 14.8%, Singleplayer 4.1%
Undusted: Letters from the Past is a casual game in which you clean and restore dirty items. What is her story as she returns to a long-neglected house? Enjoy the satisfying audiovisuals featuring sensually designed sounds and graphics.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 58.7%, Story Rich 28%, Casual 7.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Indie 1.6%
A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.8%, Female Protagonist 24%, Text-Based 21.7%, 1990's 16.4%, Story Rich 9.6%
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.
Why similar: Text-Based 46.6%, Alternate History 17.6%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Story Rich 7.2%
Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 84%, Casual 6%, Singleplayer 5.5%, Indie 4.4%
Step into a quiet, abandoned Ukrainian village, left empty after the Calamity. In this short, meditative, and melancholic journey, you’ll rekindle the hearths of deserted homes, restoring warmth and hope to the families who once lived here.
Why similar: Exploration 32.2%, Female Protagonist 30.5%, Point & Click 20.6%, Story Rich 6.2%, Casual 5.8%
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.9%, Female Protagonist 28.5%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Story Rich 9.2%
A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy student girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, the clues are intertwined, who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.9%, Point & Click 23%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Text-Based 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
The Cavern of Time is an RPG/Adventure game where you guide the journey of a young girl. Can you find the magical locket in this perilous realm and cure your beloved grandmother's illness? Visit the Cavern of Time and find out!
A narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a toll keeper in the fictional country of Janapa, a nation on the brink of chaos. Navigate daily challenges and make difficult moral choices to survive—all for the sake of your unborn child.
Why similar: Point & Click 35%, 1990's 19.1%, Narrative 15% ★, Choices Matter 11.7%, 2D 9.9%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 55.3%, Story Rich 22.4%, Casual 12.1%, Singleplayer 6.7%, Indie 3.5%
Tales Across Time is a story-driven RPG experience from the creator of 8-Bit Adventures: The Forgotten Journey. It uses the classic short-story format to tell the tale of three different characters...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 49.3%, Story Rich 20%, 2D 17.4%, Singleplayer 8.7%, Indie 4.6%
Down the Rabbit Hole is an adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.4%, Female Protagonist 32.7%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Story Rich 6.2%, Singleplayer 5.1%
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Point & Click 27%, Choices Matter 22.4%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Story Rich 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 50.3%, Story Rich 15.8%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, 2D 10%, Singleplayer 6%
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.5%, Multiple Endings 23.3%, Choices Matter 22.4%, Story Rich 22%, 2D 4.9%
A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.
Why similar: Narrative 46.2% ★, Text-Based 22.1%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Story Rich 7.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 33.8%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Story Rich 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, 2D 10.3%
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.
Why similar: 1990's 41.5%, Story Rich 24.8%, Exploration 23.7%, Singleplayer 8.2%, Indie 1.8%
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?
Why similar: Point & Click 39.5%, Female Protagonist 32%, Story Rich 10.7%, 2D 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Virago herstory is about a little girl called Willow who after running away from her home becomes a victim of stalking
Why similar: Exploration 36%, Female Protagonist 34.2%, 2D 23.4%, Singleplayer 4.9%, Indie 1.5%
A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 40.4%, Point & Click 34.6%, Story Rich 11%, Casual 7%, Singleplayer 5.3%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 98.5%, Female Protagonist 1%, Story Rich 0.2%, Choices Matter 0.1%, Exploration 0.1%
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 37.1%, Point & Click 33.6%, Story Rich 15.8%, Exploration 12.6%, Indie 0.9%
An adventure game about old computers, community, creativity, fandom, gender, and the internet. Alex Cole is a teenage trans girl in 1999 who has yet to figure herself out. She spends much of her free time on the internet, browsing a fan forum for her favorite magical girl show, and chatting with her friends.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 86.7%, Singleplayer 7%, Indie 6.2%
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Why similar: Point & Click 35.4%, Female Protagonist 30.4%, Exploration 14.9%, Story Rich 11.7%, Singleplayer 4.2%
It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.5%, 1980s 26.5%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%
When Ana receives an unexpected gift from her missing father, she is catapulted headlong into a mystery that will take her on a journey through time. At last she must decide if a perfectly predictable world is a curse on humanity or a triumph for mankind.
Why similar: Point & Click 58.3%, Female Protagonist 29.4%, Time Travel 9.5% ★, Indie 2.8%
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.1%, Text-Based 22.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, 2D 12.1%, Story Rich 10.1%
Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with research, to figure out the ideal habitat of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold…
Why similar: Female Protagonist 47.2%, Exploration 24%, Story Rich 16.6%, Historical 12.2%
What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.
Why similar: Narrative 53.4% ★, Female Protagonist 23%, Story Rich 11.7%, Exploration 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
"My Life with You" is a STORY DRIVEN experience that follows the journey of a young SINGLE MOM who must BALANCE life's challenges while raising her child. An emotional journey focused on the BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD, marked by obstacles, growth, and love.
Why similar: Narrative 49% ★, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Point & Click 15.7%, 2D 6.9%, Casual 4.2%
Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 44.3%, 2D 22.1%, Story Rich 16.7%, Casual 8%, Singleplayer 5.7%
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.2%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Historical 12.3%, Story Rich 12.2%, 2D 10.4%
A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles. Enjoy live acoustic sounds and a story that feels like a musical film!
Why similar: Story Rich 68.5%, 2D 20.1%, Singleplayer 7.9%, Indie 3.5%
Step into Pixel's shoes in this one-of-a-kind journey that bridges time, memories, and the aroma of fresh coffee. Dive deep into a city balancing its past and future. Engage in intense arcade challenges, immerse yourself in heartfelt stories, and navigate a world crafted in pixel art.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 47.3%, Story Rich 19.7%, Choices Matter 16%, 2D 13.4%, Casual 3.6%
