60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Adventure, Singleplayer, Narrative.
Rescued at birth from a life of bondage, Eddie resolves to win his mother’s freedom from the tyranny of his father by defeating him when they meet in the arena. Join Eddie as he fights for his life in this non-combat adventure to dethrone a champion and rescue a slave.
Forgotten Fields
Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.
Carry Onward
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.
Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.
Why similar: Narrative 23.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Cinematic 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
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 26.4% ★, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Story Rich 7.7%
Time is the only thing we can't resist. Some people and things will never be found once they are lost. In the dark, a man was walking alone. The moment when you turn back, don't forget the place where came from!
Why similar: Narrative 27.3% ★, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Story Rich 7.1%
In this first-person narrative experience, you step into the shoes of a young girl. Explore a rural farmhouse and witness everyday family life through her eyes. Across 13 consecutive days, you'll realize that your family is not what it seems. Will you notice what everyone else leaves unsaid?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.8%, Narrative 24.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Story Rich 8.1%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Narrative 16% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.6%
THOHH is a first-person narrative game in which you play a food delivery guy. Through a series of vignettes, you cross paths with the residents of a beautiful house on Holland Hill road, where you make frequent deliveries. In the wake of tragedy, something ominous looms behind their front door.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
This game series tells the stories from the ancient Chinese book . This is the first part of the first chapter of the book. Suitable for juveniles.
Why similar: Narrative 44.3% ★, Cinematic 17.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%
Gap Year is a story-focused point & click adventure played through comic book panels that reconfigure as you explore Vera Novak’s one-bedroom apartment. Vera is a bright young scientist, but the arrival of an unexpected guest and a strange fixation with a cosmonaut may derail her academic pursuits.
Why similar: Narrative 25.5% ★, Cinematic 14.6%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Relaxing 8.9%
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.6%, Narrative 15% ★, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Relaxing 7.3%
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Cinematic 15.5%, Narrative 13.2% ★, Visual Novel 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%
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: Cinematic 16%, Narrative 15.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Story Rich 9%
“Thing-in-Itself” is a short interactive story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant’s concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter.
Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%
What would you do if someone close to you suddenly went through major trauma? What sacrifices would you be willing to make to keep your family together? Experience the different perspectives and emotional journeys of four protagonists when their worlds are suddenly turned upside-down.
Why similar: Narrative 27.5% ★, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
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 23.6% ★, Walking Simulator 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
This game is not normal. It has no traditional gameplay loop or world format. In the game, you walk through a room. Each one is just as different as the last. You learn about the people who inhabit the world, known as Meeples, and you learn about the dark secret behind the world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8%
Frog Bard is a short, poetic experience about finding inspiration in the world around you. Explore a simple forest and perform reflective ballads as you travel from inn to inn.
Why similar: Narrative 31.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Relaxing 10.7%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Emotional 6.5%
Tea for Sana is a story-driven exploration game set in a Slavic-inspired fantasy world. You play as Vesna, a spirit healer who is losing her memory. Discover recipes, find new ingredients, and cook traditional dishes to restore the balance between the mountain spirits and the villagers.
Why similar: Narrative 30.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Walking Simulator 9.7%, Story Rich 8.7%
A first-person psychological horror set in rural Finland, where isolation and unsettling encounters slowly turn your housekeeping job into something far more disturbing.
Why similar: Narrative 25% ★, Cinematic 14.1%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%
Jon’s dreams were filled with music and a love life he once had. Now they’ve curdled into nightmares, weaving between memories and unknown realms. Set in the '90s, this immersive first-person psychological walking simulator follows Jon as he realizes… something is stalking him.
Why similar: Narrative 23.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Cinematic 8.3%, Exploration 7.2%
A Pizza Delivery is a narrative exploration game with puzzle elements focused on connecting with people. Share pizza with charming characters to uncover their stories—and your own. Drive and explore a strange, meditative world filled with secrets.
Why similar: Narrative 28.7% ★, Walking Simulator 19.4%, Cinematic 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Exploration 7.9%
A psychological Arabic horror short story. You set off toward the Empty Quarter, off-roading deep into the vast desert, a place meant for peace and clarity.
Why similar: Narrative 22% ★, Walking Simulator 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Cinematic 12%, Adventure 6.5%
RIP Love: A Story of Pain is a narrative-driven experience about love, loss, and betrayal. Explore the emotional weight of grief and depression through interactive storytelling, atmospheric design
Why similar: Narrative 24% ★, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Cinematic 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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 25.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 16%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Story Rich 8.2%
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Cinematic 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Visual Novel 9%, Story Rich 8.9%
Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.3%, Narrative 20% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.3%
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 23%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Narrative 16.1% ★, Story Rich 14.6%, Exploration 7.2%
Your village is dying. Your only hope of saving it is buried in the desert scrapyard, hidden behind mountains of trash // memories. Will you uncover those memories? Or will you blast them to pieces?
Why similar: Narrative 27.4% ★, Walking Simulator 23.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Exploration 11.5%, Story Rich 10.4%
Embark on a heartwarming journey as a home cleaning specialist.
Why similar: Narrative 40% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Relaxing 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Emotional 8%
Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.
Why similar: Narrative 18.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Cinematic 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Walking Simulator 9.6%
A pig farmer decides he no longer wants to dispose of bodies for the mob. What follows is a discussion between him and his would-be killer.
Why similar: Narrative 25.8% ★, Walking Simulator 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Thriller 8.3%
A grounded post-apocalyptic interactive narrative. Fortify the Black Box shelter, manage supplies, trust, and evidence, and decide who survives on either side of the iron gate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Cinematic 17.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Narrative 12% ★
David Lagani is an ordinary Filipino worker whose quiet life turns to dread when a mysterious figure begins breaking into homes and making people disappear. Each night feels longer, every sound closer, and all he can do is pray the footsteps don’t reach his door.
Why similar: Narrative 34.1% ★, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Cinematic 11.7%, Exploration 9%, Thriller 7.7%
A garden caught in eternal recurrence. A god who forgets everything. A witness without rest. In this narrative-driven 2D exploration game, walk, listen, and read your way through four cycles to piece together a truth hidden beneath the surface.
Why similar: Narrative 25.8% ★, Walking Simulator 20%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Exploration 9.6%
ABANTO is a magical realist narrative experience where you explore the ego of a torero, making decisions within his memories that shape his past and reveal the reason behind his death.
Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Story Rich 12.4%, Cinematic 11.2%, Emotional 9.5%, Exploration 9.2%
My Christmas Spirit is a heartfelt visual novel about memory, loss, and acceptance set on Christmas Eve. Follow Toby, a lonely boy guided by a mystical star, as he uncovers pieces of his past and discovers the true meaning of love and the holiday spirit.
Why similar: Narrative 23.4% ★, Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Exploration 12%, Relaxing 10.6%
A short narrative exploration game in which you play as Bean, an unemployed, 20-something, smart-ass. Wander around town, play mini games, feed the geese, and get to know the neighbours as Bean’s sanity begins to slip...
Why similar: Narrative 40.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Exploration 12.9%, Story Rich 9%, Emotional 5.7%
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 26.8% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Cinematic 12.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
Why similar: Narrative 23.6% ★, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Cinematic 9.9%, Exploration 8.6%
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
Why similar: Narrative 21.9% ★, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Cinematic 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%
You control an Artifically Intelligent Quantum Bit (Qubit) completing mysterious Trials. Juggle being controlled by a Superintelligent master of the Infinite and employees of a large, ill-intentioned Corporation while reckoning with the nature of your reality.
Why similar: Narrative 30.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Cinematic 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Exploration 8.1%
A Doctor's Term is a first person, narrative experience with pivotal choices set in an ominous sci-fi government facility: The Ministry of Health — Enter a story of treating menacing medical cases where daily work often defies expectations...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Cinematic 15.8%, Exploration 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%
Silent Wounds is an episodic psychological horror anthology. Each episode offers a compact and intense narrative experience. In this first episode, a man returns home and trades reality for the dangerous, silent obsession with a perfect doll.
Why similar: Narrative 24.9% ★, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Cinematic 11.1%, Story Rich 9.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.7%
CH13: Rest Stop is a psychological horror game set in early 2000s Poland. What begins as a calm drive through the woods turns into something you weren't prepared for... Will you find out what awaits at the end of the road?
Why similar: Narrative 28.2% ★, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Cinematic 13.8%, Thriller 7.8%, Story Rich 7%
The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.
Why similar: Narrative 34.4% ★, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Cinematic 13.8%, Story Rich 9.9%, Stylized 3.6%
A narrative game about grief, memory, and perception. Explore a shifting home that reshapes itself around emotion. What you’re willing to face will determine what you find, or what stays hidden.
Why similar: Narrative 40.4% ★, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Exploration 12.9%, Story Rich 10.3%, Emotional 5.5%
Talk is cheap. Trust is earned. You are stuck on The Destin, a forsaken starship on the brink of oblivion that is controlled by Novah, a sentient AI who holds the key to your survival. Befriend, manipulate, deceive, and persuade your way to freedom in this sci-fi narrative adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Narrative 16.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%
Michael Clow is a photographer who documents what he sees. But after following his neighbor into the woods, his camera begins capturing things he never witnessed.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.9%, Narrative 20.7% ★, Cinematic 13.5%, Exploration 13.1%, Adventure 6.2%
Out On The Water is a short, meditative journey through memory and grief that tells the story of an inattentive father and his last chance to connect with his children. Set adrift in quiet waters that represent each child, catch strange memory fish to uncover the past and face regrets.
Why similar: Narrative 32% ★, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, Emotional 7%
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 29.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Exploration 8.1%
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
Why similar: Narrative 43.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Walking Simulator 13%, Story Rich 11.3%, Emotional 11%
Step into a fractured 00s childhood in the South of England. Inspired by the developer’s real diaries, this autobiographical narrative adventure invites you to uncover Alice’s story by piecing together evocative memories, and following in the footsteps of a young girl’s journey through adolescence.
Why similar: Narrative 26.7% ★, Walking Simulator 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Story Rich 10%, Exploration 7.6%
India ’89 is a story based cooking game, where you are a 10 year old from the UK experiencing a small village in India in 1989. You cook various dishes as a street food vendor in different locations. Explore the joy of village life, family and cooking.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Cinematic 13.2%, Narrative 10.6% ★
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: Walking Simulator 50.4%, Narrative 22.7% ★, Exploration 8.8%, Story Rich 6.4%, Interactive Fiction 3.5%
Hey Dad, this might be a bit strange, but I’ve made a game for you. It’s about you and me, and the walks we used to take. Could you let me know what you think once you’ve finished it? - Junebug
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Exploration 12%, Narrative 10.2% ★, Relaxing 8.4%
Explore an afrofuturistic 3D world scavenging and journaling your way to becoming a wildtender: someone who heals the relationship between humans and more-than-human beings. Reflect on the choices you make, the artifacts you leave behind, and the worlds that will grow out of them.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Dialogue Heavy 23.7%, Exploration 16%, Cinematic 13.2%, Story Rich 10.6%
The Falling Star is a first-person exploration and narrative-driven walking simulator. Following the mother's last wish, the girl embarks on a journey in a dream to uncover the story of her missing aunt’s past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, Exploration 16.9%, Story Rich 14.5%, Relaxing 8.8%, Visual Novel 8.4%
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 34.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Story Rich 8.8%
A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.
Why similar: Narrative 27.5% ★, Walking Simulator 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Exploration 7.9%, Thriller 7.8%
Transit is a dark narrative adventure starring a sarcastic sock puppet in a world looping itself to death. Ride midnight trains through collapsing timelines, free traumatised souls, and search for your sister lost inside the loop.
Why similar: Narrative 31.2% ★, Walking Simulator 16%, Cinematic 15.3%, Exploration 11%, Story Rich 10.3%
In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Exploration 9%, Adventure 7%
