Games Like Erica

Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.

Why similar: FMV 43.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Multiple Endings 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-production FMV crime thriller that features a branching narrative where every decision significantly impacts the protagonist's fate.

After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.

Why similar: FMV 32% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Female Protagonist 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This FMV psychological thriller features a female protagonist navigating a supernatural mystery, mirroring the tone and structure of Erica.

After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.

Why similar: FMV 48.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Thriller 5.4%, Female Protagonist 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi FMV thriller that emphasizes character-driven choices and multiple endings within a high-stakes, cinematic environment.

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: FMV 26.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Detective 10.2%, Crime 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A groundbreaking FMV investigation game that tasks players with piecing together a non-linear mystery through fragmented video clips.

The Bunker is an award-winning interactive psychological horror movie. You are John, born underground the day the bombs fell, now alone and trying to survive. But when an alarm goes off, a catastrophic chain of events begins. Unlock the dark secrets of your past as you try to escape The Bunker.

Why similar: FMV 65.9% ★, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Story Rich 8.2%, Thriller 7.6%, Mystery 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This live-action psychological thriller shares the claustrophobic atmosphere and intense, choice-driven narrative style of Erica.

Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

Why similar: FMV 30.8% ★, Detective 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Thriller 10.3%, Crime 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This FMV mystery game uses a searchable database of video clips to uncover a complex, multi-layered narrative.

Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Why similar: FMV 36.1% ★, Detective 14%, Crime 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Point & Click 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic FMV detective game that requires players to investigate and catch characters in lies, similar to the investigative focus of Erica.

Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

Why similar: FMV 49% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Detective 7.6%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Cinematic 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-production FMV mystery game that blends historical settings with modern investigative gameplay.

Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Cinematic 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic horror experience where player choices dictate the survival of the cast, capturing the high-stakes tension of Erica.

She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.

Why similar: FMV 38.9% ★, Choices Matter 14.1%, Cinematic 8.3%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A concise and intense FMV thriller that forces players to make snap decisions to uncover the truth behind a crime.

Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!

Why similar: FMV 41.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Cinematic 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced FMV sci-fi mystery that utilizes a time-loop mechanic to explore different narrative outcomes.

Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.

Why similar: Choices Matter 18.3%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Detective 12.9%, Cinematic 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic detective thriller that utilizes quick-time events and branching paths to tell a dark, emotional story.

Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

Why similar: FMV 34% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Thriller 8.4%, Detective 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural FMV thriller filmed entirely during lockdown that focuses on high-tension choices and branching paths.

Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Cinematic 13.6%, Crime 13.4%, Thriller 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive drama that focuses on the long-term consequences of player choices across a multi-generational crime story.

The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters.

Why similar: FMV 65.6% ★, Detective 16.7%, Choices Matter 10%, Mystery 4.4%, Story Rich 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV mystery game where the player must use supernatural abilities to solve a crime by interacting with various suspects.

Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?

Why similar: FMV 28.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Point & Click 8.5%, Detective 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV mystery game that tasks players with infiltrating a cult to find a missing person, emphasizing lore and exploration.

An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

Why similar: FMV 36.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Detective 8%, Crime 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV murder mystery that combines lighthearted humor with a branching investigation structure.

YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

Why similar: FMV 39% ★, Detective 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV mystery game where you play as a psychiatrist attempting to solve a murder by interviewing patients.

Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.

Why similar: FMV 26.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Detective 8.6%, Point & Click 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive FMV drama that focuses on a group of teenagers attempting to escape a restrictive facility.

Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

Why similar: FMV 29.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Detective 10.5%, Point & Click 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural FMV mystery series that features branching paths and a focus on the chemistry between its two lead characters.

Five Dates is an interactive rom-com about the unpredictable world of digital dating. With five potential female matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connection is still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option.

Why similar: FMV 39.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Point & Click 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV interactive experience that uses branching dialogue to explore complex social dynamics and character relationships.

Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.

Why similar: FMV 39.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Detective 10.8%, Crime 10.7%, Thriller 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique FMV detective game that involves digging through a deceased person's digital life to uncover the truth.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Thriller 11.9%, Crime 11.2%, Point & Click 11%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller featuring a female protagonist that focuses on choices and the consequences of dark actions.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Detective 14.4%, Point & Click 12.9%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game with a unique manual facial expression mechanic that influences the branching narrative.

Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.

Why similar: Choices Matter 32.3%, Multiple Endings 23.5%, Cinematic 22.9%, Story Rich 15.5%, Female Protagonist 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic experience that offers immense branching possibilities based on player choices in a high-stakes sci-fi setting.

The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Detective 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Crime 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that features a 'Mind Palace' mechanic for investigation and detective work.

A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.

Why similar: Choices Matter 29.8%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Cinematic 21.3%, Story Rich 15.2%, Thriller 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic supernatural thriller that follows a female protagonist through a life-altering narrative with significant choice-based outcomes.

A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

Why similar: FMV 36.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Point & Click 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A high-production FMV game that puts you in the control room of a news station, where your choices shape the broadcast and the world.

You are blackmailed in Hacked: The Streamer. Investigate clues, make impactful decisions, and shape your story to uncover the culprit is in this thrilling interactive movie. The fate of PinkyPie, a fan-favorite streamer, is in your hands.

Why similar: FMV 33.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.3%

An FMV horror-thriller. A famous fitness influencer must fight for survival when she's hunted by killers. Your decisions determine whether she lives or dies.

Why similar: FMV 33% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Cinematic 9.4%, Thriller 7.7%

A live-action, interactive action movie following Mia, a plucky barmaid whose life is thrown into chaos when a mysterious woman turns up at her workplace, on the run from a group of violent thugs and unable to speak English.

Why similar: FMV 29.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Cinematic 8.8%, Choices Matter 8%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented FMV game that features branching paths and multiple endings based on combat and dialogue choices.

"Mutes" is a live-action mystery game. From a third-person perspective, you will make critical choices, engage in deductive reasoning to communicate for the protagonist, and perform quick-time reactions to survive a murder mystery.

Why similar: FMV 45.5% ★, Detective 13%, Cinematic 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Puzzle 6.5%

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: FMV 31.1% ★, Detective 12.5%, Point & Click 10.9%, Thriller 9%, Psychological Horror 8%

Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.

Why similar: FMV 39.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Cinematic 10%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.1%

Bloodshore is an interactive action movie about a televised battle royale between high-profile streamers, entertainers and death row inmates. You control the fate of Nick, a washed-up actor who fights for a life-changing cash prize.

Why similar: FMV 36.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Point & Click 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%, Cinematic 6.9%

Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Crime 14.9%, Thriller 14.1%, Point & Click 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%

A worn out detective with his demons to fight and a homicide case to solve. Deluded is an interactive crime thriller movie with point-and-click investigation and adrenaline pumped quick time events.

Why similar: FMV 31.3% ★, Detective 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Thriller 10.9%

This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.

Why similar: FMV 35.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Detective 11.4%, Cinematic 9.5%, Crime 8.1%

In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?

Why similar: FMV 50.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.5%

Search through the interrogation footage of suspects of a bizarre and horrific crime. Decide who committed the crime and see them get arrested and have their day in court. The latest interactive video experience.

Why similar: FMV 35.3% ★, Detective 10.8%, Thriller 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Crime 8.6%

An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).

Why similar: FMV 31.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Detective 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Cinematic 8.6%

A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.

Why similar: Detective 16.6%, Thriller 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Point & Click 10.9%

Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Thriller 21.3%, Detective 16%, Cinematic 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%

Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Thriller 12%, Point & Click 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game. A retired ace soldier, four girls, a hidden chamber at home, genetic cloning tech... Experience interactive VR panoramic evidence searching with this game and decide your own ending. Every choice you make is crucial!

Why similar: FMV 33.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Cinematic 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%

An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.

Why similar: FMV 32.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Point & Click 9.8%, Cinematic 8.7%

A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

Why similar: FMV 37.9% ★, Detective 15%, Point & Click 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%

Use a special video camera that can rewind time to explore memories of the past in TAPE: Unveil the Memories, a first-person narrative mystery adventure set in 1990s Northern Spain.

Why similar: FMV 57.2% ★, Thriller 17.7%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Story Rich 8.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.

Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Cinematic 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Thriller 14.1%

In front of you lies a classic FMV point and click adventure game. Can you stop a serial killer who is murdering his way through Vienna? Experience a week in the life of Markus Ritter, who really just wants to lie on the couch at home, but suddenly has to juggle a job, love and the supernatural.

Why similar: FMV 36.5% ★, Detective 12.5%, Point & Click 12.4%, Thriller 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10%

In"FLAM EVAW ", you will continue to embody the community detective Maple Kurosawa, using your powerful detective and hacker skills to embark on a journey of investigation against the Rainbow Crime Organization with several female assistants of different styles.

Why similar: FMV 45.3% ★, Detective 14.6%, Cinematic 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9%, Story Rich 5.7%

Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

Why similar: Thriller 20%, Psychological Horror 19%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Cinematic 17.2%, Story Rich 10.6%

The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Cinematic 10.4%

Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.4%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Mystery 12.4%, Gore 11.9%, Puzzle 10.4%

Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.

Why similar: FMV 43.6% ★, Detective 14.7%, Point & Click 10.8%, Choices Matter 6.9%, Puzzle 6.4%

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Detective 15%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Thriller 10.8%

You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

Why similar: FMV 44.8% ★, Choices Matter 13%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Cinematic 7%

Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.

Why similar: FMV 54.8% ★, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Psychological Horror 6.7%, Choices Matter 5.9%

Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.3%

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 35.2%, Psychological Horror 31%, Story Rich 14.2%, Gore 8.5%, Puzzle 6.8%