- #1 Aelwater
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yeariver
Windows
Memory has weight. The departed are not gone. Step into a village drowned by flood and memory, and search for the final answer about guardianship and farewell among the shattered past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Investigation 8.6%, Emotional 8%
- #2 The Hidden Room - Pyramid
96% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Mario AmatoPub: Emanuele Avallone
Windows
Solve ancient Mesoamerican riddles inside a mysterious Pyramid. Discover the real history of these fascinating civilizations and uncover hidden secrets of Pyramids and fallen cities. Can you uncover the mysteries of the long-forgotten hidden room?
Why similar: Historical 18.2%, Hidden Object 16.4%, Investigation 12.4%, Logic 10.1%, Exploration 8.5%
- #3 The Haunting of Joni Evers
96% matchVery Positive91% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.6%, Emotional 13.6%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 8.3%
- #4 Echoes From Ciudadela
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kronos Interactive
Windows
Wield your Balearic sling in a first-person puzzle narrative adventure through ancient ruins. Uncover a lost civilization and reactivate forgotten machines to reveal the secrets buried beneath Ciudadela.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.8%, Emotional 12.4%, Puzzle 11.6%, Exploration 10.1%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #5 Once Alive
94% matchVery Positive85% of 459 reviews2024
Dev: Cem Boray YıldırımPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Investigation 18%, Emotional 14.4%, Story Rich 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #6 Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss
94% matchVery Positive88% of 339 reviews2024
Dev: Sarepta StudioPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Emotional 20%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 9%
- #7 Number 217721
93% matchMixed48% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Qu!ckSavePub: My Way Games
Windows
You'd been woken up by an entity which created you. It put you in a testing area and wants you to complete the puzzles and open the end gate. When you open the gate, the test is finished and you complete the task which the entity gave you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.4%, Hidden Object 14.4%, Investigation 10.1%, Puzzle 9.8%, Logic 9.4%
- #8 Motel Styx
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cassandra's Curse Studio
Windows · Mac
Play as three guests of the rundown Motel Styx, overseen by the charming yet guarded Charon (and their cat). Explore your surroundings to uncover Charon's past and forever alter the future of the motel.
Why similar: Historical 17.3%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Exploration 8.1%
- #9 Condo
91% matchVery Positive97% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: FlubbedMachina
Windows · Mac
Unable to sleep, you navigate a quiet condo complex. There's no rush - just you, the building, its inhabitants, and the stories they hold.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Emotional 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #10 Nightmares to be
91% matchMixed67% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: WolfAndOthers
Windows
A scientific research and development facility based in Norilsk, Flow Crop. is attempting to investigate crimes through people's nightmares. The player gets to walk into a virtual world, and investigate the reason for such nightmares. solve puzzles and face enemies.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.7%, Hidden Object 14.5%, Historical 12.5%, Emotional 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #11 Library Game
90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Sophie FischerPub: The Spoon Solutions
Windows
Enter a world where books spring to life. A beautiful Journey about forgiveness and Books awaits you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Emotional 17.4%, Historical 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #12 Disillusion
88% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Disillusion Team
Windows
After an exploratory mission gone wrong, you find yourself crashed on an unknown alien planet, separated from your crew and running out of oxygen. In Disillusion, you explore alien caves in search for your missing crewmates in an attempt to send one final message home.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Emotional 17.2%, Story Rich 14.6%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Puzzle 11.4%
- #13 随风而逝 Story About Times
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: cdhy interactive
Windows
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: Emotional 17.5%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Hidden Object 12.3%, Visual Novel 8%
- #14 Magic Mine
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: TNT studio
Windows
Magic Mine is an adventure-quest hybrid. You embark on a dangerous journey to find your father, a miner on a remote island. Explore diverse locations, solve puzzles, and interact with island locals to uncover clues and track down your missing father.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Hidden Object 23.5%, Exploration 13.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, Linear 7%
- #15 <FAIL.safe>
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Kite Studios
Windows
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 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Emotional 15.5%, Investigation 13.7%, Puzzle 7.8%
- #16 The House On Holland Hill
86% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Hedgefield
Windows
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%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Emotional 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #17 In Waiting
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CynicalMonkeys
Windows
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 20.6%, Walking Simulator 17.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Emotional 10.5%, Puzzle 9%
- #18 Clare's Escape
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Human Sense Design
Windows · Mac
Help real-life 'peasant poet' John Clare on a historical adventure escaping from a mental asylum and guide his epic walk home. Traverse a changing Victorian landscape, encounter ghosts & storytellers, avoid will 'o the wisps and face up to the hallucinations of Clare's shattered mind.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Historical 12.6%, Adventure 8.8%
- #19 Virtual Journey Into the Metaverse
85% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Metaverse Adventures
Windows
Be transported into a detailed, slow moving Dark Ride similar to some of the greatest from World’s Fairs to Disney. Into the Metaverse, is about humanity's quest for ever deeper immersion showing animated scenes from the past, present and future. 14.5 mins that will leave you wanting more.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.2%, Hidden Object 14.2%, Emotional 12%, Historical 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #20 Riven
83% matchVery Positive93% of 2,758 reviews2024
Dev: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.8%, Emotional 13.4%, Investigation 11.6%, Logic 9.9%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #21 Summerland
84% matchVery Positive91% of 1,762 reviews2020
Dev: FYRE Games
Windows
Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Investigation 11.3%, Story Rich 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #22 EscapeGameShow: THE TIMELINE
82% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Hapc
Windows
Dive into an immersive adventure with EscapeGameShow: THE TIMELINE. You participate in a TV game show to try to win the jackpot. Explore fascinating eras by solving complex puzzles that will test your intelligence and ingenuity.
Why similar: Hidden Object 21.2%, Historical 18.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Logic 10.8%
- #23 Antim Yatra
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DSY Studio
Windows
A journalist driven by family legacy set to explore the Belgharh station. While the whole world ages, the station remains trapped in 1940s, following a tragic derailment. Explore a perfectly preserved snapshot of the past, face the heavy atmosphere of a terminal stuck in time, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Hidden Object 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #24 Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,401 reviews2017
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Investigation 10.5%, Exploration 9.8%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #25 Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy
79% matchVery Positive91% of 562 reviews2025
Dev: Microids Studio ParisPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Set off on a quest for the Great White Birds in a mysterious land full of secrets! Answer the call of exploration as you travel to Amerzone, a forgotten Latin American country, to fulfill the last wishes of a late explorer.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Investigation 12.7%, Hidden Object 12.7%, Emotional 11.6%
- #26 Interior Worlds
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: sodaraptorPub: Raptorsoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Snap your own homemade liminal space photos using a mysterious SLR camera as you explore a variety of empty, strange, and familiar spaces.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Hidden Object 18.4%, Exploration 13.3%, Retro 11.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #27 Classroom 0
80% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Fat Arm Studios
Windows
You are stuck in the infinite floors of an eerie Indian school, keep moving, identify every anomaly you see, and reach the 0th floor to finally escape the loop in this Exit-8 style game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Hidden Object 23.1%, Exploration 13.1%, Investigation 12.4%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #28 ONCE UPON A TIME IN MOROCCO
81% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Outcast digital media developpement departePub: outcast digital media
Windows
Explore the ancient and mysterious dreamland of “Once Upon A Time In Morocco”, traveling through the golden sands, discovering their secrets and their ruins, and collecting the Lost Tablets of Self Acceptance.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Hidden Object 13.6%, Historical 13%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #29 Don't Forget
77% matchVery Positive96% of 264 reviews2024
Dev: Evie VerstappenPub: Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don’t Forget is a 3D singleplayer story and exploration game inspired by dementia. Recollect your memories by looking for clues and playing brain-stimulating minigames whilst battling the effects of dementia. Explore three different key events of your life to figure out what has happened.
Why similar: Emotional 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Hidden Object 11.8%, Exploration 8.8%
- #30 GOODBYE WORLD
78% matchVery Positive85% of 837 reviews2022
Dev: YO FUJIIPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
"GOODBYE WORLD" is a narrative adventure game. Play through 12 stages of a puzzle platformer while following the two protagonists through 13 chapters of their story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 12.6%, Emotional 10.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, Walking Simulator 10.1%
- #31 Lobby Cam by Bryn Oh
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Bryn Oh
Windows
An immersive short story walking simulator. Find diary pages to uncover the narrative behind a man who discovers a new channel on his TV. A melancholy story about the grey etiquette of technology.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Emotional 15.7%, Investigation 13.9%, Hidden Object 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #32 Grief
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: VimmGames
Windows
Grief is a psychological horror game with a dark, scary atmosphere. The game takes place in a Soviet-style apartment somewhere in Estonia in 1998.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.3%, Hidden Object 23.1%, Exploration 13%, Emotional 12.4%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #33 Selenelion
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SLM
Windows
A portal back to August, Friday the 13th, 2021.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Hidden Object 12.9%, Emotional 10.9%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #34 Atlas Protocol - Escape Room
76% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: B Rain Logic Labs
Windows
You appear in an abandoned facility without knowing how or when you arrived. "Atlas Protocol" will immerse you in an intriguing adventure full of mystery and suspense. Will you be able to unravel the enigma hidden in every corner? Dare to find out.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Walking Simulator 15.4%, Logic 12%, Hidden Object 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%
- #35 Bean Sidhe
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Sealbee Games
Windows
Bean Sidhe (banshee) is a narrative walking sim through Irish and modern history featuring fully voiced interactions and colorful 3D landscapes.
Why similar: Historical 20%, Walking Simulator 19.1%, Emotional 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #36 Soviet Anomaly 7
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Ghostbe Studio
Windows
Investigate an abandoned Soviet-era building with anomalous properties. As a researcher, you must navigate the eerie, ever-changing corridors to uncover the truth. One wrong move could send you back to the beginning. Explore. Survive. Don’t miss the anomaly.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Emotional 17.3%, Investigation 13.8%, Logic 10.6%, Hidden Object 9.6%
- #37 Bump in the Night
74% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Absolutely Cookage
Windows
You are trapped in a terrible dream. Observe your surroundings carefully and discern whether you are truly in your own home, or if you are experiencing a waking nightmare.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Hidden Object 21.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Logic 7.2%
- #38 A Tale Of Misery
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Ghast Games Studio
Windows
Run, hide, and solve puzzles in this psychological, first-person mystery thriller where the player must use limited abilities to search and locate lost memories while navigating dangerous environments in which dark entities are hunting them down.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Hidden Object 17.6%, Emotional 15.2%, Exploration 9.1%
- #39 Unhomely
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio 8-Track
Windows
Unhomely is a retro-inspired first person psychological indie horror game. You play a journalist who has 3 days alone in a reclusive tech CEO's cabin to get the exclusive on his new project and save your career.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Investigation 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Retro 10.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #40 The Puzzler
73% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Light It Up Studio
Windows
The Puzzler is a first-person escape room style puzzle game where you must solve challenging puzzles using a unique spell-casting system.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Hidden Object 18.2%, Puzzle 10.7%, Investigation 10%, Exploration 9.7%
- #41 Spectra Beneath the Stain
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Seven Sails GamesPub: Pixel Crate Games
Windows
Unravel the haunting mystery of Goldridge Hollow in a hidden object adventure where ghosts, greed, and poisoned legacies bind a town in timeless torment.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Hidden Object 20.2%, Historical 18%, Exploration 11.1%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #42 12 Memory Lane
70% matchVery Positive94% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: Forget-Me-Not StudioPub: Rubika Supinfogame
Windows
Explore the shifting manor of the enigmatic Henri Villemaine and uncover the truth behind his family’s sudden disappearance. Bend reality to recreate the scenes from his diary and expose long-buried secrets. What if your role in this case went beyond that of a simple investigator?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Emotional 15.3%, Logic 13.5%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #43 After You
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: k148 Game Studio
Windows
After You is a narrative game with puzzles, but it is not an easy game, here you will not have indicators or tutorials, nor can you save when you want. In After You you need to put all your attention and use paper and pencil to move forward, if you're looking for an easy game, this is not your game.
Why similar: Investigation 17.6%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Hidden Object 15.9%, Puzzle 8.8%, Exploration 8.6%
- #44 Hemocrypt
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: beep boop
Windows
Experience a tense, first-person psychological horror where survival means facing the unknown. Unravel a chilling story of a secret government project through atmospheric exploration, and mind-bending puzzles.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Hidden Object 16.1%, Emotional 13.5%, Investigation 10.5%, Exploration 8.3%
- #45 The House of Da Vinci 3
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,341 reviews2022
Dev: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The grand finale to The House of Da Vinci trilogy is here! Solve numerous new puzzles and mind benders and explore new mystifying locations of ravishing beauty.
Why similar: Historical 18.3%, Hidden Object 15.7%, Investigation 14.5%, Exploration 7.3%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #46 13:ORIGIN - Prologue
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: Corvus Studio Yazilim Anonim Sirketi
Windows · Mac
13: Origin is a web of clues that you must follow and not miss, as in most room escape/puzzle games. As you untie each knotted loop, you will realize how long and endless the thread you hold on to the end is.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Hidden Object 17.4%, Investigation 13.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 8.2%
- #47 Escape From Ruby Castle
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Ruby Dragon Software
Windows
Can you escape from Ruby Castle ? Explore the castle and find the five keys for the final puzzle. Navigate through the many rooms, some open, some hidden and some behind locked doors. Look for the clues, solve the puzzles and collect the valuables. Oh! and try not to die.
Why similar: Hidden Object 23.3%, Historical 17.4%, Logic 15.6%, Puzzle 13.5%, Exploration 11.3%
- #48 The Letter
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SHepic Studios
Windows
The Letter is a narrative-driven psychological adventure set in a forgotten town. Explore abandoned streets, follow scattered notes and hidden messages, and uncover fragments of a story inspired by real events as you piece together a mystery buried in the past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Hidden Object 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #49 Open Roads
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Open Roads TeamPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Investigation 20.1%, Emotional 11.2%, Exploration 10.2%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #50 I Promise
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Sporework Studios
Windows
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time. Follow the journey of regret and reconciliation as you try to comprehend the world she built without you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Exploration 9.2%
- #51 7th Chance
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Drewid GamesPub: Stasis Booth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
7th Chance is a short (20-30 minute) story-based exploration adventure game. Waking up from a night of heavy drinking ... something isn't right.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Emotional 12.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #52 Murder Is Game Over: Streaming Death
69% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: HitherYon Games
Windows
Embark on a thrilling pixel art adventure with Detective Guy & Cleo as they solve a mysterious murder. Explore an eerie seaside village, search for clues, interview suspects, and unravel the truth in this whodunit mystery.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Hidden Object 15.1%, Historical 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #53 Beyond The Evil
68% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BlackHawk GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
Why similar: Investigation 17.9%, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Hidden Object 12.6%, Logic 12.5%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #54 Not My Floor
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MegobariGames
Windows
Not My Floor is a horror game set in the grim stairwell of a Soviet-era apartment block on the outskirts of Kyiv in the early 1990s. After a long shift at the factory, all you want is to get home—but the elevator and the entire building have their own sinister plans, driven by a mysterious entity.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22%, Hidden Object 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Emotional 8.4%
- #55 Grieving (Berduka)
66% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: flycat.games
Windows
Mourning Ritual for a Haunted Boarding Room. Uncover the mystery behind the ghost through exploration, puzzles, and a psychological horror narrative.
Why similar: Emotional 19.4%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Retro 11%, Puzzle 9%
- #56 Al Andalus 711: Epic history battle game
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Dnc Games
Windows
In Al Andalus 711 you don't play as a warrior, but as a villager who tries to survive in a country that is being invaded and must face the risky roads, the lack of experience and the constant danger of enemy soldiers and hostile bandits.
Why similar: Historical 21.9%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Hidden Object 10.5%
- #57 Visiting Grandma
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Sysreb Games
Windows
Prepare for a chilling and suspenseful first-person horror journey with a spooky atmosphere. What starts as a warm and welcoming stay at grandma's house soon reveals a tragic story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Hidden Object 19.2%, Emotional 13.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 9.2%
- #58 A Play Game
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TRHART
Windows
An immersive storytelling experience that gives you the freedom to roam and explore a large and mysterious building at your own pace while an interwoven narrative plays out around you. Rewind time and watch each story from every angle.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Emotional 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Exploration 6.9%
- #59 Overblooming
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Bruno Vale Barbosa Eiterer
Windows
A failed experiment has unleashed the Overblooming, threatening to consume the world. Explore abandoned ruins overtaken by nature, uncover the fate of those who lived here, and push forward to stop the spreading disaster.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Hidden Object 13.4%, Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 9.2%
- #60 Banned Together
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Unquiet Games
Windows · Mac
A queer mystery game about book banning. Play as Ruby (they/them), a journalism major on a surreal, after-hours adventure to investigate the disappearance of books from their college library.
Why similar: Investigation 16.3%, Emotional 16.3%, Walking Simulator 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Story Rich 9%