60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Exploration, Mystery, Atmospheric.
A short narrative-heavy non-linear exploration game. Where you explore a dungeon, journal your own notes, manage your light, avoid traps, read lore, and hunt for a way out.
Once Glorious Artahk
Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
Krypta FM
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
Explore the ruins of an ancient city. Solve puzzles to unlock new paths, abilities, and forgotten lore. Read the lost stories you uncover to gain insight into a tangled web of mysteries. Using only your wits and your trusty torch to guide you, you must find a way to return light to a starless sky.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.7%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Mystery 14.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Exploration 9.2%
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Lore-Rich 22.8%, Mystery 12.1%, Exploration 11%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Release your spirit and fly through mystic landscapes as you search for a cure for the darkness. Ahro is a stylized, lore-rich, side-scrolling adventure.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 28.9%, Walking Simulator 23%, Mystery 15.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%
An atmospheric exploration game set in a Dark Fantasy world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation and uncover it's forgotten past through a short nonlinear story with timeless retro graphics.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Nonlinear 8.8%
Panoptia is a narrative-driven atmospheric exploration game about a strange building called Panoptia that has mysteriously appeared in town. No one knows what secrets hides in its depths. Uncover these secrets if you hope to ever escape...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.6%, Lore-Rich 23%, Exploration 11.7%, Top-Down 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
Discover a world torn by war and magic. Make choices that shape your story, master strategic combat, and confront powerful enemies. Explore a beautifully crafted pixel-art world full of secrets in a story-driven RPG adventure.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.4%, Dark Fantasy 21.2%, Mystery 11.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.7%, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Mystery 15.7%, Exploration 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Explore the Rosaria Village, discover its secrets, break curses, fight monsters and save your friends in this action-adventure game with RPG elements.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.8%, Mystery 22.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, Exploration 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
A top-down action-adventure game as you collect & solve puzzles in order for you to explore & unravel this mysterious world.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.6%, Walking Simulator 17%, Mystery 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Mystery 22.6%, Exploration 16.9%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Indie 8.5%
A action-adventure game with a top down perspective and a heavy emphasis on story. Become the legendary Knight of Hamarolf and take on a myriad of foes from the Golden Oath to save the world from evil's reign while engaging with memorable characters and a thrilling combat loop.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 32.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Top-Down 12.1%, Exploration 8.9%, Mystery 8.6%
"Abyss of Light" is a narrative-driven sci-fi adventure game. In this story, you play as a stranded interstellar colonist who crash-landed on a mysterious planet and struggles to find a way home.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.5%, Mystery 19.6%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Exploration 12.6%, Story Rich 9%
A short, atmospheric narrative adventure about fatherhood, memory, and healing. Explore a beautiful world, relive pivotal moments from a new father’s past, and see how they shape the parent he chooses to become.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.5%, Mystery 20.8%, Exploration 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Story Rich 10.3%
Wild West, ancient magic, non-linear plot, puzzles and colorful characters are all waiting for you in “The Dancing Bones”! Deep drama and humor intertwine in a unique world where every choice you make changes the story. Are you ready to uncover secrets, break curses, and change your destiny?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Mystery 19.4%, Nonlinear 16.9%, Exploration 10%, Atmospheric 8.9%
The ocean hides countless forgotten secrets. Echoes of calamity and loss scar the waves. Sail a vast planet under a blanket of stars and use your tools and wit to solve the grand puzzle of the past. Rediscover truth in this expansive open world mystery.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.4%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Nonlinear 16.2%, Mystery 15.7%, Exploration 9.8%
Inside SCP-167 is a first-person psychological horror game that combines investigation and puzzle-solving. Take on the role of Alex, the most experienced agent of the SCP Foundation, and explore a labyrinth of cubic rooms in order to put an end to a growing evil that is spreading throughout the area
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Dark Fantasy 20.3%, Mystery 14.9%, Exploration 13.4%, Atmospheric 8%
GODPROOF is a story-rich tactical RPG laden with thought-provoking dark fantasy content. Play as Raiden, a gifted young warrior who has immunity to the direct supernatural interaction and influence of godly entities. Recruit companions, overcome chaos, and discover the sinister truth.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 28.5%, Dark Fantasy 20.5%, Mystery 8.9%, Exploration 7.5%, Atmospheric 7.2%
In Spaceship Down, you’re Noah, a stranded tech patching up a crashed spaceship with whatever you can find. With only a sarcastic narrator and a perky AI for company, survival means thinking fast and jury-rigging your way out of a bad situation. Think you’re up for it?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 34.3%, Exploration 16.1%, Mystery 9.9%, RPG 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
Soul Nexus is a text-based adventure game where you explore strange environments and interact with even stranger individuals. Will you wander the spaces forever or will you eventually fulfil your goal of being free?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.5%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, Mystery 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Exploration 9.9%
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
Why similar: Mystery 24.5%, Nonlinear 21.6%, Exploration 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Atmospheric 8%
Palmvil Haunted Villa is a 2D top-down survival horror game where you play as Henry, a paranormal enthusiast who got a request from his friend, the owner of the villa, to investigate it in order to experience the paranormal and to provide him with some answers about the afterlife.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Exploration 12.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, Top-Down 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.5%, Mystery 20.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Exploration 11.1%, Story Rich 10.5%
A story-driven adventure game about a boy trapped in a mysterious virtual sanctuary. Explore, solve puzzles, and discover the secrets hidden in a world that never lets him go.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 36.9%, Exploration 10.7%, Top-Down 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Story Rich 9.3%
Awaken, Influential One, and take action in this turn-based RPG. Command unique parties of characters throughout 6 time periods, and uncover the hidden truth of Arkar. In this RPG, strategy and exploration are key to success. Are you the one they have been looking for?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 31.2%, Mystery 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Story Rich 7.9%
An exploration adventure set in a near-future research facility. Progress through the story by solving puzzles with no combat.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.3%, Exploration 17.9%, Top-Down 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%
An upcoming story-driven dark fantasy RPG. Journey across the Jophinian Isles and battle wild elemental beasts in your search for humanity's last hope -- the individual known as the Seraph.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 31.1%, Dark Fantasy 22.9%, Exploration 12.6%, RPG 7.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
Mine, upgrade, and explore as you journey toward the moon. With the help of Astra, the AI in your suit, gather resources, build your ship, and face the emotional cost of chasing your dreams. Will reaching the top bring you happiness, or leave you questioning everything?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 40.9%, Exploration 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Story Rich 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%
A knowledge-based progression game. Explore and solve the strange misteries of the interconnected fantasy worlds trapped inside an esoteric book and discover the roots of a terrible evil. No stats, no log, no savefiles. Only pure knowledge is your progress.
Why similar: Mystery 27.7%, Nonlinear 22.8%, Exploration 17.7%, Story Rich 10.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%
An atmospheric, top-down mystery/adventure game. Explore parallel versions of an old castle: one pristine, one ruined. Study scripture and lore, solve riddles, unearth secrets, dispel magic barriers. Find, confront, and defeat what lurks beyond the seal in the throne room.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 29%, Exploration 18%, Top-Down 12.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 6.6%
Catalina, our protagonist, embarks on a quest for valuable objects despite the rumors of the Luz Mala guarding the town. You must uncover what happened there before the night consumes you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37%, Lore-Rich 34.2%, Exploration 18.7%, Horror 3.3%, Indie 2.8%
You have been dispatched for a 911 call. From the moment you step inside the apartment, you realize something is really wrong with the place. You are gonna make Him the last dosage. He needs his medicine.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.2%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Mystery 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Story Rich 5.5%
House of Wisdom is a first person puzzle game where the protagonist, one of the many creations of a deity, attempts to find out what happened to its creator who recently disappeared, helping the main character’s kins to deal with their distress along the way.
Why similar: Nonlinear 25.9%, Mystery 20.7%, Exploration 15.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Story Rich 10%
Carlos Haunted House is a 2D Top-Down survival horror game based on the story of a haunted house where you have been invited by your friend, the current owner, to experience the paranormal activities and to help him deal with them.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.7%, Exploration 13.3%, Top-Down 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Story Rich 8.2%
In this interactive story set in a world where memories are a source of energy, Arthur must help the townspeople reclaim their past. Along the way he will befriend talking vegetables, explore a magical forest, and uncover the town’s mysterious history.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Exploration 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Top-Down 9.6%, Story Rich 8.6%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Mystery 19.4%, Exploration 17.1%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Story Rich 7.2%
Deepwell is a story-driven adventure game, about a small town surrounding a giant mystery hole.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.8%, Exploration 15.3%, Mystery 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Top-Down 10.4%
The Augury House is a shifting collection of short experiences and exhibitions. Contents change weekly.
Why similar: Nonlinear 30.4%, Walking Simulator 28.5%, Exploration 20.7%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Indie 4.1%
John, a single father, inherits a collection of arcane objects from his mysterious relative named Mo. Over time, John and his daughter Charlotte begin to realise that these objects have unusual properties: the more they are exposed to them, the more their reality and memories appear to change.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.3%, Nonlinear 27.9%, Indie 11.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%
A surreal Exploration-based RPG all about experiencing a comical, yet bizarre mansion! Follow Wade, your typical teenage cat thing who only enjoys two things. Silence and getting high!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.7%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Exploration 11.8%, Mystery 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
Normal Fishing is a retro-handheld-inspired adventure where everything goes exactly as expected, and there is absolutely nothing to worry about. Explore the lake, chase and catch fish in frantic minigames, and uncover a much deeper, darker secret in this experimental indie horror adventure.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 33.1%, Mystery 14%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Exploration 11%, Story Rich 5.5%
FLOW is an extremely short psychological horror adventure video game. Wake up in the shoes of Flo, a 19-year-old, and embark on an adventure into a strange and wonderful world. The more you investigate, the more you can learn about the truth behind the universe.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Lore-Rich 22.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Top-Down 9%, Story Rich 8.1%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Mystery 18.7%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Exploration 11.1%
DIRUS Software's lost 1999 cult-classic is back! Explore its confusing and stygian world for yourself in this newly remastered edition, being sure to keep a steely gaze on the mystery of its warped labyrinths and crossroads.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Nonlinear 20.2%, Exploration 14.6%, Mystery 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.5%
Explore a mysterious hot springs in the dead of night and meet the other lost souls who are drawn to this place.
Why similar: Nonlinear 28.6%, Walking Simulator 21.4%, Exploration 14.6%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Mystery 9.3%
This game is about reliving mysterious tales surrounding the haunted location, 'Lantern House.'
Why similar: Walking Simulator 56.6%, Exploration 19.3%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Adventure 5.1%, Indie 4%
A first-person folk horror game set on a cursed farm where the wheat shifts each time you enter. Search for your car keys, uncover the family’s dark ritual, and beware—something ancient walks between the stalks.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 28.1%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Mystery 14.3%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%
The last scenery you faced was a quite unfamiliar hotel office. Leaving all the uncertainties behind, you have to perform significant or insignificant tasks from here on out. -256 is a pixel graphics first-person mystery hotel walking simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.5%, Mystery 25.8%, Exploration 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Adventure 4.4%
Welcome To Eden is a narrative driven adventure RPG set in a utopian city, Eden. Take on quests to help your fellow residents, while learning about the more secretive side of Eden in this psychological adventure. And maybe, just maybe, everything isn't as it seems...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.9%, Mystery 21%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Story Rich 8.8%
Embark on a magical journey with Waltz, an innocent yet lost ghost, as he explores a wondrous afterlife! With his adorable spirit puppy Jam by his side, traverse hand-crafted realms full of mystery, beauty, and danger. Face thrilling trials together and uncover the secrets beyond the veil!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 31.8%, Nonlinear 16.7%, Exploration 12.6%, Top-Down 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%
my brother lives in a canyon is a short adventure game about two brothers reminiscing over short-wave radios.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.8%, Mystery 18.3%, Exploration 15.8%, Adventure 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Ashentia Hauntings is a 2D top-down survival horror game based on the story of a paranormal enthusiast called Noah, who decided to investigate the various haunted locations of Ashentia, a place that is surrounded by hills and forests.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Top-Down 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Adventure 7.8%
Step inside picture frames, films, and other imagery that connect a variety of dreamscapes in this surreal first-person exploration game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Nonlinear 26.4%, Exploration 18.6%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Indie 4.5%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Mystery 29%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Exploration 13.9%, Nonlinear 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Story Rich 14.6%, Mystery 14.5%, Exploration 12.3%, Atmospheric 11.6%
Explore, solve enigmas and fight mutated creatures in a 2D narrative-driven metroidvania with pets, set on the rooftops and the undergrounds of a flooded countryside, enriched by cinematic cutscenes, diverse scenography and memorable characters.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 31.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Mystery 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Exploration 9.8%
The Midnight Biohazard is a first person choice based horror game set in an abandoned mining site. Your employer sent you to clean up the mining site after it was abandoned due to a new liquid being found in the mines, making everyone die. They are watching you. THEY WANT YOUR EYES.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 32.5%, Walking Simulator 31.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Story Rich 7%, Atmospheric 5.6%
Descend into darkness as John, a search and rescue officer reaching the final destination of the journey. Explore claustrophobic mines in this horror experience that blends atmospheric exploration with stealth-based survival.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.4%, Mystery 17%, Exploration 16.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 8.5%
A mysterious trip to gorgeous and surreal lands, players explore the unknown and harness mystical powers which have been hidden in the valley for centuries.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Exploration 13.1%, Indie 8.2%, Adventure 8.1%
Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, explore a world of Carnival mystery, solve devious puzzles, uncover secrets, and unmask your fate.
Why similar: Nonlinear 23.2%, Mystery 18.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Exploration 10.6%, Top-Down 8.4%
You had a pretty rough fall. Trying to regain your composure you try to look around before realizing you can't see anything. Hope that your other senses will serve you better.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Exploration 14.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%
