Games Like Heading Out

Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.4% ★, Nonlinear 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%

Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

Why similar: Driving 59.2%, Story Rich 17.8%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Adventure 6.2%

An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.

Why similar: Driving 40.2%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, Resource Management 17.9%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Adventure 5.7%

A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.

Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Narrative 15.2% ★, Comic Book 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!

Why similar: Narrative 19.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Visual Novel 11%

Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Comic Book 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%

Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?

Why similar: Comic Book 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%

Firebird is a narrative road trip that takes place in Slavic folklore, in an adventure that ressembles a traditional tale. Aboard your truck, travel to the far north, meet colorful characters, and face the creatures inhabiting these sacred lands.

Why similar: Narrative 21.5% ★, Comic Book 14%, Driving 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%

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: Cinematic 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%

Run from the Cops! puts you behind the wheel in a high-speed chase for freedom and fortune. Take control of a clever troublemaker determined to score quick money and make a clean getaway through chaotic city streets.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 75.9% ★, Adventure 24.1%

Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.

Why similar: Driving 50.6%, Racing 26.3%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Adventure 6.5%

Combine deadly racing, deckbuilding, and roguelite style to get car battles unlike anything before! Choose a driver, car, weapons, and sponsors to overcome tactical encounters. Adapt to an ever-changing race to come out on top and earn entry into the last safe haven on the Divided States of America.

Why similar: Racing 48.9%, Roguelike 29.8%, Stylized 21.2%

You. Your car. And world under the sand.

Why similar: Driving 46.3%, Racing 27%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Stylized 9%, Adventure 5.7%

Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.

Why similar: Comic Book 44.1%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Story Rich 16.8%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Adventure 6.2%

As the night darkens and you set out for home, an unsettling occurrence takes place on the road. Will this lead you to hell? Unveil the truth in a bone-chilling driving horror game that will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Why similar: Racing 40.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Driving 26.3%, Story Rich 2.9%, Adventure 1.3%

Death Drive is a road trip visual novel inspired by classic American Gothic fiction.

Why similar: Noir 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10%

Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 29.7% ★, Cinematic 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%

Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.

Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Story Rich 10.9%

A narrative road trip game set in the roaring Italian 70s, it tells the story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western coast of Italy, the famous “Via Aurelia”.

Why similar: Driving 26.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Drive Like Hell! A high-octane chase through the endless desert! Dodge cops, rock out and tear up the road as a stitched-up teenage Frankenstein!

Why similar: Racing 46%, Driving 32.5%, Stylized 14.8%, Adventure 6.7%

From the makers of Road 96 comes a groundbreaking narrative adventure. Your choices shape the story for other players! Follow in your friends’ footsteps, face the consequences of their actions and choose the fate of this plasticpunk world.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Multiple Endings 20.1%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Stylized 12.5%

Dead End Road is an atmospheric driving game, with a low-fi aesthetic and procedurally generated elements. Complete your journey to seek the assistance of the old witch at Dead End Road; Get there before daybreak and perhaps, just perhaps, you can escape this nightmare.

Why similar: Racing 100%

Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.

Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.

Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%

A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.

Why similar: Driving 49.4%, Atmospheric 22.1%, Story Rich 18.7%, Adventure 5.8%, Choices Matter 4%

Hit the pedal, run out the offroad.

Why similar: Driving 24.3%, Racing 21.2%, Cinematic 20.9%, Nonlinear 20.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Your Personality plays the game! Help strange spirits solve their Unfinished Business... or leave them to Despair. In this highly-branching narrative adventure you'll only see about 1/3 of the full story in each playthrough, but the end is whenever you want it to be.

Why similar: Nonlinear 29.8%, Multiple Endings 22.2%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Story Rich 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Do you have what it takes to tame the road and become the ultimate Wheelborne legend?

Why similar: Comic Book 74%, Adventure 26%

Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.

Why similar: Driving 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Stylized 13.4%, Adventure 5.6%

Rev up your engines and venture into the unknown with Drive Beyond Horizons! Conquer dynamic landscapes, customize your ride, and unearth hidden treasures. Get ready for heart-pounding challenges and endless excitement. Your adventure starts now !

Why similar: Driving 60.1%, Racing 31.7%, Adventure 8.2%

Dive into a wild story of gangsters and criminals where you decide the fate of the peculiar customers of a luxurious nightclub in a never-ending race against the clock.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Multiple Endings 23.5%, Resource Management 18.8%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Story Rich 6.9%

A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.

Why similar: Narrative 26.8% ★, Resource Management 12.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%

Born as the heir to a crime syndicate, yet longing for an ordinary and peaceful life, the kind-hearted protagonist fights desperately to protect their loved ones. Set against a backdrop of towering skyscrapers, this visual novel weaves together the lives of 23 characters in a modern-day legend.

Why similar: Comic Book 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 11.1%

The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Choices Matter 20%, Story Rich 14.1%, Adventure 4.9%

Ride day and night, taking on risky jobs for the Road Baron, avoiding traffic and other bikers on endless dangerous roads, all of that while you blast some original punk rock music!

Why similar: Racing 74.6%, Adventure 13.5%, Story Rich 11.9%

Welcome to "Night Drive," a driving simulator that challenges you to navigate a seemingly endless night in search of anomalies to break a mysterious loop.

Why similar: Racing 73.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Adventure 4%

Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Resource Management 13.9%, Atmospheric 10.8%

🚗 Take part in a roller coaster of emotions with Louise embarking on a road trip of a lifetime through the late 1960s USA, trying to show her son Mitch how to navigate the often cruel modern world. Your choices matter! ✅

Why similar: Narrative 26.4% ★, Cinematic 20.8%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%

Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!

Why similar: Driving 89%, Adventure 11%

Driving home late one night you encounter a refugee in distress. They are looking for salvation. Do you hand them over to violent authorities? Or risk sheltering them yourself?

Why similar: Comic Book 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

Why similar: Noir 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.

Why similar: Nonlinear 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%

You're being chased... clearly; For what reason? none; Escape into the vast 400km² world, using over 30 customizable vehicles, while blasting guns and music... It's a difficult feat, but maybe you can succeed.

Why similar: Racing 52.5%, Driving 42.5%, Adventure 5%

In this unique adventure you have to drive Ford Blu as far as possible on the highway without getting caught by the haters. Visit exciting places such as zoos, motel ones and motorway service stations on your tour of Germany. Meddl.

Why similar: Racing 67.7%, Atmospheric 19.3%, Adventure 13%

Going Rogue is a Visual Novel style game focused on storytelling, realistic characters, a branching story with lots of choices, and of course, an excellent visual quality.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Atmospheric 12.9%

Dive into PolyZen Drive's sandbox of possibilities! Your road, your rules, and endless freedom. Immerse yourself in cozy atmospheres and drive through relaxing scenery, capture moments with your camera, or rush through dense traffic, you dictate your gameplay! The ultimate in driving freedom awaits!

Why similar: Driving 41.9%, Racing 28.7%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Stylized 14.2%

A story-driven adventure among the stars, Journey to Foundation puts you at the center of your own sci-fi saga. Unleash your unique Mentalic abilities, gain information through diplomacy or coercion, and choose who to trust. Where will your journey lead you?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Cinematic 25%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Story Rich 15.8%, Atmospheric 11.8%

Join the journey of a funky space archaeologist who crashed on an unknown planet. A text turn-based adventure RPG in which your choices actually matter. Talk, explore, fight, make decisions to find a way out! Colourful graphics and the old comic book spirit.

Why similar: Nonlinear 20.2%, Comic Book 17.9%, Multiple Endings 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%

Welcome to the festival of explosive races, TRAIL OUT! Reckless racing around the world! Crashes, explosions, destruction, and screaming drivers!

Why similar: Driving 44.6%, Racing 40.1%, Atmospheric 15.3%

Cyber ​​OutRun a pursuit racing game where the main goal is to reach the highest heat level and avoid getting arrested. Enjoy the experience of driving retro-futuristic visual atmosphere with Synthwave soundtrack!

Why similar: Racing 86.5%, Adventure 13.5%

You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

Why similar: Narrative 30.4% ★, Resource Management 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%

With just a swipe to the left or right, you can make all kinds of decisions. So, please embark on your own unique adventure tale through the continent of Astra!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.4%, Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Multiple Endings 19.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Adventure 7.5%

FORECLOSED is a narrative-driven action-adventure set in a Cyberpunk world filled with action, suspense, and experimental augmentations. Follow the story of Evan Kapnos in this sleek comic book styled game as he unravels the conspiracy behind his identity foreclosure. Who is responsible and why?

Why similar: Noir 27%, Comic Book 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Story Rich 10.1%

Descend into the underworld of Japanese street racing. Set between 1990-2009, join the local street racing crews in their battle for territory control. Explore the real location open world(s), compete in wager races, battle other crews and upgrade your vehicles with detailed car customization.

Why similar: Racing 23.4%, Cinematic 21.1%, Driving 20.9%, Noir 20%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.

Why similar: Comic Book 21.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%

Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.

Why similar: Story Rich 26.1%, Atmospheric 26%, Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Adventure 9.2%

Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.

Why similar: Noir 24.2%, Cinematic 21.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Story Rich 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%

Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.

Why similar: Nonlinear 35.7%, Multiple Endings 22.9%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Story Rich 15.9%, Adventure 5.5%

Is more than a visual novel it’s a story of loss, crisis, and resilience. A 19-year-old loses everything, moves, makes new friends, and faces challenges. Family secrets, the Italian mafia, and pro racing on the tracks pull him into a high-stakes game.

Why similar: Racing 21.3%, Cinematic 21.1%, Dynamic Narration 16% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.8%

Embark on a road trip like no other in this co-op narrative survival adventure. Visit fun locations, meet wacky characters, and manage your resources wisely. And yes: you still can date some hot monsters ;)

Why similar: Comic Book 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Multiple Endings 15%, Choices Matter 13.6%