Games Like Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II

It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.8%, Drama 24.2%, Story Rich 18.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven adventure that mirrors the narrative-heavy, character-focused exploration found in Herald.

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Point & Click 43%, Story Rich 31.4%, Adventure 19.5%, Singleplayer 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A masterfully written historical narrative where your choices shape the lives of villagers in a 16th-century setting.

Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Point & Click 23.5%, Drama 20.7%, Story Rich 18.4%, Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, historically grounded game that uses interactive interviews and documents to uncover a complex past.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.9%, Story Rich 30.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Adventure 7.6%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: An unparalleled choice-driven RPG that excels in political commentary and deep, branching dialogue trees.

A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?

Why similar: Alternate History 43.4%, Point & Click 29.5%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused point-and-click adventure set in a steampunk-inspired historical world where your choices dictate the outcome of cases.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Story Rich 50.4%, Adventure 26.4%, Indie 23.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich experience that focuses on identity and survival through meaningful, choice-based interactions.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Point & Click 55.9%, Story Rich 25.4%, Adventure 13.1%, Singleplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant historical investigation game that rewards careful observation and deduction in a point-and-click format.

2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society

Why similar: Point & Click 38.9%, Visual Novel 29.4%, Story Rich 19.1%, Adventure 9.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk visual novel that balances complex character relationships with a branching, choice-heavy plot.

Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.

Why similar: Point & Click 30.1%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Alternate History 19.6%, Story Rich 13.2%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A political simulation that forces you to consider the consequences of your choices on a society in flux.

A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.

Why similar: Point & Click 52.7%, Story Rich 17.5%, Adventure 16.9%, Indie 10%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich point-and-click adventure where your choices and companion selection drastically change the narrative path.

Inua is a narrative game in which three protagonists have their destinies intertwined decades apart in the same locations in the far north. Explore each era, collect ideas and manipulate their minds to change the course of history.

Why similar: Point & Click 48.1%, Story Rich 22.3%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 10.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that weaves together multiple timelines through narrative-focused puzzles.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Point & Click 57%, Story Rich 25.2%, Adventure 12.9%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, point-and-click narrative experience that excels in atmosphere and deep, literary storytelling.

Travel to northern Norway, solve puzzles using a mysterious, magical bracelet and make new friends on your journey to discover the past - and yourself!

Why similar: Point & Click 35.5%, Story Rich 22.3%, Adventure 22%, Indie 15.8%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A heartfelt, story-driven adventure that focuses on exploration and the emotional weight of personal history.

Misericorde: Volume One is the first part of a series of mystery visual novels set in a convent in 1482.

Why similar: Visual Novel 49.4%, Adventure 20.5%, Alternate History 17.9%, Story Rich 8.8%, Indie 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval-themed visual novel that emphasizes mystery and character-driven drama.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...

Why similar: Point & Click 51.5%, Drama 16.7%, Adventure 13.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, Indie 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A haunting point-and-click adventure that focuses on atmospheric storytelling and uncovering dark secrets.

Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.

Why similar: Visual Novel 42.7%, Story Rich 25.2%, Indie 14.7%, Adventure 11.5%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy visual novel that focuses on character relationships and the consequences of your decisions.

Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

Why similar: Point & Click 65.1%, Story Rich 31.2%, Adventure 2.6%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world investigation game that prioritizes player agency and uncovering deep lore through dialogue and exploration.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Point & Click 60.9%, Adventure 18.1%, Story Rich 17%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused game that blends point-and-click mechanics with a dark, atmospheric narrative.

Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!

Why similar: Point & Click 33.3%, Visual Novel 31.4%, Story Rich 18.3%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy visual novel featuring deep LGBTQ+ themes and significant branching choices.

Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.

Why similar: Story Rich 52.5%, Indie 22.6%, Adventure 15.6%, Singleplayer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A lore-heavy, story-rich exploration game that emphasizes the weight of your choices in a surreal world.

Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery⁠—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Point & Click 27.2%, Drama 24.3%, Story Rich 18.2%

Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that balances mystery and drama with a strong focus on narrative choices.

A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.

Why similar: Alternate History 37.8%, Point & Click 24.2%, Drama 13.8%, Story Rich 10%, Adventure 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A western-themed point-and-click adventure that emphasizes mystery and character-driven drama.

Frank and Drake is a modern gothic tale that puts players at the heart of a supernatural mystery through its non-linear branching paths, mini-games and puzzles, and unique rotoscoped art. Take your time, explore, and soak up every word.

Why similar: Point & Click 40.5%, Story Rich 21.1%, Adventure 17.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-driven adventure that uses a unique communication mechanic to tell a story of mystery and connection.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Visual Novel 51.9%, Story Rich 30.2%, Indie 11.4%, Singleplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A character-driven visual novel that uses conversation and empathy as its primary mechanics.

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: Point & Click 37.9%, Visual Novel 29.1%, Story Rich 16.9%, Adventure 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that focuses on realistic, character-driven travel narratives.

Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

Why similar: Point & Click 99%, Adventure 0.5%, Story Rich 0.2%, Indie 0.2%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click mystery that excels in character development and atmospheric storytelling.

When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

Why similar: Point & Click 62.7%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 8.8%, Story Rich 8.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A series-defining point-and-click mystery that focuses on ghost-hunting and personal narrative growth.

A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

Why similar: Point & Click 58.5%, Adventure 17.5%, Story Rich 12.2%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dense, story-rich point-and-click adventure that explores complex themes within a cyberpunk setting.

No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.9%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Story Rich 15.3%, Drama 14.5%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, interactive fiction experience that captures the bittersweet nature of life transitions.

Heralds of the Avirentes is a visual novel, which brings you into the “Crystal punk” fantasy setting, where the world of Nanraas in which the dragon race lives. The game combines a visual novel, role-playing game elements, social simulator, a turn-based combat system.

Why similar: Visual Novel 49.8%, Story Rich 29.6%, Indie 13.1%, Adventure 7.5%

Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.

Why similar: Point & Click 57.7%, Adventure 27%, Story Rich 12.7%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that excels in world-building and atmospheric, narrative-driven exploration.

Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you taste the life of a medieval soldier.

Why similar: Story Rich 51.3%, Adventure 39.8%, Singleplayer 8.8%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Drama 26.5%, Story Rich 24.8%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 6.6%

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: Alternate History 29.3%, Point & Click 23.5%, Drama 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Story Rich 11%

Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

Why similar: Alternate History 33.3%, Point & Click 19.5%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Drama 11.1%, Story Rich 9.1%

In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.

Why similar: Story Rich 51.8%, Adventure 25.3%, Indie 14.8%, Singleplayer 8.1%

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: Visual Novel 35.9%, Story Rich 25.5%, Drama 16.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 6.1%

Unravel the mystery of the King's sudden death... Claim your right for the throne. Try to stay alive as long as possible. Will you take the risk? The story for those who are brave enough to dive in a dark story and are able to think reasonably.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Drama 25.9%, Story Rich 21.3%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 8%

Mars Vice is a narrative adventure game set on a distant and futuristic Mars. Follow two civil investigators, Dax and Anaya, as they root out deep-seated corruption in the Martian city of Pavonis in this biopunk-infused story.

Why similar: Drama 29.8%, Visual Novel 23%, Story Rich 22.9%, Adventure 20.2%, Singleplayer 4.1%

A young adventurer Hugh Radcliff is in pursuit of one of the greatest mysteries of history: The Lost Colony. Deal with pirates, dive into native rituals, reveal conspiracies, and make tough choices on your difficult journey for unveiling this mystery!

Why similar: Point & Click 50.4%, Story Rich 23.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 6.7%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.

Why similar: Visual Novel 55.7%, Story Rich 33.7%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.

Why similar: Point & Click 44.2%, Story Rich 20.1%, Drama 18.3%, Adventure 14%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Become Jules Verne and adventure into the dangers that hide in Hemera, a fantastic parallel world built from his own imagination. Explore, solve puzzles and unlock the most coveted secret of the mighty Atlantis.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.7%, Story Rich 30.1%, Adventure 23.8%, Indie 6.7%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.

Why similar: Adventure 33.7%, Indie 33.6%, Story Rich 26.4%, Singleplayer 6.3%

Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Drama 24.6%, Story Rich 20.1%, Adventure 14.5%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Travel back in time and witness the horrors of slave trade firsthand. You will be working as young slave steward on a ship crossing the Atlantic. You are to serve the captain and be his eyes and ears. What do you do, when you realize that your own sister has been captured by the slave traders?

Why similar: Point & Click 38.7%, Adventure 33.9%, Indie 23.4%, Singleplayer 4%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Visual Novel 39.9%, Story Rich 35.7%, Adventure 11%, Indie 9.3%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.2%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Story Rich 16.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Indie 9.3%

GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

Why similar: Visual Novel 45.5%, Adventure 28.9%, Drama 25.6%

Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.1%, Visual Novel 29%, Story Rich 19.9%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 4.2%

You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Drama 25.3%, Story Rich 22.3%, Adventure 14.5%

Become an apprentice of the famous Leonardo da Vinci. Solve handcrafted mechanical 3D puzzles and discover hidden secrets. Navigate through mesmerizing environments of the Italian Renaissance. Travel through time to influence your surroundings.

Why similar: Story Rich 47.1%, Adventure 26.9%, Indie 22.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.8%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 17.3%, Story Rich 15.4%, Drama 9.3%

Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Why similar: Point & Click 62%, Adventure 15.6%, Story Rich 12.2%, Indie 8.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Embark with Heileen in a unforgettable voyage to the New World! Met with old friends, and make new ones. Find romance, avoid dangers and life your life to the fullest!

Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Point & Click 21.2%, Adventure 15%, Story Rich 11.6%, Indie 11.2%

Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Story Rich 18%, Drama 17.9%, Point & Click 15%, Adventure 12.9%

"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.8%, Adventure 23.5%, Drama 19%, Story Rich 8.5%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 39.1%, Story Rich 32.6%, Indie 11.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Singleplayer 6.2%

Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations!

Why similar: Adventure 55.5%, Indie 44.5%

White Wool & Snow is the second visual novel in the Misericorde series.

Why similar: Visual Novel 39.1%, Story Rich 21.1%, Drama 19.5%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 1.9%