60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Atmospheric, First-Person, Walking Simulator, Mystery.
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
The Signifier Director's Cut
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Jung's Labyrinth
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.
Why similar: Surreal 14.2%, Dark 13.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Emotional 12.4%, Story Rich 8.8%
Jung's Labyrinth is a psychological exploration game that uses Jungian psychology, mythology, alchemical and dream symbolism in a series of active imaginations to map the process of individuation. Confront your inner archetypes, collect messages that other travelers left behind and reach your Self.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Philosophical 14.6%, Mystery 10.1%, Psychological 7.7%, First-Person 7.4%
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: Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Philosophical 11.7%, Surreal 11.1%, Walking Simulator 8.8%, Mystery 8.8%
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
Why similar: Surreal 19.1%, Mystery 18.9%, First-Person 14.6%, Story Rich 12.9%, Walking Simulator 12.8%
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
Why similar: First-Person 21.8%, Story Rich 19.4%, Emotional 17.7%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%
The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.4%, Mystery 13%, Surreal 11.2%, Dark 10.1%, First-Person 9.7%
Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.8%, Dialogue Heavy 23.9%, Emotional 10%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Mystery 14.8%, Story Rich 11.3%, Psychological 10.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Dark 10%
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
Why similar: Story Rich 21.9%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Adventure 16.4%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, First-Person 9.2%
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Why similar: Dark 19.6%, Psychological 15.6%, Mystery 15.1%, Atmospheric 14.5%, First-Person 14.3%
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.8%, Mystery 13.9%, Dark 12.1%, Story Rich 10.3%, First-Person 9.8%
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: Mystery 24.5%, Story Rich 14.9%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Emotional 11.7%
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 47.3%, Mystery 16.3%, First-Person 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Adventure 5.7%
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.6%, Mystery 14%, Dark 12.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Surreal 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Psychological 14.3%, Dark 12.7%, Mystery 12%
A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.
Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Emotional 16.1%, Dark 14.7%, Story Rich 12.5%, Walking Simulator 10.7%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Mystery 21.9%, Surreal 13.6%, First-Person 12.1%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 11.4%
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 32.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Psychological 9.8%, Dark 9.7%, Mystery 8.5%
Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.
Why similar: Dark 15.1%, Mystery 15%, Adventure 13.7%, First-Person 11.4%, Story Rich 10.6%
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: Mystery 22.2%, Story Rich 18.3%, Atmospheric 16%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, First-Person 13.4%
Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.
Why similar: Dark 22.3%, Story Rich 19.8%, Surreal 18.5%, Emotional 18%, Psychological 10.5%
it's always monday - is a first person exploration game
Why similar: Adventure 82.8%, Mystery 2.2%, Dark 2%, Emotional 2%, First-Person 1.8%
SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?
Why similar: Mystery 22%, Psychological 21.2%, Adventure 19.8%, Story Rich 12%, Indie 11.9%
The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23%, Psychological 14.9%, Emotional 12.7%, Dark 11.9%, Story Rich 9.5%
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Mystery 18.7%, Emotional 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dark 11.9%, Story Rich 11.3%
“Thing-in-Itself” is a short interactive story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant’s concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.7%, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Psychological 11.2%, Emotional 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
Why similar: Mystery 24.6%, Story Rich 16.2%, First-Person 15%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Emotional 12%
You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?
Why similar: Mystery 17.9%, Dark 16.1%, Surreal 14.3%, First-Person 11.7%, Atmospheric 11%
Lake Ridden is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game! A cozy supernatural adventure where you unravel a mysterious past, trying to find your sister. Luckily, you are not alone...
Why similar: Mystery 25%, Adventure 22.3%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Indie 12.6%, Puzzle 11.7%
A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.
Why similar: Surreal 23.4%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Atmospheric 14.3%, First-Person 12%, Dark 11.4%
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.7%, Mystery 16.9%, Dark 13.5%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 11%
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Why similar: Mystery 22.8%, Atmospheric 20.8%, First-Person 17%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Puzzle 7.8%
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.5%, Mystery 16.6%, Dark 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.7%
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Mystery 20%, Adventure 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Story Rich 14.1%, Atmospheric 10.1%
The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.
Why similar: Mystery 15.1%, Surreal 13.8%, Dark 11.7%, Emotional 9.8%, Walking Simulator 9.4%
Memories swirl all around you...Or are these memories? Familiar faces and places you think you remember but somehow now seem so different. Why are you here? Where is here?
Why similar: Dark 16.3%, Psychological 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Surreal 14.4%, Story Rich 12.8%
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: Philosophical 21.1%, Mystery 18%, Dark 12.6%, Surreal 11.9%, Story Rich 11.7%
Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?
Why similar: Dark 23.6%, Story Rich 18.5%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Visual Novel 12%
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 15.9%, Psychological 14%, Emotional 13%, First-Person 13%, Atmospheric 10.8%
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: Mystery 17.1%, Emotional 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, First-Person 10.1%
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: Philosophical 15.5%, Mystery 14.7%, First-Person 10.9%, Story Rich 10%, Emotional 9.5%
Welcome to The Fabled Woods, a dark and mysterious narrative short story. Despite the picturesque beauty, ugly and terrible secrets lurk among the shifting boughs, darkness that no amount of dappled sunlight can erase. Take the first step, and experience an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Adventure 19.6%, Mystery 14.4%, First-Person 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Indie 9.4%
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Why similar: Dark 13.9%, Psychological 12.7%, Mystery 12.4%, First-Person 9.5%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
Why similar: Mystery 16.5%, Surreal 14.3%, Dark 14.1%, First-Person 11.7%, Walking Simulator 10.6%
Live the perfect day, break the cycle, and discover the truth about yourself in this short, quirky sci-fi mystery about freedom, choice, and loneliness.
Why similar: Philosophical 34.6%, Emotional 13.8%, Mystery 13.5%, First-Person 11.4%, Walking Simulator 10.7%
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 40.1%, Dark 12.9%, Psychological 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Adventure 12.2%
Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.5%, Mystery 16.1%, Philosophical 14.7%, Psychological 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Mystery 16.2%, Psychological 15.3%, Surreal 13.6%, Dark 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Psychological 11.8%, Adventure 11%, Surreal 9.1%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Mystery 20.4%, First-Person 14.5%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 12.4%
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
Why similar: Surreal 16.8%, First-Person 13.3%, Mystery 13%, Psychological 12.5%, Walking Simulator 12%
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: Story Rich 22.6%, Mystery 17.3%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, First-Person 10.9%
BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
Why similar: Philosophical 27.8%, Mystery 16%, Surreal 14.5%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, First-Person 9.7%
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
Why similar: Dark 17.4%, Mystery 17.4%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Psychological 12.1%
Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.
Why similar: Mystery 23.5%, Emotional 12.9%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Surreal 10.7%
You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil.
Why similar: Surreal 15.8%, Dark 15.7%, Mystery 11.6%, First-Person 10.8%, Psychological 9.7%
A man embarks on a journey toward the top of a mountain, to discover the truth of his existence. Along the way, he ponders the nature of life itself. Drizzlepath: Deja Vu is a spiritual revisitation of Tonguç Bodur's very first game, Drizzlepath.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.8%, Mystery 20.6%, First-Person 14.6%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Why similar: Story Rich 15%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Philosophical 12.8%, First-Person 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Mystery 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dark 12.9%, First-Person 11.3%, Story Rich 11.3%
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
Why similar: Mystery 30.4%, First-Person 16.3%, Atmospheric 15.5%, Story Rich 12.8%, Puzzle 8%
