60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Singleplayer, Indie, Adventure.
A narrative walking experience through the real lives of women living under Islamic law in Iran. Their stories were never meant to be heard. Now you can walk through them.
That Dragon, Cancer
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
Tomb Raider - The Final Hours Digital Book
How did Crystal Dynamics reinvent Tomb Raider? The Final Hours of Tomb Raider is a digital book that takes you inside the studio during the four year development of this franchise reboot. Journalist Geoff Keighley chronicles the team’s journey, illustrating this 11,000 word story with never-before-seen art and videos from parts of the...
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
Why similar: Documentary 39.6% ★, Narration 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Emotional 12.9%, Story Rich 7.4%
How did Crystal Dynamics reinvent Tomb Raider? The Final Hours of Tomb Raider is a digital book that takes you inside the studio during the four year development of this franchise reboot. Journalist Geoff Keighley chronicles the team’s journey, illustrating this 11,000 word story with never-before-seen art and videos from parts of the...
Why similar: Documentary 93% ★, Female Protagonist 7%
Immerse yourself in 'ETERNAL SPRING (長春) VR,' an animated 360 documentary that goes inside the world of a real-life survivor of religious persecution in China, adding a new dimension to the feature film that was Canada's official submission to the 2023 Oscars®.
Why similar: Documentary 52.1% ★, Political 38.4% ★, Exploration 7.5%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 1%
Written over the past four years, journalist Geoff Keighley ("The Final Hours of Portal 2") chronicles the making of TITANFALL from Respawn Entertainment. This longform app features never-before-seen photos, video and concept art from early development versions of the game.
Why similar: Documentary 97.3% ★, Story Rich 2.3%, Indie 0.4%
DEJAR IR is an intimate and sentimental game where the story is told through different works of art that evoke what we felt during the pandemic, culminating with one of the most beautiful feelings. What will it be? An adventure filled with emotions we experienced during the pandemic.
Why similar: Narration 25.5%, Emotional 19.6%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Story Rich 10.4%
Play the incredible true story of T and her quest to uncover the truth about her parents’ work for the Danish Intelligence during the Cold War.
Why similar: Documentary 84.7% ★, Story Rich 9.2%, Indie 3.2%, Adventure 2.9%
A majestic, first person exploration game that delves you into the personal story of you and Zack as you traverse beautiful terrains and discover the forgotten truth that is buried away deep inside.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Narration 17.4%, Exploration 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%, Emotional 7.7%
Connor, a single father, visits a memory-restoration clinic in order to relive the days he had with his estranged son Bry. Experience what’s left of his past as he gets to relive his cherished memories and routine joys, while keeping away from the disturbing truth lurking beneath the surface.
Why similar: Narration 22.5%, Emotional 20.7%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Story Rich 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
Based on the Oscar short-listed Participant Media documentary Zero Days, Scatter's Emmy Award-winning, immersive documentary Zero Days VR visualizes the story of Stuxnet in a new way: placing you inside the invisible world of computer viruses, experiencing the high stakes of cyber warfare at a human scale.
Why similar: Documentary 55.8% ★, Political 27.4% ★, Female Protagonist 8%, Story Rich 5.5%, Indie 2.2%
Embark down the small path of a girl named Abby as she goes back home and digs through her childhood, reliving the past to help reveal the secrets of what actually happened. What will you uncover? Will the family mystery end with you, or will it be just another legend. REIMAGINED VERSION OUT NOW!!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.9%, Narration 19.6%, Emotional 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
THE FINAL HOURS OF HALF-LIFE: ALYX is an interactive storybook, written by Geoff Keighley, that takes fans inside Valve Software to chronicle the company’s past decade of game development, including the return of Half-Life.
Why similar: Documentary 94.2% ★, 3D 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%, Adventure 1.2%
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.
Why similar: Narration 23.9%, Walking Simulator 19.6%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Exploration 8.4%
Uniquely presented as an hour long documentary film, The Mind of Marlo is a narrative driven adventure game focusing on love, loss and silly heads. Laugh and cry with Marlo as he gets to the bottom of his life changing condition, known as Spontaneous Silly Head Syndrome.
Why similar: Documentary 78.2% ★, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Story Rich 8.1%, Indie 2.2%, Adventure 2.2%
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: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Narration 19.8%, Emotional 12.6%, Story Rich 9.7%, Dark 7.9%
Portal 2 draws from the award-winning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original Portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following. For more information on Portal 2 click here.
Why similar: Documentary 88.5% ★, Emotional 6.4%, Story Rich 4%, Adventure 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Lost Brothers is a single-player first-person adventure, taking place in an abandoned mine. All you have is a walkie-talkie and a map. Explore a mysterious forest and a labyrinth of underground passages to rescue a mysterious lady.
Why similar: Narration 26.7%, Walking Simulator 26%, Emotional 18.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%, First-Person 6%
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.1%, Narration 23.7%, Emotional 10.7%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 6.5%
A Doctor's Term is a first person, narrative experience with pivotal choices set in an ominous sci-fi government facility: The Ministry of Health — Enter a story of treating menacing medical cases where daily work often defies expectations...
Why similar: Political 30.1% ★, Walking Simulator 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Exploration 8%, Dark 7.5%
A friend called Loneliness is a third-person exploration game based on the song from The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby. Uncover the truth of our main character Norra, as she will leave you clues through her poems that she has written.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.3%, Narration 16.7%, Exploration 10.4%, Dark 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
Enter the world of Milly, a troubled tattoo artist who sets out to revive her dying neighborhood by collecting remaining stories through her art. Walk the streets of Nortown, witness the comes and goes of its people, and redefine the meaning behind each tattoo in this first person narrative game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.4%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Story Rich 15.3%, Exploration 10.4%, Emotional 10%
Tiger Orchid is a streamer who has found herself trapped in the new release 'She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game'. Play along with Tiger as she enters a flat covered in comic book art. Who lives here? What's up with the creepy knitted birds? How do you get out? Will someone fix the toaster?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Narration 21.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Story Rich 9.7%, Exploration 8.4%
Hayley finds her apartment empty. The love of her life packed and gone. What starts as a search for an answer soon turns into a personal journey. Was her life as perfect as she remembers it ? With each new clue she finds, the truth becomes more and more unbelievable.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.2%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Narration 11.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Emotional 8.8%
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 32.8%, Story Rich 19.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Exploration 7.6%
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 22.5%, Narration 20.4%, Emotional 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Exploration 8.2%
Retired Waves is a narrative video game by Bing Liu. It lasts about 30 minutes and has no traditional mechanics, goals, or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a being wandering through their thoughts and reflecting on the meaning of architecture.
Why similar: Narration 35.3%, Walking Simulator 28.9%, Emotional 13.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 6.5%
Spiral is a third-person narrative exploration game that shares a poetic vision of cognitive degeneration. Step into the shoes of Bernard as you help him and support him while braving his unravelling mind and reliving his most treasured moments.
Why similar: Narration 26.8%, Walking Simulator 23.6%, Emotional 20.4%, Story Rich 10.7%, Exploration 6.7%
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, Narration 15.4%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%, First-Person 7%
A Deep Rest is a collection of short stories about men and their relationship with mental health and depression. Taking control of a different character in each story, you will experience life from their perspective. See the problems and issues they face and help them find ways to be alright again.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.4%, Narration 20.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%
With DeathTolls Experience, virtual reality artist Ali Eslami is seeking to resensitize the general public to the reality behind the abstract statistics on the hundreds of thousands of deaths in the Middle East.
Why similar: Documentary 96.5% ★, Indie 3.5%
Persecution - The Elevator is a first-person psychological thriller. Explore an ordinary apartment in a new building, where one night strange things begin to happen.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Narration 28%, Exploration 12.2%, Story Rich 11.3%, Dark 6.9%
A documentary experience that explores the links between anti-LGBTQI lobbyists, politicians and organisations.
Why similar: Documentary 93% ★, Exploration 6%, Indie 1%
You play as Emma, who wakes up in an abandoned house without any prior memory of how she ended up there. Investigate your surroundings, uncover the mysteries of the house and connect memories from your past as you try to escape in this short, first person atmospheric horror game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Emotional 15.6%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Story Rich 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%
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 38.8%, Emotional 13.9%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%
In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Japan and began a new life in Canada. Then war and state-sanctioned racism changed everything—he became the enemy. His grandson leads us on an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost.
Why similar: Documentary 56.4% ★, Emotional 11.9%, Narration 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
In Broken Aperture, players explore Freya's emotional journey through beautifully crafted environments, solving puzzles to uncover hidden memories. This narrative-driven game delves into themes of grief, memory, and self-discovery,
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Story Rich 11.9%, Exploration 7.9%, Emotional 7.7%
On July 2nd, 2009, every living thing vanished. Gone, without a trace.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36%, Emotional 34.4%, Story Rich 15.6%, First-Person 5.7%, 3D 2.5%
The Tunnels is a procedural maze environment, where everyone loses except grief What can only be the final truth is a mirror showing us what remains of our humanity. There is, however, an end to reach in this hallway.
Why similar: Political 58.7% ★, Exploration 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, First-Person 6.5%, Atmospheric 4.3%
Grove of the Felled Olives is a free virtual memorial dedicated to the over 60,000 humans killed in Gaza between Oct '23 and July '25. Pay respects to each of the departed in a peaceful refuge for their memory.
Why similar: Political 40.1% ★, Walking Simulator 27.3%, Emotional 19.5%, Exploration 5%, Atmospheric 4.7%
Beyond Memoria is a first-person narrative journey between dream and memory. Explore a surreal world and use photography to uncover forgotten fragments and piece together your story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.9%, Narration 29.3%, Emotional 14.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Step into war-torn enemy territory in this immersive VR game experience based on the Oscar-shortlisted documentary MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER (2015). EYE OF THE BEHOLDER is a 20 minute beta experience that subverts the war-game genre as players must choose to combat or collaborate with others.
Why similar: Documentary 93.9% ★, First-Person 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%, Indie 0.7%, Adventure 0.7%
A found footage coming-of-age story about a group of teenagers growing up under an orange sky.
Why similar: Political 38.4% ★, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Emotional 10%, Story Rich 7.6%
The Falling Star is a first-person exploration and narrative-driven walking simulator. Following the mother's last wish, the girl embarks on a journey in a dream to uncover the story of her missing aunt’s past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.1%, Narration 18%, Story Rich 15%, Exploration 13.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%
A lonely dog follows scents and memories through a dreamlike forest searching for someone who never returned.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Emotional 24.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Exploration 9%
After her passing, a grandmother’s home holds decades of untold memories. Step into a heartfelt narrative journey through objects, voice acting, and beautifully crafted environments.
Why similar: Narration 26.6%, Walking Simulator 23.1%, Emotional 14.5%, Story Rich 10.8%, Exploration 6.5%
Explore a mysterious facility where colors have vanished. Restore the world piece by piece, uncover hidden secrets, and navigate unique environments guided by a sarcastic AI companion in this atmospheric narrative experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.6%, Narration 23.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%
A singleplayer, post-horror exploration game that gives you the opportunity to unravel the events that've taken place in a seemingly normal home.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.3%, Narration 29.6%, Dark 8.7%, First-Person 7.8%, Atmospheric 5.7%
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 34.7%, Emotional 19.5%, Story Rich 18.7%, Atmospheric 11.5%, First-Person 7.5%
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: Walking Simulator 26.5%, Emotional 22%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Dark 11.5%, Story Rich 10.7%
Enter a world where books spring to life. A beautiful Journey about forgiveness and Books awaits you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Emotional 19.7%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Story Rich 9.6%
808 explores the memories that define us and what happens when they're taken away. It's a surreal game about love, loss, and a difficult choice: the pain of authenticity, or the peace of self forgetfulness.
Why similar: Narration 29.2%, Walking Simulator 27.7%, Emotional 13.5%, Story Rich 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Inner Ashes is a first person, narrative, puzzle adventure, where the player puts himself in Henry's shoes, a forest guard diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He has to travel through his mind to discover why his only daughter Enid disappeared from his life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.2%, Emotional 18.7%, Story Rich 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Dark 8.6%
An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.1%, Emotional 23.5%, Narration 19.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Dark 5%
Step into a fractured 00s childhood in the South of England. Inspired by the developer’s real diaries, this autobiographical narrative adventure invites you to uncover Alice’s story by piecing together evocative memories, and following in the footsteps of a young girl’s journey through adolescence.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Emotional 18.7%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Story Rich 10.5%, Atmospheric 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%, Story Rich 19.4%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Exploration 8.8%
Of Dead Earth is a third-person survival horror game set in Australian Outback.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.7%, Emotional 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Dark 10.3%, Exploration 9.4%
Await your verdict in a luxury apartment that can execute you. Your behavior is judged. Survive long enough and you might be pardoned.
Why similar: Political 47.7% ★, Walking Simulator 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 4.1%
Lost Soul is a short atmospheric third person puzzle game. Play as Lost Soul, a soul corrupted by demon magic who suddenly had the last bits of its thoughts and memory sealed outside of its body and now is compelled to chase down the mysterious fae who did it.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Emotional 18.6%, Narration 16.1%, Story Rich 14.9%, Atmospheric 12%
A short narrative and exploration game about Zach, June, and a strange phenomenon. You're Zach and, stuck in your home, you will do everything to keep hearing June's voice messages. What is happening out there?
Why similar: Narration 33.4%, Walking Simulator 26.6%, Emotional 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, First-Person 8.7%
A first-person psychological horror game set in a pitch-black mansion where your only tool is a flashlight. Collect clues, make risky light-on or light-off decisions, and survive sudden shock jumpscares in a tense, combat-free experience focused on fear and uncertainty.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.6%, Narration 18.3%, Dark 11.4%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.4%
