60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Indie, Singleplayer, Walking Simulator.
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.
The Quiet Things
An auto-biographical, narrative game, based on real diary entries kept as a teenager. The Quiet Things seeks to explore mental health issues with a raw but brave look at childhood abuse and trauma. With a deep focus on storytelling through audio, set foot in Alice’s world and hear her story.
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 39.4% ★, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Emotional 14.2%, Narration 11%, Story Rich 8%
An auto-biographical, narrative game, based on real diary entries kept as a teenager. The Quiet Things seeks to explore mental health issues with a raw but brave look at childhood abuse and trauma. With a deep focus on storytelling through audio, set foot in Alice’s world and hear her story.
Why similar: Documentary 42.9% ★, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Emotional 10.6%, Narration 7.5%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
A first-person exploration game based on the actual memories of a 92-year-old grandmother, told to players in her own voice. Take pictures of what remains of her abandoned childhood home to uncover the dark, traumatic events that she had to fight through as a teenage girl.
Why similar: Documentary 49.4% ★, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Narration 8.7%, Female Protagonist 7.6%, Story Rich 4.8%
A found footage coming-of-age story about a group of teenagers growing up under an orange sky.
Why similar: Political 31.2% ★, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Emotional 13.6%, Narration 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
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 92.4% ★, Female Protagonist 7.6%
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 49.8% ★, Political 40.3% ★, Exploration 7.8%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 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 29.5%, Story Rich 17.6%, Narration 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Atmospheric 9%
Imaginaria is both a night watch and the night watcher. It's a military term, supposedly coming from Latin, Imaginarius: relative to a mental figure. Perhaps because under Imaginaria duty the mind likes to wander too. Here in Antarctica we do them since the incident. And tonight I am Imaginaria.
Why similar: Documentary 62.7% ★, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Story Rich 6.4%, Interactive Fiction 5.9%, Atmospheric 5%
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: Emotional 21.5%, Narration 18.8%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Story Rich 11.3%
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% ★, Story Rich 2.5%, Indie 0.5%
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 83.5% ★, Story Rich 9.9%, Indie 3.5%, Adventure 3.2%
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 36.9%, Narration 12.5%, Exploration 10%, Story Rich 9%, Emotional 8.3%
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 30.2% ★, Walking Simulator 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Exploration 8%, Dark 7.6%
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 22.2%, Narration 14.2%, Emotional 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%
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 53.6% ★, Political 28.9% ★, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Story Rich 5.8%, Indie 2.3%
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: Emotional 22.5%, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Narration 16.4%, Story Rich 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
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: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Emotional 20.9%, Narration 19.8%, Atmospheric 7.5%, First-Person 6.5%
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 26.3%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Story Rich 15.3%, Exploration 10.4%, Emotional 10.1%
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 24.2%, Narration 14.4%, Emotional 13.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, Dark 8.4%
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 22.9%, Emotional 19.3%, Narration 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Dark 10%
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 23.2%, Emotional 16.2%, Narration 14%, Story Rich 9.2%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
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: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Narration 17.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Exploration 9.1%
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 87.5% ★, Emotional 7%, Story Rich 4.4%, Adventure 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 93.7% ★, 3D 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Adventure 1.3%
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 76.7% ★, Walking Simulator 9.1%, Story Rich 8.7%, Indie 2.4%, Adventure 2.4%
Enter a world where books spring to life. A beautiful Journey about forgiveness and Books awaits you.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Emotional 17%, Narration 14.6%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 40%, Narration 17.5%, Emotional 11.7%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 7%
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 36.2%, Narration 12%, Exploration 11%, Dark 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9%
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 29.2%, Narration 15.4%, Emotional 12.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, Exploration 9%
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 25.1%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Story Rich 9.6%, Emotional 9.2%, Narration 8.4%
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: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Emotional 15.3%, Narration 13.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Story Rich 8.4%
Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Emotional 17.1%, Narration 12.2%, Story Rich 10.9%, Dark 10.6%
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 25.9%, Emotional 15.8%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Emotional 16.3%, Narration 14.1%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Story Rich 10.9%
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 14.1%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%
On July 2nd, 2009, every living thing vanished. Gone, without a trace.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Emotional 34.7%, Story Rich 15.6%, First-Person 5.7%, 3D 2.5%
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 30.9%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Story Rich 11.9%, Exploration 7.9%, Emotional 7.8%
Explore, investigate and unravel the secrets buried in time. As psychic Amber Lopez, navigate haunted grounds, decipher ancient runes, and piece together the puzzle of a decades-old murder, each discovery closing in on a truth she’s not ready to face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Story Rich 14.1%, Narration 13.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%
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 23.9%, Narration 14.8%, Emotional 14%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Exploration 8.7%
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 38.3%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Narration 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%, First-Person 7.4%
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 58.8% ★, Exploration 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, First-Person 6.4%, 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 27.1%, Emotional 19.7%, Exploration 5%, Atmospheric 4.7%
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.7%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Emotional 10.9%, Story Rich 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
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: Walking Simulator 32.4%, Narration 27%, Emotional 14.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
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 30.3%, Narration 15.2%, Story Rich 12.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%
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: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Emotional 22.6%, Narration 19.9%, Story Rich 11.7%, Exploration 7.4%
Explore fantastic environments as Lula, as she journeys to discover the meaning of the Genie and fulfill her destiny.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.4%, Narration 16.1%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Emotional 11%, Story Rich 9.9%
An emotional story-driven game, where you play as Dr. Olivia, a scientist trying to find a way to cure her daughter. Explore the world and save Jessica from this deadly virus, as you recall some memories.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26%, Narration 17.7%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Emotional 13.6%, Story Rich 9.3%
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: Walking Simulator 33.1%, Narration 22.1%, Story Rich 13.2%, Emotional 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%
An emotional adventure that invites you into the beautifully crafted world of personal discovery, identity, introspection and connection made by 'S', a queer person of color.
Why similar: Political 23.2% ★, Walking Simulator 21.8%, Emotional 15.6%, Narration 14.7%, Story Rich 7.7%
Deep dive into space and explore the story of Robert and Catriona. You will discover the catastrophic events that happened on the station and get to know mysterious RESONANCES while being confronted with a tragic past.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.7%, Narration 15.3%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Exploration 8.5%
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 34.5%, Emotional 19.7%, Story Rich 18.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%, First-Person 7.4%
Of Dead Earth is a third-person survival horror game set in Australian Outback.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.6%, Emotional 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Dark 10.4%, Exploration 9.4%
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 58.3%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Exploration 7.3%, Story Rich 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.7%
Anachroma is a first-person adventure and puzzle game where you play Ana, the young princess of the Mag Mell isles. She seeks to restore colors to a black-and-white world using a mysterious artifact, the Eye of Re.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20%, Narration 19.4%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Emotional 12.3%, Exploration 9.9%
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 34.9%, Story Rich 19.5%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Exploration 8.8%
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 36.5%, Narration 20.9%, Exploration 13.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Dark 7.6%
A documentary experience that explores the links between anti-LGBTQI lobbyists, politicians and organisations.
Why similar: Documentary 92.4% ★, Exploration 6.5%, Indie 1.1%
