60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Adventure, Visual Novel, Indie.
A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab. Explore their chat records to uncover the mysteries of Inturg Technologies. How can they escape their doom?
Anamnesia - part 1: am i my body?
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Nobody Nowhere
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Sci-Fi Mystery Visual Novel. Nine people are trapped in an underground research facility, forced to play a game of life and death. Check your log to find the truth that connects those apparent strangers - if you even want to, that is.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Mystery 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Story Rich 7.9%
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.3%, Mystery 15.8%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Mystery 27.7%, Sci-fi 25.7%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 5.6%
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: Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Mystery 11.6%, Text-Based 11.5%, Sci-fi 11%
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Adventure 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Text-Based 8.3%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Mystery 13.1%, Story Rich 9.5%
Alone With You is a bittersweet sci-fi adventure game that goes right for the heart. Escape a doomed space colony with the help of your troubled AI companion and four chatty holograms in this unique blend of adventure & visual novel storytelling.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Sci-fi 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 9%
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 16.6%, Story Rich 7.7%, Mystery 7.4%
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Text-Based 19%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Story Rich 8%
Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Text-Based 19.4%, Sci-fi 14%, Mystery 10.4%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Mystery 20%, Text-Based 15.1%, Adventure 7.7%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Mystery 19.9%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Story Rich 7.6%
Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Story Rich 15.3%, Adventure 8.8%
Snow, dullness, depression. Constant dissatisfaction with work and superiors and feeling like there is no escape. Is this what life will always be? Perhaps… but I can always hope for change to be just around the corner!…
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Indie 7.2%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Text-Based 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Story Rich 9%
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Text-Based 22%, Story Rich 10.5%, Casual 5.6%
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Mystery 22.8%, Story Rich 8.4%, Text-Based 4.4%
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Mystery 18.2%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Adventure 7.6%
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Mystery 26.3%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 15.3%, Story Rich 7.9%
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: Mystery 44.8%, Sci-fi 30%, Adventure 11.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, Indie 4.7%
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Sci-fi 23.5%, Mystery 16.4%, Story Rich 9.6%, Adventure 8.2%
You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 64.4%, Text-Based 20.8%, Casual 10.1%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%
For Tan Yan, there is little hope his life will change. It's like his whole life is trapped inside a snowdome, unable to escape. But, what if, one day, he's given the chance to make a change?
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Mystery 22.8%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Text-Based 10.5%, Story Rich 9.5%
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Sci-fi 21.3%, Text-Based 18.7%, Mystery 14.2%, Story Rich 6.8%
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Mystery 24.3%, Sci-fi 19.5%, Text-Based 10.5%, Story Rich 8.9%
Overwrite each other. A story-driven exploration adventure shaped by tragedy. ― I woke up in a research facility. And... someone was already inside me. (I initiated the experiment at this research facility.) (My first—and final—experiment for my sake. I staked everything on it.)
Why similar: Sci-fi 35.7%, Pixel Graphics 24.2%, Adventure 19.4%, Story Rich 10.5%, 2D 7.9%
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Mystery 20.5%, Text-Based 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
"Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Retro 9.8%
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 32.7%, Adventure 8.8%, Casual 7.9%, 2D 4.9%
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Sci-fi 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Story Rich 12.2%, Text-Based 8.1%
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Mystery 24.6%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, Adventure 7.4%
A short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, Adventure 26.3%, Story Rich 17.1%, Indie 15.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%
You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?
Why similar: Sci-fi 38.8%, Mystery 37.5%, Adventure 11.5%, Casual 4.9%, Story Rich 3.8%
Hello, this is Fael... Listen, this is going to sound strange, but... I think I'm lost in the apartment. Right now... I... I don't know where I am. Can you come and help me?
Why similar: Mystery 31.4%, Sci-fi 27.8%, Nonlinear 23.9%, Adventure 12%, Singleplayer 2.6%
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: Visual Novel 30.7%, Mystery 27.5%, Adventure 12.6%, Story Rich 10.8%, Casual 8.5%
"NARRENSCHIFF" is a psychological horror puzzle game. Players take on the role of an amnesiac man who awakens in a mysterious mental hospital. As they explore, they unravel a story involving their own origins and the conspiracy brewing within the walls of the mental institution.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Retro 6.9%
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.6%, Mystery 28.9%, Adventure 12.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Story Rich 5.9%
My dream is a Lost Memory is a short interactive story about having Déjà vu, realizing that this Déjà vu came to you because of a dream, and then wondering if that dream is actually a memory. It's a story about work, limitations and self-respect.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.6%, Interactive Fiction 37.5%, Casual 8.3%, 2D 5.8%, Story Rich 5.1%
A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.6%, Mystery 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 6.8%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Mystery 17.9%, Text-Based 10.8%, Casual 5.5%
In this short visual novel, four prisoners on death row are cleared of all charges. But the prison has a quota to meet. The four are put in a room and asked to decide among themselves over the course of an hour... who will be the one to die?
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Mystery 25.4%, 2D 4.8%, Story Rich 3.6%
An experimental, minimalistic microgame about loneliness. Originally released as a Flash game in 2010 that was featured by Extra Credits.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 52.1%, Casual 27.4%, 2D 20.6%
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Nonlinear 17.1%, Mystery 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%
Mission: Translate an interstellar message, using the universal languages of math & science.
Why similar: Sci-fi 41.4%, Retro 25%, Text-Based 24.1%, Adventure 4.7%, Indie 2.9%
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.9%, Story Rich 16.2%, Text-Based 12.4%, Adventure 11.1%, 2D 5.2%
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Mystery 21.4%, Text-Based 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Retro 6.4%
They have no names, only serial numbers. They have no freedom, no memories from the past. You are one of them. Explore the last center of civilization on a shattered Earth to understand what is really going on.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.2%, Story Rich 19.4%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Nonlinear 13%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.
Why similar: Mystery 56.2%, Adventure 18.6%, Casual 10.3%, Indie 9%, Singleplayer 5.9%
Where are you going with the main character? "Lost Infinity" is a game about nothing, or maybe something, only you will decide. Grieve, think, reason.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.7%, Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 7.9%, 2D 5.1%
ALLBLACK Phase 1 is a visual novel adapted from light novel with the same title. Follow the journey of the amnesiac and seemingly abnormal "Theodore Quentin" as he uncovers his identity while escaping from the people who wants him at all cost...
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Sci-fi 22.9%, Text-Based 17.6%, Story Rich 9.4%, Casual 5.1%
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Why similar: Mystery 42.9%, Sci-fi 27.5%, Story Rich 11.7%, Adventure 10%, Indie 5%
You are trapped at home in an endless loop. Remember your surroundings and watch out for anomalies, if you ever want to leave.
Why similar: Mystery 70.6%, Casual 22.8%, Adventure 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.7%, Sci-fi 22.1%, Adventure 20.9%, Casual 17.8%, 2D 9.3%
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Mystery 55.9%, Text-Based 23%, Story Rich 14.6%, Adventure 4.6%, Singleplayer 1%
You wake up in a strange place, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you got here. Trapped in an environment that twists to break your sanity, your only way out is to delve into the unknown and face the horrors of a past your mind is trying to hide.
Why similar: Mystery 42.4%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 14.1%, Story Rich 9.1%, Singleplayer 7.3%
In a concrete slab beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Each terminal operates on its own hidden rules, and the only way to escape is to learn how to speak their language. Crack the code, unlock the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.5%, Mystery 26%, Sci-fi 22.1%, Adventure 14.5%
Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.6%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Retro 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 51.7%, Text-Based 22.3%, Casual 9.8%, 2D 6.6%, Adventure 5.3%
