60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Singleplayer, Short, Story Rich.
Ishmael is a short multimedia-enhanced hypertext story about perpetual cycles of displacement and violence as seen through the lens of a child. Takes about 15 minutes to read/play through.
The Night Fisherman
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Fantasia Medieval
A short Visual-Novel, made with Artificial-Inteligence art, about a party of adventurers on a medieval setting.
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Philosophical 21.1%, Text-Based 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.7%
A short Visual-Novel, made with Artificial-Inteligence art, about a party of adventurers on a medieval setting.
Why similar: Experimental 23.2% ★, Text-Based 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Point & Click 9.8%
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Experimental 17.9% ★, Point & Click 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 14.3%
This is a reading game that describes internet life. You can push the plot by clicking on different positions on the screen and pass the customs in 30 minutes.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Philosophical 19%, Text-Based 18.1%, Incremental 16%, Point & Click 13.6%
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Philosophical 45.2%, Emotional 23.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Atmospheric 9%, Story Rich 6%
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.5%, Experimental 16.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%
"Consumption Line" is a short, fully free, experimental indie game about the food industry, deceptive advertising and the downsides of modern life. A sarcastic 30‑minute experience designed to make you reflect, not grind.
Why similar: Experimental 37.1% ★, Point & Click 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Time Management 11.3%, Philosophical 11%
A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.
Why similar: Experimental 34.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Emotional 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 6.7%
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: Text-Based 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Casual 10.3%, Adventure 8.7%
"From Head to Toe" is a short interactive story about winter, existential guilt and your ex-classmates.
Why similar: Experimental 27.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Emotional 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Casual 8%
A short point & click narrative adventure inspired by the real life experience of a struggling solo indie game developer. A story about everything and hence nothing at all. Discover what truly matters to you.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Point & Click 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Satirical, short and simple point-and-click "simulation" game about the meaninglessness of life.
Why similar: Experimental 25.4% ★, Philosophical 23.6%, Life Sim 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Point & Click 13.7%
A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.
Why similar: Experimental 46.8% ★, Atmospheric 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Casual 9.2%, Indie 7.5%
A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.
Why similar: Philosophical 55.1%, Point & Click 15%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 4.8%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Story Rich 15%, Text-Based 15%, Visual Novel 12.6%
Tell the 5 million year story of the mammoth in 5 minutes.
Why similar: Philosophical 49%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 11.1%, Casual 9.8%, Story Rich 9.3%
Ord. tells stories three words at a time.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.2%, Experimental 31.1% ★, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 7.4%, Casual 7%
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: Experimental 24.5% ★, Philosophical 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Point & Click 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%
Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Indie 6.6%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Experimental 28.5% ★, Visual Novel 17.7%, Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Philosophical 12.6%
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Philosophical 14%, Emotional 10.3%, Adventure 9.2%
Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Point & Click 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
“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 31.4%, Emotional 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Story Rich 7.5%
A free 5-minute visual novel. A security concern demands your attention.
Why similar: Experimental 41.7% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%, Adventure 3.6%
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Text-Based 29.2%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Story Rich 6.1%
‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.
Why similar: Philosophical 20.6%, Text-Based 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Emotional 13.5%
BLEMO! It’s a super-short, casual interactive story. You can talk to NPCs, walk across the tiny map, or try to solve our secret puzzle. We wanted to create a tiny, living world so let us know how we did! Soak in the five minutes of gameplay for as long as you like.
Why similar: Story Rich 29.5%, 2D 26.4%, Casual 23.4%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 9.6%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%
"Life sometimes feels like it’s going in circles." Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why is a short pixel art Visual Novel about a girl who tell herself this, forever. Maybe you can try to help her ?
Why similar: Philosophical 26.8%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%
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: Philosophical 21.5%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%
A Game About is a free, short, lo-fi point & click adventure that tasks the player with living with their daily routine. Through day to day choices, life changes in imperceptibles and unexpected ways.
Why similar: Point & Click 68%, Indie 32%
"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 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Emotional 18.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
The Last Oath is a short story based game about a knight that fell in battle fighting for their king. You find yourself with a final task to keep your oath to the king. Complete this task as you find out more about the world by interacting with the environment through text based dialogue.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 54%, Casual 12.4%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 11.6%, 2D 8.7%
A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.7%, Text-Based 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Emotional 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.9%, Philosophical 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Why similar: Atmospheric 30%, Adventure 18.6%, Casual 17.8%, 2D 16.8%, Indie 16.7%
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Emotional 29.6%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Story Rich 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%
halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Point & Click 21.1%, Story Rich 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%
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 23.4%, Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Emotional 11.2%
Snow Cone Serenade is a short and sweet liminal adventure. Choose your mood and roll the dice to succeed or fail in spicy situations. Enter a cursed snow world to save your sick dog, Jedediah. Unravel a mind-bending mystery to face your innermost fears.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 19.4%, Emotional 16.4%, Point & Click 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Set around 1929, this interactive visual novel lets you relive the early Red Army's epic journey from a first-person perspective. Experience immersive historical narratives and make pivotal branching choices. Beware: wrong decisions will end your game!
Why similar: Political Sim 37.7% ★, Visual Novel 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Incremental 11.8%, Text-Based 11.4%
Dream On is a very short, atmospheric walking simulator (5-10 minutes) about making a wish. Walk through a symbolic dreamscape, explore your thoughts and feelings, and make a quiet, meaningful choice at the end of the journey.
Why similar: Text-Based 57.6%, Emotional 17.7%, Atmospheric 12.9%, 2D 10.7%, Indie 1.1%
A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Life Sim 18.9%, Point & Click 15.3%, Emotional 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%
What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story.Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Text-Based 11.4%, Life Sim 10.8%
Go from Prehistoric age to the future in this text-based adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Text-Based 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Experimental 9.6% ★
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Experimental 25.1% ★, Emotional 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Life Sim 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Point & Click 13.5%
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Emotional 26%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Story Rich 12%, Text-Based 9.8%
An experimental short from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise: A simple & surreal 1-hour interactive animation about a boy and an injured bird, told without dialogues.If you're looking for To the Moon-like experience, I'd suggest playing Finding Paradise first.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Story Rich 22%, Emotional 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Indie 8.2%
A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.
Why similar: Philosophical 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Emotional 18.3%, Story Rich 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.8%
A miniature frozen between the atmosphere of a small room and Castaneda with Lovecraft. The story of radical spiritual practices in the search for truth among panels and stacks.
Why similar: Experimental 40.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Philosophical 12.2%, Text-Based 7.1%
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: Philosophical 48.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Story Rich 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%, Adventure 2.9%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 39.2% ★, Text-Based 21.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Story Rich 6.9%
Home is where the stars are. An interactive bedtime story, for anyone who needs one. Take the bear and the little one on a deeply meaningful journey, as you experience stories of togetherness, of letting go and of finding a place you belong.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Story Rich 10.3%, Emotional 9.7%
A short wordless adaptation of a Civil War story.
Why similar: Experimental 48.5% ★, Emotional 22.5%, Indie 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%, 2D 6%
Century of Anticipation is a short, surreal adventure about being stuck waiting for something misterious. Explore your apartment to find increasingly unusual ways to pass the time, from cooking to throwing your head through the window, while enjoying the amazing soundtrack by Brazilian indie bands.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36%, Point & Click 30.7%, Atmospheric 16.2%, Adventure 8.2%, 2D 5.8%
Unroaded is a short free visual novel about the living dead man who instead of inaction has chosen the road.
Why similar: Philosophical 40.1%, Visual Novel 34.1%, Casual 9.3%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 7.8%
A personal, short and silly handwritten game about a little man feeling a little 'eh'.
Why similar: Story Rich 33.2%, Casual 28.7%, Indie 20.1%, 2D 17.9%
"What if you're born into this world without your permission?" DIVINATION is a very short visual novel where you act as a fortune teller in a futuristic world. Talk and listen to people's stories, then foresee their future using the runes they had drawn.
Why similar: Experimental 28% ★, Philosophical 24.3%, Text-Based 17.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Point & Click 10.8%
