60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Casual, Singleplayer, Short, Indie.
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?
Queen of the flies 蝇后
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.
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 16.9%, Political 16% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 11.9%
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 19.9%, Philosophical 18.5%, Text-Based 18.1%, Incremental 17.1%, Point & Click 13.4%
A short Visual-Novel, made with Artificial-Inteligence art, about a party of adventurers on a medieval setting.
Why similar: Experimental 22.7%, Text-Based 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Point & Click 9.8%
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 44.7%, Emotional 23.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Story Rich 6%
‘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: Political 22.1% ★, Philosophical 16.3%, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Experimental 18.1%, Point & Click 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 15.2%
Satirical, short and simple point-and-click "simulation" game about the meaninglessness of life.
Why similar: Experimental 25.6%, Philosophical 24.1%, Life Sim 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Point & Click 14.1%
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 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Casual 10.6%, Adventure 8.7%
A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.
Why similar: Experimental 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Emotional 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Story Rich 6.9%
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 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Point & Click 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.2%
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
Why similar: Political 24.3% ★, Politics 23.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Point & Click 9.6%, Visual Novel 7.7%
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 47%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Casual 9.6%, Indie 7.8%
Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.2% ★, Political 27.7% ★, Politics 24.6% ★, Story Rich 5%, Indie 4.6%
Tell the 5 million year story of the mammoth in 5 minutes.
Why similar: Philosophical 48.8%, Adventure 12%, Indie 11.3%, Casual 9.9%, Story Rich 9.3%
"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 42.1%, Point & Click 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Philosophical 12.7%, Casual 7.3%
“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 31.1%, Emotional 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 7.5%
A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.
Why similar: Philosophical 56.6%, Point & Click 15.3%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 10%, Indie 5%
"From Head to Toe" is a short interactive story about winter, existential guilt and your ex-classmates.
Why similar: Experimental 27.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Emotional 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Casual 8.3%
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Text-Based 15.3%, Story Rich 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Philosophical 14.7%, Emotional 11%, Adventure 9.4%
A free 5-minute visual novel. A security concern demands your attention.
Why similar: Experimental 41.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%, Adventure 3.5%
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 28.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Philosophical 12.4%
"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 26.5%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%
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 35.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Indie 6.6%
A short, linear story game of a random demon guy's life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Text-Based 29.7%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Story Rich 6%
Ord. tells stories three words at a time.
Why similar: Text-Based 35%, Experimental 30.3%, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 7.2%, Casual 7%
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 16.9%, Experimental 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%
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 40%, Casual 32.1%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 13.2%
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 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Point & Click 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
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 30.3%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Story Rich 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%
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 59.3%, Casual 13.6%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 1.2%
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 67.7%, Indie 32.3%
halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Point & Click 22.3%, Story Rich 10.2%, Atmospheric 8%
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 24.7%, Philosophical 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Point & Click 13.1%, Visual Novel 13%
Orwell’s Animal Farm is a text-based choice-driven narrative game where all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Immerse yourself in George Orwell's story of absolute power and corruption and follow the ups and downs of Animalism.
Why similar: Political 24.5% ★, Political Sim 14.9% ★, Text-Based 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
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 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Point & Click 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%
The visual novel adaptation of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Experience the Manifesto in a conversational style for the first time and fully customize your reading.
Why similar: Political 33.6% ★, Politics 29.7% ★, Philosophical 13.2%, Text-Based 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.8%
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 19.7%, Emotional 16.4%, Point & Click 14.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%
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 36.2%, Adventure 21.7%, Casual 21.7%, Indie 20.4%
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 64.7%, Emotional 19.6%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Indie 1.3%
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 39.3%, Text-Based 22.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Story Rich 7.1%
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 22.5%, Life Sim 19.9%, Point & Click 15.8%, Emotional 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%
“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%, Emotional 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%
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 39.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Philosophical 12.2%, Text-Based 7.3%
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 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Emotional 18.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%
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 24.1%, Point & Click 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 13.4%, Emotional 11.3%
Unroaded is a short free visual novel about the living dead man who instead of inaction has chosen the road.
Why similar: Philosophical 40%, Visual Novel 34.2%, Casual 9.4%, Adventure 8.5%, Indie 8%
"non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Emotional 17.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Political 10.6% ★
A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.1%, Text-Based 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Emotional 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.
Why similar: Philosophical 20%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Point & Click 15.1%, Emotional 9.2%
A visual novel set in a universe where the orderlies are trying to take over our planet.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Incremental 10%
"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 27.9%, Philosophical 24.7%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Point & Click 11.1%
A short wordless adaptation of a Civil War story.
Why similar: Experimental 50.6%, Emotional 24.3%, Indie 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.3%
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 27.7%, Story Rich 23%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Indie 8.7%
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 27.2%, Visual Novel 24%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, Text-Based 10.4%
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 26.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Text-Based 12.8%, Life Sim 12.2%
Aqua Catholicism; Explore Man's Original Sin Under The Sea
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Point & Click 21.3%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Casual 10.1%
a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles
Why similar: Point & Click 57.2%, Indie 21.6%, Casual 21.2%
