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  1. #1 Lern Island Letters
    97% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: River and Oak
    Windows

    You play as a postman, sorting mail for the five intriguing residents of a remote island. Pick up on their peculiar habits, discover their secrets without opening the envelopes, and try to save this peaceful haven from its fate!

    Why similar: Narrative 39.9% ★, Job Simulator 30.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Story Rich 6.1%, Multiple Endings 5.5%

  2. #2 The Endless Empty
    96% matchVery Positive97% of 320 reviews2018
    Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
    Windows

    A surreal post-life adventure

    Why similar: Abstract 22.1%, Surreal 21%, RPG 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Story Rich 9.9%

  3. #3 A Pizza Delivery
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2025
    Dev: Eric OsunaPub: Dolores Entertainment
    Windows

    A Pizza Delivery is a narrative exploration game with puzzle elements focused on connecting with people. Share pizza with charming characters to uncover their stories—and your own. Drive and explore a strange, meditative world filled with secrets.

    Why similar: Narrative 49.5% ★, Walking Simulator 18%, Surreal 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Stylized 6.7%

  4. #4 SWOLLEN TO BURSTING UNTIL I AM DISAPPEARING ON PURPOSE
    95% matchVery Positive97% of 344 reviews2023
    Dev: DECEMBER 7TH CREATIVE BUSINESS CORPORATION
    Windows

    SWOLLEN TO BURSTING is a weirdo RPG in which something is very wrong. A flying saucer has crash landed in town, but it's Thursday so you have to go to work at the post office.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Abstract 25.7%, RPG 17.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Story Rich 10.3%

  5. #5 Letter Lost
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 188 reviews2026
    Dev: FlatNine Games
    Windows · Linux

    You’re the sole employee at the Kharnym Isle post office, stamping, sorting, and delivering mail. But the job hides secrets, and the office itself holds mysteries you must uncover. This will be the only job you’ll ever need to work… unless you can escape.

    Why similar: Story Rich 40.4%, Job Simulator 33.7% ★, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Indie 7.3%, Singleplayer 6.9%

  6. #6 Return of the Obra Dinn
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 35,293 reviews2018
    Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

    Why similar: Story Rich 23%, Historical 19.3%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Walking Simulator 8.6%

  7. #7 Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
    93% matchVery Positive80% of 4,468 reviews2013
    Dev: Cardboard Computer
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

    Why similar: Narrative 34.7% ★, Surreal 22.3%, Atmospheric 14%, Story Rich 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 8%

  8. #8 Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
    92% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,580 reviews2017
    Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Linear 10.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.9%

  9. #9 Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,746 reviews2018
    Dev: Dim Bulb GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Story Rich 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, RPG 12.1%

  10. #10 The Longest Road on Earth
    90% matchMostly Positive78% of 653 reviews2021
    Dev: Brainwash GangPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    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: Narrative 44.4% ★, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Historical 11.8%, Story Rich 6.3%

  11. #11 Roman Sands RE:Build
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 90 reviews2026
    Dev: Arbitrary MetricPub: Serenity Forge
    Windows

    A service industry adventure with an apocalyptic flavor. A manic genre mashup told across two broken realities. Step through the cracks: find your Exit.

    Why similar: Narrative 46.9% ★, Surreal 20%, Walking Simulator 14.8%, Story Rich 9.7%, Stylized 8.6%

  12. #12 Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 613 reviews2020
    Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?

    Why similar: Surreal 25%, Walking Simulator 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Stylized 11.8%, Atmospheric 11.5%

  13. #13 Grief like a stray dog
    88% matchVery Positive98% of 108 reviews2025
    Dev: Rayonist
    Windows

    An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.

    Why similar: Historical 25.8%, Story Rich 16%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Stylized 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%

  14. #14 Life on the Hook
    86% matchVery Positive81% of 96 reviews2022
    Dev: Arkuda Inc.
    Windows

    Life on the Hook - is a short story about the life of a lonely fisherman named Hrafn, who lives his life in a small house on a lake with a dock and an old boat.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Story Rich 16.7%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Stylized 12.6%, Linear 12.2%

  15. #15 The Old City: Leviathan
    86% matchMostly Positive72% of 746 reviews2014
    Dev: PostMod Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 43.4%, Surreal 17.5%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Story Rich 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%

  16. #16 Cloudpunk
    84% matchVery Positive87% of 15,507 reviews2020
    Dev: ION LANDS
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, Story Rich 20.7%, Atmospheric 17.7%, RPG 15.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.6%

  17. #17 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
    87% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
    Dev: Unbound Creations
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%

    Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation

    Why similar: RPG 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Story Rich 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10%, Indie 9.6%

  18. #18 it's always monday
    85% matchMostly Positive79% of 291 reviews2016
    Dev: Alon Zubina
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 32%

    it's always monday - is a first person exploration game

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Indie 10.7%

  19. #19 The Beginner's Guide
    83% matchVery Positive88% of 23,582 reviews2015
    Dev: Everything Unlimited Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 29.1%, Abstract 22.3%, Story Rich 16.3%, Surreal 10.9%, Atmospheric 9%

  20. #20 Empathy: Path of Whispers
    84% matchMixed60% of 220 reviews2017
    Dev: Pixel NightPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.1%, Story Rich 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Surreal 9.4%

  21. #21 In Other Waters
    82% matchVery Positive87% of 2,577 reviews2020
    Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 48 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

    Why similar: Story Rich 24.8%, Great Soundtrack 22.3%, Stylized 20.3%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Indie 7.6%

  22. #22 Chasing Light
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 272 reviews2020
    Dev: Vittgen Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    'Chasing Light' is the story of the seven days of exploring the physical properties of a game and uncovering an inner world of human beings and society. Have a weird trip!

    Why similar: Indie 41.1%, Story Rich 22.4%, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Atmospheric 15.4%

  23. #23 PRODUCER 2021
    81% matchVery Positive100% of 176 reviews2022
    Dev: Stuffed Wombat
    Windows

    a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.

    Why similar: Abstract 34.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, RPG 14%, Stylized 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%

  24. #24 The Moon Sliver
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,173 reviews2014
    Dev: David Szymanski
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.8%, Story Rich 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, Atmospheric 12%, Stylized 7.5%

  25. #25 Museum of Monoliths
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 113 reviews2023
    Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
    Windows

    A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.8%, Surreal 33.2%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%

  26. #26 Seers Isle
    79% matchVery Positive91% of 202 reviews2018
    Dev: Nova-box
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Story Rich 17.7%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.2%

  27. #27 Through The Fragmentation
    78% matchVery Positive97% of 238 reviews2021
    Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
    Windows

    Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.

    Why similar: Stylized 25%, Atmospheric 24.7%, Multiple Endings 21.4%, Story Rich 14.7%, Walking Simulator 9.3%

  28. #28 Harold Halibut
    77% matchVery Positive82% of 1,337 reviews2024
    Dev: Slow Bros.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Story Rich 18.1%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Visual Novel 10%

  29. #29 Rebirth of Island
    80% matchMixed52% of 102 reviews2016
    Dev: Yo_Serjio
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Survive, adapt, and research in the New World, with its rules, dwellers, and their laws. Head the colonization of these locations and ensure the independence and security of your population.

    Why similar: RPG 31.3%, Surreal 23.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Indie 9.9%

  30. #30 Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland
    75% matchVery Positive99% of 185 reviews2025
    Dev: Pepita Digital
    Windows

    A tribute to a friend who has passed — and to the adventures we still need to live. A story-driven adventure about a young polyglot traversing mystical islands and using the power of words to confront his own fate and save a world tamed by darkness.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Story Rich 23%, Linear 19%, RPG 18.1%, Indie 5.8%

  31. #31 Water Delivery
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 223 reviews2024
    Dev: Frozen Lake Software
    Windows

    Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.4%, Surreal 19.9%, Story Rich 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Stylized 12.4%

  32. #32 Eidolon
    78% matchMixed61% of 439 reviews2014
    Dev: Kevin MaxonPub: Ice Water Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 24 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%

    Narrative exploration game located in a massive, post-human Western Washington. Navigate an open world that has been reclaimed by nature. Use journals, letters, zines, and other documents to learn the interconnected stories of the people who lived here once.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 70.7%, Atmospheric 19.9%, Indie 9.4%

  33. #33 NIGHTSLINK
    76% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2021
    Dev: Noiseminded
    Windows

    You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 30%, Surreal 22.5%, Story Rich 13.7%, Linear 13.6%, Stylized 11.1%

  34. #34 Burly Men at Sea
    77% matchMixed63% of 499 reviews2016
    Dev: Brain&Brain
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 48 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Story Rich 19.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Stylized 13.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%

  35. #35 No Delivery
    74% matchVery Positive97% of 75 reviews2023
    Dev: oates
    Windows

    No Delivery is a procedurally generated CRPG, pizzeria simulator where you are the newest in a long line of employees for a local decrepit pizza parlor. Despite the rumors and shady history, you sign up for the night shift… Luckily, it’ll just be a boring job in an empty pizzeria… right?

    Why similar: RPG 45.3%, Atmospheric 34%, Multiple Endings 20.7%

  36. #36 RECORD_DrowsyVortex
    73% matchVery Positive100% of 61 reviews2024
    Dev: LunarHillz
    Windows

    RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.

    Why similar: Abstract 48.1%, RPG 22.1%, Story Rich 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%

  37. #37 THE LONGING
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 7,477 reviews2020
    Dev: Studio SeufzPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 37.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.9%, Multiple Endings 16%, Story Rich 15.2%, RPG 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%

  38. #38 Little Postman
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2023
    Dev: Atlas Imaginal
    Windows

    Puzzle game where you rotate islands to find your way around different archipelagos.

    Why similar: Atmospheric 73.2%, Indie 15.8%, Singleplayer 11%

  39. #39 EPONYMOUS
    75% matchMostly Positive71% of 58 reviews2017
    Dev: Minor Key Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.

    Why similar: Abstract 34.4%, Walking Simulator 19.8%, Surreal 19.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Story Rich 7.9%

  40. #40 Queer Man Peering Into A Rock Pool.jpg
    71% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2022
    Dev: Fuzzy Ghost
    Windows · Mac

    A joyful, strange experience in which a middle-aged queer man toddles around a strange island attempting to re-furnish his empty house.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, Surreal 25.3%, RPG 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Stylized 9.2%

  41. #41 Off-Peak
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,848 reviews2016
    Dev: Cosmo DPub: Cosmo D Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

    Why similar: Surreal 35.7%, Walking Simulator 34.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Indie 6.4%

  42. #42 Debris
    74% matchMixed65% of 143 reviews2017
    Dev: Moonray Studios
    Windows · Mac

    An atmospheric first-person narrative adventure set in a surreal seascape locked between ice and rock. Following an incident, you and a friend must find power, defeat strange and deadly creatures, and decipher what mysterious forces are attempting to prevent your escape. Escape together or die alone.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Surreal 15.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 10%

  43. #43 Cloud Climber
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 4,157 reviews2021
    Dev: Two Star Games
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 11%

    A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 54.1%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Story Rich 9.6%, Stylized 9%, Great Soundtrack 6.8%

  44. #44 Fall of Porcupine
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 736 reviews2023
    Dev: Critical RabbitPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Story Rich 21%, Atmospheric 15%, Linear 12.7%, Stylized 10.7%

  45. #45 Overtime Anomaly
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 78 reviews2025
    Dev: BiteMe Games
    Windows

    You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 38.1%, Surreal 27.3%, Atmospheric 16.9%, Story Rich 15.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%

  46. #46 Loop8: Summer of Gods
    72% matchMixed50% of 135 reviews2023
    Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Your choices shape the world in this coming-of-age RPG. As a new arrival in a 1980s rural Japanese town with a mysterious ability to loop time, your every decision and relationship will affect the outcome of battles against the invading Kegai.

    Why similar: Narrative 47.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, RPG 11.4%, Visual Novel 7.9%, Story Rich 7.8%

  47. #47 Forgotten Fields
    71% matchMostly Positive79% of 105 reviews2021
    Dev: Frostwood InteractivePub: Dino Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.

    Why similar: Narrative 43.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Story Rich 7.8%, Atmospheric 5.2%

  48. #48 Mutazione
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 1,415 reviews2019
    Dev: Die Gute FabrikPub: Akupara Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Story Rich 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.1%

  49. #49 Roadwarden
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 5,205 reviews2022
    Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    Why similar: RPG 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Story Rich 14.7%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Visual Novel 7.2%

  50. #50 A Place for the Unwilling
    71% matchMostly Positive72% of 72 reviews2019
    Dev: ALPixel Games
    Windows · Mac

    You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.

    Why similar: Story Rich 34.2%, Great Soundtrack 23.9%, Atmospheric 19.6%, Indie 16.6%, Singleplayer 5.6%

  51. #51 Promesa
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 198 reviews2020
    Dev: Julián Palacios Gechtman
    Windows · Mac

    A contemplative experience where you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Surreal 24.2%, Story Rich 16.6%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Stylized 12%

  52. #52 How We Got Here
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 571 reviews2021
    Dev: Euphoric Bros
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Surreal 16.1%, Story Rich 13.3%, RPG 10.6%

  53. #53 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
    62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 279,639 reviews2025
    Dev: Sandfall InteractivePub: Kepler Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 39.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.

    Why similar: Story Rich 37.3%, Great Soundtrack 30.3%, RPG 24.7%, Singleplayer 5.5%, Indie 2.2%

  54. #54 7 Years From Now
    68% matchVery Positive98% of 294 reviews2021
    Dev: fumiPub: room6
    Windows

    A slice of life story-driven adventure game with a distinctive 3D pixel art. Embark on a journey and accompany Haruto Soraki, a high schooler, in his quest to find the memory he lost in an accident seven years ago.

    Why similar: Narrative 50.6% ★, Story Rich 12.8%, RPG 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Visual Novel 7.3%

  55. #55 Midnight Ramen
    66% matchVery Positive96% of 411 reviews2024
    Dev: Cointinue Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Story Rich 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, RPG 13.7%, Atmospheric 13.6%

  56. #56 LAVALAMP
    65% matchVery Positive95% of 331 reviews2026
    Dev: The Space Lemmings from Space Productions
    Windows · Mac

    3D first-person walking simulator with a side of exploration/interaction with the environment. The game tells the story of the Space Lemmings from Space who, after running many experiments with breakfast alphabet and the space-time continuum, got blocked between dimensions (or something).

    Why similar: Abstract 24.6%, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Surreal 14.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%

  57. #57 Eastshade
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 5,523 reviews2019
    Dev: Eastshade Studios
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Visit cities, scale summits, unearth mysteries, and discover forgotten places!

    Why similar: RPG 27.8%, Story Rich 27.3%, Atmospheric 20.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.4%, Singleplayer 5.6%

  58. #58 Beyond a Coral Sea
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 146 reviews2023
    Dev: Snigelsoft
    Windows

    Explore your way through mystical islands while learning about your characters past. In this adventure game you play as the protagonist of a memoire, telling a story from the pacific in the late 1800 century.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.6%, Historical 35%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Linear 5.6%

  59. #59 Mountain
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 16,296 reviews2014
    Dev: David OReilly
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 104.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Existential Nature Simulation

    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 51.9%, Indie 31%, Singleplayer 17.1%

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