60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Singleplayer.
On her way to cover the biggest story of her career, Brea Tena fumbles her way into a dark mysterious town called Ash Pines, the birthplace of the tragic events that took place in Just Ignore Them.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Ashina: The Red Witch
Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Dark Comedy 15.7%, Detective 13.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Top-Down 9.5%, Puzzle 9.4%
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Detective 15%, Puzzle 12.5%, Investigation 10%, Exploration 9.7%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 13.7%, Puzzle 11.5%, Exploration 11%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Puzzle 18.4%, Stylized 14.4%, Colorful 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Adventure 10.1%
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 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Investigation 10.9%, Exploration 10.7%, Mystery 6.8%
After her mother's unexpected death, Megan receives a call about a mysterious inheritance awaiting her in the town of Pineville. With her work friend, Lenny, she embarks on a journey that should be simple, but quickly turns into a web of danger and deception.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 41.4%, Exploration 14.8%, Colorful 11.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Casual 9.4%
A mysterious woman is sitting in front of you. Who is she? And who are you? And why are you both there? Case #1472 is mystery information digging interrogation thriller game where there are more things going on than what meets the eye, but are you able to unravel what has happened?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Detective 12.5%, Investigation 8.7%
Holly Gardner, a 19 year old on an interstate drive experiences unusual happenings that leads to an unplanned stay at a motel, little did she know what was transpiring down in Norwood Valley.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35%, Exploration 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Horror 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%
Steve Jackson, a 19-year-old guy, is looking after a friends house and encounters eerie events in a small town. Dive into the dark mystery of the events you unwittingly became a part of. Will you be able to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Dialogue Heavy 23.8%, Stylized 11.3%, Horror 7.5%, Investigation 7.2%
Two city detectives are sent to a small idyllic town in North Carolina called ‘Silver Creek Falls” to investigate a strange series of events that the local sheriff can’t seem to get his mind around. What initially seems like an open-and-shut case unfolds into a truly terrifying mystery that will leave the detectives wondering what is...
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.5%, Detective 13.2%, Investigation 11.7%, Exploration 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
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: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Exploration 12.9%, Stylized 12.9%, Investigation 10.1%, Adventure 7.7%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Adventure 15.5%, Horror 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Puzzle 10.1%
The story is about Ash. An ordinary girl who takes a journey through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures. Ash must find her way back home...before something else finds her.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Dark Comedy 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Top-Down 11.3%, Exploration 10.1%
Immersed in her nightmares, in a chaotic reality, confused and all alone. The only safe place is her room, but not forever... She wanders through an empty city and strange places while fleeing from creatures lurking in the darkness to find out what's going on. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.
Why similar: Puzzle 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Investigation 14.2%, Exploration 13.7%, Horror 8.4%
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.4%, Walking Simulator 24%, Detective 18.7%, Investigation 13.1%, Atmospheric 3.7%
Use a special video camera that can rewind time to explore memories of the past in TAPE: Unveil the Memories, a first-person narrative mystery adventure set in 1990s Northern Spain.
Why similar: Horror 27.9%, Female Protagonist 25.2%, Atmospheric 24%, Adventure 22.9%
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Puzzle 18.8%, Stylized 16.4%, Colorful 13.5%, Horror 12.4%, 2D 11.7%
Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Puzzle 17.9%, Adventure 17.1%, Mystery 16.2%, Investigation 12.9%
Watch your back in the small peaceful town of Crystalpine Grove, as it is haunted by The Infamous Rainman.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Horror 10%, Exploration 8.7%
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Puzzle 19.2%, Mystery 9.7%, Horror 9.7%, Adventure 9.6%
Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?
Why similar: Adventure 20.1%, Horror 18%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.3%, Colorful 13%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 9.7%, 2D 8.6%
Audrey is a young woman returning to her childhood home. Upon arriving, however, she begins to notice strange happenings around the house. Is this a dream or reality? Whatever it is, it seems so oddly… familiar. Explore with Audrey as she tries to work out the mysteries of her missing memories.
Why similar: Adventure 18.3%, Horror 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, 2D 13.6%, Casual 12.4%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Adventure 17.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.6%
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Puzzle 12.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Colorful 9.3%
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 11.4%, Puzzle 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Puzzle 13%, Investigation 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 9%
Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Detective 15%, Exploration 6.8%, Adventure 6.6%
Step into the role of a faceless detective investigating creatures from Slavic folklore. Explore dialogue-driven mysteries, solve puzzles, and uncover post-Soviet occult secrets in a pixel art housing block full of bizarre residents and hidden truths
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Puzzle 15.2%, Detective 13.4%, Exploration 8.6%
Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories is a story-exploration game about getting caught up in the outlandish happenings of a small town where melons are illegal. Silly and cute on the surface, but are things really as peaceful as they seem?
Why similar: Adventure 43.8%, Casual 36.9%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%
A story-rich psychological horror inspired by real-life experiences. Follow Emily, 23, as she moves to Brooklyn for a fresh start, but finds herself drawn into a slow spiral of obsession and control. Featuring voice acting, this atmospheric and grounded experience is deeply unsettling.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.2%, Exploration 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%, Adventure 8.4%, Horror 7.9%
My name is Luzia and this story is about my big sister, Sombria. Are you ready to hear it?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Top-Down 9.4%, Puzzle 9.3%, Exploration 8.5%
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: Adventure 21.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Stylized 16.2%, 2D 14.4%, Horror 12.1%
Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Detective 13.7%, Top-Down 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Exploration 11.5%
A "creepy cozy" 3D adventure game about rebuilding a haunted ghost town, meeting weird creatures, and listening to ridiculous music!
Why similar: Puzzle 21.4%, Exploration 20.5%, Stylized 17.3%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Detective 12.1%, Puzzle 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Investigation 8.8%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Exploration 18.2%, Colorful 14.6%, Adventure 11.8%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 44.8%, Exploration 20.3%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Horror 12%, Atmospheric 10.8%
The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Puzzle 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Investigation 13%, Exploration 9.5%
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 11.3%, Mystery 10.1%, Casual 9.9%
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.1%, Detective 14.4%, Puzzle 14%, Exploration 12%, Colorful 8.8%
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Stylized 10.8%, Adventure 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.4%
A new life begins in a low-cost apartment. Strange occurrences at night and the suspicious behavior of neighbors gradually push the protagonist to the edge.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.7%, Walking Simulator 37.1%, Casual 12.6%, Horror 6.8%, Atmospheric 4.8%
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...
Why similar: Puzzle 32.5%, Adventure 18.2%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Horror 12.3%, 2D 11%
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Horror 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Adventure 8.7%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 29.3%, Exploration 16.9%, Stylized 15.9%, Adventure 15.2%, Mystery 9.2%
Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.
Why similar: Puzzle 23.3%, Adventure 20.2%, Casual 18.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Dark Comedy 19.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 6.8%
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: Dialogue Heavy 23.5%, Exploration 16%, Stylized 14.3%, Adventure 9.9%, Investigation 9.2%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Detective 23.7%, Adventure 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Puzzle 12%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
On a task to find your sister, you find yourself exploring an old abandoned house. But you soon find out that things are not as they seem.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.8%, Stylized 14.8%, Adventure 12.1%, Puzzle 10.6%, Exploration 10.3%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Puzzle 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Horror 8%
A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Exploration 19.2%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Adventure 16.7%, Puzzle 16%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Walking Simulator 21%, Dark Comedy 16.9%, Puzzle 10%, Investigation 7.9%
It Happened At Night is a short horror game where the player must complete basic objectives to advance the story and immerse themselves through the eyes of the protagonist.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.5%, Exploration 16.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Mystery 9.5%, Horror 9.5%
One night can feel like a lifetime of pain, suffering and horror to a child...do you have what it takes to survive the night? Play as an 8 year old child who is tormented by monsters in his house. Your choices make his future which lives can be saved or ended.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 27.6%, Adventure 15.4%, Horror 14%, Top-Down 13.5%, Exploration 11.7%
Disorganized and alone, a woman finds herself crafting new glasses in order to look at her own home with different shaded views. I won’t forget Hue is a psychedelic thriller experience. You’ll go searching for new lenses, try to figure out what is happening to her home and why she is all alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.2%, Exploration 14.1%, Stylized 13.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Investigation 9.3%
In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.
Why similar: Detective 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Investigation 10.2%
Stranded in the depths of an eerie forest after your car breaks down, you set out in search of help. But as you navigate the darkness, an unseen presence stalks you—until it finally strikes. The adventure begins. First-person horror that will introduce you to Hoia Baciu lore.
Why similar: Exploration 31.9%, Adventure 21.9%, Casual 19.5%, Horror 13.7%, Mystery 13%
