Games Like Knell of St. Godhrkar

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Story Rich 15.2%, RPG 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the heavy focus on life-altering choices and narrative-driven progression in a grim, structured world.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: RPG 22.7%, Story Rich 22.7%, Noir 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Exploration 7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled depth in text-based choice and philosophical exploration within a complex, immersive world.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Text-Based 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Story Rich 14.8%, RPG 14.7%, Exploration 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines strategic resource management with a deeply personal, branching narrative that mirrors the seed game's stakes.

Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Text-Based 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Story Rich 12%, RPG 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex political strategy and narrative consequences that carry the same weight as the choices in the seed game.

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: RPG 35.1%, Story Rich 33.9%, Strategy 31%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the dark, mysterious, and text-heavy atmosphere of the seed game through its unique card-based narrative system.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Exploration 28.4%, Story Rich 25.3%, RPG 18.5%, Adventure 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a grim, text-rich exploration experience where every decision has significant and often fatal consequences.

1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Story Rich 20.8%, Strategy 16%, Adventure 13.9%, Exploration 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A masterful interactive fiction game that emphasizes time management and branching paths across a global narrative.

The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Story Rich 18.2%, Anime 12.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a loop-based strategy mechanic to explore the fates of multiple characters in a high-stakes, mystery-driven environment.

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Story Rich 26.2%, Exploration 17.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Adventure 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on historical narrative and the long-term impact of player decisions on a small, interconnected community.

Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.6%, Story Rich 20.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Anime 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features life-or-death decision-making within a complex, mystery-driven visual novel structure.

As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?

Why similar: Comic Book 20.5%, Noir 20%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 15.6%, Story Rich 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Mirrors the investigative and choice-heavy nature of the seed game through its focus on dialogue and psychological manipulation.

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, RPG 14.5%, Story Rich 12.7%, Anime 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on deep psychological exploration and the impact of player choices on the narrative outcome.

A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.

Why similar: Word Game 39.1%, Text-Based 17.5%, RPG 8.5%, Story Rich 6%, Mystery 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes investigation and detective work within a text-heavy narrative framework.

You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, Story Rich 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, RPG 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a blend of simulation and choice-based storytelling with multiple endings and high stakes.

In the quiet of conscience and shadows of sin, four souls find themselves entwined in crimes involving a woman. In this narrative puzzle game, you don the sacred robe of a priest, hear the confessions of sinners, uncover secrets, seek the truth behind their crimes and deliver the final judgment.

Why similar: Word Game 37%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Mystery 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic visual novel that prioritizes branching paths and narrative depth in a dark setting.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 33%, Story Rich 23.6%, RPG 18.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers an intense, immersive experience where every choice carries heavy, often fatal, consequences in a dying world.

Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.

Why similar: Text-Based 48.9%, RPG 24.9%, Story Rich 22.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines roguelike strategy with dark, narrative-driven decision-making in a historical setting.

Virtual group - PLAVE doujin game, set against the backdrop of winter school ghost stories. Experience the Night Patrol Rules of the Seven Mysteries through the eyes of all five band members, uncovering the unsettling truth hidden behind the mystery through your investigation and choices.

Why similar: Word Game 53.7%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Exploration 8.2%, Adventure 6.5%, Puzzle 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A word-game focused visual novel that blends psychological horror with strategic choices.

Players will enter the Town of Dusk, built on the eve of Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, along with other characters. Avoid being killed by other characters! Find the mastermind behind the scenes, unravel all the conspiracies, and uncover the truth! Ultimately escape the Town of Dusk!

Why similar: Text-Based 24.5%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Story Rich 10.3%, Mystery 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, psychological atmosphere with multiple branching endings and mystery elements.

Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.

Why similar: Visual Novel 47.7%, Anime 18.6%, Strategy 12%, RPG 11.2%, Story Rich 5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging strategy-visual novel hybrid where managing stats and choices is vital to surviving a dangerous political landscape.

A mystery visual novel about six students forced to play a 12-hour long killing game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 49.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Adventure 12.2%, Anime 11%, Puzzle 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-driven visual novel that relies on puzzle-solving and critical decision-making under a time limit.

In a game show starring only criminals, you must gamble against rival players to prove yourself worthy of being pardoned for your wrong deeds— But is the show really about proving your innocence? Jackpot Crash Course is a death game visual novel about crime, luck and spectacle.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Story Rich 16.2%, RPG 11.3%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy visual novel that explores the consequences of player actions in a high-stakes environment.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: RPG 49.7%, Story Rich 28.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Strategy 4.3%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: An RPG that prioritizes the moral consequences of your choices in a dark, oppressive world where evil has already won.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Story Rich 26.8%, Indie 18.5%, Strategy 15%, Puzzle 14.2%, Atmospheric 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game that forces players to make difficult moral choices under intense pressure.

A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.

Why similar: Word Game 31.6%, Visual Novel 30.4%, Anime 11.8%, Mystery 9.8%, Adventure 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-driven visual novel with a unique aesthetic and a strong focus on narrative exploration.

High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Story Rich 16.8%, Anime 15.5%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A lovecraftian visual novel that focuses on mystery and atmospheric storytelling.

✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game with sandbox elements. Uncover mysteries by speaking with gods in Latin. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of madness, and reach one of many endings in an unfair game against Death that can be played ONLY ONCE...

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Story Rich 18.3%, Puzzle 10.4%, Mystery 10.1%, Exploration 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, puzzle-oriented visual novel that incorporates strategic elements into its narrative flow.

This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.

Why similar: Word Game 24.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Story Rich 8%

A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.

Why similar: Word Game 30.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Story Rich 8.2%, Strategy 6.6%

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: Word Game 37.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, RPG 10.9%, Adventure 6.1%

A visual novel/roguelike hybrid where a simple mission spirals into a cannibalistic odyssey. You'll struggle as a fragile human, blood-soaked knight, or flesh-devouring Forsaker. Devour or be devoured—yet your fate dangles by unseen strings. Choose: cling to this broken world... or forsake it.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, RPG 8.9%

Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

Why similar: Word Game 27.4%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.

Why similar: Text-Based 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Adventure 10.4%

Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?

Why similar: Word Game 41.5%, Immersive Sim 20%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, RPG 8.8%, Mystery 7.3%

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: Word Game 25%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 50.5%, Adventure 13.2%, Anime 11.7%, Story Rich 8.1%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an emotional, story-rich visual novel experience centered on the fates of various characters.

A comic-style narrative-oriented game based on the Christmas Eve Truce during World War I.

Why similar: World War I 23.2% ★, Word Game 20.9%, Comic Book 17%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Story Rich 16.3%, RPG 14.6%, Strategy 12.2%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 17%, RPG 11%, Story Rich 10.6%

A murder-mystery visual novel following 12 strangers with mysterious pasts. Make arguments and identify the murderer, but don't lose sight of the ultimate goal of eliminating the Game Master.

Why similar: Visual Novel 37%, Strategy 20.2%, Anime 13.9%, Puzzle 11.3%, Text-Based 8.7%

In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.6%, Immersive Sim 26.2%, Anime 14.5%, Story Rich 12.9%, Mystery 10.8%

This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!

Why similar: Text-Based 27.5%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Story Rich 9.4%

The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.

Why similar: Word Game 32.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Story Rich 10%, RPG 9.1%

Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?

Why similar: Word Game 27.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Noir 11.7%, Story Rich 7.8%

«Undying Symphony» tells a story about challenges that Leningrad people faced during the Siege and shows us one of the most tragic episodes of Leningrad history

Why similar: Story Rich 34.3%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Singleplayer 6.2%

A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?

Why similar: Visual Novel 39%, Story Rich 22.6%, Anime 15.6%, Adventure 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

Why similar: Story Rich 27.5%, RPG 26.4%, Strategy 24%, Adventure 13.9%, Singleplayer 8.2%

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 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Story Rich 17.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Anime 11.1%

A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Story Rich 17.2%, RPG 11.7%, Anime 10.4%, Exploration 8.6%

One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?

Why similar: Visual Novel 41.6%, Story Rich 18.1%, Anime 12%, Mystery 11.7%, Adventure 6.5%

Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Story Rich 13.2%, Mystery 11.1%, Adventure 9.9%

To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.

Why similar: Word Game 36.4%, Text-Based 20.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Mystery 5.5%

Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Text-Based 17.5%, Story Rich 14.7%, RPG 12.2%, Anime 9.3%

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

Why similar: Story Rich 42.4%, Atmospheric 20%, Mystery 18.8%, Adventure 14.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

"Dichotomy Illusion" is a Shin Honkaku mystery visual novel that combines real-world entertainment elements with physical locations, utilizing ACGN (Anime, Comics, Games, Novels) subculture knowledge to solve criminal cases and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Word Game 44.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, RPG 14.8%, Story Rich 4.8%

Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 36.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, RPG 12.6%, Mystery 11.8%

Explore a surreal world inspired by Kowloon Walled city in this turn-based RPG inspired by Japanese dungeon crawlers from the late 1990s.

Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, RPG 27.7%, Adventure 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Story Rich 4.5%

You're gonna get yourself killed in there... There's beasts, warriors, and much, much worse in the coliseum... Do you really think you've got what it takes to survive? Or do you think you're cut out for much more than that... There's only one way to find out, and time is of the essence!

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.8%, Immersive Sim 28.1%, RPG 18.6%, Anime 13%, Singleplayer 1.5%