
Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.
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Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.

Kona
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

The Painscreek Killings
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?
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Surreal 8.5%, Open World 8%, Snow 7.9% ★
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: Investigation 23.1%, Detective 19.7%, Mystery 13%, Walking Simulator 10%, Exploration 7.1%
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Mystery 17.3%, Investigation 15.5%, Story Rich 9.5%, First-Person 9.2%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 13.3%, Horror 8%, Open World 7.9%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Mystery 17.5%, Exploration 15.9%, First-Person 11.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.
Why similar: Surreal 20.9%, Walking Simulator 20.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Exploration 10%, Nature 8.7%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Investigation 22.5%, Detective 18%, Surreal 13.8%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Horror 8.3%
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
Why similar: Investigation 21.5%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Mystery 15.7%, Exploration 8.4%, Story Rich 7.9%
Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Horror 27.4%, Adventure 17.4%, First-Person 7.1%, Indie 6.6%
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Walking Simulator 18%, Mystery 15.6%, Exploration 9.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Investigation 19.8%, Mystery 14%, Surreal 14%, Walking Simulator 14%, Exploration 7.9%
Imagined Leviathans is a narrative survival game set in a frozen British village. Explore the countryside and unite the survivors to face down your Leviathans together.
Why similar: Detective 19.5%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, First-Person 7.4%
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
Why similar: Investigation 18.5%, Detective 17.4%, Walking Simulator 16%, Mystery 12.3%, Story Rich 8.5%
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17%, Horror 13.3%, Story Rich 13.3%, Mystery 12.3%, Surreal 11.8%
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
Why similar: Detective 28.3%, Investigation 21%, Mystery 14.3%, Open World 9.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Exploration 8.8%
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.2%, Mystery 16.5%, Horror 13.3%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 10.7%
A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19%, Mystery 17%, Exploration 10.4%, Open World 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%
Bramble The Mountain King is a grim adventure set in a world inspired by dark, Nordic fables. Explore the beautiful yet dangerous and twisted land of Bramble in your endeavour to rescue your sister. Traverse a wondrous landscape and survive deadly encounters with Bramble's many hideous creatures.
Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Exploration 16.2%, Adventure 14%, Action-Adventure 13.5%, Story Rich 13.3%
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.6%, Horror 21.4%, Adventure 15.1%, First-Person 14.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Detective 25.3%, Walking Simulator 18.5%, Horror 16.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Story Rich 9.5%
The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Walking Simulator 21%, Mystery 15.2%, Horror 12.7%, Exploration 8.2%
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Horror 15.7%, Mystery 14.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Walking Simulator 9%
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Why similar: Surreal 19.1%, Mystery 16.7%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Exploration 13.5%, Adventure 11%
THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.
Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Exploration 21.6%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, First-Person 16.9%, Story Rich 12.8%
Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.
Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Walking Simulator 19.7%, Mystery 12.3%, Horror 9.5%, First-Person 9.2%
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
Why similar: Surreal 26.7%, Mystery 19.1%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, Horror 10.2%
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: Investigation 23.9%, Mystery 21.5%, Exploration 15.7%, First-Person 13.4%, Adventure 8.8%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Detective 26.1%, Investigation 23.7%, Mystery 17.3%, Exploration 10.9%, Story Rich 10.3%
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Detective 19.5%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 11%, Exploration 10.3%
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 is the second part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!
Why similar: Investigation 26.5%, Mystery 21.1%, Detective 13.6%, Adventure 10.4%, Exploration 10.2%
It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.1%, Mystery 20.8%, Exploration 14.7%, First-Person 12.9%, Story Rich 11.6%
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
Why similar: Surreal 20.7%, Walking Simulator 19%, Mystery 14.7%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 9.2%
You are the Ashter – a Slavic fire mage and tracker of mythical beings. Following a legendary creature, you reach a village caught in a time rift. Embark on a magical investigation – travel through time, explore the ancient land, and bond with fire to shape villagers’ fate and uncover the mystery.
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Investigation 21.2%, Mystery 14.9%, Walking Simulator 12%, Exploration 8.6%
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Mystery 13.3%
Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.
Why similar: Investigation 31.3%, Mystery 23.3%, Exploration 11.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, Detective 6.6%
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Surreal 17.3%, Mystery 15.2%, Horror 10.6%, Exploration 10.2%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Surreal 20.1%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Mystery 13%, Horror 11.7%, Exploration 10.2%
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Why similar: Mystery 22.9%, Horror 18.1%, Story Rich 16.5%, Exploration 15.6%, First-Person 14.7%
In a third-person RPG detective story, set in Bavaria in 1866, the medical student Valentin Schmidt travels to Wolpertshofen, when a sudden death causes turmoil in the village. Use your skills, find clues and question the villagers to stop the murders.
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, Investigation 22.9%, Mystery 17.4%, Exploration 8.1%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 22.8%, Mystery 13.9%, Exploration 8.4%, Story Rich 7.3%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Detective 25.6%, Investigation 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Walking Simulator 15%, First-Person 8.2%
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
Why similar: Exploration 25.8%, Story Rich 19.5%, Adventure 18.9%, Sci-fi 14.8%, 3D 7%
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Surreal 17.3%, Mystery 13.3%, Horror 9.1%, Exploration 8.3%
Alex wakes up at his grandmother’s, left alone in a silent house. Unsure where his family is, he begins to uncover a dark mystery in an attempt to escape. Facing his fear in an endless nightmare, Alex must survive the dead of night, a cursed forest, and paranormal activities before daylight arrives.
Why similar: Investigation 25.4%, Mystery 20.5%, Horror 15.7%, Exploration 11.8%, Story Rich 11.5%
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Sci-fi 16%, Story Rich 15.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Mystery 12.2%
Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.
Why similar: Mystery 31.7%, Horror 18.7%, Open World 15.8%, First-Person 9.3%, Exploration 9%
Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?
Why similar: Detective 31.7%, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Exploration 11%
Explore 17th century Canadian wilderness through the eyes of Jeanne, a French woman who crossed the Atlantic to start anew and Maikan, an Innu hunter trying to discover what’s disturbing the forest. Your choices will shape the traits of the protagonists in this narrative single-player experience.
Why similar: Surreal 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Mystery 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 7.8%
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
Why similar: Exploration 16.8%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Adventure 9.1%
A Single-Player Survival Horror Adventure: play as a cast of characters exploring an isolated village haunted by an ancient ritual—but beware, its labyrinthine roads will change each time you lose all your characters.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Investigation 23.4%, Mystery 12.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Action-Adventure 10%
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: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Story Rich 7.2%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 24.8%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Mystery 16.4%, Adventure 10.8%, First-Person 10.5%
After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.
Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Investigation 16.3%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 8.8%
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
Why similar: Mystery 16.1%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Investigation 11.2%, Exploration 11%, Horror 10.9%
Horror game series about the investigation of missing hikers in the U.S. National Parks. Follow the story of a wannabe reporter who got a job as a ranger to investigate the disappearances - several episodes that tell one story. Based on true events.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.7%, Detective 17.3%, Investigation 12.5%, Horror 11%, Exploration 9.6%
Explore a remote village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a folk horror point & click game. Delve into guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret.
Why similar: Mystery 22.2%, Horror 19%, Exploration 15.6%, First-Person 15.3%, Story Rich 15.2%
KOBOLD is a new kind of horror experience that blurs the line between cinema and VR gaming. Step into the shoes of an urban explorer investigating the mysterious case of a missing boy. Pick up your flashlight and discover the secrets of an abandoned villa in the middle of a dark forest in Germany.