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Games Like Late Shift

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include FMV, Story Rich, Singleplayer, Choices Matter.

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Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.

Reviews: Very Positive — 86% — of 9,107 reviews
Released: 2017-04-18
Developer: CtrlMovie
Publisher: Wales Interactive
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 4.1 hrs
Mean playtime: 7.1 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 95%

Overview

Late Shift is a quintessential FMV crime thriller that blends high-stakes cinematic tension with meaningful player agency. These recommendations prioritize interactive movies and narrative-driven experiences that feature live-action performances, branching storylines, and intense, decision-based gameplay.

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    97% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,459 reviews2020
    Dev: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.

    Why similar: FMV 48%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Movie 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Multiple Endings 3.3%

    Why You'll Like It: This is a direct spiritual successor in terms of high-budget FMV thriller production and branching narrative structure.

  2. #2 She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,141 reviews2019
    Dev: Rhinotales
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.

    Why similar: FMV 39%, Movie 21.4%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6%, Multiple Endings 5.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar gritty crime thriller atmosphere with multiple branching paths and high-stakes consequences.

  3. #3 Night Book
    96% matchMixed68% of 586 reviews2021
    Dev: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

    Why similar: FMV 48.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Multiple Endings 5.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A tense, supernatural thriller that utilizes the same FMV format to keep players on edge through constant decision-making.

  4. #4 Erica
    95% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,713 reviews2021
    Dev: Flavourworks
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.

    Why similar: FMV 43.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Multiple Endings 6.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A high-production interactive thriller that focuses on cinematic immersion and branching narrative consequences.

  5. #5 The Isle Tide Hotel
    94% matchMixed65% of 254 reviews2023
    Dev: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?

    Why similar: FMV 43.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Crime 6.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A cult-themed mystery that captures the same choose-your-own-adventure cinematic feel found in the seed game.

  6. #6 Bloodshore
    94% matchMixed69% of 916 reviews2021
    Dev: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Bloodshore is an interactive action movie about a televised battle royale between high-profile streamers, entertainers and death row inmates. You control the fate of Nick, a washed-up actor who fights for a life-changing cash prize.

    Why similar: FMV 47.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Interactive Fiction 5.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A high-octane FMV experience that mirrors the high-stakes, action-oriented nature of the seed game.

  7. #7 Death Come True
    93% matchMostly Positive77% of 948 reviews2020
    Dev: IzanagiGames
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!

    Why similar: FMV 49.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%, Multiple Endings 4.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A stylish, supernatural mystery FMV that emphasizes quick decision-making and multiple endings.

  8. #8 The Shapeshifting Detective
    92% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,677 reviews2018
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios LtdPub: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters.

    Why similar: FMV 75.7%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Adventure 2.9%, Story Rich 2.7%, Sexual Content 1.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A supernatural detective thriller that uses FMV to create a unique, branching investigation experience.

  9. #9 Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
    91% matchMixed66% of 1,161 reviews2022
    Dev: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

    Why similar: FMV 46.3%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Crime 5.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A live-action mystery that relies on dialogue choices and investigation to uncover the truth.

  10. #10 Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 483 reviews2020
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

    Why similar: FMV 45%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A series of supernatural tales that maintains the FMV style with a focus on character-driven choices.

  11. #11 The Centennial Case : A Shijima Story
    89% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,102 reviews2022
    Dev: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

    Why similar: FMV 61.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 3.6%, Adventure 1.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A complex, multi-era murder mystery that utilizes high-quality FMV to deliver its narrative.

  12. #12 I Saw Black Clouds
    90% matchMixed62% of 633 reviews2021
    Dev: Ghost Dog FilmsPub: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.

    Why similar: FMV 45.3%, Choices Matter 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%, Multiple Endings 6.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that uses branching FMV paths to explore a dark, supernatural mystery.

  13. #13 As Dusk Falls
    88% matchVery Positive91% of 4,052 reviews2022
    Dev: INTERIOR/NIGHTPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, Crime 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Story Rich 7.9%

    Why You'll Like It: While not FMV, this interactive drama offers the same high-stakes, choice-driven narrative intensity found in the seed game.

  14. #14 The Bunker
    89% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,859 reviews2016
    Dev: Splendy InteractivePub: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    The Bunker is an award-winning interactive psychological horror movie. You are John, born underground the day the bombs fell, now alone and trying to survive. But when an alarm goes off, a catastrophic chain of events begins. Unlock the dark secrets of your past as you try to escape The Bunker.

    Why similar: FMV 60.8%, Movie 26.9%, Story Rich 5.4%, Adventure 3.2%, Indie 1.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, live-action psychological thriller that emphasizes survival and narrative discovery.

  15. #15 Five Dates
    87% matchVery Positive85% of 2,798 reviews2020
    Dev: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Five Dates is an interactive rom-com about the unpredictable world of digital dating. With five potential female matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connection is still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option.

    Why similar: FMV 45.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Choices Matter 15%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Multiple Endings 5.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted but choice-heavy FMV experience that explores modern dating through an interactive lens.

  16. #16 Mia and the Dragon Princess
    86% matchMixed67% of 280 reviews2023
    Dev: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    A live-action, interactive action movie following Mia, a plucky barmaid whose life is thrown into chaos when a mysterious woman turns up at her workplace, on the run from a group of violent thugs and unable to speak English.

    Why similar: FMV 41.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8%

    Why You'll Like It: An action-packed FMV adventure that features branching paths and high-stakes combat choices.

  17. #17 Her Story
    85% matchVery Positive89% of 10,228 reviews2015
    Dev: Sam Barlow
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

    Why similar: FMV 49.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Crime 11.7%, Story Rich 4.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A groundbreaking detective game that uses a database of FMV clips to let players solve a non-linear mystery.

  18. #18 Telling Lies
    86% matchMixed63% of 1,290 reviews2019
    Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

    Why similar: FMV 58%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Crime 12%, Story Rich 6%, Thriller 3.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A deep, investigative FMV game that requires players to piece together a story through fragmented video clips.

  19. #19 Ten Dates
    84% matchMostly Positive79% of 547 reviews2023
    Dev: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Ten Dates is the sequel to the interactive rom-com, Five Dates. Misha, a millennial from London in search of that elusive in-person connection, tricks her best friend Ryan into going to a speed dating event with her.

    Why similar: FMV 43.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A follow-up to the Five Dates concept, focusing on branching dialogue and relationship-based choices.

  20. #20 Breakout 13
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 7,394 reviews2023
    Dev: ALT Lab
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.

    Why similar: FMV 42.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A gripping, choice-heavy interactive drama that explores themes of control and rebellion in a reform school setting.

  21. #21 Contradiction: Spot The Liar
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,223 reviews2015
    Dev: Baggy Cat Ltd.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

    Why similar: FMV 49.1%, Movie 20.9%, Crime 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Story Rich 4.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A classic FMV detective game that focuses on identifying lies through dialogue and observation.

  22. #22 The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 596 reviews2017
    Dev: D'Avekki Studios Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

    Why similar: FMV 59.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Story Rich 5.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian FMV mystery that relies on typing questions to uncover the truth.

  23. #23 Heavy Rain
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 27,203 reviews2020
    Dev: Quantic Dream
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 38.7%, Multiple Endings 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Story Rich 10%, Crime 9%

    Why You'll Like It: A cinematic thriller that pioneered the choices-matter gameplay loop in a high-stakes, narrative-driven environment.

  24. #24 Not For Broadcast
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 12,340 reviews2022
    Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

    Why similar: FMV 43.1%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A satirical, choice-heavy simulation game that uses live-action footage to put you in the director's chair.

  25. #25 At Dead Of Night
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 3,362 reviews2020
    Dev: Baggy Cat Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    At Dead Of Night is part horror film, part horror game and part ghost hunt. It blends live-action and graphics to create a unique immersive horror experience like no other.

    Why similar: FMV 82.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, Cinematic 3.5%, Indie 2.3%, Horror 1.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of horror and FMV that forces players to navigate a hotel while making life-or-death decisions.

  26. #26 Dead Reset
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 677 reviews2025
    Dev: Dark Rift HorrorPub: Wales Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.

    Why similar: FMV 50.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Story Rich 4.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi FMV thriller that uses time-loop mechanics to offer multiple branching endings.

  27. #27 The Narcotic Operation
    78% matchVery Positive88% of 507 reviews2025
    Dev: Beijing Kuailai Technology Co., Ltd.
    Windows

    Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?

    Why similar: FMV 48.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Crime 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A crime-focused FMV experience that emphasizes emotional weight and narrative-driven decision-making.

  28. #28 SIMULACRA
    80% matchVery Positive90% of 4,596 reviews2017
    Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

    Why similar: FMV 56.7%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Story Rich 5.8%, Thriller 2.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A found-phone horror game that uses live-action elements to create a grounded, unsettling mystery.

  29. #29 Road to Empress I
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 11,428 reviews2025
    Dev: New One Studio
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

    Why similar: FMV 53.4%, Choices Matter 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.3%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Story Rich 5.2%

  30. #30 The Run
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2026
    Dev: PRM Games
    Windows · Mac

    An FMV horror-thriller. A famous fitness influencer must fight for survival when she's hunted by killers. Your decisions determine whether she lives or dies.

    Why similar: FMV 42.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 5.4%

  31. #31 The Joker's Game
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 493 reviews2025
    Dev: All In Game Co., Limited
    Windows · Mac

    "The Joker's Game" is an FMV crime battle royale. Jack, drowning in debt, joins a lethal game. Critical choices, even small ones, shape outcomes. Outwit rivals, uncover truths, or perish? Every move decides survival... or the deadly prize.

    Why similar: FMV 51.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Story Rich 4.2%

  32. #32 Deathtrap Dungeon: The Interactive Video Adventure
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 188 reviews2020
    Dev: Branching Narrative Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Deathtrap Dungeon is an interactive video realisation of Ian Livingstone's multi-million selling classic gamebook starring Eddie Marsan (Fast & Furious presents Hobbes & Shaw, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde) as narrator.

    Why similar: FMV 88.8%, Adventure 11.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed FMV adventure that brings the classic gamebook experience to life.

  33. #33 The Insider – interactive movie
    79% matchMixed41% of 51 reviews2020
    Dev: Inters Media
    Windows

    The Insider is an interactive film where a viewer’s choices decide how the story goes. It has five different endings and her fate depends entirely on your choice.

    Why similar: FMV 52.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 5.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A suspenseful FMV thriller that focuses on uncovering secrets through branching dialogue choices.

  34. #34 First Date : Late To Date
    77% matchVery Positive81% of 886 reviews2022
    Dev: Digital Fossil
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    FIRSTDATE: LATE TO DATE is a romantic-comedy interactive cinematic (FMV) game in which the audience determines the progress of the movie with the options that appear every minute.

    Why similar: FMV 58%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.1%, Adventure 3.7%

  35. #35 The Gallery
    77% matchMixed69% of 169 reviews2022
    Dev: PRM Games
    Windows · Mac

    An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).

    Why similar: FMV 42.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Multiple Endings 6.8%

  36. #36 Twin Mirror
    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,604 reviews2021
    Dev: DON'T NOD
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    The small town of Basswood will be changed forever by ex-investigative journalist Sam Higgs in this thrilling narrative experience from award-winning studio DON'T NOD. Will you find the truth – no matter the cost?

    Why similar: Choices Matter 28%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Crime 13.3%, Story Rich 8.3%

  37. #37 Interrogation Files: Port Landsend
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 87 reviews2020
    Dev: Visual Interactive
    Windows

    Search through the interrogation footage of suspects of a bizarre and horrific crime. Decide who committed the crime and see them get arrested and have their day in court. The latest interactive video experience.

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    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 80 reviews2025
    Dev: Denis TeT
    Windows

    17 Ways Not to Die is a movie, first and foremost. A movie in which you can influence what happens on the screen. There are 17 endings, or not endings, or not 17, I don’t know. I don’t care.

    Why similar: FMV 47.3%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Multiple Endings 5.8%

  39. #39 神都不良探 Underdog Detective
    73% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,843 reviews2022
    Dev: 天津芸芸科技有限公司
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    72% matchMostly Positive78% of 95 reviews2025
    Dev: Ivan Lysenko
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    74% matchMixed51% of 82 reviews2023
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    Windows

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  42. #42 Deluded I
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2021
    Dev: New IDEA Games
    Windows

    A worn out detective with his demons to fight and a homicide case to solve. Deluded is an interactive crime thriller movie with point-and-click investigation and adrenaline pumped quick time events.

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  43. #43 The Council
    72% matchVery Positive84% of 5,581 reviews2018
    Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 55%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Story Rich 12%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Adventure 6.5%

  44. #44 Until Dawn™
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 4,574 reviews2024
    Dev: Ballistic MoonPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    69% matchVery Positive86% of 596 reviews2025
    Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
    Windows · Mac
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  46. #46 The motel
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 127 reviews2025
    Dev: Aura studios
    Windows

    Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.7%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Crime 15.9%, Adventure 5.4%

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    67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,367 reviews2026
    Dev: 碧火互娱Pub: Jade Flame
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    Lured by an online lover, you're trapped in a scam compound—a true hell where compassion kills and greed consumes. Will you burn this abyss down or be its guiding light? Rule with beauty or betray for life? Your choices decide all: between life and death, heaven and hell.

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  48. #48 Revenge on gold diggers
    68% matchVery Positive80% of 50,687 reviews2025
    Dev: 前方工作室
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    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    In this first FMV game about emotional fraud, you’ll face their true colors. As a hunter of hearts, strike back against a secret network of gold diggers. Unmask lies, evade traps, and let revenge ignite. Will they burn—or you? Or could love still rise from the ashes? The choice is yours to make.

    Why similar: FMV 49.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Story Rich 6.6%

  49. #49 Super Seducer : How to Talk to Girls
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,795 reviews2018
    Dev: RLR Training Inc
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Learn state-of-the-art seduction secrets from the master himself, Richard La Ruina, in this incredibly valuable live action seduction simulator.

    Why similar: FMV 50.6%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Sexual Content 3.8%

  50. #50 Batman - The Telltale Series
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 17,573 reviews2016
    Dev: Telltale
    Windows
    Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 52.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, Adventure 5.7%, Violent 2%

  51. #51 Refate: Echoes of Desire
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 673 reviews2025
    Dev: Terraflame EntertainmentPub: Mountain and Sea Studio
    Windows

    Wake up with amnesia in Tokyo, caught between the Yakuza and police. Romance 8 unique beauties: cop, ninja, boss, izakaya owner, heiress, college girl, teacher, model. Uncover your true identity—host, agent, assassin, or crime lord? Shape your destiny and find true love.

    Why similar: FMV 64.1%, Crime 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7%, Story Rich 4.2%

  52. #52 Love Love Mystery Club
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 559 reviews2026
    Dev: LuminDrivePub: NANA Stories
    Windows · Mac

    In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?

    Why similar: FMV 60.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Sexual Content 1.6%

  53. #53 THE VIG
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 502 reviews2026
    Dev: 亦盈文化
    Windows

    You'll be "Xie En", infiltrating the traitor's money empire. This urban hunt is a revenge saga where wit is your spear. Return as "Wu Wei," using rules as your shield in a world of grey. Will you choose love or vengeance? This lethal game of cash, betrayal and redemption awaits your move.

    Why similar: FMV 57.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6%, Adventure 4.3%

  54. #54 Jessika
    70% matchMixed68% of 238 reviews2020
    Dev: Tritrie GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.

    Why similar: FMV 60.4%, Crime 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Story Rich 4.9%, Adventure 4.1%

  55. #55 The Quarry
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 22,220 reviews2022
    Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: 2K Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 56.6%, Multiple Endings 22.2%, Story Rich 6.5%, Cinematic 4.3%, Thriller 2.2%

  56. #56 Last Day of June
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 4,640 reviews2017
    Dev: OvosonicoPub: 505 Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?

    Why similar: Choices Matter 51.3%, Story Rich 21.3%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 5.6%, Drama 4.8%

  57. #57 Vanity Fair: The Pursuit
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 4,461 reviews2024
    Dev: 木焱工作室Pub: Wave Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Players follow Lu Yuan through important stages of his life and experience his growth trajectory from youth to maturity. It will take you to relive those decisions that you have never tried to make in reality, and feel the different life brought about by each choice.

    Why similar: FMV 61.7%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Story Rich 5.2%, Cinematic 2.4%

  58. #58 深海:即刻抉择
    71% matchMixed44% of 665 reviews2020
    Dev: 舞刀弄影Pub: INDIECN
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    《深海》是一部真人互动电影作品,游戏中你将参与破获一起离奇的犯罪事件,你的每个选择(犹豫或果断) 都将决定着一个人的生死,一群人的命运,怀疑还是信任,救赎还是逃避,游戏过程中你将逐步感受到普通人在遭遇 犯罪事件的选择和成长。

    Why similar: FMV 59.2%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Adventure 6.2%, Indie 3.8%

  59. #59 Misty Judgment
    65% matchVery Positive94% of 1,412 reviews2025
    Dev: 次元边界
    Windows

    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: FMV 56.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Crime 8.5%, Story Rich 5.2%

  60. #60 Song of Farca
    68% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,559 reviews2021
    Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 52.2%, Multiple Endings 21.8%, Story Rich 15.6%, Adventure 4.4%, Indie 2.9%

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