Games Like Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

Why similar: Episodic 24.3% ★, Great Soundtrack 22.1%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Story Rich 13%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: The original game directly continues the Arcadia Bay setting with Chloe, Max, a superb indie soundtrack, and similarly personal choices.

Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.

Why similar: Choices Matter 24%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Story Rich 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Multiple Endings 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This series entry preserves the small-town mystery, female lead, romance, music, and dialogue-driven choices while centering an empathic supernatural power.

Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.

Why similar: Episodic 26.6% ★, Choices Matter 18.6%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Story Rich 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Made by former Life is Strange developers, it pairs a nostalgic coming-of-age friendship story with an all-female cast, player-shaped conversations, and a wistful 1990s atmosphere.

After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.

Why similar: Episodic 23.2% ★, Choices Matter 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Story Rich 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its episodic, choice-led road-trip story delivers the same emotional sincerity, licensed-music mood, and consequences that carry across chapters.

Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.

Why similar: Episodic 37.6% ★, Choices Matter 19.8%, Story Rich 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%, LGBTQ+ 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Dontnod's grounded supernatural drama emphasizes sibling relationships, memory, identity, and consequential dialogue in a similarly reflective episodic format.

When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.3%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Max's return brings back the franchise's choice-driven mystery structure, emotional relationships, photography aesthetic, and supernatural investigation.

Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? Meet Chris, a creative and imaginative 9 year old boy who escapes reality with fantastical adventures as his alter ego, the Awesome Captain Spirit! Captain Spirit is a free demo set in the Life is Strange universe. Contains links to Life is Strange 2

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.2%, Choices Matter 26.6%, Story Rich 22.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Adventure 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This short Dontnod companion story shares Life is Strange 2's tender character writing, environmental interaction, and quietly melancholy tone.

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: Choices Matter 19.9%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Story Rich 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It expands Oxenfree's radio-based conversations and supernatural coastal mystery into another intimate, choice-responsive story about connection and loss.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.3%, Choices Matter 21.2%, Story Rich 19.3%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Atmospheric 8%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural teen mystery with natural real-time dialogue choices, a strong friendship focus, and an exceptional eerie soundtrack-driven atmosphere.

A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.1%, Episodic 22.3% ★, Story Rich 18.3%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Clementine's final, choice-heavy season foregrounds a young woman's growth, found family, and emotional consequences in an episodic structure.

NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.

Why similar: Choices Matter 32.1%, Story Rich 30.7%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Mystery 9.1%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its troubled young woman protagonist, aching small-town mood, music, and honest friendships make it a strong match for Chloe's emotional coming-of-age arc.

Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

Why similar: Choices Matter 35.7%, Story Rich 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Mystery 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This highly reactive episodic horror visual novel offers deeply consequential relationship choices, a customizable protagonist, and a compelling small-town supernatural mystery.

A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.

Why similar: Choices Matter 32.6%, Story Rich 21.6%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Adventure 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic supernatural story centered on a young woman's turbulent life, close bonds, and player-directed moral decisions.

Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.

Why similar: Choices Matter 29.4%, Story Rich 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.6%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This teen drama centers on friendships, queer romance, band music, and choices about how to spend a final year before catastrophe.

Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.

Why similar: Choices Matter 39.4%, Story Rich 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Adventure 4%

Why You'll Like It: Its branching instant-message conversations capture the awkwardness, nostalgia, and romantic uncertainty of formative teenage relationships.

Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.

Why similar: Choices Matter 36.1%, Story Rich 22.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Female Protagonist 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its extensive decision tree, multiple protagonists, cinematic presentation, and divergent endings suit players who want choices with visible long-term impact.

A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.

Why similar: Episodic 47.9% ★, Story Rich 16.9%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.6%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Telltale's landmark episodic adventure similarly makes difficult dialogue and relationship choices feel personal, emotionally devastating, and persistent.

From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

Why similar: Episodic 38.1% ★, Choices Matter 14.6%, Story Rich 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Multiple Endings 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Telltale's noir fantasy mystery combines episodic storytelling, tense dialogue choices, morally messy relationships, and a distinctive atmospheric world.

Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you follow Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called island paradise.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.1%, Story Rich 25.7%, Point & Click 16.4%, Adventure 16%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sharply written coming-of-age story about a teenage girl finding friendship, creativity, and identity, with dialogue choices that shape her relationships.

Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Third Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a female-led, cinematic branching narrative where exploration, dialogue, loyalties, and relationships shape the story's direction.

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 34.3%, Story Rich 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Mystery 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This interactive drama offers major branching paths and an ensemble of flawed characters whose relationships can radically change through player decisions.

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.7%, Story Rich 27%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Mystery 8.3%, Walking Simulator 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its isolated, music-inflected atmosphere and deeply personal radio conversations make it ideal for players who value character chemistry over action.

The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.

Why similar: Choices Matter 22.2%, Story Rich 22.1%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A female-led, choice-heavy adventure with parallel narratives, emotional relationships, and an atmospheric world shaped by player decisions.

In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.1%, Story Rich 15.9%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This intimate visual novel uses dialogue choices and memories to explore a woman's family trauma, grief, and self-understanding.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Story Rich 30.8%, Great Soundtrack 24.8%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Walking Simulator 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Although less branching, its exceptional first-person storytelling, melancholy atmosphere, and intimate family drama offer a similarly memorable emotional journey.

Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!

Why similar: Choices Matter 31.1%, Story Rich 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Atmospheric 11%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This soundtrack-rich road-trip narrative uses procedural encounters and choices to create personal stories about young people searching for freedom.

The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?

Why similar: Choices Matter 24%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 9.2%

Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.

Why similar: Story Rich 50%, Atmospheric 19.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Mystery 8.9%, Female Protagonist 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A mother-daughter road-trip mystery with warm 1990s nostalgia, conversational exploration, and a focus on unresolved family emotions.

Hustle your way across ‘90s America as a runaway teen con artist. Choose how to make your scratch as you don disguises, pick pockets, and rip people off in this comedic crime-filled adventure. Experience the totally rad '90s in all its plaid and payphone glory!

Why similar: Choices Matter 29.7%, Female Protagonist 27.6%, Story Rich 23.8%, Mystery 8.2%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This colorful 1990s teen adventure stars a rebellious girl navigating relationships, self-expression, scams, and a period-perfect soundtrack.

June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Story Rich 18.2%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Atmospheric 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A quiet, emotionally resonant exploration mystery centered on family secrets and a moving queer coming-of-age relationship.

Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.

Why similar: Choices Matter 27.1%, Story Rich 18.1%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.

Why similar: Choices Matter 27%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Story Rich 17.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, LGBTQ+ 8.1%

A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.

Why similar: Choices Matter 33.8%, Story Rich 25.6%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Point & Click 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its neon-soaked visual-novel structure turns conversations, emotional wellbeing, and relationships into the heart of a female-led branching story.

On their last night together, three friends embark on one final adventure. Play through a mixtape of memories, set to the soundtrack of a generation.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.3%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Third Person 8%

Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.

Why similar: Episodic 34.8% ★, Choices Matter 16.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.3%

Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

Why similar: Story Rich 28.5%, Great Soundtrack 23.9%, Female Protagonist 21.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Third Person 6.2%

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.6%, Story Rich 25.7%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Walking Simulator 5.6%

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: Great Soundtrack 33.1%, Story Rich 20.3%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 4.9%

Experience the winner of over 300 Game of the Year awards, now on PC. Discover Ellie and Abby’s story with graphical enhancements, gameplay modes like the roguelike survival experience No Return, and more.

Why similar: Story Rich 38.7%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Third Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.6%

Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.7%, Story Rich 23.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Mystery 8.3%

The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries stars the iconic, blade-wielding character from Robert Kirkman's best-selling comic books.

Why similar: Episodic 30.6% ★, Choices Matter 16.9%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Story Rich 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%

From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.

Why similar: Episodic 32.5% ★, Story Rich 20.5%, Choices Matter 14%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Third Person 6.5%

After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?

Why similar: Episodic 38.7% ★, Choices Matter 21.2%, Story Rich 17%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6%

Remember Me™ is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people’s minds and steal or even alter their memories.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.2%, Female Protagonist 28.4%, Story Rich 17%, Third Person 9.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%

Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world, and discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell with a variety of weapons, tools and unearthly powers.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.5%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Story Rich 14.4%, Third Person 13.9%, Adventure 7.9%

Last Stop is a single-player third-person adventure set in present day London, where you play as three separate characters whose worlds collide in the midst of a supernatural crisis.

Why similar: Story Rich 32.2%, Great Soundtrack 30.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Mystery 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.4%

An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.6%, Story Rich 16.8%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.

Why similar: Choices Matter 36.5%, Story Rich 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Singleplayer 3%

Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America) was a breakthrough in interactive narrative. This newly remastered edition features updated textures in HD, expanded controller support, and is based on the uncut and uncensored international version of the game.

Why similar: Story Rich 31.1%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Mystery 6.5%

Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Choices Matter 20%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Story Rich 14.6%, Adventure 7%

In this latest chapter from the award-winning studio behind Batman - The Telltale Series, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis.

Why similar: Episodic 32.5% ★, Choices Matter 27.3%, Story Rich 20.8%, Adventure 4.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4%

The next generation in adventure games, Syberia 3 takes you inside an enchanting, mysterious universe full of life for you to explore in 3D. Plunged into the heart of a world inhabited by a cast of interesting characters, you'll discover and experience a fabulous tale as imagined by Benoit Sokal.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Story Rich 23%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 7.1%

The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!

Why similar: Choices Matter 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.2%, Story Rich 20.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Walking Simulator 7.4%

The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad.

Why similar: Episodic 44.5% ★, Story Rich 14.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Female Protagonist 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.7%

Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.1%, Story Rich 20.7%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.9%, Atmospheric 5.4%

Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.

Why similar: Choices Matter 35.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Story Rich 14.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Atmospheric 8%

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

Why similar: Episodic 43.5% ★, Choices Matter 22.6%, Story Rich 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.4%, Atmospheric 4.5%