Games Like Life is Strange - Episode 1

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 26.2%, Story Rich 18.6%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This enhanced edition revisits Max and Chloe's complete Arcadia Bay story, preserving the rewind-driven choices and emotional mystery that define the original.

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.

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: A direct prequel centered on Chloe and Rachel that delivers the same intimate teen drama, indie-music mood, and relationship-focused choices without the time powers.

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 27%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Story Rich 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Mystery 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Max returns as the protagonist in another supernatural murder mystery, this time using a new timeline-shifting ability to investigate across parallel realities.

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 27.1%, Story Rich 18%, Female Protagonist 17%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Mystery 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its empathetic heroine, close-knit small-town setting, musical atmosphere, and emotionally weighty dialogue choices closely capture the original's tone.

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 24.6% ★, Choices Matter 23.2%, Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Story Rich 17.3%, Atmospheric 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This road-trip sequel retains Dontnod's cinematic episodic storytelling, difficult moral decisions, and supernatural power affecting a sibling relationship.

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 29.1%, Choices Matter 26.6%, Story Rich 23.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: This short free companion story shares Life is Strange 2's universe and its gentle, melancholy exploration of childhood imagination and family hardship.

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 18.3%, Story Rich 13%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: From former Life is Strange creators, it combines a 1990s coming-of-age friendship story, a mysterious dual timeline, dialogue choices, and an unmistakably nostalgic mood.

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 40.3% ★, Choices Matter 20.9%, Story Rich 14.3%, Multiple Endings 4.8%, Mystery 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Another Dontnod character drama built around a sibling reunion, a small-town mystery, player-shaped memories, and thoughtful choices about identity and family.

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: Choices Matter 20.8%, Story Rich 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 19.5%, Female Protagonist 13%, Mystery 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural coastal mystery with teenage friends, stylish dialogue choices, radio-based puzzles, and a hauntingly atmospheric soundtrack makes it an especially natural fit.

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 49.6%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Mystery 13.8%, Adventure 12.6%, Female Protagonist 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This grounded road-trip mystery focuses on a mother and daughter uncovering family secrets through intimate exploration and naturalistic conversation.

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 25.4%, Time Travel 20.4% ★, Story Rich 17.7%, Choices Matter 16%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This wordless, poignant adventure asks you to revisit tragic events through different characters in an attempt to change the past.

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 33%, Story Rich 23.4%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This supernatural coming-of-age drama follows a young woman connected to an otherworldly entity through cinematic scenes and player-led decisions.

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 21.2%, Story Rich 18.8%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Mystery 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It expands Oxenfree's eerie dialogue-driven supernatural mystery with an adult protagonist, meaningful relationship choices, and reality-bending radio phenomena.

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 35%, Story Rich 23.6%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Female Protagonist 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its polished cinematic presentation and extensively branching decisions offer a larger-scale version of Life is Strange's focus on empathy, identity, and consequence.

The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.

Why similar: Time Travel 36.6% ★, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, Mystery 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its richly written mystery uses a time loop to let you revisit conversations, test choices, and alter outcomes while uncovering a larger supernatural truth.

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 26.8%, Story Rich 17.4%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Mystery 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This emotional interactive drama puts a woman in a crisis and lets players revisit painful memories, making choices that reshape how she understands her past.

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 34.6%, Story Rich 26.7%, Mystery 13.3%, Third Person 9.9%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Dontnod's introspective mystery follows a troubled protagonist reconstructing events and relationships through investigation, internal dialogue, and consequential decisions.

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: Story Rich 25.9%, Choices Matter 24.4%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Third Person 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich adventure about parallel worlds, identity, and political upheaval that features a female lead and choices that affect later chapters.

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

Why similar: Episodic 49.6% ★, Story Rich 18.2%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Point & Click 5.9%, Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Telltale's landmark episodic series excels at devastating character bonds and decisions whose emotional consequences carry across the entire season.

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 37.1% ★, Choices Matter 17%, Story Rich 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Point & Click 4%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a strongly character-driven episodic adventure with frequent dialogue choices, shifting perspectives, and an exceptional licensed-music sensibility.

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 40.4% ★, Choices Matter 15.2%, Story Rich 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Great Soundtrack 6%

Why You'll Like It: This episodic detective story pairs a stylish supernatural mystery with dialogue choices and morally uncomfortable decisions in a richly realized world.

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 38.1%, Story Rich 27.5%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, choice-heavy drama where decisions branch across generations, emphasizing tense relationships and the lasting consequences of small actions.

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

Why similar: Choices Matter 35.8%, Story Rich 27.6%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its youthful road-trip atmosphere, political undertones, shifting perspectives, and choice-led encounters make it a compelling alternative for players who value mood and characters.

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: Story Rich 27.3%, Great Soundtrack 27.2%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Mystery 13.1%, Walking Simulator 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A lonely first-person mystery with superb environmental storytelling, a strong soundtrack, and a relationship built through intimate dialogue choices.

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 32%, Great Soundtrack 22.7%, Female Protagonist 12%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Mystery 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although less choice-driven, its first-person exploration and inventive vignettes create a moving, mysterious family narrative with the same reflective emotional pull.

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 28.4%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Story Rich 14.4%, Mystery 7.1%, LGBTQ+ 6.7%

Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.

Why similar: Time Travel 40.6% ★, Great Soundtrack 21.3%, Story Rich 15%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This visual novel is a superb choice for players drawn specifically to time travel, as escalating attempts to alter the past produce major emotional consequences.

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 32.5%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Story Rich 17.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Third Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its episodic structure, character relationships, exploration, and difficult dialogue decisions provide a spacefaring but similarly personal interactive drama.

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 58.1%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Story Rich 18%, Adventure 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This teen-horror interactive movie centers on a group of vulnerable young people, with choices determining their relationships and who survives the night.

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: Time Travel 29.4% ★, Great Soundtrack 13%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 10%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A clever time-loop narrative set within Hamlet that lets a young woman use repeated days and gathered knowledge to redirect a tragic story.

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

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.9%, Female Protagonist 19.7%, Story Rich 18.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Mystery 6.4%

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: Story Rich 31.7%, Choices Matter 31%, Mystery 14.7%, Atmospheric 13%, Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its troubled young protagonist, small-town secrets, sharp dialogue, and melancholy coming-of-age themes strongly resonate with Life is Strange's quieter moments.

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: Time Manipulation 22.4% ★, Episodic 20.3% ★, Time Travel 17.7% ★, Story Rich 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%

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 27.7%, Story Rich 26.5%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Mystery 6.5%

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

Why similar: Choices Matter 25.7%, Episodic 25.3% ★, Story Rich 21.8%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Atmospheric 4.9%

A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 57.6%, Story Rich 33.8%, Adventure 2.7%, Female Protagonist 2%, Singleplayer 1.7%

„The Lion's Song: Episode 1 – Silence" draws the player into the life of a talented young composer, Wilma, preparing for her breakthrough concert, the defining moment of her career. Searching for inspiration she escapes from the pressure for success to the solitude of the Austrian Alps.

Why similar: Episodic 35.7% ★, Great Soundtrack 19.1%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 10.9%, Female Protagonist 6.5%

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 29.9%, Walking Simulator 20.6%, Atmospheric 9.3%, LGBTQ+ 8.7%, Story Rich 8.6%

A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.

Why similar: Episodic 27.1% ★, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Story Rich 20.7%, Third Person 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%

An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.

Why similar: Time Travel 35.9% ★, Time Manipulation 17.8% ★, Story Rich 12.5%, Mystery 8.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 56.8%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Story Rich 15%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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 47.2% ★, Story Rich 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Point & Click 5.2%

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

Why similar: Episodic 33.2% ★, Choices Matter 18.1%, Story Rich 14.1%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 7%

Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 45.4%, Story Rich 16%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Atmospheric 12%, Mystery 4%

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 31.2%, Great Soundtrack 22.9%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Third Person 6.1%

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 22%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Point & Click 9.3%

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 31.9%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Mystery 10.4%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.7%, Story Rich 23.2%, Choices Matter 20.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Mystery 4.3%

The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.

Why similar: Story Rich 29.6%, Female Protagonist 26.9%, Point & Click 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Adventure 8.7%

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 22.1%, Story Rich 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Atmospheric 11.2%

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

Why similar: Choices Matter 36.4%, Story Rich 26.4%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Adventure 4.4%

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

Why similar: Time Travel 30.9% ★, Time Manipulation 22.5% ★, Choices Matter 14.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, Multiple Endings 6.5%

Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.8%, Story Rich 16.8%, Point & Click 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Adventure 11.2%

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 40.9% ★, Choices Matter 22%, Story Rich 18.8%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Female Protagonist 3.9%

PROZE: Prologue is a free opening chapter for the PROZE series. It’s a story-based VR-adventure with puzzle and horror elements.

Why similar: Episodic 33.2% ★, Time Travel 27.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Story Rich 8%, Adventure 5.2%

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 48.4%, Female Protagonist 19.7%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Adventure 3%

Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!

Why similar: Time Travel 61.3% ★, Time Manipulation 33.5% ★, Singleplayer 1.8%, Action 1.4%, Indie 1%

Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 24.3% ★, Time Travel 22% ★, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 12%, Female Protagonist 11.5%