60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Adventure, Singleplayer, Mystery.
Lost & Found is a standalone, short story game taking place aboard a 1960s transatlantic ship. Play as Sophie Roy in her new job as a stewardess, and help solve a curious series of thefts in this narrative-driven mystery set after the events of This Bed We Made.
This Bed We Made
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Syberia: The World Before
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Cinematic 11.9%, Investigation 11.6%, Detective 11.1%, Mystery 8%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Cinematic 14.4%, Investigation 11.7%, Emotional 9%, Mystery 7.8%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Investigation 19.9%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Emotional 13.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Historical 13%
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: LGBTQ+ 21%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Cinematic 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Mystery 8.9%
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 20.2%, Cinematic 16.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Historical 11%, Investigation 10.8%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Emotional 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10%, Story Rich 5.6%
Wayward Strand is a heartfelt story told in a curious way. Hop aboard an airborne hospital and meet its fully-voiced cast of eclectic characters. As time passes for everyone on board, explore the interwoven lives of the patients and staff; discover something new on each and every playthrough.
Why similar: Emotional 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Mystery 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.8%
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.4%, Female Protagonist 21.7%, Mystery 17.9%, Story Rich 14.7%, Adventure 13.9%
It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Investigation 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Emotional 12.2%
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: Investigation 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Cinematic 16.8%, Detective 14.9%, Emotional 8.3%
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Historical 10%
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: LGBTQ+ 38.3%, Female Protagonist 14%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Story Rich 9.8%, Emotional 6.9%
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: Detective 15.8%, Cinematic 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
Lost and Found Co. is a hidden object adventure in a cozy and immersive world. Join a cast of lively characters on their epic journey across countless magical locations. Find lost items, solve puzzles, and help a tiny dragon regain her power!
Why similar: Story Rich 39%, Adventure 33.7%, Indie 15.1%, Singleplayer 12.2%
A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.
Why similar: Emotional 36.3%, Choices Matter 25%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Story Rich 9.7%, Adventure 8%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.
Why similar: Mystery 37.1%, Adventure 26%, Female Protagonist 25%, Story Rich 6.1%, Singleplayer 3.1%
You’re shipwrecked on a lost mythical island. As backpacker Alex, you must befriend the forgotten gods of Greek mythology and restore their memories. Explore the dynamic island and its story sandbox to build new friendships, solve the mystery and save the gods.
Why similar: Emotional 27.5%, Mystery 17.7%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, 3D 11%, Story Rich 9.9%
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: Emotional 22%, Mystery 14.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Adventure 9.8%
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: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Cinematic 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Emotional 9.9%
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: Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Mystery 15.5%, Emotional 14.2%, Story Rich 11.5%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Detective 41.7%, Mystery 17.8%, Naval 17.7% ★, Historical 7.9%, Story Rich 5.8%
A mystery visual novel taking place aboard the underwater train Marine Express. Follow student Ranko Togawa on her quest to find the culprit on the murder of an accompanying teacher... with lots of surprises along the way!
Why similar: Detective 32.1%, Investigation 21.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, LGBTQ+ 8.9%
Lake Ridden is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game! A cozy supernatural adventure where you unravel a mysterious past, trying to find your sister. Luckily, you are not alone...
Why similar: Adventure 33.1%, Female Protagonist 25%, Mystery 23.8%, Indie 14.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%
Finding Hannah is a relaxing puzzle game about a woman navigating a midlife crisis. Hannah’s got it all: a well-paying job, a fancy coffee machine, and a comfortable life – so why isn’t she happy? Lead her on a journey of self-discovery as you explore beautiful scenes and find hidden objects.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 37.9%, LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Adventure 15.9%, Story Rich 13.8%, Indie 7.1%
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 27%, Investigation 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Emotional 10.3%
A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.
Why similar: Emotional 38.7%, Female Protagonist 20%, Realistic 14.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Mystery 7.6%
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Historical 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%
A mysterious woman comes back from the dead, and the dusty past surfaces. Between a gloomy student girl and a glamorous ex-girlfriend, the clues are intertwined, who is the mastermind behind the scene? Play as a detective heroine in 1935 London, embark on a journey of love and growth.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Detective 14.5%, Investigation 10.9%, Historical 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Organize and give out lost items! Lost But Found is a job simulator game where you are an officer who oversees the lost items in an airport. Organize those items and distribute them to people who lost their belongings. Upgrade your office, manage requests, collect stickers, and more.
Why similar: Choices Matter 100%
Aliya’s Ascent is a story about a girl who mysteriously found herself in the middle of a boat towards an unknown land. Embark on a journey in the world of the first Legions and meet familiar faces as you unravel the tales that made the fabric of Bridgeworld. Every choice you make matters!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Cinematic 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
A wholesome narrative puzzle game about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell. Complete a loved one's damaged memoirs by exploring their home and packing away their things.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Investigation 18.1%, Emotional 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...
Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Mystery 14.2%, Investigation 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
Welcome to a small detective agency in old Seoul. Lady in Mystery is a Yuri mystery visual novel set in 18th-century Joseon. Choose one of four women to grow closest to Heesoo, the disguised detective. Your choices may lead to love, revenge, or darker paths than you imagined.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Historical 14.7%, Investigation 11.1%, Mystery 10.9%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
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: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Emotional 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
Can you transform a dilapidated old manor into a 5-star inn while solving the mysteries lurking behind its doors? Meet amusing guests, discover new areas and upgrades, complete mini-quests, and find items and beautiful paintings that will help you achieve your goals!
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.4%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Mystery 16.6%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Story Rich 9.8%
The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, metal-detecting narrative game. It combines laid-back detecting and exploration with a dramatic story, all set in a beautiful English countryside. It’s a game about trying to find something.
Why similar: Mystery 31.2%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Adventure 17.2%, Story Rich 17.1%, Indie 5.5%
It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Third Person 9.4%
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: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Emotional 10.1%, Cinematic 9%
Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Emotional 21.4%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 10.1%
A letter from an old love reveals a secret she kept for years — something she gave up without telling him. Determined to make things right, he sets out to find what was lost. Joined by a mysterious young woman, he follows clues and buried memories toward the truth he's been missing.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.2%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Realistic 14.6%, 3D 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Deep Beyond Is a first-person interactive thriller about a sea explorer and the mystery behind her father’s disappearance.
Why similar: Investigation 26.9%, Emotional 23.3%, Mystery 13.2%, Adventure 10.4%, 3D 9.9%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 35.6%, Investigation 21.6%, Mystery 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, LGBTQ+ 7.3%
A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.
Why similar: Emotional 41.2%, Mystery 23.9%, Adventure 13.3%, 3D 10.6%, Indie 7.1%
OPUS: Prism Peak is a narrative adventure where you play as a weary photographer stranded in the Dusklands, traveling with a girl who's lost her memories. Together, you'll uncover the mysteries of this land through your camera and find your way home.
Why similar: Emotional 29.9%, Choices Matter 21.7%, Mystery 16%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Story Rich 9.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Cinematic 12.7%, Emotional 11.2%
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
Why similar: Adventure 29.4%, Female Protagonist 29.1%, Mystery 18.1%, Indie 13.6%, Story Rich 9.8%
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.
Why similar: Investigation 24.2%, Mystery 22.1%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 13.1%
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: LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Cinematic 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Emotional 11.5%
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.1%, Adventure 17.8%, Emotional 16.8%, Story Rich 13.3%, Mystery 11%
A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch? Nobody on board remembers her ever existing in the first place - nobody, except for you. Uncover the story in this mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Detective 38.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Mystery 14.9%, Investigation 13.4%, Adventure 11.4%
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: Story Rich 26.4%, Female Protagonist 24.7%, Mystery 22.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 8.5%
Rivage is an immersive sci-fi puzzle adventure set aboard the A.R.E.S. space station trapped in a space phenomenon. Wake up as Miranda, forced to explore, solve intricate puzzles to unravel the fate of your missing crew.
Why similar: Investigation 34.8%, Mystery 18.5%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Realistic 11.6%, Adventure 7.7%
Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Historical 15%, Detective 14%, Cinematic 13.8%, Mystery 10.3%
Bear With Me: The Lost Robots is an all new prequel chapter featuring Amber’s brother Flint and the callous detective Ted E. Bear. Take to the gritty and bustling undergrounds of Paper City, discovering new characters and rich lore leading up to the events of the first 3 episodes of Bear With Me.
Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Emotional 22.2%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Mystery 10.1%
Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.3%, Mystery 29.4%, Story Rich 17.6%, Adventure 11%, Indie 4.8%
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
Why similar: Cinematic 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Emotional 15.5%, Third Person 15.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
