Games Like Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

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 24.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 18%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Cinematic 8%, Dynamic Narration 7.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar focus on childhood memories, family secrets, and emotional narrative 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: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Romance 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a high-production narrative experience with a strong focus on character relationships and small-town mystery.

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 26.4% ★, Choices Matter 18.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: As the spiritual predecessor to the developer's style, it perfectly captures the coming-of-age and supernatural mystery blend.

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 26.4% ★, Choices Matter 19.1%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Story Rich 12.3%, Multiple Endings 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, character-focused look at teenage angst and the power of formative friendships.

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 24.4%, Cinematic 21.7%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Mystery 14%, Story Rich 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: This interactive drama emphasizes the weight of player choices and the long-term consequences of past events.

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: Mystery 35.4%, Story Rich 31%, Atmospheric 21.4%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at atmospheric storytelling set in nature, focusing on a personal mystery that unfolds through dialogue.

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 33.6%, Mystery 24.1%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Atmospheric 16.4%, Adventure 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game is a masterclass in uncovering family secrets through interactive, memory-based storytelling.

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 27.1%, Mystery 21.5%, Story Rich 19.5%, Stylized 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of returning to a hometown and dealing with the complex, often dark, realities of growing up.

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+ 35.9%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, 1990's 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a quintessential atmospheric mystery that uses environmental storytelling to reveal a deeply personal family narrative.

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

Why similar: 1990's 24.2%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Dynamic Narration 17% ★, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Set in the 1990s, this road-trip adventure relies heavily on player choices to shape the narrative and character fates.

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+ 25.8%, Mystery 15.3%, Cinematic 14.8%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Story Rich 9%

Why You'll Like It: This mystery game captures a retro atmosphere while focusing on uncovering secrets through investigation.

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 17.9%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Mystery 16.8%, Multiple Endings 15%

Why You'll Like It: The game features a group of friends dealing with supernatural mysteries and the lingering effects of their past.

Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.

Why similar: Nature 16.8%, Mystery 16.6%, Cinematic 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Female Protagonist 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core mechanic of recording memories and exploring a world on the brink of change.

Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.1%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Story Rich 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong female protagonist and complex, choice-driven narrative paths within a magical setting.

A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Romance 15.3%, Psychological 15%, Story Rich 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A poignant coming-of-age story that uses narrative choices to explore themes of loss and memory.

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: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Romance 13.3%, Multiple Endings 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing, narrative-focused experience that explores the personal growth of a woman returning to her roots.

Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.

Why similar: Story Rich 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Psychological 16.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Surreal 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This emotional journey uses a unique mechanic to explore the memories of a life, mirroring the theme of looking back at the past.

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 50.8%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Stylized 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deeply personal, LGBTQ-focused narrative that explores memory and identity through a unique visual style.

Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Story Rich 24.2%, Mystery 22.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Adventure 4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends a coming-of-age story with a dark mystery that is shaped by the player's choices.

Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.1%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Story Rich 11%, Third Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven road trip game that emphasizes character dynamics and the power of words in a changing world.

Your choices affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past. Travel across European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Dynamic Narration 11.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 11%, Female Protagonist 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses music and narrative choices to explore how changing the past affects the present.

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

Why similar: Cinematic 22.8%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Mystery 19.4%, Story Rich 14.7%, Third Person 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It weaves a dual-timeline mystery that connects the past and present through exploration and narrative discovery.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Multiple Endings 28.9%, Story Rich 21.7%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deep, choice-driven narrative gameplay that focuses on the struggles of individual characters in a larger world.

Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.6%, Mystery 29%, Story Rich 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A 90s-set mystery featuring a strong female lead who returns to her hometown to uncover the truth about her past.

A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?

Why similar: Nature 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Mystery 16.6%, Story Rich 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on community, nature, and the complex relationships that form over time in a unique setting.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Mystery 32.5%, Story Rich 22.5%, Surreal 22.4%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric mystery that explores the decay of a town and the secrets buried within its history.

Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.

Why similar: 1990's 18.7%, Cinematic 15.7%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Psychological 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Set in the 1990s, this atmospheric mystery relies on visual storytelling to build tension and intrigue.

Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.8%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Story Rich 19.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It tells a life story through the objects one keeps, mirroring the emotional weight of memories found in the seed game.

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+ 25.4%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Cinematic 11.9%, Romance 9.2%, Female Protagonist 9.1%

Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.

Why similar: Romance 33.8%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Story Rich 14.7%, Stylized 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, impactful story about the highs and lows of romance and personal growth.

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: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Romance 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

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 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Story Rich 13.1%, Stylized 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy narrative game that focuses on human connection and emotional intelligence in a futuristic setting.

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+ 26.3%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Romance 11.7%, Story Rich 7.1%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Romance 13%, Female Protagonist 12%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

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: Choices Matter 29.9%, Episodic 25.6% ★, Story Rich 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Atmospheric 4.9%

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.7%, Romance 22.8%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.6%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Story Rich 10%

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 16.5%, Cinematic 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Psychological 14.2%, Mystery 10.7%

Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.2%, Romance 16.7%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.5%, Choices Matter 21.5%, 1990's 20.1%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Story Rich 12%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Choices Matter 25.4%, Multiple Endings 20.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Stylized 10.2%

Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Multiple Endings 11%, Romance 10.2%

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: Choices Matter 45.1%, Story Rich 28.2%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 7.1%, Third Person 3.8%

Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.3%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 50.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Story Rich 17.5%, Adventure 4.5%

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 26.5%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Cinematic 11%, Story Rich 8.2%

Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Romance 11%

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: LGBTQ+ 34.4%, Cinematic 18.4%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Story Rich 11.1%

Dive into the charming Stories of Mara, an episodic slice of life tale about a diverse cast of characters. Get to know your neighbours and bond with them, but… Could you make them stick together to help each other?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Choices Matter 16.9%, 1990's 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13%, Nature 10.2%

Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.7%, Romance 19.8%, Cinematic 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Story Rich 9.4%

Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22%, Romance 14.6%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.9%

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+ 29.8%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Mystery 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.1%

Memories...One of the most important things in our lives. But what happens if you forget who you are? If you don't remember anything? Then you can only hope that the people that do know who you are help you out...This is your journey...On your way to finding new memories...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.1%, Romance 23.9%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Story Rich 11.4%

No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Surreal 12.6%, Story Rich 11.5%, Stylized 8.9%

Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.2%, Female Protagonist 19.8%, Mystery 16.1%, Story Rich 9.6%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse's death.

Why similar: Romance 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%

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

Why similar: Choices Matter 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Cinematic 12.4%

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 25.9%, Mystery 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Adventure 14.9%, Stylized 9%

A queer romance/horror visual novel about being locked into a path, and having _______ words hidden from You. Find Your way to discover what's missing and reach Your ____ End.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Romance 15.3%, Dynamic Narration 14.9% ★, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Romance 16.7%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Mystery 11.3%