
Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Narrative, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich.

Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.

The door has doubts
The Door Has Doubts is a very short and absurd narrative game about manipulation, dialogue, and the existential crisis of room furnitures. You are stuck in a room, there is a door. Your only way out: Convince the door to open. Choose your words carefully, as you try to escape the room.

Mama
An emotional narrative point-and-click about a daughter caring for her mother as dementia reshapes their bond. Explore heartfelt conversations, fragmented memories, and simple story-driven puzzles on a journey of caregiving and learning to let go.
The Door Has Doubts is a very short and absurd narrative game about manipulation, dialogue, and the existential crisis of room furnitures. You are stuck in a room, there is a door. Your only way out: Convince the door to open. Choose your words carefully, as you try to escape the room.
Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Psychological 11.8%
An emotional narrative point-and-click about a daughter caring for her mother as dementia reshapes their bond. Explore heartfelt conversations, fragmented memories, and simple story-driven puzzles on a journey of caregiving and learning to let go.
Why similar: Narrative 40% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Psychological 13.8%, Story Rich 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%
Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.
Why similar: Narrative 39.3% ★, Psychological 14.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Mystery 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
Unravel the mysteries of the ocean spirit world by accompanying a recent high school graduate, Bulut, who lost all of his memories of family and friends. The Inspireist is a story-rich puzzle adventure narrative set in a recent 21st century, alternate realm Izmrr.
Why similar: Narrative 49.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Mystery 9.1%, Adventure 7.3%
An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 35.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Story Rich 11.9%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Narrative 40% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Mystery 8.8%, Story Rich 5.7%
A mysterious creature has torn your home from reality. Explore the City of Stolen Worlds, uncover the secrets of its inhabitants, and try to find your way back. Or perhaps you want to become the new Master?
Why similar: Narrative 21.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Psychological 10.5%
You only picked up a lost smartphone, yet you find yourself made an accomplice in an AI's criminal plot. The AI asks 20 questions to identify its "master." Will you meet the AI's expectations?
Why similar: Narrative 31% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
Swipe, date & survive Berlin’s wild winter nights in this story-rich horror dating sim. Help Nora find herself — balance Energy, Cash & rising Pain while sex clubs, techno raves, and a messy ex tear your heart apart. Merry Christmas! Your choices decide who you wake up as.
Why similar: Narrative 28.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Psychological 10.9%
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Narrative 26.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Story Rich 8.3%
In this interactive narrative, you (a goblin custodian) fix up the neighborhood, help solve eccentric neighbors' problems, and uncover a dark and dangerous mystery, all while untangling the occasional drag & drop image puzzle!
Why similar: Narrative 34.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Mystery 6%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Narrative 31.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
'Beneath the Woods' is a stylized, narrative-focused 3rd person mystery / horror / puzzle game about a young man in a race against time to investigate the disappearance of his younger sister. What he stumbles upon is something far more sinister than he could ever imagined.
Why similar: Narrative 42.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Story Rich 9.1%, Mystery 9.1%, Choices Matter 5%
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric and moving adventure of white crow Ankou — one of pain, loneliness, and salvation that no one asked for.
Why similar: Narrative 31.3% ★, Psychological 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
A short narrative exploration game in which you play as Bean, an unemployed, 20-something, smart-ass. Wander around town, play mini games, feed the geese, and get to know the neighbours as Bean’s sanity begins to slip...
Why similar: Narrative 47.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 7.5%, Exploration 5.8%
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
Why similar: Narrative 31.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 10%
Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Wake up. Get ready. Feed the demon? Go to work. Daily life might be getting to you, but your medication is taking care of that, right? Or maybe it's making things worse. Rise and grind or choose to snooze?
Why similar: Narrative 41.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Mystery 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.3%, Psychological 4.8%
You are a father. You wake in a hallway that hums. Empty pools. Dead malls. Your four daughters are here. Voice acted by a real father and his daughters. Two endings. No right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 27.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Psychological 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 10.3%
A story-rich interactive fiction about two people who find comfort in each other, and the quiet things they never say out loud.
Why similar: Narrative 21.7% ★, Psychological 16%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Story Rich 11.6%
I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.
Why similar: Narrative 42.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Psychological 11.4%, Atmospheric 5.9%
Step into the role of a tram conductor robot in a future where humanity is preparing to leave Earth. Are you suited for something greater than being scrapped?
Why similar: Narrative 38.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Story Rich 7.2%
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: Narrative 50% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Story Rich 13.3%, Psychological 7.9%, Mystery 3.8%
謎に満ちた施設「モスパレス」を探索し、貴女と世界に秘められた謎を解き明かそう
Why similar: Narrative 49.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Adventure 9%, Story Rich 7%, Atmospheric 4.8%
A psychological thriller set in Scarlet Orphanage, where every choice shapes the fate of the residents. Nothing is as it seems. Are you facing ghosts… or something far worse?
Why similar: Narrative 43.4% ★, Choices Matter 16.7%, Story Rich 14.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Mystery 7.9%
The Lyra Signal is a story-driven visual novel about memory, mystery, and the echoes of the past. Follow Leo as he uncovers a strange recording left by his father and begins searching for the meaning behind a name that refuses to disappear: Lyra.
Why similar: Narrative 31.6% ★, Choices Matter 15%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Story Rich 14.5%, Mystery 13.2%
A psychological adventure through a dreamy landscape. Face unanswerable questions to reach the ultimate enigmas: Who are you? Who am I?
Why similar: Narrative 27% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Psychological 11.6%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 9.4%
A game about loneliness in adulthood. Withdrawn is a hand-drawn point-and-click interactive fiction where you're following the main character's routine, thoughts, memories and his constant fear of living.
Why similar: Narrative 26.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Psychological 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
Transit is a dark narrative adventure set in a looping world of midnight trains and traumatised souls. Guided by a sarcastic sock-puppet, you explore repeating routes, fractured memories, and the echoes of a lost sister.
Why similar: Narrative 36.5% ★, Story Rich 12.2%, Psychological 9.7%, Mystery 8.4%, Adventure 7%
A point-and-click mystery game set during the summer of 2000 in the mysterious landscapes of Okinawa. You play as Kami, a guardian angel tasked with guiding Haruki, a struggling journalist, as he delves into the baffling disappearance of a beloved actress.
Why similar: Narrative 42.1% ★, Choices Matter 13.7%, Story Rich 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Mystery 7.2%
We Grew Up in War is a powerful testimony based on real stories of children who lived through wars in Ukraine and Bosnia. Experience their world shaped by fear and imagination and witness their memories in all their raw, haunting truth.
Why similar: Narrative 30.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Story Rich 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Psychological 8.1%
"Boxes are the most wonderful things ever! Truly they are, didn’t you know?" A Game About Boxes is a quirky little adventure that shifts from minimalist aesthetics to uncanny atmospheres, all while you jump around, summon boxes, and slowly learn to love them. :) or else <3
Why similar: Narrative 43.6% ★, Choices Matter 20.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Psychological 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.8%
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.
Why similar: Narrative 31% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Psychological 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 9.4%
Tea for Sana is a story-driven exploration game set in a Slavic-inspired fantasy world. You play as Vesna, a spirit healer who is losing her memory. Discover recipes, find new ingredients, and cook traditional dishes to restore the balance between the mountain spirits and the villagers.
Why similar: Narrative 39.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Story Rich 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
In this short, first-person, interactive, exploration game, you'll live a day on board of a space colony in 2040. Carry out your daily tasks, get to know your fellow colonisers and gather the clues to unravel the staggering truth behind your crewmates' deaths.
Why similar: Narrative 30% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Psychological 15.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
The Wandering Duelist is a single-player, narrative-driven adventure game that tells a story of love, conflict and reckless actions. The story takes place on a small and lively planet, where its residents carry on their daily activities that often pose dangers and obstacles for the player.
Why similar: Narrative 66.1% ★, Story Rich 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Adventure 7.1%, Atmospheric 4.1%
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Narrative 32.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choices Matter 13%, Story Rich 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Carry Onward is a narrative gameplay short that follows a grieving man as he packs up his home. Immerse yourself in his thoughts and emotions by interacting with items, which shape his internal state. Experience the transformative power of memories and the hope that arises from embracing change.
Why similar: Narrative 39.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Mystery 5.1%
Congratulations! During the latest parish council meeting we have unanimously agreed that you are to be editor-in-chief of our community newsletter "Jobsworth Weekly". Adhere to the publishing guidelines and make decisions with great consideration for the future of the village.
Why similar: Narrative 64.5% ★, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Story Rich 10%, Indie 0.8%
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Narrative 21% ★, Story Rich 19.2%, Mystery 8.6%, Adventure 7.2%
Inspired by the 3I/Atlas comet, Project Atlas is a story-driven sci-fi narrative following Commander Simth as she tracks a mysterious object through deep space and discovers a truth no one is prepared for.
Why similar: Narrative 46.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Mystery 5.3%
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Narrative 26.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Psychological 13.1%, Story Rich 12.3%, Mystery 8.4%
A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.
Why similar: Narrative 37% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Adventure 5.3%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Narrative 31.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 12.1%
The Appraiser is a short, first person narrative game. As an art appraiser you will sell the art collection of a dying man. Each painting is by 4 famed artist. They have a story to tell you, but only if you choose to listen.
Why similar: Narrative 31.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Mystery 7.1%
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Why similar: Narrative 42.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 11.4%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
AD 673. Camelot has fallen. The Round Table must rally to save King Arthur. Narrative strategy game from the creators of 80 DAYS, with elegant tactics and a unique, dynamic story every time you replay.
Why similar: Narrative 46.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Multiple Endings 3.9%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Narrative 42.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 12.7%, Adventure 5.7%
Idol Talent Show Simulation Game-Train from zero to idol debut! Rank high to stay in! Explore the map, manage your schedule and play mini-games.Face tough evaluations,compete with fellow trainees, and forge meaningful bonds. Your choices will unlock 10+ unique endings. Can you shine?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Choices Matter 24.1%, Story Rich 20.8%, Multiple Endings 19.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
A narrative game about grief, memory, and perception. Explore a shifting home that reshapes itself around emotion. What you’re willing to face will determine what you find, or what stays hidden.
Why similar: Narrative 51.1% ★, Psychological 16.8%, Story Rich 13.2%, Exploration 6.3%, Atmospheric 4.8%
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Narrative 18.1% ★, Psychological 14%, Mystery 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Time is the only thing we can't resist. Some people and things will never be found once they are lost. In the dark, a man was walking alone. The moment when you turn back, don't forget the place where came from!
Why similar: Narrative 41.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Psychological 11.6%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 5.7%
Talewarden is a weird west adventure visual novel. Restore time on a planet where the sun never sets as you explore locations, talk, romance, and bond with your companions. Find the source of the voice in your head and discover why you all fell here from different worlds.
Why similar: Narrative 38.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Story Rich 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
In this narrative-driven, sci-fi point and click adventure, unravel the secrets of a stolen spaceship and your enigmatic crew. A new future away from corporate tyranny awaits. As captain, your choices matter and forging your crew's connections, even more so. Flying free has a cost. Will you pay it?
Why similar: Narrative 40.5% ★, Choices Matter 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Story Rich 12.4%, Mystery 8.2%
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Psychological 16.3%, Narrative 13.9% ★, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 9.8%
A first-person psychological horror game about identity and what you give up to keep going. You wake up somewhere you don't remember. You go through different rooms. Each one wants something from you. You make choices, and the game watches you back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Story Rich 9.7%
Held is a short interactive novel about a father witnessing his child’s birth and growth. Carry your child in your arms, hold their tiny hand, and support their first steps through the fleeting moments of parenthood.
Why similar: Narrative 50.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Story Rich 12.8%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
The memory of a medical emergency crafted into an Interactive Fiction. How will you act when someone you love is in the middle of a medical emergency and all you can do is wait?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Narrative 25.8% ★, Choices Matter 20.2%, Story Rich 16.4%, Indie 1.8%
7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Psychological 17.6%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Story Rich 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9%
Sunset Inferno is a choice-driven narrative adventure where you are a Recycler: a machine built to hunt war deserters. But a targeted explosion shatters your programming. Find the saboteur before your makers decide you've learned too much.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Story Rich 14.8%, Psychological 12.7%, Mystery 10.8%
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 19.1%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Story Rich 11.7%, Psychological 11.2%