60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Exploration, Lore-Rich, Surreal.
Escape and explore the ruins of a once-great city, while being hunted by the machine that watches over it. Remember, there is always protection in perfection.
Washed Upon A Murder
After washing onto a private island, you soon find yourself in the middle of a murder mystery puzzle. The worst part? Everyone thinks you've dunnit! Will you be able to prove Detective Sal's innocence? Find clues, spot contradictions and solve puzzles to discover the truth and find the real killer.
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Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
After washing onto a private island, you soon find yourself in the middle of a murder mystery puzzle. The worst part? Everyone thinks you've dunnit! Will you be able to prove Detective Sal's innocence? Find clues, spot contradictions and solve puzzles to discover the truth and find the real killer.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, 2.5D 20.5%, Text-Based 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Exploration 6.3%
Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
Why similar: Transhumanism 33.8% ★, Detective 16.1%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Text-Based 16%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%
Trapped in a decaying world ruled by cosmic entities, wield the primordial gauntlet to fight distorted foes. Explore, uncover secrets, and use tainted artifacts. Survive or be consumed by Asthenia.
Why similar: Transhumanism 27.1% ★, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Surreal 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Detective 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Surreal 13.6%
An RPG narrative game that tells the story of a hospital director's disappearance through the memories of a police officer, with the truth behind it being extremely complex.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.1%, Lore-Rich 22%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Surreal 12.6%, Story Rich 7.4%
Explore a fun and dangerous open world in this darkly comedic soulslike RPG! Talk your way out of (or into) problems, battle monsters, befriend or betray the villagers, learn magic, collect tools and weapons, oh yeah - and find out how you got turned into a cat!
Why similar: Transhumanism 26.2% ★, Detective 15.5%, Lore-Rich 13%, Surreal 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%
Help a rogue A.I bring about the end of humanity in this short psychological horror game.
Why similar: Transhumanism 30.7% ★, Surreal 17.8%, Lore-Rich 16%, Abstract 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10.3%
Narrative-driven psychological horror. Your therapist gets you a date with the enigmatic Brunilda. You find out that she’s being hunted by a secret society. Upgrade your weapons, battle strange enemies, and search for secrets in a futuristic town filled with mysterious, alluring characters.
Why similar: Transhumanism 23.6% ★, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Surreal 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a cover-up of a tragic mass casualty event.
Why similar: Surreal 21.5%, Lore-Rich 19.9%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Third Person 13.7%, Action-Adventure 8.8%
A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Surreal 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Abstract 12.8%
A 2.5D indie horror game with a strange reverse-fish-eye presentation. Explore and uncover lore and scares. Contains jumpscares and atmospheric/story-driven elements. Be thorough to unlock both endings if you are a completionist, but watch out behind you.
Why similar: 2.5D 21.7%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Abstract 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
RTG is a sci-fi puzzle/platformer featuring unique rendering method: CPU based ray-tracing. Dive into game's strange world, solve gradually challenging puzzles and, piece by piece, unravel mystery behind what you see and experience.
Why similar: Transhumanism 41.1% ★, 2.5D 20.7%, Surreal 13.7%, Abstract 13.7%, Story Rich 5.7%
You are abducted by a digital lifeform and now are trapped in his world. Hack and slash your way out of this story driven adventure and travel around different World Servers, get to know different characters and attempt the impoosible in order to be able to come back to your physical form.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Abstract 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 8.5%
FlowerRock is a 2D platformer for players who love intense boss fights and an mysterious story. Something happened to this world, powerful enemies and secrets litter the landscape. Unlock upgrades for your laser to blast stronger enemies and unravel the story of what happened to this forsaken world.
Why similar: Transhumanism 24.9% ★, 2.5D 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
An esoteric horror puzzle adventure, where your thoughts and mood affect the environment around you.
Why similar: Surreal 17.9%, Detective 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%
A joyful, strange experience in which a middle-aged queer man toddles around a strange island attempting to re-furnish his empty house.
Why similar: Transhumanism 41.9% ★, Surreal 20.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Third Person 7.4%
Vermilion Arcade is a collection of 8+ horror games inside a surreal and mysterious arcade.
Why similar: Surreal 18.9%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Abstract 12.8%
Deep Copy is a top down point-and-click literary adventure set in a hand-painted science fiction world. Awakened with no memory, you must solve puzzles and navigate a branching story to piece together the dense, interconnected mystery at the heart of the lab.
Why similar: Transhumanism 26.5% ★, Detective 16.3%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%
Andrey comes to the city to enroll in college and moves into a communal apartment. Neighbors, alcoholics, cult members, and gangsters test his mettle. Every decision is a choice between morality and survival. A visual novel where one wrong move turns a college applicant into a criminal.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.1%, Detective 26.3%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 14.5%, Story Rich 6.1%
A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.
Why similar: Surreal 20.3%, Detective 18.5%, Abstract 17.8%, 2.5D 16.7%, Exploration 7.9%
Timore Narhelma is a surreal experience about human mind and horrors within.
Why similar: Surreal 19%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Abstract 14%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
RADIOSOL is a journey through a desolate world burned by a planetary cataclysm. In search of answers, you will have to navigate through the ruins of megastructures and abandoned cities, avoiding the scorching rays of the Sun.
Why similar: Transhumanism 33.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Third Person 8.8%, Exploration 7.5%
A throwback to the survival horror and mystery games of the original Playstation, Back in 1995 faithfully re-creates everything from this forgotten era of games.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Surreal 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Third Person 12.8%, Action-Adventure 12.1%
While working at their dead-end job and dreaming of what could’ve been, Demian Zhao discovers a flesh-eating parasite who promises to help them finally live free. If you let them, they'll become the monster of your own making - after all, who needs a moral compass when you have a god in the gutter?
Why similar: Transhumanism 34.1% ★, Surreal 17.4%, Lore-Rich 14%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Text-Based 9.9%
A clueless agent wanders simulations of the future generated from implanted hyper-intelligence. Who is he? What's going on? What's true? What's real? No one cares. With words, violence, stealth, bribery, psyche reconstruction, and more - he'll have to figure it out for himself.
Why similar: Surreal 28%, Lore-Rich 21.5%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Abstract 8.6%
You never lose a war, when war is what you sell. Infiltrate the Valravn Corp. Put down the horrors in the dark. Containment is not enough.
Why similar: Transhumanism 30.7% ★, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Surreal 13.8%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Action-Adventure 8.6%
A game about building and exploring connections. Explore a rich vibrant world of diverse people as you figure out what mystery awaits in The Mossfield Archives
Why similar: Transhumanism 42.2% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Action-Adventure 12%, Exploration 10.3%, Story Rich 6.8%
Evade a relentless threat and survive your inner terrors in this atmospheric retro-horror game. Explore a stylized, shadow-drenched world, solve cryptic puzzles, and piece together fractured clues to uncover a disturbing truth in a tense, mind-bending psychological horror experience.
Why similar: 2.5D 20.5%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Surreal 18.2%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Exploration 8.9%
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Why similar: Transhumanism 31.5% ★, Text-Based 18.5%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
Into is an action puzzle game where players need to explore and decipher to find ways to escape this unfamiliar world. The game is full of unknown creatures and puzzles. The game has multiple endings, and the player's choices and investigations will determine the final outcome.
Why similar: 2.5D 30.1%, Detective 23.1%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Exploration 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
In Fatal Falls you explore the dark secrets of "The Grand Elysium", a posh luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere. Interact with its guests, drink a cocktail at the bar, peruse the noble premises – the choice is yours! Just make sure you don't get entangled in the hotel's dark deeds...
Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Detective 15.4%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Surreal 13.5%
Panthalassa is a Point and click Puzzle game set in an underwater alien world. You play as an AI reborn in a highly advanced body they do not recognize. Interface with otherworldly technology and unlock the secrets behind this strange planet.
Why similar: Transhumanism 34.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Abstract 13.5%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Exploration 7.6%
Play as Josie, aka SCP-529—an anomalous cat that is not all there, literally—as she explores the mysterious Site-17 and beyond. Set in the expansive and collaboratively created SCP universe, let curiosity lead your path.
Why similar: 2.5D 21.9%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Exploration 8.5%
[ ] is company policy. The lines begin to blur between your identity... A surreal (comedic) horror RPG with a fusion of pixel, hand-drawn, & 3D art. Fall deeper & deeper into sleep while you wait, something lies beneath the surface.
Why similar: 2.5D 24%, Surreal 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Abstract 14.6%, Exploration 9.8%
Become one with Raige: a disturbing and confronting encounter with a grim world, its inhabitants, and yourself.
Why similar: Surreal 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Exploration 15.4%, Abstract 13.8%
AkuNet; nameless is a 2.5-dimensional adventure with elements of rpg and visual novel. Get into AkuNet and find out what the world of eternal digital utopia hides behind itself.
Why similar: 2.5D 25.3%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Transhumanism 17.4% ★, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Third Person 9%
Explore an abandoned mansion, solve puzzles, find secrets, and discover what happened to Penelope Rose in this 2D mystery adventure.
Why similar: 2.5D 29.4%, Detective 23.6%, Lore-Rich 20.9%, Exploration 12.7%, Story Rich 6.1%
Investigate the murder of Evie Roots. Save the town from disaster. Learn the history of the Great Houses. Immerse yourself in the centuries-old history of Pineford.
Why similar: Detective 22%, Lore-Rich 20.9%, Text-Based 20.1%, Surreal 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%
Yuma, an amnesiac detective-in-training, and Shinigami, the spirit haunting him, tackle unsolved mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 33.4%, Action-Adventure 14.7%, Exploration 13.9%, Third Person 10.6%, Story Rich 8%
Psychological-surreal-analog-survival horror game. Find the smiles and get out.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18%, Surreal 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Abstract 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%
Liquids is a surreal adventure game. When Emma, the actress girlfriend of scientist Albert, dies strangely, police detective Todd investigates the unsolved case, and bizarrely Emma's body appears out of nowhere within many time and space.
Why similar: Detective 21.4%, Surreal 17.6%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Abstract 13.4%
Basilisk's Isles is an investigation game. Explore the beautiful painterly islands, talk with their colourful inhabitants, and use the different windows and tools at your disposal to unravel their strange mysteries.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, Surreal 16.1%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, Exploration 9.8%
SU is a 2.5D deduction puzzle game. The submarine Nautilus suffers a mechanical failure during its voyage. Dr. Pierre investigates and finds anomalies in every area. Explore the deep blue depths, follow Dr. Pierre as he unravels the secrets of the Nautilus.
Why similar: Detective 28.5%, 2.5D 23.6%, Psychological Horror 20.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Third Person 11%
You are S-9. You may or may not have some consciousness. You keep a family alive, but you are unable to do it eternally. The simulation will still require supervision. Decide. How could humanity get itself into such a bizarre situation?
Why similar: Transhumanism 29.3% ★, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Surreal 10.9%
The world is a corpse, unable to even support it's own anatomy. You are sure to perish. Your only hope is to feed of the ashes and scraps left behind, in hopes that you may endure just a little longer.
Why similar: Surreal 17.6%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Third Person 10.2%
April 14th 2131. The races are going well. There has been a minor accident yesterday, nothing dramatic. Audiences even went up by 4 millions. I saw a flock of birds taking off this morning by the antenna. Beautiful. Season 31 is a narrative strategy experience about degrowth and embracing change.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.6%, Abstract 18.2%, Surreal 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Lore-Rich 14.5%
Enter an ancient alien mind spiraling toward collapse. Explore shifting inner worlds, unlock new abilities, and battle hostile anomalies in a 3D third-person action adventure. Stabilize the mind to forge a new world or let it awaken as something far more terrifying.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.6%, Action-Adventure 14.9%, Third Person 14%, Exploration 11.8%, Surreal 11.4%
An obscure collection of 8 surreal and dark horror games.
Why similar: Surreal 20.1%, Abstract 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Exploration 8.1%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Surreal 17.9%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Third Person 9.8%
You control an Artifically Intelligent Quantum Bit (Qubit) completing mysterious Trials. Juggle being controlled by a Superintelligent master of the Infinite and employees of a large, ill-intentioned Corporation while reckoning with the nature of your reality.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Text-Based 17.6%, Lore-Rich 17.2%, Surreal 16.5%, Abstract 13.9%
The rise and fall of a rock n' roll star.
Why similar: 2.5D 19.4%, Surreal 17.5%, Abstract 14.5%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
Otherness is a PSX-style horror game where you, stranded in a forest after running out of gas, are kidnapped into a warped, non-euclidean world. Armed only with melee weapons, you must navigate unsettling landscapes and battle hostile inhabitants to escape this eerie, distorted dimension.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.1%, Surreal 18.8%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Exploration 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%
Step into the nightmares of former student Raskolnikov and decide his fate. Face the trials of fog-shrouded St. Petersburg, where fear and guilt blur the line between reality. Inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment.
Why similar: 2.5D 28.7%, Action-Adventure 14.6%, Third Person 12%, Exploration 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.1%
Dive into a surreal 1970s gameworld and save San Francisco from a sinister threat. Play as Barb, and use the Oscillator to capture and reapply the physical traits of objects to solve mind-bending environmental platforming puzzles.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.5%, Surreal 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 18.2%, Action-Adventure 10%, Exploration 8.9%
The Raptured is a TPS horror survival video game that follows Fletcher in Still Pines, overrun by apparitions that stalk the player. Find out what happened to the town, and try not to be consumed by the treacherous hordes of the apparitions.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Surreal 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Third Person 11.4%
Paris, 1920. The city is collapsing into sand. Play as Léon, an orphan able to manipulate sand, as you explore a reimagined Paris consumed by Entropy. A story-rich narrative adventure where exploration reveals what happened to the city and what still lies beneath its ruins.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Surreal 16.5%, Third Person 10.6%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
A cyberpunk sci-fi adventure of epic scope. A galactic empire enriches CEO-Kings, yet leaves Les Misérables hungry. An ex-robo-marine turned dancer, goth alien hacktivist, and billion-year-old mentor struggle to free e-minds, organize resistance, & overturn the cosmic Neofeudal chessboard for good.
Why similar: Transhumanism 30.8% ★, Lore-Rich 15%, Surreal 14%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%
You wake in the seams of a world that shouldn't exist. Breakrooms is a sci-fi horror adventure set in an alternate dimension that will make you question your own reality.
Why similar: 2.5D 25.9%, Surreal 20%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Cartoony 6.6%
Enter a psychological horror experience where a young psychologist must navigate a surreal world shaped by forgotten memories and fears – both her own and those she once tried to heal. Face what was buried. Reclaim what was lost. Escape – before it’s too late.
Why similar: Surreal 25.3%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Action-Adventure 15%, Third Person 12.4%, Exploration 12%
