
PROTOThYPE it's a short game experience that will allow you to discover the tormented love story of a young developer for a classmate.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Singleplayer, Mystery, Atmospheric.

PROTOThYPE it's a short game experience that will allow you to discover the tormented love story of a young developer for a classmate.

The Journey Back
The Journey Back is a first person exploration experience. You gain consciousness after being involved in a car crash. Explore a colorful, stylized 3d world, solve puzzles and find out what happened along the way.

Fragments of Him
An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.
The Journey Back is a first person exploration experience. You gain consciousness after being involved in a car crash. Explore a colorful, stylized 3d world, solve puzzles and find out what happened along the way.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.7%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Mystery 12.8%, First-Person 10.5%, Puzzle 9.3%
An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Point & Click 12.9%, Narration 11.9%, Romance 10.2%
Nephise returns, in her deadliest and most expansive adventure yet! Will she escape from Dragons Valley? Find out in this highly immersive first-person “walking simulator” with extensive exploration, as well as light puzzle and platforming elements.
Why similar: Narration 21%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Mystery 12%, First-Person 9.9%, Puzzle 8.5%
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time. Follow the journey of regret and reconciliation as you try to comprehend the world she built without you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Narration 13.8%, Romance 12.3%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Visual Novel 8.8%
N.E.R.O. is a wonderful journey in a world of incredible beauty, a story driven first-person game with puzzles and intuitive controls where the environment is connected to the characters and their past. The world of N.E.R.O. is magical and varied, making exploring an ongoing challenge.
Why similar: Narration 26.6%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Puzzle 13%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Adventure 9.3%
Imagined Leviathans is a narrative survival game set in a frozen British village. Explore the countryside and unite the survivors to face down your Leviathans together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 12.7%, Walking Simulator 12%, Mystery 11.2%, First-Person 7.7%
Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Point & Click 15.5%, Adventure 13.2%, Mystery 11.9%, Casual 11.5%
A thrilling, poignant story-driven experience about a daughter who returns to her childhood home after receiving a letter that her estranged mother has left something mysterious for her. Explore, interact and experience a narrative about love, hope and umm.... HAUNTING DARK PAST!? WHAT?
Why similar: Narration 14.6%, Romance 13.4%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Abstract 10.7%
Put on your detective hat, and get ready for the mystery of a lifetime. Embark on a plot-driven, walking simulator-puzzle video game with an amazing plot and surprise ending.
Why similar: Narration 14.8%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Point & Click 10.3%
A gripping point-and-click adventure – inspired by the real treasure hunt on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Unravel a web of murder, myth, and forgotten history. Some secrets are better left buried.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Mystery 16.1%, Narration 10.2%, Puzzle 9.2%
Jeremiah: The Nightfall Our memories are what tell us who we are. But what if, suddenly, you had none? What if you had to emerge from the darkness on your own strength? Will you be ready to face your demons?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Point & Click 18.1%, Puzzle Platformer 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Exploration 7.6%
A Deep Rest is a collection of short stories about men and their relationship with mental health and depression. Taking control of a different character in each story, you will experience life from their perspective. See the problems and issues they face and help them find ways to be alright again.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Narration 15.7%, Mystery 13.2%, First-Person 9.7%, Abstract 8.9%
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Narration 14.6%, Puzzle 8.7%, Exploration 8.7%
You are Anton Cornwell, a Californian farmer. Recently, your ranch house is prey to strange and unexplained phenomena. Invaded from all sides, you need to be reactive by using your mind to prevent any intrusions. Will you survive the eventful night ahead?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 12%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Mystery 11%, Puzzle Platformer 10.3%
You find yourself in a utopian setting, immersed in the matrix of an omnipotent AI that holds all knowledge and wisdom. There is no clarity as to how you got here, but a mission looms before you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Narration 16.3%, Abstract 11.8%, Exploration 10.5%
A journalist driven by family legacy set to explore the Belgharh station. While the whole world ages, the station remains trapped in 1940s, following a tragic derailment. Explore a perfectly preserved snapshot of the past, face the heavy atmosphere of a terminal stuck in time, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Point & Click 13.3%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Exploration 10.2%
Light your Way is a first-person puzzle platformer where invisible platforms reveal themselves only when touched. Throw a ball to uncover the path ahead and progress through abstract worlds, each representing a different stage of existence.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 19%, Abstract 17.7%, Narration 15.5%, Mystery 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%
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: Narration 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Romance 14.7%, Mystery 10.6%, Point & Click 10%
Below the Underworld is a story-driven, artistic walking simulator where you play as Jing, a boy shaped by childhood bullying and trauma. Guided by light, you explore surreal dreamscapes, confront symbolic inner shadows, on a journey of fear, memory, and healing.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.4%, Abstract 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Adventure 8.7%, Exploration 8%
Explore, investigate and unravel the secrets buried in time. As psychic Amber Lopez, navigate haunted grounds, decipher ancient runes, and piece together the puzzle of a decades-old murder, each discovery closing in on a truth she’s not ready to face.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.6%, Narration 14.4%, Mystery 13.4%, Story Rich 9.8%, First-Person 9.7%
In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Puzzle 9.5%, Adventure 8.6%
Embark on a poetic adventure through the beautiful, ink-painted Winter Island. Explore new paths, collect animal paintings, solve soothing puzzles, uncover the island’s mysteries, and awaken spring.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.9%, Narration 13%, Point & Click 12.9%, Exploration 8.6%, Puzzle 8.4%
A story-driven first-person experience about someone trying to hold onto the past. After the death of his best friend, he is forced to confront reality, which sends him into a spiral of emotions and regrets.
Why similar: Narration 19.9%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Mystery 13.6%, Abstract 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%
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: Narration 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Point & Click 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Puzzle 8.3%
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: Point & Click 14.8%, Mystery 13.7%, Puzzle 13.2%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, First-Person 9.5%
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 19.9%, First-Person 15.2%, Story Rich 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Atmospheric 12%
Grandpa is still missing and as you dive deeper into the investigation, everything becomes stranger and more enigmatic. The adventure of puzzles and mysteries continues with Beach Café III: The Escape Room. Investigate, discover all the clues and interpret them properly in order to advance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Point & Click 21.9%, Adventure 10.4%, Puzzle 10.4%, Mystery 8.4%
Enter a small town filled with mysteries to help Andrew Connor solve one of his own. Work your way through the past and help put it, and the people involved, to rest for good. Just remember to be careful, danger could be hidden around any corner.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Point & Click 20.2%, Narration 14.7%, Exploration 11.4%, First-Person 9.9%
Tiger Orchid is a streamer who has found herself trapped in the new release 'She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game'. Play along with Tiger as she enters a flat covered in comic book art. Who lives here? What's up with the creepy knitted birds? How do you get out? Will someone fix the toaster?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Narration 17.5%, Point & Click 12.4%, Mystery 11.9%, First-Person 9.7%
Hayley finds her apartment empty. The love of her life packed and gone. What starts as a search for an answer soon turns into a personal journey. Was her life as perfect as she remembers it ? With each new clue she finds, the truth becomes more and more unbelievable.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.5%, Mystery 12.8%, Adventure 10.8%, Narration 9.5%, First-Person 8.6%
Grandpa is still missing. It's time to find out what's hidden in this beach cafe. Continue the adventure of puzzles and mystery with Cafe Beach II: The Escape Room! Explore, discover all the clues and interpret them correctly to advance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Point & Click 21.7%, Adventure 10.3%, Puzzle 10.3%, Mystery 9.2%
“My IV stings…who can I trust?” Created independently by Morning Drizzle M.D., artist behind the acclaimed Iatrophobia Facebook page, this game features a brand new storyline with familiar characters and art from the comic.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Point & Click 16.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.8%, Mystery 9.6%, Puzzle 9.2%
The Gulch is a horror, puzzle, adventure! By day you’ll mine, and by night try to survive! Through a unique five senses system, you’ll explore the Gulch in ways most games never attempt. Look, touch, listen, smell, and even taste your way through a landscape of puzzles, secrets, and growing dread.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Point & Click 20.1%, Exploration 12.2%, Puzzle 11.7%, First-Person 8.5%
This is a First Person Story Adventure video game with Walking Simulator mechanics. The main character can interact with different objects and can add it to her inventory. Collect letters, explore areas and enjoy the scenery. Solve the mystery and find the truth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Narration 16%, Exploration 11.4%, Casual 9.8%
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: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Story Rich 14.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Narration 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%
Crazy and strange town. Mysterious events. A hero with multiple personality disorder. Laughter, tears and madness!
Why similar: Narration 19.6%, Point & Click 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Story Rich 7.5%
Impersonal is a game about lights, about relationships and how these relationships can affect people.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Point & Click 23.8%, Puzzle 11.3%, Casual 10.6%, Exploration 9.7%
Welcome to The Fabled Woods, a dark and mysterious narrative short story. Despite the picturesque beauty, ugly and terrible secrets lurk among the shifting boughs, darkness that no amount of dappled sunlight can erase. Take the first step, and experience an unforgettable journey.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Adventure 16.1%, Narration 13.8%, First-Person 9.8%, Mystery 9.7%
The Grand Finale of the greatest adventure! Decide the fate of a civilization in this triumphant final chapter to the Myst saga. Embark on an epic journey into the heart of a shattered empire as the only explorer who can still save it— or destroy it with the wrong choices.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.2%, Puzzle 14.2%, Adventure 13.9%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 10.5%
On a dark night, Elizabeth visits a dusty old mansion to search for an old manuscript by the writer Sofia. The records within the mansion begin to slowly shake her memories...
Why similar: Point & Click 23.1%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Abstract 14.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Puzzle 9.8%
Where is Grandpa? and why has his beach bar been closed for more than 2 years? An adventure full of puzzles and mystery begins! Explore, discover all the clues and read them correctly in order to advance. Let yourself be enveloped by a story of intrigue set on a beach.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Mystery 17.9%, Point & Click 16%, Puzzle 14.8%, Adventure 10.1%
'The Island: In To The Mist' is an adventure game. It includes basic features of adventure genre and add some new systems to interest you. You have been given a chance to experience a group of university students, who confined in the island. There is a terrific but interesting story you will see.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Mystery 18%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Story Rich 10.1%
Trapped in an endless dream, it seems there's no way to wake up. You find an car that's been abandoned for a long time. Will you solve all the puzzles to figure out what happened here before?
Why similar: Point & Click 24.4%, Mystery 20.6%, Puzzle 15.5%, Story Rich 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%
After You is a narrative game with puzzles, but it is not an easy game, here you will not have indicators or tutorials, nor can you save when you want. In After You you need to put all your attention and use paper and pencil to move forward, if you're looking for an easy game, this is not your game.
Why similar: Narration 19.9%, Point & Click 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Puzzle 8.7%, Mystery 8%
Can you save your hometown from the Headless Horseman?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Point & Click 18.8%, Romance 17.9%, Puzzle 8.5%, Exploration 7.1%
Point-and-click adventure game filled with unique puzzles and atmospheric exploration. Journey deep underground into a mysterious forgotten place and uncover the secrets hidden within.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Narration 15.9%, Mystery 14%, Puzzle 11.4%, Adventure 6.7%
This is a story about an ordinary family spending time at home during the rain.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 14.4%, Narration 12.4%, Casual 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Indie 10%
Lost Brothers is a single-player first-person adventure, taking place in an abandoned mine. All you have is a walkie-talkie and a map. Explore a mysterious forest and a labyrinth of underground passages to rescue a mysterious lady.
Why similar: Narration 24.4%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, First-Person 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Mystery 8.2%
Blinghead is a dark, surreal first-person psychological puzzle game. Trapped in a shifting, dreamlike world, you must rely on logic and keen observation to solve each mystery and move forward.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.4%, Puzzle 11.9%, Adventure 11%, Exploration 10.2%
The sky is lying to everyone but you. Step into the role of a Seer in this dark, atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Search ancient Observatories, reveal the stars it hides, and complete the Ritual that will shape the fate of all who walk beneath it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Point & Click 19.5%, Abstract 13.5%, Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 8.6%
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Narration 17.6%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Mystery 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, First-Person 9.2%
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Narration 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Visual Novel 8.3%
A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Point & Click 16.4%, Romance 14.1%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Mystery 9.7%
"How to Sing to Open Your Heart" is a fully voiced romantic otome visual novel. Can the cat-eared princess' song rescue her people and find true love?
Why similar: Romance 28%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Casual 15.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 10.9%
Playable trailer for the upcoming horror found footage movie "The Children of The Woods"
Why similar: Point & Click 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, First-Person 7.6%
"Chinese inn" is a Chinese-style management game. It was released in 1998. 2017 is back on Steam
Why similar: Casual 100%
A majestic, first person exploration game that delves you into the personal story of you and Zack as you traverse beautiful terrains and discover the forgotten truth that is buried away deep inside.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.1%, Narration 15.7%, First-Person 11.7%, Exploration 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Take the role of a detective from Tokyo who tries to solve the mysterious case of the disappearance of a young camper. You will try to follow the trail of evidence to guide you through an enigmatic and paranormal case connected with a Japanese urban legend. Can you help until the end?
Why similar: Point & Click 18.9%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Mystery 10.7%, Puzzle 9.3%