Games Like Road 96: Mile 0

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

Why similar: Dystopian 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, it offers the same unique blend of procedural road-trip adventure and impactful, choice-based storytelling.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Emotional 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An intense, cinematic interactive drama where every decision you make has long-lasting consequences for the characters involved.

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: Choices Matter 36.8%, Story Rich 26.3%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This iconic coming-of-age adventure features deep character relationships and significant choices that alter the narrative path.

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 29.9% ★, Emotional 18%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Story Rich 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a unique control mechanic to tell a poignant, life-spanning story that mirrors the emotional intensity of Mile 0.

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: Dialogue Heavy 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Narrative 11.6% ★, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dialogue-heavy visual novel that explores social dynamics and personal choices in a near-future dystopian setting.

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: Choices Matter 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Walking Simulator 15%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Emotional 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional narrative game that focuses on memory, family secrets, and the weight of past choices.

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: Walking Simulator 43.7%, Story Rich 15.5%, First-Person 13.9%, Exploration 13.2%, Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person narrative experience that excels at building a compelling relationship through conversation and environmental exploration.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Choices Matter 33.9%, Story Rich 24.2%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a naturalistic dialogue system and a coming-of-age story set against a supernatural mystery.

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: Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D visual novel that explores trauma and family dynamics through a unique, time-manipulating narrative structure.

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: Dialogue Heavy 33.8%, Narrative 19.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the feeling of returning home and the complexities of youth through a character-driven, narrative-rich lens.

The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that emphasizes branching paths and the heavy weight of choices in a vibrant, stylized world.

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: Walking Simulator 26.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Story Rich 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a relaxing, casual atmosphere centered on driving and building connections with the residents of a small town.

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 38.8%, Story Rich 20.5%, First-Person 12%, Exploration 12%, Visual Novel 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in environmental storytelling that explores the history of a family through short, interactive vignettes.

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: Dialogue Heavy 21%, Narrative 20.9% ★, Dystopian 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven RPG that uses dice-based mechanics to offer deep, meaningful choices in a sci-fi world.

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Narrative 14.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 14%, Investigation 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A time-manipulation puzzle game where you must piece together a narrative by altering the past to change the future.

A teenage guitar prodigy sets out on a psychedelic journey to inspire his stage persona and confront the legacy of a dead folk legend. Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers.

Why similar: Narrative 27.7% ★, Walking Simulator 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Stylized 10.4%, Story Rich 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning and musical journey that focuses on self-discovery and creative expression.

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a story-rich adventure and the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories. Explore the rich world with an intuitive point-and-click interface as you take on the role of a young psychic agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious antagonist hiding in people's memories.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Narrative 11.5% ★, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk narrative adventure that blends visual novel elements with investigative gameplay.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 37.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Emotional 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the art of conversation and empathy as you listen to the stories of patrons in a cozy, late-night setting.

Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.

Why similar: Narrative 19.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Visual Novel 11%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, road-trip-focused game that emphasizes the journey and the stories encountered along the way.

Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.

Why similar: Narrative 19.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Visual Novel 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused game that captures the struggle of creativity and the nostalgia of childhood memories.

An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric adventure that uses multiple endings and narrative choices to explore its mysterious setting.

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 21.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Emotional 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic narrative experience that explores the power of digital connection and community.

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: Story Rich 42.5%, Casual 26.4%, Colorful 22%, Singleplayer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Tells a life story through the subtle, environmental act of organizing possessions across different stages of life.

One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Narrative 14.3% ★, Visual Novel 11%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional, choice-driven journey through a beautiful, stylized world where every decision impacts your path.

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Why similar: Narrative 41.4% ★, Story Rich 20.1%, Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 7.7%, Exploration 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric road-trip adventure that prioritizes poetic dialogue and a dreamlike sense of place.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Exploration 39.1%, Story Rich 24.8%, First-Person 17.3%, Adventure 8.6%, 3D 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy mystery that rewards curiosity and discovery with a deeply emotional narrative payoff.

From the makers of Road 96 comes a groundbreaking narrative adventure. Your choices shape the story for other players! Follow in your friends’ footsteps, face the consequences of their actions and choose the fate of this plasticpunk world.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Emotional 8.2%

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: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Investigation 19.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Story Rich 8.9%, Emotional 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A road-trip adventure that focuses on the complex relationship between a mother and daughter through investigation and dialogue.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.2%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Emotional 14.3%, Narrative 11.4% ★, Multiple Endings 8.4%

To know a language, know the world, and finally know you.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Dystopian 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Investigation 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique narrative puzzle game that requires you to decipher a language to understand the story unfolding around you.

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: Walking Simulator 52.8%, Narrative 18.1% ★, Exploration 8.8%, First-Person 6.7%, Story Rich 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational walking simulator that tells a powerful, intimate story through the exploration of a single house.

Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Narrative 11.6% ★, Emotional 10.5%

Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.2%, Narrative 17.4% ★, Dystopian 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Investigation 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired detective story with a strong focus on dialogue, atmosphere, and character-driven choices.

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.2%

BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Emotional 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

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: Emotional 25.4%, Choices Matter 24.1%, Exploration 16.2%, Story Rich 14.4%, Colorful 11.5%

In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Narrative 15.1% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%

Explore the ancient theatre of Arausio and discover Roman antiquity in this narrative exploration game!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Exploration 7.3%, Dialogue Heavy 6.4%

Grotto is a mystical, narrative-focused experience. You are the Soothsayer. The one capable of talking with the stars and unveiling their messages. In a time of turmoil, the tribe of the valley turn to your powers of divination and come to you for guidance.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Walking Simulator 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%

Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Exploration 13.1%, Stylized 11.2%, Colorful 7.9%

Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Dystopian 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%

In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dystopian 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%

Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, First-Person 16.9%, Exploration 13.8%, Stylized 12.8%, Colorful 10.9%

A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

Why similar: Narrative 25.9% ★, Walking Simulator 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Emotional 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.6%

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: Walking Simulator 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.

Why similar: Dystopian 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Investigation 10.3%

Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, First-Person 10.8%, Emotional 10.5%, Walking Simulator 10.1%

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: Interactive Fiction 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Story Rich 11.3%, 3D 7.6%

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: Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Narrative 16.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%

🚗 Take part in a roller coaster of emotions with Louise embarking on a road trip of a lifetime through the late 1960s USA, trying to show her son Mitch how to navigate the often cruel modern world. Your choices matter! ✅

Why similar: Emotional 22.7%, Narrative 20.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%

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: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Narrative 16.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.4%, Emotional 11.6%, Walking Simulator 11.3%

2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%

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: Narrative 16.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 9.4%

A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?

Why similar: Choices Matter 27.2%, Walking Simulator 24.5%, Story Rich 21.6%, Emotional 10.8%, Adventure 9.2%

You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

Why similar: Choices Matter 25.9%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Story Rich 11.7%

In the heat of deserted lands, a child and their mother weakened by sickness try to survive a harsh world. Through a kid’s perspective, take action and explore the remains of a lost past. Protect yourself from the sun’s deadly intensity and help your family get back on the road.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Exploration 7.7%

In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.

Why similar: Narrative 29.5% ★, Emotional 22.5%, Multiple Endings 17.3%, Story Rich 11.6%, Walking Simulator 7.9%

Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.2%

The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Emotional 15.2%

"Love 0 Kilometers" is a novel game with choices. The ending will change depending on the choices you make. Through a limited-time family swap, the protagonist spends time with his childhood friend, deepening his relationship with a cute girl and enjoying special conversations.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 46%, Visual Novel 28.7%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Adventure 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%