Games Like Rue Valley

Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.

Why similar: Time Travel 39.5% ★, Emotional 24.5%, Story Rich 14.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Atmospheric 6%

Why You'll Like It: A poignant time-loop RPG that emphasizes emotional growth and the psychological toll of repeating the same events.

An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.

Why similar: Time Travel 32.7% ★, Narrative 18.8% ★, Mystery 12.8%, Point & Click 12.5%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic, isometric time-loop thriller that focuses on solving a domestic mystery through repeated interactions.

The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.

Why similar: Time Travel 44.4% ★, Mystery 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 8.9%, Exploration 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterful time-loop mystery that forces you to navigate complex social dynamics and moral dilemmas to uncover the truth.

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

Why similar: Time Travel 21.1% ★, Narrative 18.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Emotional 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative puzzle game centered on manipulating time to alter the outcomes of characters' lives.

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: Mystery 28.8%, Exploration 23.7%, Story Rich 20.2%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy time-loop game that captures the same sense of wonder and existential dread found in unraveling an anomaly.

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: Emotional 20.9%, Psychological 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Story Rich 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A visually striking narrative game that captures the emotional weight of everyday life and the struggle to change one's fate.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: Isometric 22.2%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Point & Click 12.4%, Surreal 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric narrative masterpiece that offers unparalleled psychological depth and character-driven dialogue choices.

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: Surreal 21.9%, Point & Click 21.6%, Narrative 20.1% ★, Atmospheric 11%, Story Rich 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric point-and-click adventure that prioritizes poetic storytelling and character development over traditional puzzles.

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: Narrative 47.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Story Rich 11.3%, Exploration 8.4%, Atmospheric 8%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional narrative experience that explores themes of identity and survival through branching dialogue and character relationships.

MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

Why similar: Psychological 19.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Point & Click 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, atmospheric narrative game that explores the intersection of technology and human emotion through impactful choices.

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 27.7%, Story Rich 24.6%, Mystery 21%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural narrative adventure that uses time-bending mechanics and naturalistic dialogue to build an eerie, emotional atmosphere.

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: Point & Click 23.6%, Surreal 19.2%, Mystery 16.7%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click adventure that excels in atmospheric world-building and deep, character-focused storytelling.

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: Emotional 17%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Point & Click 9.4%, Story Rich 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A charming yet mysterious narrative game where you use words to alter the course of the story and uncover local secrets.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.

Why similar: Mystery 30.1%, Story Rich 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Point & Click 16%, Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique mystery game featuring time manipulation and clever puzzle-solving to influence the lives of others.

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

Why similar: Narrative 27.1% ★, Point & Click 14.7%, Psychological 13.4%, Isometric 11.5%, Emotional 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A beautifully atmospheric, narrative-driven point-and-click game that explores dark, emotional themes across multiple vignettes.

The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...

Why similar: Time Travel 35.9% ★, Psychological 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 11%, Story Rich 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A social deduction game wrapped in a time-loop narrative that requires you to analyze complex character personalities to survive.

A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.

Why similar: Narrative 30.5% ★, Emotional 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Mystery 10.3%, Story Rich 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional and surreal narrative experience that explores the complexities of time and personal regret.

Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.

Why similar: Time Travel 24.9% ★, Psychological 14.6%, Point & Click 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Mystery 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery game centered on a time loop that encourages multiple playthroughs to uncover hidden secrets and endings.

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: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Narrative 21.3% ★, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy visual novel that allows you to shape the story through meaningful choices and character interactions.

Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.

Why similar: Point & Click 17%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Mystery 10%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click visual novel that blends unique art styles with a character-driven mystery.

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Why similar: Isometric 30.1%, Point & Click 21.4%, Mystery 11.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric point-and-click adventure that features a rich, post-apocalyptic world and complex narrative choices.

Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!

Why similar: Time Travel 29.4% ★, Emotional 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic and atmospheric adventure that uses a time-loop mechanic to explore the complexities of growing up.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Narrative 21.9% ★, Point & Click 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Mystery 14.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric detective game that requires careful observation and deduction to piece together a complex, multi-generational mystery.

Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

Why similar: Surreal 22.3%, Point & Click 19.6%, Mystery 14.2%, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world mystery game that encourages deep investigation and character interrogation in a surreal, vibrant setting.

Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.

Why similar: Surreal 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 12.1%, Emotional 10%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-themed narrative game that focuses on emotional storytelling and the psychological impact of a crime.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Mystery 44.3%, Atmospheric 35.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Singleplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological, atmospheric game that uses isometric-style perspectives and surreal storytelling to explore themes of identity and loss.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Mystery 46.9%, Story Rich 23.6%, Atmospheric 19%, Singleplayer 5.9%, Adventure 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A brilliant mystery game that uses a unique time-viewing mechanic to reconstruct the final moments of a doomed crew.

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: Narrative 33.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Mystery 10.4%, Story Rich 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A character-focused narrative game that excels at capturing the emotional nuances of young adulthood and small-town secrets.

Fate of Kai is a new kind of adventure. Explore different storylines, solve complex puzzles, travel through time and manipulate characters ideas to help Kai reach the castle. The game is set in a magical illustrated book, which you will have to master to reach the end of the story.

Why similar: Point & Click 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative puzzle game that uses time-manipulation mechanics to change the outcome of a storybook adventure.

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: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Emotional 18%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy, character-driven narrative game that focuses on listening to the emotional stories of others in a quiet, atmospheric setting.

Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.

Why similar: Narrative 25.9% ★, Time Travel 17% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Point & Click 13.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%

In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?

Why similar: Time Travel 41.8% ★, Mystery 14.4%, Exploration 12%, Colorful 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.

Why similar: Narrative 22.6% ★, Surreal 14.4%, Emotional 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Exploration 8.1%

Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?

Why similar: Emotional 25.2%, Mystery 25.2%, Story Rich 14.8%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 12%

Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who’s the first person you’d meet? An interactive story about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present... After meeting her, summer will never be the same again...Who is she, and what journey awaits you?

Why similar: Time Travel 21.8% ★, Narrative 20.6% ★, Emotional 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Story Rich 7.4%

Mondealy is about you building relationships and exploring the world. An ordinary guy from an ordinary town on an ordinary day uncovers the secrets of an extraordinary underground kingdom located under his home. Your adventure begins!

Why similar: Surreal 23%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Story Rich 16.2%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.

Why similar: Time Travel 37.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Mystery 10.1%

A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

Why similar: Psychological 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Emotional 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%

Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!

Why similar: Time Travel 51.3% ★, Mystery 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Adventure 6.4%, 2D 5.3%

Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.

Why similar: Time Travel 23.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Mystery 10.5%

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: Psychological 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 6.4%

Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.

Why similar: Surreal 21.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Emotional 12.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Story Rich 8.8%

It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.

Why similar: Time Travel 36.9% ★, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Mystery 9.5%

Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.

Why similar: Narrative 35% ★, Point & Click 14.6%, Isometric 12.2%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 7.4%

It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Why similar: Time Travel 27.8% ★, Point & Click 19.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Exploration 8%, Surreal 7.6%

It’s the new game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Why similar: Time Travel 32.9% ★, Point & Click 21.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 14.1%, Adventure 13.4%, Casual 11.9%

Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!

Why similar: Time Travel 32.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%

A story rich narrative puzzle game in which an artist comes to terms with their grief. Explore an infinitely recursive world of strange fractal beauty and solve mind-bending puzzles. Confront the ineffable and chat with your cat in a search for meaning and hope.

Why similar: Surreal 25.3%, Emotional 19.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Mystery 12%, Story Rich 10.6%

Mars Underground is an apocalyptic adventure where you relive the same day over and over. With each cycle new items can be picked up and topics unlocked.​ Explore the possibilities of this timeloop and uncover multiple endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39%, Adventure 28.3%, Story Rich 21.1%, 2D 11.6%

Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.

Why similar: Time Travel 25% ★, Emotional 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 10%

Help the cursed souls of Limbo escape their endless time loop in the afterlife. As Kulebra, a newly-deceased snake, witness their grief and guide them toward closure through point-and-click puzzles, light stealth, and empathy-driven boss encounters.

Why similar: Emotional 28.7%, Mystery 17.9%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Exploration 10%

Dive into a world of mystery and wonder in Shattered Dimension. As an unexpected investigator, you're plunged into a labyrinthine plot filled with enigmatic puzzles and intriguing characters.Uncover hidden truths by engaging in conversations and following the intricate web of relationships.

Why similar: Adventure 24.1%, Casual 21.9%, Story Rich 20.9%, Exploration 14.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%

A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.

Why similar: Time Travel 27.3% ★, Point & Click 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Mystery 10.4%

Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.

Why similar: Psychological 19.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Mystery 13%, Choices Matter 10.3%

🚗 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: Narrative 21.7% ★, Emotional 20.3%, Point & Click 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Choices Matter 8.1%

A time-bending puzzle game about working with - and against - your past selves. Subvert the rules of time travel, dodge paradoxes, and find a way to escape the loop.

Why similar: Time Travel 61.7% ★, Isometric 26.2%, Colorful 4.9%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Singleplayer 3.5%

A unique mix of adventure and idle game. Plan and optimise your loops carefully and let the grind happen automatically. Explore this unique world, meet strange characters and escape the loop. A high-quality idle game that elevate the mechanics through an old school pixel-art adventure.

Why similar: Exploration 42.5%, Adventure 24%, Story Rich 19.9%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 5.9%

You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.

Why similar: Psychological 24.5%, Emotional 21.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 9%, Exploration 8.4%