Games Like Saltsea Chronicles

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: Interactive Fiction 40.5%, Hand-drawn 31.9%, Story Rich 19.5%, Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like Saltsea Chronicles, this game features deep, choice-driven narrative mechanics set in a unique, atmospheric world where your decisions shape the lives of those around you.

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Investigation 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Stylized 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similarly stylized, narrative-heavy mystery where your choices have long-lasting consequences on the community and its inhabitants.

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: Choices Matter 39.7%, Story Rich 27%, Point & Click 24%, Adventure 5.3%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for choice-driven, character-focused interactive fiction that prioritizes dialogue and internal narrative over traditional action.

Wayward Strand is a heartfelt story told in a curious way. Hop aboard an airborne hospital and meet its fully-voiced cast of eclectic characters. As time passes for everyone on board, explore the interwoven lives of the patients and staff; discover something new on each and every playthrough.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Emotional 16.5%, Drama 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Stylized 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, time-sensitive narrative adventure that encourages players to explore and uncover the stories of various characters within a specific location.

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: Stylized 19.4%, Hand-drawn 18.6%, Choices Matter 17%, Mystery 16.9%, Story Rich 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same emotional resonance and focus on small-town community dynamics and character relationships found in Saltsea Chronicles.

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: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Story Rich 8%, Mystery 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply narrative experience that revolves around making impactful choices and exploring the lives of complex, well-written characters.

Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully blends life-sim elements with a branching narrative where every choice you make significantly alters the story and your relationships.

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 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Point & Click 10.8%, Mystery 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a charming, stylized aesthetic to tell a dark, mystery-filled story where you manipulate the narrative through a unique word-based choice system.

Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on colonial tides. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.8%, Drama 24.2%, Story Rich 18.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy, dialogue-driven experience that focuses on social dynamics and uncovering secrets in a historical setting.

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: Investigation 27.5%, Point & Click 21.7%, Mystery 19.3%, Story Rich 11.6%, Colorful 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, stylized mystery that excels in world-building and atmospheric storytelling, mirroring the investigative curiosity found in Saltsea Chronicles.

Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.

Why similar: Investigation 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Point & Click 18.7%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Story Rich 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a compelling sci-fi mystery with a branching narrative that forces players to make difficult moral choices.

Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Emotional 11.6%, Hand-drawn 11%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional, character-driven narrative that explores themes of identity and relationships with a strong focus on LGBTQ representation.

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 34.4%, Mystery 26.6%, Story Rich 25.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on dialogue-based choices and a gripping, supernatural mystery that unfolds through the interactions of a close-knit group of characters.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Emotional 11.3%, Point & Click 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A powerful, choice-driven story that deals with emotional trauma and memory, much like the introspective nature of Saltsea Chronicles.

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 34.4%, Emotional 25.9%, Adventure 11.6%, Story Rich 10.1%, Drama 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person mystery adventure that emphasizes emotional storytelling and uncovering the truth behind a tragic event.

Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven space adventure that features strong LGBTQ themes and a focus on managing relationships while on the run.

No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Emotional 14.9%, Point & Click 12.5%, Stylized 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply personal, minimalist interactive fiction game that focuses on the emotional transition of leaving home and the complexity of relationships.

Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Mystery 12%, Drama 12%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich adventure that focuses on choices and mystery, perfect for those who enjoy the investigative side of Saltsea Chronicles.

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 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 27.6%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Story Rich 8.5%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused game where your ability to connect with others is represented through a unique deck-building mechanic, emphasizing the importance of communication.

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: Interactive Fiction 18%, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Emotional 13.4%, Point & Click 13.2%, Stylized 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk adventure that focuses on dialogue, investigation, and the relationships you build with a diverse cast of characters.

Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Drama 14.1%, Hand-drawn 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy interactive fiction game that puts you in the center of a fantasy mystery where your decisions determine the outcome.

Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Story Rich 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that features a rich, branching story with significant choices and a strong emphasis on LGBTQ romance and political intrigue.

A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Drama 19%, Mystery 15.4%, Point & Click 14.6%, Story Rich 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A character-driven adventure that focuses on community, secrets, and emotional growth within a beautifully stylized, surreal environment.

Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Point & Click 16.2%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Mystery 12.4%, Stylized 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click adventure that balances a compelling mystery with a strong, character-focused narrative.

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, LGBTQ+ 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: An illustrated text-based RPG that emphasizes exploration, choice, and the impact of your actions on the world and its inhabitants.

Frank and Drake is a modern gothic tale that puts players at the heart of a supernatural mystery through its non-linear branching paths, mini-games and puzzles, and unique rotoscoped art. Take your time, explore, and soak up every word.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Point & Click 15.6%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Mystery 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery adventure that uses a unique day-night cycle to tell a story about two characters whose lives are intertwined through their choices.

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: Investigation 26.2%, Point & Click 16.7%, Stylized 16.5%, Mystery 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world investigation game that allows you to explore a surreal, stylized island and uncover a deep conspiracy at your own pace.

Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Choices Matter 16%, Stylized 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk-themed interactive fiction game that prioritizes character relationships and the weight of your choices in a noir-inspired setting.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, LGBTQ+ 27.5%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Story Rich 13.8%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy, narrative-driven game that focuses on the simple, meaningful interactions of daily life and the choices you make for your future.

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: LGBTQ+ 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Emotional 19.1%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, character-focused game where you listen to the stories of others and influence their lives through your choices and conversations.

The epic and emotional journey of six dragons growing up in a broken civilization, each with their own unique perspectives on life. Mixing Visual Novel, Point-And-Click, Rhythm, Cooking, Fighting and more, Six Legends is a unique experience about life and friends.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Point & Click 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Travel to northern Norway, solve puzzles using a mysterious, magical bracelet and make new friends on your journey to discover the past - and yourself!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Point & Click 11.4%, Stylized 10.4%

VOID SAILS is a single-player adventure where you captain a flying ship across uncharted space. Sail through mysterious worlds, battle powerful foes, and make story-defining choices. Uncover dark secrets in a game where every discovery could bring you closer to the truth—or to madness.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 39.8%, Mystery 20%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Adventure 7%

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Point & Click 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Hand-drawn 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%

Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Point & Click 10%, Drama 9.5%

Amongst the motliest of all crews, an enigmatic woman prepares the ship to enter an intense thunderstorm raging in the middle of the ocean. What otherworldly mysteries lie within?

Why similar: Mystery 23.3%, Stylized 18.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, Colorful 11.2%, Adventure 9%

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 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Drama 16.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Story Rich 9.4%

Embark on a swashbuckling adventure in The Pirate's Fate, a visual novel experience with a unique twist: the story, the crew, and who you are transform based on your choices. Seek treasure, find love, and choose your fate.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.1%, LGBTQ+ 33.9%, Adventure 9%, Choices Matter 5.5%, Story Rich 4.4%

Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Collect items, solve puzzles and lead Seaweed back home to the sea.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 30.4%, Stylized 24.9%, Mystery 11%, Adventure 9.3%, 2D 8%

Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder. As a ghost, you will have to possess people and use them to investigate your surroundings. But in this place no one is who they seem...and everyone has a secret.

Why similar: Mystery 50.3%, Story Rich 22.8%, Adventure 21.8%, Singleplayer 5.1%

A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Point & Click 18.4%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Stylized 13%, Adventure 11.5%

GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Mystery 9.7%

A letter from 10 years ago, an intricate web of lies to unravel and a mystery to solve. Explore an unconventional town of pirates, dive into the past, collect items and look for clues to help Willy find out what happened to his father...

Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Point & Click 17.1%, Cartoon 14%, Mystery 13.2%, Cartoony 12.5%

Sail a fleet of customizable ships across an ocean whose ancient depths have swallowed the key to the mysterious past. Befriend fishfolk to expand your boat crews, take up arms against petulant pirates, and chart a course across an expansive watery world. Will you answer the call of High Adventure?

Why similar: Stylized 37.9%, Story Rich 22.9%, Colorful 20.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Singleplayer 6.3%

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: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Hand-drawn 12%, Drama 10.8%

Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!

Why similar: Investigation 34.5%, Point & Click 23.7%, Emotional 23.5%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 5.2%

A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.

Why similar: Investigation 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Emotional 13%, Drama 12.6%, Point & Click 12.3%

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: LGBTQ+ 28.1%, Emotional 19.2%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Drama 14%, Story Rich 9.1%

In this retro-inspired adventure game you will have to race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way?

Why similar: Point & Click 32.7%, Choices Matter 27.1%, Story Rich 17.2%, Adventure 9.7%, 2D 9.2%

Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Choices Matter 21%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Point & Click 15.6%, Story Rich 13.3%

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

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Stylized 14.2%, Mystery 13.9%

A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39%, Hand-drawn 34%, Story Rich 21.2%, Adventure 5.7%

True stories told by real people. Welcome to Elk transforms the weird, wonderful, dark and desperate tales of the road less-traveled into an inventive, biographical adventure. This is an island like no other where drama, trauma, love and laughter hide around every corner.

Why similar: Stylized 19.8%, Mystery 18%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Story Rich 11.6%, Hand-drawn 11.4%

Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery⁠—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Drama 15.5%, Emotional 15.1%, Mystery 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%

Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.2%, Emotional 26.7%, Story Rich 18.7%, Adventure 8.9%, Colorful 8.3%

Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choices Matter 20%, Point & Click 11.1%, Story Rich 6.4%

Set sail for adventure in the Age of Discovery! Explore the seven seas as the fresh-faced ship captain Fernando. Customise your ship, battle against pirates and sea monsters, and assemble your crew to delve into the mysterious disappearance of the legendary explorer, Sir Antonio.

Why similar: Story Rich 33.4%, Colorful 23.3%, Adventure 23.2%, 2D 14.2%, Singleplayer 6%

A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.

Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Point & Click 17.4%, Mystery 8.5%, Story Rich 7.5%

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: Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Point & Click 18.8%, Investigation 17%, Mystery 13%, Choices Matter 10%

You wake up at the bottom of the ocean, surrounded by your broken memories. Reclaim and compile your magic or drown in a sea of dreams.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Adventure 11.2%