Games Like Sea of Leaves

Explore the island you inherited from your grandfather. Discover the secrets and stories it holds and relive your memories in search of an answer: Why did he want you here?

Why similar: Narration 23.5%, Emotional 14.8%, Drama 11%, Story Rich 8.8%, Relaxing 6.6%

DEJAR IR is an intimate and sentimental game where the story is told through different works of art that evoke what we felt during the pandemic, culminating with one of the most beautiful feelings. What will it be? An adventure filled with emotions we experienced during the pandemic.

Why similar: Narration 22.2%, Emotional 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Drama 13%, Story Rich 10.7%

What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.

Why similar: Narration 16.6%, Drama 12.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Story Rich 8.4%

Join Me 🦊 finding his memories on his last journey and experience a touching, emotional tale.

Why similar: Narration 18%, Drama 16.3%, Emotional 15%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Nature 7.9%

Embark down the small path of a girl named Abby as she goes back home and digs through her childhood, reliving the past to help reveal the secrets of what actually happened. What will you uncover? Will the family mystery end with you, or will it be just another legend. REIMAGINED VERSION OUT NOW!!

Why similar: Narration 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Drama 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11%, Emotional 10.3%

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 16.1%, Drama 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Emotional 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

Join the talented photography student Neera on a captivating journey through her memories. Haunted by recurring nightmares, her life spirals into chaos, questioning everything. Involuntarily, she returns to a place she once left behind: her childhood home.

Why similar: Drama 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Emotional 15.2%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Story Rich 10.1%

After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Drama 14.8%, Story Rich 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Emotional 9.7%

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: Narration 17.3%, Drama 16.6%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Exploration 7.3%

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 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Emotional 10.3%, Story Rich 10.2%

Enter a world where books spring to life. A beautiful Journey about forgiveness and Books awaits you.

Why similar: Narration 17.9%, Drama 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Emotional 12.9%, Female Protagonist 8.9%

Narru is a narrative-driven puzzle game where the world is your canvas. Set off on a journey to paint it with life, learn about logic and emotions, and fulfill a mission given to you by your guardian and the creator of the lands you explore: a powerful goddess.

Why similar: Narration 22.4%, Nonlinear 17.9%, Emotional 15.6%, Relaxing 8.7%, Nature 8.5%

"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.

Why similar: Drama 23.1%, Narration 19%, Emotional 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Exploration 7.1%

After her passing, a grandmother’s home holds decades of untold memories. Step into a heartfelt narrative journey through objects, voice acting, and beautifully crafted environments.

Why similar: Narration 22.3%, Drama 16.9%, Emotional 11.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Relaxing 10.5%

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 17.2%, Drama 13.4%, Emotional 12.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

A gorgeous, 3rd-Person adventure game about a lone spirit wolf cub discovering memories of the past. Take control of a spirit wolf as you discover the memories of each unknown spirit realm.

Why similar: Nonlinear 18.3%, Narration 15%, Emotional 11.6%, Relaxing 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%

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 25.7%, Drama 21.3%, Emotional 16.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Story Rich 5.6%

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: Female Protagonist 13.1%, Narration 10.6%, Drama 10.5%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 8.7%

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 19.2%, Drama 16.2%, Emotional 11.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%

This is the story of a fragile alien climbing through strange worlds in search of home. A journey of symbols and emotions, where every step forward carries the weight of healing.

Why similar: Narration 27.5%, Drama 19.7%, Emotional 16.3%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Story Rich 11.2%

Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.

Why similar: Narration 20.8%, Emotional 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Story Rich 10.5%

Explore fantastic environments as Lula, as she journeys to discover the meaning of the Genie and fulfill her destiny.

Why similar: Narration 20.1%, Drama 12.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Relaxing 10.7%, Story Rich 9.9%

Mesoké is a poetic and introspective flying game. Glide freely through an ever-shifting inner world, where every movement brushes against memory, emotion, and beauty. Explore, take risks, and collect the vital energy that brings your inner sanctuary back to life.

Why similar: Nonlinear 26.9%, Emotional 14%, Abstract 11.2%, Relaxing 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%

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: Narration 15.4%, Drama 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Emotional 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.5%

Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.

Why similar: Narration 20.9%, Drama 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Emotional 9.7%, Story Rich 8.7%

Inner Ashes is a first person, narrative, puzzle adventure, where the player puts himself in Henry's shoes, a forest guard diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He has to travel through his mind to discover why his only daughter Enid disappeared from his life.

Why similar: Narration 19%, Drama 18.6%, Emotional 13.6%, Story Rich 10%, Atmospheric 8.6%

A journey with your father to Lake Baikal, where a storm and an old photo album revive memories of family, loss, and reconciliation.

Why similar: Emotional 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Drama 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Story Rich 13.2%

To My Best Friend is a first-person exploratory narrative experience delivering an emotional story. Made to be experienced in one sitting, it offers something you can return to, revisit, and think on whenever you feel like you need to remember the good times life has to offer.

Why similar: Narration 14.9%, Drama 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Emotional 11.9%, Abstract 8.8%

Anachroma is a first-person adventure and puzzle game where you play Ana, the young princess of the Mag Mell isles. She seeks to restore colors to a black-and-white world using a mysterious artifact, the Eye of Re.

Why similar: Narration 24%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Emotional 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%, Relaxing 8%

Overmorrow is a serene, nonviolent, exploration adventure game that deletes your save after 30 days.

Why similar: Nonlinear 25.9%, Narration 15.7%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Relaxing 10%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Lone Pine is a single-player, 2D adventure set in the fictional Lone Pine National Park. You play as Izzie, who has come to Lone Pine to try to photograph some of its mysterious, undiscovered 'cryptids'.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Emotional 11.1%, Story Rich 11%, Point & Click 10.5%

Work. Sleep. Repeat. Days blur together, and colors fade... until everything is blank. In this point-and-click story, escape monotony and repaint your canvas with new colors.

Why similar: Narration 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Emotional 17%, Story Rich 11.2%, Point & Click 11.1%

An emotional, 3rd-person adventure story game about a cat separated from his family who are dealing with cancer. Players take control of the cat on a touching and beautiful journey as he tries to reunite with his family!

Why similar: Narration 20.7%, Drama 13.8%, Emotional 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Relaxing 9.7%

Vestige is a third‑person narrative adventure where you explore a mysterious island to piece together the fragments of a forgotten past. Discover buried memories and confront the emotions that shaped Paul’s life.

Why similar: Narration 27.8%, Drama 14.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Emotional 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Famine Way is a 2D adventure game in the author's hand-drawn style, which unfolds Holodomor in 1932-1933. Go on a journey, experiencing all the tragedy through the eyes of little Olena and her companion - a wounded stork!

Why similar: Drama 20.9%, Narration 19.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Emotional 12.5%, Story Rich 12.1%

Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.

Why similar: Drama 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Narration 13.9%, Emotional 12.2%, Abstract 9.4%

A brief emotional experience lasting a few minutes, centered on the quiet weight of a kept promise. A narrative-driven tale with minimal mechanics.

Why similar: Drama 27.4%, Narration 19.7%, Story Rich 14.3%, Emotional 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%

A 3rd-person exploration game explore a series of dreams and reconnect with your childhood best friend: your French Bulldog. Take control of both a human and French Bulldog as you experience a violently emotional story. Beware of the collectibles. They determine the fate of your friendship.

Why similar: Nonlinear 23%, Narration 20.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Relaxing 9.6%, Exploration 7.8%

“I hope she’s ok” is a single-player first-person atmospheric mystery inspired by Nordic folklore. Set around a beautiful lakeside cabin in the heart of Finland during the midsummer solstice, the idyllic scene takes a turn for the worse when you discover that your friend is missing.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Nonlinear 11.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Emotional 8.7%

Embark on a journey with Ruth, an adventurous hobbyist photographer, as she escapes her boring office job to chase down the rare Kirtland's Warbler.

Why similar: Narration 20.5%, Drama 12%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Emotional 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%

We Grew Up in War is a powerful testimony based on real stories of children who lived through wars in Ukraine and Bosnia. Experience their world shaped by fear and imagination and witness their memories in all their raw, haunting truth.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Drama 16.6%, Emotional 15.2%, Narration 11.2%, Story Rich 9.5%

“I Have No Change” is a first-person narrative game that immerses players in the atmosphere of a night kiosk filled with stories, melancholia, and the reflections of residents from Russia’s regions.

Why similar: Narration 21.1%, Drama 17.6%, Story Rich 12%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Relaxing 11%

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: Drama 14%, Narration 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Emotional 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

Hanako’s Flower Shop is a heartfelt visual novel where you run a flower shop, crafting bouquets using the language of flowers. Listen to customers’ stories, shape Hanako’s journey through choices, and navigate her struggle to honor her grandpa’s legacy while discovering her own path.

Why similar: Nonlinear 19.4%, Narration 17.8%, Emotional 13.1%, Female Protagonist 13%, Drama 12.1%

A story-driven experience about a man who becomes a ghost after a deadly accident. Full of regrets, he will stay alongside his wife, who cannot see him, and protect her all her life from an unknown evil, sharing her best and worst moments. So close yet so far.

Why similar: Emotional 19.1%, Drama 16.7%, Story Rich 15.3%, Narration 14%, Atmospheric 11%

Narrative experience from the mind of Thomas Hunt. Skateboarding Cows? Sentient boxes? A deep, emotional melodrama about the video games industry? Yep, it's got it all! NOT FOR YOU is a collection of short experiences, which you can play in any order you would like!

Why similar: Narration 26.6%, Nonlinear 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Drama 10%, Emotional 6.8%

It's a story of a small-town girl with no name. You're going on a one-person journey with a camera, find the right angle, then press the shutter. Look closely, solve the puzzles, and see each different side of her.

Why similar: Narration 31%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Story Rich 15%, Drama 13%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Soo-ji is pulled back into her past through haunting melodies and unsaid words. As she uncovers hidden truths, she must face her trauma and decide whether to find redemption or let go forever.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Female Protagonist 18%, Narration 18%, Relaxing 11.1%, Story Rich 9%

Road to Salvation is a stylized action adventure game set in the 80s. As a result of the chaos and gangs that arise as a result of a spreading virus, your wife dies and your daughter is kidnapped. Throughout the journey, you will be trying to find out who kidnapped your daughter, where and why.

Why similar: Nonlinear 24.7%, Narration 21.5%, Drama 19.7%, Emotional 11.4%, Story Rich 7%

Brand new story, same old methods. Have you heard that the evil stepmother is a witch? Oh, sorry, now you know, and she'll want to get rid of you. Be careful!

Why similar: Drama 22.9%, Emotional 16.9%, Narration 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%

As the player, you take on the role of Brass, delivering letters and packages while interacting with the villagers. One day, a letter from his grandma sets Brass off on a new adventure. With relaxing, story-driven gameplay and adorable low-poly art, Brass offers a cozy and heartwarming experience.

Why similar: Drama 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Emotional 13.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Point & Click 9.5%

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: Story Rich 21.4%, Narration 15%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Drama 9.5%

A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.

Why similar: Drama 24%, Emotional 18.8%, Narration 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 11.4%

808 explores the memories that define us and what happens when they're taken away. It's a surreal game about love, loss, and a difficult choice: the pain of authenticity, or the peace of self forgetfulness.

Why similar: Narration 27.1%, Abstract 12.9%, Story Rich 12.4%, Emotional 11.5%, Drama 9.5%

Play as a working shepherd dog protecting his flock and the only human who trusts him. As wolves draw closer, you must face the growing divide between the world you serve and the wild that calls to you. Herd sheep, track scents, and guard the farm across rugged northern lands.

Why similar: Narration 19.4%, Drama 15.7%, Emotional 14.1%, Story Rich 9.2%, Relaxing 8.9%

A short, atmospheric narrative adventure about fatherhood, memory, and healing. Explore a beautiful world, relive pivotal moments from a new father’s past, and see how they shape the parent he chooses to become.

Why similar: Story Rich 15.5%, Narration 15.4%, Drama 14.7%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Exploration 9.1%

In Neither Dead or Alive, you awaken as a skeleton brought back to life by a young, overzealous necromancer. But something went wrong—you retained your will, your mind, and your burning desire for freedom. Trapped within the ominous castle of your creator, your journey to escape begins.

Why similar: Nonlinear 27.9%, Narration 20.5%, Drama 18.9%, Story Rich 8.7%, Mystery 8%

Step into the quiet wilderness and explore a vast natural region with your loyal dog. Pack your gear, grab your map, and begin a journey of discovery.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Emotional 15.7%, Narration 14.9%, Nature 12.7%, Exploration 8.6%

An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.

Why similar: Narration 18.8%, Drama 15.3%, Female Protagonist 12%, Emotional 12%, Story Rich 10.3%

Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion.

Why similar: Narration 21.1%, Drama 20.7%, Emotional 13.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%