- #1 Retired Waves
97% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Bing Liu
Windows · Mac
Retired Waves is a narrative video game by Bing Liu. It lasts about 30 minutes and has no traditional mechanics, goals, or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a being wandering through their thoughts and reflecting on the meaning of architecture.
Why similar: Narration 31.5%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Comedy 15.7%, Emotional 11.8%, Adventure 6%
- #2 A Lighthouse Tale
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2020LabStudio
Windows
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 35.3%, Emotional 24.5%, Adventure 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #3 For What Will Come
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 36 reviews2022
Dev: Emberwave Studios
Windows
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 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Emotional 15%, Linear 7.2%
- #4 Love You More
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShrimpflationPub: Broken Paternoster Games
Windows
Connor, a single father, visits a memory-restoration clinic in order to relive the days he had with his estranged son Bry. Experience what’s left of his past as he gets to relive his cherished memories and routine joys, while keeping away from the disturbing truth lurking beneath the surface.
Why similar: Narration 26.2%, Emotional 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Story Rich 8%
- #5 Resonance
94% matchMostly Negative41% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: MI Matrikel 16Pub: Hochschule Mittweida
Windows
Deep dive into space and explore the story of Robert and Catriona. You will discover the catastrophic events that happened on the station and get to know mysterious RESONANCES while being confronted with a tragic past.
Why similar: Narration 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Linear 6.9%
- #6 808
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero Task
Windows
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 30.2%, Walking Simulator 18.4%, Comedy 14.9%, Emotional 14.1%, Adventure 8.9%
- #7 ¿ Y ? A Short Memoir Told in Bits
93% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: [ N / A ]
Windows
Join Cubert in his quest to roll down, over and over and over again, the same track — a riveting journey and experience unlike any other.
Why similar: Narration 22.2%, Comedy 20.3%, Emotional 19%, Adventure 14.3%, Walking Simulator 14.2%
- #8 <FAIL.safe>
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stray Kite Studios
Windows
Talk is cheap. Trust is earned. You are stuck on The Destin, a forsaken starship on the brink of oblivion that is controlled by Novah, a sentient AI who holds the key to your survival. Befriend, manipulate, deceive, and persuade your way to freedom in this sci-fi narrative adventure.
Why similar: Emotional 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Adventure 9.2%
- #9 AnShi
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 38 reviews2021
Dev: Andre LedermüllerPub: Lion Castle Entertainment
Windows
Grab your hoverboard and explore the ancient, mysterious world of AnShi as you glide across caves, large deserts and old temple ruins to discover its secrets. Featuring stunning visuals and an original soundtrack, AnShi delivers a unique, breathtaking experience.
Why similar: Narration 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Emotional 11.4%
- #10 OPUS: Rocket of Whispers
91% matchVery Positive92% of 1,649 reviews2018
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 25.2%, Emotional 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Adventure 7%
- #11 Dejar Ir - A Pandemic Soulful Tale
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Firenut Games
Windows
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 32.2%, Emotional 24.9%, Walking Simulator 11%, Adventure 9.3%, Puzzle 8.2%
- #12 Backfirewall_
89% matchVery Positive92% of 475 reviews2023
Dev: Naraven GamesPub: All in! Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hello and welcome to Backfirewall_, a first-person tragicomic adventure set inside a smartphone. You are the update assistant. Solve wacky puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion. The fate of the System is in your hands!
Why similar: Narration 44.2%, Comedy 24.1%, Adventure 16%, Puzzle 6.8%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #13 Goodbye
88% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Amabird
Windows
A story-driven interactive game about a sweet old lady and a mysterious figure. Follow her daily routine by completing a simple task list, until it’s time to make an unusual deal with the One Who’s Waiting. And please, do not say “goodbye.”
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Walking Simulator 19.2%, Adventure 16.2%, Emotional 15%, Narration 12%
- #14 John's Tombstone
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bigboot Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Drive inside a dream, explore one of Saturn's moons, and discover the afterlife. John's Tombstone is a walking simulator; a story split in three chapters, each chapter very different from the other. It's a sci-fi story with some emotional overtones.
Why similar: Sci-fi 20.2%, Narration 19.2%, Emotional 18.3%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Adventure 8.4%
- #15 The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
86% matchVery Positive94% of 34,321 reviews2022
Dev: Crows Crows Crows
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.
Why similar: Narration 27.6%, Comedy 21.8%, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Emotional 9.6%
- #16 Library Game
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Sophie FischerPub: The Spoon Solutions
Windows
Enter a world where books spring to life. A beautiful Journey about forgiveness and Books awaits you.
Why similar: Narration 23.7%, Emotional 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #17 The Sophisticated Art of Friendship: Tales of a Lost Friend
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Givit Game Studios (Pty) Ltd
Windows
The Sophisticated Art of Friendship: Tales of a Lost Friend Series is a narrtive video game for PC, Mac and Linux. It last about an hour and a half and it is not a traditional video game. We break the fourth wall to bring you this extraordinary story to life.
Why similar: Narration 34.2%, Emotional 18.9%, Walking Simulator 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Linear 6.5%
- #18 OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,650 reviews2016
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 26.3%, Emotional 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Space 7.9%
- #19 Beyond The Plastic Wall
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Motvind Studios
Windows · Mac
BEYOND THE PLASTIC WALL is an atmospheric narrative puzzler about hope, decay and the things we cannot fix.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Narration 16.1%, Emotional 15%, Adventure 9.3%
- #20 N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure
84% matchMixed69% of 194 reviews2016
Dev: Storm in a Teacup
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
N.E.R.O. is a wonderful journey in a world of incredible beauty, a story driven first-person game with puzzles and intuitive controls where the environment is connected to the characters and their past. The world of N.E.R.O. is magical and varied, making exploring an ongoing challenge.
Why similar: Narration 37.3%, Walking Simulator 23%, Adventure 16.5%, Puzzle 11.6%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #21 Who Are You?
84% matchMixed66% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Angelo Sanchez
Windows
A girl had done the unthinkable, taken her own life. You travel through the key moments of her life that have lead her to take her own life. But only after she travels through all these important moments of her life again does she realize she had made a huge mistake.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.6%, Narration 19%, Adventure 18.3%, Emotional 17.6%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #22 Henri and the Hexagons
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: La Belle Games
Windows
Experience the extraordinary adventures of Henri, a grumpy old man represented as a dot. Encounter hexagonal aliens, pilot top-secret vehicles in a shoot'em-up style, or flee from giant pigeons to help Henri save the Earth.
Why similar: Comedy 27.2%, Sci-fi 24.7%, Narration 19.7%, Adventure 18.5%, Multiple Endings 6%
- #23 Corrupted Worlds
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hynek HandlirPub: Abstract Arts
Windows
Corrupted Worlds is a sci-fi puzzle adventure where you navigate a dying solar system and trying to survive. Solve intricate puzzles, and scavenge vital resources, uncover ancient artifacts to reveal the truth behind the corruption devouring the worlds
Why similar: Narration 36.5%, Sci-fi 22.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, Adventure 9.2%, Space 8.8%
- #24 Lunar Strike
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CognitionPub: cognition
Windows
Lunar Strike blends speculative fiction with a game world grounded in hard science. The game focuses on compelling survival and character-driven storytelling over combat. A race against time to preserve the evidence of humanity’s presence on the Moon before its inevitable collapse and destruction.
Why similar: Narration 39.6%, Sci-fi 21%, Adventure 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #25 I Promise
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Sporework Studios
Windows
As a father, you explore the empty home of your estranged daughter, Amy, after her death. Piece together the life you missed…one memory at a time. Follow the journey of regret and reconciliation as you try to comprehend the world she built without you.
Why similar: Narration 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Walking Simulator 16.9%, Emotional 15.3%, Linear 7.3%
- #26 K2-18b: Legacy
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Void Dev
Windows
In this walking simulator, you'll immerse yourself in a mysterious and unknown atmosphere accompanied by original, atmospheric music. As you navigate unique labyrinths, you'll uncover a fascinating storyline, explore the world of an exoplanet, and uncover its secrets.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.7%, Adventure 16.5%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Narration 13.4%, Space 6.7%
- #27 Do Not Press The Button (Or You'll Delete The Multiverse)
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Theseus Games
Windows
A first-person, narrative-driven game featuring The Developer, who questions, taunts, and tests you at every turn. You shouldn’t press the button, but you’ll want to. You will have control, and you will have none. Power is in your hands... or is it? Inspired by classic narrative driven games.
Why similar: Narration 26.3%, Comedy 20%, Emotional 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, Adventure 9.6%
- #28 The Longest Walk
79% matchVery Positive96% of 398 reviews2022
Dev: Alexander TarvetPub: Somewhat Unsettling
Windows
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.6%, Narration 29.4%, Emotional 13.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Linear 7.8%
- #29 A Forever Solitude
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio 46
Windows
You are on a 200 year voyage to a distant galaxy. You have awakened… A lifetime too soon. Do you choose to survive? Solve puzzles and determine your fate in a punishing environment. A cinematic experience. Atmospheric, emotional and beautiful. From solo developer David Fazzio.
Why similar: Narration 24.4%, Emotional 18.7%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Space 7.8%
- #30 Something is wrong
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Protocol Team
Windows
At AllRisk Solutions, your mission is to keep our most valued clients happy while boosting company success. Use our powerful software to make smart decisions, settle claims, and climb the ranks. Play it right then enjoy free time at home. Strategy, balance, and rewards, it’s all in your hands!
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Adventure 16.5%, Comedy 15.2%, Narration 11.3%
- #31 Portrait of a Torn
76% matchVery Positive85% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: Firenut Games
Windows
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 25.6%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Emotional 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Adventure 7.7%
- #32 Decamped
77% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Sobek Games
Windows
Decamped is a first-person puzzle adventure game that finds the character waking up to an overgrown desolate world. They must face their past in order to move forward and unravel the mystery of what happened in Deckner.
Why similar: Adventure 21.7%, Narration 19.9%, Puzzle 12.6%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #33 Lost Brothers
77% matchMostly Negative38% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: BitLight
Windows
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 35.6%, Emotional 25.5%, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #34 Mycroft Holmes Simulator
74% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: The Wonder Room
Windows · Linux
Become Sherlock Holmes' more intelligent, more languorous older brother in this short point and click experience from the world of 'The Beekeeper's Picnic'.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Adventure 18.2%, Emotional 16.4%, Comedy 15.3%
- #35 Kilroy Was Here
76% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: 4A50 Studios
Windows
You are stuck in an unknown place, completely alone for eternity. Every decision you’ve made, will make, and could have made somehow rattling around your head. The only thing you can understand is a rock, with a gratified picture and some text that reads ‘Kilroy Was Here’!
Why similar: Sci-fi 26%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #36 Imprint
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dog Water Studios
Windows
Imprint is an atmospheric adventure which traps you inside a decaying family computer. Navigate forgotten photo albums and abandoned programs from the past. Solve puzzles in binary and hexadecimal; think like the machine. Can you find your way out? Or will you be trapped forever in the files?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, Adventure 8.5%
- #37 Examination Chambers
75% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Felix T. Vogel
Windows
In this short narrative puzzle adventure, you play as a tester who has to overcome increasingly harder logic puzzles. Room by room, your actions will be commented on by a test supervisor. Place different sizes of cubes on buttons in first person to solve logic-gate-like riddles.
Why similar: Narration 35.7%, Comedy 22.4%, Puzzle 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Adventure 9.1%
- #38 Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,291 reviews2017
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Why similar: Narration 23.4%, Walking Simulator 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Puzzle 8.9%, Linear 7%
- #39 Great North Shelter 2
73% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2023
Dev: Renderville Games
Windows
A First-person Walking Simulator that combines Horror, Humor and Mysticism. Explore the funny locations of this National Park and please don't take it seriously.
Why similar: Narration 22.3%, Comedy 18.7%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Emotional 14.4%, Linear 6.4%
- #40 The Flux Phenomena
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tsea200Pub: Lights Out Studio
Windows
Brave mysteries in a long forgotten facility. Solve puzzles, swap objects and unearth truths in The Flux Phenomena
Why similar: Comedy 26.7%, Emotional 16.1%, Puzzle 15%, Narration 14.7%, Adventure 14%
- #41 12 Memory Lane
70% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Forget-Me-Not StudioPub: Rubika Supinfogame
Windows
Explore the shifting manor of the enigmatic Henri Villemaine and uncover the truth behind his family’s sudden disappearance. Bend reality to recreate the scenes from his diary and expose long-buried secrets. What if your role in this case went beyond that of a simple investigator?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Emotional 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Narration 13.3%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #42 ENDLING
71% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Team HumansPub: TelePresent Games
Windows · Mac
Live the perfect day, break the cycle, and discover the truth about yourself in this short, quirky sci-fi mystery about freedom, choice, and loneliness.
Why similar: Emotional 20.2%, Walking Simulator 18.2%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Comedy 16.9%, Narration 11.1%
- #43 Bleached
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas Bringer
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 28.7%, Emotional 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #44 Stone Mirth on Earth
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amir Matouk
Windows
Stone Mirth on Earth is a comedy fantasy point and click adventure in which you will take on the role of Stone Mirth, the volcanic stone from Mars who has to save the earth from an evil stone in order to return to his home planet and prove himself a hero.
Why similar: Comedy 26%, Narration 24.6%, Sci-fi 23.3%, Adventure 20.5%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #45 My Jigsaw Adventures - The Source of Power
73% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: CCS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find the pieces to discover and to travel in the Solar System! 45 jigsaw puzzles and in game achievements for an adventure in the middle of the stars!
Why similar: Narration 30.9%, Sci-fi 25.9%, Adventure 12%, Puzzle 11.3%, Space 10.3%
- #46 Unnamed Project
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Highlander Interactive
Windows
Unnamed Project is a game about playtesting. You are the player, who’s job is to explore a game developer’s projects and touch everything possible. Touching any and everything will help the game developer in every way possible, so don’t listen to their concerns. Thanks ahead of time.
Why similar: Narration 30.7%, Comedy 21.7%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Emotional 9.4%
- #47 The Station
72% matchVery Positive86% of 1,108 reviews2018
Dev: The Station Game ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Why similar: Sci-fi 28.4%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Adventure 17%, Space 11.1%, Story Rich 10%
- #48 CodeX
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Michal Piotrowski
Windows
CodeX is probably the worlds hardest first person adventure game with a thrilling story told via environmental storytelling. Will you be able to solve your Mystery?
Why similar: Narration 26.8%, Adventure 22%, Puzzle 13%, Realistic 9.4%, Investigation 8.1%
- #49 Sektar: Echoes of Fear
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: End of File Studio
Windows
A first-person psychological horror game where your own fear shapes the world around you. Explore a mysterious space station, uncover hidden truths, and stay calm as the game reacts to your every move and emotion.
Why similar: Narration 22.7%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Emotional 12.2%, Space 8.6%
- #50 The Haunting of Joni Evers
67% matchVery Positive91% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Causeway Studios
Windows · Mac
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 24.7%, Emotional 18.4%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Adventure 7.2%
- #51 Cat Detective Albert Wilde
67% matchVery Positive94% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: beyondthosehills
Windows
Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.
Why similar: Narration 24.5%, Comedy 14.7%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Sci-fi 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #52 GodSend
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CryptidGrove
Windows
GodSend is a first person, story focused game, set in a dystopian theocracy. It features a multitude of minigames, varying from puzzle games, arcade games, and many more. Talk with the gods, solve their problems, and explore a unique world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Adventure 17.7%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Comedy 16.6%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #53 Lost In Space - The First Adventure
67% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Scary Robot
Windows
"Danger! Danger!" Play as Will Robinson and team up with Dr. Smith and Robot in this 3D, point & click adventure game based on the TV show: Lost in Space. Explore treacherous environments, solve puzzles and mysteries as you investigate the disappearance of the other members of the Jupiter 2!
Why similar: Narration 24.3%, Comedy 20.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Adventure 10%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #54 Answer Knot
69% matchVery Positive89% of 734 reviews2019
Dev: Naraven Games
Windows
A short narrative and exploration game about Zach, June, and a strange phenomenon. You're Zach and, stuck in your home, you will do everything to keep hearing June's voice messages. What is happening out there?
Why similar: Narration 39.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Walking Simulator 20.2%, Emotional 18.2%
- #55 The Elysian Field
70% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Faizaan Alam
Windows
A gorgeous 3rd person casual adventure game centred around a dying soldier wondering through the elysian field witnessing the final moments of those already gone before leaving his own final mark. Uncover memories and a final conversation before laying to rest.
Why similar: Emotional 25.8%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #56 Jasper and the City of Lights
68% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Rivers and Wine Studios
Windows
A cozy adventure about love, kindness and slowing down. Two siblings are separated, a mystical forest is where they were last seen. In the darkest shadows, an old spirit is hiding, but the lights of an ancient city is shining between the branches. Fully narrated, easy to play.
Why similar: Narration 21.9%, Emotional 18.3%, Walking Simulator 17%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Adventure 11.3%
- #57 Cognition Method
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Cognition
Windows
Cognition Method is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Discover the innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveil a non-ordinary story.
Why similar: Narration 24.6%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Puzzle 7.6%, Linear 7.4%
- #58 The Family Cat
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Web Trench Studios
Windows
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 27.6%, Emotional 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Adventure 6.4%
- #59 Bean Sidhe
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Sealbee Games
Windows
Bean Sidhe (banshee) is a narrative walking sim through Irish and modern history featuring fully voiced interactions and colorful 3D landscapes.
Why similar: Narration 30.6%, Emotional 21.1%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #60 HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE
66% matchVery Positive97% of 374 reviews2023
Dev: Motvind Studios
Windows · Mac
HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE is an award winning, hour long melancholy, point-and-click narrative mystery set in the bible belt of Sweden.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Walking Simulator 23.7%, Emotional 20.4%, Adventure 18%, Linear 5%