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Three reptile friends. One animal testing facility. Countless choices. Can you escape before it's too late?

Why similar: Conspiracy 23% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Point & Click 13.1%, Dark Comedy 9.5%

A psychological horror game where you complete night shift tasks, investigate hidden clues, and survive increasingly disturbing paranormal encounters across five terrifying nights.

Why similar: Conspiracy 17.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Point & Click 13.2%, Cinematic 9.6%

A knowledge discovery game inspired by ancient astronaut theories. Travel across nine world regions, consult expert informants, and piece together evidence of non-human intelligence hidden in ancient civilizations. Every discovery brings you closer to the truth.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Point & Click 16.6%, Conspiracy 16.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Cinematic 11.7%

"Rich and Youn" is a classic visual novel with a few choices. The game combines a visual novel with an adult series. The game is filled with humor and cynical jokes. If you are an impressionable nature or may get offended by reading some jokes, this game is not for you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Point & Click 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Cinematic 16.1%, Adventure 8.6%

ATMOSPHERIC UNDERGROUND ADVENTURE. You seek revenge against the oligarch who destroyed your family. Is killing ever justified?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Crime 17.6%, Adventure 16.4%, Story Rich 6.3%

Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Cinematic 11.5%, Crime 9.5%

The first short story from PolyCity. A point and click adventure delving into the dark and dirty polygonated corners of the City of angles... mostly right angles. The Affair follows a soft boiled/over easy private detective as he unpicks an organised crime syndicate operating across the city.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Point & Click 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Dark Comedy 12.7%, Cinematic 11.7%

Survive as a chef for a gourmet zombie in a macabre wine cellar! Cook for a "mort vivant", make deadly choices, and uncover chilling secrets. Will you outwit your captors or become the next dish? A narrative-driven game where Poker-Based Mechanics turn up the heat on survival!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Point & Click 22.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Adventure 15.2%, Violent 4.6%

An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Point & Click 13%, Cinematic 12.7%

"What happened to Kate" is a gripping puzzle adventure set in a mysteriously silent home. Unravel your coworker's disappearance through challenging puzzles. Delve into the depths of mystery and discover what lies within the quiet.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Point & Click 20.7%, Cinematic 15.3%, Crime 11.6%, Adventure 10.4%

A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.

Why similar: Conspiracy 26.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Cinematic 16.9%, Realistic 8.6%, Adventure 8.5%

VERUM: a thought-provoking game exploring ethical issues surrounding tech corporations and personal data usage. Embark on a journey through multiple side stories, gain diverse perspectives, and unlock multiple endings to uncover the full story. Simple yet immersive gameplay with captivating graphics

Why similar: Conspiracy 35.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Adventure 5.1%, Story Rich 3.8%

An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Cinematic 15.5%, Crime 12.5%, Realistic 8.2%

Your name is Gary Patterson. After waking up in a strange facility with your work partner Victor Adams, you must make a choice: Play along with Victor's plans? Or go it alone and make an escape? Only YOU can decide.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Lore-Rich 21.2%, Conspiracy 10.6% ★, Adventure 6.4%

Aliya’s Ascent is a story about a girl who mysteriously found herself in the middle of a boat towards an unknown land. Embark on a journey in the world of the first Legions and meet familiar faces as you unravel the tales that made the fabric of Bridgeworld. Every choice you make matters!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Cinematic 21.2%, Adventure 17.8%, Story Rich 3.5%

Detective Sammy Jukes is the man on the job when an anti-oil activist is reported missing in a small town on the new oil pipeline route. Talk to witnesses, shovel through evidence, wrestle with the wolves and chase after chickens to find the truth in this first-person open-world adventure game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Point & Click 14.9%, Crime 11.1%, Dark Comedy 10.5%

A Chinese ancient-style visual novel made with Ren'Py. Two factions fight for a mysterious relic. Your choices unlock multiple endings. The story includes suspense, time travel and soul fusion. Simple mouse and keyboard controls. Enjoy an immersive storytelling experience.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Lore-Rich 27.3%, Conspiracy 22.9% ★, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Adventure 6.7%

A point-and-click narrative puzzle game with a delicate art style and soothing pace. In this Underworld at the end of all things, guide souls who lost their memories and speech safely across the Styx. Luckily, our protagonist is about to face the most restless bunch of them all...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Point & Click 16.2%, Adventure 9.2%

The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Cinematic 14.5%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

N.E.R.D is a story-driven escape room puzzle game, brought to life as a gripping interactive movie. Inspired by cult classic thrillers, this is an experience that will pull you in - and won’t let go. Dark, intense, and deeply unsettling, every moment pushes you further into the unknown.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Point & Click 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Adventure 12.3%, Realistic 7.9%

A psychotronic office adventure set in the heart of Multimedia Gulch on the eve of the year 2000.

Why similar: Conspiracy 22.9% ★, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Point & Click 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Capitalism 12%

Embark on an undercover mission in a medieval kingdom hovering on the brink of a civil war. Become part of a vile conspiracy or choose to act against your orders. Stand by your unlikely allies or ruin them for personal gain. The fate of the divided realm rests in your hands.

Why similar: Conspiracy 22.2% ★, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Point & Click 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%

A survival horror experience inspired by 90s FMV games and VHS nightmares. Choose your path as a paranormal investigator in a haunting interactive film and uncover the secrets of Barlang Valley. Every choice you make shapes the story—leading to new scenes, multiple endings, and many ways to die.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Lore-Rich 17%, Point & Click 16.9%, Cinematic 13.8%

A cinematic, choice-driven FMV horror. His friends left him alone in the forest as a prank — then hid among the trees in cheap masks to scare him. But not every mask out there is a friend. Every choice matters. Silence is a choice too.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Cinematic 14.2%, Adventure 14.1%, Realistic 8.2%

GILLES shows the Journey of a Theater Director's 10 years exile to create his Great Work, his Theater Play named The Klown. On this first episode, join him and SamPath on their Journey to show the Great Premiere. GILLES is a story exploration game from Infiniti Studio.

Why similar: Conspiracy 23.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Point & Click 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Cinematic 14.6%

Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Point & Click 15.2%, Crime 9.3%

"A Story-Driven Extraction Based Shooter"Chronos Affinity is an ultra-realistic first person shooter. Raid, fight, loot, and grow your inventory to better prepare yourself for survival. Join now and be apart of the interactive story!

Why similar: Conspiracy 23.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 19%, Lore-Rich 15.3%, Cinematic 14.2%, Shooter 8.7%

Mind Shadows is the first standalone game that my friend and I have made since graduating. It is a short psychological horror experience set in the 1980s. You will see multiple cinematic locations in First Person as you slowly gather hints to what is going on.

Why similar: Conspiracy 22.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Cinematic 13.5%, Crime 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%

Embark on a an unforgettable narrative journey with NoSleep: Nightmare Chronicles, a chilling collection of interactive horror stories from the r/NoSleep subreddit. Explore immersive environments, face grotesque encounters, and fight to survive in this gripping anthology of terror.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Cinematic 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Realistic 8.3%

Interactive Film: THE THIRSTY DEAD

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Point & Click 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Cinematic 16.1%, Adventure 10.6%

In a world of ice, the last human city is tearing itself apart. Explore the underbelly of a monstrous metropolis in a surreal adventure about everything and nothing.

Why similar: Conspiracy 27.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Point & Click 13.7%, Multiple Endings 7%

- Search for clues to progress the story. - Make choices to help your partner. - Collect bits and pieces to reveal secrets and lore bits. - Use your visions to see what he is feeling at the moment. - Don't drown in your own regrets.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, Point & Click 20.8%, Adventure 8.1%, Violent 5.2%

Full Motion Voyeur is a dark FMV thriller where you're trapped in a nightmare of surveillance, obedience, and sacrifice. Guided by the mysterious ADMIN, Claire is ordered to investigate targets, uncover their secrets, and feed them to a Demon or her lover Mona pays the price.

Why similar: Conspiracy 20% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Crime 12.7%, Point & Click 11.4%

Just a Memory is a story based choice and consequence game featuring Aaron Page, a 19 year-old college student investigating the murder of his best friend while confronting his demons.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Point & Click 19%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Cinematic 15.2%, Crime 12.5%

A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Lore-Rich 26.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Multiple Endings 7.1%, Dark Comedy 6.3%

Killer Night is a psychological survival thriller where a group of death row inmates face extreme trials in an isolated mansion to gain freedom. Among them lies a ruthless killer. Will you be able to discover the killer's identity before it's too late?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Point & Click 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Adventure 14.5%, Violent 6.5%

FOR SALE: Well loved Cauldron. Perfect for beginners. Price is FIRM at 80 gold pieces. Willing to drop off within kingdom. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Point & Click 20.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Adventure 14.4%, Capitalism 13.1%

In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Point & Click 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Adventure 10.4%, First-Person 6.4%

Blackhall takes place in the 1970s and lets you explore a remote underground shelter that became home to an isolated community. The facility, long abandoned and left to deteriorate, still shows traces of the people who lived there and the society they built.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Conspiracy 26.8% ★, Adventure 16.6%, Realistic 9%, First-Person 6.7%

Bloodshore is an interactive action movie about a televised battle royale between high-profile streamers, entertainers and death row inmates. You control the fate of Nick, a washed-up actor who fights for a life-changing cash prize.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.3%, Point & Click 16.4%, Cinematic 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Adventure 8.4%

Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Point & Click 24.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Adventure 16.6%, Story Rich 2.4%

You are Korda, the Chronomaster. You must re-start time and right the wrongs of a war-plagued past in this epic quest for vengeance. Journey through man-made "pocket universes" full of cyborgs, pirates and witches who provide deadly puzzles. It's up to you to return justice to the stars.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Point & Click 18.5%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Cinematic 15.4%, Crime 13%

7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Point & Click 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Dark Comedy 13%

Immerse yourself in the world of the nao Victoria, a ship with its own spirit and personality that historically sailed around the world for the first time. Explore mysterious places by point-and-click and face challenges that will test your wits.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Point & Click 25.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Adventure 16.6%, Atmospheric 3.4%

Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Point & Click 16.8%, Crime 8.5%

A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?

Why similar: Conspiracy 34.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Point & Click 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Adventure 8.9%

Corporate collapse, financial crisis, a ransomware plague... and you have become trapped! The crumbling head office of J.R Holder & Sons will ensnare you in a mystery. Interact and navigate between rich, detailed 360° panoramas, while using items to uncover the story in Ellingby House.

Why similar: Conspiracy 30.3% ★, Point & Click 28.2%, Adventure 14.4%, Cinematic 12.4%, Realistic 6.1%

A pure romance horror action novel between you and the yokai "Yuki." Can you survive four nights and claim a future together with her──?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Point & Click 21.4%, Lore-Rich 18.3%, Adventure 5.9%

The old Kilminorth Manor Farm is said to be haunted! A mysterious sealed box was discovered - Inside were old letters and a few glass photographic plates. A terrible crime happened nearly 200 years ago. Using deduction and paranormal investigation, do you have the skill to solve the case?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.4%, Point & Click 24.6%, Adventure 17%, Realistic 9.2%, First-Person 6.8%

Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Cinematic 13%, Crime 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%

A retro-terminal detective game. Crack cases, analyze evidence, unmask a conspiracy. Step into the chair of an FDI forensic data analyst. Case Analyst is an investigative OS-sim where you crack cases from a retro CRT terminal -- issuing commands, analyzing evidence.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Point & Click 21.3%, Conspiracy 18.6% ★, Adventure 13.1%, Dark Comedy 9.9%

Introductory demonstration version. An interactive movie that combines a psychiatrist simulator, a detective story and unique fight sequences. Take on the role of a psychiatrist, encounter various psychiatric diagnoses, and investigate disappearances of various people.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Cinematic 15.4%, Crime 13%, Realistic 8.2%

Become a mailroom operator at Hotel Hermes and navigate an ancient mail system to deliver parcels on time. Learn about the hotel's guests and staff in this puzzle role-playing game, where your actions can alter the world. Hopefully for the best!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Point & Click 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Adventure 17.3%, Multiple Endings 4.1%

A co-op, text- and audio-driven collection of stories. Lead expeditions into uncharted cold waters, hiding a presence older than the Earth. Coordinate via proximity voice chat. More stories come after the release.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Point & Click 18.2%, Lore-Rich 15%, Adventure 9.3%

Explore areas, collect hidden objects and take in your surroundings. You will need all of your puzzle solving skills to put together a plan to make your way through the island of Camp Enigma, solving riddles and down the many paths of mystery.

Why similar: Conspiracy 22.4% ★, Point & Click 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Cinematic 13.7%, Adventure 8.6%

This is a train to 21C, via 19C. Passengers will require a valid click to use this service. Passengers are advised that this train consists of 9 cars, divided by each era. Please mind the fire. This train is ready to depart, please stand clear of the fire.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Point & Click 23.2%, Lore-Rich 19.9%, Adventure 16.5%, Atmospheric 5.3%

The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.1%, Lore-Rich 19.8%, Point & Click 18.2%, Multiple Endings 5.7%

An old tape replays your worst memory. Tonight, you take control as it plays out. A camping trip. A storm. Your girlfriend, gone near an abandoned mine. Scour the forest for tools to breach the entrance, but something awaits you below. Can you survive and find her in the depths?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Cinematic 14%, Multiple Endings 8%

An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Adventure 12.9%, Cinematic 11.2%