Games Like SIMULACRA 2

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

Why similar: FMV 22.3% ★, Detective 15.4%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Point & Click 8.9%, Horror 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, it establishes the core found-phone investigative mechanics and unsettling atmosphere found in the sequel.

The town of Stonecreek is haunted. People keep disappearing into thin air, leaving nothing but an eerie symbol behind. With the townsfolk gripped with fear, use a missing victim's phone to unlock the truth in the third entry of the acclaimed horror series, SIMULACRA.

Why similar: Hacking 26.3% ★, FMV 17.7% ★, Detective 14.9%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Horror 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel continues the series' signature blend of FMV horror and phone-based puzzle-solving within a new, expanded narrative.

Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

Why similar: FMV 37.2% ★, Detective 22.8%, Point & Click 11.6%, Realistic 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in FMV investigation that requires you to search through a database of video clips to uncover a complex conspiracy.

A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

Why similar: FMV 27.6% ★, Detective 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Point & Click 9.8%, Visual Novel 9%

Why You'll Like It: This seminal FMV mystery game tasks you with searching a police database to piece together a fragmented narrative, mirroring the investigative feel of SIMULACRA.

Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.

Why similar: Hacking 53.9% ★, Detective 15%, Immersive Sim 8.6%, Simulation 8.1%, Puzzle 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic hacking simulator that emphasizes social engineering and data mining to solve complex mysteries.

Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.

Why similar: Hacking 64.9% ★, Puzzle 8.6%, Story Rich 7.4%, Psychological Horror 5.9%, Choices Matter 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: You are forced to hack into a suspect's phone to find evidence of terrorism, creating a tense, claustrophobic experience similar to the SIMULACRA series.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Surreal 12.7%, Point & Click 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique psychological horror game that uses a facial expression-based interface to interact with characters and uncover dark truths.

Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: FMV 27.5% ★, Detective 27.2%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Point & Click 10.6%, Puzzle 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: You play as an operator assisting field agents by navigating a desktop interface, hacking systems, and analyzing evidence in real-time.

Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.

Why similar: Choices Matter 45.6%, Simulation 21.6%, Hacking 12.4% ★, Detective 9.3%, Point & Click 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This surveillance-based thriller tasks you with monitoring the digital lives of citizens, forcing you to choose what information is relevant to the state.

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-heavy detective game features a dialogue-based investigation system that rewards careful observation and deduction.

KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 18.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Immersive Sim 14%, Horror 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that simulates a retro desktop environment to deliver a deeply unsettling and meta-narrative experience.

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Why similar: Detective 61.1%, Puzzle 10%, Story Rich 7.9%, Horror 7.7%, Simulation 6%

Why You'll Like It: An innovative detective game where you must listen to audio recordings of crime scenes to piece together the truth without visual cues.

YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

Why similar: FMV 36.4% ★, Detective 20.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Horror 8.1%, Multiple Endings 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV-based mystery where you play as a psychiatrist, using open-ended text input to question patients and uncover a Lovecraftian plot.

Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.

Why similar: FMV 38% ★, Detective 14.9%, Point & Click 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-production FMV thriller that emphasizes player choice and tactile interaction to influence the outcome of a dark mystery.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Hacking 32.8% ★, Detective 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%, Horror 9.4%, Surreal 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk horror game that involves hacking into the minds of suspects to investigate crime scenes through surreal, distorted memories.

Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.

Why similar: Hacking 44.5% ★, Detective 29.4%, Horror 15.9%, Simulation 7.6%, Psychological Horror 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-simulation hybrid where you monitor surveillance cameras and investigate potential threats while managing your own safety.

Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.

Why similar: FMV 25.9% ★, Detective 14.4%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Point & Click 8.4%, Psychological Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive FMV game that uses choice-based gameplay to navigate a harrowing story of escape and investigation.

Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.

Why similar: Hacking 27.2% ★, Detective 21%, Point & Click 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A detective game that combines hacking and surveillance mechanics to solve crimes in a dystopian near-future.

TELEFORUM is a found-footage-styled horror game exploring the unknown side of media. You’re visiting a widow’s apartment to conduct an interview about her husband's death. But that’s not the main reason why you’re here. It’s all about the tape, isn’t it?

Why similar: Experimental 20.4%, FMV 17.7% ★, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric horror game that uses a screen-based interface to tell a chilling story about a mysterious broadcast.

Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

Why similar: Hacking 88.2% ★, Detective 5.4%, Choices Matter 2.3%, Story Rich 1.6%, Simulation 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A terminal-based hacking simulator that provides an authentic feeling of navigating a computer system to uncover hidden files and secrets.

Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.

Why similar: Hacking 35.6% ★, Detective 21%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Point & Click 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: The sequel to Orwell expands on the surveillance mechanics, focusing on the spread of misinformation and the power of digital influence.

A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

Why similar: Point & Click 32.2%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Story Rich 12.7%, Simulation 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A voyeuristic simulation game where you observe people through hidden cameras, balancing your curiosity with the ethical implications of your interference.

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: Detective 28%, Surreal 25.7%, Point & Click 24.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Story Rich 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This 90s internet simulator tasks you with moderating a surreal web space, requiring you to investigate pages and files to find violations.

Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.

Why similar: Hacking 48.1% ★, Detective 12.8%, Point & Click 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 7.1%

Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.

Why similar: FMV 24% ★, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A phone-based mystery game that uses a simulated interface to help characters solve a supernatural investigation.

Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.

Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%, Point & Click 10.6%, Surreal 10.6%

It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?

Why similar: Experimental 22.4%, Detective 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A conversation-heavy game that tasks you with interrogating androids to determine if they are deviating from their programming.

Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.3%, Text-Based 14.2%, Point & Click 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological aspect of detective work, requiring you to carefully manage conversations to extract information from suspects.

No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?

Why similar: Hacking 33.9% ★, Detective 19.9%, Text-Based 15.4%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Realistic 5.3%

Delve into a gripping world of puzzles, true ciphers on an old PalmPilot system. Will you uncover the Crypt Killer’s confession and bring him to justice, or will he escape the law?

Why similar: Hacking 24.9% ★, Detective 24.1%, Point & Click 18.3%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Simulation 7.5%

After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.

Why similar: Hacking 71.6% ★, Point & Click 12.3%, Simulation 7%, Puzzle 4.9%, Story Rich 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click hacking game that tasks you with gathering evidence to build a case against cybercriminals.

Officer Jia has vanished, leaving a classified message pointing to the CaseCracker 2.0 system. Tear through suspects' alibis, look beyond the text, and extract hidden threads from seemingly unrelated intel. Will you find the ultimate truth, or a trap?

Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Text-Based 17.2%, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Point & Click 12.2%, Psychological Horror 11%

Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

Why similar: Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Detective 13%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Point & Click 12.4%

Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.

Why similar: Hacking 55.9% ★, Horror 22.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Simulation 4.6%, Puzzle 2.8%

This is a deep web exploration simulator. Discover hundreds of websites and files around the Web to get to the Silent House and save your friend. Find out creepy stories from the Web and meet its inhabitants. It's showtime!

Why similar: Hacking 38.5% ★, FMV 20% ★, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Horror 6%, Story Rich 5.1%

Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.

Why similar: FMV 36.6% ★, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Horror 9.1%

Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.

Why similar: Detective 26%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Surreal 14.3%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Text-Based 11.3%

The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Detective 22.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.9%

It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.

Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Point & Click 15.3%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.3%

"Mourningwood Lodge2:Hidden Voice" is a Chinese folk horror FMV mystery about a forbidden ghost marriage, a cursed nursery rhyme, and a string of fear-stricken deaths. Investigate a haunted mansion, uncover buried sins, and face multiple endings.

Why similar: FMV 30.4% ★, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.8%

The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 13.6%, Text-Based 13.3%, Surreal 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.

Why similar: Hacking 28.2% ★, Experimental 23%, Text-Based 16.3%, Immersive Sim 9%, Visual Novel 7.7%

Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.

Why similar: Hacking 26.4% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 11.3%, Horror 10.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%

Confronted with fragmented narratives and deceptive persons of interest, you must isolate crucial evidence. Shatter logical loopholes from testimonies and reconstruct the crime scene from subtle clues. Can you survive this immersive battle of wits?

Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Point & Click 16.1%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Puzzle 6.8%

A paranoid cybercriminal tries to regain control over an underground marketplace stolen by his former coworkers. You must utilize your hacking and intelligence gathering skills to get rid of hitmen sent by your enemies in a race with worsening mental state and terrifying hallucinations.

Why similar: Hacking 42.4% ★, Detective 14%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Realistic 6%

The Zodiac Trial has begun, and everybody's life is on the line! Will these 12 jurors be able to solve the mysteries and cooperate, or will they resort to betrayal, deception, and violence? Get out alive or die, die again!

Why similar: Experimental 22.3%, Detective 15%, Text-Based 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%

Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

Why similar: Detective 34.1%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Horror 18.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Puzzle 8%

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: Point & Click 32.1%, Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Puzzle 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

Look through someone else’s computer. Inspired by early “escape room” flash games.

Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Point & Click 17.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Story Rich 10.6%

Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

Why similar: FMV 32% ★, Detective 19.8%, Point & Click 10.8%, Horror 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

A brand‑new bundle from the creators of the short‑form horror hit Violent Horror Stories. This time the collection revolves around one chilling theme: confinement.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 24.2%, Point & Click 22.8%, Horror 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Simulation 10.9%

Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!

Why similar: Detective 18%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Text-Based 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Horror 10%

Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.

Why similar: FMV 40.5% ★, Detective 23.5%, Point & Click 11.4%, Story Rich 6.8%, Choices Matter 6.4%

Aki is haunted by a curse. In search of salvation, she travels into the memories of a dead classmate, where she must witness three eerie mystical stories and figure out how to break the shackles of misfortune.

Why similar: Detective 25.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Text-Based 14%, Story Rich 8.1%

Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.

Why similar: Detective 31%, Point & Click 22.4%, Horror 16%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%

Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.

Why similar: Hacking 49.5% ★, Detective 19.9%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, Simulation 8%, Realistic 3%

An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

Why similar: FMV 40.4% ★, Detective 15.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%

In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…

Why similar: Detective 37.2%, Point & Click 22.4%, Horror 16.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Puzzle 8.1%