Games Like SIMULACRA 2

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

Why similar: FMV 22% ★, Detective 15.5%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Point & Click 8.9%, Horror 8%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, it establishes the core found-phone investigation mechanics that define the series.

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 17.5% ★, Detective 15%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Horror 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series continues the tradition of high-stakes digital detective work and atmospheric horror.

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 36.9% ★, Detective 22.9%, Point & Click 11.7%, Realistic 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive FMV mystery that requires you to search through a database of video clips to solve 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 27.5% ★, Detective 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Point & Click 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This seminal FMV investigation game shares the same DNA of piecing together a narrative through fragmented video clips.

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 36.7% ★, Detective 23.1%, Point & Click 13.2%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Story Rich 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An expanded sequel that refines the hacking and investigation mechanics with more complex scenarios.

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 64.7% ★, Puzzle 8.7%, Story Rich 7.5%, Psychological Horror 5.9%, Choices Matter 5%

Why You'll Like It: A pioneer in the found-phone genre, this game forces you to invade a stranger's privacy to uncover their secrets.

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 53.8% ★, Detective 15.1%, Immersive Sim 8.6%, Simulation 8%, Puzzle 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep hacking simulator that emphasizes social engineering and digital investigation to solve mysteries.

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 36.1% ★, Detective 20.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 8.2%, Multiple Endings 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV-based mystery that relies on typing questions to suspects, mirroring the interactive dialogue style of the SIMULACRA series.

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 45.3%, Simulation 21.6%, Hacking 12.5% ★, Detective 9.4%, Point & Click 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This surveillance-based thriller puts you in the role of a government agent monitoring citizens' digital lives.

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 23.7% ★, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12%, Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes the found-phone interface to deliver a tense, narrative-driven mystery set within a popular sci-fi universe.

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 32.7% ★, Detective 16.1%, Horror 9.5%, Surreal 9.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk horror game that features intense investigation and hacking sequences within a dark, dystopian future.

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 34.1% ★, Detective 20.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.1%, Point & Click 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tense follow-up to the original Orwell that explores the darker side of misinformation and surveillance.

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

Why similar: FMV 37.7% ★, Detective 15%, Point & Click 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-production FMV thriller that emphasizes player choice and branching paths in a cinematic mystery.

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 21.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines detective work with hacking mechanics in a dystopian setting that feels like a natural evolution of the genre.

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

Why similar: Detective 20.3%, Surreal 12.7%, Point & Click 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal psychological horror game that uses a unique facial recognition mechanic to drive its investigation.

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 44.4% ★, Detective 29.5%, Horror 15.9%, Simulation 7.6%, Psychological Horror 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-simulation hybrid where you must balance surveillance tasks with the constant threat of an intruder.

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 5.5%, Choices Matter 2.3%, Story Rich 1.7%, Simulation 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A terminal-based hacking simulator that provides a realistic and immersive experience of breaking into secure systems.

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 25.7% ★, Detective 14.4%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Point & Click 8.4%, Psychological Horror 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An intense FMV interactive drama that focuses on survival and decision-making within a restrictive environment.

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 32.4%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Story Rich 12.8%, Simulation 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique voyeurism simulator that tasks you with observing strangers through hidden cameras and interfering in their lives.

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 19.9% ★, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Horror 6%, Story Rich 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric hacking and investigation game that leans heavily into the mystery of the internet's underbelly.

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

Why similar: Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Detective 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Point & Click 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A social media-focused mystery game that requires you to investigate profiles and posts to uncover the truth.

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%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological aspect of investigation through intense, dialogue-heavy interrogations in a cyberpunk setting.

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 20.9%, FMV 17.4% ★, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An unsettling FMV horror experience that uses found footage to build a sense of dread and mystery.

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 55.3% ★, Horror 22.8%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Simulation 4.5%, Puzzle 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A terrifying deep-web exploration simulator that captures the paranoia and danger of digital investigation.

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 27.8%, Surreal 26.2%, Point & Click 24.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Story Rich 7%

Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic and bizarre investigation game that tasks you with policing a 90s-style internet simulation.

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Text-Based 15.5%, Point & Click 14.1%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%

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 17.4%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Point & Click 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Surreal 10.6%

Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.

Why similar: FMV 62.2% ★, Choices Matter 18.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Story Rich 6.1%, Realistic 2%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic FMV thriller that offers a high-stakes, branching narrative similar to the intensity of SIMULACRA 2.

Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!

Why similar: Choices Matter 29.9%, Multiple Endings 29%, Story Rich 17.8%, Simulation 12.5%, 2D 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A futuristic expansion of the voyeurism genre that adds new layers of complexity to the surveillance-based gameplay.

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 23.5%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Text-Based 15%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological Horror 9.9%

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 20%, Text-Based 15.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Realistic 5.4%

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 24.2%, Point & Click 18.4%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Simulation 7.4%

Night Trap tells the story of five teenage girls spending the weekend at the Martin home. As a member of the Special Control Attack Team, your job is to monitor the home and protect the girls using an intricate system of cameras and traps as it is being invaded by vampires.

Why similar: FMV 70.4% ★, Horror 16.3%, Point & Click 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: The classic FMV surveillance game that set the stage for modern interactive horror and monitoring mechanics.

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 28.5%, Text-Based 19.7%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Point & Click 13.2%, Story Rich 7.5%

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 22.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.9%

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 36.5% ★, Immersive Sim 13%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Horror 9.2%

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 26.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Surreal 14.4%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Text-Based 11.2%

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 18.3%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Horror 14.1%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 9.3%

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 27.4%, Point & Click 15.3%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%

"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 30.2% ★, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Horror 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.8%

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%, Text-Based 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Point & Click 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%

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% ★, Experimental 23.5%, Text-Based 16.1%, Immersive Sim 8.9%, Visual Novel 7.7%

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 13.2%, Surreal 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%

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 28.4%, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Text-Based 19.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%

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 33.1%, Point & Click 15.1%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Story Rich 8.6%

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 22.7%, Detective 15%, Text-Based 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, 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 21.7%, Horror 19%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Puzzle 8.1%

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: Detective 27.6%, FMV 27.1% ★, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Point & Click 10.6%, Puzzle 5.7%

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 12.5%, Text-Based 11.3%, Horror 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%

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 42.2% ★, Detective 14%, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Realistic 6.1%

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 31.7% ★, Detective 19.9%, Point & Click 10.9%, Horror 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

An FMV murder mystery, police interrogation, detective experience.

Why similar: FMV 36.2% ★, Detective 23.6%, Immersive Sim 10%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

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

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Point & Click 17.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Puzzle 12.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

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%, Point & Click 22.6%, Horror 16.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Puzzle 8.2%

You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.

Why similar: Detective 40.6%, Text-Based 25.7%, Puzzle 10%, Simulation 9.3%, Horror 7.9%

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 24.1%, Point & Click 22.8%, Horror 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Simulation 10.7%

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 31.9%, Horror 25.8%, Psychological Horror 18.5%, Puzzle 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.

Why similar: FMV 53.3% ★, Detective 25.7%, Realistic 9.1%, Story Rich 7.1%, Simulation 4.8%