Games Like SIMULACRA

A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

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 sequel, it expands on the phone-based investigation mechanics with a more polished interface and a darker, more complex crime to solve.

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 31.6% ★, Detective 21.1%, Point & Click 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This foundational investigation game uses a database of video clips to piece together a complex mystery, mirroring the investigative feel of SIMULACRA.

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 28.7% ★, Detective 17.8%, Thriller 13.2%, Point & Click 9.7%, Mystery 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to Her Story, this FMV-heavy title tasks you with scouring a stolen database to uncover a deep, branching narrative.

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: Puzzle 20.8%, Story Rich 15.5%, Mystery 15%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Set entirely on a smartphone, this game focuses on hacking and surveillance to uncover secrets, capturing the same 'found phone' tension.

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

Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Point & Click 14%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Horror 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique psychological horror game that uses a manual facial expression system to interact with characters, blending detective work with surreal dread.

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: FMV 22.2% ★, Detective 19%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Horror 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: The third entry in the series continues the tradition of phone-based horror with new investigative puzzles and a haunting urban legend narrative.

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 49.3%, Simulation 24.8%, Detective 9%, Mystery 3.5%, Point & Click 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game puts you in the role of a surveillance operative, forcing you to sift through personal data and make moral choices that mirror the invasive nature of SIMULACRA.

Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.

Why similar: FMV 27.8% ★, Detective 16.4%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Point & Click 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An innovative FMV mystery where you scrub through film clips to uncover the truth behind a missing actress, offering a high-production investigative experience.

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 40.2% ★, Detective 19.4%, Thriller 13.1%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: You act as a digital detective searching through a deceased person's files and video logs to uncover the truth behind their suicide.

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Point & Click 11.8%, Detective 11.6%, Horror 11%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on social media investigation, requiring you to piece together a mystery by analyzing profiles and posts.

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 26.6% ★, Detective 15.1%, Psychological 7.9%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, Horror 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV-based detective game where you interview patients to solve a murder, relying on your ability to ask the right questions.

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

Why similar: FMV 31.2% ★, Detective 12.4%, Point & Click 10.9%, Thriller 9%, Choices Matter 8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality FMV thriller that emphasizes player choice and branching paths, creating an immersive cinematic experience.

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: FMV 19.6% ★, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 15%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A short, intense found-footage horror game that uses a unique video-call interface to deliver its unsettling narrative.

After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.

Why similar: FMV 29% ★, Psychological 10%, Psychological Horror 9%, Horror 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural FMV thriller that uses branching narratives and psychological themes to keep the player guessing.

This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

Why similar: Thriller 20.9%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Mystery 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological thriller involves diving into the memories of the deceased, blending investigation with surreal, high-stakes horror.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Point & Click 16.2%, Thriller 16%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of experimental horror stories that rely heavily on retro computer interfaces and immersive, tactile UI interactions.

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: Detective 25.6%, Simulation 16.3%, Mystery 15.7%, Puzzle 15.5%, Immersive Sim 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on social engineering and hacking, requiring you to investigate targets through their digital footprints.

Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Point & Click 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Choices Matter 8%, Psychological 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click psychological horror game that emphasizes dark, branching narrative choices in a mysterious, isolated town.

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 24.5% ★, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Horror 11.7%

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

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: Detective 25.7%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Point & Click 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Mystery 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: The sequel to the original surveillance simulator, it deepens the mechanics of manipulating information and managing public perception.

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 26.1%, Point & Click 20%, Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click horror adventure that focuses on detective work and atmospheric storytelling in a dark, modern setting.

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 29.9%, Multiple Endings 19.6%, Choices Matter 19%, Story Rich 11.5%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A voyeuristic simulation game where you observe people through hidden cameras, forcing you to balance your curiosity with moral consequences.

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 28.6% ★, Detective 17.9%, Point & Click 10.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Thriller 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural FMV adventure that focuses on dialogue choices and branching paths in a mystery-horror setting.

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 27.4%, Point & Click 25.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Psychological 7.9%, Mystery 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more whimsical, this game is a masterclass in UI-based investigation, tasking you with policing a 90s-style internet.

A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

Why similar: FMV 39.9% ★, Point & Click 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Story Rich 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, UI-heavy game where you control a live television broadcast, balancing technical tasks with narrative choices.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Horror 19.3%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Thriller 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: You play as an AI station system, navigating a space station through cameras and computer interfaces to uncover a sci-fi mystery.

Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.

Why similar: Thriller 13.1%, Point & Click 11.6%, Psychological Horror 10%, Psychological 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%

Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?

Why similar: Detective 18.9%, Thriller 14%, Point & Click 11.4%, Horror 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.8%

Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

Why similar: FMV 32.3% ★, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Thriller 7.3%, Psychological 7%

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 57.3% ★, Choices Matter 19.6%, Multiple Endings 11%, Story Rich 5.8%, Thriller 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic FMV game that plays like an interactive movie, focusing on high-stakes choices and multiple endings.

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 20.5%, FMV 20.5% ★, Thriller 12%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Point & Click 8.5%

The Bunker is an award-winning interactive psychological horror movie. You are John, born underground the day the bombs fell, now alone and trying to survive. But when an alarm goes off, a catastrophic chain of events begins. Unlock the dark secrets of your past as you try to escape The Bunker.

Why similar: FMV 47.8% ★, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Horror 10.7%, Thriller 7.5%, Story Rich 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A live-action psychological horror game that uses a point-and-click interface to explore a dark, underground facility.

Detective Rainy Night is a narrative adventure with elements of deduction. Violent crimes, mature stories, and a touch of psychological horror await you at the Motel Holiday. Grab a pencil and paper because solving this case won’t be easy.

Why similar: Detective 21.7%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Horror 10.5%, Point & Click 9.6%

DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, Mystery 9.1%

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 18.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Mystery 11%, Horror 10.5%

A short, single-sitting VHS-style psychological horror game. Work the night shift at a remote gas station, return home to uncover disturbing clues, and reach one of three endings.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.3%, Thriller 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Horror 10.8%, Mystery 10.1%

Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them.

Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Thriller 18.5%, Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.

Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Point & Click 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10%

Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 15.9%, Thriller 13.3%, Horror 13.2%, Immersive Sim 13%, Psychological 12.1%

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

Why similar: Detective 15.5%, Multiple Endings 10%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Psychological 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.2%

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 19.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Thriller 8.7%, Psychological 7.2%

Congratulations, you've found Dingir OS — an operating system that lets you glimpse into the darkest corners of the internet. Browse forbidden websites, investigate lethal files, and immerse yourself in the world of digital legends. (We are not responsible for anything that may happen to you.)

Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Point & Click 14.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Horror 11.8%

Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?

Why similar: Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Point & Click 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Horror 11.9%

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 21%, Point & Click 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 11.1%

A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

Why similar: Thriller 23.9%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 20.8%, Dark 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.8%

"DEAD DREAMS" is a 2D psychological horror game focused on puzzle-solving and atmosphere with a complex non-linear story in which every element has a meaning...

Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Thriller 13.4%, Horror 10.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

Can you endure until morning Monitor Japan's stigmatized properties and report any paranormal activity If you miss a report or make repeated mistakes——

Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.2%, Point & Click 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Thriller 13.8%, Psychological 11.6%

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 31.2% ★, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Horror 8%

A mysterious letter calls you back to your abandoned family mansion. Explore its dark rooms, uncover the bloody rituals buried in your family’s past, and escape the presence lurking in the shadows. Shadow Mansion is a story-driven horror game of atmosphere, exploration, and survival.

Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 12%, Thriller 10.1%, Mystery 8.7%

Siberian Way is a detective thriller novel. Follow the dark non-linear story and decide how it can end! For all fans of snowy Siberia, Murder on the Orient Express and twisted plots, seasoned with mysticism.

Why similar: Detective 19.9%, Psychological 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 10.4%

Use your phone to survive the horrors, capture clues, and solve puzzles in this first-person psychological horror experience. Trapped inside a warped digital nightmare by a mysterious entity, you must navigate a world where technology distorts reality.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 22.9%, Mystery 17%, Dark 13.6%, Puzzle 12.1%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.5%, Horror 18.6%, Psychological 10.9%, Dark 8.2%, Choices Matter 6.9%

You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 15.5%, Psychological 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%

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 23.1%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Mystery 9.1%

House of Lost Souls is a story-driven horror game about Jack, who returns to his old family home in search of answers. Explore distorted memories, uncover dark secrets, and learn the truth about the tragedy that changed his life forever.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 13.5%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Horror 11.9%, Thriller 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

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 26.5%, Point & Click 15.7%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%

A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements! You are a novice paranormal detective, exploring secrets and finding ways to escape in an infinite loop of scenes. Many unusual things happen during this process, as if some strange force wants to devour you...

Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.3%, Psychological Horror 25%, Multiple Endings 23.7%, Horror 19.5%, Adventure 3.6%

Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.

Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Puzzle 12%, Story Rich 10.7%