60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Story Rich, Singleplayer, Indie.
A brief emotional experience lasting a few minutes, centered on the quiet weight of a kept promise. A narrative-driven tale with minimal mechanics.
Pieces Left Behind
After her passing, a grandmother’s home holds decades of untold memories. Step into a heartfelt narrative journey through objects, voice acting, and beautifully crafted environments.
A Deep Rest
A Deep Rest is a collection of short stories about men and their relationship with mental health and depression. Taking control of a different character in each story, you will experience life from their perspective. See the problems and issues they face and help them find ways to be alright again.
After her passing, a grandmother’s home holds decades of untold memories. Step into a heartfelt narrative journey through objects, voice acting, and beautifully crafted environments.
Why similar: Drama 20.9%, Narrative 20.9% ★, Narration 20.1%, Story Rich 9%, Walking Simulator 6.1%
A Deep Rest is a collection of short stories about men and their relationship with mental health and depression. Taking control of a different character in each story, you will experience life from their perspective. See the problems and issues they face and help them find ways to be alright again.
Why similar: Drama 23%, Narration 17.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Walking Simulator 8.3%, Linear 7.2%
"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.
Why similar: Drama 30.4%, Narration 18.3%, Linear 12.8%, Walking Simulator 8.6%, Story Rich 5.7%
The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.
Why similar: Narrative 24.1% ★, Narration 23.1%, Drama 11.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Walking Simulator 7.9%
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: Drama 28.3%, Narration 24.9%, Emotional 9%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Atmospheric 6.5%
Return to the island of your childhood and relive fragments of your lost memories. Discover what your grandfather wanted you to remember.
Why similar: Drama 17%, Narration 15.3%, Narrative 12.8% ★, Emotional 9.5%, Walking Simulator 7.4%
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: Drama 23.2%, Narration 19.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Walking Simulator 8%, Dark 7.7%
The Wandering Duelist is a single-player, narrative-driven adventure game that tells a story of love, conflict and reckless actions. The story takes place on a small and lively planet, where its residents carry on their daily activities that often pose dangers and obstacles for the player.
Why similar: Narrative 42% ★, Drama 18.4%, Narration 11.8%, Story Rich 8.9%, Adventure 4.9%
Reconnect a fragmented world by switching between two perspectives – one for exploration and another for manipulating the fragmented world. Overcome intermediate levels where you'll need to employ lateral thinking and make decisions. Can you once again unite a decadent and broken world?
Why similar: Drama 25.5%, Narration 23.8%, Dark 10.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, 3D 6.1%
Wittengrad is no more is a surreal, narrative walking sim with horror elements. The city's foggy streets will lead you through the story of a single evening in Barnaba’s life. You will encounter the peculiar inhabitants of Wittengrad, though… does it even matter? After all, Wittengrad is gone.
Why similar: Narrative 20.6% ★, Linear 13.4%, Walking Simulator 11.6%, 3D 10.2%, Story Rich 9.9%
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 28.1%, Drama 22.6%, Story Rich 12.6%, Emotional 11%, Walking Simulator 5.2%
A survival horror RPG that follows a pair of runaways escaping a hostile nighttime suburbia.
Why similar: Drama 35.9%, Narration 19.5%, Dark 14.1%, Walking Simulator 7.8%, Story Rich 7.4%
This is the story of a fragile alien climbing through strange worlds in search of home. A journey of symbols and emotions, where every step forward carries the weight of healing.
Why similar: Narration 29.5%, Drama 29.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Emotional 9.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Beso's Shawarma is a short, narrative-driven horror game. A late-night call lures you on a surreal journey through empty streets to a sketchy shawarma shop. Talk to a cast of strange characters, make a terrifying choice, and try to escape a disjointed, looping nightmare.
Why similar: Narration 37.7%, Narrative 11.4% ★, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%, First-Person 6.3%
A story-driven experience about a man who becomes a ghost after a deadly accident. Full of regrets, he will stay alongside his wife, who cannot see him, and protect her all her life from an unknown evil, sharing her best and worst moments. So close yet so far.
Why similar: Drama 24.5%, Story Rich 15.1%, Narration 14.9%, Emotional 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%
Out On The Water is a short, meditative journey through memory and grief that tells the story of an inattentive father and his last chance to connect with his children. Set adrift in quiet waters that represent each child, catch strange memory fish to uncover the past and face regrets.
Why similar: Narrative 26% ★, Drama 22.6%, Story Rich 9.5%, Emotional 8.5%, Walking Simulator 8.4%
Unforgettable You is a contemplating platformer game about love.
Why similar: Narrative 37.5% ★, Drama 29.2%, Story Rich 11%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, Linear 7.3%
A suspenseful 2.5D adventure game where you return to your hometown, use the “Sight” ability to read memories from old objects, investigate clues, evade monsters, and uncover the hidden truth.
Why similar: Drama 52.2%, Story Rich 12.6%, Linear 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Mystery 6.6%
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, explore a mysterious 3D theater in this immersive, fully voiced adventure. Follow Romeo and the Narrator on a quest to save Juliet—but beware of the lights…
Why similar: Drama 36.6%, Narration 35.4%, 3D 6.6%, Dark 6.2%, Adventure 6.1%
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: Drama 24.2%, Narration 21.6%, Linear 10.5%, Story Rich 8.6%, Walking Simulator 8.1%
Dive into the haunting narrative of "Whispers of silence" a first-person exploration game where every object tells a story and every note reveals a fragment of the past.
Why similar: Drama 34.8%, Narration 34.4%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, 3D 11.4%, Indie 3%
A story-driven first-person experience about someone trying to hold onto the past. After the death of his best friend, he is forced to confront reality, which sends him into a spiral of emotions and regrets.
Why similar: Narration 26.7%, Narrative 20.2% ★, Story Rich 12.1%, Walking Simulator 10%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Life has been tough for you after the tragic incident with your parents. Your way of coping has been through reliving all the good memories with them, but all the memories had a dark turn this time... will you be able to figure out why?
Why similar: Drama 27.7%, Dark 11.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Linear 10.4%, Walking Simulator 7.7%
A tragic story in the genre of domestic horror about loss, and life after loss. A walking, cooking, and driving simulator. There is a place where she will always be near.
Why similar: Drama 41.6%, Dark 12.1%, Surreal 11.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Walking Simulator 6.1%
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.
Why similar: Narration 27.5%, Story Rich 13.8%, Linear 11.8%, 3D 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Jamie's Dream is a short, emotional, experimental, psychological horror narrative experience. Walk through nightmares, facing fears and memories as they are revealed going deeper and deeper into the abyss of Jamie's mind.
Why similar: Drama 27.3%, Narrative 18.4% ★, Dark 12.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, Surreal 9.1%
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 38.5%, Story Rich 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11%, Linear 9.4%, Emotional 7.3%
A beautiful first-person narrative short story set after your death. Immerse yourself in a mind-blowing world as you face a traumatic event from your past.
Why similar: Narration 22.6%, Drama 21.9%, Story Rich 14.8%, Walking Simulator 11%, Atmospheric 11%
What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.
Why similar: Narrative 23% ★, Story Rich 13.6%, Emotional 13.2%, Linear 12.8%, Walking Simulator 8.2%
A month has passed since the tragic events at the Miyamoto Mountain Resort, which still weigh heavily on Raiko and her friends. Explore the challenges they face while trying to return to an ordinary life in this follow-up to the visual novel SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair.
Why similar: Drama 32.4%, Narration 31.8%, Story Rich 12.2%, Dark 12.1%, Adventure 4.8%
A short, atmospheric narrative adventure about fatherhood, memory, and healing. Explore a beautiful world, relive pivotal moments from a new father’s past, and see how they shape the parent he chooses to become.
Why similar: Drama 22.8%, Narration 17.4%, Story Rich 16.2%, Walking Simulator 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%
Beaux-Arts is a surreal horror game about being held prisoner by the residents of a countryside estate. Try to convince the family and staff to let you out alive. But remember: This place does not care about you.
Why similar: Drama 31%, Surreal 10.7%, Story Rich 9.4%, Narrative 9% ★, Dark 8.8%
A singleplayer, post-horror exploration game that gives you the opportunity to unravel the events that've taken place in a seemingly normal home.
Why similar: Narration 30.6%, Linear 15.2%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, 3D 12.1%, Dark 8.8%
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 30.3%, Drama 14.6%, Story Rich 12.9%, Walking Simulator 10%, Emotional 7.2%
Wander through a shifting, atmospheric home that responds to your presence. Break the cycle, uncover subtle meanings, or simply enjoy a quiet, unsettling psychological experience.
Why similar: Drama 26.4%, Linear 13.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, 3D 10.1%, Emotional 7.7%
What are the most important moments in your life? Lost At Sea is a game about life and death, about coming to terms with your past and about family. Set on a beautiful island, this game will force you to face your fears and take stock of your life through imaginative puzzles and a relatable story.
Why similar: Drama 27.6%, Narration 24.5%, Indie 9.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Adventure 9%
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
Why similar: Narrative 32.4% ★, Drama 30.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Narration 11%, Emotional 9.2%
A short psychological walk sim from a first-person perspective. Day after day, you perform routine tasks in the same apartment, following on-screen prompts. But the familiar walls begin to change — the protagonist is going mad, and so are you. Will you make it to the day the screen fades to black?
Why similar: Drama 23.4%, Narration 22.6%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, 3D 11.3%, Linear 11%
Immerse yourself in the story and worlds of Tinselfly, a surreal and introspective adventure about dreams, nostalgia, and pretty spaceships. Tinselfly features character-driven puzzles and a visual, intuitive sword fighting system.
Why similar: Drama 22.8%, Narrative 14.8% ★, Surreal 14.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Linear 7.1%
The sound of a pickup truck starting. A hammering headache. And this locked room. What happened to Cathy? Cathy And The Others offers a narrative experience where the player must escape a strange house.
Why similar: Drama 32.5%, Narration 27%, Dark 11.1%, Linear 8.8%, Emotional 7.8%
A narrative walking simulator that packs an emotional punch. As the world's first spoken-word video game, it may speak truth into the bittersweet moments of your life.
Why similar: Drama 27%, Narration 26%, Walking Simulator 11.2%, 3D 10%, Emotional 9.2%
Hayley finds her apartment empty. The love of her life packed and gone. What starts as a search for an answer soon turns into a personal journey. Was her life as perfect as she remembers it ? With each new clue she finds, the truth becomes more and more unbelievable.
Why similar: Drama 18.7%, Narration 13.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Indie 9.9%, Walking Simulator 9.9%
City Park Play Date is a kinetic (linear) short story. It is a true AVN, but linear by design, telling a very specific story. You play as James, the protagonist of our story. James is lucky in life, but not in love. Our story explains how that changes for him and opens his eyes to what is possible.
Why similar: Drama 23%, Narration 16.9%, Story Rich 15.5%, 3D 10%, Indie 9%
Matthew: Last Journey - is a 3D indie adventure exploration game made in a low poly style.You will explore different locations and learn the story about the boy and his family. You will have a fascinating journey through picturesque places and try to find all the memorable objects.
Why similar: Drama 29.3%, Narration 15.9%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, 3D 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%
This is an interactive narrative inspired by real events. Experience the untold story of an ordinary woman in contemporary China, blending heartfelt storytelling and light puzzles to explore resilience and humanity throughout her life journey.
Why similar: Narrative 26.1% ★, Drama 26%, Emotional 12.4%, Story Rich 10.8%, Narration 10.4%
A first-person adventure game with a deep plot. You have to get from Tyumen to Novosibirsk on a passenger train. You can look out the window and watch the changing nature, weather and architecture. You can see forests, fields, mountains, cities and villages.
Why similar: Drama 28.4%, Story Rich 16.6%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 9.1%, Dark 6.9%
Valley of Shadow is a narrative puzzle game that tells a poignant true story of loss and grief through the discovery of real-life home videos and photographs. Harness mysterious abilities to solve puzzles and heal a broken family.
Why similar: Narrative 26% ★, Story Rich 12.1%, Linear 11.9%, Walking Simulator 8.8%, Emotional 8.5%
Famine Way is a 2D adventure game in the author's hand-drawn style, which unfolds Holodomor in 1932-1933. Go on a journey, experiencing all the tragedy through the eyes of little Olena and her companion - a wounded stork!
Why similar: Drama 34.8%, Narration 23.6%, Story Rich 13.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Emotional 8.4%
First dates are awkward. Last dates are awful. A short first-person narrative experience about the beginning and end of a relationship. It's also cheaper than a real date.
Why similar: Narration 21.4%, Linear 14.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, Emotional 9.9%, Surreal 9.7%
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Narration 29.2%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Linear 11.8%, 3D 11.7%, First-Person 7.5%
这是一款由制作者真实人生经历和感悟衍生而来的游戏。主角来到一座古旧小镇，在阴森大宅中遭遇了古怪的灵异事件。最终发现，自己和宅子的人事物，有很深的联系……
Why similar: Narration 28.4%, Drama 23.5%, Story Rich 11.3%, Surreal 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%
A short piece of horror fiction about honey and lies; entomology and etymology; murky secrets and stark realities. Find out what happened to the moths.
Why similar: Narrative 35.3% ★, Surreal 13.9%, Linear 11.6%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.1%
Grobnopolis is a slow, oppressive atmospheric horror experience where curiosity is both compass and curse. The sun is gone. The mines are bleeding. Walk the dying city of Huta-Grobno, tune into forbidden broadcasts and survive the last days of a world rotting under the clouds.
Why similar: Narration 18.5%, Story Rich 16%, Dark 15.6%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Walking Simulator 10.8%
Immerse yourself in the depressing thoughts of Steve Robinson, learn his story and face your fate in this incredible narrative experience.
Why similar: Drama 45.2%, Walking Simulator 12.9%, Story Rich 10.6%, 3D 10.3%, Adventure 6%
NOX: Chapter 1 is a first-person puzzle game, where the player has to make use of gravity changes, gravity shifts and portals to explore the dreams and nightmares of a child. All this, in a world inspired by the work of Escher.
Why similar: Drama 28.3%, Linear 14.8%, Story Rich 14.3%, 3D 11.5%, Surreal 11.4%
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
Why similar: Narration 26.2%, Story Rich 14.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Walking Simulator 8.8%, Drama 8.2%
Witness to Mass Incarceration is a narrative-driven interactive story based on my life in federal prison. It is a brutally honest portrayal of the lack of humanity, how our lives inside are at risk every day, and the place you are forced to go within yourself to survive.
Why similar: Drama 29.2%, Story Rich 15.1%, Emotional 13.2%, Narration 12.6%, Dark 10.9%
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Drama 38.3%, Narration 17.2%, Story Rich 12.2%, Emotional 12.1%, Linear 12.1%
