Games Like Station 21

Sunset Inferno is a choice-driven narrative adventure where you are a Recycler: a machine built to hunt war deserters. But when a bomb destroys your transport, it also cracks your programming. Uncover who attacked you before your makers decide you've changed too much.

Why similar: Story Rich 12.6%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Choices Matter 8.3%

In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%

Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.

Why similar: Investigation 20.3%, Story Rich 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Cinematic 11.6%, Stylized 10.1%

Become the Overseer, unravel an apocalyptic conspiracy, and attempt to heal the wound at the heart of the world.

Why similar: Investigation 18.3%, Stylized 12.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Mystery 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%

Project Lexa is a sci-fi language mystery. Crash-landing on a mysterious planet, you find that everything is written in an alien language. Use your handy translator to decipher unknown glyphs, explore a strange world, and – hopefully – return home.

Why similar: Story Rich 20.2%, Stylized 17.2%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.4%

We Stay Behind is a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. Interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Stylized 10.3%, Story Rich 10.1%

Explore a collapsing multiverse, make first contact with 75 alien civilizations, and uncover the truth behind reality’s unraveling—one discovery at a time.

Why similar: Investigation 18.9%, Story Rich 14.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Exploration 11.8%, Sci-fi 7.8%

CLOCKWORLD is a narrative adventure game. Join Aro on a mystical journey through a literally broken world. Your decisions are his compass in this fantastic tale about self-determination, destiny and finding purpose.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Cinematic 10%, Exploration 8.4%

One million dollars. Two sisters. Countless consequences. Experience everyday life in modern Vietnam while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious one-million-dollar debt.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Investigation 10.4%, Mystery 8.8%

You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Investigation 10.5%, Story Rich 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Futuristic 9.2%

After crash-landing on a mysterious planet, novice engineer Nova Collins must unravel the secrets of a town's messy past to escape it. Talk your way through this enigmatic place, but beware: ideas manifest as things that can be traded and lost, so don't lose yourself along the way...

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Investigation 16.5%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 10.4%

Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Investigation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Story Rich 8.9%

When your self-driving Autocab kills a cyclist in this murder mystery visual novel, it's up to you as Emily Knight to talk with fellow passengers and use the clues you find to contradict their lies as you unravel how you ALL could possibly know the victim and have a motive for murder - even the car!

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Investigation 16.4%, Mystery 11.1%, Story Rich 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

Vestige is a third‑person narrative adventure where you explore a mysterious island to piece together the fragments of a forgotten past. Discover buried memories and confront the emotions that shaped Paul’s life.

Why similar: Story Rich 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Psychological 11.1%

A 20 minute story about a mysterious ghost and an even more mysterious journalist.

Why similar: Investigation 20.9%, Mystery 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Cinematic 9.9%

Lones is a single-player adventure. Leave stress behind and live off-grid in the Canadian woods. Investigate and uncover the truth behind a mysterious and peculiar shadow.

Why similar: Investigation 19.3%, Story Rich 14.6%, Mystery 13.6%, Cinematic 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%

Interrogate villagers, uncover their secrets, and decide who will burn before sunset.

Why similar: Investigation 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Mystery 16%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Story Rich 9.4%

Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Investigation 14.3%, Story Rich 13.3%, Mystery 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%

Embark on a whimsical, surreal four-act journey in a handcrafted storybook theater. Take on different roles and uncover the mystery of Nomanland.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.7%, Story Rich 13.9%, Stylized 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Psychological 9.5%

As Lia, follow the gripping final investigation of your reporter stepdad to uncover buried secrets in this supernatural mystery where every choice can not only change the world, but also the powers within you.

Why similar: Investigation 16.9%, Story Rich 14.4%, Mystery 13.7%, Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%

Your father has triggered a set of cataclysmic events and escaped into the depths of his creation, the infinite hotel of Hyperdrive Inn. It's up to you to find him and save the world in the process. In this point & click adventure you never know what you find, who you meet and where you end up.

Why similar: Side Scroller 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Cinematic 10.6%, Stylized 10%, Futuristic 8.3%

A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo

Why similar: Stylized 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Investigation 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Mystery 11.5%

An EROTIC POINT & CLICK ADVENTURE inspired by the classic detective games of the 90s. Explore, investigate, and form intimate relationships as you uncover the truth behind a town's dark secret.

Why similar: Investigation 14.5%, Cinematic 10.4%, Mystery 10.3%, Story Rich 9.9%, Psychological 9%

Misgiven is an emotional sci-fi adventure about the lump in your throat. Stranded in a city veiled in toxic fog, take on a stranger's mask to survive. Wrestle with your thoughts in a tangible dialogue system. Struggle to keep up the facade, or dare to drop it, to find allies as a harbinger of doom.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13%, Psychological 11.6%, Cinematic 10.1%, Story Rich 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Fallen into the sewer, a lone rat embarks on the long journey of returning home in an estranged, crumbling apartment. Navigate forgotten corners and unfamiliar spaces, befriend unlikely allies, and slip through dangers and shadows in the cracks of a broken world.

Why similar: Story Rich 14.9%, Investigation 13.7%, Stylized 12.4%, Mystery 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%

Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the crew... and you.

Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Mystery 14.9%, Story Rich 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%

Map a mysterious land during the Age of Enlightenment. Draw the border between two warring kingdoms. Meet the locals. Juggle their demands with the requirements of your mission. Ethical dilemmas, secret plots, strange phenomena… will you be able to bring peace back to the land?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23%, Investigation 18.2%, Mystery 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Story Rich 7.8%

9 kids who wake up in a mysterious shelter with lost memory. Investigate the signs of intruders and murders and discuss them with your colleagues to move towards the truth! Listen to everyone's statements and use your counter-arguments to uncover the truth behind someone's lies!

Why similar: Investigation 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Story Rich 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Adventure 9.9%

In the year 1018, an adventurer from Samarkand drifts to Hardland. Solve a mystery by delving into the different sides of this fantasy world. Hardland is a bustling kingdom filled with secrets. A kingdom that wants you to listen.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.1%, Story Rich 11.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Cinematic 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%

My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.

Why similar: Investigation 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Psychological 11.6%, Stylized 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

Raw April Day is a hand-drawn Mystery Point-And-Click game where you solve enigmatic puzzles, engage in soul-searching branching dialogue with colorful characters and piece together the clues for why your husband went missing in a surreal and mystifying Victorian complex.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Investigation 13.3%, Story Rich 12.5%, Psychological 10.6%, Mystery 10%

In this stop-motion inspired adventure, play as detective Ambroise Niflette in the thrilling investigation of the search for the stolen bell in a mysterious village.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.8%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Cinematic 9.9%, Stylized 9.6%

This is a interactive story game. Players will take on the role of a legendary character in a near-realistic sci-fi-set world, unlocking the great mysteries hidden about the world, and the character himself, through dialogue with others, psychological analysis, environmental exploration and combat.

Why similar: Investigation 14.2%, Cinematic 13.1%, Stylized 11.4%, Story Rich 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%

A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21%, Investigation 15.9%, Mystery 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%

the game in the quest genre is based on the Gogol's story 'Vij'.

Why similar: Side Scroller 14.3%, Cinematic 12%, Investigation 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Psychological 8.4%

Discover a world where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin. But remember: you are not this world's hero.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Investigation 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Mystery 10.6%, Cinematic 9.8%

A story-rich interactive fiction about two people who find comfort in each other, and the quiet things they never say out loud.

Why similar: Psychological 13.5%, Story Rich 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Cinematic 10.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

Five strangers wake up in a dark room in an abandoned building with no idea who put them there and why. They now need to work together in order to figure out what connects them and how to get out of this place. A short psychological thriller visual novel with choices.

Why similar: Psychological 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Cinematic 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%

ABANTO is a magical realist narrative experience where you explore the ego of a torero, making decisions within his memories that shape his past and reveal the reason behind his death.

Why similar: Story Rich 16.5%, Adventure 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Stylized 9.1%

You are an impostor inhabiting the body of a dead crew member. Blend in and live out your days on the ship without raising suspicion. Complete seven daily tasks, even as a strange atmosphere begins to take hold. Can you survive all seven days without being exposed?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.7%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Space 11.9%, Side Scroller 8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%

A story-driven adventure among the stars, Journey to Foundation puts you at the center of your own sci-fi saga. Unleash your unique Mentalic abilities, gain information through diplomacy or coercion, and choose who to trust. Where will your journey lead you?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Investigation 12.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Space 8.4%

17-year-old Hope Song thought the national exams were her biggest worry... until she got home to a ransacked apartment and two missing parents. Investigate through the eyes of an artist, turn sketches into evidence, and watch her family's mystery grow stranger and darker with every answer.

Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Stylized 10.2%, Psychological 10.2%, Cinematic 10.1%, Mystery 9.9%

A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Investigation 18.9%, Mystery 12.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Frog Holm is a narrative-driven cozy mystery game about a young frog who returns home to run the old family pub and finds himself caught in the mysterious disappearance of a fellow islander.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Investigation 14%, Stylized 12%, Story Rich 11.3%, Mystery 10%

Stardream is a story-driven investigation game set in a retro 60s-inspired space ark. As Darlene, a taxi driver turned into a pressured investigator, uncover a hidden truth that could shatter a perfect society.

Why similar: Story Rich 13.3%, Stylized 13.1%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Exploration 9.4%

What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Investigation 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Mystery 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18%, Investigation 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Story Rich 9%

A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Investigation 14.2%, Psychological 9.6%, Story Rich 9.2%, Mystery 9.1%

『D.D.D. ― 災薬対策課 ―』は、2人プレイ専用の推理アドベンチャーゲームです。 ナノロボット医療が発達した近未来を舞台に、プレイヤーは特別組織〈D.D.D.〉に所属する二人の刑事となり、 違法ナノロボット《DisasterDrug》が関わる事件の真相を追います。 互いに異なる情報を持ち寄り、通話で協力しながら、事件の謎を解き明かしましょう。

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.8%, Mystery 17%, Adventure 15.4%, Investigation 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%

Descend into a shifting labyrinth of memories, imagined lives, and fractured identities in this first-person psychological sci-fi horror game about grief, guilt, and obsession, set inside a forgotten theatre beneath a drowned world.

Why similar: Investigation 13.6%, Cinematic 11.1%, Story Rich 10.9%, Psychological 10.4%, Mystery 9.7%

Solitary Ash is a hybrid narrative adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic Europe following a catastrophic event, with a focus on moral choices and exploration.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Stylized 13.8%, Cinematic 12.1%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Captain Ravanel has gone crazy and killed everyone except you. Escape the station and catch up with him before he leaves you behind forever on Asteroid 34A3. Explore, solve puzzles, decide the captain's fate, and remember that none of this is real.

Why similar: Investigation 14.2%, Cinematic 11.9%, Stylized 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Psychological 9.5%

Angels greet you with smiles! Welcome to Heaven, where happiness awaits!

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23%, Adventure 15.8%, Story Rich 15.2%, Psychological 14.4%, Atmospheric 14.2%

Face logic challenges in this Escape Room game, where every second counts! Join Mirra, your mercenary partner, to uncover the mysteries of an abandoned colonizer ship on an unknown planet.

Why similar: Mystery 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Exploration 15.1%, Space 13.3%, Investigation 11.3%

Awaken in a ruined world with no memory. A second chance to redeem yourself, but survival is a daily challenge. Aid survivors, manage madness with a black cat's help, and uncover your true purpose.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Cinematic 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Investigation 12.1%, Stylized 12%

Journey of animals trying to survive a War. An emotional tale where you'll decide the fate of all who embark on this journey.

Why similar: Side Scroller 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Stylized 9.7%

In a world of fairies, a childhood friend suddenly calls Beatrice back to her old hometown. Yet when she arrives, her friend is mysteriously missing.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.7%, Investigation 17.2%, Mystery 13.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.2%, Investigation 14.8%, Story Rich 13%, Mystery 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%

Federal Cadet is a single-player police simulation and investigation game. Start as a cadet in Pinewood, patrol the town, question witnesses and suspects, analyze evidence, and rise through the department ranks.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%, Stylized 11.3%

In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Story Rich 9.8%, Choices Matter 8.2%