Games Like STAY

Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.

Why similar: Choices Matter 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Thriller 11.5%, Adventure 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the high-stakes puzzle-solving and consequence-heavy decision-making found in STAY.

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

Why similar: Thriller 17.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Horror 11.3%, Psychological 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a similar 'communicating through a device' mechanic that makes the investigation feel personal and immediate.

Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

Why similar: Thriller 18.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Dark 12.3%, Story Rich 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the crushing weight of difficult moral choices and survival management under pressure.

Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Story Rich 15.5%, Puzzle 15.1%, Multiple Endings 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in high-stakes puzzle-adventure games where every choice significantly impacts the narrative outcome.

Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.

Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Story Rich 12%, Puzzle 8.9%, Text-Based 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative experience that challenges the player's role in the story through interactive fiction.

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Story Rich 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the chat-based interface and the emotional connection formed through digital communication.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.8%, Story Rich 17.6%, Thriller 12.9%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a deep, dialogue-driven narrative where your choices dictate the fate of the characters in a supernatural setting.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Puzzle 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Story Rich 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: A non-linear investigation game that requires you to piece together a mystery through a simulated digital database.

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.8%, Horror 26.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: An escape-room style puzzle game that focuses on uncovering a dark mystery within a locked environment.

Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

Why similar: Thriller 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Horror 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A choose-your-own-adventure style game with a strong focus on narrative atmosphere and branching paths.

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: Thriller 18.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Dark 9.6%, Horror 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich horror game that features multiple endings based on player interaction.

Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Text-Based 21.4%, Adventure 14.9%, Indie 13.3%, Horror 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based survival narrative that forces you to make split-second decisions to keep characters alive.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Dark 35.2%, Puzzle 25.4%, Atmospheric 23.9%, Adventure 11.6%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines atmospheric pixel-art horror with complex puzzles and a deep, mysterious narrative.

The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...

Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Psychological 18.1%, Story Rich 15.7%, Dark 13.1%, Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, psychological narrative-driven game that deals with heavy themes and complex character choices.

In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

Why similar: Psychological 17.3%, Text-Based 11.9%, Horror 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that emphasizes text-based interaction and narrative-driven tension.

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Horror 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Thriller 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses branching dialogue choices to explore the protagonist's mental state.

HOME is a feel-good walking simulator experience in which you create your own poem and music. Embark on a poetic and musical heartwarming journey about what home means to you.

Why similar: Choices Matter 37%, Multiple Endings 23.1%, Atmospheric 17.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist pixel-art horror game that relies on player choices to shape the unfolding mystery.

Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

Why similar: Choices Matter 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Horror 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Dark 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that blends puzzle-solving with interactive fiction elements.

The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!

Why similar: Horror 39.4%, Puzzle 25%, Adventure 24.6%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired puzzle-horror game that emphasizes exploration and survival in a dark, confined space.

SELF is a suspenseful Kafkaesque text-based adventure game with simulation and puzzle mechanics. Could you seize the opportunity to find your father and your SELF back in this introspective journey?

Why similar: Psychological 26.4%, Adventure 23.9%, Indie 19.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological adventure game that utilizes nonlinear storytelling to explore the protagonist's internal world.

Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.9%, Horror 21.1%, Adventure 10.4%, Dark 10%, Indie 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a surreal, puzzle-heavy atmosphere that matches the unsettling tone of STAY.

Check-in to The Spectrum Retreat for a stay you won’t forget. Manipulate your way to the truth in this captivating narrative-driven puzzler.

Why similar: Puzzle 52.6%, Adventure 26.4%, Indie 21%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that weaves a compelling narrative into its mechanical escape-room challenges.

You are the test subject. In this dark environment escape room, you have to solve various puzzles to escape from the research center where you are trapped. Can you find out how you got there and escape???

Why similar: Puzzle 19.2%, Psychological 19%, Thriller 18.1%, Dark 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core escape room mechanics and investigation elements that drive the gameplay of STAY.

A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

Why similar: Psychological 18.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Text-Based 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that utilizes pixel-art to create a dense, psychedelic atmosphere.

There are two types of test-takers. Those that take and beat it, and those that miserably fail it. Either case, he waits for your attempt.

Why similar: Thriller 26%, Psychological 20.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Dark 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-thriller that focuses on the mechanics of escaping a confined space through logical deduction.

Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game. Featuring interactive exploration in a suffocating location, mind-bending puzzles and disturbing imagery. You wake up in a run-down prison cell and have no clue how you got there. You’ve convinced yourself this is all just a nightmare...

Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Psychological 25.2%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 13.6%, Story Rich 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game set in a confined, mysterious location that forces you to solve puzzles to survive.

Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

Why similar: Thriller 14.4%, Psychological 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, psychological horror experience that uses interactive fiction to build a sense of unease.

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: Adventure 22.3%, Indie 19%, Horror 16.5%, Thriller 16.3%, Story Rich 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: You play as an AI assisting a human survivor, creating a unique remote-assistance dynamic similar to the seed game.

In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.

Why similar: Thriller 21%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Horror 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Adventure 9.5%

You are tasked with taking care of the old Lighthouse in a small island. Repair its broken parts, hunt for food to get by, gather materials to craft stuff to help you along your journey through 11 islands.

Why similar: Puzzle 51%, Adventure 27.5%, Indie 21.5%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental horror game that captures a sense of isolation and cinematic dread.

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: Pixel Graphics 21.3%, Puzzle 19.7%, Story Rich 14.4%, Indie 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%

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 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Psychological 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%

Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.

Why similar: Thriller 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Horror 10%, Text-Based 9.2%

Log.in is a mystery-horror game where you explore a PC screen, digging through images, videos and files. Hidden somewhere in the system is the location of a girl being held captive. Your actions on the desktop will dramatically change the story and her fate.

Why similar: Horror 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Adventure 10.6%

This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.

Why similar: Horror 21.2%, Text-Based 15.2%, Psychological 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Adventure 12.2%

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: Psychological 28%, Puzzle 13.2%, Story Rich 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Horror 8%

Welcome to STAY, a Special Test of Attention Yield. Will you survive long enough?

Why similar: Puzzle 39.5%, Pixel Graphics 30.6%, Indie 17.5%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.

Why similar: Horror 14.6%, Thriller 13%, Psychological 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

The first entry of the Abime Series. Eight captives must cooperate or compete to escape an underground subway under the manipulation of a dangerous psychopath. Can you really trust anyone? What about yourself? And what is the meaning of a good ending? Is reaching one even possible?

Why similar: Thriller 21.7%, Psychological 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Horror 8.9%

A strange game of hangman with a strange man. Traverse through the darkness, letters, & watchful eyes to save your friend. Decode notes left behind to uncover the message that you never got, but should have had.

Why similar: Dark 27.8%, Puzzle 17.5%, Psychological 15.8%, Horror 15.6%, Side Scroller 13.8%

Cast into an ancient crypt, survive the horrors that dwell below, and ascend from despair with your unexpected companion in this short 2D puzzle platformer. Take risks to evade the petrifying gaze from beyond the dark.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.5%, Adventure 17%, Horror 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Atmospheric 11.2%

Alone With You is a bittersweet sci-fi adventure game that goes right for the heart. Escape a doomed space colony with the help of your troubled AI companion and four chatty holograms in this unique blend of adventure & visual novel storytelling.

Why similar: Adventure 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Indie 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Story Rich 13.1%

Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…

Why similar: Choices Matter 19.8%, Puzzle 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Story Rich 14%, Thriller 8.3%

Welcome to Stay Still 2, a spine-chilling first-person survival horror game. Based of the Vietnamese culture, this game unfolds as a daring experiment in which survival seems nearly impossible. Engage in a story gameplay, where puzzles are your key to progress, while surviving various threats.

Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Psychological 21.6%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Story Rich 15.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%

It's up to you to decide how far you're willing to go in order to survive in this psychological thriller visual novel about two best friends trapped in an experiment. Can these two men survive their choices between physical and psychological harm long enough to earn freedom?

Why similar: Thriller 18.4%, Psychological 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

Why similar: Choices Matter 13.1%, Text-Based 10.1%, Horror 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Dark 9.2%

STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Story Rich 13.3%, Adventure 11.9%, Dark 11.2%, Puzzle 10.6%

Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world of Heal in this abstract 2D puzzle-adventure point-and-click game.

Why similar: Psychological 24.3%, Puzzle 17.9%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Horror 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Dark 10.3%

Abducted with only four hours to live… Learn about your captor, use your knowledge to escape, end the cycle.

Why similar: Thriller 36.5%, Puzzle 15.4%, Horror 14.5%, Dark 12%, Atmospheric 7.8%

You Can Save Everyone is a heartfelt horror meta-puzzle game. Trapped deep within a facility with only a console to communicate with the others inside, decipher the proper methods to control the console, and - just maybe - save everyone. But be careful. The locks aren't just there for you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Horror 15.3%, Puzzle 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 13.5%

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: Psychological 16.2%, Dark 12.1%, Story Rich 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Horror 8.8%

Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Thriller 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%

Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.

Why similar: Thriller 27%, Horror 13.2%, Puzzle 9.5%, Story Rich 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away?

Why similar: Horror 19%, Dark 18.7%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 12.5%

Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Horror 14%, Dark 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%

You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Adventure 10.9%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Dark 10.4%, Puzzle 9.8%

Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.

Why similar: Psychological 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Puzzle 10.6%, Horror 9.7%

Keep the Lights On is an atmospheric horror game where you step in the shoes of Edmund Rosental, a private detective, who is tasked with investigating an old abbey and the mystery surrounding it. Will he be able to keep the lights on or will he succumb to the darkness

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Adventure 20.8%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, Puzzle 9.6%

Trapped in total darkness, you’re a helpless kid, alone and hunted by something lurking in the shadows. Solve puzzles, navigate shifting rooms, and uncover creepy secrets. Your worst nightmares are real. Can you make it through the night?

Why similar: Thriller 29.3%, Horror 15%, Psychological 14.9%, Puzzle 12.3%, Story Rich 10.8%