Games Like Stories Untold

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

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

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a realistic, interface-based gameplay loop that makes the horror feel personal and immediate.

Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!

Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, 1980s 19%, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 15.2%, Retro 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the retro-tech meta-horror vibe where the game itself feels like a sentient, manipulative entity.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Horror 47%, Point & Click 20.6%, Story Rich 18%, Puzzle 9.3%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the genre-bending, meta-narrative structure and dark, atmospheric tension found in Stories Untold.

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Why similar: Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Retro 15.1%, Atmospheric 13%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal, low-poly horror game mirrors the fragmented and unsettling storytelling style of the Stories Untold episodes.

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 49.3%, Horror 27.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Story Rich 7.4%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential meta-horror experience that subverts player expectations through its seemingly innocent interface.

Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

Why similar: Text-Based 18.9%, Atmospheric 18.6%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Adventure 12%, Horror 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like Stories Untold, it relies on a text-based interface to communicate with a mysterious entity in a tense, isolated environment.

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: Point & Click 29.6%, Retro 19.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Atmospheric 11%, Story Rich 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific 1990s retro-computing aesthetic while weaving a deep, mysterious narrative through its simulated OS.

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Why similar: Horror 25%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Point & Click 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Thriller 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A haunting psychological horror game that uses atmospheric, 2D exploration to tell a deeply personal and tragic story.

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: Psychological Horror 38.8%, Point & Click 34.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Puzzle 9.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the act of searching through a database to piece together a dark mystery, mirroring the investigative feel of the game.

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 18.4%, Adventure 18%, Indie 13.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: You play as the station's AI, using the interface to interact with the environment and uncover a chilling sci-fi mystery.

The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!

Why similar: Point & Click 30.7%, Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Retro 10.6%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that remains one of the most effective examples of psychological horror in the genre.

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: Horror 18.7%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Thriller 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at building an atmospheric, supernatural mystery that feels grounded in character-driven dialogue and exploration.

In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34%, Indie 13.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Horror 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A genre-hopping meta-narrative that shares the experimental spirit and clever structural design of Stories Untold.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Atmospheric 23.6%, Story Rich 19.8%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Horror 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the anthology-style narrative structure, where each segment offers a unique and experimental gameplay experience.

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: Psychological Horror 42.3%, Atmospheric 20%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Adventure 6.6%, Puzzle 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully blends retro-aesthetic visuals with deep psychological horror and cryptic, sci-fi storytelling.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Horror 32.4%, Psychological Horror 26.8%, Point & Click 21.5%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a 1-bit retro aesthetic with text-based adventure mechanics to deliver intense, Lovecraftian psychological horror.

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: Point & Click 19%, Horror 18.5%, 1980s 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric point-and-click horror game that excels at creating a claustrophobic, sci-fi atmosphere.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Atmospheric 23.5%, Psychological Horror 10.1%, Adventure 8.6%, Story Rich 8%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, atmospheric mystery that focuses on environmental storytelling and investigative deduction.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Atmospheric 20.8%, Story Rich 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Puzzle 9.7%, Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It requires the player to act as a detective using a unique, period-appropriate device to reconstruct past events.

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Why similar: Horror 30%, Psychological Horror 22.9%, Adventure 14%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Indie 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strong Lovecraftian adventure that captures the sense of dread and isolation found in many experimental horror titles.

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Sci-fi 24.6%, Story Rich 17.8%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Adventure 17.1%, Indie 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It uses augmented reality recordings to piece together a narrative, similar to the investigative nature of the seed game.

Bad Dream: Stories is a collection of older games in the Bad Dream series in a new, remastered form. Play the series of short point & click titles and travel through the disturbing and atmospheric world of dreams.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.6%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Horror 19.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure that explores dark, psychological themes through episodic storytelling.

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: Horror 22.2%, Point & Click 20.9%, Thriller 15.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: These games flip the traditional escape-room trope, focusing on preparation and atmospheric horror in a point-and-click format.

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: Thriller 31.2%, Point & Click 21.1%, Atmospheric 11%, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a non-linear, interface-driven investigation mechanic that rewards careful observation and deduction.

Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.5%, Horror 18.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Adventure 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, first-person exploration game that prioritizes atmosphere and bizarre narrative encounters over traditional mechanics.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.1%, Indie 15.2%, Retro 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It turns a mundane, interface-heavy job into a high-stakes, oppressive narrative experience.

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Sci-fi 24.1%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Puzzle 15.2%, Adventure 11.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle game that explores philosophical themes through a narrative-driven, first-person perspective.

Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Why similar: Horror 25.8%, 1980s 20.1%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Retro 8.9%

In Fear I Trust is a critically acclaimed first-person horror adventure. Explore eerie locations, solve puzzles and unravel the dark truth behind a secret soviet experiment in this story-driven psychological thriller.

Why similar: Thriller 18.7%, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 16.4%, 1980s 15.5%, Point & Click 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that uses a first-person perspective and puzzle-solving to uncover a dark, experimental past.

This is a collection of short and experimental horror experiences, focused on surreal and bizarre plots.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.5%, Horror 25.7%, Thriller 14%, Retro 13.1%, Adventure 8.4%

June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

Why similar: Atmospheric 33.8%, Story Rich 17.2%, Indie 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 11%, Adventure 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in environmental storytelling, where the player uncovers a mystery by interacting with objects in a house.

Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Why similar: Thriller 31.7%, Atmospheric 16.9%, Horror 12.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Adventure 9.5%

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Psychological Horror 29.2%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 6.6%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Horror 31.9%, Atmospheric 18.5%, Story Rich 9.7%, Mystery 3.4%

Three short ghost stories. Three everyday locations turned nightmare. Tales of the Forgotten is a PSX-style horror anthology perfect for a single terrifying session. Experience jump scares, uncover multiple endings, and discover why these ghosts can't rest—all in under an hour.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 35.6%, Horror 23.2%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 4.8%

Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.

Why similar: Horror 54.4%, Adventure 18.6%, Indie 15.8%, Puzzle 7.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%

A first-person horror adventure game that will take you on a journey through an ancient castle and that lies beneath. Dangers and forgotten horrors await in the dark...

Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Adventure 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Indie 11.1%

The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!

Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, Adventure 15.7%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Indie 11.3%

Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.7%, Horror 23.6%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Puzzle 7.5%, Story Rich 7.3%

Your Excellency, in this short systems-management survival game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...

Why similar: Horror 75.1%, Story Rich 24.9%

Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.8%, Horror 21.1%, Psychological Horror 19%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Adventure 7.6%

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: 1980s 34.3%, Horror 25.7%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Adventure 9%, Story Rich 8.1%

8-bit Adventure Anthology is a compilation featuring faithful remakes of three of the best 8-bit point & click adventure games ever made. Originally released between 1987-1991, each stand-alone adventure features the same mind-blowing puzzles, graphics and music that mesmerized generations of console gamers!

Why similar: Point & Click 50.3%, Adventure 49.7%

An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Point & Click 20.2%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Adventure 9.1%

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Psychological Horror 17%, Thriller 13.3%, Adventure 13.2%, Sci-fi 11.8%

Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.

Why similar: Text-Based 45%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, Indie 10.5%, Story Rich 10.3%, Retro 5.7%

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.2%, Horror 27.1%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Story Rich 8.7%, Adventure 8.6%

The Last Letter is a short VHS-style horror game about a film student who receives mysterious letters containing coordinates that lead to a house deep in the forest, where the truth about his past awaits.

Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Psychological Horror 25.5%, Thriller 16.1%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Retro 7%

The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 18.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Puzzle 13%, Story Rich 11.7%, Indie 10.8%

This is a short, first-person psychological horror game with VHS effects. Be careful, you are facing a terrifying being.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.1%, Horror 27.2%, Thriller 12.6%, Adventure 10.3%, Retro 7.7%

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Why similar: Horror 67.8%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Atmospheric 6%, Story Rich 2.3%, Adventure 2%

Relive the original MacVenture Series version of The Uninvited! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions and survive the supernatural dangers of the haunted mansion.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.2%, Horror 29.4%, Adventure 24%, Indie 12.4%

This collection includes 7 games that will bring you 80s trash movie vibes. Plus a story mode including all games in a unique, bizarre and bloody story!

Why similar: 1980s 30.7%, Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Atmospheric 12%, Retro 11.1%

A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.9%, Horror 22.1%, Thriller 16.2%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Why similar: Atmospheric 29.9%, Great Soundtrack 24.6%, Adventure 12.2%, Story Rich 11.7%, Indie 11.1%

A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?

Why similar: Atmospheric 29.3%, Adventure 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Story Rich 16.7%, Indie 12.3%

"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 18.6%, Thriller 15.7%, 1980s 14.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%

Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.3%, Horror 18.6%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Puzzle 12.8%, Psychological Horror 8.5%

If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Psychological Horror 21%, Horror 19.8%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Story Rich 8.8%

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 30.3%, Thriller 15.2%, Point & Click 11.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.4%