Games Like Storyteller

In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.

Why similar: Puzzle 45.9%, Point & Click 32.7%, Adventure 9.9%, Mystery 6.7%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the logic-driven puzzle design of Storyteller, tasking you with deciphering languages to understand the world's narrative.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Puzzle 15.9%, Mystery 15.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Storyteller, this game requires you to piece together narrative events by observing scenes and deducing the correct sequence of actions.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Mystery 42%, Puzzle 40.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Singleplayer 5.4%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This masterpiece of deduction challenges you to reconstruct a tragic narrative by examining frozen moments in time.

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Puzzle 30.7%, Hand-drawn 21.7%, Point & Click 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Mystery 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar focus on manipulating hand-drawn panels to create meaningful narrative connections and solve spatial puzzles.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Point & Click 28%, Puzzle 18.8%, Mystery 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This mystery-puzzle game requires careful observation and deduction to influence the outcome of the story.

A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organize household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos. Check out this playful and intuitive puzzler with 100+ satisfying messes to tidy.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.6%, Puzzle 27.7%, Hand-drawn 22.3%, 2D 7.8%, Casual 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the satisfying, tactile puzzle-solving nature of organizing elements to reach a specific, correct state.

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Puzzle 81.4%, 2D 10.7%, Singleplayer 6.2%, Casual 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the core 'rule-manipulation' feel of Storyteller, where changing the environment directly alters the logic of the game.

Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Fantasy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deep narrative agency where your choices in crafting cards directly influence the branching paths of the story.

Repair old-school objects in this cozy puzzle game. Join antique-restorer Maria, as she arrives in the sun-soaked town of Bellariva and set out on a journey of helping the townsfolk reconnect.

Why similar: Puzzle 44.8%, Casual 20.9%, Point & Click 17.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Singleplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: A short, narrative-focused puzzle game that emphasizes the emotional connection between repairing objects and telling a story.

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 48.1%, Puzzle 18.3%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, 2D 5.5%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title forces you to make narrative-altering choices based on strict logic and observation, much like the cause-and-effect puzzles in Storyteller.

Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 38.8%, Puzzle 35.4%, 2D 10.8%, Adventure 10.2%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: You manipulate the world map itself to solve puzzles and progress the story, mirroring the panel-rearranging mechanics of Storyteller.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, LGBTQ+ 22.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more dialogue-heavy, it shares the cozy, character-driven atmosphere and the feeling of influencing outcomes through your actions.

Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.4%, Puzzle 27.8%, LGBTQ+ 26.7%, Casual 7.2%, 2D 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It uses the simple act of organizing items to tell a poignant, non-verbal story about a character's life.

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Fantasy 8.1%, Adventure 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This text-based RPG emphasizes the impact of your choices and logical deduction to survive and shape the narrative world.

A hand-drawn adventure blending visual novel storytelling with point-and-click puzzles. Explore a vibrant yet dangerous oasis city where humans and animals live side by side. Meet unforgettable characters, trade and combine quirky items, and solve challenging puzzle-dungeons filled with mystery.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.5%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Puzzle 17.2%, Mystery 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A charming point-and-click adventure that blends hand-drawn art with puzzle-solving and character-driven storytelling.

When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Point & Click 21.2%, Romance 14.5%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Puzzle 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click puzzle game that uses surreal, hand-drawn visuals to tell a touching, wordless story.

A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Point & Click 22%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Puzzle 12.6%, Mystery 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of short, surreal stories that experiment with different gameplay mechanics to deliver unique narrative experiences.

Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles! Rooooaaaarrrr!!!!!

Why similar: Point & Click 31%, Hand-drawn 30.2%, Puzzle 21.3%, 2D 6.4%, Casual 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This hand-drawn, interactive experience focuses on the joy of discovery and clicking through detailed scenes to trigger narrative events.

Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Romance 24.4%, Point & Click 17.9%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Adventure 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive story that uses simple, intuitive puzzle mechanics to convey the emotional arc of a relationship.

A Tiny Sticker Tale is a cozy miniature adventure about changing the world, using the power of stickers!

Why similar: Puzzle 49%, Point & Click 17.7%, Adventure 17.1%, 2D 12.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A creative adventure game where you use stickers to manipulate the environment and solve puzzles to progress the story.

This multi-award winning adventure game explores a love story between two beautiful souls through ingenious humour, mind bending puzzles and a bizarre, hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation style.

Why similar: Point & Click 40.3%, Hand-drawn 20.3%, Puzzle 19%, Adventure 11.9%, Casual 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal point-and-click adventure that relies on creative puzzle-solving and exploration in a unique, hand-drawn world.

Unravel enchanting stories of love and courage through captivating stained-glass puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.1%, Fantasy 22%, Cartoony 19.8%, 2D 11.7%, Casual 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game focuses on assembling pieces to reveal narrative scenes, echoing the visual storytelling of Storyteller.

Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Why similar: Puzzle 51.1%, Casual 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that uses a unique mechanic to drive a humorous and character-focused narrative.

Pat the alligator, a (mostly) harmless and (probably) innocent reptile is at the center of a conspiracy that could bring down the biggest, scariest family in Alligator New York City: his own! Explore the city, meet the Family, and try to save Pat before the clock runs out.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Mystery 12.9%, Cartoony 12.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Puzzle 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky, hand-drawn point-and-click adventure that prioritizes humor and narrative exploration over traditional difficulty.

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 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Puzzle 14.9%, Mystery 10.4%, Adventure 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This investigation-focused puzzle game rewards players for piecing together clues within a simulated digital environment.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 42.8%, Puzzle 23.3%, Adventure 12.8%, 2D 12.2%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, hand-drawn platformer that uses visual storytelling and environmental puzzles to explore emotional themes.

Is This Seat Taken? is a logic puzzle game where you play matchmaker for groups of hilariously particular people. Each character has pet peeves that make seating them a delightful challenge. Find the perfect spot for each person to unlock new levels in this cozy, silly, and relatable experience.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.8%, Point & Click 30.9%, Casual 9.9%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%

A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%

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: Mystery 45.6%, Puzzle 20.3%, Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Singleplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: An anthology of short, interactive stories that masterfully uses gameplay mechanics to reflect the narrative of each family member.

The epic and emotional journey of six dragons growing up in a broken civilization, each with their own unique perspectives on life. Mixing Visual Novel, Point-And-Click, Rhythm, Cooking, Fighting and more, Six Legends is a unique experience about life and friends.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Point & Click 15.6%, Dragons 14.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%

Wilmot's Warehouse is a puzzle game about keeping a warehouse running in tip-top shape. Just remember where you put everything, because when the service hatch opens, you'll need to find the things people want quickly, in order to earn the coveted Performance Stars.

Why similar: Puzzle 53.9%, Adventure 17.5%, 2D 15.4%, Casual 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A logic-based organization game that challenges you to create your own systems to solve increasingly complex puzzles.

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: Interactive Fiction 23%, Point & Click 20.3%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Mystery 13%, Puzzle 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven investigation game where you must piece together fragmented video clips to uncover the truth.

A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 26.4%, Puzzle 20.7%, Romance 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

Welcome Tavernkeep! In this D&D-inspired visual novel you will run a cozy seaside tavern, meet adventurers, gather rumours and mix fate-altering drinks to stop dreams from twisting into nightmares.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Fantasy 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Point & Click 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Hand-drawn 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%

There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

Why similar: Point & Click 34%, Puzzle 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Romance 9.5%, Adventure 7%

It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.6%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Adventure 8.1%, Cartoony 7.1%

From a consumer of stories to a creator of them. Saga & Seeker is a "storycrafting game" where you can generate endless tales with your favorite characters. The words you write become a part of the story itself in this immersive entertainment experience powered by your imagination.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.1%, Fantasy 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Adventure 9.1%

HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.

Why similar: Point & Click 37%, Puzzle 28%, Hand-drawn 20.7%, 2D 8.6%, Adventure 4%

Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Point & Click 19.3%, Romance 16.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Point & Click 16.3%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Hand-drawn 13%, Romance 12.3%

This is a point and click adventure where you lead Drok'tar through the town of Gabranth and its surrounding areas while looking for his bounty. You'll meet a slew of characters along with way, and if you play your cards right, you'll find yourself in more... erotic situations with some of them.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.4%, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Romance 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Nonlinear 12.5%

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.7%, Puzzle 23.3%, Mystery 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 7.7%

Momento is a cozy room decorator with a twist: the choices you make play out over the course of a lifetime! Decorate your room, choose which items are important to you, and discover how the objects you choose will alter the course of the story, in a winding ode to the power of everyday things.

Why similar: Point & Click 22.8%, Puzzle 17.7%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%

A branching visual novel with multiple endings about fortune telling for eccentric clients with tarot cards.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Cartoony 11.4%

Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! is a single-player simulation. You need return scattered books to proper places in an Arcane Library. As completed rows of bookshelves, you can learn ability to improve your efficiency. Use your skills and strategies to shelve 3,072 books as quick as you can.

Why similar: Puzzle 52.1%, Fantasy 27.6%, Casual 12%, Singleplayer 8.2%

A classic point-and-click puzzle adventure with RPG elements. A skilled rogue takes on a Guild mission and is drawn into trouble and conspiracy. Explore, combine items, deduce clues, and fight through a charming hand-drawn fantasy full of humor, surprises, and heart.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Hand-drawn 20%, Point & Click 19.7%, Puzzle 14.1%, Adventure 8.2%

The only hands-on puzzle adventure guaranteed to accurately and humanely teach Socialization to Introverts, heh heh!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Puzzle 17.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Mystery 8.4%

2D/3D story-adventure game

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Hand-drawn 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Puzzle 13.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choices Matter 13%, Puzzle 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%

Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Nonlinear 10%, Choices Matter 8.6%

Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Point & Click 17.1%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Choices Matter 7.6%

Frank and Drake is a modern gothic tale that puts players at the heart of a supernatural mystery through its non-linear branching paths, mini-games and puzzles, and unique rotoscoped art. Take your time, explore, and soak up every word.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%

Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Romance 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Hand-drawn 9.7%

Fantasy and reality collide in Changeling Tale, a story-rich visual novel about finding one's "true" self... and true love! Help a young man returning from war rebuild his life, kindle new romances, and reveal a secret that will forever transform the lives of those closest to him—literally!

Why similar: Dragons 22.5% ★, Romance 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.2%

Become a ghostwriter and write on the behalf of others--everything from love letters to apologies! There's just one catch in this crazy adventure game: the most important words in your writings are decided by roulette.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Romance 17.1%, Adventure 11.5%, 2D 7.8%

Inked is a narrative-driven puzzle game set in a world of beautiful ballpoint pen-drawn landscapes. Playing as the Nameless Hero, you will solve intriguing puzzles while searching for your love Aiko.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 46.6%, Puzzle 34%, Adventure 11.2%, Casual 8.2%

In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Romance 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%

A wholesome narrative puzzle game about the objects we leave behind and the stories they tell. Complete a loved one's damaged memoirs by exploring their home and packing away their things.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Point & Click 20%, Puzzle 14.3%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Puzzle 69.5%, Adventure 19.7%, Singleplayer 10.9%