60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Atmospheric, Singleplayer, Adventure.
Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.
Minds Beneath Us
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Vessels
Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.2%, Dystopian 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Story Rich 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.
Why similar: Narrative 43.4% ★, Conversation 15.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…
Why similar: Puzzle 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Atmospheric 21.7%, Dark 16.2%, Hand-drawn 10.8%
Operate an oil-drilling submarine while taking instructions from a mysterious voice. Fail your quota, and they’ll cut your oxygen. This is deep-sea horror. Obey or drown.
Why similar: Atmospheric 44.2%, Dark 32.8%, Simulation 18.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%
Become Jules Verne and adventure into the dangers that hide in Hemera, a fantastic parallel world built from his own imagination. Explore, solve puzzles and unlock the most coveted secret of the mighty Atlantis.
Why similar: Narrative 38.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Dystopian 10%, Conversation 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.2%
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: Lovecraftian 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Conversation 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Puzzle 8.7%
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.4%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 54.5%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Simulation 4.6%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Conversation 29.3%, Choices Matter 22.3%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Story Rich 13.9%
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Story Rich 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Dark 12%
A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Atmospheric 24%, Puzzle 23.1%, Story Rich 14.7%, Dark 8.7%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 53.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 8.7%, Visual Novel 6.8%
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40%, Narrative 25.7% ★, Sci-fi 9.1%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.5%
They Breathe is a short journey into the depths of a forest filled with water. As you swim deeper, it's up to you to figure out the rules of an insidious ecosystem where nothing is as it first seems, and where everyone is after the same precious resource – oxygen!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.6%, Survival 24.1%, Story Rich 14.3%, Dark 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.4%
As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Choices Matter 21%, Story Rich 15.4%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%
"海子 UMIKO" is a psychological horror visual novel. Engage in conversations with Umiko, complete various mini-games, solve puzzles, and gradually piece together the dark truths she tries to hide about herself and her dimension from fragmented narratives. Preserve your fragile friendship for a week!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Conversation 15.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Conversation 9.7%, Story Rich 9.5%
Uncover the lies. Free your mind. Veritas is a compact narrative puzzle game that asks: what is truth, and does it even matter?
Why similar: Narrative 39.4% ★, Sci-fi 16.8%, Puzzle 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Story Rich 10.6%
CRUSH DEPTH is first-person sci-fi horror game set at the bottom of the ocean. A salvage operation that would set you up for life goes sideways when you realize you're not alone down there. You'll solve puzzles and run from danger as you uncover the mysterious fate of Eclipse Station.
Why similar: Sci-fi 32.1%, Puzzle 23.2%, Story Rich 19%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Simulation 10.7%
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38%, Conversation 13.1%, Sci-fi 10%, Dystopian 9.7%, Puzzle 8.4%
A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.
Why similar: Narrative 39.2% ★, Survival 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Conversation 17.9%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Story Rich 13%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Narrative 36.8% ★, Survival 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.5%, Story Rich 17%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Puzzle 12.1%, Dark 8.1%
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 83.9%, RPG 14.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Conversation 28%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Visual Novel 10%
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Narrative 23% ★, Atmospheric 16.4%, Story Rich 12.8%, RPG 8.8%
As captain of the Pandora sub, you must explore the Trench and retrieve data from the Neptune wreckage. But beware - the trench is home to unimaginable horrors that will test your courage. Can you survive the terrors of the deep and complete your mission, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 54.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Atmospheric 12%, Sci-fi 12%, Dark 3.8%
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Dystopian 8.6%, Story Rich 8.5%
Teach the gods to create a better universe - or mess it all up in Mythic Ocean, a narrative exploration game where your choices shape the fate of the cosmos.
Why similar: Choices Matter 46.8%, Atmospheric 26.8%, Visual Novel 26.4%
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Dystopian 11.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%
CAUTION: Escape from this supervillain at your own risk...A short sci-fi visual novel packed with brain-teasing puzzles, gruesome deaths and heartbreaking secrets.
Why similar: Sci-fi 15.5%, Dystopian 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, Puzzle 11%
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Conversation 21.6%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Sci-fi 11%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Dystopian 12.7%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%
Get ready for a thrilling underwater adventure with classic point-and-click gameplay. Explore with three characters simultaneously. Featuring atmospheric isometric graphics, rendered video, and a soundtrack by Mark Morgan, BONE TOTEM takes you on a journey to hidden places deep below the waves...
Why similar: Conversation 26.4%, Sci-fi 22%, Puzzle 18.4%, Story Rich 16.9%, Atmospheric 14.4%
Quantum Suicide is a game of betrayal, deception and romance in the cold depths of space.
Why similar: Narrative 34.2% ★, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Story Rich 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: Conversation 20.2%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 14%, Interactive Fiction 12%, RPG 11.7%
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.1%, Sci-fi 28.8%, Puzzle 17.5%, Dark 4.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Puzzle 15.7%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 13.8%
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Conversation 20.4%, Puzzle 14%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Story Rich 10.8%
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.7%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Story Rich 15.1%, Atmospheric 12%, Visual Novel 11%
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Dystopian 16.1%, Story Rich 15.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%
Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 61.6%, Puzzle 15.8%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Atmospheric 5.3%
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.1%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, RPG 14.3%, Story Rich 13.6%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.1%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Story Rich 11.3%, Puzzle 10.5%
UNFORGOTTEN – a story-driven, non-linear visual novel, where you can immerse in the ethnic ambience of Northern myths and horrors. Can you solve the riddles of the past - without ever losing yourself in the present? Your fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Conversation 18.9%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Story Rich 14%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%
You've made a mistake trying to summon a beast from the depths. Explore a huge manor to solve your mess. Can you find the sacred grimoires before being consumed by the darkness?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.6%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Puzzle 6.9%, Dark 5.3%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Story Rich 20.8%, Atmospheric 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Conversation 18.3%, Dark 12.4%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Narrative 32.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Conversation 10.6%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Dystopian 8%
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: Choices Matter 16.7%, Story Rich 15%, Puzzle 14.2%, RPG 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 55.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Story Rich 9.5%, Simulation 7.1%, Choices Matter 5.9%
As Jack Argyle, you are tasked with restoring communication at the underwater ex-Aegis facility known as Phorcys Station. Be careful, or risk joining the spirits trapped inside.
Why similar: Sci-fi 44.3%, Story Rich 25.9%, Dark 16.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%
An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.3%, Conversation 19.2%, Story Rich 16.2%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
Why similar: Survival 37.6%, Choices Matter 29.2%, Atmospheric 20%, Simulation 13.2%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Puzzle 20.2%, RPG 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Atmospheric 14.6%
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
Why similar: Narrative 33.8% ★, Story Rich 21.9%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Atmospheric 20%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Welcome [EMPLOYEE] to your new job protecting Deep Sea Cables from creatures of the deep. We're not liable for loss of limbs, sanity, or life while on the job. Don't forget to keep your desk clean and your eyes on those cameras!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 71.6%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Simulation 10.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Conversation 33.8%, Multiple Endings 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Dark 8.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Dystopian 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Story Rich 10.9%
