60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Atmospheric, Adventure, Story Rich, Singleplayer.
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.
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.
Verne: The Shape of Fantasy
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.
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 42.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%
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 38.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Dystopian 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.3%, Narrative 20.5% ★, Choices Matter 10.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%
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%, Dystopian 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
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: Dialogue Heavy 30.1%, Choices Matter 21.5%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Story Rich 13.8%
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 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Atmospheric 21.3%, Dark 16.1%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
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 55.1%, Choices Matter 18%, Story Rich 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Simulation 4.4%
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 27.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choices Matter 9%, Puzzle 8.9%
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 44.4%, Dark 33.1%, Simulation 17.9%, Singleplayer 4.6%
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.2%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Atmospheric 9.7%
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 54.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Visual Novel 6.8%
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 41.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
Beso's Shawarma is a short, narrative-driven horror game. A late-night call lures you on a surreal journey through empty streets to a sketchy shawarma shop. Talk to a cast of strange characters, make a terrifying choice, and try to escape a disjointed, looping nightmare.
Why similar: Narrative 28.5% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
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 26.7%, Puzzle 20.4%, RPG 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Atmospheric 14.2%
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 38.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Dystopian 9.5%, Puzzle 8.4%
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Choices Matter 10%, Sci-fi 7.7%
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 40.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%, Story Rich 9.4%
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 26.5%, Puzzle 23.7%, Atmospheric 23.6%, Story Rich 14.8%, Dark 8.7%
In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?
Why similar: Narrative 32.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, RPG 8.8%
"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 20.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Puzzle 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%
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 54.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Dark 3.8%
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 27.1%, Survival 24.3%, Story Rich 14.3%, Dark 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.2%
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.8%, Dystopian 16.5%, Puzzle 13.8%, Story Rich 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.1%
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 24.8%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Puzzle 16.1%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 13.6%
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 41%, Narrative 25.1% ★, Sci-fi 9%, Story Rich 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%
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 15.9%, Story Rich 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Dark 11.9%
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%
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 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Dystopian 11.1%, Story Rich 10.9%, Visual Novel 10%
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 32.3%, Puzzle 23.7%, Story Rich 19%, Atmospheric 13%, Simulation 10.4%
Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62%, Puzzle 15.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Atmospheric 5.1%
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 38.7% ★, Survival 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
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 33%, Narrative 22.3% ★, Atmospheric 16.4%, Story Rich 13.2%, RPG 8.9%
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 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
Every descent is a deadly gamble. DIVE or DIE in the cursed abyss, face Eldritch horrors to uncover the mystery of the black rain. Scavenge and upgrade, recruit and sacrifice. Save your camp... The Flood is coming.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 61.7%, Survival 18.5%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Dark 9.2%
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 36.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Dystopian 8.5%, Story Rich 8.4%
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 36.5% ★, Survival 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Story Rich 8.3%
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: Dialogue Heavy 28.7%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 13.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 10%
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: Narrative 29.6% ★, Choices Matter 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Story Rich 8.5%
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 80.4%, RPG 14%, Story Rich 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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 21.2%, Choices Matter 20.6%, Story Rich 15.7%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Choices Matter 22%, Story Rich 18.6%, Atmospheric 16.3%, Dark 12.2%
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: Dialogue Heavy 27%, Sci-fi 22%, Puzzle 18.6%, Story Rich 16.7%, Atmospheric 13.9%
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: Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Story Rich 14%, Interactive Fiction 12%, RPG 11.8%
A literary machination about corporations, conspiracies, and the unspeakable horrors you’ll commit for minimum wage.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Dystopian 12.8%, Story Rich 11%, Atmospheric 10.2%
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 45%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Atmospheric 27.4%
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Why similar: Sci-fi 26.4%, Choices Matter 18%, RPG 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Story Rich 12.5%
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 45.1%, Story Rich 17%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Puzzle 12.3%, Dark 8%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Narrative 24.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
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 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Dystopian 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
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: Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Story Rich 12%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.8%
Hearing Voices is a unique indie short horror experience where you will need to put your listening and deduction skills to the test to solve puzzles. Mistakes have consequences.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.9%, Atmospheric 24.8%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Story Rich 12.5%, Dark 11.2%
Quantum Suicide is a game of betrayal, deception and romance in the cold depths of space.
Why similar: Narrative 33.7% ★, Choices Matter 14.3%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Story Rich 11.4%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Loot, bribe, gamble, survive. The dice will be your savior or your downfall in this story-driven RPG. Every roll matters when trying to uncover cosmic horrors and outwit megacorps. Pray your next roll won’t be your last.
Why similar: Narrative 36.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 8%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Sci-fi 12%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.9%
A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Sci-fi 15%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Puzzle 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.3%, Sci-fi 28.6%, Puzzle 17.8%, Dark 4.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%
A claustrophobic first-person horror game about crawling through a dark, winding cave system in search of three missing divers.
Why similar: Atmospheric 41%, Multiple Endings 36.2%, Dark 17.4%, Singleplayer 5.3%
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%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%
