- #1 Give up the Ghost
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Either/Or Collective
Windows · Mac
Become the Overseer, unravel an apocalyptic conspiracy, and attempt to heal the wound at the heart of the world.
Why similar: Investigation 15.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #2 Beasts Of Merit
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beasts Of Merit
Windows
In this non-linear dystopian adventure, your goal is to hunt down dissidents standing in the way of a brighter future. Interrogate your fellow citizens, gain evidence of dissent, reveal their motives, and decide their fates. Support the system or use your position to dismantle it, brick by brick.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Mystery 11.7%, RPG 9.1%
- #3 TOBOR
96% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Cogoo
Windows · Mac
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: Dystopian 16.8%, Investigation 10.9%, Psychological 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #4 The Colour Beyond: A Zeroth Kind
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infigo Games
Windows
After foreseeing your own death, an unknown colour grants you ten more days to live and the power of Mind-Intrusion. Investigate mysteries and intrude into the minds of locals. When the ten days are up, will you hold on to your sanity and humanity, or become a living mutation?
Why similar: Investigation 19.5%, Mystery 18.4%, Story Rich 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 8%
- #5 Station 21
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daze Gallery
Windows
What traps us is not time, but our faith in it.
Why similar: Story Rich 12.6%, Investigation 12.4%, Mystery 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #6 We Stay Behind
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Backwoods EntertainmentPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
We Stay Behind is a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality. A comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. Interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.
Why similar: Mystery 13.2%, Investigation 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
- #7 Nocturne for Cyl-Hestia
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spore and Sorcery
Windows · Mac
Play as a memorialist and investigate a dystopian city in this 3D adventure game. Collect memories, unlock visions, hack encrypted data, and expose the truth in the face of a regime that manipulates memory.
Why similar: Dystopian 25.7%, Investigation 18.3%, Mystery 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Exploration 6.7%
- #8 The Unleaving
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: largeland
Windows · Mac
The Unleaving is a Chinese folk-horror Cthulhu RPG. As a member of a paranormal investigation group, venture into rural ghost stories and uncover the truth through dialogue, skill checks, and a little dice luck. Many stories, occupations, endings—some answers lie beyond knowing. They never left.
Why similar: Mystery 16.3%, RPG 15%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Investigation 14.1%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #9 Uraz the Journalist
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balarısı Games
Windows · Mac
Every headline has a cost. Decide what the city sees — and watch what it turns you into.
Why similar: Dystopian 23.4%, Psychological 15.9%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Story Rich 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #10 Omnisight
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yahont Games
Windows
In "Omnisight" you decide what people will believe. Theories, relationships with colleagues, and secrets are just tools at your disposal. You change reality and transform yourself along with it. But are you ready to accept the consequences?
Why similar: Dystopian 16.2%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological 12.9%, Story Rich 12.6%
- #11 System Says Normal
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KovalGames
Windows · Mac
You were hired to watch. Not to ask questions. Night shift. Corporate building. Cameras, reports, anomalies. Your predecessor left no final report. Now you're going to find out why. Please proceed.
Why similar: Dystopian 17.1%, Psychological 14.1%, Investigation 12.3%, Mystery 11.7%, Choices Matter 11%
- #12 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
89% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 10.4%, Investigation 10.3%, Mystery 9.6%
- #13 Pitch Black: A Dusklight Story - Episode One
90% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Purple JamPub: Purple Jam Ltd
Windows · Mac
A narrative driven exploration game. Close your eyes and listen. Uncover. Choose. Fight. All within the dark and eccentric sound world of Pitch Black. The light will know.
Why similar: Dystopian 17.5%, Mystery 13%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Investigation 9.9%, Psychological 9.5%
- #14 Good Children Say Grace
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Denis MorozovPub: Denis Morozov Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
My parents sacrificed an orphan to the red egg. She came back home that night. How will the two of us survive the hunger? Good Children Say Grace.
Why similar: Dystopian 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Mystery 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Psychological 10.1%
- #15 THE FATUM
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DreamLift Studios
Windows
The Fatum — a test of your deduction in a world of total control. Interrogate, inspect, pass a verdict. Compare visual details, analyze dossiers, and converse with residents. Your decisions write the finale — be prepared for the consequences.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.6%, Investigation 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%
- #16 Marginalia
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Worn Spine Studio
Windows
Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Story Rich 15%, Psychological 12.6%, Mystery 10.8%
- #17 WOODROT
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Midnight Token
Windows
You're the maintenance man for an apartment complex that has mysteriously been transported to the middle of the ocean. Woodrot is a surreal adventure game about getting to know your neighbors who all seem to blame themselves for their recent relocation.
Why similar: Psychological 16.5%, Mystery 13%, Story Rich 10%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Investigation 8.3%
- #18 Kindred [Subject 6244]
85% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this eerie, horror visual novel, you are confined in a room with a monster. How will you fare against petrifying odds? Will you be able to work your way into the mind of an indecipherable beast, or will you be added to the casualty count? A word of advice: Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Dystopian 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Psychological 10.8%, Mystery 10.1%
- #19 STAMPED
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GrazuleX
Windows · Mac · Linux
NEXUS CORP, sub-basement 7-A. Stamp the forms. Ask nothing. Since 1952, forty-six clerks have vanished at this desk - you are the forty-seventh. Cross-check every claim on your terminal, rule APPROVED or REJECTED, and try not to wonder what the paperwork is really sealing.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.2%, Investigation 16.8%, Mystery 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #20 Timeseeker: Hands of Fate
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Quantum Cat
Windows · Linux
You have the cursed power of seeing when everyone around you will die. In a crumbling post-Soviet town full of secrets, every choice to save someone costs you something. A dark pixel art RPG where a simple act of compassion may have a price - how much are you willing to pay?
Why similar: Mystery 17.1%, Psychological 14.7%, RPG 14.3%, Dystopian 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #21 Sodahazard: Taste Test
82% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Mechadusto
Windows
A struggling content creator goes toe-to-toe with conspiracy and catastrophe in this short, narrative RPG. Adventure to the world of the Soda Kingdom, a plastic paradise that values the brand above all else!
Why similar: Dystopian 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Investigation 11%, RPG 10.8%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #22 Fragments
84% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: codapill
Windows · Mac
Evan faces a frustrating battle with his conscience. It's one he cannot afford to lose, or he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Under intense scrutiny and questioning from two savvy detectives, how will he fare? That, is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Psychological 16%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%
- #23 Midnight Therapy
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
A fake therapist loses her magic and must face real patients with nothing but words. Manage appointments, money, and emotional collapse in a narrative RPG about lies, deduction, and cognitive dissonance. Are lies your weapon... or your redemption?
Why similar: Psychological 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 9.6%
- #24 Whispers of Elysium
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Omnitale
Windows
A former friend needs you to rescue him from an abandoned research station on Mars. Explore the station, engage in interactive dialogues and solve mysteries. What will await you?
Why similar: Dystopian 16.6%, Mystery 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #25 Yunashi no Yume
80% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: The Yunashi Archive
Windows
A fractured dream of a girl who tried to make something beautiful, and was silenced before she could finish it. Now, her voice resurfaces. A quiet story of memory, loss, and reclaimed authorship - told through fragmented exploration and stark, fragile spaces.
Why similar: Dystopian 19.7%, Mystery 14.1%, Robots 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 8%
- #26 Strix and Scholar
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TJ Hoarfrost
Windows
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
- #27 Avatar Zero
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AnylightPub: Anvil Studio
Windows
Avatar Zero is a text-based interactive narrative centered around “choice.” Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, you become the subject of a secret experiment. Your entire gameplay consists solely of sequential binary choices. Through continuous choices, you will uncover the truth behind the experiment.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Dystopian 18.2%, Psychological 10.5%, Adventure 9.1%
- #28 Artificial Instincts
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, RPG 11%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%
- #29 The Fox, The Forest & The Darkness
78% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Will LeamonPub: 706Gaming
Windows
Alone in the park as The Darkness rises, Zak begins his descent. The Fox, The Forest and The Darkness is a narrative based game centered on that moment in life when we begin to build our own reality. Zak is confused, scared and angry like most 14 year olds, but he's determined to make it count.
Why similar: Mystery 20.6%, Psychological 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Story Rich 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #30 MOONY:Black_Lotus
77% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Icegrim Softworks
Windows
In a world of corrupted memories, you traverse the remains of a once flourishing city. Shadows flicker around you and metallic echoes pulse through your mind. Search for your father's legacy to regain your forgotten past. But beware! Each step takes you deeper into a waking nightmare.
Why similar: Dystopian 28.6%, Mystery 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Story Rich 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #31 Columbus
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZHANG CHUNNING
Windows
Columbus》 is a dark fantasy visual novel with dual male leads. Play as Weaponzzie, a nameless weapon trapped in a wealthy estate. Dialogue choices drive a branching story to 10 endings—tenderness, ruin, freedom, or downfall. Your bond with the young master is defined by you.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.2%, Dystopian 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Psychological 11.5%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #32 The Cloudvale Protocol
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antidawn Studio
Windows
A story-rich, tabletop-inspired game about hope for a better future, the power to shape it, and the hard choices that follow. Save a wounded utopia built to benefit all, while trying to keep a stranded boy alive. As the stakes rise, your choices will decide the fate of more than one world.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Story Rich 11.4%, RPG 10.6%, Mystery 9.9%
- #33 I hope she's ok
79% matchPositive85% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: inkakamu
Windows
“I hope she’s ok” is a single-player first-person atmospheric mystery inspired by Nordic folklore. Set around a beautiful lakeside cabin in the heart of Finland during the midsummer solstice, the idyllic scene takes a turn for the worse when you discover that your friend is missing.
Why similar: Mystery 15.7%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Psychological 11.4%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #34 Kamilia
74% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Mystery 18.1%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Investigation 14.2%, Story Rich 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #35 A Study in Blue
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Relate Games
Windows
Play as Kenneth, a private detective, and Blue, a runaway searching for answers. Explore the megacity of Republica in a semi-open world, solve criminal cases, make decisive moral choices, and uncover the truth behind Blue’s past.
Why similar: Dystopian 17.6%, Investigation 14.6%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 12.7%
- #36 Greed and Fear and the Rest
76% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are ready to say goodbye to life, but are you prepared to face your life's truth? Navigate a grad student's life between greed and fear in his final 6 hours (and beyond) in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Psychological 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Mystery 11.1%
- #37 Kindred [High Tide]
73% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Investigation 17.6%, Mystery 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 13%, Psychological 9.7%
- #38 Everlasting Snooze
75% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Psychological 12.8%, Mystery 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%
- #39 Prism: Master Tape
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: XuRongzhi0x0Pub: 0x0 Game Studio
Windows
This is a dystopian soft sci-fi game. One day, you and your family received a flyer from the community to watch a movie for free. Your family has already set off, and you arrived later – but you find out that they are not there. After that, you discover the untold secrets of the medium of "video".
Why similar: Dystopian 23.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Psychological 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #40 The Last Reunion
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 제이게임즈
Windows
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Mystery 17.1%, Investigation 14.9%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #41 Vivian Wade: Danger Down The Aisle
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Michelley Studio
Windows
The night before the wedding, the altar burns down and the wedding planner is injured. The family blames a curse, but she suspects foul play. Play as a college student who goes undercover as her replacement. Can you solve the mystery before the wedding?
Why similar: Mystery 22.7%, Investigation 21.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Story Rich 11.3%, Exploration 9%
- #42 The Wreck
73% matchVery Positive88% of 283 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.9%, Mystery 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological 11%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #43 Willow's Paper House
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blooming Bats Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark fairytale point-and-click adventure game that follows 13-year-old Willow as she tries to escape a living hospital made of memories while searching for her lost brother.
Why similar: Mystery 20.9%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Story Rich 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Exploration 8.9%
- #44 An Aisling
72% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Club Cotton Games
Windows · Linux
An Aisling is an adventure game focused on exploration, story and character. Make friends or enemies as you try to uncover why kids are disappearing on the island of Rashinmore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Investigation 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Mystery 13%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #45 Witch's Last Curse
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Granitefire Games
Windows
In a village slowly being consumed by a supernatural curse, you are a witch’s apprentice charged with breaking it. Explore the town, uncover forbidden ingredients, earn the trust of its troubled inhabitants, and complete the ritual before the thorns claim everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Story Rich 13.2%, RPG 13.1%, Investigation 11.2%
- #46 Trips'n'Traps - A Vicious Odyssey
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Vagabundo
Windows
Join Rat Girl on a gloriously unhinged adventure. Explore a hand-painted world filled with bizarre creatures and unforgettable characters. Solve creative puzzles, make choices that shape your journey, and discover an irreverent story full of dark humor about rebellion and identity.
Why similar: Dystopian 23.4%, Investigation 13.4%, Mystery 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #47 The Restricted Index
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ursa Minus
Windows
You are Britain’s last librarian. Investigate a world of censorship and secrets in this first-person mystery puzzle game. Analyse clues, deduce which books each patron needs, uncover forbidden stories and decide what knowledge survives.
Why similar: Dystopian 25.7%, Mystery 16.6%, Investigation 15.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 7%
- #48 Condition Unknown
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Bizibee Interactive
Windows
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Mystery 12.8%, Investigation 12.5%, Psychological 10.9%
- #49 RatScum
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eclair Games
Windows
Fallen into the sewer, a lone rat embarks on the long journey of returning home in an estranged, crumbling apartment. Navigate forgotten corners and unfamiliar spaces, befriend unlikely allies, and slip through dangers and shadows in the cracks of a broken world.
Why similar: Mystery 16.5%, Story Rich 14.4%, Investigation 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Psychological 12.6%
- #50 Imago Season
67% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Lunar FinchPub: Haunted Publishing Syndicate
Windows · Linux
A combat-less narrative RPG. Explore an alien city inhabited by human-insect hybrids. Roll dice, join a revolution, become a mutant yourself. The choices are yours, but so are the consequences.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.9%, Story Rich 13.7%, RPG 10.7%, Dystopian 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #51 Devi : A light in the dark
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
An evidence-based detective game set in rural India. Investigate your friend's disappearance by searching crime scenes, interrogating suspects, and presenting proof to break through lies. Race against time to expose a conspiracy before the 9:45 PM train leaves.
Why similar: Investigation 17%, Mystery 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Story Rich 10%
- #52 Eon of the Green: Area Delta (Prologue)
70% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: Drifted Matter
Windows · Mac
A secret scientific research on life’s final terrene days. Your consciousness serves as a vessel gathering information on a future period they dubbed Eon of the Green. Slowly but surely it takes hold of your mind and the only human factor is that colleague on the intercom.
Why similar: Dystopian 23.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Mystery 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #53 Proper Citizen
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zeroth Games
Windows
Enter randomized suburban simulations, complete unique objectives, and survive various stalkers as you struggle to obtain citizenship in the Sycronium. A psychological horror experience where you're always being watched.
Why similar: Dystopian 23.6%, Psychological 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Investigation 8.4%, Mystery 8.3%
- #54 Freedom Tower
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fire Trail
Windows
Roleplaying set in a dystopian universe inspired by early twentieth-century wars and Ukrainian folklore. You are Orest, and you might be the last hope of your occupied land. Establish the truths about the world getting drained of its energy, meet captivating characters, and make your land free.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.1%, Dystopian 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Story Rich 13.4%, RPG 10.6%
- #55 RHEM III SE
70% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Knut MüllerPub: Runesoft GmbH
Windows
In this third installment of the popular RHEM series of intricate pure-puzzle first-person adventure games, the adventures of brothers Kales and Zetais continue in the mysterious land of RHEM.
Why similar: Mystery 22.3%, Investigation 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Exploration 12.8%
- #56 Fursona Festival
68% matchVery Positive84% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: BubblegumDrgn
Windows · Mac
Wander into the carnival of a giant magical dragon lady, where nobody ever leaves unchanged! Answer an extensive list of questions disguised as mini games as you explore the carnival grounds to discover what animal spirit lives inside you.
Why similar: Psychological 15.1%, Investigation 14.4%, Mystery 13%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #57 Xochi's Apothecary
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Single Effect Studios
Windows · Mac
A deceptively cozy narrative game about an alchemist that immigrates to a new country and opens an apothecary. Get to know your weird and wonderful community, brew the potions your customers need, and use your words to stir up a country on the brink of change.
Why similar: Investigation 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choices Matter 17%, Mystery 12.5%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #58 Lost & Found
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShaggyBearGames
Windows
Lost & Found is an adventure-mystery game where you return townsfolk’s lost belongings & uncover personal stories behind each item. It features a hybrid animation style that blends 2D, 3D, pixel art, & more. Gather clues, investigate locals, & ensure every lost belonging ends up in the right hands.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.8%, Mystery 18.9%, Investigation 15.1%, Story Rich 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #59 MINE MEMORY
66% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 26.2%, Mystery 21.2%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #60 Vaulted Valor
65% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Vast Games
Windows
You are in a post-apocalyptic underground vault where every decision carries weight. As you embark on quests and unravel a deep, twisting story, your actions will permanently alter the lives of your fellow inhabitants.
Why similar: Dystopian 25%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Mystery 14.2%, Story Rich 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.1%