Games Like The Complex

Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.

Why similar: FMV 48% ★, Choices Matter 16.3%, Movie 12.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Multiple Endings 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This high-production FMV crime thriller offers a similar cinematic experience with a branching narrative that reacts dynamically to your choices.

The Bunker is an award-winning interactive psychological horror movie. You are John, born underground the day the bombs fell, now alone and trying to survive. But when an alarm goes off, a catastrophic chain of events begins. Unlock the dark secrets of your past as you try to escape The Bunker.

Why similar: FMV 57.8% ★, Movie 20.3% ★, Adventure 8.2%, Story Rich 4.4%, Thriller 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like The Complex, this game features a claustrophobic, high-stakes sci-fi setting filmed with real actors in a realistic environment.

She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.

Why similar: FMV 40.8% ★, Movie 17.7% ★, Choices Matter 16.5%, Mature 4.5%, Adventure 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This intense FMV thriller shares the same focus on rapid-fire decision-making and multiple endings based on your actions.

Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

Why similar: FMV 50% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Thriller 6.6%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural thriller filmed entirely during lockdown, it mirrors the remote, high-pressure atmosphere found in The Complex.

Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.

Why similar: FMV 48.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Thriller 5.4%, Female Protagonist 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This cinematic interactive drama features high-quality production values and a deep, branching mystery that keeps the player engaged.

YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

Why similar: FMV 57.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Choices Matter 9%, Adventure 5.1%, Story Rich 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This FMV mystery requires careful questioning and decision-making to uncover the truth, much like the investigative elements in The Complex.

Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!

Why similar: FMV 51.9% ★, Choices Matter 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Adventure 5.8%, Mystery 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi FMV game featuring a time-loop mechanic that forces players to experiment with different choices to survive.

The Shapeshifting Detective is a supernatural murder mystery FMV game where you play as a detective who can shapeshift into other characters, allowing you to unlock secret conversations and private encounters.

Why similar: FMV 65.6% ★, Choices Matter 11.1%, Sexual Content 7.3%, Adventure 6.9%, Nudity 4%

Why You'll Like It: This FMV mystery game emphasizes player choice and character interaction, providing a similar investigative feel.

After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.

Why similar: FMV 46.1% ★, Choices Matter 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Female Protagonist 4.6%, Adventure 4%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that uses FMV to tell a branching story where your choices directly impact the protagonist's fate.

Bloodshore is an interactive action movie about a televised battle royale between high-profile streamers, entertainers and death row inmates. You control the fate of Nick, a washed-up actor who fights for a life-changing cash prize.

Why similar: FMV 55.7% ★, Choices Matter 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 8%, Adventure 6.5%, Multiple Endings 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This action-heavy FMV title focuses on survival and high-stakes decision-making in a reality TV setting.

Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

Why similar: FMV 68.1% ★, Choices Matter 11.2%, Adventure 5.2%, Mystery 4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, multi-era mystery that uses high-quality FMV to present clues and narrative branches to the player.

Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?

Why similar: FMV 50% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Thriller 4.8%, Adventure 4%

Why You'll Like It: This FMV mystery features a deep, lore-rich narrative where your choices determine which of the many endings you reach.

A live-action, interactive action movie following Mia, a plucky barmaid whose life is thrown into chaos when a mysterious woman turns up at her workplace, on the run from a group of violent thugs and unable to speak English.

Why similar: FMV 47.3% ★, Choices Matter 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Adventure 5.5%, Multiple Endings 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented FMV game that features branching paths and a cinematic style similar to The Complex.

Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.

Why similar: FMV 52.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Thriller 5.5%, Multiple Endings 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This FMV adventure features a unique, supernatural mystery with a heavy emphasis on character-driven choices.

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

Why similar: FMV 50.5% ★, Choices Matter 14.5%, Thriller 7.7%, Multiple Endings 5.3%, Horror 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: While it uses a found-phone interface, it delivers a high-stakes, suspenseful narrative that feels very similar to an interactive movie.

Five Dates is an interactive rom-com about the unpredictable world of digital dating. With five potential female matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connection is still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option.

Why similar: FMV 45.5% ★, Choices Matter 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Sexual Content 9.1%, Nudity 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same team behind The Complex, this game uses the same FMV engine to explore branching relationship dynamics.

Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.

Why similar: FMV 50.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 5.3%, Story Rich 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A gripping FMV thriller that focuses on escaping a restrictive environment through critical decision-making.

An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

Why similar: FMV 55.8% ★, Choices Matter 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.6%, Adventure 5.9%, Multiple Endings 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced FMV mystery that relies on dialogue choices and deduction to solve a family-centric crime.

Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.

Why similar: Choices Matter 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Sexual Content 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Thriller 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pioneer in cinematic, choice-driven storytelling that shares the same tension and multiple-ending structure as The Complex.

Last Stop is a single-player third-person adventure set in present day London, where you play as three separate characters whose worlds collide in the midst of a supernatural crisis.

Why similar: Adventure 35.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Story Rich 13%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Thriller 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven adventure that blends sci-fi elements with cinematic storytelling and meaningful player choices.

Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Why similar: FMV 54.5% ★, Movie 18.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Mystery 4.3%, Adventure 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic FMV detective game that challenges you to find inconsistencies in testimony, mirroring the investigative tension of The Complex.

The Insider is an interactive film where a viewer’s choices decide how the story goes. It has five different endings and her fate depends entirely on your choice.

Why similar: FMV 54.1% ★, Adventure 25.3%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 3.5%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A suspenseful FMV experience that focuses on uncovering secrets through interactive dialogue and choices.

When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?

Why similar: Choices Matter 24.8%, Sexual Content 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Horror 9.9%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Despite being a visual novel, its branching narrative and focus on character survival make it a strong thematic match.

This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.7%, Sexual Content 19.1%, Thriller 18.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological thriller that explores memory and investigation, offering a deep, atmospheric experience.

A ridiculous live-action B-movie adventure you will never forget! You wake up to find your town in chaos. Everyone has gone crazy and is just attacking each other! A cryptic message is the secret to survival-- Press X to not die!

Why similar: FMV 71.9% ★, Nudity 10%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Mature 3.3%, Sexual Content 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A campy but fun FMV action game that emphasizes quick-time events and branching paths.

At Dead Of Night is part horror film, part horror game and part ghost hunt. It blends live-action and graphics to create a unique immersive horror experience like no other.

Why similar: FMV 72.5% ★, Horror 8%, Mystery 6.2%, Story Rich 6.2%, Cinematic 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends FMV with 3D exploration to create a terrifying and immersive survival experience.

You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

Why similar: FMV 50.3% ★, Choices Matter 17%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Female Protagonist 4.9%, Story Rich 4.2%

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: FMV 62.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Female Protagonist 6%, Story Rich 5.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive FMV investigation game that challenges you to uncover a mystery by navigating a database of video clips.

An FMV horror-thriller. A famous fitness influencer must fight for survival when she's hunted by killers. Your decisions determine whether she lives or dies.

Why similar: FMV 44.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Adventure 9.5%, Thriller 5.8%

Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.

Why similar: FMV 49.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Multiple Endings 5.3%, Adventure 4.2%

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: FMV 58% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Thriller 10.3%, Adventure 6.2%, Mystery 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, investigative FMV game that tasks you with piecing together a complex story through video clips.

In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?

Why similar: FMV 54% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Sexual Content 6.4%, Multiple Endings 4.2%

Deathtrap Dungeon is an interactive video realisation of Ian Livingstone's multi-million selling classic gamebook starring Eddie Marsan (Fast & Furious presents Hobbes & Shaw, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde) as narrator.

Why similar: FMV 74.5% ★, Adventure 25.5%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV adaptation of the classic gamebook that relies entirely on player choices to navigate dangerous encounters.

An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. 'The Gallery' contains two interactive narratives - set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).

Why similar: FMV 48.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 4.4%, Thriller 4.4%

17 Ways Not to Die is a movie, first and foremost. A movie in which you can influence what happens on the screen. There are 17 endings, or not endings, or not 17, I don’t know. I don’t care.

Why similar: FMV 48.6% ★, Choices Matter 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Thriller 7.3%, Cinematic 3.4%

Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Horror 31.9%, Adventure 21.4%, Mystery 20.3%, Story Rich 14.2%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

FIRSTDATE: LATE TO DATE is a romantic-comedy interactive cinematic (FMV) game in which the audience determines the progress of the movie with the options that appear every minute.

Why similar: FMV 52.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Choices Matter 5.8%, Cinematic 4.2%

Yuman’s, the player, once solitary home and routine are now invaded by five beautiful women! Each has her unique charm – the 'childhood friend of 20 years,' the 'first love and former idol,' the 'demanding boss,' the 'bold younger girl,' and the 'shy recluse.' Who will you choose?

Why similar: FMV 49.2% ★, Sexual Content 22%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%, Multiple Endings 3.4%

Lust Night💋 invites you to step into a mysterious world, blending elements of horror and romance in this captivating adult visual novel. A group of friends finds themselves trapped in a cursed house, then murder comes onto the scene and a game for their lives begins!

Why similar: FMV 41.8% ★, Choices Matter 12.8%, Sexual Content 12.5%, Nudity 9.5%, Mature 6.4%

Learn the mysteries of Cockwork Industries and romance its steaming-hot employees in this erotic adventure game - a thrilling tale of sex, science, deception and panda plushies!

Why similar: Sexual Content 23.6%, Nudity 17%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Mature 11.4%, Adventure 8%

Zero End is a paranormal mystery adult Visual Novel with horror elements where you try to find the truth behind the sinister happenings at Altham Academy.

Why similar: Sexual Content 36%, Nudity 17.5%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Adventure 8.4%, Mystery 7%

Sophie: The Girl from the Zone is a choice-based adult Visual Novel. What if your world was nothing more than a hallucination? What if you were simply insane? In that case, how could you know what is real? And you, are you really who you think you are?

Why similar: Sexual Content 20.9%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Nudity 15.3%, Mature 10%, Adventure 7.5%

When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?

Why similar: Adventure 20%, Horror 19.2%, Story Rich 18.3%, Mystery 16.2%, Cinematic 14.3%

A post-apocalyptic, adults only Visual Novel, where you and your choices will shape the future of humanity and those around you. Engage in meaningful relationships with the characters or bring them to depravity.

Why similar: Sexual Content 24.1%, Choices Matter 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Mature 10.1%, Adventure 7.3%

Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Thriller 18%, Adventure 15.6%, Sci-fi 11%, Cinematic 10.3%

You are about to enter a fantasy quite unlike anything you've ever seen or felt before - a fantasy built from the stuff of your very own mind. Tender Loving Care is not just a finely crafted suspense story; it's an exploration into your innermost perceptions, opinions, and attitudes.

Why similar: FMV 76% ★, Sexual Content 9.1%, Adventure 8.9%, Nudity 6%

1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.

Why similar: Thriller 27.2%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Story Rich 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Sci-fi 11%

A night of urban exploration goes wrong for Explorer X as he finds himself trapped in an abandoned shopping mall facing off against security guards and a giant hungry spider. You make the choices in this live action bodycam FMV game. Escape the mall or die trying!

Why similar: FMV 67% ★, Choices Matter 14.3%, Adventure 7.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.2%, Cinematic 3.1%

A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Adventure 22.6%, Mature 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Story Rich 8.9%

Ten Dates is the sequel to the interactive rom-com, Five Dates. Misha, a millennial from London in search of that elusive in-person connection, tricks her best friend Ryan into going to a speed dating event with her.

Why similar: FMV 49.6% ★, Choices Matter 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Adventure 5.1%, Multiple Endings 5.1%

Lured by an online lover, you're trapped in a scam compound—a true hell where compassion kills and greed consumes. Will you burn this abyss down or be its guiding light? Rule with beauty or betray for life? Your choices decide all: between life and death, heaven and hell.

Why similar: FMV 64.2% ★, Thriller 8.7%, Interactive Fiction 7%, Cinematic 5%, Mystery 4.1%

Play as a ghost and influence women in the house in order to get sexual pleasures from them and achieve your goals by manipulating both the environment as well as their mind.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Sexual Content 17.2%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Nudity 12.6%, Adventure 8.8%

Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.

Why similar: FMV 54.8% ★, Adventure 7.8%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%, Sexual Content 6.4%

"The Joker's Game" is an FMV crime battle royale. Jack, drowning in debt, joins a lethal game. Critical choices, even small ones, shape outcomes. Outwit rivals, uncover truths, or perish? Every move decides survival... or the deadly prize.

Why similar: FMV 55.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Thriller 6.8%, Multiple Endings 4.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 4.2%

Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.

Why similar: Choices Matter 25.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Horror 10.6%, Mystery 10.2%

This game features no specific hero. You, as the player, can decide who makes it out alive. Your actions determine the outcome of the game. In total there are 9 playable characters and more than 50 different paths.

Why similar: Choices Matter 16.9%, Sexual Content 14.5%, Nudity 10.9%, Adventure 9%, Multiple Endings 9%

A sensual visual novel where a shy girl helps her erotic-writer friend craft steamy stories — while craving her herself.

Why similar: FMV 41.8% ★, Sexual Content 14%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Nudity 7.4%, Mature 6.7%

Dreams of Desire: Definitive Edition is an Adult Visual Novel about power, corruption and mystery where your choices really matter until the very end. What you will find is steaming hot sex with a variety of stunning women, loveable characters, multiple endings and an intriguing story.

Why similar: Sexual Content 37.6%, Nudity 23.5%, Mature 14.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Multiple Endings 3.4%

There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.

Why similar: Choices Matter 27.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Thriller 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Female Protagonist 8.4%

"Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.

Why similar: FMV 56.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Multiple Endings 5.5%, Adventure 5.2%, Story Rich 4.9%