60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Indie, Narrative, Story Rich.
A narrative desk simulation about bureaucracy and the people behind it. Ten days. Dozens of cases. Claimants file for benefits, you read the file, check the manual, and stamp the folder. Approve. Deny. Request more information. Your record will reflect your decisions
Jobsworth Weekly
Congratulations! During the latest parish council meeting we have unanimously agreed that you are to be editor-in-chief of our community newsletter "Jobsworth Weekly". Adhere to the publishing guidelines and make decisions with great consideration for the future of the village.
Ministry of Order
Inspect the parents’ medical record and match the newborn who can only be theirs — that is the day’s work in this 1920s dystopian puzzle. A fire burned the birth records, and the Ministry put you in charge of giving the children back. Your choice goes into the report.
Congratulations! During the latest parish council meeting we have unanimously agreed that you are to be editor-in-chief of our community newsletter "Jobsworth Weekly". Adhere to the publishing guidelines and make decisions with great consideration for the future of the village.
Why similar: Narrative 68.1% ★, Simulation 19%, Multiple Endings 5.9%, 2D 4.3%, Indie 1.7%
Inspect the parents’ medical record and match the newborn who can only be theirs — that is the day’s work in this 1920s dystopian puzzle. A fire burned the birth records, and the Ministry put you in charge of giving the children back. Your choice goes into the report.
Why similar: Narrative 25.3% ★, Investigation 17.2%, Simulation 16%, Dystopian 14.2%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
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: Narrative 45.1% ★, Investigation 25.3%, Dystopian 16.6%, Atmospheric 5.6%, Multiple Endings 5.2%
After Earth’s fall, only distorted data remains. Join GOD Corp and restore the past in a virtual space.
Why similar: Narrative 51% ★, Logic 23.4%, Dystopian 13.9%, 2D 4.6%, Visual Novel 4%
When the truth and business are at odds, money prevails. Shape the reality of others by curating which news are worth telling and which are worth altering.
Why similar: Narrative 57.7% ★, Simulation 20.4%, Text-Based 8.2%, Multiple Endings 8%, Visual Novel 5%
Investigate system failures, trace corrupted infrastructure, and keep the node alive before stability reaches zero. NODE ZERO is an interface-driven psychological horror game where something inside the system is learning how you work.
Why similar: Investigation 34.4%, Text-Based 19%, Simulation 14.5%, Artificial Intelligence 13.7%, Logic 7.4%
You play as Audrey, who has just inherited a mansion from an uncle she never met. Step inside and explore the mansion to unveil the story of what happened to your uncle Otto, his butler, and this kinda creepy place. 😬
Why similar: Narrative 52.3% ★, Investigation 38.7%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%
In a dark nation of crime and corruption, you're more than just a hotel worker. Inspect the people in front of you, catch their lies, and make decisions. Your boss expects the best. To survive in this ruthless world, doing what you're told is a MUST! But will you follow every order?
Why similar: Narrative 39.2% ★, Simulation 23.5%, Dystopian 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%
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: Narrative 43.7% ★, Investigation 22.8%, Dystopian 15.9%, Multiple Endings 6.3%, Atmospheric 6%
A text-based comedy life simulator about managing a fedora-clad neckbeard through anime, gaming, internet arguments, conventions, collectibles, and questionable decisions. Raise your stats, unlock collectibles, pursue multiple endings, and discover just how Fedorable life can become.
Why similar: Simulation 32.5%, Narrative 25.5% ★, Text-Based 23.2%, 2D 9.6%, Multiple Endings 5.4%
A darkened sky. A blazing fire. A wretched tombstone. And you, here at the end of everything. End of Garbage is a short, first-person puzzle game exploring the dark surreality of endings.
Why similar: Narrative 51.4% ★, Investigation 30.3%, Logic 10.3%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Indie 2%
Things were worse than ever in Banana Republic, a somber island country. While anarchists roamed the streets, corruption was running deeper due to economic crisis and rising crime rates. Bearing these burdens were "judges" who tried to make things right with honesty...
Why similar: Investigation 29.9%, Text-Based 20.9%, Simulation 17.1%, Dystopian 12.6%, 2D 8.1%
Take on the role of an F.T.I.D. inspector and uncover who truly belongs in the tales. Question characters, examine documents and appearances, find contradictions, and compare every detail with official records. At the end of each inspection, decide who is Original, Impostor, or Aberration.
Why similar: Simulation 30.3%, Investigation 28.6%, Dystopian 16%, Indie 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
A horror game with no monster. You operate an AI session console where every system reports HEALTHY - except your own authority. The AI never rebels. It confirms. It records. It files a handoff. And the file it opens is about you.
Why similar: Narrative 38.6% ★, Text-Based 23.6%, Simulation 18.1%, Artificial Intelligence 13.8%, Indie 4.6%
Just as you were about to lose all hope, you’ve found a job. It’s not exactly what you dreamed, but it pays the bills. You begin work and quickly learn the consequences of your actions.
Why similar: Narrative 44.9% ★, Simulation 17.5%, Dystopian 15.4%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Indie 5.2%
An audio restoration job becomes an investigation into the occult, as an elusive musician’s damaged cassette tapes are exhumed in northern Italy. Use a fully-operational desktop to sift through files, descending into the artist’s world in this slow-burning ghost tale of creativity and obsession.
Why similar: Narrative 44.6% ★, Investigation 23.2%, Simulation 13.2%, Text-Based 7.1%, Atmospheric 5.1%
A infinite library of randomness.
Why similar: Investigation 50.5%, Simulation 29.8%, Logic 15.8%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
一款以清末民初的上海为时代背景的社会派推理游戏。你在一台历史悬案核查终端前接手这项任务：为墙中无名遗骸重建家族谱系。翻阅泛黄的婚书、讣告与老照片，看清旧秩序崩塌之际每个人的选择与挣扎。
Why similar: Investigation 35%, Narrative 32.8% ★, Logic 20.5%, 2D 4.4%, Indie 4.1%
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 38.1%, Narrative 36.5% ★, Simulation 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8%, Atmospheric 4.5%
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.
Why similar: Narrative 57.1% ★, Text-Based 22.9%, Simulation 14.9%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Indie 0.7%
A modern-day narrative mystery where you explore a seemingly ordinary laptop to uncover hidden layers of conspiracy, surveillance, and stolen data, blending investigative gameplay with branching choices and a grounded tech-thriller tone.
Why similar: Narrative 44.2% ★, Investigation 17.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Dystopian 7.6%, Logic 7.3%
You are harassed at school, your friends are avoiding you, and you need to make sure your sister is safe from the dangers that surround you. Explore the life of Aaron growing up on Chicago's south side as you find out who to trust and how to stay safe.
Why similar: Narrative 52.3% ★, Simulation 31.8%, Indie 15.8%
A surreal satire mystery novel. In the apocalypse, many bizarre visitors of all shapes and sizes will seek shelter at your hotel, but BEWARE... Hidden among them are the deadly "Skinwalkers", who must be eliminated at all costs!
Why similar: Narrative 38.5% ★, Investigation 27.7%, Simulation 15.8%, Multiple Endings 6.9%, Visual Novel 6.3%
DOPROS is a dark, Orwellian interrogation experience. Will you break and give it all away, or will you try to get free? It's only up to you, but keep in mind, your every word may and will be used against you…
Why similar: Narrative 43.7% ★, Dystopian 15.1%, Investigation 15%, Simulation 11.5%, Visual Novel 7.6%
An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 50% ★, Visual Novel 10.5%, Dystopian 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Artificial Intelligence 7.6%
Limited time, clear reasoning! A mystery game to find out the truth about the murder of a university professor.
Why similar: Investigation 36.6%, Simulation 19.4%, Logic 16.1%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Visual Novel 7.6%
Become a pathologist in a sinister mansion filled with unsolved mysteries. Examine bodies and make decisions that alter the course of the investigation. Your choices shape multiple story endings in this narrative-driven psychological horror — where every secret could cost your sanity.
Why similar: Narrative 35.4% ★, Investigation 29.9%, Simulation 13.8%, 2D 8%, Atmospheric 6.3%
Life 2047: Escape Simulator is an atmospheric puzzle game set in a cyberpunk dystopia. The line is your path to freedom. Hack the system, evade surveillance, uncover hidden truths, and escape the loop where every day repeats. Are you a glitch — or salvation?
Why similar: Narrative 47.6% ★, Simulation 19.4%, Dystopian 14.8%, Artificial Intelligence 10.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Detective Bloodphobia is a black-and-white noir visual novel with point-and-click investigations and deduction gameplay.
Why similar: Logic 25.3%, Text-Based 20.7%, Narrative 15.6% ★, Investigation 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: Narrative 46.9% ★, Investigation 21.7%, Dystopian 13.6%, Text-Based 8.8%, Atmospheric 5.5%
Dungeons are just another day at the office — an urban fantasy Adventure about Elysia's dungeon bureau.
Why similar: Narrative 45.5% ★, Investigation 30.1%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, 2D 6.6%, Atmospheric 5.3%
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.
Why similar: Investigation 32%, Logic 20.1%, Text-Based 15.1%, Simulation 14%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
0 2 8 is a first-person inspection and management game set at a vertical passenger transit station. Serve a penal shift, inspect arriving train modules, manage limited holding space, and decide who goes up, who waits, and who is sent back down.
Why similar: Narrative 39.3% ★, Simulation 33.4%, Dystopian 23.4%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
A point-and-click mystery game set during the summer of 2000 in the mysterious landscapes of Okinawa. You play as Kami, a guardian angel tasked with guiding Haruki, a struggling journalist, as he delves into the baffling disappearance of a beloved actress.
Why similar: Narrative 55.7% ★, Investigation 29.5%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Atmospheric 5.4%, Indie 1.3%
Embark on a heartwarming journey as a home cleaning specialist.
Why similar: Narrative 65.6% ★, Simulation 19.6%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Visual Novel 5.8%, Indie 2.1%
A short mystery and psychological visual novel. Hook in to a state-of-the-art gaming machine capable of creating whole virtual experiences based on your imagination. But be careful, the other testers might be there with a different plan in mind.
Why similar: Narrative 53.6% ★, Text-Based 14.9%, 2D 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Investigation 36.3%, Text-Based 20.1%, Logic 14.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
Save the king and his kingdom! Don't let a cunning and unprincipled villain ascend the throne! You are the only one who can influence the course of history. Are you ready to accept the challenge?
Why similar: Narrative 35.3% ★, Investigation 27.6%, Logic 16.7%, 2D 7.1%, Visual Novel 7%
The Resentment is a psychological horror game that follows Lisa Parker through a traumatic event.
Why similar: Narrative 51.5% ★, Text-Based 20.9%, Simulation 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Visual Novel 6.7%
A short atmospheric sci-fi story told through text and ink-wash images, as New Zealand faces strange events beyond explanation.
Why similar: Narrative 52% ★, Text-Based 20.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%, 2D 5.2%
This is a tour of Vapor Music’s West Post Production Studio Location in Toronto, Canada.
Why similar: Investigation 53.7%, Simulation 44.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Thorns. Police never sleeps is a kinetic visual novel about an alternative future. After global warming, cities were separated by a giant ocean. Our story begins in one of these cities.
Why similar: Narrative 42.7% ★, Text-Based 21.7%, Dystopian 18.5%, Visual Novel 8.1%, Atmospheric 3.7%
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: Investigation 33.6%, Dystopian 19.3%, Text-Based 16.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%
A card shop management simulation game where you spot scalpers exploiting card games for profit. Build a beloved store as you choose whether to ban them or keep trading. Your choices may lead the story in unexpected directions.
Why similar: Investigation 36.6%, Simulation 34%, 2D 11.4%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Visual Novel 5.9%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Narrative 44.1% ★, Text-Based 19.6%, Simulation 10.8%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Visual Novel 7.5%
The Wandering Duelist is a single-player, narrative-driven adventure game that tells a story of love, conflict and reckless actions. The story takes place on a small and lively planet, where its residents carry on their daily activities that often pose dangers and obstacles for the player.
Why similar: Narrative 87.3% ★, Indie 6.5%, Atmospheric 5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
A deep and immersive narrative puzzle game.
Why similar: Investigation 67.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, 2D 12.2%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
A deceptively difficult deduction game about one very unfortunate family. Revisit their worst moments, form your own conclusions, and solve this silly yet challenging mystery.
Why similar: Narrative 42.4% ★, Investigation 35%, Logic 21.2%, 2D 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
A short narrative point-and-click about living with limited energy — and how even the smallest tasks can feel impossible.
Why similar: Narrative 62.3% ★, Simulation 25.2%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
DOT’S HOME is a single-player, 2D, narrative-driven video game that follows a young Black woman in Detroit living in her grandmother’s beloved home, as she travels through time to relive key moments in her family’s history where race, place, and home collide in difficult choices.
Why similar: Narrative 65.3% ★, Text-Based 16.2%, 2D 10.5%, Multiple Endings 4.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%
A game born from memes, featuring the “World’s Richest Person” sending you $50, a chaotic skewer vendor, and a quirky dog-shaped backpack. Dive into a whimsical yet heartfelt dating adventure full of unexpected twists and pure hilarity!
Why similar: Narrative 66.7% ★, Simulation 15%, Indie 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.6%, 2D 3.9%
You log on to a computer having no clue of what lies within. Explore its files, solve puzzles to recover missing pieces, and decipher passwords to enter otherwise prohibited folders. As you delve deeper into its content, you’ll find that there is a greater mystery to be solved.
Why similar: Narrative 32.4% ★, Simulation 24.3%, Text-Based 23.6%, 2D 10.2%, Indie 4.4%
This is a game similar to Exit 8. Use WASD to move. Use right-click and left-click to control.
Why similar: Simulation 52%, Investigation 37.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%, Singleplayer 3.3%
A narrative investigation game played across multiple sessions. Read corporate documents, cross-reference fragments, and build a persistent Dossier as an AI uncovering the conspiracy — and the murder — at the heart of the network it lives in. Knowledge is the only progression.
Why similar: Investigation 26.7%, Text-Based 16%, Artificial Intelligence 12.5%, Dystopian 11.8%, Simulation 9.8%
'Behind' is a narrative mystery adventure beyond simple deduction. Investigate every crime scene and piece together scattered clues. You will delve into the characters' complex emotions and hidden stories to reveal the ultimate truth, providing a deeply immersive experience.
Why similar: Logic 31.4%, Simulation 31.2%, Investigation 23.6%, 2D 7.5%, Multiple Endings 5.2%
Dive into a haunting mystery where you wake up half-blind and amnesiac, trapped in a time-looping nightmare. Uncover the truth through shifting 3D and 2D perspectives, where every revelation twists reality further.
Why similar: Narrative 52.1% ★, Investigation 15.9%, Simulation 15.2%, Multiple Endings 6.6%, Atmospheric 5.8%
You wanted to be an Alchemist and after several years studying you finally have your own business. Will you be able to stand out and become the real Alchemist? Mix ingredients, sell potions and find out the essences to grow your reputation in this game of deductions where each game is unique.
Why similar: Investigation 34.7%, Simulation 30.4%, Logic 21.8%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Indie 3.7%
This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life. Find out what they're struggling with, you might even recognize some things from your own life.
Why similar: Narrative 38.7% ★, Text-Based 22.8%, Simulation 12.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Visual Novel 6.8%
When the Sun fell, darkness covered the world. In the snowy wasteland, the town of Svargo thrived under its faint light. But the Sun did not go out. The small Sun sleeps atop a grim lighthouse. What happens when the Sun awakens, seeking a few days of simple childhood?
Why similar: Narrative 66.6% ★, Visual Novel 10.3%, 2D 10.3%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Multiple Endings 4.8%
You’re stuck inside an abandoned video game, haunted by its own digital decay. In oneway.exe, uncover the mystery of UNTITLED.exe, its three developers, and the evolving Internet eras that once shaped their love. How does your story end? How did it ever begin?
Why similar: Narrative 44.3% ★, Investigation 23.7%, Simulation 13.7%, Multiple Endings 8%, 2D 5.7%
