Games Like The Kids We Were

This is a dramatic deep social point&click adventure about tough childhood and self-sacrifice.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.6%, Adventure 25.7%, Drama 25.5%, Emotional 8.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%

A slice of life story-driven adventure game with a distinctive 3D pixel art. Embark on a journey and accompany Haruto Soraki, a high schooler, in his quest to find the memory he lost in an accident seven years ago.

Why similar: Voxel 78.1% ★, Adventure 8.2%, Story Rich 6.5%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.

Why similar: Emotional 53.5%, Story Rich 19.4%, Indie 13.6%, Adventure 11%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Where We Went is a narrative driven puzzle game. Step into the role of a mysterious character that can control ancient guardians to solve puzzles. Uncover the story behind your visit to the tomb and the reason for its existence!

Why similar: Emotional 42.2%, Adventure 32.3%, Story Rich 16.1%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%

First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.

Why similar: 1980s 40.4%, Emotional 30.1%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 5.3%

Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

Why similar: Emotional 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Story Rich 16.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%

A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?

Why similar: Adventure 31.2%, Indie 24.6%, Story Rich 24.6%, Emotional 16.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Rabbit Story is an adventure game that offers a unique play experience: simple in controls and appealing to feelings. Its dramatic plot tells the player about relationship breakup and struggles, doubts and fears related to it.

Why similar: Drama 41.1%, Adventure 28.1%, Indie 21.5%, Story Rich 9.3%

Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.

Why similar: Emotional 36%, Adventure 24.6%, Story Rich 18.3%, Indie 17%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Award-winning cinematic narrative adventure set in a hand-drawn world of living forgotten objects. Lead Fig and the crew of the Volare through a story of identity, unity, and survival—where diplomacy, difficult choices, and moments of action shape the fate of five divided tribes.

Why similar: Emotional 41.9%, Adventure 20.5%, Story Rich 17.5%, Indie 16.1%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.

Why similar: Emotional 43.8%, Adventure 29.4%, Story Rich 23.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%

One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.

Why similar: Adventure 28.7%, Story Rich 27.5%, Indie 26.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Singleplayer 6.5%

Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation. Play as Lucas, a former police officer, alongside a mysterious Shadow who can see the “past.” Remember—every choice you make will change the fate of countless characters!

Why similar: 1980s 43.3%, Emotional 25.4%, Adventure 15.7%, Story Rich 13%, Singleplayer 2.6%

The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.

Why similar: Emotional 72.4%, Story Rich 27.6%

An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

Why similar: Emotional 34.5%, Indie 16.4%, Story Rich 16.1%, Drama 15.6%, Adventure 14.8%

In the wake of catastrophe find the means to make your family whole again.

Why similar: Emotional 44.5%, Adventure 21.4%, Story Rich 17.5%, Indie 14.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Experience a swirling of emotions in this touching adventure through the lives of three characters of different ages. 10 Experiences, 30 Levels and more than 70 choices. Can you face yourself?

Why similar: Indie 100%

From the creators of Road 96 comes a groundbreaking solo narrative adventure where other players’ choices matter. Follow in your friends’ footsteps, face the consequences of their actions, and decide the fate of a plasticpunk world.

Why similar: Emotional 33.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Adventure 18.1%, Story Rich 15.2%, Singleplayer 3.7%

League of Enthusiastic Losers is a reflective adventure game about experiencing yourself, looking for happiness, self-care, and not giving up contrary to what others think. Immerse yourself in a slow-flowing but true story, of the nostalgic journey to the 90s.

Why similar: Adventure 34.3%, Emotional 30.8%, Indie 21.3%, Story Rich 9.3%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Embark on a surrealistic afterlife journey to discover the secrets of the broken and mysterious Plane of Memory in this cinematic adventure with a hint of stealth. Dive into a wonderful voxel world with an intense atmosphere and save the day!

Why similar: Voxel 72.3% ★, Emotional 13.7%, Adventure 6.6%, Story Rich 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%

My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.

Why similar: Emotional 36.3%, Adventure 23%, Story Rich 18.5%, Indie 17.4%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.

Why similar: Emotional 32.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.8%, Story Rich 21%, Adventure 17.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.

Why similar: Adventure 41.4%, Emotional 30.2%, Indie 15.4%, Story Rich 10.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%

The Space Between is a surreal short narrative experience in three acts about the walls we build for us.

Why similar: Drama 50.8%, Emotional 26.1%, Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 4.1%, Indie 2.8%

Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost family secrets in this touching formative journey.

Why similar: Emotional 46.6%, Adventure 21.4%, Story Rich 17.2%, Indie 10.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.

Why similar: Emotional 34.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.5%, Story Rich 16.9%, Adventure 14%, Singleplayer 3%

Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.

Why similar: Emotional 34.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Story Rich 17.8%, Adventure 15.7%, Singleplayer 4.3%

A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

Why similar: Emotional 51.9%, Indie 23.9%, Story Rich 19.4%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!

Why similar: Emotional 42%, Adventure 20.8%, Story Rich 17.1%, Indie 15.9%, Singleplayer 4.1%

A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.

Why similar: Drama 55.8%, Emotional 27.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Adventure 4.1%, Indie 1.4%

"Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.

Why similar: Emotional 34%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Adventure 14%, Indie 13.7%, Story Rich 13.2%

A first-person narrative adventure game, telling the story of a sick child playing a 2D platformer. Made in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity!

Why similar: Emotional 37%, Adventure 21.9%, Story Rich 17.9%, Indie 17.4%, Singleplayer 5.9%

Explore a woollen world where stuffed animals once lived in peace. Search for hidden secrets and customize your character with different animal shapes to solve puzzles. An epic adventure with two very unlikely heroes and a story narrated in rhyme.

Why similar: Adventure 41.2%, Indie 28%, Story Rich 24.7%, Singleplayer 6.1%

Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.

Why similar: Adventure 63.5%, Story Rich 20.3%, Indie 13.2%, Singleplayer 3%

Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.4%, Emotional 29.6%, Adventure 18%, Story Rich 17.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%

This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

Why similar: Emotional 38.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%, Story Rich 16.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Control the strings of fate and embark on a grand adventure with Drev and Nieve. A magical, story-driven 2.5D puzzle-platformer where puppeteering mechanics and a whimsical, theater-inspired world intertwine.

Why similar: Emotional 41%, Adventure 30.1%, Indie 22.7%, Singleplayer 6.2%

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.6%, Story Rich 24.6%, Adventure 24.6%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Frank and Drake is a modern gothic tale that puts players at the heart of a supernatural mystery through its non-linear branching paths, mini-games and puzzles, and unique rotoscoped art. Take your time, explore, and soak up every word.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.3%, Adventure 31.4%, Story Rich 21.3%, Indie 13%, Singleplayer 1.9%

A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.

Why similar: Emotional 36.1%, Story Rich 23.5%, Adventure 22.8%, Indie 12.9%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion.

Why similar: Emotional 46.3%, Adventure 27.3%, Story Rich 22.1%, Singleplayer 4.3%

It’s the new game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Why similar: Drama 50.5%, Adventure 22%, Indie 15.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%

It's You: A Breakup Story is a narrative-driven breakup game where it is them, not you, even when it doesn't feel that way. The game only has one ending; you decide how to get there.

Why similar: Drama 67.9%, Indie 18.7%, Story Rich 13.4%

An atmospheric exploration game set in a Dark Fantasy world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation and uncover it's forgotten past through a short nonlinear story with timeless retro graphics.

Why similar: Adventure 72.1%, Indie 16.2%, Story Rich 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.

Why similar: Adventure 44.1%, Story Rich 41.6%, Singleplayer 9.7%, Indie 4.5%

Alone With You is a bittersweet sci-fi adventure game that goes right for the heart. Escape a doomed space colony with the help of your troubled AI companion and four chatty holograms in this unique blend of adventure & visual novel storytelling.

Why similar: Adventure 45.6%, Indie 34.9%, Story Rich 15.8%, Singleplayer 3.6%

As an adaptation of the popular suspecse TV series, Cat's Cradle, this game combines investigation, solving puzzles and reasoning with original stories, which can build a more Immersive experience. Game will build new stories based on original setting and focus on the inner world of the character.

Why similar: Adventure 40.5%, Indie 30.4%, Story Rich 22.6%, Singleplayer 6.5%

Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.

Why similar: Drama 57.2%, Emotional 27%, Story Rich 12.5%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 1%

The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.

Why similar: Emotional 42.7%, Story Rich 19.4%, Adventure 17.5%, Indie 16.5%, Singleplayer 4%

Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.

Why similar: 1980s 57.3%, Adventure 14.5%, Emotional 10.1%, Indie 10%, Story Rich 5.5%

Explore a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.

Why similar: Adventure 48.8%, Indie 36.3%, Story Rich 14.9%

A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.

Why similar: Emotional 43.4%, Adventure 20.4%, Indie 16.3%, Story Rich 16.3%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.

Why similar: 1980s 52.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.4%, Adventure 19.1%, Singleplayer 4%

The House of Hikmah is a fully voice-acted, narrative-driven 3D adventure game exploring grief, legacy and the search for answers after profound loss. Solve puzzles, encounter historical scholars of the Islamic Golden Age, and uncover timeless lessons in a beautifully imagined House of Wisdom.

Why similar: Emotional 44.9%, Adventure 29%, Story Rich 22.4%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Blue Wednesday is a relaxing and lovely adventure game focused on story, music, and characters. Explore the city, meet various characters, and have conversations. Listen to their stories, play mini-games, collect music albums, and play music.

Why similar: Adventure 48.9%, Story Rich 41.9%, Singleplayer 9.3%

Blackwood Crossing is a story-driven first-person adventure game. An intriguing and emotive tale exploring the fragile relationship between orphaned siblings, Scarlett and Finn. When their paths cross with a mysterious figure, an ordinary train ride evolves into a magical story of life, love and loss.

Why similar: Adventure 50.8%, Indie 35.9%, Story Rich 13.3%

The Last Time features the narrative depth and emotional impact of a modern adventure title, delivered with the graphical style and game mechanics of a classic point-and-click. Play as Jack Glover, a frail old man who must come out of retirement to face his demons.

Why similar: Adventure 59.1%, Indie 40.9%

VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.

Why similar: Story Rich 34%, Adventure 29%, Indie 28.9%, Singleplayer 8.2%

As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.

Why similar: Drama 44.8%, Emotional 19.5%, Story Rich 12.3%, Adventure 11.9%, Indie 9%

Dull Grey is an award-winning visual novel about growing up. Experience an emotional story of a mother and son in a dystopian world, make simple but meaningful choices and discover multiple endings. Will you see your story unfold in full colour?

Why similar: Drama 51.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Story Rich 12.2%, Emotional 12.1%, Adventure 3.6%