60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Adventure, Singleplayer, Walking Simulator.
An auto-biographical, narrative game, based on real diary entries kept as a teenager. The Quiet Things seeks to explore mental health issues with a raw but brave look at childhood abuse and trauma. With a deep focus on storytelling through audio, set foot in Alice’s world and hear her story.
That Dragon, Cancer
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.
I Don't Want To Be A Good Woman
A narrative walking experience through the real lives of women living under Islamic law in Iran. Their stories were never meant to be heard. Now you can walk through them.
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: Documentary 38.1% ★, Emotional 12.9%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Narration 10.8%, Story Rich 7.4%
A narrative walking experience through the real lives of women living under Islamic law in Iran. Their stories were never meant to be heard. Now you can walk through them.
Why similar: Documentary 42.9% ★, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Emotional 10.6%, Narration 7.5%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
Uniquely presented as an hour long documentary film, The Mind of Marlo is a narrative driven adventure game focusing on love, loss and silly heads. Laugh and cry with Marlo as he gets to the bottom of his life changing condition, known as Spontaneous Silly Head Syndrome.
Why similar: Documentary 55.1% ★, Point & Click 8.9%, Narrative 8.8% ★, Story Rich 6%, Walking Simulator 5.4%
Tiger Orchid is a streamer who has found herself trapped in the new release 'She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game'. Play along with Tiger as she enters a flat covered in comic book art. Who lives here? What's up with the creepy knitted birds? How do you get out? Will someone fix the toaster?
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.1%, Narration 11.6%, Emotional 8.8%, Mystery 7.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
Harold Fletcher has been grounded to his bedroom for over 30 years. Join award-winning journalist Nigel Wimble as he discovers how one man has coped with the boredom and loneliness in this one of a kind, FREE, documentary film simulator!
Why similar: Documentary 51.5% ★, Narrative 15.6% ★, Point & Click 7.5%, Psychological 6.5%, Drama 6.4%
After her passing, a grandmother’s home holds decades of untold memories. Step into a heartfelt narrative journey through objects, voice acting, and beautifully crafted environments.
Why similar: Narrative 24.3% ★, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Narration 13.8%, Emotional 10.4%, Drama 8.7%
A first-person exploration game based on the actual memories of a 92-year-old grandmother, told to players in her own voice. Take pictures of what remains of her abandoned childhood home to uncover the dark, traumatic events that she had to fight through as a teenage girl.
Why similar: Documentary 49.5% ★, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Narration 8.8%, Female Protagonist 6.3%, Drama 6.2%
What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.
Why similar: Narrative 18.2% ★, Emotional 16.6%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Drama 11%, Story Rich 8%
OPUS: Prism Peak is a narrative adventure where you play as a weary photographer stranded in the Dusklands, traveling with a girl who's lost her memories. Together, you'll uncover the mysteries of this land through your camera and find your way home.
Why similar: Narrative 14.6% ★, Soundtrack 14.3% ★, Walking Simulator 12.5%, Emotional 10.2%, Narration 8.3%
Valley of Shadow is a narrative puzzle game that tells a poignant true story of loss and grief through the discovery of real-life home videos and photographs. Harness mysterious abilities to solve puzzles and heal a broken family.
Why similar: Narrative 20.2% ★, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Narration 11.9%, Emotional 10.5%, 1990's 8.6%
Lost Brothers is a single-player first-person adventure, taking place in an abandoned mine. All you have is a walkie-talkie and a map. Explore a mysterious forest and a labyrinth of underground passages to rescue a mysterious lady.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Narration 17%, Emotional 16.7%, Drama 11.8%, First-Person 7.4%
Inner Ashes is a first person, narrative, puzzle adventure, where the player puts himself in Henry's shoes, a forest guard diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He has to travel through his mind to discover why his only daughter Enid disappeared from his life.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.3%, Emotional 12.8%, Narration 11.9%, Drama 9.7%, Psychological 7.8%
Follow Naina’s daily life as it slowly stops belonging to her alone. 🚪 An unseen presence watches 👁️, remembers 📝, and interferes 🕰️ as her sense of safety slowly collapses. 🌑 A deeply atmospheric psychological horror set in India, exploring obsession 💔, fear 😰, and emotional vulnerability.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15%, Narrative 12.8% ★, Narration 9.2%, Emotional 9.1%, Psychological 8.8%
Back Then is a first-person narrative game taking place in the mind of Thomas Eilian, an elderly writer diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Why similar: Soundtrack 14.4% ★, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Emotional 12.2%, Narration 11.8%, Psychological 8.6%
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: Walking Simulator 17.4%, Narration 12.5%, Emotional 11%, Drama 8.9%, Story Rich 8.5%
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.6%, Narrative 17.3% ★, LGBTQ+ 9%, Story Rich 5%, Female Protagonist 5%
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.3%, Emotional 12.7%, Narration 11.8%, Story Rich 8.6%, Mystery 7.8%
Spiral is a third-person narrative exploration game that shares a poetic vision of cognitive degeneration. Step into the shoes of Bernard as you help him and support him while braving his unravelling mind and reliving his most treasured moments.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 17.1%, Emotional 16.9%, Soundtrack 16.8% ★, Narration 16%, Story Rich 8.9%
In Broken Aperture, players explore Freya's emotional journey through beautifully crafted environments, solving puzzles to uncover hidden memories. This narrative-driven game delves into themes of grief, memory, and self-discovery,
Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.3%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Narrative 9.9% ★, Story Rich 9.4%, First-Person 8.4%
A Deep Rest is a collection of short stories about men and their relationship with mental health and depression. Taking control of a different character in each story, you will experience life from their perspective. See the problems and issues they face and help them find ways to be alright again.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Narration 12.4%, Drama 9.9%, Mystery 9.9%, Story Rich 9.8%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.9%, Story Rich 15.7%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Narration 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%
A narrative game about grief, memory, and perception. Explore a shifting home that reshapes itself around emotion. What you’re willing to face will determine what you find, or what stays hidden.
Why similar: Narrative 32.1% ★, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Psychological 11.6%, Emotional 10.4%, Story Rich 8.5%
Transit is a dark narrative adventure set in a looping world of midnight trains and traumatised souls. Guided by a sarcastic sock-puppet, you explore repeating routes, fractured memories, and the echoes of a lost sister.
Why similar: Narrative 23.9% ★, Walking Simulator 11.9%, Emotional 8.4%, Mystery 8.2%, Story Rich 8.2%
Hayley finds her apartment empty. The love of her life packed and gone. What starts as a search for an answer soon turns into a personal journey. Was her life as perfect as she remembers it ? With each new clue she finds, the truth becomes more and more unbelievable.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Mystery 9.4%, Story Rich 8%, Emotional 7.6%
Your memories are fracturing. Explore an evocative story of love and loss through shifting realities. Solve puzzles to hold on to the moments that define you before they vanish forever.
Why similar: Narrative 20.1% ★, Walking Simulator 18%, Emotional 17.3%, Psychological 12.4%, Story Rich 9.6%
A brief emotional experience lasting a few minutes, centered on the quiet weight of a kept promise. A narrative-driven tale with minimal mechanics.
Why similar: Narrative 21.5% ★, Drama 14.9%, Narration 12.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Emotional 9.2%
Imaginaria is both a night watch and the night watcher. It's a military term, supposedly coming from Latin, Imaginarius: relative to a mental figure. Perhaps because under Imaginaria duty the mind likes to wander too. Here in Antarctica we do them since the incident. And tonight I am Imaginaria.
Why similar: Documentary 59.3% ★, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Point & Click 7%, Story Rich 5.8%, Atmospheric 5.3%
A story-driven first-person experience about someone trying to hold onto the past. After the death of his best friend, he is forced to confront reality, which sends him into a spiral of emotions and regrets.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Narrative 20.3% ★, Narration 15.8%, Mystery 10.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.
Why similar: Narrative 22.2% ★, Emotional 12.5%, Soundtrack 12.4% ★, Psychological 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
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: Narrative 34.6% ★, Emotional 20.9%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Story Rich 9.2%, Psychological 6%
DEJAR IR is an intimate and sentimental game where the story is told through different works of art that evoke what we felt during the pandemic, culminating with one of the most beautiful feelings. What will it be? An adventure filled with emotions we experienced during the pandemic.
Why similar: Emotional 19.3%, Narration 18.1%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Walking Simulator 11.7%, Story Rich 10.3%
The Honours Project is an autobiographical walking simulator. Enjoy a narrative experience, adventuring through dream-like levels, solving an occasional puzzle and listening to the dark and sometimes comical dialogue that acts as a commentary about being a student and game development.
Why similar: Narrative 29.6% ★, Walking Simulator 19.9%, Narration 16.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Emotional 5.6%
Enter the world of Milly, a troubled tattoo artist who sets out to revive her dying neighborhood by collecting remaining stories through her art. Walk the streets of Nortown, witness the comes and goes of its people, and redefine the meaning behind each tattoo in this first person narrative game.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.4%, Story Rich 13.6%, Narrative 13.2% ★, Female Protagonist 12%, Atmospheric 10.1%
How did Crystal Dynamics reinvent Tomb Raider? The Final Hours of Tomb Raider is a digital book that takes you inside the studio during the four year development of this franchise reboot. Journalist Geoff Keighley chronicles the team’s journey, illustrating this 11,000 word story with never-before-seen art and videos from parts of the...
Why similar: Documentary 93.7% ★, Female Protagonist 6.3%
Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts is a brief and cozy narrative game that lets you explore a character via thoughts and momentos you find in stages of their life. Its an introspective game, meant to share some experiences a peer-group of neurodivergent queers, including the dev, had growing up.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Emotional 12.6%, Narration 11.3%, Drama 9%
A Pizza Delivery is a narrative exploration game with puzzle elements focused on connecting with people. Share pizza with charming characters to uncover their stories—and your own. Drive and explore a strange, meditative world filled with secrets.
Why similar: Narrative 25% ★, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Emotional 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Narration 8.7%
Wittengrad is no more is a surreal, narrative walking sim with horror elements. The city's foggy streets will lead you through the story of a single evening in Barnaba’s life. You will encounter the peculiar inhabitants of Wittengrad, though… does it even matter? After all, Wittengrad is gone.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Narrative 20.6% ★, Narration 12.1%, First-Person 8%, Drama 7.9%
Witness to Mass Incarceration is a narrative-driven interactive story based on my life in federal prison. It is a brutally honest portrayal of the lack of humanity, how our lives inside are at risk every day, and the place you are forced to go within yourself to survive.
Why similar: Emotional 19.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Point & Click 10.1%, Psychological 10%
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.2%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Narration 9.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Written over the past four years, journalist Geoff Keighley ("The Final Hours of Portal 2") chronicles the making of TITANFALL from Respawn Entertainment. This longform app features never-before-seen photos, video and concept art from early development versions of the game.
Why similar: Documentary 93.8% ★, Drama 3.1%, Story Rich 2.3%, Indie 0.7%
The Inspector is a first-person dreamlike adventure where you explore the coma of your patients, looking for memories that will wake them up.
Why similar: Narrative 23% ★, Walking Simulator 16.6%, Emotional 11.9%, Drama 8.9%, Mystery 8.7%
Play the incredible true story of T and her quest to uncover the truth about her parents’ work for the Danish Intelligence during the Cold War.
Why similar: Documentary 79.7% ★, Story Rich 9%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 5.2%
Vestige is a third‑person narrative adventure where you explore a mysterious island to piece together the fragments of a forgotten past. Discover buried memories and confront the emotions that shaped Paul’s life.
Why similar: Narration 19.2%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Story Rich 11%, Emotional 10.8%, Psychological 9.9%
"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Drama 14.6%, Narration 14.4%, Emotional 11%, Mystery 8.2%
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 15.2%, Emotional 13.3%, Narration 13%, Drama 10.1%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
An atmosphere-driven walking simulator where you explore familiar yet unsettling spaces, interact with fragmented conversations, and influence partial changes in the world through small actions, observation, and quiet choices that shape how the experience unfolds.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Emotional 17.4%, Narrative 16% ★, Psychological 11.5%, First-Person 8.6%
The End of the Sun: Prologue is a first-person, story-driven mystery adventure set in a Slavic fantasy world. As the ashter, a sage sorcerer gifted with the ability to travel in time, you come to a mysterious village where the line between myth and reality begins to fade perilously.
Why similar: Narrative 25.9% ★, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Narration 11.4%, Mystery 9.9%, Story Rich 7.9%
In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Japan and began a new life in Canada. Then war and state-sanctioned racism changed everything—he became the enemy. His grandson leads us on an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost.
Why similar: Documentary 48% ★, Narrative 22.4% ★, Emotional 10.5%, Narration 6.8%, Story Rich 6.5%
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Walking Simulator 16.5%, Psychological 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Story Rich 9.4%
Time is the only thing we can't resist. Some people and things will never be found once they are lost. In the dark, a man was walking alone. The moment when you turn back, don't forget the place where came from!
Why similar: Narrative 27.6% ★, Emotional 16%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Drama 10%, Psychological 8.5%
A short, atmospheric narrative adventure about fatherhood, memory, and healing. Explore a beautiful world, relive pivotal moments from a new father’s past, and see how they shape the parent he chooses to become.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Story Rich 12.7%, Mystery 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Narration 10.7%
A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Emotional 17.9%, Psychological 14.9%, Narration 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
A short, slow-paced, narrative-driven point-and-click game where you follow Filomena as she prepares her garden for a competition and awaits the arrival of her grandchild, Frida.
Why similar: Narrative 32.5% ★, Emotional 15.8%, Point & Click 10.1%, Drama 8.4%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
Crimson Tale is a short first-person narrative puzzle game where Elizabeth uses blood magic and vampire powers to defy the oppressive nobility. Avoid sunlight, travel through time, and hunt the Golden Guard to end their reign.
Why similar: Narrative 20.1% ★, Walking Simulator 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.9%, Drama 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.5%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, LGBTQ+ 8.1%, Narrative 8% ★
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.
Why similar: Narrative 21.9% ★, Emotional 12.6%, Narration 11.8%, Psychological 10.5%, Drama 8.2%
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.
Why similar: Narration 17.3%, Walking Simulator 17.3%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Connor, a single father, visits a memory-restoration clinic in order to relive the days he had with his estranged son Bry. Experience what’s left of his past as he gets to relive his cherished memories and routine joys, while keeping away from the disturbing truth lurking beneath the surface.
Why similar: Emotional 21.2%, Narration 16.6%, Psychological 15.9%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Story Rich 12%
What would you do if someone close to you suddenly went through major trauma? What sacrifices would you be willing to make to keep your family together? Experience the different perspectives and emotional journeys of four protagonists when their worlds are suddenly turned upside-down.
Why similar: Narrative 26.4% ★, Emotional 15.6%, Walking Simulator 14.4%, Drama 10.5%, 1990's 9.9%
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.3%, Narration 14.3%, Emotional 11.5%, Psychological 11.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
