Games Like The Temporal Invasion

Become a Secret Agent and investigate paranormal activities in this dark Lovecraftian universe. This Alternate Reality Game will have you explore complex puzzles in-game but also in real-life; interacting with real websites, companies, and NPCs that we created as part of our universe.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.3%, Adventure 22%, Indie 19.9%, Mystery 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the quintessential ARG experience that directly mirrors the conspiracy-solving and real-world investigation mechanics found in The Temporal Invasion.

Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives. Search classified documents and follow new leads in this non-linear investigative thriller.

Why similar: Historical 31.7%, Adventure 24.4%, Mystery 22.6%, Indie 21.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the 'conspiracy board' style of investigation, tasking you with connecting historical documents to uncover a hidden truth.

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: Simulation 41.6%, Puzzle 39.8%, Story Rich 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, non-linear investigative experience where you piece together a mystery by searching through a database of fragmented video clips.

Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.

Why similar: Simulation 85%, Mystery 5.7%, Story Rich 3.3%, Indie 3.2%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game puts you in the role of a government investigator monitoring citizens, perfectly capturing the surveillance and conspiracy themes of the seed game.

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

Why similar: Simulation 24.9%, Puzzle 19.3%, Mystery 17.7%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Adventure 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: By simulating a found smartphone, this game creates a highly immersive, personal mystery that feels like an extension of your own digital life.

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

Why similar: Puzzle 30.9%, Mystery 30.7%, Adventure 21.2%, Story Rich 17.2%

Why You'll Like It: A time-manipulation puzzle game that focuses on changing the past to alter the future, aligning with the temporal themes of the seed.

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: Alternate History 26.9%, Simulation 22.8%, Surreal 19.9%, Puzzle 8.1%, Mystery 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, retro-tech investigation game that captures the strange, fringe-science atmosphere and deep mystery of the seed game.

This is a deep web exploration simulator. Discover hundreds of websites and files around the Web to get to the Silent House and save your friend. Find out creepy stories from the Web and meet its inhabitants. It's showtime!

Why similar: Simulation 28.3%, Puzzle 20.4%, Mystery 16.4%, Adventure 16.1%, Story Rich 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation game focuses on hacking and mystery-solving, providing a dark, atmospheric experience similar to the seed game's fringe science focus.

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: Simulation 23.3%, Mystery 22.3%, Puzzle 16.9%, Adventure 16%, Indie 11%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven investigation game uses a found-footage mechanic to help you uncover secrets hidden within a massive, non-linear story.

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: Alternate History 43%, Mystery 19.6%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Adventure 11.3%, Story Rich 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy mystery game that leans into sci-fi storytelling and point-and-click investigation.

The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.

Why similar: Alternate History 26.2%, Mystery 20%, Adventure 16.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, Indie 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Set in an alternate history, this game requires you to investigate a conspiracy within a strict time-sensitive environment.

An immersive sim-lite in a fictional historical setting. You are on the world's first airship about to crash down and have to find the culprit. Sneak around, break into cabins, interrogate passengers, find evidence - but be careful not to incriminate yourself!

Why similar: Alternate History 37.1%, Mystery 21.2%, Adventure 18.3%, Story Rich 12.4%, Indie 11%

Why You'll Like It: This immersive sim features deep choices and a rich, mystery-filled narrative set aboard a steampunk airship.

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

Why similar: Alternate History 37.6%, Simulation 19.9%, Adventure 13%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: An alternate-history puzzle game that explores the consequences of time travel through a unique, small-scale perspective.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Adventure 32.7%, Indie 21.6%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Puzzle 12.7%, Story Rich 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This anthology of psychological horror and sci-fi stories uses retro computing interfaces to create a surreal, mystery-filled atmosphere.

Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.

Why similar: Sci-fi 41.5%, Story Rich 23.5%, Indie 17.9%, Adventure 17.2%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, philosophical sci-fi game that focuses on the impact of choices within a 1990s-inspired setting.

Strange events occur in the cyberpunk age: a mysterious criminal steals museum pieces, historical documents in order to make certain corrections and then puts everything back. Someone is trying to prove that Good and Evil have swapped places in the past… But why?

Why similar: Simulation 35.7%, Puzzle 26.2%, Adventure 23.5%, Sci-fi 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure-simulation hybrid that explores strange, surreal narrative beats similar to the seed game's supernatural elements.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Mystery 24%, Puzzle 18%, Adventure 16.9%, Sci-fi 12%, Story Rich 12%

Why You'll Like It: While more exploration-focused, its core loop of uncovering ancient mysteries within a time-constrained solar system is a perfect thematic match.

Chapter II of an extremely unusual trans-media franchise with game and short film chapters. Players influence the plot of the chapters and can leave their real-life items in the chapters. Game+Short films+visual novel. Ultra-deep meaning, nostalgic references, vibe mysticism.

Why similar: Alternate History 50.7%, Adventure 21.9%, Puzzle 16.6%, Story Rich 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused mystery game that uses atmospheric storytelling to pull the player into a 1980s-inspired investigation.

Experience the mind bending power of single player cooperation. Project Temporality is a third person action/puzzle game built around the concept of allowing the player to play with time. Thanks to our propriety engine Sparta 3D we make the fourth dimension as available as the other three.

Why similar: Adventure 37.7%, Puzzle 32.7%, Indie 29.6%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-action game that centers on time-manipulation mechanics, allowing you to clone yourself to solve complex temporal riddles.

'Chasing Light' is the story of the seven days of exploring the physical properties of a game and uncovering an inner world of human beings and society. Have a weird trip!

Why similar: Simulation 45.7%, Adventure 30%, Indie 21.3%, Story Rich 3%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental, story-rich adventure that prioritizes surreal imagery and philosophical themes over traditional gameplay.

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: Mystery 41.4%, Adventure 41.1%, Story Rich 10%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, atmospheric first-person exploration game that mirrors the dreamlike, story-rich quality of the seed game.

Investigate. Interrogate. Descend into a world of intrigue to untangle the Mystery of the Malign.

Why similar: Mystery 32.9%, Puzzle 28.9%, Story Rich 15%, Indie 12.9%, Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated mystery game that focuses on atmospheric exploration and puzzle-solving to uncover hidden truths.

Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?

Why similar: Surreal 26.9%, Puzzle 18.8%, Mystery 16.5%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Adventure 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-exploration game that delves into sci-fi horror and mysterious, fringe-science environments.

A Better World Company is hiring! We’re looking for a skilled new recruit to alter the past and reshape the future! Use our Computer to travel back in time, and make game-changing choices to make the world a better place! You decide what to do… as long as you follow our internal policies.

Why similar: Alternate History 58.5%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Story Rich 10.8%, Historical 8.2%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: This interactive fiction title deals directly with time manipulation and alternate history, offering multiple endings based on your choices.

Groundbreaking research is encrypted on a computer from the 80's. Look through the computer and search the internet to crack the encryption in this augmented reality puzzle game.

Why similar: Simulation 50.4%, Adventure 26.5%, Indie 23.1%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-adventure game that captures the indie, story-driven spirit of the seed game through its unique narrative presentation.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Mystery 32%, Puzzle 23.8%, Historical 15.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Indie 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of investigative puzzle design that tasks you with reconstructing a mystery through time-frozen snapshots.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Adventure 36.4%, Indie 26.2%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Puzzle 9.8%, Mystery 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi mystery where you play as the station's AI, providing a unique perspective on a catastrophic event that feels grounded in hard science.

You are going to steal a time machine. In this escape room, you have to travel through time, explore mysterious places and solve puzzles to get priceless treasures. Will you be able to make it back alive?

Why similar: Alternate History 38.9%, Puzzle 33.1%, Adventure 28%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy adventure game that utilizes time-travel themes to create challenging escape-room scenarios.

Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?

Why similar: Mystery 28.6%, Puzzle 22.1%, Adventure 18.9%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Story Rich 12%

Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

Why similar: Adventure 26%, Mystery 24.3%, Sci-fi 24.3%, Indie 14.6%, Story Rich 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi mystery game where you must communicate with a sentient AI to uncover the truth behind a lost space station.

Embark on an archaeological adventure inside an ancient pyramid to find your missing mentor. As an intrepid explorer, solve puzzles, investigate clues, and unravel the pyramid's secrets. Spoiler: it was not built by humans!

Why similar: Alternate History 33.2%, Puzzle 17.7%, Adventure 14.8%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Historical 11.7%

Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.

Why similar: Alternate History 49.3%, Mystery 15.5%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Story Rich 9.3%

This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...

Why similar: Simulation 44.3%, Adventure 24.5%, Story Rich 15.8%, Indie 15.5%

Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.

Why similar: Adventure 36%, Indie 25%, Mystery 16.5%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Story Rich 9.2%

Transported back a century by fate, you find yourself in a legendary tale of vengeance. Amidst powerful enemies in a tumultuous era, your mission is to assist those around you. Experience this immersive epic from a first-person perspective—authentic, weighty, yet brimming with hope.

Why similar: Historical 34.4%, Mystery 25%, Simulation 20.3%, Story Rich 11.1%, Adventure 9.1%

"Tavern in the Woods" is a first person, single-player interactive fiction story that blends mystery, storytelling, and supernatural horror. Players explore and investigate an isolated environment as the narrative slowly unfolds, gradually uncovering the truth behind the eerie emptiness.

Why similar: Historical 37.8%, Adventure 36.8%, Mystery 25.4%

Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

Why similar: Surreal 24.9%, Puzzle 24.8%, Story Rich 13.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Adventure 11.9%

"Conquer the world" is a historical theme of live-action interactive film game. First-person immersive experience, super-long and massive endings,rich interaction with multiple gameplay. Here,you will cross the river of history, Against invaders!

Why similar: Historical 52.2%, Simulation 31%, Story Rich 13.9%, Indie 2.9%

PROZE is a VR puzzle adventure set in both past and present. It’s a story of friendship and duty, fear and dignity of the people facing the Soviet government and its echoes. Explore a Cold-War era military research facility, deal with the anomalies, solve the puzzles, and find out the answers.

Why similar: Adventure 34.9%, Indie 23.7%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Story Rich 11.4%, Puzzle 11.3%

The Tesla Mystery is a puzzle-driven adventure game. Join the journey of investigation in a Paris infused with steampunk and Art Nouveau styles. Nikola Tesla, mastermind behind the Science Conference, has vanished under mysterious circumstances. Now, and uncover the truth hidden in the city...

Why similar: Simulation 30.6%, Puzzle 28.5%, Mystery 27.8%, Story Rich 13.1%

Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!

Why similar: Alternate History 44.1%, Puzzle 17%, Adventure 15.5%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Story Rich 9.5%

Experience an unforgettable adventure in space and time. Explore new worlds, face Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels and join two Doctors on an epic quest to save the universe from an unstoppable new threat in this first-person narrative adventure.

Why similar: Mystery 24.6%, Puzzle 23.7%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Adventure 17.5%, Story Rich 13.4%

An experimental narrative-focused walking-simulator experience that explores dark settings and stories through multiple perspectives.

Why similar: Surreal 38.9%, Mystery 26.8%, Sci-fi 22.1%, Story Rich 12.2%

You are a time traveller tasked with exploring the Jurassic era and the creatures that once ruled the prehistoric oceans. Use an array of advanced tech tools to track, examine, and discover the scientific secrets of mosasaurs, livyatans, and megalodons, among others!

Why similar: Simulation 38.3%, Adventure 26%, Indie 15.6%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Mystery 9.6%

A who̴͊leso̶̬̙̍me real-time adventure with a dark secret. At your relaxing new job managing resources and collecting crystals, everything you do seems to take ... much, MUCH longer than it should. In retro 3D cutscenes, uncover a company's conspiracy--and sneak around at work to steal back your time.

Why similar: Simulation 25.8%, Puzzle 20.8%, Adventure 18.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Indie 10.8%

Explore the haunted halls of the infamous Atlas Theater, a 1940’s era movie palace that played host to a shocking Hollywood tragedy. Solve intricate puzzles, discover startling artifacts, and evade sinister forces to uncover the twisted truth behind the theater’s dark history.

Why similar: Historical 21.3%, Mystery 20.3%, Puzzle 19.4%, Surreal 18.5%, Adventure 16.6%

A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

Why similar: Mystery 34%, Sci-fi 26.1%, Adventure 21.3%, Story Rich 18.5%

Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.

Why similar: Simulation 40.3%, Adventure 28.9%, Puzzle 19.2%, Indie 5.9%, Story Rich 5.6%

Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!

Why similar: Mystery 39.8%, Simulation 28.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Story Rich 15.8%

A new mysterious enemy threatens to tear apart the universe and only you can stop them! Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time lets players embark on an adventure through space and time. Travel across the universe, visit alien locations, pilot the TARDIS and solve the mystery of the controlling force behind the Reality Virus.

Why similar: Adventure 38.2%, Sci-fi 22%, Puzzle 21.7%, Story Rich 9.8%, Indie 8.4%

Discover what lies beyond our reality with Alchemy. A portal-like experience that will challenge you to think with potions while trying to solve the mysteries of this strange new place.

Why similar: Simulation 36.5%, Puzzle 24.8%, Adventure 23.9%, Sci-fi 14.8%

A science-fiction visual novel centered on the implications of time travel, artificial intelligence, and humanity's ascent to the stars.

Why similar: Simulation 41.2%, Adventure 30.7%, Sci-fi 28.2%

The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.

Why similar: Simulation 46.1%, Surreal 39.7%, Story Rich 14.2%

An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.

Why similar: Mystery 27.9%, Surreal 19.8%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Adventure 15.2%, Story Rich 12.9%

Go from Prehistoric age to the future in this text-based adventure that takes you through all of the eras of the history.

Why similar: Alternate History 43.6%, Historical 30.2%, Adventure 20.6%, Indie 5.6%

Some stories are better left in the dark. But some will find you. In Riese, echoes don’t always answer the same. A narrative FPP/VR experience about a past that refuses to stay silent.

Why similar: Mystery 31.4%, Puzzle 29.8%, Adventure 24.6%, Story Rich 14.2%

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Why similar: Simulation 47%, Puzzle 33.8%, Story Rich 19.2%

Go on an exciting journey in the 14th century of Florence, an amazing city struck by a mysterious disease. The story is brimming with fascinating characters, historical events and captivating locations. History is yours to explore.

Why similar: Historical 44.4%, Adventure 34.4%, Indie 21.1%