Games Like Thief's Roulette

Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Mystery 16.7%, Puzzle 14.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Anime 10%

Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Mystery 15.1%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Puzzle 11.5%, Story Rich 10.3%

The Event is a first-person psychological horror game that offers immersive gameplay and a rich narrative. Find yourself stuck in mystery and struggle in the dark against paranormal activities, demons from other worlds and much more. Will you be able to find out the truth and return home?

Why similar: Psychological 17.2%, Narrative 12.3% ★, Surreal 11.6%, Multiple Endings 8%, Sci-fi 8%

The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Mystery 18.7%, Psychological 17.6%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 6.3%

In this realistic first person puzzle game, you truly created Artificial Consciousness. Why it disappears just after creation with a simple goodbye is your obsessing mystery. Will you solve it within your shattered memories, even if they are altered by something not quite human?

Why similar: Narrative 22.5% ★, Sci-fi 12.3%, Puzzle 12%, First-Person 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%

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 28% ★, Psychological 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Anime 10.6%, Sci-fi 8%

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 34% ★, Psychological 18.1%, Surreal 10.9%, Exploration 8.5%, Story Rich 7.5%

Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.

Why similar: Narrative 30.1% ★, Psychological 17.5%, Mystery 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Exploration 6.5%

Land of Infinite Dreams is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure about Princess Luna, a young girl who escapes into Lunaria — a dreamworld shaped by loss, loneliness, and imagination. She harnesses the power of moonlight to overcome challenges and confront creatures born from her fears.

Why similar: Narrative 32.1% ★, Psychological 13.4%, Surreal 12.2%, Mystery 8.5%, Story Rich 8%

A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.

Why similar: Narrative 18% ★, Surreal 15.3%, Psychological 14.4%, Point & Click 12.4%, Mystery 9.9%

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Why similar: Psychological 23.1%, Point & Click 15.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.

Why similar: Psychological 21.9%, Point & Click 19.8%, Mystery 14.1%, Story Rich 8.8%, Puzzle 7.7%

Pera Coda is a narrative mystery adventure about a man trapped between life and death. To escape, he must face his past, confront buried traumas, and stand trial for the life he lived. Set in Istanbul, it blends psychological drama, branching dialogue, and puzzles in a journey of self-discovery.

Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Surreal 16.4%, Psychological 10.6%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 9.8%

Ultra-violent point & click set in Shanghai, China.

Why similar: Narrative 17.1% ★, Psychological 15.4%, Surreal 11.4%, Point & Click 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.3%

Mayfly is an eerie story-based quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Upon waking alone to find your husband is missing you find yourself weaving through a shifting, unstable reality as you search your confined surroundings in this focussed narrative exploration game.

Why similar: Narrative 23.9% ★, Psychological 16.4%, Surreal 11.1%, Mystery 10.3%, Point & Click 8.5%

MIA: Memory Fragments is a story-driven psychological horror adventure where you explore fractured memories, interact with the environment to progress, uncover the story through the world, and escape from MIA’s darkest side. Survive the memories… or remain trapped forever in the past.

Why similar: Narrative 19.4% ★, Mystery 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Psychological 10.3%, Anime 8.7%

Something is wrong with the world — or with the boy walking through it. A surreal pixel adventure across two parallel realities, about fear, memory, and a mind that sees everything differently.

Why similar: Narrative 27.2% ★, Psychological 17.6%, Surreal 12.9%, Story Rich 8.4%, Puzzle 8.3%

Uncover the lies. Free your mind. Veritas is a compact narrative puzzle game that asks: what is truth, and does it even matter?

Why similar: Narrative 19.8% ★, Point & Click 15.7%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Puzzle 8.7%

Immerse yourself in the story and worlds of Tinselfly, a surreal and introspective adventure about dreams, nostalgia, and pretty spaceships. Tinselfly features character-driven puzzles and a visual, intuitive sword fighting system.

Why similar: Surreal 20.2%, Narrative 14.4% ★, Point & Click 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Story Rich 7.5%

You ended the world. She, the one who holds every card, gave you an endless summer as your reward. Now your only way out is through sugar, jellyfish, sunlight, and blood — into the deepest reaches of her mind, or be dissolved along the way. Choose your path in this psycho-thriller visual novel.

Why similar: Psychological 22.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Surreal 15.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Step into a vanishing world. Make it whole again. Cyrurgia is a surreal first person narrative game centered around a tragedy, and what it takes to fix it, if that is even possible.

Why similar: Narrative 15.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.9%, Surreal 13%, Psychological 11.1%, Exploration 6.6%

A never-before-seen game is the only clue left at a crime scene. Called in as a retired game designer to help with the case, you discover hidden breaches that let you cross into game worlds from within.

Why similar: Narrative 20.9% ★, Psychological 13.7%, Mystery 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Linear 7.9%

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 22.8% ★, Psychological 16.2%, Point & Click 11.5%, Surreal 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%

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: Psychological 18.8%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Mystery 15.3%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Anime 10.8%

A story-driven puzzle game about a boy trapped in a mysterious virtual sanctuary. Explore, solve puzzles, and discover the secrets hidden in a world that never lets him go.

Why similar: Narrative 25% ★, Psychological 22.3%, Surreal 18%, Story Rich 8.1%, Linear 7.1%

On a rainy day, Daisy decides to wait out the rain inside a tunnel. Suddenly, she found herself in a metallic, dirty and dark place, full of ghosts and a beautiful female entity. Your objective now is to find a way out of that infernal sewer as quickly as possible.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.8%, Psychological 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Anime 9.7%, Adventure 8.7%

Inspired by the 3I/Atlas comet, Project Atlas is a story-driven sci-fi narrative following Commander Simth as she tracks a mysterious object through deep space and discovers a truth no one is prepared for.

Why similar: Narrative 33.9% ★, Surreal 12.1%, Puzzle 10.9%, First-Person 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Have you ever dreamed of being inside the paintings of great artists? Change them? Illusionary Manor is waiting for you. Explore a mysterious manor where every painting leads to a new world. Solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and discover the story behind the art.

Why similar: Puzzle 14.3%, Surreal 13.2%, First-Person 13.1%, Mystery 11.6%, Exploration 9.7%

An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

Why similar: Narrative 32.8% ★, Point & Click 13.3%, Mystery 12.4%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Puzzle 7.4%

Marginalia is an atmospheric narrative anthology. Seven stories, one for each deadly sin. Enter the library. Choose your tale. Your choices will not save you. But they will define you.

Why similar: Narrative 34.5% ★, Psychological 16.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Mystery 8.7%

The Keyless: Awakening is a journey through a dreamlike and surreal world, witnessing bizarre, metaphorical and surreal scenes as you overcome simple challenges.

Why similar: Psychological 17%, Surreal 13.8%, Mystery 10.8%, Point & Click 10.8%, Linear 9.8%

A first-person myst-like exploration adventure. Awaken on a mysterious island that blends puzzles with an enigmatic narrative waiting to be unraveled. Explore an abandoned civilization and uncover a story that challenges the very fabric of time.

Why similar: Narrative 24.7% ★, Point & Click 18.6%, Mystery 10.8%, Puzzle 9.9%, First-Person 9.1%

The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.

Why similar: Narrative 22.3% ★, Psychological 14.1%, Point & Click 13%, Surreal 11.6%, Puzzle 7%

This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological 17%, Anime 12.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Mystery 11.2%

Jamie's Dream is a short, emotional, experimental, psychological horror narrative experience. Walk through nightmares, facing fears and memories as they are revealed going deeper and deeper into the abyss of Jamie's mind.

Why similar: Narrative 19.6% ★, Psychological 19.5%, Surreal 14.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Story Rich 7.4%

Enter a surreal adventure that delves deep into the subconscious mind of a young boy. Guided by a dream spirit, solve puzzles and explore a realm of eerie wonder, as you find your way back into the waking world. An illusory adventure redreamed!

Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Psychological 16.8%, Surreal 14.6%, Point & Click 10.6%, Puzzle 8.1%

Haifa is a hidden object puzzle experience that tells a story about the emotional struggles of trying to maintain hopefulness in times of war. Help your characters keep their head up by finding small objects in their environment to lift their spirits, as they look for their lost friend.

Why similar: Narrative 33.5% ★, Point & Click 12.6%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Story Rich 8.5%, Linear 8.3%

In this eerie point-and-click adventure, Astrid wakes to find her once-familiar home now inhabited by strange people and creatures. To uncover what happened while she was asleep, she must explore her family’s past and the secrets hidden within their centuries-old home.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Psychological 18%, Mystery 15.3%, Puzzle 11.2%, Story Rich 7.3%

THIEF’S SHELTER is a 3D Point and Click Psychological Adventure where the world mirrors a crumbling mind. Nothing stays still, and even your own thoughts can’t be trusted.

Why similar: Narrative 28.3% ★, Psychological 17.9%, Point & Click 13.1%, Puzzle 7.1%, First-Person 6.8%

Blue Book is a sci-fi detective quest with point'n'click elements, where there are no hints, there are false clues and only your conclusion. Analyze testimonies, find inconsistencies, follow the logic. Become an FBI agent and unravel a chain of mysterious disappearances in a quiet American town.

Why similar: Narrative 21.9% ★, Point & Click 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Story Rich 7.9%

A vacuum cleaner, tied to his daily cleaning routine, passively experiences the events that affect the family that owns it.

Why similar: Point & Click 20%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Mystery 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Exploration 8.8%

You wish to bring "She" back to life to reclaim something precious you’ve lost. Solve the various puzzles set before you and gather what "She" needs. Even you don’t know what "She" truly is. "sheeeroom" is a mysterious adventure game.

Why similar: Narrative 29.8% ★, Psychological 12.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Surreal 9.1%, Puzzle 8.3%

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

Why similar: Psychological 24.4%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Mystery 17%, Anime 14%, Story Rich 8.4%

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 35.7% ★, Point & Click 15.2%, Psychological 13.4%, Puzzle 7.9%, Linear 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 23.8% ★, Psychological 21.5%, Story Rich 9.5%, Surreal 8.8%, Puzzle 8.1%

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 28.9% ★, Psychological 12.5%, Mystery 11.5%, First-Person 9.1%, Story Rich 8.3%

A story-driven puzzle adventure about Ovid searching for Thera, his love who vanished aboard a train where the night never ends—but what if she was never the one he needed to find?

Why similar: Psychological 22.3%, Narrative 14.9% ★, Surreal 13.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Story Rich 10.1%

A first-person point-and-click exploration adventure set in a mysterious post-apocalyptic swamp filled with giant insects and abandoned robots. Observe your surroundings, find the right objects, and progress through the ruins in this 3–4 hour atmospheric journey.

Why similar: Narrative 24.1% ★, Point & Click 15.6%, Sci-fi 10.8%, First-Person 9%, Mystery 9%

Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.

Why similar: Narrative 20.5% ★, Psychological 16.1%, Surreal 13.2%, Mystery 8.4%, Visual Novel 8%

It’s the first 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: Point & Click 20.3%, Mystery 13.1%, Puzzle 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Exploration 8.2%

Alice's World is a story-driven 2D adventure puzzle game. Amidst desolate ruins and deserted cities in a world filled with death, the young girl Alice hears "your" voice from in front of the screen. You must guide her forward, solve the mysteries, and reach the top of the tower.

Why similar: Psychological 14.2%, Anime 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

You are a creative entity trapped in a mysterious box. Try to transform this strange world and defy the ominous titans to find your freedom.

Why similar: Psychological 16.1%, Point & Click 15.7%, Surreal 15.6%, Sci-fi 10%, Puzzle 9.1%

The Remains and The Residue is a story-based linear adventure game where you play the stories and the memories of the famous author Janus Brennhart.

Why similar: Psychological 23.7%, Mystery 16.2%, Puzzle 13.5%, Point & Click 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Awaken aboard a silent orbital research station. Solve environmental puzzles, uncover the crew's fate, and survive the growing influence of ARGUS, the station's ever-watchful AI.

Why similar: Psychological 16.3%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Mystery 11.8%, Puzzle 11%, Atmospheric 9.6%

What if walls could answer? Whatever that means, you’ll explore the memories of a neurotic scientist resolving puzzles that could help his mental state, discovering different endings of his life.

Why similar: Psychological 22.4%, Surreal 16.8%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Puzzle 9.2%

A first person psychological horror puzzle game where you must survive 10 phobia inspired rooms inside a disturbing experiment. Solve puzzles, explore a mysterious facility, and uncover the truth behind the voice guiding you through the test.

Why similar: Narrative 25.9% ★, Psychological 15.2%, Surreal 12.8%, Mystery 10.4%, Linear 7.7%

Step into a fractured 00s childhood in the South of England. Inspired by the developer’s real diaries, this autobiographical narrative adventure invites you to uncover Alice’s story by piecing together evocative memories, and following in the footsteps of a young girl’s journey through adolescence.

Why similar: Narrative 25.5% ★, Psychological 13.2%, Point & Click 9.7%, Mystery 9.5%, Story Rich 8.3%

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.1%, Surreal 20.8%, Narrative 18.3% ★, Atmospheric 10.6%, Adventure 7.4%

Cozy life-sim in a horror time-loop. Plates of food. Plates of tomatoes. Plates of pain. Plates of angels. Plates of her legs...

Why similar: Narrative 20.9% ★, Psychological 18.5%, Surreal 14.5%, Anime 10.5%, Story Rich 7.3%

You are the main character in this Twilight Zone-inspired experience. Tragedy has struck your family, but you must find a way to move on. Can you unlock the memories that are keeping you trapped? Can you free yourself from the past? Can you do what is needed to finally move on?

Why similar: Narrative 27.2% ★, Psychological 20.1%, Surreal 16.6%, Exploration 8.8%, Story Rich 8.3%