Games Like Three Minutes To Eight

Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.

Why similar: Detective 12.7%, Point & Click 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Side Scroller 9.5%

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

Why similar: Time Travel 25.4% ★, Detective 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Mystery 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.7%, Multiple Endings 16.6%, Mystery 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.

Why similar: Time Travel 21.9% ★, Detective 16.5%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.3%

In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?

Why similar: Time Travel 37.1% ★, Mystery 16.8%, Puzzle 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

A bombastic puzzle platformer about worlds turned inside out. Shift dimensions at the push of a button, solve brain-twisting logistical riddles, and race through the wilds of the multiverse in a bleakly hilarious (and hilariously bleak) story where everything you know can turn on a dime.

Why similar: Time Travel 58.1% ★, Story Rich 15.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Adventure 6.4%

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: Psychological 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Story Rich 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Puzzle 8.2%

In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.6%, Mystery 15.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Story Rich 8.4%

The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.

Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Mystery 19.5%, Point & Click 17.2%, Puzzle 9%, Story Rich 8.4%

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: Interactive Fiction 19%, Mystery 18.2%, Adventure 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Story Rich 11.6%

An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.

Why similar: Time Travel 36.2% ★, Mystery 18.6%, Point & Click 14.9%, Story Rich 9.4%, Puzzle 8.6%

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Why similar: Detective 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Futuristic 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%

A game based on a simple concept: a mystery puzzle you can complete in an hour. Can you solve the cases narrated in this beautiful pixel-art adventure?

Why similar: Psychological 17.5%, Mystery 17.2%, Side Scroller 17%, Point & Click 16.9%, Story Rich 10.3%

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: Point & Click 24.7%, Futuristic 12.5%, Mystery 12.4%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Story Rich 9.6%

Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…

Why similar: Point & Click 21.3%, Detective 15.8%, Mystery 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Puzzle 9.5%

Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!

Why similar: Time Travel 44.3% ★, Mystery 17.2%, Detective 8.8%, Puzzle 7.6%, Multiple Endings 6.2%

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: Point & Click 20.9%, Detective 18.6%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%

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 39.3% ★, Mystery 19.2%, Story Rich 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Atmospheric 8.2%

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: Time Travel 25.2% ★, Psychological 15.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Mystery 10.6%

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: Psychological 33.4%, Story Rich 14.6%, Puzzle 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%

Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 16.7%, Mystery 14.2%, Psychological 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Point & Click 10.7%

Memories are malleable and changing them will modify the present. Tackle mind-bending puzzles that rely on altering your own recollections to shape the future.

Why similar: Detective 35.1%, Psychological 21.8%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Atmospheric 8.5%

McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.5%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Puzzle 10.6%, Adventure 8.9%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.

Why similar: Time Travel 30.6% ★, Detective 14.1%, Mystery 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Futuristic 7.8%

A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Psychological 20%, Mystery 13.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.

Why similar: Time Travel 22% ★, Detective 14.7%, Mystery 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

Why similar: Psychological 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 8.9%

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: Psychological 15.2%, Point & Click 13.4%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, 2.5D 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%

Enter a world that’s utterly surreal and eerily familiar. Escape the mundanity of your existence in an experience that will stay with you. Mosaic is a narrative-driven modern adventure game with a story that lasts about 2-3 hours.

Why similar: Adventure 44.2%, Indie 35.7%, Atmospheric 20.2%

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: Time Travel 28.2% ★, Point & Click 19.9%, Mystery 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Puzzle 8.2%

Mars Underground is an apocalyptic adventure where you relive the same day over and over. With each cycle new items can be picked up and topics unlocked.​ Explore the possibilities of this timeloop and uncover multiple endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Adventure 20%, Story Rich 16.9%, Indie 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%

Two souls are drawn into a mysterious otherworld—and torn apart. In a realm filled with danger and restless spirits, each searches for the other while uncovering hidden truths. A suspenseful multi-ending adventure where every choice shapes their fate.

Why similar: Mystery 26.7%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Story Rich 13.9%, Puzzle 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

What kind of work is this? This is an experimental multi storyline game. The work tells a science fiction story about consciousness implantation and simulated biological experiments. The work consists of a mixture of 24 storylines, 3 types of reincarnation endings, and 1 main ending.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Detective 18.7%, Futuristic 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 19.9%, Mystery 19%, Sci-fi 13%, Story Rich 12.2%, Puzzle 9.7%

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

Why similar: Detective 16.9%, Point & Click 15.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Psychological 10.9%, Mystery 10.1%

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.5%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Mystery 12.5%, 2.5D 12.4%, Sci-fi 9%

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: Detective 21.5%, Psychological 20.8%, Point & Click 19.6%, Story Rich 9.9%, Puzzle 8%

Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.

Why similar: Detective 22.9%, Mystery 17.9%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Sci-fi 10.6%

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: Point & Click 26.5%, Mystery 22%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Story Rich 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

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: Multiple Endings 19.7%, Mystery 17.6%, Futuristic 15.7%, Sci-fi 13%, Story Rich 12%

Master time in this story-rich time-bending puzzle game. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?

Why similar: Time Travel 55% ★, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Puzzle 8.7%, Futuristic 7.5%, Sci-fi 6%

A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.4%, Detective 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Story Rich 8%

This is Interesting is a psychological horror mystery based game with roguelite elements. You are being watched, and you aren't really sure why. Delve through the depths of memory to uncover the mystery behind the gray purgatory you find yourself in.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Mystery 18.1%, Psychological 13.7%, Puzzle 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%

Become Jules Verne and adventure into the dangers that hide in Hemera, a fantastic parallel world built from his own imagination. Explore, solve puzzles and unlock the most coveted secret of the mighty Atlantis.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Point & Click 11.7%, Story Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.

Why similar: Mystery 24.4%, Detective 20.9%, 2.5D 16.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Story Rich 10.9%

A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

Why similar: Point & Click 50.1%, Adventure 17.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Story Rich 8.8%, Indie 5.3%

Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.

Why similar: Mystery 25.3%, Detective 18.7%, Puzzle 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Adventure 9.3%

Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Detective 11.7%, Story Rich 10.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%

A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.

Why similar: Mystery 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Story Rich 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Atmospheric 10.2%

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: Mystery 29.3%, Multiple Endings 26.1%, Puzzle 15.6%, Story Rich 15.4%, Indie 4.8%

Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.6%, Adventure 15.6%, Time Travel 14.8% ★, Story Rich 11.4%, Puzzle 8.1%

a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...

Why similar: Mystery 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Story Rich 13.1%

Dreambreak is a story-driven adventure set in an alternative post-Cold War world, a quirky and unique mix of clashing gameplay genres. Get fingered for murder in without actually going there!

Why similar: Point & Click 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Story Rich 8.1%

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

Why similar: Point & Click 20%, Detective 17.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Choices Matter 7%

A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

Why similar: Point & Click 42.5%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Story Rich 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Adventure 9.5%

Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.

Why similar: Point & Click 27.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Story Rich 9.6%

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: Point & Click 28.7%, Mystery 25.3%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Story Rich 14.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

Why similar: Point & Click 38.2%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Detective 14.9%, Story Rich 8.1%, Adventure 8.1%

Play as 25yo writer Jian Xun in a 5-min deadline loop. Your script is alive! In this thriller puzzle, use "keyframe sorting" to piece stories. Fight AI, break the 4th wall & escape the nightmare!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.2%, Multiple Endings 36.4%, Puzzle 19.4%

In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

Why similar: Psychological 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Story Rich 12%, Multiple Endings 11%, Choices Matter 8.5%