Games Like Trail of the Wretched

A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.

Why similar: Western 50.8% ★, Alternate History 17.7%, Cinematic 9.6%, Story Rich 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.6%

Hunt down a gang of gorgeous outlaw babes in this Wild West erotic adventure. Capture them, “rehabilitate” them your own way, and decide who ends up in control — you or the wildest girls on the frontier. Choices, danger, and hot 18+ scenes await. 🤠🔥

Why similar: Western 48.1% ★, America 20.7% ★, Visual Novel 9.1%, Story Rich 7.5%, 3D 3.7%

Two Weeks in Painland is a story-driven game about a run-of-the-mill hacker spying on gangsters who are anything but, all while trying to keep his life and limbs in the process. Easier said than done.

Why similar: Violent 59.5%, Adventure 24.6%, Story Rich 15.9%

When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those who wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions

Why similar: Western 92.8% ★, Adventure 3.7%, Action 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Survive a Wild West where dinosaurs never went extinct. Fight off predators, outlaws, and the elements as you journey across deadly biomes to rescue your kidnapped sister. Hunt or be hunted in this ruthless survival roguelike.

Why similar: Western 74.9% ★, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Action 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%

In TRAILCAM, you are a wildlife investigator called to the Appalachian Mountains to solve mysterious missing person cases. Using trail cameras from your watchtower, you’ll uncover a sinister truth, navigating a non-linear plot full of twists. Can you solve the mystery?

Why similar: Thriller 53.2%, Cinematic 27.9%, 3D 8.5%, Choices Matter 6.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Photographs is a Narrative Tragedy Puzzle Game? What the hell does that mean

Why similar: Story Rich 35.4%, Adventure 31.2%, 2D 13.5%, Casual 12.5%, Singleplayer 7.3%

A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Alternate History 22%, Conversation 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Story Rich 11.7%

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.

Why similar: Western 34.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Story Rich 12.4%, America 10.2% ★, Adventure 7.1%

Conquer the Wild West. Explore the open world of a fictitious American Midwest and survive the harsh environment. Convince other settlers to join you and manage your ever-growing settlements. Build a home, take care of your farm and become a legend in Wild West Legacy.

Why similar: Western 64.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%, 3D 4.8%, Adventure 4.1%

From the dust of a gold mine to the dirt of a saloon, Call of Juarez® Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales. Live the epic and violent journey of a ruthless bounty hunter on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws.

Why similar: Western 70.7% ★, America 6.5% ★, Alternate History 5%, Violent 4.8%, Story Rich 4.4%

Embark on an exciting journey with a group of bandits who have been having a lot of bad luck lately... Shootouts, duels, diversions and the atmosphere of the wild but beautiful west await you.

Why similar: Western 65% ★, Adventure 10.9%, Action 8.7%, Story Rich 7.9%, 3D 5.9%

Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.

Why similar: Thriller 22.4%, America 22.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Story Rich 7.5%

11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.

Why similar: Historical 43.5%, Story Rich 23.5%, Adventure 19%, Casual 9.5%, Singleplayer 4.5%

To defeat the rebel knights and stabilize the crown, you must journey through the most dangerous realm in the kingdom--your own wretched past.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.8%, Violent 21.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Adventure 12.3%, Casual 6.1%

Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Hand-drawn 19.4%, Story Rich 15.8%, Choices Matter 14.1%

The game "Dead Dust" take place in the Wild West saturated with cowboy romance, gunpower smell, endless prairies and crazy gunfights of course. The main character, a tireless bounty hunter with name Shlango receives a letter from an influential person, who have his own many Saloons over all Wild West.

Why similar: Western 54.3% ★, Violent 27.5%, Adventure 5.7%, Action 5.7%, Exploration 3.2%

Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Story Rich 10.1%, Adventure 9.3%

Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 52%, Adventure 15.7%, Story Rich 11%, Casual 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Choices Matter 20.2%, Story Rich 16%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Violent 9.5%

Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose your adventure-type gameplay, squad-level management, exploration and scavenging, difficult moral choices. Modern-times tribute to Oregon Trail.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.9%, Story Rich 20.7%, Choices Matter 20.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Singleplayer 4.9%

On rainy nights, the serial murderer is on a killing spree. This scares everyone but one girl, the journalist who keeps digging for a promotion. Dauntless, she gets involved deep and wide, hoping to discover the real identify of the rainy night butcher.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Cinematic 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Thriller 14.2%, Hand-drawn 12.8%

Trail of Ayash is an innovative and exciting open world game focused on the indigenous people, their struggles. Our world is a unique version of the lands dominated by the myths and legends of Its Inhabitants. Various tribes interact with one another, engaging in diplomacy, war, and expansion.

Why similar: America 36.2% ★, Alternate History 25.6%, Historical 16.6%, Exploration 8.4%, 3D 5.7%

Your character has lost his memory and finds himself in a godforsaken place. An adventure with a nonlinear storyline, lots of choices, and a unique combat system. Could he get out alive?

Why similar: Visual Novel 43.5%, Adventure 30.1%, Action 26.4%

"Lies, treachery, and a bounty worth dying for. You’re no warrior, just a cunning hunter—will your wits be enough to catch Ralph Devour?"

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Alternate History 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%

Will you be able to uncover your raison d'être and solve the mysteries that await in this suspenseful thriller?

Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Violent 23.2%, Adventure 16.2%, Exploration 14.7%, Story Rich 13.5%

Experience death from the comfort of your seat.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Violent 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Conversation 10.8%, Story Rich 8.4%

Virtuous Western is a strategy game located in the old west, where our protagonist must eliminate all enemies in the area, using a limited amount of bullets to recover your stolen horse.

Why similar: Western 82.7% ★, Action 5.4%, Casual 3.2%, 2D 3.2%, Choices Matter 2.8%

DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Visual Novel 21%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Choices Matter 7.5%

Cowboy's Adventure - is a Western Deathrun, with three levels of difficulty for your choice!

Why similar: Adventure 34.8%, Action 31.5%, Casual 20.9%, Singleplayer 12.8%

Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, America 25.1% ★, Thriller 21.1%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%

You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Story Rich 16.9%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Exploration 9.7%

There's a spider haunting these hills.

Why similar: Violent 37.1%, Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Story Rich 7.6%, Casual 4.7%

A story focused spaghetti western platformer with tactical turn-based combat, taking place in a completely hand drawn harsh world inhabited by insects. Follow the story of Jack - mosquito bounty hunter, on his path of revenge.

Why similar: Western 77% ★, Adventure 12%, Action 11%

There's only You, the brave Sergio Fox, the parcel and the destination point!

Why similar: Exploration 22.2%, Adventure 21.3%, Action 19.3%, 2D 19.1%, Casual 10.7%

Double is an action-quest game telling about a fight with a mental disorder by immersing in dreams. Choose your way and find out how this mystical story ends.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Historical 13.5%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Story Rich 9.8%

A Wild West BxB story of love, murder, and revenge. Play as Lee "Blackjack" McCarthy on his hunt for the elusive Wild Bill—until a mysterious killing shatters all his plans.

Why similar: Western 47.2% ★, America 19.2% ★, Visual Novel 12.2%, Historical 9.6%, Story Rich 4.5%

An ancient tower in a forgotten land. A lone photographer on a desperate search. Facing dangerous animals, crumbling architecture, and perilous pitfalls, can you reach the summit of the Tower, and perhaps, redemption?

Why similar: Adventure 39%, Action 26.8%, 2D 18.5%, Singleplayer 10.1%, Casual 5.6%

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: Alternate History 29.2%, Cinematic 28.1%, Story Rich 17.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Adventure 8.4%

‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.1%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Story Rich 16.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, 2D 6.6%

Blacklist Mafia - is not only a struggle for power and money, but also a dangerous game of survival. Who will be blacklisted, and who will become the new boss? Find out with us!

Why similar: America 26.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Cinematic 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Adventure 5.8%

Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, America 18.6% ★, Thriller 16.9%, Conversation 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%

In Luckslinger, luck is measurable, collectable and usable whenever you please. Contains: gunslingers, dark humor, spaghetti western, vinyl digging, graffiti spraying and jazzy hip hop beats.

Why similar: Western 84% ★, Adventure 8.2%, Action 7.8%

In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Cinematic 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Conversation 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.6%

Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...

Why similar: Visual Novel 56.4%, Adventure 43.6%

Post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the global epidemic.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Story Rich 23.1%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Exploration 16.7%, Action 8.7%

Dare to travel the absurd and dangerous Orion Trail, where only the luckiest, bravest, and most stubborn captains will make it all the way to the end. Become famously incredible or incredibly dead in this single player choose-your-own-space-adventure!

Why similar: Adventure 65.3%, Action 34.7%

Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Western 87.1% ★, Story Rich 8.8%, Action 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Howdy partner! Welcome to Cattle Country, the Cozy Cowboy Adventure Life Sim. Become a determined pioneer traveling west to start a new life. Make a home in the mountains, take on bandits, discover dastardly plots, build a farm, develop your town, and make friends with fellow residents.

Why similar: Western 75.3% ★, Exploration 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Adventure 17.4%, Conversation 13.6%, Story Rich 13%, Visual Novel 12.5%

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: Cinematic 24.1%, Historical 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Story Rich 12.7%

Being a bumbling supervillain's henchman is a thankless job. The spandex chafes, there's tons of late nights, and your boss rarely remembers your name. But in this narrative adventure you'll soon discover that - sometimes - even the choices of the lowliest henchman can change everything.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Conversation 15.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%

A deceptively difficult deduction game about one very unfortunate family. Revisit their worst moments, form your own conclusions, and solve this silly yet challenging mystery.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.3%, Story Rich 19.6%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Adventure 10.7%, Casual 2.5%

On her way to cover the biggest story of her career, Brea Tena fumbles her way into a dark mysterious town called Ash Pines, the birthplace of the tragic events that took place in Just Ignore Them.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.4%, America 31.2% ★, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 8%, 2D 6.4%

Cursed West contains the spirit of Glories of the past, Holding aspects such as Difficulty and Mechanics. Adding more modern visuals in both, levels with traditional 2d gameplay, as in the 3d levels

Why similar: Western 74.4% ★, Action 13.2%, Adventure 12.4%

Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Thriller 21.4%, Conversation 15.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Story Rich 9.9%

1983, Alaska... During the Salmon Run, a deadly figure known as The Grizzly Man terrorizes a group of tourists led by Bob, an amnesiac former Man in Black. Survive the journey or become the catch of the day in this breathtaking pixel-art interactive fiction with heart-pounding pace!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Thriller 22.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Conversation 11.7%, Story Rich 8%

Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Story Rich 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.5%

1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.

Why similar: Thriller 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, America 12.7% ★, Visual Novel 11.7%, Conversation 10.5%

Explore 17th century Canadian wilderness through the eyes of Jeanne, a French woman who crossed the Atlantic to start anew and Maikan, an Innu hunter trying to discover what’s disturbing the forest. Your choices will shape the traits of the protagonists in this narrative single-player experience.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Historical 18.6%, Cinematic 17.1%, Story Rich 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%