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In 2016, a group of ambitious students got together to make the best adventure game ever — but they failed. Discover their story by playing through different builds of their game and reading their development logs.

Why similar: Typing 35.3% ★, Simulation 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Indie 1%

Navigate a nightmarish labyrinth, avoid eerie entities, and uncover dark secrets in this liminality based horror game. Explore realistic levels, unravel secrets, and figure out life or death puzzles. Will you escape the madness? Brought to you by a solo 13 year old dev.

Why similar: Simulation 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Cinematic 14.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Supernatural 9.2%

A game in the Chatbot Roleplay category.Among the ancient Egyptian ruins, a book is found, and in our game, we talk to this book. The book answers everything we write. The book's general power is that everything written in it becomes real in the world, but we discuss the consequences with the book.

Why similar: Typing 55% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Simulation 10.9%, Puzzle 10.5%, Indie 0.9%

In 1996’s digital haze, command DarkPulse, a rogue terminal torn from DARPA’s grip, to pierce Saraksen’s veiled conspiracy. Crack codes, hunt real-world clues, and decode cryptic media to expose forbidden truths. It's an ARG, and you’ve already been seen.

Why similar: Typing 35.5% ★, Simulation 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Indie 1.1%

Emotional highs and lows, but make it interdimensional.

Why similar: Typing 51.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Simulation 20.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Point and click work simulator where you do office jobs, like spreadsheets, sorting files, making a ledger, and more!

Why similar: Typing 44.5% ★, Simulation 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, 2D 3.3%, Indie 0.9%

do something, like anything, explore

Why similar: Typing 69.5% ★, Simulation 24%, 2D 4.4%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Type quickly to process incoming documents without burning out. Sharpen your skills, climb up the ranks and challenge your coworkers around the globe. Can you stay cool under pressure and become the next CEO?

Why similar: Typing 75.3% ★, Simulation 18.2%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%

A narrative driven hacking game that takes you on a journey around murky hacking circles. You will be using the console and graphical tools to hack systems in order to profit and advance the storyline.

Why similar: Typing 45.9% ★, Simulation 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, 2D 3.3%, Indie 1.1%

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a Mouse? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be inside of a Maze? Wonder no more! In R.A.T.T.Z. Maze you will have to rely on the mouse to smell, and your brain to remember! Welcome to the Maze, Good luck!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Simulation 32.2%, Hidden Object 18.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Indie 1.3%

Welcome to the cutting edge of virtual mayhem in "ByteBurst" – the ultimate hacker's playground. Immerse yourself in a thrilling journey through the digital realm, where your skills will be pushed to the limit, and every line of code is a potential weapon.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Typing 28.4% ★, Simulation 22.5%, Puzzle 13.6%, 2D 2.3%

Another day, another data retrieval job. Or is it? Using a linux-like terminal, explore BeyondHelix's systems and uncover what led to the company's demise.

Why similar: Typing 52.4% ★, Hidden Object 19.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, 2D 3.6%

A meditative and story-driven puzzle game, where you must discover answers to decisions, we all have to make. Can you make a change in a world of endless wars?

Why similar: Typing 44.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Hidden Object 16.9%, Puzzle 10.6%, 2D 3.7%

Jessica Mystery of Courchevel is a classic hidden object game with a gripping storyline and lots of minigames. This time Jessica has to go to a winter ski resort.

Why similar: Typing 51% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Hidden Object 19.2%, 2D 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Streamer's Court is an interactive game that can be played with your Twitch chat! In this game, you as a streamer will judge your viewers (the game assigns the crimes), get their defenses via chat decide whether they are guilty or not guilty, and learn the decision of your viewers!

Why similar: Typing 61.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Puzzle 10.8%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.5%

A fast-paced typing game where a pop-up ads are destroying your PC. Enter the right key combination to delete them! Do it quickly or your PC will die! and... don't fall for the ads.

Why similar: Typing 62.3% ★, Simulation 30.6%, 2D 5%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Welcome to What’s father’s father called? — a relative relationship puzzle game that has you laughing your head off while questioning life itself!

Why similar: Typing 62% ★, Simulation 35.5%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 1%

Chat with Aya! Ask questions, discuss hobbies, or simply input keywords.

Why similar: Typing 59.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 27%, Simulation 11.4%, 2D 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%

An idle sim living on your desktop. Play as a cat developer where your typing and clicks are turned into progress. Conquer bugs and deadlines to turn “New Folder (2)” into a Steam hit. Check your scores, read the comments, and aim for that elusive +1 Wishlist!

Why similar: Typing 62.4% ★, Simulation 30.9%, 2D 4.6%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

CozyTyper is a relaxing game where you can enjoy a cozy atmosphere while you spend your time improving your typing accuracy and speed, without the pressure of a ticking clock. Take your touch typing to the next level with calm practice and muscle memory training! Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Why similar: Typing 70.4% ★, Simulation 27.2%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1%

Step into the fantastical world of Parina and embark on an exhilarating journey through realms of magic and mystery! Sharpen your senses as you delve into this captivating hidden object adventure, where every scene is brimming with treasures waiting to be discovered.

Why similar: Simulation 33.1%, Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Hidden Object 18.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, 2D 3.9%

Bring your favorite characters to life on your desktop! CMChar offers interactive mascots with unique AI-powered personalities that talk, react, and evolve with you. Build affinity, level up, and boost your productivity with built-in tools.

Why similar: Typing 57.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Simulation 17.5%, 2D 1.9%, Indie 0.9%

You shouldn't date your own mother... or should you? That is the dilemma Oedipus is facing in this Dating Sim. You can either change how the legend goes or end up facing the wrath of the fates. The choice is yours in this daring Dating Sim!

Why similar: Typing 53.2% ★, Simulation 44.8%, Indie 1.9%

A Neo-Western town is simmering with conflict: mysterious forces fight for power, and you're the lynchpin that can save or destroy it. With a novel dynamic text system, you can say and do anything to the NPCs, then they generate personalized actions and speech in response.

Why similar: Typing 64.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Fruit Dream is a fruit-eating typing game. Let's feed a girl who craves lots of fruit. The more you eat without making mistakes, the higher your score.

Why similar: Typing 89.9% ★, 2D 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 1.7%

Void Future: Prologue is a standalone free experience set in the universe of Void Future. Play as a hacker in a cyberpunk world ruled by corporations and complete a single, fully designed mission. Hack systems, solve puzzles,and uncover secrets — while staying hidden from a system that never sleeps.

Why similar: Typing 52.6% ★, Simulation 28.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, 2D 4.2%, Indie 1%

A casual idle game with a Buddhist theme. Click to strike the wooden fish, earn merit points, and unlock 12 zodiac and 6 mythical beast wooden fish with matching hammers. Features 36 achievements and bilingual support.

Why similar: Typing 63% ★, Simulation 31.2%, 2D 3.7%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

A portal back to August, Friday the 13th, 2021.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Simulation 34.4%, Hidden Object 17.3%, Puzzle 13.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%

It's a game where you can clear the stage by pressing the key code on the keyboard

Why similar: Typing 89% ★, 2D 7.1%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Chat with Yuno! Solve cases, input keywords, or simply check in to see how she's doing!

Why similar: Typing 49.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Supernatural 16.4%, Simulation 8%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Semi-automatic micro-sandbox with a console interface. You decide the fates, but don't see anything actually going on. Imagine your purpose is just to simulate a human's decision making system, in a lack of information beyond the spreadsheet numbers.

Why similar: Simulation 60.4%, Interactive Fiction 30%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%

You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.

Why similar: Typing 58.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Puzzle 11.9%, Indie 0.2%, Singleplayer 0.2%

You're a starving artist out on the streets, trying to survive the harsh reality of the art business. With a high decline and misappreciation for art, you need to make enough money to escape this hellhole.

Why similar: Typing 58.7% ★, Simulation 32%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Indie 1.4%

Turn your index fingers into the brave Eagle Brothers! 'Hunt & Peck' is a typing defense game where you don't type words—you strike keys. Smash the specific keys where enemies appear with speed and precision to defend the cyber world.

Why similar: Typing 90.8% ★, 2D 6.2%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Run your grandmother’s store in a quiet Filipino town — but when night falls, strange knocks, whispers, and visions begin.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, Simulation 32.2%, Cinematic 21%, Supernatural 12.1%, Indie 1.3%

Cine Tracer is a realistic cinematography simulator. The player operates real world based cameras, sets up lights, and directs talent/actors in stunning next gen environments created in Unreal Engine 4.

Why similar: Simulation 76.9%, Cinematic 23.1%

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: Typing 45.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Simulation 18%, Puzzle 12%, 2D 3.1%

Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.

Why similar: Typing 50.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Simulation 16.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, 2D 1.9%

EXOTERRA: A Space Journey is a first-person science fiction puzzle game set aboard a stranded ship in the vast, dark expanse of outer space. Explore the HOPE-03 and uncover the mysteries it holds as you solve fully interactive escape-room-style chambers powered by a physics-based system.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Simulation 19.3%, Cinematic 17.8%, Hidden Object 16.6%, Puzzle 16.3%

Supreme OS is an operating system that runs on your operating system. With such stupendously amazing features as agile mail servers, exciting terminal commands, puzzles for your puzzles and the occasional AI singularity, Supreme OS is bound to be a game-changer!

Why similar: Typing 53.6% ★, Simulation 32.1%, Puzzle 13.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Chat with Saki! Input keywords, ask questions, or simply check in to see how she's doing!

Why similar: Typing 56.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%, Indie 0.6%

Your words are your only weapon. Banish the restless dead in this Malaysian folklore typing horror. Face the Pocong and Pontianak in an abandoned school using fast-paced typing combat and ritual crafting. Can you find the words to survive? Start typing now.

Why similar: Typing 65.1% ★, Supernatural 20.9%, Puzzle 9.1%, Indie 2.1%, 2D 1.8%

A first-person psychological horror where a journalist’s hunt for two missing friends spirals into paranoia, deadly secrets, and a killer clown no one can explain.

Why similar: Simulation 32.5%, Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Hidden Object 17.8%, Cinematic 13.5%, Supernatural 6.4%

Type your way through absurd encounters and mysterious puzzles in this old-school typing dungeon crawler.

Why similar: Typing 96.6% ★, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Creating beautiful street art would be much more fun without fearing the cops, and now you can with this amazing VR Graffiti World

Why similar: Typing 64.1% ★, Simulation 35%, Singleplayer 0.9%

HELLO HACKER features a realistic terminal. Use real Linux commands, network scanning, password cracking, and cryptography to infiltrate 10 interconnected servers and expose a deadly government surveillance program. Your colleague is missing. You're next. Are you ready to be a hacker?

Why similar: Typing 51.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Puzzle 11.5%, Indie 2%

An experimental platformer where words are tied to movement. Guide Pluto up the strange mountain and figure out what secrets are held within.

Why similar: Typing 79% ★, Puzzle 14.1%, 2D 4.8%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Wanech’s C.A.N. becomes a retro green pub serving brew, burgers, fries, and wings to synthwave beats. In this top-down cooking sim, prep meals by hitting W/A/S/D in sequence as orders rain down. Keep plates moving, customers smiling, and the pub buzzing!

Why similar: Typing 73.3% ★, Simulation 19.4%, 2D 5.2%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Your workflow has never been so tactile. An overlay app where every keystroke responds with honest 2D physics and a slap. Change skins, pull shapes with your cursor, rack up redness. Turn routine, coding, or surfing into pure visual pleasure.

Why similar: Typing 60.1% ★, Simulation 33.1%, 2D 4.8%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Frostwynd is dying. A necromancer awakens an ancient dragon, and darkness spreads. You’re the last hope - claim the Shadow Crown and break the curse! A retro tribute to 80s text adventures: explore crypts, crack ciphers, slay dragons.

Why similar: Typing 52.5% ★, Hidden Object 19.4%, Simulation 14.2%, Puzzle 10.3%, 2D 3.6%

A minimalist typing game where every 10 seconds is a year of your life. Balance Work, Family, and Health as time runs out.

Why similar: Typing 71.7% ★, Simulation 21.7%, 2D 4.7%, Indie 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%

HyakuTyping is a typing software with a Roman alphabet input only theme based on the Hyakunin Isshu poems. You can play by looking at the display from the top and typing the lower verse, or by looking at the card with the lower verse and typing the first two characters of the upper verse.

Why similar: Typing 90.5% ★, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Indie 1.7%

Cookie Clicker but You Type is an incremental strategy-based typing game. Type words to earn keys, a currency which can be used to buy upgrades to earn keys faster. The addicting nature of progression in this game helps typists enjoy practice.

Why similar: Typing 91% ★, 2D 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Indie 1.8%

Keyboard Killers is a difficult reflex game in which you destroy meteors in order to save your starship and your friend dragon(^-^) . You must be very fast to able to complete the game. More then 500 apm on most challenging levels.

Why similar: Typing 65.8% ★, Simulation 30.1%, Indie 4.1%

A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.

Why similar: Typing 47.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Simulation 17.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Omni is a game that teaches you how to program.

Why similar: Typing 58.4% ★, Simulation 22.8%, Puzzle 13.4%, 2D 4.7%, Indie 0.3%

A minimalist surveillance horror game. Flip through security cameras on a deep space station and report subtle anomalies. No jump scares. No combat. Just watch, observe, and try not to miss the moment everything goes wrong.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Hidden Object 24.1%, Simulation 22.2%, Puzzle 13.4%, Supernatural 8.4%

"Let's play a typing game." Dyping Escape is a simple game where you type according to instructions from the game master, a mysterious eyeball. But be careful; everything you type becomes reality. Just be careful not to brick your computer.

Why similar: Typing 50.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Hidden Object 19.2%, 2D 4.2%, Indie 1.5%

"The Traveller: Maries" is a highly interactive search and puzzle development game.

Why similar: Hidden Object 28%, Simulation 22.9%, Cinematic 18.6%, Puzzle 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%

cr4ckr is a puzzle game about cracking passwords.

Why similar: Typing 69.5% ★, Simulation 20.1%, 2D 4.9%, Puzzle 3.4%, Indie 1.2%