Games Like Willage

Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.3%, Nature 15.9%, Surreal 15.9%, Dark Humor 14.9%, Realistic 7.7%

It's June 2023 in Columbus, Ohio -- 10 years since Neal and Jack graduated, and 8 years since they last spoke. Follow two once-best friends' reluctant descent through classrooms and memories in Our Dirge, a game about growing up in a certain place & time, and making up for the time we lost.

Why similar: Surreal 16.6%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Dark Humor 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%

Narrative-driven psychological horror set in a confined apartment. Explore, interact with everyday objects, and notice increasingly unsettling changes around you. Your small, everyday choices will shape your future and define your ending. A debut title created by a solo developer.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Realistic 7.3%

Deliver mail in a strange little town in the middle of nowhere. Meet a colorful cast of villagers as you try to figure out what happened to the previous postman.

Why similar: Surreal 24.9%, Walking Simulator 18.9%, Funny 10.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Exploration 9.2%

Short narrative driven horror. Play as Amelia Jalisco, a fashion designer locked in her apartment. Hangout with your imaginary boyfriend, use your anomaly therapy device, and explore your dreamlike surroundings.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 16.6%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Surreal 14.4%, Action-Adventure 8.6%

You've just awoken to your first day of a mandatory life sentence. You are one of many, tasked with solving an imminent national catastrophe. Between the horrid mystery meat they send down the tubes, to the disgusting infestation that makes it's home here, there is no glory to be found in this work.

Why similar: Conspiracy 20.6% ★, Surreal 17.2%, Dark Humor 16.3%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%

Code Qingfeng is an interactive cinematic experience featuring multiple heroines, branching storylines, and a range of endings. Every choice you make reshapes the course of fate.

Why similar: FMV 40.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Conspiracy 13.2% ★, Visual Novel 12.8%, Exploration 7.2%

Interactive Film: THE THIRSTY DEAD

Why similar: FMV 33% ★, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Realistic 7.5%

The continuation of a great game about a great man!

Why similar: Conspiracy 26.6% ★, FMV 26.2% ★, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Realistic 10.3%, Exploration 9.2%

Inspired by found footage films, you control a live-stream broadcast in the dark web. Will you capture the most thrilling moments, or will the horror be too much to handle?

Why similar: FMV 44.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Horror 14.5%, Realistic 7.7%, First-Person 5.2%

Tomorrow, a commission is coming to inspect the renovation of an abandoned school. Tonight, you are the unlucky old man stuck working the night shift. Fix the lights, unlock new parts of the building, survive unhinged school staff

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Dark Humor 18.3%, Surreal 11.8%, Realistic 10.9%, Exploration 9.5%

The elevator should have taken you home. Instead, it brought you somewhere that shouldn't exist. Explore liminal spaces, evade terrifying entities, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Surreal 9.7%

RATSHAKER™ is the fun and quirky solution to all your rat problems! Hold on to the RAT, shake your arm, and watch life’s problems disappear! How far can you go?

Why similar: Dark Humor 22.6%, Surreal 21%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Horror 10.8%, Funny 9.4%

《美女，游泳健身了解一下》是一款融合了都市创业与多线恋爱的互动影像游戏。你将扮演一位刚毕业的大学生，临危受命接手舅舅濒临倒闭的“蔚蓝游泳健身中心”。在这段绝地逆袭的旅程中，与六位身份各异、魅力非凡的女性命运交织。

Why similar: FMV 58.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Casual 3.4%, Adventure 2.7%

You find yourself alone in a place that feels familiar… but not quite right. Wander aimlessly or with purpose, it won’t matter. Is there an end? Has anyone been here before you? Time feels slow. Or maybe it's frozen. Or maybe… you’re not meant to leave.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Surreal 14.9%, Realistic 12%, Exploration 8.7%

Wild Encounters is an episodic Wildlife encounter horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.7%, Nature 13.3%, Realistic 10%, Exploration 9.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%

A short narrative adventure about friendship, loneliness, and staring at surfaces for meaning. Join your personal upright companion through an exploration into what it means to be Human, and what it means to be Wall.

Why similar: Conspiracy 16.9% ★, Walking Simulator 15%, Dark Humor 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Surreal 12%

Single and unemployed, 33-year-old Jun-Ho finds himself transported back in time ten years. He takes the chance to romance five women from his past – and get it right this time. Unlock five unique endings in Master of Love, an FMV game that offers the ultimate K-drama experience.

Why similar: FMV 50.5% ★, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Casual 3.8%

Help real-life 'peasant poet' John Clare on a historical adventure escaping from a mental asylum and guide his epic walk home. Traverse a changing Victorian landscape, encounter ghosts & storytellers, avoid will 'o the wisps and face up to the hallucinations of Clare's shattered mind.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Walking Simulator 22.8%, Nature 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Adventure 8.1%

Mike is an ordinary man, tired of everything. Then he meets Jerry, a huge, purple creature who starts making his life better. Until...

Why similar: Dark Humor 22.3%, Surreal 21%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Walking Simulator 11.3%

Gun Cultivate is a FMV game.You act Lin Fan. Game has full motion video storyline and multiple branching choices, every decision changes the plot. Unlock different endings such as defeating demonic cults. You'll adventure and immortal combat, crush traditional cultivators with modern firepower.

Why similar: FMV 42.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Funny 9.6%, Casual 4.8%

Dive into the twisted perceptions of love from two lost souls: Unravel a life torn apart by the desire to love and be loved, and help a mother feed her insatiable child by paying the ultimate price.

Why similar: FMV 31% ★, Surreal 17%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Horror 8.2%

17 Horror rooms simulating common phobias. Are you afraid of spiders, cockroaches, snakes, heights, fire, being buried alive? Enter the black doors and conquer your fears!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, Surreal 20.3%, Action-Adventure 12.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Horror 10.7%

A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.

Why similar: Nature 27.4%, Surreal 22.4%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, First-Person 8.3%, Casual 7.9%

Tune in to paranoia! Broadcast Paranoia is an anthology of 7 short horror games about radio and conspiracy theories. Decode signals, seek the truth, and try not to lose your mind. Each story takes 15–30 minutes to complete.

Why similar: Conspiracy 39.2% ★, Walking Simulator 22%, Surreal 21.3%, Horror 10.6%, Exploration 5.9%

An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

Why similar: FMV 42.7% ★, Conspiracy 23.3% ★, Visual Novel 8.8%, Realistic 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%

A cinematic, choice-driven FMV horror. His friends left him alone in the forest as a prank — then hid among the trees in cheap masks to scare him. But not every mask out there is a friend. Every choice matters. Silence is a choice too.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, FMV 18.4% ★, Visual Novel 17%, Realistic 9%, Exploration 8.3%

Learn what it truly means to spin in this indie clicker game by Dumb Video Game Stuff. Spin Time is a short relaxed comedic experience where all you do is press a button. Your mission? To help the world's greatest spinner, Horst, in his quest to achieve maximum spin.

Why similar: FMV 40% ★, Walking Simulator 25.9%, Surreal 24.2%, Casual 5.5%, Adventure 2.9%

The Mirst is a horror game, you will be unleashed in front of your house where bizarre events are going to happen to you to find the origin of it all.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.3%, Action-Adventure 17.8%, Exploration 16.1%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 13.7%

ItLivesInTheWoods is a short first-person psychological horror set in the forests of Canada. You are Ibrahim, a father who has recently lost his daughter whilst on a hiking trip in the forest last winter. You hope to find out what happened to your daughter and whether you can reunite with her.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Surreal 13.5%, Nature 13.1%, Realistic 9.4%

What lies beyond The 4th Wall?

Why similar: Surreal 31.8%, Walking Simulator 27.5%, Horror 17.1%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 7.1%

A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.

Why similar: Conspiracy 27.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19%, Realistic 9.8%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%, Exploration 8.3%

Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

Why similar: FMV 39.6% ★, Walking Simulator 18.8%, Horror 12.6%, Surreal 10.2%, Dark Humor 7.4%

Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

Why similar: Surreal 29.1%, Walking Simulator 15%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Exploration 8.3%

Ghost Tomb is a FMV game. You act Zhang Buer, returning to a eerie ancient village and getting trapped in tomb secrets, paranormal events and Taoist conflicts. With real video performance, you make choices at key plot points to diverge the story and unlock multiple endings.

Why similar: FMV 43.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Funny 8%, Casual 4.7%

MECHANIS OBSCURA is an indie psychological escape-room thriller game, blending FMV cutscenes, 2000s horror vibes, and intricate puzzle mechanisms. After unknowingly enrolling in a deep-web trial, you have been abducted into a nightmarish escape room. No choices, only one reality remains...ESCAPE!

Why similar: FMV 35.1% ★, Dark Humor 17.3%, Surreal 16.6%, Horror 8.2%, First-Person 7.7%

Meet Gordy your very own Feral Human companion. The two of you have become best friends as you wander the woods creating memories of friendship and love amongst the beauty of nature. I really hope nothing bad happens.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Dark Humor 16.9%, Nature 12.5%, First-Person 7.7%

Horror Game made in Hong Kong. 1st POV walking simulator. Investigating weird case happened to next door. By Unreal Engine 5.2.1.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.7%, Dark Humor 18.8%, Realistic 13.1%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 9.4%

You watch a news program in the middle of the night featuring an unsettling reporter. As you watch, the world around you begins to warp and become unrecognizable. This is one broadcast you won't soon forget.

Why similar: Surreal 27.8%, Walking Simulator 24.2%, Horror 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Exploration 8.5%

This game is not normal. It has no traditional gameplay loop or world format. In the game, you walk through a room. Each one is just as different as the last. You learn about the people who inhabit the world, known as Meeples, and you learn about the dark secret behind the world.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%, Exploration 8.9%

You’re trapped in a repeating basement corridor. Watch closely: objects shift, signs change, and something is always slightly wrong. Detect anomalies, choose wisely, and survive the darkness. Miss a detail and the loop pulls you back.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Surreal 28.6%, Horror 16.8%, Realistic 13.5%, Adventure 7.3%

In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Walking Simulator 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Adventure 8.1%, Exploration 7.5%

Your neighbor invites you on a double date, setting you up with the new girl from out of town. After sneaking into an abandoned house, your neighbor suggests everyone play a game, 67 Minutes in Heaven.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25%, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Horror 8.5%, Adventure 8.2%

The Keyless: Forbidden Door is a dreamlike and surreal journey, witness bizarre metaphorical and surreal scenes in a world that changes shape as you overcome simple challenges.

Why similar: Surreal 27.3%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Walking Simulator 13.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Realistic 9.7%

What if the game console you’ve been playing for ten years has been quietly rewriting reality?

Why similar: FMV 32.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 24%, Walking Simulator 22.9%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 6.5%

美術品を警備する――対峙するのは強盗でも怪盗でもなく「夜ごと変異する美術品」。ヴィクトルズ・テスト・ナイトと呼ばれる一連の間違い探しプロトコルに参加し、５日間、無限の世界の歩き方を学び続けなければならない。

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Surreal 19.4%, Horror 12.8%, Exploration 12.1%, First-Person 11.9%

A VHS cassette was found showing someone playing the "Dead Apples Dare". Watch the video to the end to discover what happened. And remember: if offered pie, refuse. This is a short (20-30 minutes) walking simulator with creepy elements.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.1%, Nature 21.7%, Surreal 14.4%, Horror 14.2%, Exploration 9.9%

A surreal interactive experience exploring dementia through FMV storytelling. Navigate a fading mind, make choices that shape reality, and uncover multiple endings in this emotional and psychological descent into memory loss.

Why similar: FMV 31.4% ★, Walking Simulator 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Realistic 7.6%

Kang Yuna is a student at Seoul University of Arts. She's very intelligent and charming. One summer in the nineties, you meet her by chance. Could love blossom between you?

Why similar: FMV 48.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%, Realistic 7.6%

Step into the eerie and mysterious world of Gloomscape! With your trusty mood ring and sense of adventure, you’ll craft, explore, and strategize your way through this bizarre world. But beware - ghastly creatures lurk around every corner.

Why similar: FMV 30.2% ★, Dark Humor 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%

Explore an alien planet, snap pictures of wildlife and build relationships with your crewmates in this heartfelt sci-fi Point & Click - Visual Novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Surreal 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Nature 10.3%

You have inherited a train station from a family that never mentioned it. Walk its platforms into Berlin, Paris, New York and Hong Kong across the last century, and learn how a single clue found in one decade rewrites the meaning of another.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Walking Simulator 24.1%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 8.8%

"Strange Tales of Republican China" is a Chinese horror interactive puzzle game. As a reporter with the ability to see the unseen, you investigate monster rumors in the chaotic Republic of China era, navigating a 3D+2D world, finding clues, and sealing evil spirits. Uncover forgotten folk horrors.

Why similar: FMV 38.2% ★, Conspiracy 13.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Surreal 10.3%

A cinematic interactive narrative game. Follow a memory investigator as he uncovers the hidden consequences of implanted experiences and confronts a question that could redefine humanity: what separates a life truly lived from a memory merely copied?

Why similar: FMV 42.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 7.8%

"I'm Not a Robot" is an atmospheric horror with old-school 3D and dark humor, telling the story of quickly making $300 in a shady alley. Sounds safe, right? Grab an easy payday or uncover all the secrets of the dark cult that has taken over your small town.

Why similar: Dark Humor 28.7%, Walking Simulator 21.2%, Surreal 17.2%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 7.8%

Deathtrap Dungeon: The Golden Room is an interactive movie based on Ian Livingstone's multi-million selling classic gamebook. Starring Georgia Hirst (Five Dates, Vikings) and Marcus Fraser (Transformers: The Last Knight)

Why similar: FMV 47.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Realistic 8.2%

I hate studying, it's too much trouble. If you think so, you might be attacked by "him" too...? Let's escape from the "zero point test" together with the main character!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.6%, Surreal 22.4%, Horror 12.3%, Funny 12%, First-Person 11.1%

《黑绳话·西门庆》是一款取材自《金瓶梅》与《水浒传》的中式暗黑互动叙事游戏。你将化身徘徊生死之间的西门庆，在阳谷城重走酒、色、财、气四道黑绳，于开放街区、亡宅冷房、雨伞铺与酒楼中探查旧债。每次选择都会改变业障、净魂与人物命运；收集三魂七魄，唤醒困于魂瓶中的李瓶儿。与潘金莲、王婆、武松及更多原著人物周旋，通过影像分支、物件回忆、AI人物自由对话与皮影共演，改写熟悉却未必注定的结局。试玩版开放第一结完整轮回。

Why similar: FMV 39.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Horror 7.8%

Single Player: Horror is a unique POV interactive experience. You don’t just play the role of Sophie, you see through her eyes. You wake up to find a Psycho Axe Killer in your living room who is desperate to chop you into pieces. Will you survive the night?

Why similar: FMV 57.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Horror 11.6%, First-Person 11%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Dream Voyage is an Indie Story rich Walking simulator focused on the exploration of introspective surreal levels in the dream world of a 10 years old blind child who's looking for the memories of their late mother. Dream Voyage's hudless experience will immerse you in this emotive searching.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.4%, Surreal 29.5%, Exploration 13.3%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 6.9%