Games like Gray Skies, Dark Waters
by Green Willow Games, LLC
What does it mean to truly disappear without a trace? This modern interpretation of centuries-old folktales drops you into a world of secrets, unanswered questions, and (just maybe) the supernatural. Search to reveal the truth—or, at least, your version of it.
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$14.99THE LONGING
Mar 5 · Studio Seufz
Both: Point & Click · Walking Simulator · Choose Your Own Adventure
An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.
Point & ClickWalking SimulatorChoose Your Own AdventureIdler2DUndergroundMultiple EndingsExplorationAtmosphericChoices Matter👍 6,979
$24.99Sable
Sep 23 · Shedworks
Both: Exploration · Female Protagonist · Choose Your Own Adventure
Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.
AtmosphericExplorationStory RichAdventureOpen WorldFemale ProtagonistChoose Your Own AdventureSingleplayerMultiple EndingsChoices Matter👍 5,367
$13.99Homicipher
Nov 1 · 八名木Games
Both: Female Protagonist · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
OtomeHorrorVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericMultiple EndingsText-BasedChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureWord Game👍 7,822
$29.99The Invincible
Nov 6 · Starward Industries
Both: Walking Simulator · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Dialogue HeavyAdventureRobotsWalking SimulatorFuturisticSci-fiChoices MatterFemale ProtagonistSpaceMultiple Endings👍 10,083
$19.99What Remains of Edith Finch
Apr 24 · Giant Sparrow
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Female Protagonist
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Story RichAtmosphericWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonMysteryExplorationAdventureSingleplayerFemale ProtagonistIndie👍 47,062
$9.99The Path
Mar 18 · Tale of Tales
Both: Walking Simulator · Female Protagonist · Exploration
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
Walking SimulatorHorrorIndieFemale ProtagonistExplorationAdventureSurrealExperimentalAtmosphericGothic👍 881
$9.99Choose Wisely
Jan 12 · ID Card
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Female Protagonist · Multiple Endings
This interactive adventure features no specific hero. YOU are the one who decides who makes it out alive - or not. Your actions determine the outcome of the story. In total there are 9 playable heroes and more than 50 different paths all featuring intense dialogues and thrilling events.
Choose Your Own AdventureFemale ProtagonistStory RichMultiple EndingsAdventureRPGStrategyMystery DungeonSimulationViolent👍 117
-50%$7.49Gone Home
Aug 15 · Fullbright
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Female Protagonist
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Walking SimulatorShortIndieExplorationAtmosphericFirst-PersonStory RichNarrativeLGBTQ+Female Protagonist👍 13,621
$9.99Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance
Mar 9 · Creepy Brothers
Both: Choices Matter · Female Protagonist · Point & Click
As punishment for her transgressions, Ingrid is sent to hell. As she struggles through the darkness that hungers to consume her heart, she makes her way toward redemption. Her fate is in your hands.
Choices MatterPuzzleFemale ProtagonistPoint & ClickDarkStory RichMultiple EndingsAdventure2DSide Scroller👍 771
$7.99Misadventures of Laura Silver
Aug 14 · Studio Attic Salt
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Point & Click
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.
Visual NovelChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionStory RichPoint & ClickAdventureFemale ProtagonistMysteryComic Book👍 201
$12.9980 Days
Sep 28 · inkle Ltd, Cape Guy Ltd
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure · Multiple Endings
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
AdventureStory RichChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureStrategyIndieInteractive FictionMultiple EndingsReplay ValueSteampunk👍 1,175
$4.99Disturbed: Beyond Aramor
May 18 · iBlackpen
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Point & Click · Exploration
A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' themed sequel to the free-to-play 'Disturbed'. Your journey begins with Gabriel, a depressed soul who has been banished away on Greyrock Island. Discover an unfolding world as you wander to fulfill the desires of your heart.
Choose Your Own AdventurePoint & ClickVisual NovelHand-drawnAdventureAtmosphericExplorationChoices MatterHorrorPuzzle
$2.99Aunewyth
Jan 20 · Captain Cool
Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Choose Your Own Adventure
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
RPGText-BasedChoices MatterShortMultiple EndingsReplay ValueStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureSingleplayerAdventure
$19.99The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Sep 25 · The Astronauts
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
MysteryAtmosphericDetectiveWalking SimulatorExplorationFirst-PersonAdventureHorrorStory RichSingleplayer👍 6,860
-20%$4.79Case 03: True Cannibal Boy
Sep 18 · Sounding Stone / 老奉毊, MaouCat Studio / 魔王貓工作室
Both: Multiple Endings · Female Protagonist · Choices Matter
A horror mystery adventure game with ghost story elements. Anxiety plagues college student Lily, whose crush Sally has gone missing. As Lily explores the truth, Sally's boyfriend starts to look increasingly suspicious. Even worse, the story of the Cannibal Boy seems to be involved somehow...
Multiple EndingsFemale ProtagonistLGBTQ+Visual NovelChoices MatterLovecraftianHorror2.5DDark HumorStory Rich
$14.99Dyscourse
Mar 25 · Owlchemy Labs
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist
Dyscourse is an interactive choice-based narrative adventure game where you journey through a stylized world of choice and consequence. Choose wisely.
AdventureIndieCasualSimulationChoose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterSurvivalFemale ProtagonistSingleplayerMultiple Endings👍 184
$4.99Book of Travels
Oct 11 · Might and Delight
Both: Choices Matter · Walking Simulator · Exploration
Ready your pack, grab your walking stick and step into a world of mystery. Craft your character and immerse yourself in the enchanted lands of Braided Shore.
SingleplayerRelaxingChoices MatterWalking SimulatorCo-opRPGAdventureCharacter CustomizationExplorationOpen World👍 1,595
$19.99OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
Jul 12 · Night School Studio
Both: Female Protagonist · Exploration · Choose Your Own Adventure
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
ThrillerSupernaturalAdventureMysteryStory RichFemale ProtagonistExplorationChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionSide Scroller👍 1,976
$19.99Night in the Woods
Feb 21 · Infinite Fall
Both: Exploration · Choices Matter
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Dialogue HeavyStory RichAdventureAtmosphericDark HumorStylizedExplorationChoices MatterSingleplayerNarrative👍 18,006
-75%$2.74Roadwarden
Sep 12 · Moral Anxiety Studio
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
RPGText-BasedAdventureIndiePixel GraphicsInteractive FictionStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterFantasy👍 4,478
$3.99The Search
Apr 13 · Jason Godbey
Both: Exploration · Point & Click · Female Protagonist
Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!
ExplorationPuzzleHidden ObjectPoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistFirst-PersonSurrealRelaxingStory RichCasual👍 356
$2.99Home is Where One Starts...
May 12 · David Wehle
Both: Walking Simulator · Female Protagonist · Exploration
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
AdventureIndieWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonShortAtmosphericFemale ProtagonistExplorationStory RichCasual👍 583
$3.99Leaving Lyndow
Feb 8 · Eastshade Studios
Both: Walking Simulator · Female Protagonist
It's Clara's last day on the island where she grew up. She needs to complete preparations, visit her favorite places, and say her goodbyes before leaving on a journey she may not return from.
AdventureIndieWalking SimulatorAtmosphericFirst-PersonFemale ProtagonistGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerShort👍 1,117
$8.997Days Origins
May 2 · Buff Studio
Both: Point & Click · Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Story RichHorrorVisual NovelPoint & ClickChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionPsychologicalPsychological HorrorDark Comedy👍 313
-20%$7.99OneShot: World Machine Edition
Sep 30 · Future Cat LLC
Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Exploration
A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.
PuzzleStory RichIndiePixel GraphicsChoices MatterMultiple EndingsCuteExploration2DAdventure👍 5,353
$9.99The First Tree
Sep 14 · David Wehle
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a son reconnecting with his estranged father in Alaska. Uncover artifacts from the son's life as he becomes intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.
AtmosphericAdventureWalking SimulatorIndieExplorationRelaxingSingleplayerStory RichOpen WorldColorful👍 4,765
$19.99Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind
May 25 · Owned by Gravity, Ulisses Digital
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist
Forge your own path and embark on a perilous journey on board a ship of Thorwal raiders in this epic tale set in the award-winning world of The Dark Eye RPG.
Choose Your Own AdventureChoices MatterInteractive FictionRPGVisual NovelFemale ProtagonistMultiple Endings2DHistoricalDynamic Narration
-75%$3.99Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Mar 25 · DigiTales Interactive
Both: Multiple Endings · Point & Click · Female Protagonist
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.
Multiple EndingsDetectivePoint & ClickSci-fiInvestigationFemale ProtagonistAdventureStory RichPixel GraphicsSpace👍 396
$14.99Journey
Jun 11 · thatgamecompany
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator
Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.
BeautifulAtmosphericAdventureIndieExplorationRelaxingGreat SoundtrackWalking SimulatorCo-opMultiplayer👍 34,817
$19.99Minds Beneath Us
Jul 31 · BearBoneStudio
Both: Choices Matter · Choose Your Own Adventure
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.
CinematicAtmosphericStory RichCyberpunkChoices MatterVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureDystopian RPG2D👍 5,754
$12.99Syberia II
May 19 · Microids
Both: Point & Click · Female Protagonist
Having searched Eastern and Western Europe for a missing heir, Kate Walker finally completed her long and arduous journey, obtaining the signature of Hans Voralberg and closing the automaton factory buyout.
AdventurePoint & ClickPuzzleFemale ProtagonistStory RichSteampunkAtmosphericSingleplayerClassicMystery👍 1,699
$9.99Escape From Lavender Island
Aug 31 · Jeremy Couillard, Chris Parrello
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · Third Person
Explore a dream that refuses to end. As Zede Aksis, wander a surreal city that feels both alive and liminal, filled with digital citizens and absurd infrastructure. Can you find an escape? A way out of a world that remembers you better than you remember it?
ExplorationHidden ObjectWalking SimulatorAction-Adventure3DFirst-PersonThird PersonAlternate HistoryDark ComedyFunny👍 197
FreeLake of Voices
Aug 28 · GB Patch Games
Both: Female Protagonist · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.
Free to PlayVisual NovelIndieCasualFemale ProtagonistChoices MatterSingleplayerHorrorOtomeMultiple Endings
-40%$5.99OneShot
Dec 8 · Future Cat LLC
Both: Choices Matter
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Story RichPixel GraphicsIndieGreat SoundtrackCuteAtmosphericPuzzleSingleplayerChoices MatterAdventure👍 59,257
$4.99Emily is Away Too
May 26 · Kyle Seeley
Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.
IndieSimulationChoices MatterDating SimCasualPixel GraphicsStory RichMultiple EndingsSingleplayerText-Based👍 5,339
