Games like A Story Beside
by Wayward Prophet
Beyond: Two Souls and Life is Strange: True Colors play most like A Story Beside. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its choices matter and interactive fiction; 1 came out in the last year, 9 are free or under $10 and 1 has co-op. The best known is Beyond: Two Souls, with 37,313 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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Beyond: Two Souls
Jun 18, 2020 · Quantic Dream
Both: Choices Matter · Female Protagonist · Emotional
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
Choices MatterStory RichAdventureFemale ProtagonistCinematicSingleplayerCo-opEmotionalHorrorQuick-Time Events👍 37,313Life is Strange: True Colors
Sep 9, 2021 · Deck Nine
Both: Choices Matter · Female Protagonist · Romance
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Choices MatterStory RichLGBTQ+Female ProtagonistMultiple EndingsChoose Your Own AdventureRomanceEmotionalThird PersonAtmospheric👍 12,366Time Space Rebuild
May 19, 2025 · INNOVATION DREAM
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist
In "Time Rebuild", human civilization stands on the brink of destruction. You will become a time-traveling hero, embarking on a journey to save the world while encountering and bonding with women of vastly different appearances and personalities.
Dating SimFMVInteractive FictionRPGSingleplayerChoices MatterFemale ProtagonistSimulationMultiple EndingsRomance👍 377I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Aug 25, 2022 · Northway Games
Both: Choices Matter · Life Sim · Interactive Fiction
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Choices MatterLife SimDeckbuildingDating SimVisual NovelRPGStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureLGBTQ+Interactive Fiction👍 4,450Love Is All Around
Oct 17, 2023 · intiny
Both: Romance · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
The player becomes Gu Yi, uses the first-person perspective to immerse himself in meeting six beauties, and embarks on a joyful and sweet love journey with them. Six girls that are charming, innocent, intelligent, wild, sexy, glamorous, who will go to the end with you is up to you to decide.
Dating SimSexual ContentFMVSingleplayerVisual NovelRomanceFirst-PersonMultiple EndingsChoices MatterInteractive Fiction👍 36,197LIVORA
Jul 3 · Shift The Story
Both: Life Sim · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
Build a life from childhood to legacy. LIVORA is a choice-driven life simulation where education, work, money, relationships, family, health, time and where you live all connect — and the decisions you make can shape what happens years later.
Life SimSimulationChoices MatterStory RichInteractive FictionText-BasedEmotionalMultiple EndingsChoose Your Own AdventureRomanceThe Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Mar 4, 2021 · Sever, Schisma Games
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction
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!
Choices MatterStory RichRPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelText-BasedMedievalIndieSingleplayer👍 8,159Growing Up
Oct 13, 2021 · Vile Monarch
Both: Life Sim · Choices Matter · Emotional
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Life SimChoices MatterStory RichSimulationEmotionalRPGAdventureMultiple EndingsSingleplayerChoose Your Own Adventure👍 3,469A guard walks into a tavern
Nov 30, 2023 · SuQing
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Life Sim
You are a guard whose job is to post bounties. Try your best to deal with various matters and make money to raise your family. But remember, when various factions come to you, you will have to make choices!
Choices MatterMedievalSimulationDark HumorStory RichFantasyInteractive FictionLife SimMultiple EndingsAdventure👍 418LoveChoice
Nov 15, 2021 · Akaba Studio
Both: Romance · Choices Matter
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
RomanceDating SimChoices MatterStory RichVisual NovelMultiple EndingsCuteGreat SoundtrackBeautifulSimulation👍 32,386Sumire
May 26, 2021 · GameTomo Team
Both: Exploration · Interactive Fiction · Female Protagonist
One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.
Choose Your Own AdventureExplorationInteractive FictionCollectathonVisual NovelWalking SimulatorSupernaturalFemale ProtagonistCuteRelaxing👍 886When The Past Was Around
Sep 22, 2020 · Mojiken
Both: Relaxing · Female Protagonist · Interactive Fiction
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Hidden ObjectCuteRelaxingFemale ProtagonistSurrealInteractive Fiction2DSingleplayerPoint & ClickPuzzle👍 3,930Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Aug 9, 2023 · Summerfall Studios
Both: Interactive Fiction · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist
Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse's death.
Interactive FictionStory RichChoices MatterMusicFemale ProtagonistSingleplayerMultiple EndingsMythologyAtmosphericAdventure👍 2,581Nocturnals
Sep 13, 2024 · Cowboy Toad Games
Both: Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Romance
A short, choose your own adventure game about two boys that find each other in a lonely, post-apocalyptic town.
Choices MatterPost-apocalypticLGBTQ+ShortHorrorInteractive FictionRomanceFirst-PersonAction-AdventureExploration👍 905Before Your Eyes
Apr 8, 2021 · GoodbyeWorld Games, Nice Dream
Both: Emotional · Interactive Fiction
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
EmotionalNarrativeStory RichIndieFirst-PersonInteractive FictionSingleplayerWalking SimulatorAdventureCartoony👍 21,278WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL:美好世界
Jun 6, 2017 · WMY Studio
Both: Exploration · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist
“God, please help me…” Become a god and rewrite fate with words. Drag and reorder sentences from pleading letters to twist cause and effect, changing the lives of those who wrote them. When countless joys and sorrows collide, what kind of “Wonderful World” will you create?
RPGStory RichPuzzleAdventureExplorationChoices MatterIndieFemale ProtagonistEmotionalWord Game👍 4,591Cabin Fever
Jul 12, 2021 · Steamy Buns Games
Both: Romance · Life Sim · Interactive Fiction
An off-grid cabin. A tech-savvy loner. One ray of sunshine in a bleak, ruined world. Cabin Fever is a slice-of-life visual novel with meaningful player choices, multiple endings to explore, and a story that will touch your heart.
Visual NovelDating SimRomanceSingleplayerStory RichNarrativeLife SimInteractive FictionImmersive Sim2D👍 462
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