Games like Excellent Expectations

In "Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story," players explore the social life of a young woman, Laura, through her found phone. By examining apps, messages, and photos, players piece together Laura's relationships, career, and the mystery surrounding her disappearance. The game offers a relatable narrative that promotes empathy and addresses social issues.

"A Normal Lost Phone" is a narrative investigation game where you explore the contents of a lost phone to discover the intimacies of its previous owner. By searching through texts, emails, and other apps, you uncover the story of a young person's life, their relationships, and the challenges they face. The game provides a unique and immersive way to experience someone else's narrative, allowing players to piece together the fragments of a stranger's life.

An indie storytelling experience that goes beyond the lanes of the here and now into distant memories of a future planetary collapse. Destabilize the present and plunge into a neon psychohistory of a bizarre entity in distress. This is not a game about minigolf.

"Her Story" is a crime fiction promising a unique experience, where you search through a database of live-action police interviews from 1994. The narrative unfolds as you piece together a woman's story about her missing husband, using search terms to find clips and uncover the truth. This game stands out with its non-linear storytelling and intriguing format, relying on your attentiveness to the woman's testimony.

"Silicon Dreams" is a narrative-driven cyberpunk interrogation game where you play as a detective AI. Question a variety of androids, analyze their responses, and make decisions that will impact your understanding of their stories and motives. Immerse yourself in a detailed, atmospheric world and uncover the truth behind human-like AI's actions.

In "Greyhat: A Digital Detective Adventure," players assume the role of a skilled cyber investigator, tasked with tracking down a dangerous hacker known only as "Phantom." Through a series of digital forensics puzzles and high-tech investigative tools, players must uncover clues, analyze data, and follow the trail of Phantom to bring them to justice. With a focus on logic, critical thinking, and exploration, Greyhat offers a unique and engaging detective experience in a digital world.

"Who's Lila?" is a narrative-driven adventure game that follows the story of a detective investigating the mysterious disappearance of a woman named Lila. The game features unique puzzle mechanics and a distinct 2D art style, immersing players in a dark and suspenseful atmosphere as they uncover the truth behind Lila's disappearance. With multiple endings and branching storylines, "Who's Lila?" offers a replayable and engaging experience.

"SIMULACRA" is a single-player Horror Role Playing game with an intriguing story and unique atmosphere. Players find a woman's lost phone and uncover clues via apps, messages, and emails to locate her. With a focus on realism, the game boasts pretty visuals, a spectacular soundtrack, and high replayability, but can be very grinding and buggy.

Replica is an innovative interactive novel game played through a simulated cellphone and social media interface. As the player, you uncover a mystery by snooping through the phone's messages, calls, photos, and apps, making decisions that impact the story's outcome. This immersive game explores themes of surveillance, privacy, and control in a technologically driven world.

"Tacoma" is a single-player mystery action game with an ingenious story, amazing gameplay, great graphics, and sensational music. You explore a high-tech space station in 2088, uncovering the crew's personal stories and the gripping tale of trust, fear, and resolve through digital surveillance recordings. While it offers a lot of content and is highly emotional, the game is not very replayable and has some bugs. The developers have added over two hours of audio commentary, available in Commentary Mode.