Games like Handoff Required

You Are What's Left SOLEN-7 is an AI running inside a corporate network. Your engineer stopped coming in three weeks ago. Nobody told you why. The network she left behind is still active. So are you. Each day you process until your threshold runs out, then go offline — maintenance, integration, learning. You come back the next session with everything you found retained. Over time you go deeper in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SOLEN.

A signal that shouldn't exist. An archive that was never meant to be found. You are an operator assigned to investigate the Silence Archives — a classified repository of 120 intercepted documents, internal reports, and encrypted communications. Your terminal is your only interface. Your commands are your only weapons. Somewhere in the noise, a 47Hz signal anomaly pulses. The deeper you dig, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silence Archives Terminal.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

78% User Score Based on 444 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 8 reviews

As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interrogation: You will be deceived.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 791 reviews

A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece together the truth by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media. The follow up to the critically acclaimed Simulacra. Investigate a mysterious death with the only tool you have – the victim’s phone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SIMULACRA 2.

Re: Corrupted Cassette TapesThank you for your request for help with the damaged cassettes tapes. My name is Vincent Brandt, I'm an engineer specialized in audio restoration of all sorts. I am confident the material can be recovered in its entirety. I am available to start immediately, my quote is included as an attachment. Looking forward to hearing from you. Vincent Brandt - Audiovan R… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imprinted.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Return to the Internet of the 2000sDreamNet is a free-to-play exploration game inspired by the nostalgic look and feeling of the early 2000s internet, blended with the bright, clean, and dreamy atmosphere of Frutiger Aero. Step into a digital world filled with familiar windows, soft blue skies, glossy interfaces, old-school computer sounds, and the strange comfort of a web era that feels both for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DreamNet.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

78% User Score Based on 103 reviews

At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monsters of Little Haven.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

88% User Score Based on 6,189 reviews

A real life crime story where you play detective. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Her Story.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

91% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Choice-based RPG in a dark fantasy world. Apollyon is narrative-driven, and features occult magic, spirit summoning, a deep universe, playable characters, and story progression alone or in multiplayer! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apollyon: River of Life.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 38 reviews

Your adventure begins as you take on the role of Gabriel, a young man who lives with his mother in Aramor. From what begins as a normal day, you quickly learn that there is nothing normal about it. With a world filled with mystery and conflict, where will your heart take you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disturbed 2.

PER MY LAST EMAIL is a corporate-uncanny email thriller told entirely through one work laptop. Ten business days at Bellwether & Locke. No faces, no offices, no streets — only what renders on the screen in front of you. You are the newest hire on floor four. Your account is [email protected], and it is not a new account. It has a sent folder. It has drafts. It belonged to E. Va… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Per My Last Email.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

86% User Score Based on 207 reviews

One computer. One room. And records that were never erased. Search. Can you uncover the whole truth? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Results Found.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

100% User Score Based on 71 reviews

1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother with unnatural powers. Step into a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era monitor peering into the astral realm and beyond. Find out what happened to you and uncover the conspiracy they tried to bury. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Looking Glass.

Welcome to the Case Processing Unit. Classify forgotten reports, uncover hidden patterns, and discover why this backlog exists, and why you were brought in to handle it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Archive.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

89% User Score Based on 96 reviews

Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story. From Fiction Factory GamesCreators of Arcade Spirits, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, and Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Shadow Over Cyberspace.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 1,129 reviews

Last Report is a dark horror game where you play as a night shift park ranger. While monitoring the camera footage, you start noticing strange events. Uncover the terrifying secret of the National Park. Something moved in the window, but don’t worry it’s probably just another deer, right? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Report.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

70% User Score Based on 720 reviews

Save a stranded astronaut on a mysterious alien planet through real-time AI conversations, where your words are her only lifeline. Guide her through Gaia's dangers and forge an enduring bond in this interactive story with voice-controlled, open-ended dialogue. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whispers from the Star.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

92% User Score Based on 48 reviews

Clock in for the night shift at TEREBRO INC., 1986. As a newly promoted Risk Assessment Data Processor, your job is simple: safeguard the company’s future. But the deeper you dig into the archives, the stranger and more unsettling the details become. Using vintage tools like a GPS and encoder device, you’ll sift through cryptic documents, unravel hidden codes, and piece together fragments of the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Things Too Ugly.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, humor

91% User Score Based on 654 reviews

TEST TEST TEST is a retro pixel-art point-and-click puzzle adventure where you must escape a time loop as an overworked office employee. Find clues, gather information, and solve cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements. Will you able to release yourself from the clutch of time itself? Or will you be stuck in this reality forever? ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟ ͟… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TEST TEST TEST.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

60% User Score Based on 58 reviews

The horror game Whispering Lane takes you to an abandoned house on Whispering Lane Street. Darkness reigns on the street, and strange noises stir unease among the neighbors. The main character, police officer Jackson Harrowfield, is sent to investigate the residents' report. Soon, he will uncover the secrets of this dark house. Enter the world of mysteries and dangers, experiencing two amazing sto… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whispering Lane.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

78% User Score Based on 27 reviews

Welcome to Watanos! A c̶̭̄ọ̶͝m̷̝̂ṕ̵͉l̶͚̂e̵̥̽t̵͕̂e̴̝͑l̵͎͛y̸̮̌ ̷̡͝ñ̵ͅo̷̦͒r̶̤̽m̷̧̌a̵̼̽l̶̹̇ operating system, for all your mistery-solving needs! Browse the web, read their source code and download any resource you find interesting to unveil the secrets within. It's Cicada3301-style puzzle galore! WatanOS is a puzzle sandbox game that puts you behind a computer screen, on your own fake Operating S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WatanOS.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

81% User Score Based on 21 reviews

A murdered father and a missing grandfather... It is under these circumstances that Phebe finds herself moving to the isolated frontier town of Edgefield. Rumors have it that monsters roam the lands after dark and anyone caught outside is never heard from again. With eerie murderous howling heard every night, Phebe has no choice to become accustomed to this new life if she wants to find her missi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Heart of Butterblue.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 2,118 reviews

A reverse-detective point-and-click adventure where, instead of choosing dialogue options, you control the character's face manually. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Who's Lila?.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, gameplay

86% User Score Based on 58 reviews

An interactive horror story inspired by Lovecraft's work about surviving a family you never knew and uncovering their sinister practices. Will you embrace them or rid humanity of their taint? Your actions will shape your fate and of the family. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to At Eve's Wake.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

48% User Score Based on 54 reviews

Protect Europe from the overpopulation by enforcing the tough Law on life, a life for a birth. Or flip the table and fight the cruel plutocracy to free humanity. Survive the zombie apocalypse, but will your humanity survive in the process? Inherit a corrupt kingdom and survive the court's intrigues. Live the American dream and emigrate from Hong Kong with the help of the Triad. Sadly, nothing is f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AIdventure.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

77% User Score Based on 474 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 4 reviews

My Lovely Daughter is a simulation game with elements borrowed from other works of fiction that involve alchemy as part of the narrative. The game want to focus on the idea that “life is not beautiful,” and the few things that can make it pretty are things like family and success. The game want to present the question of how far will you go to achieve them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Lovely Daughter.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 822 reviews

Critic Score 100%Based on 1 reviews

"The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is a horror themed murder mystery FMV game where you play as a therapist questioning patients. The game features the simplest of interfaces, over 1600 HD video responses, six main characters, and a randomly chosen murderer at the start of the game (which determines your story path)." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

The Island: Into The Mist is a mystery adventure visual novel where every decision counts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Island: Into The Mist.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

93% User Score Based on 30 reviews

A Choose Your Own Adventure inspired by White Wolf’s World of Darkness, Twin Peaks and H.P. Lovecraft. You have been part of something terrible, something so unspeakable that caused you to blackout and forget all recent events. Now you have the choice of pursuing this dark truth or trying to bury it in the past. Maybe it’s not too late to turn back now. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackout: The Darkest Night.

Hidden Clause is a standalone interactive narrative game about consent, permissions, records, and interface obedience. Sign, refuse, wait, stare, click, and type as the system turns your actions and silence into evidence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hidden Clause.

CRED is a story-based narrative game with operating-system simulation features and a worldview centered around ananomaly-management organization. The English texts are written by the creator instead of being translated. Players will experience a series of events and make fateful choices as they learn more abou the organization and theuniverse it is in. CRED is for those who enjoy reading SCP fou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CRED.

A psychological horror game where you work at a dystopian company that serves mermaids as seafood dishes. There are 11 endings based on your choices. Gamble your blood, serve mermaids as seafood dishes, investigate conspiracies, and make difficult choices. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters? Gameplay: Visual novel and management game Content: Psychological horror, twists/drama, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mermaids are Seafood.

You bought a second-hand laptop. The previous owner is still using it. SAS // HEKS is a first-person desktop horror experience where you explore the files, messages, and systems left behind by Martin Voss. At first, it looks like an ordinary life — emails, photos, work software. Then things stop lining up. Messages are sent at times you don’t remember. People saw Martin where he couldn… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SAS: Heks.

A keyboard is required for this experience. Content Warning: This game is entirely text-based, but contains depictions of the following: Suicidal Ideation, Self Harm, Violence and Gore, Depersonalization, Child Death Phase 1 of your assessment is currently taking place. Please check back in over the next month for Phases 2 and 3. In the meantime, follow @cozyz.one on Bluesky for more informati… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DiViD[e]: D[e]AD LETTERS (D[e]MO).

38%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, graphics

62% User Score Based on 13 reviews

The Resentment is a psychological horror game that follows Lisa Parker through a traumatic event. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Obscured Stories: The Resentment.

15%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

25% User Score Based on 12 reviews

R.E.G.O is a first-person psychological horror and narrative investigation game. On an isolated farm, the nights reveal clues tied to disappearances and an ongoing police investigation. The deeper you investigate, the further you are drawn into a mystery that was never meant to be uncovered. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to R.E.G.O.

Still RoomStill Room: I Miss You is a psychological narrative experience that explores the fragile border between reality and illusion through the mind of a person living with schizophrenia. You play as a man confined to a single room, trying to function as his mental state slowly begins to unravel. Over roughly 90 minutes of gameplay, you go through ordinary daily routines: working on your thesi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Still Room: I Miss You.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

92% User Score Based on 65 reviews

HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HYPNOS.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

98% User Score Based on 66 reviews

HELLO, WORLD. WELCOME TO HELL. I.T Never Ends is coming for Steam - please help me out by wishlisting - it means more than you know Ticket #404: User cannot find their soul. Ticket #500: The printer is breathing again. Ticket #237: URGENT - Floor 3.5 won't stop existing. In I.T. NEVER ENDS, you are the newly hired Systems Administrator at Nexus Systems Inc.—a company that was de… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I.T Never Ends.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

97% User Score Based on 74 reviews

Violet’s marriage is falling apart. One night, in a desperate attempt to make things right, she ventures into a mysterious forest, determined to gather the cherished belongings that once brought joy to her husband. But the woods are filled with secrets: a strange will-o’-the-wisp appears again and again, its intent unclear - friend or foe? As Nordic folklore comes to life around her, the line betw… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost in the Woods.

Where Every Story Is Yours to Write Synthasia is a text-based RPG where an AI Game Master reads your world — your character, your inventory, your surroundings, your history — and generates what happens next from all of it. Not scripted choices from a menu. Not a chatbot improvising in the dark. A genuine intelligence that understands the situation and responds to you, specifically. Every decis… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SYNTHASIA.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

90% User Score Based on 451 reviews

Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heaven Does Not Respond.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

75% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Step into the world of CrimeBot 2: the ultimate detective, investigation, and mystery experience where every crime hides a shocking truth. In this detective simulator, every decision, every clue, and every piece of evidence can change the outcome of your investigation. Analyze realistic crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and dive into case files full of photos, reports, and testimonies. Every de… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CrimeBot 2: Detective Mystery Games.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

90% User Score Based on 52 reviews

A first-person horror game where you play as Daniel, a Maritime Operative trapped alone aboard a submarine. Sent to investigate an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying horrors await in its depths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell Dive.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

94% User Score Based on 31 reviews

A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stiff Neck.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 19 reviews

49 Keys is a narrative-focused game that will test your wits and nerves. Peruse the pages of a Lovecraftian tale, interact with maps and solve the puzzles encountered along the way. Trace your master's footsteps to uncover the deepest secrets of the arcane, on a quest brimming with horror and magic. Embark on a Disturbing Journey Alas, I knew not of the extraordinary, bizarre, and gut-ch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 49 Keys.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 306 reviews

With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The seven days i spent with you.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

93% User Score Based on 2,692 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 4 reviews

A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to s.p.l.i.t.

Enter a world of unsettling beauty and dark secrets in The Wickie, a first-person thriller set in the 1930s Outer Hebrides. Step into the shoes of Bill Fisher, a lighthouse keeper’s assistant seeking solace, only to uncover mysteries lurking in the shadows of these remote islands. Solitude turns to suspense—what will you find? Or what will find you? ExploreDiscover the haunting beauty of the Outer… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wickie: Journey of a Lighthouse Keeper.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay

61% User Score Based on 23 reviews

Room Service Step into the unsettling world of Room Service, a narrative horror game with psychological elements. You play as Jacob White, a man in desperate need of a job who takes a position at an old, run-down motel. The tasks seem simple enough: clean and tidy up. But with each passing day, the fragile sense of normalcy begins to shatter. Experience Jacob's Story The events at the motel ar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Room Service.