35 Narrative games like Telling Lies that you should try

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, deep simulation and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, stealth mechanics and melee combat, while skipping puzzle design

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, combat magic and horror setting, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, vibe casual and horror setting, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual and horror setting, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Fits the open-world adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, vibe casual and horror setting, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Same family of open-world adventures: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, linear, story-driven structure and horror setting

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, sandbox world and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Same family of open-world adventures: deep simulation, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, cozy, relaxing feel and vibe relaxing, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Fits the open-world adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, fighting mechanics and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Both are open-world adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and deep simulation

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, melee combat and setting space, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

✓ Fits the open-world adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat, historical setting and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Fits the open-world adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Same family of open-world adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Fits the open-world adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, fantasy world and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Fits the open-world adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation