Games like Goodbye Volcano High

A narrative adventure with choices and rhythm gameplay, focusing on relationships and personal growth before an apocalypse. It feels like a playable, hand-drawn animated cartoon.

89% positive from 1,830 · 2023 · 41% finish it · Steam Deck Verified · $29.99 $14.99 -50% · Lowest ever $14.99 (2025-06-26)

Story Rich LGBTQ+Visual NovelSingleplayerHand-drawnCinematic

Six games like Goodbye Volcano High

This Bed We Made

91% positive from 3,105 reviews202311% finish itDeck Playable

This is a narrative mystery game where players explore hotel rooms to uncover secrets. It features a neo-noir investigation and relationship building with consequences.

What players likedPlayers praise its immersive mystery, compelling story, and 1950s aesthetic, often comparing it to Nancy Drew and Life is Strange.

The catchRoughly four hours long and priced far above what that length is worth.

Both are tagged Cinematic, LGBTQ+ and Story Rich.

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South of the Circle

85% positive from 1,681 reviews202236% finish itDeck Verified

This is a narrative adventure game where players make emotional choices to uncover a Cold War love story. It features cinematic storytelling and environmental puzzles.

What players likedPlayers praise its superb storytelling, beautiful landscapes, and voice acting, offering a deeply immersive narrative experience.

The catchChoices change nothing, leaving little to do but hold forward through a linear story.

Both are tagged Cinematic, Visual Novel and Story Rich.

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Harold Halibut

82% positive from 1,239 reviews202418% finish itDeck Verified

A handmade narrative adventure game with stop-motion aesthetics. Players explore a retro-future spaceship, interact with characters, and uncover a cinematic story.

What players likedPlayers praise its unique, handmade art and slow-paced, story-rich experience, akin to a point-and-click adventure or Wes Anderson film.

The catchBarely a game, mostly slow walking back and forth to deliver items and hear dialogue.

Both are tagged Cinematic, Story Rich and Adventure.

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As Dusk Falls

90% positive from 4,314 reviews202249% finish itDeck Unsupported

Interactive drama where player choices shape entangled family lives across decades. Experience a crime story with a motion comic art style and cooperative multiplayer.

What players likedPlayers praise its impactful choices and engaging story, comparing it to interactive narrative games like Detroit: Become Human and Telltale titles.

The catchThe story stops on an unresolved cliffhanger with no sequel to finish it.

Both are tagged Cinematic, Story Rich and Adventure.

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Vanity Fair: The Pursuit

88% positive from 4,526 reviews202450% finish itDeck Playable

This is an interactive narrative game about life choices and survival in the entertainment industry. Players make choices that drive branching storylines and lead to multiple endings.

What players likedPlayers find it a decent historical drama, praising actress Xiang Weijing's performance, though hoping for a sequel as good as "Mandate of Heaven."

The catchThe English translation is bad, with whole scenes left unsubtitled or untranslated.

Both are tagged Cinematic, Story Rich and Indie.

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If Found...

90% positive from 2,315 reviews202041% finish itDeck Playable

A narrative adventure game where players interact with a diary to uncover a coming-of-age story. It features hand-drawn art and a soundtrack, focusing on emotional connection and impending doom.

What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful art, soundtrack, and deeply emotional, personal story about self-discovery and acceptance.

The catchErasing every page to advance becomes a tedious chore that drags the reading down.

Both are tagged LGBTQ+, Visual Novel and Story Rich.

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More about Goodbye Volcano High

What players liked

Players praise its stunning art, incredible soundtrack, and emotional story, feeling like an interactive animated film or visual novel.

The catch

Choices change nothing and the story funnels to the same ending no matter what.

Reviews: 89% positive from 1,830
Released: 2023
Finish it: 41% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Verified
Price: $29.99 $14.99 -50% · Lowest ever $14.99 (2025-06-26)
Play: Single-playerFull controller support

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 89% positive, but with 1,830 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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