Games like This Bed We Made

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.

91% positive from 3,105 · 2023 · 11% finish it · Steam Deck Playable · Lowest ever $14.99 (2024-09-21)

Mystery Story Rich Female ProtagonistThird PersonCinematicLGBTQ+

Six games like This Bed We Made

Goodbye Volcano High

89% positive from 1,830 reviews202341% finish itDeck Verified

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.

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

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

Both are tagged Cinematic, LGBTQ+ 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, Third Person and Story Rich.

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Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-

93% positive from 1,873 reviews2016Deck Verified

A visual novel with a focus on relationship building and mystery solving, featuring a shy protagonist at an all-girls academy. The game explores blossoming friendships and dark secrets within a serene, yet unsettling, environment.

What players likedPlayers praise its impactful story and hope for character returns, reminiscent of games with emotionally resonant narratives.

The catchThe story moves at a crawl with little happening, making long stretches a slog.

Both are tagged LGBTQ+, Mystery and Female Protagonist.

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El Paso, Elsewhere

90% positive from 1,447 reviews20232% finish itDeck Verified

Third-person shooter with slow-motion dives and a neo-noir story. Fight supernatural creatures in a reality-shifting motel.

What players likedPlayers praise its Max Payne-like combat, atmosphere, and exceptional story, especially its depiction of abusive relationships.

The catchFifty samey corridor levels drag the shooting into a repetitive slog.

Both are tagged Cinematic and Adventure.

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Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise

80% positive from 1,241 reviews202523% finish itDeck Playable

This is a first-person, sci-fi interactive movie with live-action footage. Players make choices that impact the story and uncover secrets in a revenge mystery.

The catchEnglish subtitles are broken, with missing lines and text that falls out of sync.

Both are tagged Cinematic, Mystery and Adventure.

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A Normal Lost Phone

89% positive from 2,945 reviews201756% finish it

This is a narrative investigation game where players explore a found smartphone's contents to uncover a person's life and disappearance. Its core loop involves searching messages and apps within a realistic phone interface to build empathy.

What players likedPlayers praise this story-driven game for its natural narrative exploration of a phone, piecing together an interesting mystery.

The catchPuzzles boil down to hunting arbitrary dates in walls of text to use as passwords.

Both are tagged LGBTQ+, Mystery and Story Rich.

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More about This Bed We Made

What players liked

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

The catch

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

Reviews: 91% positive from 3,105
Released: 2023
Finish it: 11% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Playable
Price: Lowest ever $14.99 (2024-09-21)
Play: Single-playerFull controller support

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 91% positive, but with 3,105 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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