Games like Stories Terminal
If Stories Terminal is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Darkest Files, Confidential Killings - A Detective Game and TR-49 — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Stories Terminal: Stories Terminal is a detective text adventure inspired by classic parser games. Type your own commands, explore pixel-art locations, collect evidence, and solve a murder case on a midnight university campus.
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The Darkest Files
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Top pick for Stories Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Stories Terminal.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Stories Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Stories Terminal.
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
TR-49
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Third-strongest match for Stories Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Stories Terminal.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
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Ranked #4 for Stories Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Stories Terminal.
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
Her Story
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Ranked #5 for Stories Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Stories Terminal.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Subsurface Circular
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Ranked #6 for Stories Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Stories Terminal.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Freud's Bones-the game
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Ranked #7 for Stories Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Stories Terminal.
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
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Ranked #8 for Stories Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Stories Terminal.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Stories Terminal.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Stories Terminal.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Stories Terminal.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Stories Terminal.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Stories Terminal.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Stories Terminal.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Frequently asked about Stories Terminal
- What games are most similar to Stories Terminal?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stories Terminal are The Darkest Files, Confidential Killings - A Detective Game, TR-49.
- Who developed Stories Terminal?
- Stories Terminal was developed by OddlyGames.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Stories Terminal.
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