Games like Stories Untold
If Stories Untold is your kind of game, the closest matches are Observation, The Legend Returns and _message: — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and mysterious. 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 →Stories Untold is a text-based horror adventure released in 2017 by No Code and published by Devolver Digital. The game presents four short experimental episodes through retro computer interfaces, tasking players with puzzle-solving and text-adventure input while navigating analog-horror themes. Reviewers highlight how the fragmented tape structure creates an unsettling and mysterious atmosphere, while the retro UI interaction blurs the line between game and reality. Players describe the analog-horror approach as building tension without relying on cheap jumpscares, and the nostalgic text-adventure mechanics as adding to the immersive quality. The game achieved a Metacritic score of 81 and holds an 86% positive rating from over 3200 Steam reviews, available for $9.99.
About Stories Untold: Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
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Observation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories Untold.
Top pick for Stories Untold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
The Legend Returns
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Stories Untold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Can you survive the return of the legend? A relentless killer is stalking you, and no one believes your story. The only way out? Perform the ritual… or become the next victim. Run, hide, and fight for your life in this brutal PS1-inspired slasher horror experience!
_message:
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Stories Untold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
_전언:(_message:)은 심리적 공포 요소가 포함된 텍스트 어드벤처 게임입니다. 달에 잔류하여 지구에 있는 본부와 통신을 하는 사이, 당신은 점점 이상한 낌새를 눈치채기 시작합니다...
Satellite Odyssey: Prologue
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Stories Untold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Satellite Odyssey: Prologue is a short first-person story-driven adventure with horror elements. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of classic science fiction and retro-futurism inspired by Soviet sci-fi films. Your partner is Zarya, the artificial intelligence.
Buddy Simulator 1984
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Stories Untold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
SIMULACRA
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Stories Untold.
Ranked #6 for Stories Untold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
EarWorm
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Stories Untold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.
Detention
WHY THIS
Shares narrative branching, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Stories Untold.
Ranked #8 for Stories Untold fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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Observation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories Untold.
Reviewers of Stories Untold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
Cooking Companions
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories Untold.
Reviewers of Stories Untold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
LISA: The Painful
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Reviewers of Stories Untold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
The miserable journey of a broken man...
The Beginner's Guide
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories Untold.
Reviewers of Stories Untold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Before Your Eyes
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stories Untold.
Reviewers of Stories Untold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
SIGNALIS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories Untold.
Reviewers of Stories Untold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories Untold.
Reviewers of Stories Untold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Stories Untold.
Reviewers of Stories Untold cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stories Untold at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stories Untold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories Untold.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stories Untold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories Untold.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stories Untold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories Untold.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stories Untold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories Untold.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Stories Untold on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Stories Untold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories Untold.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stories Untold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories Untold.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stories Untold on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stories Untold.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stories Untold.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Stories Untold.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stories Untold.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stories Untold.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Frequently asked about Stories Untold
- Does Stories Untold work on Steam Deck?
- Stories Untold is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Stories Untold cost?
- Stories Untold is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Stories Untold?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stories Untold are Observation, The Legend Returns, _message:.
- Who developed Stories Untold?
- Stories Untold was developed by No Code and published by Devolver Digital.
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