The Caribou Trail
The WWI story where your goal isn’t to kill, but to survive.
90% of 674 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
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If Coded Black left you wanting something emotional and atmospheric, you have options. These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.
Blackhaven
Blackhaven is a first-person narrative game that follows Kendra Turner, a college intern at Blackhaven Hall, a historic mansion burned during the American Revolution. Working alone on a holiday, Kendra uncovers a trail of secrets and misdeeds that spans centuries and may determine her future.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
80% of 321 Steam reviews are positiveFreePlaying History 2 - Slave Trade
Travel back in time and witness the horrors of slave trade firsthand. You will be working as young slave steward on a ship crossing the Atlantic. You are to serve the captain and be his eyes and ears. What do you do, when you realize that your own sister has been captured by the slave traders?
Emotional, Story-driven, Dark
65% of 187 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99Dot's Home
DOT’S HOME is a single-player, 2D, narrative-driven video game that follows a young Black woman in Detroit living in her grandmother’s beloved home, as she travels through time to relive key moments in her family’s history where race, place, and home collide in difficult choices.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
85% of 120 Steam reviews are positiveFreeSvoboda 1945: Liberation
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
98% of 146 Steam reviews are positive$15.99Witness To Mass Incarceration
Witness to Mass Incarceration is a narrative-driven interactive story based on my life in federal prison. It is a brutally honest portrayal of the lack of humanity, how our lives inside are at risk every day, and the place you are forced to go within yourself to survive.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
91% of 57 Steam reviews are positiveFreeAttentat 1942
Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
92% of 454 Steam reviews are positive$10.99The Light in the Darkness
The Light in the Darkness tells the story of a working-class family of Polish Jews in France during the Holocaust. It is the first videogame to portray the Holocaust, releasing free for educational purposes.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
77% of 71 Steam reviews are positiveFreeThe Fire Nobody Started
This is a train to 21C, via 19C. Passengers will require a valid click to use this service. Passengers are advised that this train consists of 9 cars, divided by each era. Please mind the fire. This train is ready to depart, please stand clear of the fire.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
100% of 63 Steam reviews are positive$2.99The Quiet Things
Step into a fractured 00s childhood in the South of England. Inspired by the developer’s real diaries, this autobiographical narrative adventure invites you to uncover Alice’s story by piecing together evocative memories, and following in the footsteps of a young girl’s journey through adolescence.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
80% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on colonial tides. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
88% of 108 Steam reviews are positive$11.991979 Revolution: Black Friday
A choice-driven story set in Tehran during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. You play Reza, a photojournalist caught between family and friends as the city boils over, deciding who to trust while the streets burn. Built on real testimonies, with photography, exploration and endings that change with what you stand for.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
76% of 1,026 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Able Black
Able Black is an immersive story experience that uses images and sound to guide you through a series of puzzles.
Emotional, Atmospheric, Story-driven
100% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Hidden gems like Coded Black
The Darkest Files
Germany, 1956. You play Esther Katz, a young prosecutor hunting Nazi-era criminals who now live as respected citizens.
95% of 697 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
1998: The Toll Keeper Story
A narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a toll keeper in the fictional country of Janapa, a nation on the brink of…
89% of 292 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Black Screen
This game is nothing more than a black image covering the entire screen area, without the presence of any incentives.
85% of 278 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
TYRONE vs COPS
A fast, crude third-person shooter where you blast waves of cops solo or with three friends, and the jokes land as hard as the gunfire.
94% of 2,235 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$2.99
Svoboda 1945: Liberation
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors.
98% of 146 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe
‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of…
85% of 122 Steam reviews are positive$7.49
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
A masked ball on a moving train, where four strangers take turns telling how they got aboard.
96% of 2,885 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Pentiment
A hand-drawn murder mystery in 16th century Bavaria. Play Andreas Maler, an illustrator pulled into murders, scandal and conspiracy in a small town…
95% of 9,362 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 62$19.99
If Found...
You play through a young woman's December 1993 in the west of Ireland by erasing her diary, one page at a time.
93% of 1,638 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99
Breakout 13
Play a teen locked away for his gaming habit, and use disguises, clues and surveillance feeds to find a way out with your friends.
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Dot's Home
DOT’S HOME is a single-player, 2D, narrative-driven video game that follows a young Black woman in Detroit living in her grandmother’s beloved home…
85% of 120 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Newest games like Coded Black
The Quiet Things
Step into a fractured 00s childhood in the South of England.
80% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
The Caribou Trail
The WWI story where your goal isn’t to kill, but to survive.
90% of 674 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Witness To Mass Incarceration
Witness to Mass Incarceration is a narrative-driven interactive story based on my life in federal prison.
91% of 57 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Book Smugglers
Smuggle banned books to save the Nation! Make tough choices, manage resources, and decipher secret messages in this narrative adventure based on…
92% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
1998: The Toll Keeper Story
A narrative simulation game where you play as a mother-to-be working as a toll keeper in the fictional country of Janapa, a nation on the brink of…
89% of 292 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Decade
Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear.
95% of 144 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and…
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
The Darkest Files
Germany, 1956. You play Esther Katz, a young prosecutor hunting Nazi-era criminals who now live as respected citizens.
95% of 697 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
The Fire Nobody Started
This is a train to 21C, via 19C. Passengers will require a valid click to use this service.
100% of 63 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
The Memories That Shape Us
The Memories That Shape Us is a narrative video game that lasts about two hours.
82% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Black Screen
This game is nothing more than a black image covering the entire screen area, without the presence of any incentives.
85% of 278 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
The Light in the Darkness
The Light in the Darkness tells the story of a working-class family of Polish Jews in France during the Holocaust.
77% of 71 Steam reviews are positiveFree