Games like Only After

Loved how mysterious and story-driven Only After can get? These games could fill that gap nicely.

Jenny LeClue - Detectivu
A hand-drawn detective adventure about a sharp young sleuth whose mother is accused of murder. Explore the town of Arthurton, read suspects for tells, and make choices that bend the story the narrator is writing. Witty, atmospheric and surprisingly heartfelt, with a mystery that keeps pulling you forward.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Emotional
86% of 1,254 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
I Saw Black Clouds
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
61% of 616 Steam reviews are positive$2.54
Until Then
Mark is a regular high school student until a meeting sets off a chain reaction: people vanish, memories stop adding up, and something is very wrong beneath the everyday. A pixel-art narrative adventure from the Philippines that starts as a warm coming-of-age story and turns into a mystery you will not put down.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
96% of 16,275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 149$19.99
Later On
David lives an ordinary life in a small town called Later On. When his only friend disappears, he seeks after him, and starts to question the reality of the situation.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
100% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Jessika
Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past. What at first seems to be a job like any other quickly develops into a dark drama with twists and turns.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
67% of 162 Steam reviews are positive$12.49
Erica
A live-action thriller where the film bends around your choices. Erica's father was murdered when she was a child; now grisly clues drag it all back. Play through a branching mystery with multiple endings, in about a film's length per run.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
78% of 1,641 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$11.99
Dahlia View
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
85% of 283 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99
Nothing To Remember
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
69% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
A retired detective, a missing girl, and a case file that lives in her own memory. Sort 54 fragments of testimony, work out who said what and when, and accept that every witness lied. A short, sharp mystery that ends somewhere you will not expect.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
96% of 10,613 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99
Buried: An Interactive Story
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
95% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
逆光迷途 Lost in Darklight
Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game. A retired ace soldier, four girls, a hidden chamber at home, genetic cloning tech... Experience interactive VR panoramic evidence searching with this game and decide your own ending. Every choice you make is crucial!
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
51% of 80 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Her Story
A woman is interviewed seven times by police about her missing husband. Her Story hands you the fragments: hundreds of live action clips in a police database, unlocked by typing whatever word she says. You decide what to search, what matters, and what really happened. A short, award winning mystery you finish in one sitting.
Mysterious, Story-driven, Dark
89% of 8,415 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.99

Cheaper than Only After

I Saw Black Clouds

After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets.

$2.54

Later On

David lives an ordinary life in a small town called Later On.

$1.99

Jessika

Jessika committed suicide, and it’s up to you to find out why she did what she did by prying into her digital past.

$12.49

Erica

A live-action mystery where every choice you make changes how the story unfolds.

$11.99

Nothing To Remember

Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop.

$1.99

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

A retired detective reopens a missing girl's case from memory alone, piecing together 54 fragments of testimony to find the truth.

$6.99

Buried: An Interactive Story

Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text.

$2.99

逆光迷途 Lost in Darklight

Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game.

$8.99

Her Story

A woman is interviewed seven times by police about her missing husband.

$9.99

After You

After You is a narrative game with puzzles, but it is not an easy game, here you will not have indicators or tutorials, nor can you save when you…

$6.99

The List

A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police…

$5.99

outside the door

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.

$1.99

Hidden gems like Only After

Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

A woman vanishes without a trace on a cross-country train. The catch?

$13.99

Drops of Death

A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in…

$11.99

Expelled!

A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU.

$14.99

outside the door

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.

$1.99

Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized.

$15.99

Cemetery Mary

A visual novel about a girl who loves the cemetery. When her parents go missing, she receives a mysterious text that has the potential to completely…

Free

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

A retired detective reopens a missing girl's case from memory alone, piecing together 54 fragments of testimony to find the truth.

$6.99

start;again

A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers.

$5.99

Until Then

Follow Mark through school days, first love and a mystery that slowly unravels everything he thought he knew.

$19.99

Deluge: Sermon for the Dead

High school girls have been disappearing from Abbotsford. Unravel the mystery before all things wash away in a tidal wave of deep despair.

Free

As Dusk Falls

Steer a hostage situation and its long aftermath through split-second choices, alone or with friends voting on every decision.

$29.99

Dahlia View

A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands.

$24.99

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