Games like Pesterquest
If you like Pesterquest (visual novel, narrative and comedy), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Tales from the Borderlands
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy an episodic comedy adventure: each episode lasts around an hour and a half.
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy an interactive novel in instalments: each of its three books lasts between three and six hours.
Emily is Away <3
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy a chat-based story for an afternoon: according to Kinglink, each playthrough takes about 4 hours.
To the Moon
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy a moving story for one or two afternoons, with no challenge or pressure.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy a moving story in instalments: each episode lasts a few hours.
Wandersong
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
- Difference: more exploring
When you want a gentle adventure that doesn't punish you: if you mess up a section, you retry it almost instantly.
Finding Paradise
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy a moving story in calm sessions: it's over in a few afternoons.
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
- In common: story
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want to finish a story over one or two evenings: reviews put it at between 3 and 7 hours.
Firewatch
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
- Difference: more exploring
When you want a grown-up, lovely story you can finish in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
HIVESWAP: ACT 1
- In common: story and a relaxed pace
- Difference: more exploring
When you have a free afternoon and want a fun point-and-click adventure that wraps up in about two hours.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Pesterquest
A visual novel set in the Homestuck universe across 14 short volumes: in each one you read and choose what to say to befriend a different character, zapping between Earth and Alternia; get it wrong and the volume ends abruptly.
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