Tell Me Why similar games & best alternatives

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Tell Me Why

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2020

Should you play it?

Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.

What works

  • Emotionally compelling story
  • Strong lgbtq+ representation
  • Beautiful graphics and soundtrack
  • Meaningful character development
  • Engaging puzzles integrated with lore

Things to keep in mind

  • Short length with only three chapters
  • Linear narrative limits player freedom
  • Some clunky controls and animations
  • Limited gameplay variety
  • Choices have limited impact on overall story

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Cats and the Other Lives

  • Dreamland

  • The Haunted Building

  • Life is Strange - Episode 1

  • Dreamfall Chapters

  • Gray Matter

Less intimate

Games that feels like Tell Me Why but with less focus on close relationships

  • She Sees Red - Interactive Movie

  • The Council

  • Heavy Rain

  • Nancy Drew®: Ghost of Thornton Hall

  • Slender Threads: Prologue

  • 子归 - Blossom

More expressive

Games that feels like Tell Me Why but with more self-expression and customization

  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm

  • Ten Dates

  • Rebirth! New Lover

  • Yesterday Origins

  • Elisa: The Innkeeper - Prequel

  • Life is Strange Remastered

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Tell Me Why but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Game Of Fate 3：Clash Of Crowns

  • Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise

  • 神都不良探 Underdog Detective

  • Love is All Around 2

  • The Forgotten City

  • The Medium

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit

  • Twin Mirror

  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered

  • Life is Strange - Episode 1

  • Life is Strange Remastered

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Tell Me Why. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Tell Me Why. These titles are not in What to play next.

Tell Me Why: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026