The Complex similar games & best alternatives

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The Complex

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.

What works

  • Engaging narrative with multiple endings
  • High production values and acting
  • Ability to skip previously seen scenes
  • Meaningful choices affecting relationships
  • Accessible for fans of interactive movies

Things to keep in mind

  • Short overall playtime
  • Many choices have limited impact
  • Some plot and acting inconsistencies
  • Price considered high by some players
  • Lack of save flexibility and chapter selection

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Usotsuki Game / 谎言游戏

  • Dark Nights with Poe and Munro

  • ANONYMOUS;CODE

  • Mandemon

  • Until Dawn™

  • Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time

More creative

Games that feels like The Complex but with more room to create and customize

  • Game Of Fate 3：Clash Of Crowns

  • The Haunted Building

  • Cellveillance

  • 消失的航班，还有她她她！Lost in the secret!

  • ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE

  • Love Love Mystery Club

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like The Complex but with less survival pressure

  • Love Begins With Goodbye

  • Dreamfall Chapters

  • First Date : Late To Date

  • Love Chase

  • Twin Mirror

  • Don't FOOL ME, Beauties!

More value-seeking

Games that feels like The Complex but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered

  • The Inn-Sanity

  • BAD END

  • Heavy Rain

  • Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi

  • CHAOS;CHILD

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Dead Reset

  • Master Reboot

  • Soul Axiom

  • Don't Knock Twice

  • Ten Dates

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  • 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).
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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 The Complex. These titles are not in What to play next.

The Complex: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Value.

Last update: 21/08/2026