Games like The River
Games like The River include Until Then, Finding Paradise, To the Moon, Impostor Factory, and Tiny Bunny. We matched them by the tags players give The River on Steam (Adventure, Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, and 2D): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Until Then
Shared: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Pixel Graphics

Finding Paradise
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · 2D

To the Moon
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Interactive Fiction

Impostor Factory
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · 2D

Tiny Bunny
Shared: Visual Novel · Singleplayer · 2D

A Bird Story
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Interactive Fiction

Coffee Talk
Shared: Visual Novel · Pixel Graphics · Interactive Fiction

Storyteller
Shared: Adventure · Interactive Fiction · 2D

Night in the Woods
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Atmospheric

OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
Shared: Visual Novel · Interactive Fiction · Singleplayer

Dead Cells
Shared: Adventure · 2D · Pixel Graphics

South of the Circle
Shared: Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel

WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT
Shared: Visual Novel · Adventure · 2D

Martial Law
Shared: Adventure · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Urban Myth Dissolution Center
Shared: Visual Novel · Adventure · Singleplayer

Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
Shared: Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel

Eastward
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Pixel Graphics

Gorogoa
Shared: Singleplayer · Hand-drawn · Adventure

Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · 2D

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Shared: Visual Novel · Singleplayer · Adventure

The Crown of Leaves
Shared: Adventure · Visual Novel · Singleplayer

SANABI
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Pixel Graphics

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Incremental