- #1 Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows
97% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows
Something is foul in the city of Cypress Ridge. Uncover the truth in this narrative rich visual novel taking place just moments before a full blown undead epidemic.
Why similar: Comic Book 19%, 1990's 14.7%, America 12.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #2 IN LOVE: Mystic Passions Pack
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Mystic Passions Pack features 3 enchanting stories – A Raven’s Call, Bloodstained, and Arcanum Academy. Make your choices, dive into mystery, and experience supernatural romances filled with emotion and suspense.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Cinematic 15.2%, Emotional 12.1%
- #3 IN LOVE: Temptations in Amsterdam
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Temptations in Amsterdam takes you on a thrilling romantic journey through canals, secrets, and desire. Your choices will shape how far you’ll go in this passionate and mysterious adventure.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Cinematic 15.2%, Emotional 12.1%
- #4 牛头镇的快乐故事
95% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 迷妹工作室
Windows
This is a realistic visual game (AVG). 10-year-old Wang Nan plans to go to the provincial capital during the summer vacation, but many incredible things suddenly happen in the town, and many of them are related to him... So where should he go?
Why similar: 1990's 23.3%, Cinematic 19.4%, Drama 18.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
- #5 AIXIN: Goddess' Love
94% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: 7th Ascension
Windows
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Emotional 16.9%, Drama 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Cinematic 13.8%
- #6 IN LOVE: True Romance Pack
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playtouch
Windows
IN LOVE: Romance Edition features 3 heartfelt stories – Interview with Fate, Tessa’s Choice, and The Rhythm of Passion. Make decisions, shape your path, and experience unique endings in this interactive romance game.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Cinematic 15.4%, Emotional 12.2%
- #7 I’ll KILL HER
93% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: DillyFrame
Windows
Visual novel in the form of interactive comic book about love, life and fighting to be heard.
Why similar: Comic Book 27.2%, Emotional 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Drama 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%
- #8 Haunted House 2
92% matchVery Positive91% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: Genuine Studio
Windows
In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghosts and their purposes. This time, he embarks on another adventure to help vengeful spirits, driven by a desire to uphold his deepest values.
Why similar: 1990's 14.5%, Cinematic 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 10.8%
- #9 Ghost Girl Lasling (G-rated)
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: The Thinker CatPub: WeissGarden純白花園
Windows
This is the story of Lasling, a genius girl with excellent working abilities, who becomes a ghost after an accident. The only person in the world she is visible to is Mofft, the main male protagonist. Their meeting is as if a fateful encounter and love story begins.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.5%, Emotional 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Drama 14.1%
- #10 夕日まで
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: konohenoheya
Windows
Yuto, a lethargic shut-in, steps out into the outside world through the “action button,” which becomes active when pressed. A 3D adventure game that lets you look into Youto's daily life while making full use of the action buttons.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.4%, Emotional 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Cinematic 12.8%, Drama 11.9%
- #11 My wife is a real estate agent
90% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Nicole DusterlyPub: Wet one handed game studio
Windows
Your wife is a real estate agent, beautiful and confident, but increasingly distant from you. You're an observer of her seductive games. Discover a story of passion, jealousy and cuckold fantasies.💋
Why similar: Cinematic 21.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, 1990's 18.5%, Emotional 13.4%, Drama 12.2%
- #12 Falling Down
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Ercan Bilgin
Windows
"Falling Down" tells the story of a young hero destined for heroics through a visually stunning action-platformer game.
Why similar: Comic Book 21%, Cinematic 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Emotional 12.5%
- #13 Fishbowl Kid
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hoo Cares
Windows
Fishbowl Kid is an uplifting interactive story about coping with depression.
Why similar: Comic Book 32.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Emotional 13.5%, Linear 5.2%
- #14 Messy Hearts
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Heart Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Messy Hearts is a pixel-art visual novel about a complicated coworker friendship. Through journal-style narration, Florence unpacks romance, trauma, and some messy boundaries in a deeply personal story of mental health and heartbreak. No choices; this is a linear narrative.
Why similar: Comic Book 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Emotional 14.2%, Drama 12.7%
- #15 The Heroes Around Me
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 735 reviews2024
Dev: OKJOY
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.
Why similar: 1990's 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Emotional 14.8%, Cinematic 14%, Drama 13.7%
- #16 We Carry the Fire
87% match8 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Myna Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
We Carry the Fire is a fantasy-adventure visual novel about four people embarking on a dangerous quest to save a small village from an apocalyptic curse.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 20%, Drama 18.4%, Emotional 17.9%, Adventure 11.1%
- #17 Melt Away
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OvercastPub: TOKYOTOON
Windows
People end up forgetting about the dead.
Why similar: Comic Book 19.8%, Drama 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Cinematic 14.5%, Emotional 9.4%
- #18 The Last Poem
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nekoday
Windows
1999年,千年世纪之交……再一次,并非恋爱的邂逅。 由原班人马带来的《泡沫冬景》正统续作,再次向视觉小说表现力的极限发起挑战。
Why similar: 1990's 20.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Drama 13.9%, Cinematic 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #19 In Search of the Ice Pop
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guanpeng Chen
Windows · Mac
A short, nostalgic slice-of-life visual novel with a coming-of-age story about a forgotten ice pop and the girl who once felt like a big sister to you.
Why similar: Comic Book 22.4%, Emotional 17.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Drama 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #20 FLIES FLIES FLIES
84% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: NQNStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
6-episode visual novel. One day, Finn Flynn wakes up in the body of a housefly. Without the use of his voice, he'll have to enlist his prankster ex-boyfriend, and his dads, an insectophobic mad scientist and a punk rocker, to solve the mystery of his transformation, and maybe get his life back?
Why similar: Comic Book 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Cinematic 14%
- #21 Open Roads
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 316 reviews2024
Dev: Open Roads TeamPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
Why similar: Investigation 20%, Cinematic 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Emotional 11.4%, Drama 10.7%
- #22 Point Zero: Victoria
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RosyGame
Windows · Mac
One cold case, four deathbed flashbacks. Every shift in perspective overturns the "truth" you believed. Story-driven, with exploration, deduction, puzzles, and combat. Ready for a mind-bending thrill ride with twists at every turn?
Why similar: Investigation 15.8%, 1990's 14.5%, Drama 12.7%, Crime 11.6%, Cinematic 11.5%
- #23 あまつそらに咲く
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: studio aila
Windows
みんなで過ごすことができる最後の夏。 『この夏を忘れない思い出にしよう。』 だれかが言ったその言葉から始まる、茹だるように暑い、鮮明な夏の日。 大丈夫。きっと忘れない。 たとえ、目に見えるものが偽物だとしても。
Why similar: Comic Book 23.1%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Drama 13.3%, Emotional 12%, Adventure 11.1%
- #24 Schrödinger's Call
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Acrobatic ChirimenjakoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Emotional 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Drama 15.5%, Cinematic 15.3%, Comic Book 12.9%
- #25 Daydream Mosaics 4: Shades of Blue
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Lucaciu Studio
Windows
Join the Twin World saga's latest chapter as you dive into the mesmerizing underwater kingdom of the Azure World. Solve nonograms to restore submerged sanctuaries, and explore the tranquil beauty of the deep blue. Enjoy added challenges with hidden object, spot-the-difference, and jigsaw mini-games.
Why similar: Comic Book 25%, Cinematic 19.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Emotional 14%, Drama 12.8%
- #26 BUSTAFELLOWS season2
79% matchVery Positive89% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: NIPPON CULTURAL BROADCASTING EXTEND INC.Pub: PQube
Windows
The hit series BUSTAFELLOWS continues with an all-new season! Fight for love and fight against crime, in this romantic, mystery, visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.3%, Cinematic 13.5%, Crime 12.1%, America 11.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #27 Forgotten Paths
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bronixia
Windows · Mac
Awaken in a ruined world with no memory. A second chance to redeem yourself, but survival is a daily challenge. Aid survivors, manage madness with a black cat's help, and uncover your true purpose.
Why similar: Cinematic 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Emotional 13.6%, Drama 11.6%
- #28 The Narcotic Operation
77% matchVery Positive88% of 507 reviews2025
Dev: Beijing Kuailai Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Step into the role of a shadowed undercover police officer in Dark Eyes, brave an area dominated by vice and crime, where allies and enemies blur. Every smirk, tear, and lie tightens the web of deceit—will you destroy the empire or lose yourself in its shadows?
Why similar: 1990's 17.1%, Emotional 16%, Cinematic 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #29 The Last Summer 那年夏末
78% matchVery Positive92% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: Seven Tales StudioPub: WindField Games
Windows
这是一个关于遗憾与成长的故事。男生的思绪不断回到17岁的夏天,在一次次回忆与抉择中徘徊,是去尝试弥补遗憾?还是在释然间体会成长的意义?回忆中的她会在那等我吗?
Why similar: Emotional 22.1%, Comic Book 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Drama 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%
- #30 电波奇缘~与时音相会的日子
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 黎厘星游戏工作室
Windows
架空都市题材的视觉小说文字冒险游戏,玩家扮演社畜阿诚为失忆“女鬼”找回记忆。
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Comic Book 16.7%, Emotional 10%, Drama 9.2%
- #31 Dear me, I was...
76% matchPositive100% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: Arc System Works
Windows
A short tale, a long journey. With a beautiful watercolor touch, it depicts the life of a woman. In her ordinary and modest life...experience her joys, her sorrows, her growth. Witness the story she spins in a life woven by those around her.
Why similar: Cinematic 24.6%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Emotional 14.9%, Drama 14%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #32 The Devils - A Visual Novel Of WWII
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: William VolkPub: Deep State Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A graphic novel about a true life horror story rooted at the end of World War II
Why similar: Comic Book 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Emotional 9.4%, Drama 9.3%
- #33 Come to my party!
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SIMSANG YOON
Windows
Set in a South Korean elementary school in 1999, 『Come to my party!』 follows 10-year-old Jimin's quest for her first-ever birthday party. Through multiple endings filled with laughs and heart, step into a story that might remind you of your own childhood.
Why similar: 1990's 19.2%, Emotional 19.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Drama 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%
- #34 Escape Hospital-脫出 失憶病棟
77% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: 白袍恐懼症
Windows · Mac
“My IV stings…who can I trust?” Created independently by Morning Drizzle M.D., artist behind the acclaimed Iatrophobia Facebook page, this game features a brand new storyline with familiar characters and art from the comic.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Comic Book 16.6%, Investigation 13.6%, Emotional 13.4%, Drama 11.9%
- #35 Echoes Of The City
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Olyria Studio
Windows
Echoes Of The City is a haunting journey back to San Telmo, where forgotten secrets and shadowed memories linger in an abandoned home. Discover a legacy of mystery and tension, as the past whispers through every dark corner.
Why similar: Comic Book 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, 1990's 14.6%, Alternate History 14.2%, Emotional 11.7%
- #36 Побег в Москву 2
74% matchVery Positive91% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Fish Run Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is a visual novel - a continuation of the game Escape to Moscow. More than 3 hours of gameplay, 6 game days. Immerse yourself in new adventures in Moscow and other locations. You need to help Aliya escape to freedom again! The plot of the game depends on the decisions you make.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Investigation 14.8%, Drama 14.1%, Emotional 9.6%
- #37 Until Then
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,382 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Emotional 25.7%, Visual Novel 22%, Drama 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Romance 4.7%
- #38 Expelled!
73% matchVery Positive95% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
Why similar: Comic Book 26.6%, Investigation 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Drama 12%
- #39 ef - the first tale. (All Ages)
75% matchVery Positive96% of 189 reviews2019
Dev: minoriPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 286.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
What starts with a conversation between two long lost friends spills out into a captivating visual novel about four youths struggling to pursue their dreams and find their place in the world as love complicates everything.
Why similar: Emotional 22.6%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Drama 18.8%, Cinematic 18.2%, Romance 7.7%
- #40 Hello, Goodbye, Summer Girl
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hushpuppy
Windows · Mac
Pixel Art & Yuri & Cinema! The story of a Bad Girl in Miami and a JK from Tokyo. A Girl meets Girl Entertainment Crime Thriller.
Why similar: Comic Book 25.1%, Cinematic 16.5%, Emotional 14.8%, Drama 11.9%, America 10.7% ★
- #41 Dawn of Gray
74% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Wistfulware
Windows
Dawn of Gray is a single-player visual novel with a distinctive style, in which you play the role of a young man discovering himself and his feelings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Comic Book 21.9%, Emotional 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Romance 9.6%
- #42 XiaoJun
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Jackzhou77571
Windows
This is a dark, immersive narrative RPG following a boy’s turbulent life. From rural hardship to urban survival, he learns that fate must be seized. Players will experience a gripping journey through childhood struggles, betrayal, revenge, and the search for identity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, 1990's 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Emotional 14.4%, Drama 13.4%
- #43 South of the Circle
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,601 reviews2022
Dev: State of PlayPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
Why similar: Cinematic 20.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Drama 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 13.8%
- #44 她毕业了 So Long, My Youth
70% matchMixed68% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: 煎饼工作室 PanCakeStudio
Windows
I am Pancake. On the last day of college, I met her – How are you my dear?(Can't run, please turn off the antivirus system!)
Why similar: Emotional 20.6%, Cinematic 19.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Drama 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%
- #45 情书 For Stella
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 内购人生PABL
Windows · Mac
「For Stella」is an interactive narrative game centered around psychological disorders. “Why would someone who has spent their entire life suppressing their emotions suddenly pull you aside to talk about love?”
Why similar: Comic Book 24.3%, Emotional 23.1%, Drama 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%
- #46 Loving Life
70% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows
Originally released in 2012, Loving Life is a non-fictional auto-biographical visual novel about Zhenghua Yang (Z) and the near-fatal incident which led to the founding of Serenity Forge. This is where it all began.
Why similar: Emotional 21.8%, Drama 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Cinematic 14.5%
- #47 The Dawning
72% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Beau YotkaPub: Yotka Games LLC
Windows
The Dawning is a first-person puzzle mystery game. Play as Detective Madison as he searches 7 beautifully crafted areas for clues to catch a killer. Use stealth to sneak past deadly enemies. Solve complex puzzles to access new areas, progress the rich storyline, and obtain key items.
Why similar: Cinematic 20.3%, Emotional 17.1%, Drama 16.2%, Crime 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #48 Set Yourself on Fire
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Denhop
Windows · Mac · Linux
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, 1990's 13%, Emotional 12.9%, Cinematic 12.2%
- #49 We Are OFK
70% matchVery Positive92% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: OFK
Windows · Mac
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
Why similar: Cinematic 20.1%, Emotional 19.8%, Drama 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #50 Sisters: Last Day of Summer
68% matchVery Positive85% of 408 reviews2024
Dev: JellyfishPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A fully-animated visual novel about a boy who wakes up in an unknown house with two beautiful sisters, their mother, and an unspoken truth.
Why similar: Emotional 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Drama 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, 1990's 9.3%
- #51 Gap Year
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mythical Voltage
Windows
Gap Year is a story-focused point & click adventure played through comic book panels that reconfigure as you explore Vera Novak’s one-bedroom apartment. Vera is a bright young scientist, but the arrival of an unexpected guest and a strange fixation with a cosmonaut may derail her academic pursuits.
Why similar: 1990's 22.5%, Cinematic 18.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Drama 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
- #52 The Last Wish
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WofstudioZPub: Wofstudioz
Windows
Follow the Journey, follow your wish and see what it has to teach you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Comic Book 21.2%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Emotional 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.9%
- #53 她杀 - The Suspected Murder
68% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: 麻辣工作室 Spicy GamesPub: INDIECN
Windows
Deep night, famous suspense novelist fell from the balcony, leaving his young wife an enormous heritage. Accident, or calculated murder?Novelist's nephew secretly began investigation.He found a hidden manuscript, which contains a creep story, as well as the key clues concerning its author's death.
Why similar: Comic Book 27%, Investigation 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Emotional 13.9%, Drama 12.1%
- #54 3x3 the immersive fiction chapter one : Math awakening
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: 3x3.zero
Windows
3x3 is an interactive adventure game in 2d cartoon style mixed with narrative and movie sequences. The gameplay dynamic is close from an escape game. An episodic format of nine chapters is planned for the first part of the story call prologue connected with mini TV series from 3x3 whole universe
Why similar: Comic Book 24.4%, 1990's 18.1%, Cinematic 17.3%, Investigation 16.5%, Drama 13.1%
- #55 Cafe New York 9/11
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Virtual Sky Interactive
Windows
In Café New York, Step into the life of Sameer, a Pakistani American living in NYC during the week of 9/11. Sameer must navigate rising tensions, protect his family, and make impossible choices. Decisions that will shape his future and the fate of those around him in a city forever changed.
Why similar: 1990's 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19%, America 17.9% ★, Emotional 13.6%, Drama 12.9%
- #56 Hlína
66% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Omnia Ludus
Windows
Immerse yourself in the depressing and atmospheric city of Hlína, where, as a young boy named Oliver, you face the harsh realities of life. Work in a factory, care for your mother, play mini-games, and uncover a deep story in this hand-crafted city.
Why similar: Emotional 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, 1990's 18.3%, Drama 17.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #57 The Wall
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dad and Son Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cinematic sci-fi horror visual novel, with multiple endings and a shocking mature story where your decisions will impact your psichology and the events of the story.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.8%, Cinematic 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Emotional 11.4%
- #58 ONE.
67% matchVery Positive80% of 366 reviews2023
Dev: novamicusPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The pioneering nakige that made a generation cry... Legendary '90s visual novel ONE. is back and better than ever with updated art, animations, and features!
Why similar: 1990's 25.5%, Emotional 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Atmospheric 5%
- #59 Gloomy Clues: The Broken Mirror
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Paradise ®
Windows · Mac · Linux
A noir graphic adventure where your mind is your greatest enemy. Investigate crimes, interrogate suspects, and survive in this point-and-click remake, rebuilt from the ground up. Solve the mystery before your demons consume you. Play the free demo and wishlist now!
Why similar: Comic Book 20.5%, Investigation 15.3%, Cinematic 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
- #60 Hatsuyuki Sakura
65% matchVery Positive95% of 878 reviews2024
Dev: SAGA PLANETSPub: HIKARI FIELD
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
"Hatsuyuki Sakura" is one of the most popular works by SAGA PLANETS, a popular Japanese developer for visual novels. Experience Hatsuyuki Sakura for the first time in 1080p! This version includes the English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese versions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Emotional 14.9%, Cinematic 13.5%, Drama 13.1%