60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Emotional, 2D, Story Rich.
Waking up in a stranger's apartment is a jarring experience, even worse is learning you're there because you died. Phase between memories, the liminal plane, and current day to uncover your demise. Both the dead and living can help you on this journey. Will you play it safe or take risks?
Parts of the Elephant
Weird things are happening in the Elephant Hotel. It's getting late, you're getting drunk, and moments in the lives of strangers are scattered around you like spilled puzzle pieces. Can you put it all together?
Dreambound
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Weird things are happening in the Elephant Hotel. It's getting late, you're getting drunk, and moments in the lives of strangers are scattered around you like spilled puzzle pieces. Can you put it all together?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Emotional 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Psychological 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Emotional 11.9%, Drama 11.9%, Psychological 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%
The Death of the Video Star is a visual novel about dealing with the aftermath of killing God, and maybe having to kill Her again.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Supernatural 16.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Conversation 11.5%, Psychological 8.7%
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Emotional 17.1%, Psychological 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Overcome your past and become someone new in Truer than You. A choice-driven narrative adventure about love, loss and being lost in life. You're hired as a gig-working actor to play roles in real-life situations. Have conversations, get a good rating and follow the rules. All good?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21%, Conversation 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Emotional 11.5%, Drama 11.3%
A visual novel focusing on the relationship of two girls researching a cabin with a mysterious mirror. Find out more about their past together, what they really mean to each other, and how it will unfold. Can you break their cycle?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Drama 15.7%, Emotional 15.7%, Supernatural 13.5%
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Conversation 12.6%, Psychological 12.4%, Drama 10.2%
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Psychological 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Emotional 11%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Point & Click 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological 10%
Years after leaving her family to join the Sisters of the Whiterock Coven, Edith is anxious to finally return home. But first she has to pass her Trial of Ascension, a harrowing task bestowed by her patron deity. Together, Edith and her bully must complete the trial, no matter the consequences.
Why similar: Drama 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Emotional 11.5%, LGBTQ+ 10.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
“Flowers for You” is a gentle adventure game where you create custom bouquets based on each customer’s story as a florist. Set in modern Japan, listen to faded memories and craft floral arrangements that bring color back into their lives.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Conversation 14.8%, Emotional 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Visual Novel 11%
What you thought would be eight boring days in a remote island will become your worst nightmares. Is the place haunted? Is someone else out there to get us? Is there another motive they brought us here? Depends on you and your mates to survive in this mysterious place.
Why similar: Point & Click 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Supernatural 12.7%, Emotional 11.5%
可愛い後輩と2人っきり……冷凍庫の中で。 低体温症、矛盾脱衣、幻覚などの苦痛を乗り越えた先にあるのは、「真相」と「死」のみ。
Why similar: Conversation 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Drama 9.6%
You’ve ignored the hallucinations for years. But after visiting a shrine in search of answers, a stranger claims she sees them too. Ashen Reverie is a visual novel about the consequences of chasing a myth too far.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Psychological 11.9%, Emotional 10%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Emotional 13%, Supernatural 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11%, Drama 10%
A non-linear, eerie visual novel inspired by Ukrainian folklore. Go caroling with Goat, Bear, and Granny to make choices that decide the villagers' fate, save dozens, or lead to disasters. Learn how powerful words and silence can be.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.4%, Supernatural 12.7%, Psychological 12.1%, Emotional 11%, Point & Click 10.1%
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: Conversation 18.8%, Supernatural 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
"we don't have to do this. why don't we just leave?" asks you your bestfriend while you try to escape your hometown. and you start hating them. and you start hating yourself. can you pull through or will you choose to go home again? both decisions feel wrong but this time it's you who has to choose.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Drama 9%, Emotional 8.7%
A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Psychological 15.6%, Supernatural 14%, Visual Novel 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Psychological 15.7%, Supernatural 14%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 11.3%, Lore-Rich 10.8%
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Why similar: Supernatural 14.7%, Psychological 13.3%, Point & Click 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Lore-Rich 9.9%
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Psychological 14%, Drama 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%
Prison escapes, flight, and conflicts with rival gangs... A criminal boy's love visual novel with thrilling and exhilarating plots!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Drama 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%, Dark 8%
Project Subtrahend is a choose-your-own-adventure visual novel, where you have the chance to get to know the stories, lore, and personalities of nine unique characters. Choices matter in this game, and it's up to you who lives or dies as you explore what it means to be human.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 13%, Emotional 11.9%
This is a story about Iris, a nobody who didn't have a Happy Ending and now suffers the consequences of their own (lack of) actions all alone in the most northern city in the world. A depressing story and a melancholic lesson teached in life's hard way awaits you.
Why similar: Psychological 20.4%, LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Emotional 18.7%, Drama 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%
Mailey wakes up and goes to make her morning tea. However, something strange is going on inside her house, and her housemate Derthan is nowhere to be seen. Perhaps, the answer lies somewhere in her memories?
Why similar: Point & Click 21.1%, Emotional 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%
Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 17.7%, Supernatural 17.2%, Emotional 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
You know the feeling of struggling to get out of bed? In A Heavy Morning, you will play as a young girl battling with her own mind. Your only objective? Get out of bed and get to work on time.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Point & Click 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological 9.6%
A short horror visual novel where you get to know your brand new self-aware in-game boyfriend and explore your relationship through Talking About Something in the Nowhere.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Emotional 10.1%, Drama 10.1%
Coffee Buns is a transformation visual novel set in the world of Mice Tea. Leonardo Bianco is a barista getting used to living in a world where a magical tea can turn you into a furry, and when he gets his own chance to try it he's thrust into an erotic, gender-bending journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Drama 10.5%, Emotional 9.8%
Flavor Favor is a soft sci-fi visual novel where you take on the role of a captive fumer, a form of advanced AI humanoid, on the remote island of Tuinu. Your captors insist on having liberated you, but as you gradually recover your memories, a more complex story starts to unfold.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Point & Click 13.4%, Emotional 12.9%, Psychological 12.5%
After waking up in a world without her sister, Miss Alexandra Audacity believes she's been left out of a conspiracy between her flaky friends and secretive husband. Guide her through five timelines mired by false memories while trying to keep her sanity, and yours.
Why similar: Drama 19%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Emotional 11.5%, Conversation 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Kuri Rose was dead, until she wasn't. Now she stands in defiance to a world that is slowly disappearing in this apocalypse adventure visual novel.
Why similar: Supernatural 20.4%, LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Psychological 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Drama 8.6%
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17%, Psychological 13.5%, Point & Click 12.3%, Drama 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
Become a counselor in Confidentiality Agreement and engage in conversations with your clients. Listen to their thoughts, observe their expressions, and choose your words carefully. A few words from you could save a client’s life... or destroy it.
Why similar: Psychological 21%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Point & Click 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Drama 11.7%
The diverse romance visual novel follows amnesiac actor Kotori Sakuma as he uncovers hidden truths and navigates intricate relationships. Through choices shaping character bonds and story progression, you will explore various endings and enjoy a blend of mystery and love in the Taishō era.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17%, Emotional 12.8%, Drama 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Point & Click 11.5%
A short, hand-drawn narrative about memory, loss, and final conversations. Explore the quiet streets of the past and decide what you're ready to let go.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Emotional 18.6%, Point & Click 16%, Conversation 12.9%, Psychological 9.9%
A Boys Love visual novel set around a pulse-pounding hostage situation. Can Numata make it out of things unscathed? Every choice matters! Fully translated into English with the original Japanese voice acting intact.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.9%, Drama 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
《Newborn: The Tears of the Garnet》is a kemono isekai school romance visual novel. As a Muye University freshman, you'll explore campus life and uncover world secrets through choice-driven storytelling.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Drama 10.4%, Emotional 9.6%
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.5%, Conversation 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological 11.4%, Drama 9.5%
When your beloved wants to abandon his personality and become an absolutely ordinary person, what do you do? Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man is an young adult romantic story about transgender identity, exploration of masculinity, and mutual understanding.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Emotional 15.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological 13%, Conversation 9.3%
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Conversation 15.8%, Emotional 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%
"When the graves stop whispering in your ear, it’s time for you to surrender to eternal silence". So says the Agreement, and so it must be fulfilled. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Why similar: Supernatural 26.6%, Emotional 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological 13.4%, Point & Click 12.8%
Explore Serenpt with 9 love interests in this multi-ending JRPG. You are one of the successors chosen by the influential Godmother, recently entrusted with running a bar and handling Cheleamon’s Family affairs. However, she has set a condition—within six weeks, you must prove that you are worthy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Drama 12.2%, Time Management 11.1%, Conversation 11%, Visual Novel 10.2%
Go on a cross-country tour with your band in pursuit of fame, success, and happiness in this drama visual novel set during the summer of 2007.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Drama 12.3%, Conversation 12.2%
An absurdist, psychological choose your own adventure, Surreality check has the player helping Rowan Roach discover the meaning of his life through therapy sessions with the Universe personified. The Universe being a massive tool doesn't help matters.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Psychological 15.6%, Conversation 11.8%
A story-rich interactive fiction about two people who find comfort in each other, and the quiet things they never say out loud.
Why similar: Psychological 18.1%, Emotional 14.7%, Drama 14%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.
Why similar: Psychological 19.4%, Emotional 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Supernatural 12%
An emotional story portraying the struggles of anxiety—the paralyzing thoughts and irrational fears. Join Lucy on her journey to find solace, alongside her supportive yet puzzled roommate. A heartfelt narrative delving into the complexities of anxiety and the challenges of empathy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.7%, Psychological 20.1%, Emotional 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Drama 13.9%
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Psychological 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13%, Drama 12.1%
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 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Psychological 16.3%, Drama 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%
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: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Emotional 15.4%, Drama 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Point & Click 9.4%
You are ready to say goodbye to life, but are you prepared to face your life's truth? Navigate a grad student's life between greed and fear in his final 6 hours (and beyond) in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Conversation 15.5%, Psychological 13%, Drama 10.6%
Your new house has old secrets in this haunting point-and-click mystery, where you'll search for clues about a mysterious death, solve narrative puzzles, and make heartbreaking choices to navigate amnesia, grief, and revenge.
Why similar: Supernatural 16.3%, Point & Click 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%
You have lost your memory and wake up in an unpopular Japanese house. Strange phenomena occur. Eerie singing voices coming from inside the house. Uncover the mystery of the cursed house with your partner.
Why similar: Supernatural 17.1%, Point & Click 14.7%, Conversation 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological 12.2%
The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.
Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Emotional 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
It is the year 2014 in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, Japan. Though previously banned at the close of World War II, the practice of the onmyoji—masters of spirits and divination—has been approved once again in order to combat the ongoing supernatural threat.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Supernatural 21.5%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
Selanìa is a narrative cozy game: meet a cast of eccentric characters, gain their trust, and help them rewrite their stories. And yours. Lose yourself in Selanìa, where the greenhouse blooms of curious plants, the kitchen is always hungry, and the library whispers tales. Or just sit down, and relax.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Supernatural 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological 11.5%
Yua's Yuri Office is a Visual Novel in which you play as Yua, just returning to the office after things have been shut down for an extended period. Yua is determined to take full advantage of this fresh start to improve her life. Will she pursue friendship, romance, or just focus on her work?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Visual Novel 19.2%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Emotional 14.4%, Drama 14.4%
The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Supernatural 14.1%, Emotional 12.8%, Drama 10.5%
