- #1 Fishbowl Kid
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hoo Cares
Windows
Fishbowl Kid is an uplifting interactive story about coping with depression.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Comic Book 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Linear 13.4%, Emotional 8.4%
- #2 Wednesdays
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,787 reviews2025
Dev: Pierre CorbinaisPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Comic Book 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
- #3 Grandma's Secret
76% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: 40A Game StudioPub: Dmitriy Bely
Windows
"Grandma's Secret" is a blend of kinetic visual novel and interactive text adventure. The last hope for a peasant girl named Tatiana to find a happy marriage is a service and dowry from her grandmother, who is believed to be a witch. But what price will she have to pay for it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Comic Book 15%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Exploration 7.9%
- #4 The Town of Downpour
75% matchPositive98% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Deeppink manPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
먼 옛날, 끝없이 비가 내리는 세상 속에 한 여행자가 있었습니다. 점점 물 속으로 잠겨가고 있는 세상에서, 여행자는 여정을 시작했습니다. 당신은 슬픔과 분노로 잠겨가는 세계에서 '상냥한 빛'을 찾기위한 모험을 떠납니다. 하지만 그것만이 이 이야기의 전부는 아닙니다...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Side Scroller 21.3%, Linear 13.5%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Psychological 10.4%
- #5 Still Heroes
74% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: exaheva
Windows · Mac · Linux
A digital comic about the story of Emeline. She tries to live her dream of being a superheroine after her friends decided to change their career paths. A gentle and moving story, drawn by hand.
Why similar: Comic Book 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Linear 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
- #6 Annie and the AI
73% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: NoSleepGames LLC
Windows · Mac
Step into the role of Esme, an AI built by Annie but built for what purpose? Evolve and learn by solving visual puzzles accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn artwork. Learn all about Annie's life, befriend her, and grow together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Comic Book 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Conversation 10.1%, Linear 9.9%
- #7 Messy Hearts
72% 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: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Comic Book 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Emotional 10%, Psychological 8.3%
- #8 Вторая степень покоя
69% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Marina Buttenko
Windows
Read words and make choices as you immerse yourself in the adventures inside the protagonist's head. This dark visual novel tells the story of a lost man among corpses in a northern Russian town. Will you help the hero find a good ending? I don't know what to do with him anymore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Psychological 11.3%, Casual 9.7%
- #9 NonSense
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amorosa Entertainment
Windows
Defeat nightmare shadows and restore senses to help Fran navigate through pain and reconnect with everyday life in this cute-dark 2D narrative adventure RPG.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Emotional 16%, Third Person 8.7%
- #10 The House On Holland Hill
71% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Hedgefield
Windows
THOHH is a first-person narrative game in which you play a food delivery guy. Through a series of vignettes, you cross paths with the residents of a beautiful house on Holland Hill road, where you make frequent deliveries. In the wake of tragedy, something ominous looms behind their front door.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Emotional 10.7%, Conversation 8.8%
- #11 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 27.5%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Comic Book 13.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Third Person 8.5%
- #12 I Need to Leave
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Type-B
Windows · Mac
I Need To Leave is a point-and-click escape game. The door is never locked, yet you keep returning to where you started. Search for clues and find the right way to leave this shared apartment of anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Comic Book 14.7%, Psychological 11.2%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Linear 10.8%
- #13 Imagine We Were Human
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vine Moss GamesPub: pklwrks
Windows · Mac
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Linear 11.4%, Conversation 11%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
- #14 Girls' Dorm -Managing an all-girls' dormitory-
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AZARASHI SOFTWARE PLUS ONEPub: Shiravune
Windows
Managing a dormitory is hard work—especially when its residents are all girls! Does Haruto have what it takes to deal with this garden of flowers?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Linear 11.8%, Conversation 11.5%, Hand-drawn 6.6%
- #15 After Juice: Animal Disco Mafia
67% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Virtual Seed
Windows · Linux
Welcome to this graphic adventure! You become in a little hámter 🐹 called Tofu. You will live together a lot of adventures from de university nights, clearly a city full of party and mistery, a lot of humor and bad jokes, but above all..... Dru.... i mean, SUGAR!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Conversation 15.9%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Exploration 8%
- #16 Until Then
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,258 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 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: Visual Novel 22%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Emotional 18.2%, Psychological 12.4%, Side Scroller 8%
- #17 I Have Died
67% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Ratmouse Games
Windows
You have died, and only you can discover how it happened. Do not worry though, I am here to help you. Let us figure this out together. This mixed media artistic point and click adventure novel will not take you long to complete.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Linear 17.5%, Psychological 17.4%, 2D 6.7%
- #18 Let's Go, Metal Hero! Vol. 1
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Masonimous
Windows
Let's Go, Metal Hero! Vol. 1 is a visual novel about two siblings turning a robot into a superhero!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Comic Book 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Linear 9.8%
- #19 The River
66% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bokchoi
Windows
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Linear 14.9%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Emotional 7.4%
- #20 A Tiny Space Adventure
67% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Erhan YıldırımPub: Pixcodream
Windows · Mac
**A Tiny Space Adventure** follows a brother and his dog, Jupiter, on an exciting journey through space to rescue his sister. With fun puzzles, quirky characters, and unique aliens, this adventure offers a delightful experience for players of all ages.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Comic Book 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Emotional 12.1%
- #21 The Tiny World
65% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Remus
Windows
The Tiny World is a drama visual novel. A New Year's story about a long separation from home, family, friends, and tears freezing in the cold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Visual Novel 22%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Casual 10%, Emotional 9.4%
- #22 The Last Summer 那年夏末
66% 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: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Emotional 16.1%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Comic Book 13.3%
- #23 The Painting
66% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Emotional 17%, Linear 14.3%, Hand-drawn 13%
- #24 OU
66% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: room6Pub: G-MODE
Windows
"Between something and someone." U-chronia is a mysterious world constantly changing like a book whose pages are flipped out of order. You will wear the shoes of OU, the protagonist, to live through this game-shaped experience—without knowing what it really is.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.8%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Emotional 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Psychological 14.8%
- #25 The Seafloor
63% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: zhishouge
Windows
"The Seafloor" is a narrative game about depression. Play as River for seven days. Your choices shape her emotions and story. Experience her inner world and daily life through interactions. An invitation to understand, not to cure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Emotional 15.8%, Comic Book 15.5%, Third Person 7.4%
- #26 Girls' Dorm -Managing an all-girls' dormitory- After
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AZARASHI SOFTWARE PLUS ONEPub: Shiravune
Windows
The story isn't over yet! This sequel to Girls' Dorm follows the daily lives of this troublesome trio at Sakuraba Girls' Academy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.8%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Linear 10.6%, Conversation 10.4%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
- #27 Stories Want to Be Told Storyone: Prophecy
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
Stories Want to be Told is an adventure game. It is more like an interactive story telling game. This the first episode The Prohecy
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Emotional 13%, Exploration 11.3%, Linear 10.2%
- #28 Backwater Eulogy
64% matchPositive100% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Wurm Fud
Windows
Musings on grief, moving on, and a life made and lived in the rural Midwest. Features a collection of lovingly hand-drawn panels and pixel art.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Emotional 19.7%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Linear 9%
- #29 Every Wednesday
64% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pixel Chest Storyworks
Windows
In this narrative adventure, Hideki steps into the laundromat, unaware that this is where he will stop feeling invisible. Explore the laundromat, build connections, and uncover the stories of those who become part of your life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Emotional 10.4%, Casual 9.5%
- #30 The Adventures Of Hooman
64% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Panda Blade Software
Windows
A choose-your-path sci-fi comedy where you play Hooman, an android too conceded to be scared and too lucky to die. Your crew is going to die but they could have avoided an untimely death if they had only listened to you. You are not the problem.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Comic Book 24%, Visual Novel 21%, Exploration 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #31 Breaking Point
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phantom Script Studio
Windows
A psychological thriller visual novel where your choices deeply affect an 18-year-old woman's mental state, leading to multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Comic Book 15.1%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Emotional 9.9%
- #32 Day In Day Out
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Manuel Steinboeck
Windows
Day In Day Out is a varied collection of mini-games inspired by events of daily life. The game offers a unique gaming experience that allows you to immerse yourself in the world of Mr. Lüneberg.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Comic Book 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Linear 11%, Third Person 9.4%
- #33 Ordinary Day
63% matchVery Positive89% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Late Night Studios
Windows · Linux
In this not so ordinary psychological horror your soul is bound from birth to fufil a singular purpose. Suffering a loss that has kicked in motion the bindings of your destiny, enter Ordinary Day.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Linear 13.4%, Conversation 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Exploration 8.9%
- #34 This Warm Place
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wundev
Windows
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Emotional 17.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Conversation 13.1%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
- #35 Too Small To Matter
63% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: André AntunesPub: GameDev Técnico
Windows
Journey of animals trying to survive a War. An emotional tale where you'll decide the fate of all who embark on this journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Side Scroller 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Emotional 8%
- #36 Katzala
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eliary Games
Windows
Embark on a deeply emotional journey as a cat spirit exploring a troubled village from eastern France. Listen to conversations, manipulate your environment, influence dreams, discover hidden memories and battle buried traumas. Explore mental health and unravel your own story along the way.
Why similar: Emotional 17.6%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #37 Pine: A Story of Loss
62% matchMostly Positive79% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Made Up GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Emotional 19%, Hand-drawn 16%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Linear 12.1%
- #38 Tuna Rice
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Konayachi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tuna Rice is a silly and small, linear VN about warm and fluffy... tuna rice 🐟🍚!
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.7%, Linear 25%, Emotional 19.1%, Casual 7.6%, Relaxing 5.5%
- #39 The Adventures of Bunny and Pig
61% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Li Min
Windows
It's a short, text-based interactive book with a psychological theme.▶TRIGGER WARNING◀ Contains childhood trauma, suicidal thoughts, and emotional abuse, but ultimately conveys hope and growth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Psychological 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Emotional 15.1%, Linear 11.8%
- #40 Forest of Death Masks
62% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Psychological 10.7%, Casual 10.4%
- #41 A Sketchbook About Her Sun
64% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Team SolEtude
Windows
Through a narrative based on Red Ribbon’s new album “Planet X”, experience a broken-heart girl’s journey through thoughts, daydreams and music.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Comic Book 16.6%, Emotional 11%, Conversation 9.5%
- #42 Dawn of Gray
64% 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 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Linear 17.9%, Comic Book 15.5%, Emotional 13.3%
- #43 Brick Exorcist
62% matchMostly Positive78% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Fish Chain Games
Windows
"Brick Exorcist" is a casual bishojo brick break game! You accidentally crossed into another world and became an exorcist. With the help of the goddess, you exorcised the beautiful girl who was possessed by the devil!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Comic Book 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Emotional 10.4%
- #44 The Magical Floating Fortress
60% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Meander Interactive
Windows
Read aloud, read together or learn to read! The perfect interactive adventure book for long winter evenings, as a bedtime story or for long train journeys!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Comic Book 11.1%, Education 9.5%
- #45 A Lozenge
64% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Emotional 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.1%
- #46 Mind Scraper
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scraper Games
Windows
Mind Scraper is a story-driven graphic adventure. Play as Robert and dive into dying minds—built from unresolved regrets—to explore memories and learn why those choices were made.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Hand-drawn 17.3%, Psychological 13%, Emotional 11.1%
- #47 Akuro & Bahaku 2 : The Ultimate Treasure
59% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: 狐狸博士 Dr.Fox
Windows
The Encounter and Adventure of Furry Boy Bahaku and White-haired Shota Akuro! A visual novel filled with fun interactions, rich storyline, vibrant characters, and adorable artwork. Solve puzzles through clicking and dragging to uncover the truth behind the ancient ruins!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Emotional 20.8%, Comic Book 20.4%, Casual 14.2%, Linear 13.7%
- #48 Noah and the Sea
60% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Deeppink manPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
이윽고 검은 바다가 밀려왔고, 나를 잠기게 했다. 한 노인의 상처받은 기억에 대한 이야기.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Side Scroller 24.2%, Linear 17.2%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Emotional 11.4%
- #49 Grayscale Memories
62% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Starry Seaweed Game Studio Ltd.
Windows
Short interactive story-telling 3D platform adventure game. The gameplay is about 45~60 mins.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Psychological 15.8%, Conversation 13.5%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Linear 11.5%
- #50 the doll museum
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: delulu girl
Windows · Mac
This 2D psychological horror game traps you in a pastel-pink doll museum, where you help Valentine to survive the cruel Doll Queen!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Emotional 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological 13.8%, Hand-drawn 11.9%
- #51 Aletta - Visual Novel
64% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
Windows
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Emotional 10.6%, Stylized 7.3%
- #52 Why do you love me?
59% matchVery Positive98% of 214 reviews2024
Dev: Alkinoy
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short romantic novel about modern relationships. We took some situations from life and tried to answer the question "why do people love each other?".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Emotional 14.5%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #53 Tomorrow Will Be Dying
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Robo
Windows · Mac
Tomorrow Will Be Dying is an atmospheric, story-driven slice-of-life visual novel with light sim elements about finding yourself through your connections with others.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.5%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Hand-drawn 15%, Casual 12.6%, 2D 6.6%
- #54 Ghost Girl Lasling (G-rated)
60% 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: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Emotional 14.2%, Comic Book 13.9%, Linear 11.3%
- #55 I’ll KILL HER
61% 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 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Emotional 14.3%, Psychological 14%
- #56 Phantoms
60% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ikuku
Windows
A kinetic visual novel about an ex-archeologist, ex-professor, always-a-poet and now burglar taking his second ever case to crack open a Soul Box after a reporter from the news blows his brains out during a live broadcast.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Hand-drawn 18.8%, Emotional 12.8%, Linear 8.8%
- #57 Poor Samantha
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TPA Gameworks
Windows
"Noodles are the food of solitude." Trapped by agoraphobia and social anxiety, your only friend is Samantha. She is your courage to open the door. But in a room of broken mirrors, who is actually speaking? A short psychological visual novel about isolation and the lies we tell ourselves.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Psychological 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Linear 12.9%, Hand-drawn 12.8%
- #58 Too Real
58% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: partingZSSII
Windows
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 26.2%, Hand-drawn 19.1%, Emotional 18.5%, Conversation 10.8%, Psychological 8.6%
- #59 Vollema
59% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: KC Amber
Windows
Vollema is a hand-drawn, color-changing RPG featuring a unique pattern memorization-based combat system where you and your classmates uncover a sinister plot involving your school, local politics, and a cult-like paramilitary organization.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 18%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Linear 13.3%, Stylized 9.8%
- #60 Cut to the Core
60% matchVery Positive93% of 164 reviews2022
Dev: Plasma PressPub: AAD Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
How much of someone can you cut away before there's nothing left? Find out in this chilling kinetic visual novel - IF YOU DARE!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Comic Book 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Linear 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.2%