- #1 红夏
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Anning004
Windows
《红夏》是一款以剧情体验为主的视觉小说游戏。八月末的某天,二十多名师生被神秘地困在学校里,等待他们的将是一场自相残杀……
Why similar: Psychological 20%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 10.2%, Anime 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #2 AnnYversairE
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ForRest
Windows
This is a 2D exploration adventure game set in a small town. Discovering items and encounters in this cold winter, here as the start of a beginning.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.2%, Anime 9.7%, Puzzle 8.8%, RPG 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #3 Mondealy
96% matchVery Positive94% of 628 reviews2023
Dev: uglycoalPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mondealy is about you building relationships and exploring the world. An ordinary guy from an ordinary town on an ordinary day uncovers the secrets of an extraordinary underground kingdom located under his home. Your adventure begins!
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Anime 8.5%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #4 Paper Lily - Chapter 1
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 8,592 reviews2024
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Why similar: Anime 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #5 Free Will
94% matchVery Positive97% of 357 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Psychological 29.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, Puzzle 10.5%, RPG 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #6 Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,865 reviews2021
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Why similar: Anime 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Mystery 8.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #7 Frostory
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team OOPArts
Windows
You will explore a mysterious world with the little fairy, Sir Leonardo. An adventure awaits where you'll meet companions, fight wicked enemies, and uncover the secrets of a world in crisis. The end of the story is in your hands.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.2%, Top-Down 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Mystery 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #8 Retrace
92% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2020
Dev: Spider Lily Studios LLC
Windows
THIS WORLD DESIRES YOUR DEATH. A ghost tour gone wrong leads Freya to a parallel dimension, almost designed for her. Can you beat death, and escape? A game of mystery, adventure and queer love stories for PC.
Why similar: Psychological 20%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Female Protagonist 9%, Anime 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #9 Night Loops
91% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological 17.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Anime 9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #10 Alice's World
91% matchVery Positive90% of 404 reviews2025
Dev: STORIA GAMES CO., LTD
Windows
Alice's World is a story-driven 2D adventure puzzle game. Amidst desolate ruins and deserted cities in a world filled with death, the young girl Alice hears "your" voice from in front of the screen. You must guide her forward, solve the mysteries, and reach the top of the tower.
Why similar: Psychological 11.4%, Anime 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9%, Story Rich 8.9%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #11 Rich Flavors
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Leef 6010
Windows
Rich Flavors is a game in which you deliver "goods" to "customers" and get paid in "coupons". Can you collect enough to buy your dream cake before your contract ends?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 13%, Anime 12.4%, Top-Down 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Exploration 8.7%
- #12 Heartstring
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pokeizel
Windows
A story about friendship, the internet, and creation that plays with your heartstrings.
Why similar: Psychological 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Top-Down 9.4%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #13 Nobody Hears
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MuGui_CinnamonPub: Eternal Dream
Windows
At first glance, your everyday life with your younger sister seems uneventful—going to school together, chatting, living side by side. But within that endless cycle of calm routines, could those seemingly insignificant actions be quietly changing your fate?
Why similar: Psychological 22.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Puzzle 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #14 Cross The Boundaries
88% matchVery Positive99% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: AlfredProsPub: Ziel Graywords
Windows · Linux
This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.
Why similar: Psychological 16.3%, Visual Novel 16%, Anime 11.7%, Mystery 10.9%, Puzzle 10%
- #15 After School Cure
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kasabot Games
Windows
In After School Cure (Adventure Game / Visual Novel) play as the spirit Kimiko, and recruit a new member to the spirits living in the school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Psychological 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #16 Wait: The Patient
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: rest.less Games
Windows
Wait: The Patient is a non-combat mystery horror game, that takes place in the 90s and follows the story of Dr. Alice Fincher. After a new patient arrives in the mental hospital she works in, strange events start to unfold.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Top-Down 12.3%, Psychological 12%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #17 声锁 Sound Lock
86% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Nonhuman studio
Windows
"Sound Lock" is a multi-ending puzzle RPG game based on the perspective of a girl without a mouth. The story takes place in a world with hundreds of similar rooms, where the decorations are nostalgic. Explore rooms full of death traps and try to clear the fog to find the buried truth.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 14.1%, RPG 13.4%, Psychological 12.1%, Story Rich 11.3%, Adventure 9.3%
- #18 The Rule Of SHE
84% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: HaiBin studio
Windows
A wandering soul mistakenly enters a world of strange tales and odd rules. Beware! This place is fraught with danger. To complete reincarnation, you must toe the line. Any soul that dares to go against the system will face correction. Will you comply—or defy?
Why similar: Female Protagonist 14.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Fantasy 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10%, Puzzle 10%
- #19 DREAMING CITY
85% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: NEUROPOLLY
Windows · Mac
Explore the mysteries of your soul to discover whether you're melancholic, choleric, sanguine, or phlegmatic. Each decision reflects your inner world, challenging your perception and revealing the hidden depths of your personality in this journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Psychological 22.7%, Mystery 14%, Anime 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #20 By Myself
84% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: UDStudio
Windows
A 2D horror and psychological-horror game based on puzzles and mysteries to uncover the truth about a child left alone. Engaging mechanics, a memorable story, and original soundtracks.
Why similar: Top-Down 12.7%, RPG 12.3%, Exploration 11.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Cute 9.2%
- #21 Fishbowl
82% matchVery Positive96% of 160 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a slow and tender narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Why similar: Psychological 17.2%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Anime 8.8%
- #22 The Clean Knife
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ND Parallel
Windows
Claude, a high school student, pays a visit to his classmate Emma. He stumbles upon a strange knife in the attic, and both are thrown into an otherworldly realm, haunted by ghosts. Now they must find a way to restore the house to its original form, and seal back the rampaging ghosts.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.7%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, RPG 11.7%, Story Rich 11.5%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #23 金鱼症候群 Goldfish Syndrome
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: California Beef Noodle
Windows
In this post-pandemic psychological visual novel, players embody psychotherapist Honda, drawn into a neural imaging project targeting teens. There, Honda meets Natasha, a mysterious girl whose "world" unfolds like a spider's web, disrupting Honda's "calm" life. "Don't you think so, Dr. Honda...?"
Why similar: Psychological 25.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, RPG 10.7%, Anime 10.7%
- #24 HEARTLODGED
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hajimeli
Windows
In 6 hours, 28 minutes, and 11 seconds, an avalanche will crush the lodge. Is the cat in the box alive or dead?
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Mystery 10.9%, Top-Down 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #25 TRUSTFALL
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: innerlightdev
Windows · Mac
TRUSTFALL into the mysterious and quirky inner world of Cherry to 'battle' her inner parts. Master Emotional Alchemy in unique turn-based encounters: choose LOVE to integrate, FEAR to resist, or AWARENESS to transmute. Every choice will uncover a different path back home.
Why similar: Psychological 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #26 My Adorable Ghost Story
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mado games
Windows · Mac
A cowardly ghost needs your help to find peace. Complete his final wishes, get closer to him, and unravel the mystery of his death as you search for your own freedom in this short, story-driven adventure.
Why similar: Psychological 17.7%, Mystery 9.5%, Story Rich 9.3%, Anime 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #27 Sign: Broken Kether
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 猫猫毛工坊Nekonoke
Windows · Mac
Sign is a visual novel series that blends fantasy, urban life, and adventure. The story follows Lyra, a high school girl who encounters Cygnus, a witch from another world. Together, they embark on a journey to reclaim the witch’s lost powers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Anime 14%, Story Rich 12.1%, Fantasy 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #28 outside the door
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 667 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Anime 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #29 Dissolving Disarray
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: slugstart
Windows
Dissolving Disarray is an RPG Maker adventure horror game. Awaken as a girl lost in a vine-clad room with no recollection of her past. Imprisoned within an otherworldly tower, she must piece together the fragments of her forgotten life and escape before succumbing to the tower's maddening absurdity.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Anime 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #30 The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Retrowave Studios
Windows
Michael Longhurst had just survived a terrible ordeal at Hartown Park. Two months later, he returns with his partner, Ethan. As they try and uncover the cursed history of the Longhurst Family.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Top-Down 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #31 Re:Fragment ~Absolute Ambition~
76% matchVery Positive94% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: AstralSeal
Windows · Mac · Linux
We all dream of a bright future ahead, but life doesn't always turn out how we expect. Yuuma, the protagonist, lives a peaceful life until the student council president proposes a new controversial policy that changes everything they once knew forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.8%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Anime 12.7%, Cute 10.2%
- #32 Night Reverie: Prologue
77% matchVery Positive92% of 281 reviews2020
Dev: Somber Pixel
Windows
Night Reverie: Prologue is the first act of a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.5%, Top-Down 13.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Cute 9.7%
- #33 Soul After
77% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Sensation Games
Windows
Soul After는 삶과 죽음의 관계를 아름답게 전달하고자 하는 스토리 위주의 탑 뷰 어드벤처 게임입니다. 현생에서 죽음을 맞이한 당신은 기억을 잃은 채로 사후세계에서 영혼 사자가 되었습니다. 당신의 역할은 사후세계로 오는 망자들이 다음 생으로 환생할 수 있도록 돕는 것입니다.
Why similar: Top-Down 14.4%, Psychological 12.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Puzzle 11.8%, Anime 9.4%
- #34 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
75% matchVery Positive88% of 3,455 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 25.8%, Mystery 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
- #35 Pulse of Love
76% match9 user reviews40% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: SweetDreams
Windows
"Pulse of Love" is a captivating visual novel set in the vibrant world of the Korean K-pop scene drama. Experience the exhilarating journey of love, passion, and self-discovery as you navigate the highs and lows of fame.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Mystery 8.9%
- #36 TagHunter
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RainDeerGames
Windows
TagHunter is Super Cool Adventure with Power and Treasure.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Visual Novel 7.9%
- #37 Secrets of Wynne
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: One Method Monkey LLC
Windows
A puzzle adventure game about exploration and discovery. Wander an open world dense with surprises. Challenge your wits against puzzles of all varieties. Meet charming characters that bring personality to your travels. Use all the tools at your disposal to unravel the Secrets of Wynne.
Why similar: Story Rich 11.2%, Puzzle 10.9%, Top-Down 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Exploration 9.8%
- #38 Seven Mysteries: The Last Page
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: Sang Hendrix
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror RPG about a group of friends who unintentionally become bound together after encountering 7 curses from a school.
Why similar: Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Anime 10.3%, Mystery 9.3%
- #39 Ubel
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regularjax
Windows
A visual novel where eight participants are forced to play a death game where they have to vote every two hours. Who will survive? Who will betray? Who are the masterminds behind it all?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Mystery 16.2%, Anime 14.5%, Psychological 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #40 Forest Star
73% matchVery Positive98% of 96 reviews2021
Dev: SeaPhoenixPub: KOMODO
Windows
Help a monkey find a fallen star in this short adventure game! Meet and recruit other animals, find useful items, and discover new abilities. Multiple endings available depending on your choices!
Why similar: Top-Down 12.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Cute 9.7%
- #41 The Shadow of Shadows
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Stavros Aeneas Kokkineas
Windows · Linux
Lilith is a young Shadow that wants to be a Light. She embarks on a journey to learn how Light is made but is about to find out a horrible secret. Will you help her turn the tides?
Why similar: Puzzle 12.1%, Anime 12%, Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Top-Down 10.2%
- #42 SVETIK
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AEVI Studio
Windows
SVETIK is a dark top-down RPG where your only source of light is a living being. Svetik remembers your words, changes over time, and may leave you in complete darkness. Can you restore the sun if the light itself stops trusting you?
Why similar: Psychological 24.6%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Top-Down 9.3%, Story Rich 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #43 Tales From Windy Meadow - Legacy Edition
73% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Moral Anxiety Studio
Windows
A slice-of-life interactive story about choosing your path and living in a community. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. A unique fantasy Visual Novel blending coziness and melancholy.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.3%, Visual Novel 18%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, Fantasy 13.2%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #44 DEAD LAMB WALKING
70% matchVery Positive97% of 195 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.4%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Top-Down 11.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #45 The Little Witch and The Lost Memories
71% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Asahi
Windows
The Little Witch and The Lost Memories is an exploration-based adventure game set in the dreams of a girl who has lost her memories. The game's story unfolds as she uncovers various secrets while exploring her dream world.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Top-Down 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #46 Waterside Chirping 水畔空蝉
72% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
Aileen was an ordinary village girl. However, after she been cursed on by a weird man, everything changed…
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Anime 14.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, RPG 9.9%
- #47 時折記 -Tokioriki-
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Visual Novel 18%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
- #48 Lost Day
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Memento
Windows
At that the day, the world ended. People die left and right. Scream heard everywhere. Yet, this is the beginning of my new life. A life where I could finally found my happiness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Top-Down 12.7%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle 11%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #49 你就是缘由
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 空亡月隈
Windows
Death, redemption, distortion, love, and... you are the reason.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.5%, Story Rich 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Mystery 10.4%, Anime 10.4%
- #50 Dunar: Dimension Two
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thistom Studios Software
Windows
A traditional turn-based JRPG featuring unique moments and a fascinating story centered around the forgotten past of the Purple Light, blending fantasy with inspirations from Himba culture and Indian aesthetics.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 13.5%, Top-Down 11%, Exploration 9.8%, Anime 9.6%, Mystery 9.5%
- #51 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,552 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Psychological 25.2%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Mystery 17.7%, Anime 14.3%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #52 Shelf
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redamant Games
Windows
Welcome to Shelf's mysterious library! Time to find a way to get out of here, it can't be that difficult. Am I right?
Why similar: Choices Matter 16.2%, Multiple Endings 12%, Story Rich 11.3%, Psychological 10.6%, Top-Down 10.6%
- #53 东方心之解束~Saving from the devil
68% matchVery Positive98% of 180 reviews2022
Dev: 咲熠
Windows
来试试《心之解束》吧!这是一个以小恶魔和帕秋莉为主角,剧情丰富,玩法多样的“休闲类”东方同人RM游戏哦~在一次属于两人的异变中,她们的命运将会何去何从呢? 玩家交流qq群:115601828
Why similar: Mystery 14.7%, Anime 13.4%, Puzzle 10.4%, Cute 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #54 RIYOU
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rävbyte
Windows · Linux
RIYOU is an RPG about nostalgia, childhood adventure, and close friends. Explore both your fondest memories and your darkest fears.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14%, Anime 11.5%, Top-Down 9.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, RPG 8%
- #55 ストレイ・メモリア
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ルピナスパレット
Windows
A contemporary juvenile mystery about young boys and girls who grow up confused and troubled, and adults who harbor secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Mystery 21.4%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Story Rich 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #56 In The Ember 余烬之中
69% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
Angelina was originally an ordinary adventurer.But since she met a weird man and robbed her of her job,everything has changed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, RPG 9.9%, Anime 9.8%, Cute 9.5%
- #57 异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,597 reviews2019
Dev: Eternal Dream
Windows
Strange events occur at a sanatorium for those with unusual abilities. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. What will be released when all secrets are revealed? Goodness? Or… pure ”EVIL”?
Why similar: Anime 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #58 Oblivion Maiden
65% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Project Ex Libris
Windows · Mac
An exploration adventure set in St. Dorothia Academy, a magical educational institution hidden deep within a forest. A story that begins with an encounter with a girl named Lulunya, and unfolds through mysterious phenomena and dream worlds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological 13.2%, Puzzle 11.3%, Adventure 10%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #59 OneShot: World Machine Edition
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 5,348 reviews2024
Dev: Future Cat LLCPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A completely self-contained portable version of one of the highest user-rated games. Built on an entirely new engine with new UI, support for Steam Deck, & more. Features world-bending puzzles, intriguing denizens, surreal environments, and a captivating story about the truth of the game's reality.
Why similar: Choices Matter 16.1%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Story Rich 12.6%, Puzzle 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #60 Marinette
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Teal Crown
Windows · Mac
Marinette is an adventure horror game about a girl who gets trapped inside of a mysterious dollhouse. In her journey she will meet different friends and foes while trying to survive the dangers lurking at every corner. Will she escape alive in time for her birthday?
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Top-Down 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Puzzle 8.5%