60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Visual Novel, 2D, Interactive Fiction.
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Along the Edge
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Saraab: Beyond The Veil
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search forces her to confront haunting visions, buried family secrets, and dark entities. Will you help her embrace the light, or let her fall into the darkness?
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Emotional 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search forces her to confront haunting visions, buried family secrets, and dark entities. Will you help her embrace the light, or let her fall into the darkness?
Why similar: Emotional 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Hand-drawn 8.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
A visual novel where your choices matter. Derek has a job, a beloved boyfriend, friends, and… “piranha thoughts.” Everything was perfect until his younger sister Rina returned to town.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 12%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 10%, Romance 9.1%
“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: Visual Novel 15.5%, Emotional 14.9%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
The curse wove your fates together. Now their thoughts and feelings influence you and your actions determine their fates. Will you be able to break the curse? Or will their dark pasts drag you into an inescapable despair? And can a fresh start really erase the past?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, LGBTQ+ 9.1%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
A visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Mostly realistic, with a werewolf twist. Your choices determine the heroine's fate—caught between envy and longing, will she claim her place in the system, or burn it all down for a dream no one values?
Why similar: Visual Novel 15%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Supernatural 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Heartstop is an emotional, story-driven game, taking place in a world where every living being has suddenly stopped moving. Uncover the mystery of this eerie event while building a dynamic relationship between the only two people remaining, through the many impactful and hard-hitting choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Emotional 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Choices Matter 11%, Mystery 10.2%
Winter 1999. Kicked out of your house after being outed by your closest friend, you plan to leave your hometown. Your girlfriend, Mika, wants to see you one more time. Decide whether or not you'll stay together.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Romance 10.4%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
A GxG coming-of-age visual novel. Nina sucks at choosing. But when a mysterious incident happens at the arts academy, will she muster the courage to choose–or will she let someone else decide on her behalf?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Emotional 10.8%, Romance 9.9%
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: Emotional 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Emotional 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Romance 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10%
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 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Story Rich 9.5%, Romance 7.4%
Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Emotional 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Visual Novel 10%, Mystery 9.6%, Romance 9.1%
The kind Blacksmith is a Visual Horror Novel set in ficticious medieval Italy. In a land ravaged by war and sickness, you take on the roll of the Blacksmith - a lonely man that happens to take in a sick Knight of the invading forces. The Knight's fate is in your hands. To be kind is your choice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Emotional 10.6%
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Emotional 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
A realistic visual novel based on a true story. As a lawyer trying to save a rock singer from her toxic family, you uncover the suffocating truth of "Codependency." Will you leave, sink into the abyss, or g◼︎ai◻︎n the c#our%ag◼︎e to f◼︎ac◻︎e the p#ai%n? Your choices decide.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Silver blue is a BL visual novel 15+ with anime style, containing adventure fantasy content.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Emotional 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Romance 8.5%
In pursuit of coin, hired dagger Arthur finds himself embroiled in conspiracy involving the daughter of a noble House. Who is really pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14%, Mystery 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%
A visual novel set in 1920s Paris. As summer draws near, young students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.9%, LGBTQ+ 12.4%, Emotional 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Supernatural 8.4%
A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Romance 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
A dark romantic comedy where every match brings you closer to love… or something far more dangerous. Meet monsters, go on dates, and shape your relationships through meaningful choices. But behind every perfect date lies a secret: You’re not looking for love. You’re trying to bring love back.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Romance 9.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
A sci fi mystery on a ship drifting through space. Solve dialogue puzzles to help the ship's computer AILISH sift through possible timelines to find which one of them can prevent an impending disaster. What disaster? For some reason, AILISH won't actually tell you...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Romance 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Story Rich 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Emotional 10.4%
An autopsy of a queer relationship.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Emotional 12.6%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Hand-drawn 12%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
Play 4 characters, live their unique stories and manage their daily lives to create their best day ever. In this narrative game, your decisions have consequences and change the outcome of the stories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Dynamic Narration 11.2% ★, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Emotional 12%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.
Why similar: Choices Matter 12.4%, Romance 12.3%, Mystery 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Emotional 9.8%
Symbiotic Love is a coming-of-age Yuri Visual Novel set in an All Girls' High School. What has fate in store for love so perfect, so symbiotic, that they could only live, and perish together?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Romance 13.4%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Emotional 9.4%
A queer romance/horror visual novel about being locked into a path, and having _______ words hidden from You. Find Your way to discover what's missing and reach Your ____ End.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Romance 10.2%, Dynamic Narration 9.1% ★
A visual novel about a man who discovers the existence of another dimension hidden in dreams. Explore and learn the rules of a new reality, meet fellow dreamwalkers and solve the mystery of a disaster in the past. Make decisions, build relationships and strive to reach the best ending!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, Mystery 9.9%
In a fortress besieged by ghouls, a young exorcist must use power, diplomacy, and inhuman languages to unravel a grudge spanning generations.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Emotional 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
In the office of the afterlife, you weigh the dead. Read each soul's ledger, hear their final plea, and seal them to Heaven or Hell. But the Director's doctrine is harsh — and the souls you judge may know your name.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 11.4%, Emotional 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
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: Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.7%, Emotional 10%, Choices Matter 9%
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: Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Emotional 11%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Choices Matter 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Emotional 11%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Mystery 9.1%
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13%, Emotional 11.2%, Romance 11.1%
Camp Palut is an otome-style mystery that can be completed in 2-4 hours. Play as Jess, a high school senior attending summer camp for the first time. Luckily there are cuties ready to get to know you! Choose between the four unique love interests or play them all to piece together the whole story.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Romance 11.1%, Mystery 10.7%, Supernatural 10.4%
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: Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Mystery 11%, Emotional 11%
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Emotional 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Romance 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
A dark noir visual novel following Alex, a former police officer drawn into the mafia’s world. In a world where trust can get you killed and everyone has something to hide, two women with buried secrets are pulled into a story of revenge, power, and slow-burn romance shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Emotional 10.1%, Romance 9.8%
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Emotional 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Mystery 11.6%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%
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: Emotional 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
As the summer heat fades, Suoh Shirahane is just one step away from unraveling the mystery of why her beloved Amitie partner left in the spring.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Romance 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Mystery 10.3%
A light admonishment from Mom sparks the realization that these twin sisters care for each other in more than a familial sense. In this dramatic & romantic yuri Visual Novel, it's up to you to navigate the forbidden tension between the sisters so their love can flourish without growing one-sided.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Emotional 9.8%
When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22%, Emotional 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Romance 14.1%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
Peak or Die is a narrative-driven survival game about leading a team of adventurers up a deadly mountain, where every decision has lasting consequences. Manage oxygen, food, and team morale while facing moral dilemmas, random events, and an unforgiving environment. Reach the summit — or fail trying.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Dynamic Narration 9.6% ★, Mystery 8.4%
"I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. ——————————————————————————Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?
Why similar: Emotional 12.2%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Romance 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%
warmth, bitterness, longing, compromise.
Why similar: Emotional 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Romance 13.2%
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: Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 11%, Supernatural 10%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
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: Visual Novel 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Supernatural 9.3%, Emotional 8.8%
Road Trip to the End of the World is a visual novel about the death of a friendship. When Andy and her imaginary friend Fishy set off on a road trip to crash their ex-best friend’s wedding, will they know when to hit the brakes?
Why similar: Emotional 16.8%, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Story Rich 10.4%
A BL Visual Novel about an unlucky modern day Vampire who work the night shift at a convenience store. Will a mysterious co-worker and a flirty regular customer change his life to the better or worse?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Mystery 10.3%, Romance 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Emotional 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10%
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Emotional 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Emotional 10.5%, Adventure 8.5%
Meet cheerful Kaori Sawai, fresh out of nursing school, as she joins Yurigahama Hospital. Surviving a near death experience as a child left her with a desire to become a nurse and "healing hands" that let her relieve pain in patients just by touching them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
