- #1 Epiphany City
97% matchVery Positive91% of 278 reviews2022
Dev: Cameron LadjevardiPub: Big Shield Games
Windows · Mac
Use magical picture frames to manipulate the world around you in mind-bending ways. Turn paintings to life, change time, & re-imagine objects to suit your needs. Follow Lily, a girl who's lost all hope, as she steals powers from the strongest superhero, leaving it up to her to save the world.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.5%, Hand-drawn 19%, Puzzle 14.9%, Cute 12.8%, Anime 11.9%
- #2 htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary
96% matchMixed69% of 631 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In the depths of a labyrinthine ruin, a young girl named Mion rises from a deep sleep. Lost, alone, and with no memory of how she got here or where her parents are, she is greeted by two fireflies—one composed entirely of light, and another who lurks among the shadows.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.1%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Cute 16.4%, Anime 13.2%, Strategy 8.9%
- #3 A Rose in the Twilight
96% matchVery Positive85% of 514 reviews2017
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A girl awakens in a castle void of color and time, affixed with the Curse of Thorns upon her back. After meeting a sleeping giant, the two work together to escape. Help them unravel the mystery of the thorns and the history behind the somber castle.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.5%, Puzzle Platformer 23.3%, Cute 14%, Anime 12.2%, Puzzle 11.1%
- #4 Flood of Light
95% matchVery Positive92% of 311 reviews2017
Dev: IrisloftPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A mysterious girl in the raincoat comes to the city submerged by rain. Subside the rain and save the city by illuminating the lamp and stone posts with her little light on hand. You’ll be the mysterious girl in the game. Reveal who she really is as the rain in the city subsides gradually.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.8%, Casual 24.5%, Adventure 19.4%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Indie 2.4%
- #5 Ever Forward
94% matchVery Positive82% of 278 reviews2020
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A girl trapped in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. Help her find her way in this adventure puzzle game.
Why similar: Strategy 26.6%, Adventure 19.7%, Casual 15.8%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Puzzle 15.1%
- #6 The Amber Throne
94% matchVery Positive82% of 191 reviews2015
Dev: Joshua Missile
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Amber Throne is a turn-based JRPG-styled game about a girl in a desert world beneath a mysterious floating castle, and her quest to reach it.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.2%, Hand-drawn 24.1%, Adventure 11.2%, Fantasy 9.4%, Casual 9.1%
- #7 Epiphany City: Prologue
93% matchVery Positive93% of 95 reviews2021
Dev: David ElliotPub: Big Shield Games
Windows · Mac
A preview for Epiphany City- a creative puzzle game where you use magical picture frames to manipulate the world. Follow Lily, a girl who's lost all hope, as she imagines new objects & reframes old ones to fulfill a sacred prophecy. Turn paintings to real life, change time, & save the world.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.3%, Hand-drawn 22.1%, Puzzle 17.6%, Cute 14.6%, Fantasy 7.3%
- #8 Timelie
92% matchVery Positive94% of 2,501 reviews2020
Dev: Urnique Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Timelie is a stealth puzzle adventure, where you control time like a media player. Perceive future events to plan your escape strategy from the past, sneak an enemy, and manipulate time through this companionship journey of a mysterious cat and a little girl with a precognitive power.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.5%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Puzzle 14.3%, Cute 13%, Time Manipulation 11.9% ★
- #9 Pages of Time: Prologue
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,877 reviews2022
Dev: Starbeings Studio
Windows
Pages of Time: Prologue is a 2D platformer puzzle game. Play as the witch who controls the magic of time, in a beautiful and magnificent magic academy, utilize the skills of recording and rewinding time, solve all kinds of puzzles, and look forward to the adventure of the future.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.7%, Puzzle 19.7%, Puzzle Platformer 17.6%, Cute 16.9%, Adventure 9.4%
- #10 Mekabolt
91% matchVery Positive88% of 179 reviews2019
Dev: SomepxPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 23.4%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Puzzle 14.4%, Cute 12.1%, Robots 10.3%
- #11 YesterMorrow
91% matchMixed68% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Blowfish Studios
Windows
YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.
Why similar: Adventure 29.4%, Cute 24.9%, Female Protagonist 19%, Puzzle Platformer 16.7%, 2D 6.2%
- #12 KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE
89% matchMixed70% of 1,354 reviews2024
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"KAMITSUBAKI CITY ENSEMBLE" is a rhythm game in which AI girls who were awoken after the apocalypse use special song magic to create melodies with you, in an effort to restart the world. How did the destruction happen? Why do these girls exist? All answers will be revealed...when the music stops.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.7%, Anime 27.1%, Adventure 17%, Casual 14.5%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #13 Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened
87% matchVery Positive91% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: Cortopia StudiosPub: Beyond Frames
Windows
Down the Rabbit Hole is an adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.1%, Puzzle 15.6%, Puzzle Platformer 15.5%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Cute 12.9%
- #14 TASOMACHI: Behind the Twilight
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 572 reviews2021
Dev: Orbital ExpressPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Yukumo is a young girl traversing the world in her beloved airship. Upon arriving at a certain town, her airship breaks down. She decides to explore the town to search for parts for repair; however, the town has fallen silent, with no trace of its inhabitants...
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.8%, Cute 22.2%, Anime 21.4%, Fantasy 14.8%, Adventure 10.2%
- #15 cityglitch
88% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: mindfungus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Fly across haunted cities, solve rooftop puzzles and light magical runes. Cityglitch is a shimmery pixel puzzler with simple movement and deep challenge.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.6%, Puzzle 20.5%, Casual 18.8%, Strategy 15.4%, Cute 11%
- #16 Oscuro Blossom's Glow
86% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Hongoneon
Windows
Join Selene in a charming platforming and puzzle adventure, where her ability to absorb and emit light from various flowers is key to activating mechanisms, overcoming obstacles, and navigating through environments that adjust depending on how you wield the light.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.3%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Puzzle 15.3%, Cute 12.4%, 2D 8%
- #17 Lynn , The Girl Drawn On Puzzles
86% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2020
Dev: DOTORIS
Windows · Mac
[ Lynn ] In this Oriental Painting, there are many mazes and monsters created by the Nine-tailed Fox.Let's safely guide Lynn back home by moving the puzzle pieces drawn on top of the Oriental Painting.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 19.9%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Puzzle 15.5%, Cute 13.1%, Anime 12%
- #18 Assemble with Care
84% matchVery Positive91% of 10,022 reviews2020
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Repair old-school objects in this cozy puzzle game. Join antique-restorer Maria, as she arrives in the sun-soaked town of Bellariva and set out on a journey of helping the townsfolk reconnect.
Why similar: Casual 27.6%, Puzzle 27.1%, Female Protagonist 26.9%, Cute 14.7%, Indie 2.7%
- #19 TOHU
85% matchVery Positive84% of 712 reviews2021
Dev: Fireart Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Experience a brand new adventure game set amongst a world of weird and wonderful fish planets. Explore beautiful environments, solve intricate puzzles and discover the truth about a mysterious little girl and her mechanical alter-ego, Cubus.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.7%, Hand-drawn 19.4%, Cute 15.5%, Puzzle 14.4%, 2D 8.6%
- #20 White Night Dream
84% matchVery Positive90% of 268 reviews2023
Dev: Renka
Windows
White Night Dream is a card-based strategy rogue-lite game where a girl chases after a runaway cat on the streets at midnight. The game cleverly simulates the short yet long night through a simple card-flipping gameplay and a variety of interesting build combinations.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.6%, Anime 23.3%, Cute 22.8%, Strategy 16.7%, 2D 6.1%
- #21 My Time at Portia
82% matchVery Positive92% of 44,040 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Why similar: Casual 30.3%, Adventure 26%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #22 さよならナイト・キャップ
83% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: PIGORIS
Windows
目が覚めると、見知らぬゲームセンターにいました。 あなたを知る謎の女の子と行動を共にし、不思議な世界を探検しましょう。
Why similar: Puzzle 19.6%, Puzzle Platformer 13.7%, Anime 12.5%, Fantasy 11.8%, Adventure 11.2%
- #23 Replicomica
81% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: enyevgPub: Look Who’s Talking Publishing
Windows · Mac
A short, atmospheric experience set inside a handcrafted dream. You are a small, solitary citizen drifting through augmented memories. Boot up your LonelyOS and let the robots guide you.
Why similar: Robots 19.3%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Futuristic 14.7%
- #24 Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian
80% matchVery Positive91% of 857 reviews2025
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The story of two protagonists as they rebuild their hometown and seek the hidden truth. Engage in timeline-based command battles and enjoy the easy-to-learn yet deeply engaging synthesis. Plus, take on shop management, explore random dungeons, and more!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.3%, Anime 25.3%, Cute 22.3%, Casual 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #25 Helle's Undersea City Project - Bringing Air to The Garden
82% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Caro BuildersPub: Emma Create
Windows
Helle's Undersea City Project - Bringing Air to The Garden - Grow and expand the land with air, aiming to rebuild the undersea city with a lone girl, Hele! A new type of undersea city-building simulation game!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 40.4%, Cute 25.1%, Futuristic 12.2%, Fantasy 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #26 Bubblegum Galaxy
79% matchVery Positive100% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Smarto ClubPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Bubblegum Galaxy is a cozy narrative building game about rebuilding the galaxy tile by tile. Discover and design new planets, complete missions, explore your office and befriend your co-workers... all while trying to find out who deleted the galaxy!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.9%, Puzzle 25%, Cute 17.6%, Strategy 14.8%, 2D 7.9%
- #27 The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince
77% matchVery Positive95% of 328 reviews2026
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Embark on a journey to save the prince’s eyesight in this 2D puzzle-adventure game featuring beautiful hand-drawn art and a bittersweet tale of wishes and what we’re willing to do to make them come true. Utilize your wolf and princess forms to lead the way!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 24.9%, Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Cute 14.6%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Puzzle 10%
- #28 Amazing Grace -What color is your attribute?-
78% matchVery Positive94% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: Cabbage SoftPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
“A holy night with no dawn, my dear...” You awaken in a strange town full of art, blanketed in snow, and enclosed by a massive wall. On Christmas, it all burns down—and the girl who loves it most rewinds time to the start of Advent. Find the truth in the loop and paint it on this canvas of a town!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.3%, Cute 28.4%, Anime 17.8%, Casual 9.2%, Adventure 4.1%
- #29 GRIS
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 93,692 reviews2018
Dev: Nomada StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.5%, Hand-drawn 22.5%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Puzzle 9.9%, Adventure 7.6%
- #30 Minute of Islands
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 939 reviews2021
Dev: Studio FizbinPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.2%, Hand-drawn 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #31 Resette's Prescription ~Book of memory, Swaying scale~
81% matchVery Positive80% of 55 reviews2016
Dev: Liz-ArtsPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Resette's Prescription" is a 2D point-and-click adventure in which you guide Resette, a girl who can enter peoples' hearts, through the story by clicking onscreen, obtaining items, solving puzzles, and activating gadgets.
Why similar: Puzzle 40.5%, Anime 22.9%, Casual 22.6%, 2D 11.3%, Indie 2.6%
- #32 Planet of Lana
75% matchVery Positive93% of 8,958 reviews2023
Dev: WishfullyPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In a world torn between nature’s grace and cold machine invasion, one girl and her companion must rely on their bond to survive and protect what they hold dear. Their story of hope, loss, and love will stay with you long after the journey ends.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Puzzle 11.9%, Anime 9.9%
- #33 Artis Impact
74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,406 reviews2025
Dev: MasPub: Feuxon
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A fun turn-based RPG set in a future world of humans and AI. Play as Akane to explore vibrant locations, battle with simple yet fluid combat, and enjoy side quests full of charming surprises. With a playful, humorous style and clever details, this adventure is light, easy, and full of smiles.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Cute 17.7%, Robots 14.9%, Casual 8.9%
- #34 Nevaeh
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2020
Dev: Alpheratz GamesPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
To restore the Village's light, the Girl heads to the Tower.
Why similar: Adventure 52.8%, Puzzle 27.3%, 2D 14%, Indie 5.9%
- #35 Some Distant Memory
76% matchVery Positive94% of 303 reviews2019
Dev: Galvanic GamesPub: Way Down Deep
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A hand-drawn story exploration game set 300 years after the apocalypse. You play an archaeologist named Professor Zay, joined by her companion, ARORA, a centuries-old AI capable of recreating human memories from scanned relics.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Casual 18%, Adventure 17.6%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #36 Shardlight
76% matchVery Positive90% of 786 reviews2016
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 32.8%, Post-apocalyptic 31%, Adventure 13.7%, Hand-drawn 7.3%, Puzzle 6.9%
- #37 Carto
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,158 reviews2020
Dev: Sunhead GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 24.3%, Cute 20.3%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Puzzle 18.1%, 2D 7.9%
- #38 Light of Alariya
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 323 reviews2023
Dev: SMU Guildhall
Windows
Light of Alariya is an open-world, third-person, exploration puzzle game in which you traverse ancient alien temples and ruins to restore the power of the stars and awaken your sleeping civilization.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.8%, Female Protagonist 30.6%, Puzzle 23.7%, Adventure 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #39 Flashback
73% matchVery Positive86% of 448 reviews2023
Dev: Renka
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Flashback is a strategy game oriented to your choices. You will play the role of a deliveryman and live in a turbulent city for a month. You will meet various characters and experience events, and those characters' fates will cross and they will usher in their own futures based on your choices.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.2%, Anime 27.1%, Puzzle 20.8%, Casual 11.4%, 2D 11.3%
- #40 Pixel Restorer
72% matchVery Positive86% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: Catnip studio
Windows
As the last pixel restorer in the city, your job is to restore faded photographs that have been sealed away for a long time to their original glory.
Why similar: Puzzle 24.6%, Hand-drawn 23%, Cute 23%, Anime 14.7%, Casual 12.5%
- #41 Paper Trail
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 853 reviews2024
Dev: Newfangled Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.4%, Hand-drawn 18.4%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, 2D 10.9%, Adventure 9.8%
- #42 Peregrin
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 351 reviews2017
Dev: Peregrin Developers
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Peregrin is a story puzzle game. A solitary traveller undertakes a perilous voyage through the haunted ruins of a lost civilisation. Seeking to fulfil an ancient prophecy, she will have to use her arcane powers to solve puzzles and survive battles - if she is to find a way to restore the fallen world of Peregrin.
Why similar: Casual 27.9%, Female Protagonist 27.7%, Adventure 21.6%, Puzzle 20.5%, Indie 2.2%
- #43 Evergate
73% matchVery Positive94% of 193 reviews2020
Dev: Stone Lantern GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Evergate is a haunting 2D puzzle-platformer set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife with an original score recorded by a live orchestra. Navigate 85 challenging stages and unleash the extraordinary powers of the genre-defining 'Soulflame' to help a lost soul reincarnate on earth!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 22.4%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Puzzle 13.6%, Cute 11.4%
- #44 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
69% matchVery Positive94% of 509 reviews2025
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Answer the summons to the parallel world of "Kamitsubaki City" and meet a cast of colorful characters as you set out on a quest to save this city from the brink of destruction in this dark-fantasy sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Adventure 29.5%, Anime 24.8%, Cute 21.8%, 2D 21.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #45 RewindGirl
70% matchVery Positive92% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: べすとまん
Windows
Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!
Why similar: Puzzle 45%, Time Manipulation 44.2% ★, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 2%
- #46 Volcano Princess
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 47,364 reviews2023
Dev: 养蛋人 Egg Hatcher
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.8%, Hand-drawn 19.8%, Anime 19.8%, Cute 17.1%, Strategy 9.9%
- #47 Forgotton Anne
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,988 reviews2018
Dev: Throughline Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Step into a hand-animated realm of wonder in which everyday objects take on a life of their own. Uncover the Forgotlings’ mysteries & harness magical forces as you embark upon a quest to return home.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 27.8%, Female Protagonist 26.1%, Puzzle 14%, Anime 13.1%, Fantasy 9.5%
- #48 Greyfox RPG
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,021 reviews2015
Dev: Lesley DoddPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as a new arrival to a foggy and mysterious town. You find yourself waking up in the bodies of the town's inhabitants at pivotal moments of their lives. Make tough choices as you discover the truth about this town called Greyfox.
Why similar: Anime 37.8%, Female Protagonist 22.7%, Adventure 21.7%, 2D 8.2%, Casual 6.2%
- #49 The Lightbringer
71% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2021
Dev: Rock Square ThunderPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Linux
The Lightbringer is a poetic adventure/puzzle platformer with light combat elements, set in a beautiful world claimed by a vile corruption. Guided by your sister’s spirit, you must prevail where she could not. Cleanse the corruption, become The Lightbringer.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28%, Cute 27.1%, Puzzle 18.5%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #50 NAIRI: Rising Tide
68% matchVery Positive100% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: HomeBearStudioPub: Hound Picked Games
Windows
Explore a lively oasis city filled with charming characters, forgotten ruins and ominous conspiracies in the second chapter of NAIRI, a narrative puzzle adventure about Nairi's perilous quest to save her family.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.7%, Puzzle 17.8%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Cute 16.7%, Anime 10.6%
- #51 Little Rocket Lab
66% matchVery Positive91% of 1,227 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.8%, Cute 25.6%, Adventure 15.8%, 2D 15.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #52 Reversion - The Escape (1st Chapter)
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,552 reviews2014
Dev: 3f Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
It’s 2035 in Buenos Aires, or where Buenos Aires used to be. You’ve just woken up in a hospital, and you can’t remember anything. All you know is you have to escape and find out what happened to the city. And how to save it.
Why similar: Adventure 87.1%, Puzzle 4.3%, Casual 2.3%, Hand-drawn 2%, Post-apocalyptic 1.9%
- #53 Kubinashi Recollection
68% matchVery Positive95% of 197 reviews2021
Dev: 給食頭蛮Pub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
In order to retrieve the lost memories, Sekibanki has a big adventure in the world of dreams! Use your "head" to fight your way through a stage full of various mechanisms. It's a 2D visual action puzzle game with a new sensation!
Why similar: Puzzle 21.6%, Cute 19.5%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Puzzle Platformer 16.6%, Anime 10.4%
- #54 Intruder In Antiquonia
69% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.9%, Hand-drawn 26.8%, Puzzle 22%, 2D 11.6%, Adventure 10.5%
- #55 DragonLoop: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: 沙因小分队
Windows
The heroine who lost her memory was trapped in a five-day loop. Connect with your partners to travel through a world with strange time changes, continue to become stronger, retrieve memories, and understand the truth. The game is a time loop Metroidvania.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28%, Time Manipulation 25.4% ★, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Cute 16.4%, Adventure 5.9%
- #56 Rescue Dash - Management Puzzle
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 185 reviews2023
Dev: Matryoshka
Windows · Mac
Rescue Dash is a fascinating city rescue time management game. You'll save pets, restore a hotel, renovate a diner, and keep the city safe! Move through the story and help everyone on this adventure!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26%, Puzzle 20.9%, Cute 17.6%, Strategy 12.3%, 2D 10.4%
- #57 Fall into decay
67% matchVery Positive92% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: 灰房子工作室Pub: Gamera Games
Windows
名叫赛莉卡的少女某天在一间奇怪的宅邸中醒来,自己好像忘记了什么重要的事情,又似乎被卷入了什么事件之中…… 但首要的目的是找到逃离这里的方法。
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.8%, Puzzle 23.8%, Cute 17.7%, Anime 14.1%, 2D 9.4%
- #58 Cureocity
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,053 reviews2024
Dev: Bread On BoardPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
“People think battles need powerful weapons, but strategy at hand is key."The story follows a rookie adventurer and a new healer in a dungeon quest, with the core gameplay involving hand-picked methods using weapons and items. Fight or purify? Heal or alter? The choice is in your hands.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 24.6%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Cute 17.5%, Puzzle 17.2%, Adventure 8.2%
- #59 Robot girl's dream -RobotBattleChampionship-
64% matchVery Positive97% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: DeskClub Games
Windows
This game is an RPG game that follows the growth of a robot girl who has lost her memories. Players can aim for victory in the robot battle tournament, the main objective, and also enjoy interactions with both humans and robots.
Why similar: Adventure 26.6%, Robots 22.1%, Cute 21.8%, Anime 16.9%, 2D 12.1%
- #60 Return to the Skyway
67% matchVery Positive81% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Cloud CatsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Traverse through a fantastical island and utilize the local fauna to destroy obstacles. In this 2D platform, the player controls a character that has crash landed on a tropical island. Complete puzzles utilizing the creatures' unique abilities in order to fix their ship and return to the Skyway!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.5%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Puzzle 17.1%, Cute 13.3%, 2D 8.1%