Games Like anxiety.exe

Is the glass half-full or half-empty? What does you answer say about you? Explore your outlook on life by filling glasses with your friend Tea-Total in Hydrodynamics of Hope & Optimism (in short, H2O). But are you ready to hear those answers? Are you reeeeeeeeeally sure?

Why similar: Psychological 33%, Dialogue Heavy 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Relaxing 5.5%

Enter to the characters mind and make decisions. The game is played like interactive movie/adventure game with morality choices which influence the outcome which can be: a manipulative, balanced or violent. The game is based on psychology/philosophy and teaches about thoughts and their consequences.

Why similar: Psychological 24.8%, Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Education 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%

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: Psychological 25%, Education 17%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%

7 Days in Dystopia is a psychological dystopian game where you experience seven days by playing a series of games, making choices, and facing the consequences of winning and losing in a city where people hide behind masks.

Why similar: Psychological 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%

Trade your soul for digital fame in this psychological visual novel. As fallen tech mogul Doran White, navigate a treacherous social media landscape. Your choices shape his fate in this hand-drawn, neuroscience-inspired reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.2%, Psychological 24.4%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.2%

Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.

Why similar: Psychological 41.2%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Hand-drawn 8.4%

This is you, and this – is You. Both of you have something in common – exceptionality in a monotonous moment of time, when meaningless decisions have to be made. Or meaningful, to such an extent, that there is nothing left once they are made.

Why similar: Psychological 45.4%, Choices Matter 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Indie 3.5%

A short narrative about a trip with friends over the weekend. Decide what River does during the trip. Help your friends, explore the place, or just enjoy the scenery.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Relaxing 10.2%

Serve coffee and befriend customers as you learn their story in this coming-of-age visual novel.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.7%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Psychological 12.9%, Relaxing 11.8%

Selanìa is a narrative cozy game: meet a cast of eccentric characters, gain their trust, and help them rewrite their stories. And yours. Lose yourself in Selanìa, where the greenhouse blooms of curious plants, the kitchen is always hungry, and the library whispers tales. Or just sit down, and relax.

Why similar: Psychological 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Relaxing 12.2%

You are a Switchboard Operator, and you're about to be replaced by a machine. Use your last week of work to connect townsfolk, overcome problems, and explore the history of a cast of engaging characters. Your choices matter, so use each day to leave lasting bonds.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Choices Matter 23.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%, Casual 7.9%

A friendly crash course in Japanese American history, culture, and community! Inspired by the real stories of the three historic Japantowns of California: San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles's Little Tokyo.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 39.6%, Education 18.7%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Relaxing 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%

Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Casual 6%

Board the Trans-Siberian railroad and travel 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok. Clash with a vibrant culture as you meet people as strange to you as you are to them. Journey into a standalone Wanderlust adventure from the makers of The Witcher.

Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Relaxing 9.8%

Black Dog Bar is a dialog-based bartender simulator. Each client has its own story. Communicate, mix cocktails, and... manipulate. It is only you who decides where the complicated story of each hero will turn and what will happen to them when they leave the bar.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Relaxing 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.1%

Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Hand-drawn 7.7%

Adventure as Geralt through the ballads of Dandelion. Swipe right, swipe left, seek glory, find death! Will you hunt monsters, upset the locals, or run a hot bath? Compose an inspiring epic to claim immortality.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.3%, Choices Matter 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 8.3%, Adventure 8.2%

When you start the game, the narrator will instruct you to “close your eyes.” At that moment, whether you actually close them or keep them open will change the course of the story. Listen carefully to the voice as you proceed, and find your way to the truth.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Relaxing 11.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Hand-drawn 9.6%

My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.

Why similar: Psychological 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Hand-drawn 11.3%

In Beastfolk Barber (code name: Project Salon), you're a barber in a city full of beastfolk. Chat with your customers, style their look, help them see something new in the mirror... and in themselves.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 40%, Choices Matter 23.7%, Relaxing 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Casual 2.9%

A metaphorical interactive story game which presents real mental health conditions through conversations and puzzles.

Why similar: Psychological 34.3%, Interactive Fiction 32.8%, Relaxing 17%, Cute 7.4%, Casual 6.8%

Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 45.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Relaxing 12.7%, Casual 3.5%

An educational game that teaches about Self Managed Abortion.

Why similar: Education 34.3%, Dialogue Heavy 31.1%, Hand-drawn 16.7%, Casual 13.1%, 2D 4.3%

"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: Psychological 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5%

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: Dialogue Heavy 25.6%, Choices Matter 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Relaxing 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.4%

The Door Has Doubts is a very short and absurd narrative game about manipulation, dialogue, and the existential crisis of room furnitures. You are stuck in a room, there is a door. Your only way out: Convince the door to open. Choose your words carefully, as you try to escape the room.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Psychological 27.5%, Choices Matter 22.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Casual 5%

"Why did it come to this?" That's what the protagonist asks, his body and mind worn to the breaking point. From there begins a journey of rediscovering the self he had long neglected. A small action at a time, he plods forward — slowly, haltingly — toward recovery.

Why similar: Psychological 36.9%, Dialogue Heavy 24.5%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Adventure 5.3%

PLEASE KNOCK: The Sloppy Researcher’s Life is a top-down story adventure game about an unusual research life between a sloppy senior student and a helpful junior.

Why similar: Psychological 27.3%, Dialogue Heavy 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.6%

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 23.5%, Psychological 20.1%, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%

Angels greet you with smiles! Welcome to Heaven, where happiness awaits!

Why similar: Psychological 32.8%, Dialogue Heavy 25.9%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Cute 8.4%

Saturday Super Day is a point and click exploratory choose your own adventure game that was prototyped in PowerPoint. Play as Bobbi who wakes on a mid 90s Saturday morning with a mission: Reach the computer lab at and back up an important project before the servers get wiped for the summer.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Relaxing 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Hand-drawn 10.1%

Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.

Why similar: Psychological 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Education 18.9%, Cute 7.3%, Casual 6.7%

This is an interactive visual novel game featuring plot-driven dialogues and point-and-click interactions. One day, you receive a magical book—and inside it, you meet a mysterious friend. As you interact with each other, you gradually step into the depths of one another’s inner worlds.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Psychological 24.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Relaxing 9.3%

AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.5%, Psychological 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Hand-drawn 8.6%

An interactive story about a researcher who was spoken to by his experimental plant. Interact with the story and get one of three ending options.

Why similar: Choices Matter 23%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Relaxing 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Casual 12.2%

You return to your hometown but no one recognizes you. But that doesn’t matter, because you are not here for them. You are here for her. Midgårdsormen, singer and artist, pervert and goddess, a being truly out of this world.

Why similar: Psychological 34%, Choices Matter 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%

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 26.5%, Dialogue Heavy 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Relaxing 7%

A third-person psychological thriller focused on observing, influencing, and subtly shaping the behavior of a character trapped in her own routine. In 1948, you manipulate small environmental details to shift perceptions and shape the relationship between player and protagonist.

Why similar: Psychological 42.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Choices Matter 20.2%, Casual 7.9%, Adventure 4.7%

Evan faces a frustrating battle with his conscience. It's one he cannot afford to lose, or he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Under intense scrutiny and questioning from two savvy detectives, how will he fare? That, is entirely up to you.

Why similar: Psychological 31.5%, Dialogue Heavy 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Adventure 3.4%

Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Psychological 13.2%

The Test: Reimagined is a masterful mix of Personality Test Psychology and Dark Tarot. Answer a series of fully-narrated questions to receive a personalized, unique ending based on your choices. Dive deep into your own psyche and join millions in a social experiment that you will NOT want to miss!

Why similar: Choices Matter 24.6%, Dialogue Heavy 21.1%, Psychological 16.7%, Education 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%

You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!

Why similar: Psychological 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Dialogue Heavy 23.1%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Adventure 4.7%

This is a story about a Y2K Asian teenager who needs your guidance. In the game, you make multiple choices that shape a teenager’s growth, with each decision leading to a different path and outcome. Restart his life.

Why similar: Psychological 27.7%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Education 18.5%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 7%

A sound, a flash, a portal… A pirate emerges, bringing a deadly threat. Five friends stand before him, and one of them is the target. But which one? Even they don't know.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Psychological 24.7%, Choices Matter 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7%

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 23.6%, Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Psychological 19%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Hand-drawn 9%

Your job is to make humanity happy. Observe the people living in your assigned district and make the best choices to ensure everyone's happiness.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Hand-drawn 8.1%

Your busty personal assistant Elizabeth Fields is taking you out to diner tonight. Will you be able to resist her motherly charms and keep your precious company secrets to yourself? Find out in this femdom-centric adult visual novel.

Why similar: Psychological 28.4%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%

Cozy visual novel about a lovely witch who’s able to talk to spirits in a fantasy setting. Using her powers, Julia helps her neighbors in their daily whereabouts. Craft potions, find the right time to use them and get to know both spirits and clients to find their peace.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Relaxing 12.6%, Cute 7.1%

You are the Judge. Twelve souls appear before you, each burdened by regret. Words left unsaid. Promises left unfulfilled. Listen to their stories, then decide — Heaven or Hell. But when the twelfth soul arrives, everything changes.

Why similar: Psychological 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Choices Matter 22.5%, Adventure 8.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.3%

Flavor Favor is a soft sci-fi visual novel where you take on the role of a captive fumer, a form of advanced AI humanoid, on the remote island of Tuinu. Your captors insist on having liberated you, but as you gradually recover your memories, a more complex story starts to unfold.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Psychological 21.6%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Relaxing 8.6%

Screech, halt! Max and his ice cream truck reach an unfamiliar universe never seen before. Continue making your way as you go after the little kid’s balloon. Solve mysteries with emotion-flavored ice cream. Will you be able to retrieve the kid’s lost balloon?

Why similar: Choices Matter 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Hand-drawn 14%, Psychological 13.8%

This is a train to 21C, via 19C. Passengers will require a valid click to use this service. Passengers are advised that this train consists of 9 cars, divided by each era. Please mind the fire. This train is ready to depart, please stand clear of the fire.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Psychological 23.6%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Adventure 9.4%

Help stranded humans escape an otherworldly realm as you pick them up on your bus route. Investigate and interrogate each new arrival to ensure they don't devour you or your passengers as you head to your safehouse.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.2%, Dialogue Heavy 25.7%, Choices Matter 22.9%, Casual 8.2%, Minimalist 5.2%

Growing older has nothing to do with feeling grown up. Face the challenges of adulthood with Liv, Albert and Finja in this interactive visual novel by exploring their everyday lives through point-and-click interactions as well as mini games and figure out the secrets of how to be an adult!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Psychological 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Education 7%

Pieces is about trying to understand yourself and who you are. You explore emotions, identify feelings and come to understand their meaning. Choose how you react, and see it shape who you become.

Why similar: Education 22.6%, Choices Matter 21.2%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Cute 8.1%

Blueberry is a story-driven puzzle platformer that takes you deep into a woman’s mind as she faces her trauma. Ascend her Tower of Life, relive her key memories, and collect pieces of her fragmented self to unlock the mysteries of her past.

Why similar: Psychological 27.2%, Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Cute 5.3%

A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?

Why similar: Psychological 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 19.8%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Hand-drawn 7.4%

9 kids who wake up in a mysterious shelter with lost memory. Investigate the signs of intruders and murders and discuss them with your colleagues to move towards the truth! Listen to everyone's statements and use your counter-arguments to uncover the truth behind someone's lies!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Choices Matter 20%, Psychological 19.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%

A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Dialogue Heavy 23.2%, Choices Matter 21%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Cute 7.6%

A Week in Paradise is a narrative mystery where you find yourself in a bar called Paradise. Have a drink each night with its mysterious regular and discover how deeply your stories connect. Hunt down clues in your dreams to find out why you end up here every day, and what keeps you coming back.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Psychological 18.6%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Hand-drawn 10.6%