Games Like April 8th

THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.

Why similar: Word Game 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Text-Based 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%

A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Female Protagonist 12%, Emotional 10.9%, Psychological 8.9%

A closed-circle mystery visual novel where twelve people wake up inside a bizarre, impossible mansion—and a string of murders begins. Read from Remi’s point of view as you piece together the truth through his thoughts and conversations. Linear, text-focused, Japanese/English supported.

Why similar: Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 13.1%, Mystery 12.8%, Text-Based 12.6%, Psychological 12.2%

《是谁偷走了我的人生？》是一部发生在虚构自由城市“伯利蒂尔”的中长篇青春群像视觉小说。玩家将跟随社会学新生荆千和，在高校城中结识孔澄洸、池迟望等人，并通过轻量互动，逐渐走近她们各自隐藏的过去与困境。 “我，荆千和，失去了初中三年的记忆。” 来到伯利蒂尔后，她拥有了新的朋友与珍贵的日常，遗失的青春似乎正一点点重新生长。直到那个少年平静地说： “记住我，然后，去改变。” 当被掩埋的真相浮出水面，那些曾经失去的、渴望的，以及无法改变的过去，又将把她们带向怎样的未来？ 愿你走完这段旅程时，也能重新找到属于自己的人生。

Why similar: Word Game 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Lore-Rich 12%, RPG 7.6%

三国x克苏鲁文字冒险游戏。189年，东汉王朝的垂暮之年，各种灾异让洛阳弥漫着一股末日氛围，玩家将扮演曹操和“李飞”，调查神秘组织长生道和他们的神明“黄天”背后的真相。游戏采用双线叙事，两个主角将各自调查真相、做出抉择……

Why similar: Word Game 16.6%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Mystery 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 9%

《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏，游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色，玩家将扮演男主角周知，从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄，和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆，改变宁州将面临的可怕命运

Why similar: Word Game 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.6%

A dark sci-fi survival horror visual novel where you make deadly choices to uncover the truth of live experiments in a sealed facility. It features choice-driven narrative, multiple endings, and light puzzles, with a focus on branching story rather than high-end graphics.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Psychological 9.7%, Text-Based 8.8%

《穿越日记》是一款沉浸式互动剧情游戏，玩家将扮演一名穿越入盛世皇城的现代女性，亲历宫廷风云与权谋博弈。通过选择不同剧情分支，推动故事走向多个结局，体验细腻的人物情感与复杂的人心博弈。支持单人离线游玩，适用于 Windows 和 macOS 平台，适合喜爱剧情向、宫廷题材及互动叙事体验的玩家。

Why similar: Word Game 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Emotional 10.5%

The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Emotional 11%, Psychological 9.3%

A linear paranormal mystery visual novel driven by dynamic text presentation. As timid but earnest rookie Mao-Rabbit, explore a mall after closing, rescue a customer the night guard cannot see, and uncover the anomaly rules already at work. No branches or bad endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Word Game 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Mystery 12.7%, Text-Based 10.2%

What Acts up is a psychological realism narrative adventure about social anxiety. Make choices, act under time pressure, and interact with shifting windows as Lin Mo’s fear and self-doubt invade the desktop. Some choices cannot be made, and some words simply refuse to come out.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Emotional 11.9%, Psychological 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%

A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 19%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Mystery 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Supernatural 9.7%

"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.

Why similar: Word Game 17%, Text-Based 12.3%, Emotional 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after. During a strange turn of events, she suddenly gains the ability to see into the supernatural realm—the so-called "Yin Yan." Will she be able to uncover the truth?

Why similar: Word Game 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.1%

话题作《精神病大王花》重制作品。 追求精神病少女们的恋爱游戏，你能活到最后吗？

Why similar: Word Game 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Text-Based 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.1%

A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.

Why similar: Word Game 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Text-Based 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Horror 7.1%

"Who do you want to save? Or rather... who are you prepared to abandon?" A midnight "Unsend" trapped them in a rift in time, and awakened the dead "You." Become a "Ghost" inhabiting screens and surveillance feeds. Pry into perfect disguises and rotting hearts.

Why similar: Word Game 23.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Lore-Rich 12%, Mystery 7.6%

“Kupala” is a dark, non-linear horror visual novel inspired by Slavic folklore. Little Anya arrives at a village on the eve of Kupala Night — the sacred night of the ancient Slavs. In the quiet old house, her grandmother tells her tales of unclean spirits crossing into the living world...

Why similar: Word Game 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Text-Based 10%, Emotional 9.6%

——这是由阴阳两面的夹缝中，诞生的深刻羁绊。世人只言开封繁华，歌舞升平，却难以看到那，被隐藏起来的黑暗背面。粉饰的美好，残酷的真相。生者的思念，亡者的祝福。所以，你要止步当前，还是深究一切？

Why similar: Word Game 16.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.

Why similar: Emotional 15%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Psychological 11.9%, Mystery 11.8%

1988年，日本泡沫经济破灭前夕，化身被冤枉成嫌犯的刑警，侦查青梅奇怪自杀案，牵连出持续20年的连环杀人案秘密，穿梭烟酒与霓虹的昭和街头，在人心与生死的抉择中，搜查蛛丝马迹，找出血案真相。

Why similar: Word Game 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Text-Based 11.2%

"The Seafloor" is a narrative game about depression. Play as River for seven days. Your choices shape her emotions and story. Experience her inner world and daily life through interactions. An invitation to understand, not to cure.

Why similar: Word Game 24.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Emotional 16.2%, Text-Based 8.3%

"MC not romancing LIs" is a short visual novel. The story follows Tong Ren, the game's MC, who can see her "affection levels" with each of her "targets." But as an anime fangirl, she just wants to ship, not date! Faced with their advances... will she hold her ground, or fall into a romance?

Why similar: Word Game 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Text-Based 10.4%

Zlot rodzinny to dla Miłosza Dajskiego okazja, aby spotkać się z dawno niewidzianymi członkami rodziny. Przechadzając się po pałacu, w którym nie było go od lat napotyka człowieka, który zdaje się twierdzić, że jest jego kuzynem, ten jednak za nic nie potrafi go sobie przypomnieć.

Why similar: Text-Based 14.3%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Emotional 10.3%, Mystery 7.5%

In the summer of 1990, you return to the secluded mountain village of Iwao as your grandfather falls critically ill. The village shrine is said to seal the yokai "Tsuchigumo." As the "Mushi Okuri Festival" nears, its ritual flames may awaken a thousand-year-old curse…

Why similar: Word Game 16.7%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Mystery 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%

This is a short, slightly terrifying, suspenseful and bizarre visual novel game. Players will take on the role of student Mo Lan, who loses all memories and joins a school of social monsters to rescue bullied classmates and uncover the truth behind campus bullying.

Why similar: Word Game 16.1%, Emotional 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Mystery 10.1%

A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.

Why similar: Word Game 16.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Emotional 9.7%

Game IntroductionThis is a visual novel game with a sci-fi adventure theme, primarily based on dialogue options. In all cities, humanity has fallen into an unawakable dream, and you are one of the few "lucky" ones who remain awake.

Why similar: Word Game 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Story Rich 7.2%

PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.

Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Horror 9.2%, Supernatural 8.8%, Psychological 8.5%

Paradoxical Twin Worlds Saga is a narrative-driven galgame set across modern high school life and an ancient dynasty. As an ordinary student traveling between two worlds, you uncover intertwining fates, altered memories, and a single truth: your existence itself is a paradox.

Why similar: Word Game 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Lore-Rich 11%, Text-Based 7.9%

《你离开之后》是一款文字互动类乙女向游戏，再次醒来时你发现自已似乎已经是一缕魂魄了，你的爱人在你离开后变得敏感脆弱，而你的行为将会或直接或间接的影响到他，最终走向不同的结局。 一款美味的鳏夫文学，你的冷漠与无视会让向来冷静矜持的爱人在你面前发疯变得歇斯底里，你的捉弄会让他在梦里情难自已，你的一举一动都会让他改变，你离开之后，他活成了你的样子，或是你想要的样子。

Why similar: Emotional 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Word Game 17.8%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, RPG 9.4%

An epic ABO-themed sci-fi game is here, with a female protagonist who’ll have everyone thrilled! From the start, you play as the most powerful female Alpha who dominates the stars. With both charm and combat skills at their peak, this game offers non-stop excitement!

Why similar: Word Game 22.6%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, RPG 7.9%

"Destiny Isle" is a visual novel that combines survival horror, multiplayer combat, and puzzle-solving elements. Set in a mysterious isolated academy, players take on the role of newcomer Xu Fan, uncovering the academy's chilling secrets while navigating between darkness and hope.

Why similar: Word Game 19.1%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 10.9%

"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.

Why similar: Word Game 20.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Emotional 10.4%, Horror 8.3%

A dark visual novel. By day, you monetize insomniacs’ pain and privacy. By night, you seek help in a real insomnia club, only to find those you treated as collateral sitting beside you. The closer you get, the harder it is to tell whether you’re protecting them—or turning them into better products.

Why similar: Word Game 19.5%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Emotional 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

《长干里酒吧》是一款融合历史与克苏鲁元素的多视角叙事视觉小说。你将扮演六位命运交织的角色——从被网暴的消防员到乱世军人，亲历安史之乱背后的诡异真相。通过“记事簿”系统，在舆图中点亮关键地点，在编年表中填补被篡改的年份，在灵堂中为漂泊的灵魂找到归宿。拼凑六段人生的碎片，揭开隐藏三千年的因果坐标。你的选择将决定宿命能否被打破——遗忘，还是记起？

Why similar: Word Game 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 11.5%, Horror 9.5%

The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.

Why similar: Word Game 17.8%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Mystery 10.8%

一款融合中式风格与架空玄幻的无限流女性向视觉小说。作为一名刚毕业的大学生，因找工作面试碰壁而偶然许下愿望的你被卷入神明的游戏，与另外八名普通人一同坠入一个个诡异副本。你需要探索异境、查明缘由、了结未尽之愿，用每一次抉择打破僵局，通过副本里的重重考验。在神明的游戏里，你可以与四位可攻略角色进行深度交谈、结下因果，在恐惧与心动之间走出属于你们的不同结局……另外，顺利通关者也将获得实现任何愿望的权利！

Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Emotional 17.3%, Mystery 16.4%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Text-Based 8.5%

A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.

Why similar: Visual Novel 15.5%, Horror 10.5%, Emotional 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%

“God, please help me…” Become a god and rewrite fate with words. Drag and reorder sentences from pleading letters to twist cause and effect, changing the lives of those who wrote them. When countless joys and sorrows collide, what kind of “Wonderful World” will you create?

Why similar: Word Game 19.5%, Emotional 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Mystery 10.3%

《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯，意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中，他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相，也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来，覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下，究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......

Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Text-Based 13%, Mystery 8.5%

"What is The Ritual?"—Senior 1 student Zi Xiaoying left her hometown and arrived at the School on Isle Island, moving into Gracirsium's House. Even before settling in, she heard about esoterica and rituals on the island, and unexpectedly encountered a white-hair girl with an censer in the forest...

Why similar: Word Game 28%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Mystery 12.4%, Emotional 11.7%, RPG 11%

This is a realistic, high-freedom text-based romance simulation game with life simulation elements.You will experience a real, touching yet heartbreaking, ridiculous yet addictive blind date adventure, encounter more than a dozen blind dates with distinct personalities.

Why similar: Word Game 22.5%, Lore-Rich 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.6%

A pixel art point-and-click adventure set in the heart of the modern-day high tech industry, which will test your logic and deductive reasoning skills as you investigate the murder mystery that's upturned your life.

Why similar: Emotional 13.8%, Mystery 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Psychological 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

古代重生题材文字冒险游戏，改编自小说《金瓶梅》。北宋政和年间，清河县出了一位大财主西门庆，风流倜傥，妻妾众多，却也在纸醉金迷中走向宿命终局。而如今，你化身西门庆，重来一世，命运的罗盘交到你手中。

Why similar: Word Game 23.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Story Rich 8.8%

公元2017年12月中旬，洪水摧毁了远海世界某个叫忆城的大都市，中原联邦接管此处后，一切记忆似乎都要被时间抹除，包括一个叫永弦的音乐人。 解离症将她的记忆和灵魂分离开，纵使心中燃烧着对音乐热爱的火焰，那些明确的曾经的故事却早已不曾记得了。 透过玻璃墙看去，她看见的是自己的二手贝斯，笔下疼痛的情侣……以及，一个虚无缥缈又无比真实的女人，那真的是我曾经所爱着的人吗？ 另一边，随着科技的快速进步和发展，可控时空穿越技术的成功研发，为现实世界中许多过往的遗憾带来了弥补的可能性。 不过大家都知道，遗憾的定义始终在人。所以，无限地信任自己的科学技术，还是承认并回归人性，还是要交给您自己选择。

Why similar: Word Game 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Emotional 6.9%

Due to "special" work requirements, you've been assigned by your superiors to live in a very remote and desolate villa. You thought your dull and monotonous life would just carry on as usual, but every midnight, strange sounds emanate from the pitch-black attic...What kind of beginning awaits you?

Why similar: Word Game 22.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Emotional 9.5%, Horror 9.1%

A hand-drawn school visual novel. In 2004, five students handed in a blue-cloth folder; it came back with the last page cut out. Twenty-two years later you sift the archives - race sheets, carbon copies, loan dates - to find those five and decide whose ending gets put back. Nine endings.

Why similar: Word Game 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Emotional 12.2%, Text-Based 10.3%

A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.

Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Emotional 16%, Text-Based 14%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%

《无妄之都：求解的莫比乌斯》是一款乙女向恋爱AVG游戏。您将扮演一位陷入纷争漩涡的少女，以“世界所偏爱之人”的名义在银蓝市生活，并与四位谜团重重的男主角相遇，和他们一同解明此世的真相，共赴扑朔迷离的命定终局。

Why similar: Word Game 18.5%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.

Why similar: Emotional 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Text-Based 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.8%

What is the biggest variable in a relationship? Is it "him"? Or is it the "him in her heart"? May this little story serve as a blade, dissecting the "possessiveness" and "desire to control" in a relationship. What exactly gives rise to them?

Why similar: Emotional 21.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Word Game 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Text-Based 10.3%

A suspenseful visual novel set in a fictionalized Song Dynasty. What is Jianghu? Some say it is flashing blades and clashing swords, rival sects locked in endless feuds, heroes galloping freely across the land. But for most......

Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Word Game 15.5%, Mystery 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

You wake up shackled to a bamboo stalk in an unfamiliar forest. In the distance, something seems to be moving through the grove. You look closer... until you realize... it isn’t alive at all. One bizarre and horrifying event follows another. Under unbearable pressure, can you find a way out alive?

Why similar: Word Game 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 11.1%, Thriller 9.8%, Story Rich 8.8%

Rokuyo, a Chinese calendar system legendarily created by Zhuge Liang, marks daily fortune. Those with Rokuyo powers can wield special abilities. Yet every gift from fate has a hidden price. What happens when a divination boy meets a mysterious girl?

Why similar: Word Game 15.7%, Lore-Rich 13.2%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 11.2%

《Phoenix in Flames: A Fateful Misdressing》 is a historical text adventure. Step into the shoes of a Jinwu Guard during the Tang Dynasty’s Shenlong Era. Deeply entangled in the coups following Empress Wu Zetian’s reign, your choices will steer the empire and forge your own unique destiny.

Why similar: Word Game 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Emotional 9.7%, Lore-Rich 9.6%

Welcome to Awaken Infinity! Immerse yourself in a unique top-down RPG with visual novel elements. Wake up in a futuristic room with no memory, and unravel the mysteries of your past. Experience deep storytelling, meet intriguing characters, and uncover hidden secrets.

Why similar: Emotional 19.1%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Story Rich 9.9%

In an old mansion rife with secrets, a pretend Taoist unwittingly encounters real ghosts. Unknown to him are their whereabouts, the victim, or his own fate. He must unravel the conspiracy through time loops.

Why similar: Word Game 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Emotional 8.9%, Mystery 7.6%

An interactive AVG with a time-travelling male protagonist in an ancient style, with multiple endings and multiple branches, and a journey of bondage in which you and six close friends join hands to dominate the world in a parallel world.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.2%, Word Game 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Emotional 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%

A choice-driven text game about living an ordinary life in modern China. Shape your path through study, work, love, and family, and see how your future unfolds year by year.

Why similar: Word Game 23.6%, Text-Based 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Lore-Rich 14.7%