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A click oriented plot game where players advance the plot by clicking and make choices at critical moments to influence the fate of the protagonist.

Why similar: Clicker 43.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Detective 14.2%, Drama 13.9%, RPG 8.5%

Poisoned Path is a deep visual novel set in a mysterious atmosphere, where your choices determine the story's fate. Uncover dark secrets and chart your own course.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Clicker 16.3% ★, Visual Novel 15.8%, Detective 12.1%, Drama 11.4%

故事发生在二十一世纪末期的未来城市。 主人公黄维是一位落魄的私家侦探，在某天接到了一个神秘的委托任务，在执行任务的过程中结识了一位小女孩。 这位小女孩和此前发生的一起案件有千丝万缕的关系。 原本以为只是侦破一次普通的谋杀案件，最后却牵扯出一桩重大的政治阴谋……

Why similar: Clicker 58.1% ★, Drama 17%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 0.3%

The protagonist, Fish Xiaoshan, returns from his studies abroad, but finds that his sister has disappeared for no apparent reason. ... He suspects that there is another reason for her disappearance, so he begins to investigate. ... In the face of the many obstacles, what should he choose to do?

Why similar: Clicker 44.6% ★, Visual Novel 17.6%, Drama 13.6%, Adventure 10.5%, RPG 6.4%

Early this century, a school Model UN event steeped in emotional conflict and tragedy changed every participant’s life. Years later, the scattered youth reunite and seek revenge, amid fractured friendship, love, ambition and lost dreams.

Why similar: Clicker 33.1% ★, RPG 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Adventure 8.9%

You play whose family was executed under the orders of a ruthless king Through years of cunning strategy and dangerous alliances, you lead a rebellion and seize the throne for yourself. But the crown is no sanctuary. Years later, just as you begin to rebuild the realm an assassin’s blade finds you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, RPG 18.3%, Drama 11.9%, Choices Matter 7.2%

一个关于父爱，关于亲情的故事。一份献给那些生命中缺失父爱的孩子的礼物。

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, RPG 16.1%, Simulation 13.1%, Emotional 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%

A story about growing up

Why similar: Clicker 54.6% ★, Visual Novel 15.7%, RPG 13.5%, Drama 10.2%, Emotional 5.5%

"Gaia Meditation: Watcher I" is an independent multi-viewpoint visual novel game presented in full animation. Xiaotian, a seemingly ordinary teenager, met Dean, a young angel who came through space in the museum. His fate began to tear.

Why similar: Clicker 45.7% ★, RPG 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Adventure 5.8%, Drama 5.7%

Investigate a bandmate’s mysterious death inside a remote hotel. Search rooms for clues, build trust through conversations, and use musical ciphers to uncover hidden truths in this narrative-driven murder mystery RPG.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, RPG 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Simulation 10.8%, Detective 9.2%

A Fan made game of 9 Anitube all stars and a mystery girl. Play as Nux Taku as his first day in a new school begins! Make friends, enemies, and fall in love!

Why similar: Clicker 55.7% ★, Visual Novel 20%, Drama 18.9%, 2D 4.8%, Indie 0.3%

Her Other Side is an adult visual novel about consequence, fractured trust, moral choices, and the impossible weight of rebuilding yourself from the inside out. About love found in dangerous places. And about the gap between who people appear to be and who they actually are.

Why similar: Clicker 49.6% ★, Visual Novel 14.9%, RPG 12.7%, Drama 8.1%, Choices Matter 4.1%

A visual novel with mild choice-based progression. In this prologue story, follow an inquisitve college student into the depths of deceptive corporate lab: Moniker Innovation. Begin to unravel a mystery larger than the young journalist looking for answers and even this game itself.

Why similar: Clicker 28.4% ★, Visual Novel 19.2%, RPG 12%, Dark 9.8%, Drama 7.6%

Convince an AI powered, stubborn pig to part with his precious oats. You’ve got ten minutes, good luck!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Simulation 19.8%, RPG 16.9%, Drama 14.1%

Following the events of Part II, Itsuki and the gang's "Rave" business is close to getting off the ground. Itsuki looks to Meryl Hathaway, a young girl often seen accompanying Kotoko, as a counter to the violence of the Umon-kai as he searches for a way to destroy them once and for all.

Why similar: Clicker 32.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Drama 15%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dark 10%

A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.

Why similar: Clicker 39.6% ★, Visual Novel 19.2%, Adventure 10.8%, Drama 9.7%, Dark 6.2%

(Eastern Fantasy × Puzzle Narrative × Multi-Ending Fate Choices) Uncover story layers through branching choices. Hidden enigmas unfold. Among countless deaths, one path survives. Perhaps revealed early, reaching it demands perseverance.

Why similar: Clicker 41.2% ★, Visual Novel 15.1%, Drama 14.2%, RPG 12.1%, Exploration 7.4%

Meet Scoof, a hardened bachelor whose childhood trauma of betrayal has built an impenetrable wall around his heart. He hides in his gray world, avoiding all relationships. But a sudden encounter with a bright and enigmatic personality turns Scoof's life upside down.

Why similar: Clicker 55.9% ★, Visual Novel 16.4%, Drama 9.5%, Simulation 4.9%, Adventure 4.9%

Yours decisions matters, leading to multiple unique endings that reflect your influence on Iris’s fate.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Visual Novel 19.3%, RPG 16.2%, Simulation 10.1%, Drama 8.3%

This is a pixel-art AVG game that combines fortune-telling with a sci-fi theme! Players will take on the role of a diviner at the "Cosmic Lighthouse" airport, providing fortune-telling services to travelers and answering their questions as a way to make a living and strive to survive.

Why similar: Clicker 46.3% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Drama 13.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Emotional 4.8%

在这片充满魔法的大陆内，一切的魔法都融入了生活之中，不过魔法的奥秘是否真的如此简单？仰望星空，蔚蓝的天空之上，闪耀的群星诉说着这座城市中最古老的传说。

Why similar: Clicker 53.1% ★, RPG 21.7%, Drama 14.3%, Simulation 6.1%, 2D 4.6%

这是一个贯穿童年与学生时期的故事。「结束了休学的我，回到阔别已久的学校。 却因一些奇怪的事情而得知一些事实 」。与故事的女主人公艾琳娜一起，续写美好记忆。

Why similar: Clicker 54.6% ★, Visual Novel 19.6%, Drama 13.4%, Adventure 12.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%

A surreal inde RPG about dissociation, recovery, and the friends (imaginary or not) who help us survive. Guide Juno through a new town, (re)build her connections, dig through the static and find out what it means to see the world in color again.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, RPG 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 7.3%

ISOLAND4 is the fifth installment in the ISOLAND series by CottonGame. The game continues to feature the distinctive hand-drawn style of CottonGame, with point-and-click gameplay. The game also features a second playthrough mode, which allows players to gain a deeper understanding of the game.

Why similar: Clicker 46.5% ★, Drama 13.7%, Detective 12.4%, Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 8.8%

Enjoy watching how team members react to the various mishaps that occur during the intensive training camp.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 33%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Adventure 17.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%, 2D 6.6%

Become a righteous hacker detective who solves people's problems... and hack the requested PC by solving riddles! Analyze the PC by hacking! And... solve the source of your client's problems in the PC! This game is a puzzle solving adventure. You can hack by solving riddles.

Why similar: Detective 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Drama 15.4%, Emotional 11.7%, Adventure 11.6%

It is a multi-ending novel game depicting the fan of VTuber "Toaru" "Hinade-chan" and "I" go to an off-line meeting and finish the off-line meeting.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Simulation 18.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%

A mysterious tale shared with Sujin, the girl only I can see.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.4%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Simulation 21.8%, Adventure 14.7%, Emotional 8.3%

Identical in looks, height, and figure yet polar opposites in heart, twin sisters pull me into a dilemma: pursue the high-school first love I’ve longed for, or the coworker twin who openly longs for me? A sweet, bittersweet tale of tangled affection.

Why similar: Drama 25%, Simulation 24.6%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, 2D 6.1%

Unfairly saddled with crippling debt after the events of Part I, Itsuki Ninomae and the gang turn to fellow student and daughter of a crime lord Kotoko Teshigawara for help. An intertwined web of loyalties and desire awaits as Itsuki, Kotoko and the others fight for justice.

Why similar: Clicker 43.9% ★, Visual Novel 19%, Dark 12.3%, Drama 11.5%, Adventure 7.4%

A visual novel in the romance and adventure genre. Awaken in the Honeycombs, a camp where memory is erased and secrets hum in the night. Forge bonds, defy the Union, and uncover your past. Will you be a pawn or ignite freedom as war looms?

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Detective 17.6%, Emotional 10.4%, Adventure 7.8%

Louder Than Words tells a dramatic coming of age story, following Teijo's path as he enters the adult world and faces its different hurdles, as well as the innocent relationships at school, which soon turn to serious commitments later in life.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, RPG 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Drama 13.4%, Adventure 11.2%

Amanita is feeling down lately. She lost her best friend and she can't do anything about it. Could you listen to her story, and maybe help her out?

Why similar: Drama 22.6%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Emotional 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.3%

"The Fourteen Day Letters" is a ADV game centered around “chatting.” In a world that has already gone mad, you and “Yuna” hold onto the last fragments of sanity through a chatroom, spending fourteen days as everything slowly falls apart. And in the end, the outcome will change based on your choices.

Why similar: Clicker 53.5% ★, Simulation 9.6%, Visual Novel 9%, RPG 8.7%, Drama 5.6%

Experience the chaos of 50 visual novels running in parallel over a single day! Immerse yourself in the daily lives of the townsfolk, swap freely between each unique protagonist, and navigate a domino-web of storylines and consequences to save the island from its cometary fate.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, RPG 20.2%, Simulation 13.4%, Drama 12.7%, Adventure 11.5%

Step into Alex, an upcoming college freshman battling depression. Living with his widowed father, Alex prepares to move in with Laura, a friend of his late mother. Guide Alex through university life, navigating personal struggles, forming connections, friendship and support.

Why similar: Clicker 34.8% ★, Drama 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Simulation 7.6%, Emotional 7.1%

Hello, Jake. Welcome to the game.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Drama 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Dark 12%, Emotional 7.9%

This is a hidden object game in which you have to dive to the bottom of the ocean. Explore the psychedelic depths, become a participant in amazing adventures, but don't forget to come back up!

Why similar: Clicker 44.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Atmospheric 4.2%

"If you want to change yourself, start with this blazing summer—"

Why similar: Clicker 57.2% ★, Visual Novel 16.3%, Drama 6.9%, RPG 4.8%, Simulation 4.3%

A cozy, story-driven life sim about caring for a mysterious cat-eared girl who fell from the sky with no memories. Farm, fish, cook, and explore while helping Tanya recover her strength — and uncover the truth about her past.

Why similar: Clicker 50% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Simulation 12.7%, Exploration 7%, Atmospheric 4.7%

The world's most "sentimental" tale. "Let's go away together." Those were Yuika Aoi's last words. It was the winter of my first year of college. She disappeared, without a trace. Where had she gone? - only the flower knows.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.1%, Adventure 14.8%, Emotional 12%, 2D 7.8%

1096年12月，整合运动入侵切尔诺伯格。 身为感染者组织的他们不知为何选择将一群中学生关在了名为彼德海姆的高中之中，任由这些学生自生自灭。 作为被带来这所学校的一名贵族学生，你的选择将会深深地影响发生在这座学校里的一切。

Why similar: Clicker 50% ★, Visual Novel 18.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Dark 8.4%, Emotional 7.6%

Have you heard the rumor? If you call a certain number at 1am, you will be connected to a person called the 1am operator. This person is said to be able to connect you to the past.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.8%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Adventure 17.2%, Dark 14.7%, 2D 6.6%

Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.

Why similar: Drama 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.5%, RPG 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Detective 8.7%

「透明人間」のクロと、「透明人間しか見えない・聞こえない」豹馬。平穏を望む２人に、世界は恐るべき牙を剥ける。何度でも。ただ、豹馬の望みが絶たれるまで。

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Drama 17.4%, Emotional 14.2%, Adventure 10.9%

The Story of Tutoring Top 1% Repeat Students Sisters

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.7%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Simulation 22.4%, Drama 15.6%, 2D 5.7%

Facing the final battle with the Demon King, the HERO Allen harbors one lingering regret. It is the feeling he has to the mage Mireille, the fellowship of his. In his hand, there are three hypnotic potios. Will the HERO choose the path of rationality… or the path of desires…

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.3%, RPG 14.4%, Drama 13%, Emotional 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%

From the creators of Seven Days and LOST:SMILE, LIFE0 presents their third game: 「Dreamin' Her」. In his dreams, the ideal girlfriend appears taking the form of his childhood friend. Is she really just a dream, or is she something more?

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Simulation 18.6%, Drama 13.5%, Adventure 10.1%

莺神乐的知名作品，在Steam中高清化上架！ 与书本坠入爱河，畅游在书本与魔法的世界中吧！

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Detective 14.7%, Emotional 9.8%, RPG 8.8%

"Hira Hira Hihiru" is a visual novel set in a fictional Taishō Era. It tells the story of its two protagonists' struggle against Aerodema, a terrifying disease which brings the dead back to life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Drama 16.9%, Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 7.5%

死後、白黒の世界に迷い込んだ「ぼく」は生前の記憶を取り戻す"旅"に出る。主人公の葬式から始まる、切なくて温かい成長譚。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.6%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Drama 14.6%, Adventure 14.1%, Dark 9.2%

少女の絶命まであと30分…。 『絶体絶命少女』は、"冷たい方程式"や"トロッコ問題"をオマージュした短編SFビジュアルノベルです。 母親に会うため宇宙船に密航した少女か、宇宙事故に遭い救助を待つ遭難者たちか、あなたは命の選択を迫られます。 救う命を選び、少女の運命を見届けましょう。

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Drama 16.3%, Adventure 13.6%, Emotional 8.1%

《恋爱绮谭 不存在的回忆》是国产悬疑恋爱AVG《恋爱绮谭》系列第三部作品，也是系列的解谜篇。在前作《不存在的夏天》与《不存在的真相》中留下的诸多谜团，将在《恋爱绮谭 不存在的回忆》中解答，系列的故事还在继续。

Why similar: Clicker 45.3% ★, Visual Novel 21.8%, Drama 12.9%, Emotional 7.6%, Adventure 6.2%

A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, RPG 21.1%, Visual Novel 20%, Adventure 12.5%, Dark 8.6%

"Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat" is a dating simulation game set in a school. Interact with the girls and gain their love. You must then offer that love to the devil you love.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Simulation 19.5%, Drama 14.5%, Adventure 13.2%

Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.

Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Drama 17%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Emotional 10.3%

*This game is only available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 浜咲学園に通う高校3年生「鷺沢一蹴」 彼には同学年の彼女、「陵いのり」がいた。 何もかも順調だった。 しかし、それは唐突に訪れる……。 卒業も間近に控えた雨の日のバレンタインデー……。 いのりからデートに誘われた一蹴は、いのりから告白された想い出の場所に連れて行く。 そこで渡されるチョコレートと一緒に渡されたのは…… いのりからの一方的な別れ話。 果たして別れの訳は……一蹴といのりの関係は……！？

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Drama 17.4%, Adventure 13%, Emotional 9.5%