- #1 Midnight Ramen
97% matchVery Positive97% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...
Why similar: Cooking 25.3%, Dialogue Heavy 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Emotional 10.5%
- #2 Divine Diner
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Ambrosia Interactive LLC
Windows
A Greek Myth-based, heartfelt narrative game where you're a demigod named Aelius trying to find your godly father and re-forge your family.
Why similar: Cooking 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #3 Sips and Sonnets
96% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a tea shop in the British countryside and enkindle your love for poetry in this heartfelt visual novel. Play as Ms Meadows, retired journalist and tea enthusiast, as she prepares for her best friend’s long-awaited visit. Listen to customers’ stories, brew tea, and craft wholehearted poems.
Why similar: Cooking 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Emotional 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #4 Potion Tales
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NighttrainGames
Windows
Potion Tales is a potion brewing game, in which the potions you create decide the fate of your customers. Make yourself at home in a cozy potion kitchen and prepare different potions for the unique problems of your customers.
Why similar: Cooking 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Relaxing 9.5%
- #5 The Perfect Bowl
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Emm
Windows · Mac
The Perfect Bowl is a cozy, heartfelt narrative Ramen arranger about dealing with grief, following Jim Wada, the new owner of his family’s ramen business. Journey with him as he copes with his father’s illness and helps his customers find comfort in ramen, aiming to heal himself along the way.
Why similar: Cooking 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Emotional 10.9%, Relaxing 10.7%
- #6 The Archipelago
94% matchVery Positive90% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: Never Done Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Archipelago is a visual novel about brewing tea. The teas you choose determine who you encounter in the midst of a vibrant and changing world.
Why similar: Cooking 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Emotional 9.1%
- #7 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,691 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 37.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Relaxing 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #8 This Warm Place
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wundev
Windows
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 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Emotional 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #9 Birb Café
91% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Birbgames
Windows · Linux
Birb Café is a coffee-making visual novel about a cute bird helping adventurers on their quests. Your choices matter!
Why similar: Cooking 27.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #10 Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain
90% matchVery Positive98% of 282 reviews2025
Dev: SWEET&TEAPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Is one life worth the price of another? A bittersweet visual novel about life and death, trust and bonds, and promises made. Brought to you by popular Japanese bishojo game developer SWEET&TEA. Winner of the Moe Game Awards 2016's "New Brand Award"!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.1%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Emotional 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Cooking 11.3%
- #11 Project Salon
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Safe Flight GamesPub: SIGONO INC.
Windows
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 33.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Relaxing 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #12 LifeSimOS
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Emotional 8.7%
- #13 Bearly Baking
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Water Bears Interactive Arts
Windows · Mac
Bearly Baking is a cooking and relationship-building game where you play as a bear running an inn to feed animals for hibernation. You cook bread and muffins in small mini-games, and based on the quality, you build better relationships with your patrons and learn more about their stories.
Why similar: Cooking 31.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Emotional 7.5%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #14 India 89
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bhaumik Patel
Windows
India ’89 is a story based cooking game, where you are a 10 year old from the UK experiencing a small village in India in 1989. You cook various dishes as a street food vendor in different locations. Explore the joy of village life, family and cooking.
Why similar: Cooking 31.2%, Dialogue Heavy 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 6.3%
- #15 Spirit Talk - Cozy Visual Novel
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tortita Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Emotional 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Relaxing 8.5%
- #16 Chihiro Himukai Always Walks Away
86% matchVery Positive96% of 324 reviews2021
Dev: SMILEPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Chihiro Himukai can't hold down a job... A sweet visual novel about two people finding each other after slipping apart.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.6%, Cooking 19.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Emotional 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%
- #17 Koko's Cafe
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PluviiArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Serve coffee and befriend customers as you learn their story in this coming-of-age visual novel.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #18 Confections & Conversations
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Croak & Dagger Games
Windows
Confections & Conversations is a cozy bakery simulator about baking sweet treats, managing a small business, most importantly getting to know a cast of colorful customers, and helping guide them through heartfelt conversations all in a modern isekai fantasy world.
Why similar: Cooking 31.7%, Dialogue Heavy 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #19 The Afterlife Cafe
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Guava Pixel Studios
Windows · Linux
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Emotional 6.9%
- #20 Guilt Free
84% matchVery Positive86% of 293 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Emotional 11.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #21 The Last Connection
82% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Team Wiretap
Windows
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 27.1%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Emotional 8.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #22 Animaloid Girl
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PANDRI-DON
Windows
The story of a girl who is changing from a human to a "KEMONO" and watching her coming of age. This is a multi-ending "adventure game about training an Animalized girl" set in a KEMOMIMI x Hong Kong x cyberpunk world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Emotional 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #23 Detours
83% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Mismatched GamesPub: Code Coven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Daniella as she moves across the country with only the help of her ex.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Dialogue Heavy 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #24 Coffee Talk
81% matchVery Positive95% of 12,298 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 37.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 8.4%, Relaxing 8.3%
- #25 Tails Noir Preludes
81% matchVery Positive92% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 31.3%, Visual Novel 18%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Emotional 11.4%, Relaxing 8.4%
- #26 ODEN
80% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Lobstudio
Windows · Mac
ODEN: Divine Destiny in a Steaming Bowl - Serve Japanese soul food with mystical powers at your midnight oden cart. Choose the perfect ingredients to heal broken lives in this heartwarming journey.
Why similar: Cooking 29.9%, Dialogue Heavy 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
- #27 Coffee Talk Tokyo
78% matchVery Positive93% of 150 reviews2026
Dev: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Emotional 10%
- #28 The Quiet Days of Dorothy
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A Warm Kitchen
Windows · Mac
During the 2020 lockdown, Dorothy spends her days caring for jars of sourdough starters. By sharing them with others, she builds unexpected connections and discovers small acts of kindness that bring warmth in difficult times.
Why similar: Cooking 24%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Relaxing 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #29 Venba
78% matchVery Positive93% of 3,475 reviews2023
Dev: Visai Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.
Why similar: Cooking 29.1%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Emotional 10.3%, Visual Novel 10%
- #30 Tempest In A Teapot
79% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: StrandGames
Windows
A choice-based, visual novel with time travelling teapots!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Dialogue Heavy 20.8%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #31 The Wreck
77% matchVery Positive89% of 279 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
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: Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Emotional 11%
- #32 Halfway House
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Az
Windows · Mac · Linux
A character-driven, story-rich visual novel about rebuilding your life after juvenile detention. Forge friendships, find romance, and confront the scars of your troubled past.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 13%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #33 Hentai Novel: Lily is stripping
75% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Sexy Baguette Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
🔞 Step into an erotic journey with Hentai Novel: Lily is stripping! 📸 Follow Lily, a mysterious muse, in a slow-burn visual novel where sensual tension builds frame by frame. Enjoy explicit scenes, seductive animations, and steamy voice acting as you blur the line between art and desire!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Emotional 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%
- #34 Presidential Shaman
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BRB Drama
Windows · Mac
The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Relaxing 5.5%
- #35 Kamilia
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Emotional 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #36 Tea for Sana
74% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Pillow Soup
Windows
Tea for Sana is a story-driven exploration game set in a Slavic-inspired fantasy world. You play as Vesna, a spirit healer who is losing her memory. Discover recipes, find new ingredients, and cook traditional dishes to restore the balance between the mountain spirits and the villagers.
Why similar: Cooking 29.8%, Dialogue Heavy 23.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #37 Reigns: The Witcher
72% matchVery Positive80% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 29.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 8.3%
- #38 Moonlight Apothecary
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: tinymuse studio
Windows
Brew concoctions, meet and help a variety of fantasy characters, and uncover the secrets of Ravensport in this cozy visual novel.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Cooking 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Relaxing 7.8%
- #39 Annoy This Guy
73% matchVery Positive94% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel Leigh
Windows
Annoy this guys time in this comedic piece of interactive fiction.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.1%, Dialogue Heavy 22.2%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #40 Our Personal Space
75% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Metasepia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel where your choices determine the future of your relationship and the success of your colony. Choose how to treat your husband and how to spend your free time in this frontier sci-fi story.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Emotional 10.4%
- #41 All (Too) Good Things
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOWPY games
Windows
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 24.6%, Dialogue Heavy 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #42 Irene. The Window
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Right Words
Windows
Reconnect with an old friend. Discuss your daily lives, past loves, and talking snakes. Get up and do things in real life because she asks you to. Become closer and stay until the very end.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 11.5%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #43 Tequila Moonrise
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Swan Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take over a struggling bar on the politically tense Moon Village. Prepare and serve drinks, befriend and help your customers, find your purpose, and maybe even love... all while keeping the bar's lights on in this narrative driven bartending simulator set on the moon.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 31%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #44 Spirit Whisperer Conversation With Kamiko
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
She died, but no one ever asked her what really happened. Now she speaks—and you're the only one listening. What you say will decide whether she finally moves on… or disappears forever.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Emotional 12.8%
- #45 Pasajeros
71% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: GameLoop
Windows
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Emotional 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #46 Whispering Memories
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #47 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
70% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Transolar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%
- #48 THE DAY THAT WASN'T
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAD Tribe Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Relive the same day without remembering it. Your choices feed four inner alter egos (Shadow, Mad, Alex, and Bully) — shaping reality, glitches, and one of 16 possible endings. The day repeats. Your mind doesn’t. Or does it?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%
- #49 The Ghost of Joe Papp: 101 Ways To Kill Writer's Block
73% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
You have a play to write. Is this your masterpiece, or a Halfway-to-Midlife Crisis Simulator?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Emotional 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #50 あなたに花束を
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: abyss good gamesPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
“Flowers for You” is a gentle adventure game where you create custom bouquets based on each customer’s story as a florist. Set in modern Japan, listen to faded memories and craft floral arrangements that bring color back into their lives.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Emotional 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
- #51 CamGirls: Sophie X Rias
70% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Follow Sophie as she embarks on her latest adventure in making money, working alongside the enigmatic Rias as they put on a special yuri/lesbian camgirl show for their viewers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Dialogue Heavy 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%, Relaxing 9%
- #52 Yuika My Bestie
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Feeling Potion
Windows · Mac
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Emotional 14%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #53 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 274 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Emotional 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #54 Sarawak
70% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Cowleyfornia StudiosPub: Cowleyfornia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Visual Novel 13%, Relaxing 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%
- #55 Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,699 reviews2024
Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Emotional 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #56 Cook For Love
67% matchMixed63% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Win the hearts of Parisians with your cooking, discover delicious recipes, and become a chef worthy of working onboard the Orient Express.
Why similar: Cooking 36.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Relaxing 12.1%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #57 目を閉じてプレイするゲーム「星の記す真実」
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeamKomori
Windows
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 22.3%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Relaxing 9.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%
- #58 Sincerely, Robin
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fifty Birds in a Trench Coat
Windows · Mac
An upcoming management, cooking, and narrative game currently in development! Play as Robin and return to your hometown to regrow your late grandfather's bed and breakfast. Cook meals, connect with the community, and forge lasting relationships!
Why similar: Cooking 29.8%, Dialogue Heavy 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Emotional 11.8%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #59 AN IOU
67% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Red Room Games
Windows · Mac
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 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Emotional 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #60 Best Served Cold
65% matchVery Positive88% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 7.3%