60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, 2D.
Blue Remembered Hills: A Miscellany of Wayfarers from Yeyu is a narrative management game set in southwestern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. You keep a mountain inn—running the business, receiving travelers, and witnessing and shaping their stories.
谍：玫瑰
《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？
Coastline Courier
Welcome to Anssoloin's new postman! After years of hard work, you've finally been able to buy your own post office by the sea. Learn more about the village and its residents through your work. Will you be able to fit in your new community? Sort the mail, discover new things, chat, and relax.
《谍：玫瑰》是一款聚焦于1938年武汉的谍战文字冒险游戏。你将潜入情报漩涡中心的「玫瑰饭店」，在五位身份各异的嫌疑人中，揪出代号「尘土」的致命叛徒。通过搜证与周旋，在谎言与忠诚之间做出抉择。夜幕下的武汉暗流涌动，你能否揪出内奸，重建地下情报网，点燃象征黎明的星星火焰？
Why similar: Historical 32.3%, Detective 19.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, RPG 8.3%, Mystery 7.6%
Welcome to Anssoloin's new postman! After years of hard work, you've finally been able to buy your own post office by the sea. Learn more about the village and its residents through your work. Will you be able to fit in your new community? Sort the mail, discover new things, chat, and relax.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 39.1% ★, Immersive Sim 12%, Point & Click 9.4%, RPG 6.7%, Visual Novel 6.1%
Echoes of Chang'an is a Chinese-style mystery visual novel developed by NSTUDIO. You play as the adopted son of the renowned mid-Tang general Duan Xiushi who is unexpectedly drawn into an inescapable conspiracy that threatens the fate of the Tang Dynasty while carrying out a mission.
Why similar: Historical 30.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Detective 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
《学生时代》是一款可自由构筑的校园人生模拟器。你将在高度还原的中国校园中，从入学一路走到高考，与多个性格鲜明的同学一起成长，互相陪伴。你的养成和选择，不但会决定你的人生，也会影响到朋友们的未来。
Why similar: Shop Keeper 26.1% ★, Immersive Sim 13%, Life Sim 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Roguelite 10.4%
Dark fantasy shop sim in ancient Kyoto. 4 chapters, 28 turns. On the city's bleak fringes, a disgraced Onmyoji trades cursed goods. Avoid bankruptcy and madness—survive tough resource management. No customer returns. Your sister's secret. Can you withstand the truth? Reach the True End.
Why similar: Historical 25.8%, Shop Keeper 23.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Immersive Sim 11%, Visual Novel 7.9%
A quiet piano guides players through a Japanese-style mystery adventure centered on memories and the lingering regrets of Oda Nobunaga. Players explore a mysterious world, uncover hidden truths, and piece together a forgotten trust.
Why similar: Historical 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Detective 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%
It’s 1999 and Y2K is upon us. You are the owner of an independent video store that a corporation is eyeing off to purchase. Help your customers find the perfect video by listening to their stories and decide what the future is for your video store.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Point & Click 10.3%
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
Why similar: Historical 18.1%, Life Sim 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%, Detective 9.7%
Paris, 1888. In this detective visual novel inspired by Ace Attorney and Golden Idol, play as a matchmaker-detective striving to keep her marriage agency open. Meet colourful characters, uncover their secrets, and spread love throughout the city!
Why similar: Historical 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Detective 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.8%
You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems...
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Life Sim 13.8%, Visual Novel 11.2%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Historical 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Detective 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.2%
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: Shop Keeper 35.5% ★, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Life Sim 9.7%
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 35.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%
Become a legendary detective of ancient China! In "Di Renjie: The Legendary Investigator", play as Di Renjie, solving thrilling cases across Bianzhou and Bingzhou in the Tang Dynasty and uncovering the truth.
Why similar: Historical 32.4%, Detective 17%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, RPG 8.2%, Visual Novel 8.1%
Become the host of an afterlife teahouse. For 49 days, serve the final cup to the departed. Experience a deep brewing system based on authentic traditions. Listen to the secrets of unique spirits, change their fates, and face the truth of your forgotten past.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 30.4% ★, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Life Sim 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%
Just Another Life is a narrative-driven "life simulation" visual novel mixed with adventure game puzzle elements. Play as John Doe, just another life in the little town of Hope. Help John learn the stories of the various characters of Hope, and help him overcome the hurdles to his own happiness.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Life Sim 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.4%
《迷渡桥》是一款水墨风格的国风悬疑推理游戏，你将扮演牵涉谋逆的罪臣后人宁不移，背负着家族十年的冤屈，在弥留之际踏上迷渡桥，换一个查明真相的机会。调查一桩桩离奇命案，窥见朝堂内的暗流涌动。当迷雾散尽，揭开深埋于王朝的骇人秘密......
Why similar: Historical 26.7%, Detective 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
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: Historical 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, RPG 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.5%
A pixel-art smartphone company management simulation game created by a solo developer. The developer thinks it turned out pretty well—at least, it's a fun game to play! Start from a small company and grow step-by-step through management, hiring, and building until you become number one in the world
Why similar: Shop Keeper 35.3% ★, Immersive Sim 20.4%, Roguelite 14.8%, Historical 12.3%, Life Sim 10.7%
Run your own hardware store. Stock the shelves, set your prices, serve customers at the checkout, and reinvest your profits to grow the business. Order tools, restock the warehouse, and build the DIY shop of your dreams, one sale at a time.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 55.4% ★, Immersive Sim 23.2%, Life Sim 15.6%, Resource Management 5.8%
Play as Captain Grégoire Lefèbvre and investigate the murder of a controversial country priest in this gripping historical detective thriller.
Why similar: Historical 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Detective 14.9%, Point & Click 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%
古风悬疑探案文字冒险游戏——北宋天圣年间，科举省试方毕，汴京国子监突发连环命案，遇害者死状惊悚离奇，如遭阎罗审判。玩家将化身为被卷入权斗暗流的新科进士文彦博，通过勘验尸体、搜寻线索、推演谜局，找出案件背后的骇人真相……
Why similar: Historical 40.1%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Detective 15.6%, Mystery 9%, Adventure 8.8%
Step into the past and relive pivotal moments of Greek history with Timeless Greece: Immersive Heritage Adventures—a bundle of three breathtaking VR experiences that transport you to the heart of ancient and medieval Greece.
Why similar: Historical 37.9%, Immersive Sim 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Adventure 10.2%
Embark on a Magical Shopkeeper RPG! Make strategic choices and face various challenges as you establish your store in Flame Plaza. Craft any type of potion. Fight enemies and complete quests to find new resources. Get ready for twists, and discover new ways of profit.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 41.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Life Sim 13%, Point & Click 9.3%, RPG 6.3%
The first historical visual novel. 13th century - steppe, steel, and intrigue. Subedei and Jebe lead their armies westward, and it is up to you to decide: will history remain as written in the chronicles, or will you rewrite it anew?
Why similar: Historical 32.6%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 10.1%, Adventure 8.8%
In this surreal afterlife deduction game by CnD Games, play as Zhuge Liang—the East's legendary mastermind. Face off against Sherlock Holmes in the Underworld Olympics and unravel a deadly closed-circle mystery trapped within a snowed-in mountain lodge!
Why similar: Historical 24%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Detective 17.7%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
A fully voiced branching medieval RPG of over 800,000 words. Swear the oath, ride to a dying kingdom's war, and answer for every choice. When you fall, you are not reloaded, you are marked. Four origins, twelve chapters, and an ending that weighs what your oath was worth.
Why similar: Historical 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, RPG 17%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Red Chamber Chronicle is a classical Chinese life simulation and visual novel with multiple endings. You play as Jia Baoyu in the Grand View Garden, where daily life, relationships, and choices shape your branching story and different outcomes.
Why similar: Historical 34.7%, Life Sim 22%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Emotional 6.1%, Choices Matter 6.1%
Manage your café, meet new friends, and serve unique drinks as new stories unfold every day in Coffee & Fox! Can you handle everything this place has to offer?
Why similar: Shop Keeper 42.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Life Sim 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6%
An HD-remaster of a comedy-horror visual novel from 2009, mixing classical Russian literature with anime, zombies and glam rock.
Why similar: Historical 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Detective 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%
欢迎来到碗镇。这是一则虚构的现实故事，讲述了少数群体的困境和自救。碗镇的居民几乎都是是兽人，如果你仔细观察会发现，他们在历史和现实中都有自己的名字，他们的故事也似曾相识。你是偶然逃到碗镇的兽人厨师，在碗镇流动设宴款待居民，在食物与交谈之中，完成自我和居民的治愈。
Why similar: Shop Keeper 21% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, RPG 14.4%, Life Sim 9.1%, Resource Management 8.3%
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.
Why similar: Historical 36.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
A Catalan Sword is a 2D RPG with turn based combat, set in the Byzantine Empire of 1303. As a young mercenary survive by choosing battles wisely, training effectively, keeping morale, and knowing when to avoid risks. Become a powerful nobleman, a veteran mercenary or just another corpse in Anatolia.
Why similar: Historical 42.3%, Roguelite 15.9%, RPG 14.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%
这是一款适合朋友/情侣体验的双人联机互动影游，双人单局游戏时长30-40分钟。在层层考验中，你们可以携手合作，亦可互撩互坑。两个人的选择，将共同决定故事走向，创造你们独属的冒险故事。
Why similar: Historical 19.9%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Detective 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
Set against real historical backdrop, this work unfolds bloody political intrigues. navigating between the tyrant’s tyranny and relatives’ conspiracies. Every choice shapes the dynasty’s fate and witnesses the darkest court legends of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Why similar: Historical 45.9%, Visual Novel 20.3%, RPG 17.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, 2D 4.9%
唐天宝十一载的上元夜，浮浪子弟韩承业在盛世长安城邂逅一位神秘的贵族少女。三年后，安史之乱爆发。本不可能走到一起的两个人，会被命运的漩涡抛向何处？玩家将经历多个主角生命中一系列的变故，以及，投入到那场中国古代史上最为惨烈的守城战中。是死守，是挽救，还是逃亡？做出你的抉择。
Why similar: Historical 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, RPG 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Smuggle banned books to save the Nation! Make tough choices, manage resources, and decipher secret messages in this narrative adventure based on true events. Help preserve a forbidden language - one dangerous mission at a time.
Why similar: Historical 28.8%, Resource Management 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Point & Click 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
You're gonna get yourself killed in there... There's beasts, warriors, and much, much worse in the coliseum... Do you really think you've got what it takes to survive? Or do you think you're cut out for much more than that... There's only one way to find out, and time is of the essence!
Why similar: Roguelite 12.8%, Historical 12.8%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.3%
You're HR investigating a missing employee. On the surface, it seems like a routine personnel issue until you open his computer, and a dark world built on overtime work and psychological control slowly comes into view. Peer through the screen to uncover the truth and stay awake until the end.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 28%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Life Sim 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.5%, RPG 11.3%
Stock it, price it, sell it, and turn a small corner fruit shop into the neighborhood's favorite fruit store.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.8% ★, Life Sim 23.2%, Immersive Sim 22.2%, Resource Management 5.9%
Mage Duel is set in the world of Degom - a rich fantasy realm where language is magic. Cast spells through translation, uncover meaning through conversation, and grow stronger with every word you learn.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Historical 20.4%, RPG 17.3%, Adventure 7.7%
You're broke, in debt, and one month from the street. And to top it off, you pawned your father's watch. So get to work: the "thrilling" job of running a godforsaken pawnshop is all yours.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 29.4% ★, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Detective 13.1%, Life Sim 11.9%, Point & Click 9.7%
An adventure mystery game set in the world of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.A game for people who:Like to solve mysteriesEnjoy exploring beautiful pixel art environmentsWant their dialogue choices and moral decisions to matterAre fans of Les Mis!
Why similar: Historical 26.6%, Detective 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
A detective game where you fiddle information to your advantage. As an owner of a small bar, listen to visitors of your establishment, overhear their gossiping, collect information and then use to manipulate their thoughts and actions.
Why similar: Historical 22.4%, Detective 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Awakening in a frigid room with an empty pill bottle, she’s forgotten something vital. Trapped between a monochrome bedroom and distorted dreams, she must face anxiety and depression... Break mental shackles and find the light in this psychological puzzle adventure！
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Point & Click 11.9%, Life Sim 11.5%
Longing for Chang’an is a historical mystery visual novel set in the Middle Tang after the An Lushan Rebellion. An exiled aristocrat is drawn into a murder case that reveals a brutal power struggle in the Hexi Corridor, where every truth has a price and every choice shapes the frontier’s fate.
Why similar: Historical 30.3%, Detective 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Choices Matter 7.2%
Manage your own grocery store. In this simulator, you have the opportunity to run your own business in challenging times of the past. Order products, decorate the interior, serve impatient customers, fight off thieves, build your reputation, and survive unpredictable events.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 48.7% ★, Immersive Sim 22%, Life Sim 16.1%, Historical 13.2%
A choice-driven narrative RPG set in China’s Warring States period. Rise from a nameless soldier to a legendary general through decisions with permanent consequences. Death is final. History remembers only the survivors.
Why similar: Historical 20.2%, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
Operator, you have been appointed to the position of labor resource allocator. The System observes and analyzes every decision you make. Compliance with instructions is recommended. Begin work.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 32.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Life Sim 16.5%, Point & Click 13.8%
Synthetic Soul is an immersive modern Rags to Riches life sim with an in-depth robot companion. What kind of person will you become once you truly have it all? Discover the secret of your robot, and change the world.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Life Sim 20.7%, RPG 15.9%, Choices Matter 6%
"Chinese Newcomer" blends deck-building with career simulation. Players choose one of three cards to collect, manage stamina. Use "Legacy Points" to grant Five-Elements talents to descendants, rectifying past regrets. Make choices along paths and embarking on a multi-generational journey.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Life Sim 17%, Roguelite 13.2%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Resource Management 9.8%
Play as Da Rong across a lifetime of meetings and farewells with family, friends, and fellow villagers. This linear narrative game unfolds through walking, dialogue, and interaction. Choices reveal what Da Rong leaves unspoken, but do not change the main story.
Why similar: Historical 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Emotional 10.4%
Murder Is Game Over: Deal Killer takes you on an immersive journey through the Italian Alps. Unravel the murder mystery amidst an alpine backdrop, exploring opulent settings and unmasking the killer in this thrilling detective game.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Life Sim 11.9%, Point & Click 10.9%
The historical records tell her ending—pearls sunk, jade shattered. You are a wisp of consciousness, waking up in her mind, and if you don’t speak, you’ll vanish. Before anything is written down, what do you want to say? What would you change?
Why similar: Historical 33%, Immersive Sim 17%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%
Step into Mistbound City, a cinematic interactive mystery where every clue matters and every choice has consequences. Investigate a rain-soaked manor, question suspicious characters, uncover hidden secrets, and shape the story toward multiple possible endings.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 31.7%, Interactive Fiction 30.4%, Detective 25.5%, Adventure 12.5%
Adopt Karin or Klaus in this dark, story-driven parenting game. Help your child cope with the effects of hatred and bullying. Balance resources to meet their needs. Based on the true stories of the Lebensborn children, you’ll make difficult choices that will impact your child’s life forever.
Why similar: Historical 28%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Life Sim 10.9%, Point & Click 8.9%
Manage your own shop, buy and sell products, negotiate with customers, and grow your business by balancing risk, trust, and profit. At the same time, uncover the truth behind your father's disappearance.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 55.8% ★, Immersive Sim 25.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, 2D 2%
You are a Venetian maskmaker in 1797. Craft stunning masks for picky patrons.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 37.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Immersive Sim 21.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 4%
Visual Novel: Late Ming. Players take on the role of the scheming Zheng Wuji, who is compelled to procure a batch of giant golden sandalwood for the imperial palace. They navigate through a series of conspiracies and uncover the truth, while experiencing the love and hatred of seven beauties.
Why similar: Historical 29.7%, Immersive Sim 24.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, RPG 13.2%, Emotional 9.1%
