60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Emotional, Story Rich, Interactive Fiction, Singleplayer.
A visual interactive story about Blue, who is expected to be successful at work, be a good boyfriend, and at the same time... be happy.
Pine: A Story of Loss
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Until Then
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Why similar: Emotional 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Romance 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Emotional 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Psychological 14.3%, Romance 8.3%
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 16.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Emotional 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Romance 9.8%
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: Emotional 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Romance 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%
Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.
Why similar: Music 18.9%, Romance 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Narrative 9.3% ★
A romantic loop 3D visual novel about a girl who forgets you every night. It’s always your first date. She resets. You don’t. Try to win her heart, or choose to let go. Another strange post from the town of Akabako.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Psychological 17%, Romance 14.3%, Emotional 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
Home Again is an interactive story game about Jason, a man stuck in an endless loop of work who adopts a stray cat. Discover Jason's journey through the eyes of his little cat friend as they meet Melissa, a caring florist who will change the way Jason sees the life.
Why similar: Music 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Romance 13.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Narrative 8.7% ★
"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 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Emotional 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Hand-drawn 12.4%
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
Why similar: Music 17.6%, Emotional 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Romance 13.6%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
An emotional narrative point-and-click about a daughter caring for her mother as dementia reshapes their bond. Explore heartfelt conversations, fragmented memories, and simple story-driven puzzles on a journey of caregiving and learning to let go.
Why similar: Emotional 18%, Psychological 16%, Narrative 15.5% ★, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
A short romantic novel about modern relationships. We took some situations from life and tried to answer the question "why do people love each other?".
Why similar: Music 23.9%, Emotional 15.1%, Romance 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
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 20.7%, Hand-drawn 14%, Emotional 13.5%, Psychological 12.3%, Point & Click 11%
Wander through a secret lair. Help a young supervillain move out of his lifelong home. Think about your past, and his uncertain future. The third entry in the Violence series.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Emotional 17.2%, Psychological 13.9%, Story Rich 9.8%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Emotional 12%, Dialogue Heavy 8.6%
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 17.1%, Psychological 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 14.6%, Point & Click 9.5%
Work. Sleep. Repeat. Days blur together, and colors fade... until everything is blank. In this point-and-click story, escape monotony and repaint your canvas with new colors.
Why similar: Emotional 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Psychological 13.8%, Romance 11.5%, Point & Click 11.4%
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Emotional 17.8%, Psychological 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dialogue Heavy 8.9%
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 10.4%, Romance 10.4%
Chihiro Himukai can't hold down a job... A sweet visual novel about two people finding each other after slipping apart.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Emotional 16.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Romance 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
Time is the only thing we can't resist. Some people and things will never be found once they are lost. In the dark, a man was walking alone. The moment when you turn back, don't forget the place where came from!
Why similar: Emotional 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Narrative 14.2% ★, Psychological 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Mind Scraper is a story-driven graphic adventure. Play as Robert and dive into dying minds—built from unresolved regrets—to explore memories and learn why those choices were made.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Psychological 13.9%, Point & Click 13%
“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: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Emotional 15%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Emotional 10.7%, Psychological 10.4%
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Emotional 18.6%, Romance 14.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%
Tired of a suffocating college routine? Yearning for something more? Join the Qiqu Club! We promise unforgettable experiences beyond your wildest dreams. But beware, our club is extremely exclusive. Only those daring enough to seek adventure will be admitted...
Why similar: Emotional 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Psychological 13.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Emotional 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Psychological 15%, Visual Novel 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%
Arrog is an enigmatic puzzle adventure game featuring hand-drawn art and set in a bizarre black-and-white world with color accents.
Why similar: Music 21.5%, Psychological 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Point & Click 12.5%, Emotional 6.8%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Emotional 15.5%, Psychological 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Narrative 12% ★
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Romance 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Emotional 9.1%
A story-rich interactive fiction about two people who find comfort in each other, and the quiet things they never say out loud.
Why similar: Psychological 18.2%, Emotional 16.9%, Romance 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%
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: Emotional 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Psychological 11.7%
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: Emotional 20.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
Faced with evil... would you pull the trigger? Tyrania Enforcers is a story-driven visual novel exploring morality, duty, and the cost of enforcing order in a world on the brink of conflict.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological 17.3%, Narrative 10.9% ★, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Emotional 9.3%
A healing adventure game driven by random topics. In an abandoned garden, you find a broken conversation robot"AI". Talk deeply, help repair his body, uncover his past, and become lovers. Watch Ai grow from silent to gentle, and even accompany your work or study. Your choices shape his fate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Emotional 17.9%, Visual Novel 14%, Romance 14%, Hand-drawn 11.3%
Read words and make choices as you immerse yourself in the adventures inside the protagonist's head. This dark visual novel tells the story of a lost man among corpses in a northern Russian town. Will you help the hero find a good ending? I don't know what to do with him anymore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Psychological 14.7%, Romance 10%
When demons leave your head and fill the whole world, all you can do is close your eyes and go forward. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric and moving adventure of white crow Ankou — one of pain, loneliness, and salvation that no one asked for.
Why similar: Psychological 15.4%, Emotional 13.4%, Narrative 12.2% ★, Visual Novel 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
A musical visual novel where you control the mind of a young composer in love
Why similar: Music 28.2%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Romance 12.2%, Emotional 10.7%
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 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Emotional 14.6%, Psychological 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.3%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Emotional 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Colorful 7%
warmth, bitterness, longing, compromise.
Why similar: Emotional 24.5%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Romance 16.1%, Story Rich 9.5%
Three teenagers find a mysterious audio tape recording which turns out to be evidence of a murder. It’s the end of the world as they know it. Immerse yourself in a kinetic novel that encapsulates the essence of the 1990s by completely reinventing its music scene.
Why similar: Music 22.6%, Emotional 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10%
Managing a dormitory is hard work—especially when its residents are all girls! Does Haruto have what it takes to deal with this garden of flowers?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Romance 15.5%, Hand-drawn 6.9%
An atmospheric, relaxing visual novel set in 1980s Miami, about an unsuccessful writer turned bartender, where you spend most of your time listening to the stories of your patrons.
Why similar: Music 19.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Psychological 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Emotional 8.9%
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.
Why similar: Psychological 15.8%, Emotional 15%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Narrative 12.5% ★
“Thing-in-Itself” is a short interactive story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant’s concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter.
Why similar: Emotional 17.1%, Psychological 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Narrative 12.4% ★
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: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 12.3%, Psychological 10.5%
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Emotional 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Psychological 14.4%, Romance 14.3%
An immersive visual novel experience that brings you on a journey through memory, nostalgia, and guilt.
Why similar: Psychological 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Emotional 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Romance 10.8%
An apprentice. A healer. A warrior. Breathe, pull, and choose your way through their stories in this dark yet comforting narrative game about healing the worlds inside us.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Emotional 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Narrative 13.9% ★, Hand-drawn 6.2%
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Emotional 13.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, Narrative 7.8% ★
Cracks is a single player side-scrolling platformer following the couple Lana and Liam, as they navigate the highs, lows and struggles of their relationship. Their relationship is part of the game, where their level of cooperation depends on how connected they are.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Romance 17.2%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Story Rich 9.5%
A short, hand-drawn narrative about memory, loss, and final conversations. Explore the quiet streets of the past and decide what you're ready to let go.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Emotional 20.3%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Point & Click 10.5%, Psychological 9.4%
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 22.6%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Emotional 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Narrative 7.7% ★
Dawn Awaits is a 2D narrative adventure that creates an experience akin to controlling an anime movie. The story follows Li Han, a young noodle shop delivery man, whose heart is caught between a school friend and a female teacher to whom he is betrothed in repayment of a debt of gratitude.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Narrative 15.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Emotional 13.6%, Romance 12%
"My Life with You" is a STORY DRIVEN experience that follows the journey of a young SINGLE MOM who must BALANCE life's challenges while raising her child. An emotional journey focused on the BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD, marked by obstacles, growth, and love.
Why similar: Narrative 17% ★, Emotional 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 9.5%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Emotional 14.7%, Psychological 14.5%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Point & Click 9.9%
Explore the dreams of the Homunculus Hotel's guests in order to understand yourself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 17%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Point & Click 10.9%, Romance 10.8%
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 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Emotional 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Hand-drawn 6.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Emotional 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Psychological 12.2%
