- #1 ファントピア
97% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: AppleFunction
Windows
タイピング×ノベルゲーム。「ファントピア」という謎の世界に迷い込んでしまったあなた。あなたは元の世界に帰るためにファントピア中を旅することになります。ノベルパートとタイピングパートに分かれたオリジナルゲーム。
Why similar: Typing 58.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Adventure 4.3%, 2D 3.5%
- #2 12 Abroad St.
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Ronpoingue
Windows
12 Abroad St is a solo textual adventure game for PC set in a present and urban setting. You have been invited to a party you don't want to attend. Roam the city of Seaforth and try to dodge the party.
Why similar: Typing 47.2% ★, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Text-Based 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, RPG 6.4%
- #3 The Last Question
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Horo_tech3Pub: Hooroometa
Windows · Mac
The Last Question is an AI-powered detective mystery game where every question matters. Interrogate suspects freely, uncover contradictions, collect clues, and solve complex cases through your own reasoning.
Why similar: Typing 44.6% ★, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%, Dialogue Heavy 6.6%
- #4 Typing Hearts
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeamPulse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Typing hearts is a brand new dating sim in which you combine your typing skills with your ability to chat with girls. It features a unique fast-paced typing game and an immersive operating system to showcase your story where every choice counts.
Why similar: Typing 32.2% ★, Life Sim 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Text-Based 6.9%
- #5 Between the Lines
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PastPulse Games
Windows
In this pre-smartphone-era text adventure, use that good ol’ T9 phone to text your way through the highs and lows of school days. Choose replies piece by piece to shape your own story. Friendships grow; feelings get complicated; secrets flicker. Every reply matters—it all happens Between the Lines.
Why similar: Typing 28.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Text-Based 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #6 Chatting ChurroBun
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: maltsoup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chat with a virtual friend from a cancelled mobile game! Ask questions, start arguments, and find the right responses to progress the story. Can you solve the horrific mystery hidden beneath the surface?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.5%, Typing 20.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #7 Playstories
93% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Play a role. Write your story. Step into a live AI story hall where every choice can reshape relationships, memories, and fate.
Why similar: Typing 42.2% ★, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #8 S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
92% matchVery Positive91% of 2,637 reviews2025
Dev: U0U GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
This is a modern adventure of young adults seeking love and meaning. Return to 2011's Castor Yard, tap on your keyboard, and make those letters dance: Use your online persona to make meaningful decisions for your clients and yourself.
Why similar: Typing 39.8% ★, Immersive Sim 14%, Life Sim 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #9 人生记事簿:Life Memoirs
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 悦文Yuewen
Windows
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: Lore-Rich 18.3%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Text-Based 14%, Life Sim 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%
- #10 Just Another Life
91% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Angry Goat Games
Windows · Mac
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: Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Life Sim 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #11 Crown Delights Deli
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: baconeggandcheese
Windows · Mac
Crown Delights Deli is a visual novel with multiple dialect/language choices. As the cashier at a Brooklyn bodega, choose to talk in English, AAVE, or Spanish to a diverse cast of characters as you try to maintain a five-star rating for your boss.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.7%, Life Sim 20.1%, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #12 IRIS: I'm Reflecting In the Silence
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: garven
Windows
The 90s. The Internet has yet to become part of everyday life. Desperate to find a friend, you decide to give this new way of communicating a chance. After all, it's just a conversation...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Right?..
Why similar: Typing 39.8% ★, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Life Sim 10%, Story Rich 8.1%, Visual Novel 8%
- #13 Typer Hero (打字英雄)
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: KeKaiXinLe
Windows
Your village is being invaded by monsters。Every monster has a word above them, defeat the monster by typing out the word . Defend your village by stop the monsters from reaching the bottom of the screen.
Why similar: Typing 67.3% ★, Text-Based 11.2%, Relaxing 8.4%, 2D 6.2%, Funny 5.4%
- #14 Presidential Shaman
88% 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 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #15 Book of Infinity: 1001 Nights
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ada Eden
Windows · Mac
Can you survive an evil King who kills a bride every night by telling stories? A story-crafting game based on a unique narrative system — Become the storyteller Scheherazade from Persian folklore, weave tales to the King through typing, and guide his words to forge magical weapons for your revenge!
Why similar: Typing 39% ★, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Text-Based 10%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #16 DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
86% matchVery Positive88% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg Skutte
Windows
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
Why similar: Typing 34.9% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Visual Novel 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #17 Cosmos Milk Tea
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emma Yang
Windows
In Cosmos Milk Tea, you serve drinks and talk freely with AI-powered characters who have memory and personality. Run your café by day and uncover the truth through deep conversations aboard a mysterious space station at night.
Why similar: Typing 37.6% ★, Life Sim 17.7%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, RPG 7.9%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #18 Gata Guressi
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Elliot George Mann
Windows
Learn to communicate with the people of Hierre by speaking their languages and understanding their cultures in this sci-fi translation game. Use your translation skills to navigate Kallay Tirridor, uncovering its dark secrets while solving the sudden disappearance of your brother.
Why similar: Typing 27.4% ★, Dialogue Heavy 22.1%, Lore-Rich 21.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Text-Based 7.2%
- #19 Hysteria in Howlsbend
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jingyu Z.Pub: Chatbot AI Team @ CMU ETC
Windows
Hysteria in Howlsbend is an Interactive Narrative Experience driven by conversational AI Characters, created with the cutting-edge ChatGPT Language Model.
Why similar: Typing 43.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, RPG 12.9%, Text-Based 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #20 Never Gives Up Her Dead
83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Brian Rushton
Windows
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the strange red portals opening up throughout the ship. Old school text-based parser: no graphics, huge worlds, no hints. Recommended for text game veterans.
Why similar: Typing 61.2% ★, Text-Based 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Story Rich 6.3%, Adventure 2.9%
- #21 The Pilgrimage
84% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!
Why similar: Typing 27.5% ★, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Text-Based 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%
- #22 Andromeda Acolytes
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wade ClarkePub: Heiress Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
You play all four heroines in this big multi-chapter sci-fi text adventure. Negotiate underwater mechs, AIs, abandoned cities, crime, friendship, suspense, horror, humour, an art exhibition, virtual realities and a tank. Experience each PC via first-person prose as you puzzle, converse and explore.
Why similar: Typing 49.1% ★, Text-Based 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #23 Fruit Dream
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: vivela_c
Windows · Linux
Fruit Dream is a fruit-eating typing game. Let's feed a girl who craves lots of fruit. The more you eat without making mistakes, the higher your score.
Why similar: Typing 78.6% ★, Relaxing 10.9%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #24 Every Letter
81% matchVery Positive95% of 291 reviews2023
Dev: Violet Fairy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Write letters with your typewriter on behalf of others in this cozy single-player game. Compose everything from simple hellos to theater scripts and love letters, express each client’s emotions, and find your own meaning to letter writing.
Why similar: Typing 45.6% ★, Text-Based 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Emotional 8.2%, Relaxing 8.2%
- #25 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
81% 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 26%, Text-Based 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #26 栀子花
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: 青芒
Windows
An RPG narrative game that tells the story of a hospital director's disappearance through the memories of a police officer, with the truth behind it being extremely complex.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.9%, Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Text-Based 18.3%, Story Rich 10.5%, Immersive Sim 8.5%
- #27 Midnight Ramen
79% matchVery Positive96% of 402 reviews2024
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Dialogue Heavy 22%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #28 Book of Decisions
80% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: SayrGames
Windows
A game in the Chatbot Roleplay category.Among the ancient Egyptian ruins, a book is found, and in our game, we talk to this book. The book answers everything we write. The book's general power is that everything written in it becomes real in the world, but we discuss the consequences with the book.
Why similar: Typing 57.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Text-Based 8.9%, Choices Matter 4.3%
- #29 Live Through Time
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Live Through Time
Windows
Live Through Time is an AI-powered historical text adventure. Survive gritty eras from the Colosseum in Ancient Rome to the trenches of Passchendaele during The Great War. Type or dictate your actions to co-author a script-free RPG where the world reacts to your every move.
Why similar: Typing 30.5% ★, Life Sim 16.7%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, RPG 10.4%
- #30 LifeSimOS
77% 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 23.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #31 In Silence Waits
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Shoals SoftwarePub: Hadrosaurus Software
Windows · Linux
IN SILENCE WAITS is a modern take on classic graphical adventures. Solve puzzles and avoid dangers as you explore the desolate wastes of a cruel world in search of a new home. In this world, not all monsters must be feared... and not all friendly faces should be trusted.
Why similar: Typing 43.5% ★, Lore-Rich 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 9.9%, Stylized 7.5%
- #32 Mart Mayhem
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 11 Dot Studio
Windows · Mac
Be a convenience-store clerk in a first-of-its-kind chat game—and kick out AI Karens. There are no preset choices. Say what you couldn’t in real life and enjoy how the AI responds differently each time. A stress-relief game where your what-ifs come to life!
Why similar: Typing 41.1% ★, Text-Based 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, Visual Novel 7.6%
- #33 Dream Enders RPG
78% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: C.A.Withey
Windows
A visual, interactive story with unique characters, consequential dialogue choices, and branching story paths set in the world of an M.M.O.R.P.G.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.3%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Text-Based 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #34 Typing Fireworks
74% match5 user reviews67% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: YakiOnigiri
Windows
Typing Fireworks is a casual game where your fingers run across the keyboard to set off fireworks! You can only move to adjacent keys, escape the danger zone before the fuse burns out, and look up to enjoy the dazzling display when the fireworks bloom!
Why similar: Typing 63% ★, Text-Based 18.4%, Relaxing 6.3%, Funny 6.2%, 2D 4.5%
- #35 Detours
77% 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: Dialogue Heavy 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Story Rich 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 10%
- #36 Anachronism\>
76% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: EloTherePub: Easy~ Interactive Software
Windows · Mac
It's 1999 and your friend sends you a floppy disk, titled "RemBo". It turns out to be the installer for an old BBS service, filled with both strangers and a familiar face. How are you going to use it?
Why similar: Typing 45.4% ★, Text-Based 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #37 Desktop Hacker
75% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: cybercritics
Windows
A narrative driven hacking game that takes you on a journey around murky hacking circles. You will be using the console and graphical tools to hack systems in order to profit and advance the storyline.
Why similar: Typing 45.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, RPG 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Adventure 5.4%
- #38 This Warm Place
73% matchNo user reviews
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 22.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Emotional 9.4%
- #39 R is for Rachel
74% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Bernardo Argencio Fernandes
Windows
A romance about falling in love for the first time, while suffering from social anxiety disorder.
Why similar: Typing 40% ★, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 7.1%, Stylized 6.8%
- #40 The Archive
71% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: WILD Studios
Windows
A slow-burn investigative experience focused on reading, deduction, and uncovering connections between cases. Settle in for quiet night shifts, piece together hidden truths, and uncover the stories buried within The Archive.
Why similar: Typing 43.6% ★, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Text-Based 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #41 Iridescence ~ A Charming, Seaside Epic!
71% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: NeoNight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore a serene island where land and sea intertwine on your quest to help a mysterious girl from the sea find her way home. Uncover rich mythology and hidden truths in this heart-warming, epic tale, brought to life with gorgeous artwork and music. Embark on a truly unforgettable adventure!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.2%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #42 Hostage Down
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pooandplay
Windows
In this hostage simulation, take the mic and negotiate the ransom to free the hostages. With advanced AI and complete freedom of choice, use your charisma, your narrative decisions, and your power of persuasion to manipulate unpredictable situations. Every word matters—and could come at a high cost.
Why similar: Typing 33.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.9%, Text-Based 8.7%, Stylized 6.5%
- #43 Our Personal Space
73% matchPositive84% of 31 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 20.7%, Life Sim 17.1%, Text-Based 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #44 Terranova
72% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Terranova
Windows · Mac
A nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's. Chat with your friends, update your LimeJournal, and discover yourself through a rich world of storytelling, love and friendship.
Why similar: Typing 44.2% ★, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #45 Sarawak
73% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Cowleyfornia StudiosPub: Cowleyfornia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
Why similar: Text-Based 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Stylized 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #46 Black Dog Bar
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitLight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Black Dog Bar is a dialog-based bartender simulator. Each client has its own story. Communicate, mix cocktails, and... manipulate. It is only you who decides where the complicated story of each hero will turn and what will happen to them when they leave the bar.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Relaxing 8.7%
- #47 Millennium Whisper
69% matchMixed66% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Parable Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Millennium Whisper is a next-gen dating-sim set in 1999 at the fictional Escafeld College with an AI trained by real actors portraying the cast! Who will you confess your feelings to at the end of the millennium?
Why similar: Typing 40.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, RPG 8.1%, Relaxing 5.9%
- #48 Fire & Crown: A Romantic Tale of the Hundred Years' War
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IrisCrownStudioPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
A historical visual novel about faith, power, and impossible love. Fire & Crown takes place during the Hundred Years’ War, where you must choose between duty and desire as France tears itself apart. Be the reason someone lives—or dies. History may have never loved anyone, but you still might.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Text-Based 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #49 J-Town: A Visual Novel
70% matchPositive94% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Star Town
Windows · Mac
A friendly crash course in Japanese American history, culture, and community! Inspired by the real stories of the three historic Japantowns of California: San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles's Little Tokyo.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.3%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Relaxing 8.5%, Text-Based 8%
- #50 Soulfused
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Confoxing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Soulfused is a modern take on the classic text adventures from the early days of computer gaming. Dive into a dystopian future ruled by an empire focused on conquest and control. Take on the role of a newly converted Soulfused; a part human/part robot soldier in service to the Empire.
Why similar: Typing 47.2% ★, Text-Based 17.9%, RPG 7.4%, Story Rich 7.2%, Interactive Fiction 6.3%
- #51 Talk to Saki
72% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: LightPub: Nekomura Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chat with Saki! Input keywords, ask questions, or simply check in to see how she's doing!
Why similar: Typing 49.7% ★, Life Sim 14.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 6.5%
- #52 Vida
69% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: YEON 연
Windows · Linux
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.2%, Text-Based 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #53 Dungeon of Departure
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: quite adept
Windows
Trapped in a mysterious cave system, four dungeon explorers struggle to find a way out before the light fades forever... Navigate a mysterious underground as you navigate through multiple story paths in this text-based, pixel-art, dark fantasy rpg, visual novel computer game
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.2%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.9%
- #54 Wax Heads
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 565 reviews2026
Dev: Patattie GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Linux
Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.6%, Stylized 13.6%, Text-Based 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Visual Novel 7.4%
- #55 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
68% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.2%, Life Sim 15.9%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #56 Recollect
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShuffleHouse
Windows · Linux
Recollect is a 2D adventure puzzle game based on typing, where you explore a world of lost memories. Solve unique puzzles, uncover forgotten spells and look for meaning in dreams to find out who you really are.
Why similar: Typing 58.2% ★, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Top-Down 8.2%, Adventure 5.9%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #57 朕不想死!
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 四方格工作室
Windows
Late Ming collapse—you carry a ruler’s secret in a world of blades and famine. Card combat drives battles and plot branches; AI persuasion challenges key figures, and skill cards help you win. Minigames change what comes next. Raise attributes and destiny, explore for events, items.
Why similar: Typing 35.7% ★, Lore-Rich 12%, Text-Based 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, RPG 8.5%
- #58 Soul Touch
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,157 reviews2025
Dev: URAYAHA.TECH
Windows
This is a simple love story set in a modern city, featuring me and three girls. The story takes place in the company where I work as a supervisor. Together with the three women, The game follows a linear narrative, with hundreds of video clips providing branching choices for the players.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.1%, Life Sim 18.3%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Relaxing 6.4%
- #59 妹居物语
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 彩奈
Windows
妹居物语是一款与现实时间同步、深度融合AI的文字生活模拟游戏。 Yuki 不是固定的剧本角色,而是真正会记住你的对话、喜好、习惯的家人。
Why similar: Life Sim 17.1%, Text-Based 13.2%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Emotional 7.4%
- #60 10 Second Year
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Jonysuise
Windows
A minimalist typing game where every 10 seconds is a year of your life. Balance Work, Family, and Health as time runs out.
Why similar: Typing 62.2% ★, Life Sim 20.3%, Stylized 6.9%, 2D 5.3%, Emotional 4.2%