- #1 ペンギンウォーズ
97% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: しゃちクマず
Windows
This is an adventure novel game. Movement and object selection are possible using only keyboard input and mouse clicks on a PC. Experience the story of a girl strolling through the night town, enhanced by captivating movies and music.
Why similar: Rock Music 80.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.5%, Story Rich 3.7%, Adventure 2.7%, Exploration 2.3%
- #2 Rock Star Manager
96% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Imperia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage your own music studio, hire bands, schedule shows and pay your bills.
Why similar: Rock Music 58.3% ★, Conversation 15.1%, Dark Humor 11.5%, Choices Matter 5.6%, Immersive Sim 5.3%
- #3 Rockstar Life
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Worthy Game
Windows
Rockstar Life is a casual life simulation game. In this game you get to write songs, organize tours, record singles and albums while you deal with the everyday drama of a wannabe Rockstar through random events.
Why similar: Rock Music 75.9% ★, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Choices Matter 6.2%, Indie 2.8%, Colorful 2.3%
- #4 Tamarindos Freaking Dinner
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Celery Emblem™
Windows
Mascot Horror in a 90´s escape room! deliver your pizza order to Tagomago´s Mansion, but be careful, dinner is not the pizza..its YOU! escape from this haunted house and his 7 cannibalish inhabitants in a time loop with more than 25 endings! EVERY MONTH NEW ROOMS AND ENDINGS ADDED! (◣__◢ )
Why similar: Rock Music 48.6% ★, Dark Humor 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%, Choices Matter 7%
- #5 SNAREWAVES' SHOOTING CHALLENGE
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: snarewaves
Windows
A short, free high-score chasing 2D shooter set to a punk rock soundtrack.
Why similar: Rock Music 95.6% ★, 2D 2.4%, Singleplayer 2%
- #6 Guitar Zeros
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HoloMoon Ltd
Windows
Guitar Zeros is a narrative deck builder where your goal is to help a DIY Punk band survive their road trip on the way to the Battle of The Bands! Draw cards against story situations on the road with a unique system that mashes up deck building, narrative & blackjack! Hit me baby one more time!
Why similar: Rock Music 69.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 13%, Hand-drawn 5.1%, Colorful 3.6%, Indie 3.4%
- #7 ROCKBEASTS
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LichthundPub: Team17
Windows
A rock-and-roll management RPG where you guide a 90s grunge band from garage obscurity to stadium glory. Set up gigs, manage egos, and navigate the music industry in an alternative America inhabited by larger-than-life anthropomorphic characters. Make it big without selling out.
Why similar: Rock Music 62.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%, Choices Matter 8%, Story Rich 5.3%
- #8 Drums Rock
92% matchVery Positive87% of 443 reviews2023
Dev: Garage51
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Drums Rock is an arcade drums game for VR, follow the rhythm of rock with your drums and smash the demons. Live a unique campaign: with different levels, challenges, songs and worlds. Drums Rock is an ideal game to feel like a rock hero, while destroying hordes of demons to the rhythm of rock!
Why similar: Rock Music 79.4% ★, Demons 17%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #9 Rockin' Hell
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xenty
Windows
Rockin' Hell is a rhythmic metroidvania where you play as Victoria, a rock star who must fight her way through Hell using musical weapons. Time your attacks to the beat, explore infernal realms, defeat bosses, and earn a second chance at life.
Why similar: Rock Music 74% ★, Demons 13.7%, Female Protagonist 5.6%, Adventure 1.6%, 2D 1.6%
- #10 Rhythmetallic
91% matchPositive91% of 44 reviews2021
Dev: Garrison Gate Games
Windows · Mac
Enter the world of heavy metal music! This heavy metal rhythm game features an ever-growing collection of heavy metal tracks spanning various sub-genres with classic tap style gameplay (Guitar Hero etc.), A must-play for heavy metal fans and rhythm game lovers! Play and headbang now!
Why similar: Rock Music 92.6% ★, 2D 3.1%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #11 OutRoad Fury
90% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Objectif 3D
Windows
Fight demonic hordes and drive your van in search of weapons and resources to destroy the gate of hell, all in a metal atmosphere !
Why similar: Rock Music 74.9% ★, Demons 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Stylized 3.6%, Indie 2.8%
- #12 Lone Bird in the Tree
89% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Aosolagame
Windows · Mac
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Conversation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
- #13 Wish Us Luck
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Moluska
Windows
Wish Us Luck is a multi-plot interactive fiction fueled by your hard decisions. Play three strangers whose fates are intertwined by the cogs of chance on an eventful day. But remember: favoring one character means jeopardizing the others. Good Luck.
Why similar: Conversation 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #14 BLOODSAINT 2
86% matchPositive100% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows
BLOODSAINT 2 is the most recent, barely playable, fast-paced, retro-hardcore, top-down arena-shooter minigame from Walter Machado.
Why similar: Rock Music 96.6% ★, 2D 2.1%, Indie 1.3%
- #15 Hard Rock Pinball
88% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Jeferson Dias
Windows
Have fun, challenge yourself, defeat the bosses and test your luck in this pinball game to the sound of drums, guitars and synthesizers. What's up? liked? So ... Let's Rock!
Why similar: Rock Music 75.5% ★, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Colorful 4.1%, Indie 3%, 2D 3%
- #16 A Weekend Trip
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: lukepagca
Windows
A short narrative about a trip with friends over the weekend. Decide what River does during the trip. Help your friends, explore the place, or just enjoy the scenery.
Why similar: Conversation 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
- #17 Always The Same Blue Sky...
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 241 reviews2015
Dev: NeoNight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A gripping seaside adventure following the connection of two young souls, each unknowingly helping the other make sense of a world that seems senseless. Complemented by breathtaking artwork and an addictive soundtrack, this charming tale will definitely suck you in and leave a lasting impression!
Why similar: Conversation 16%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #18 Us Five Forever
84% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Sunday Studios
Windows
Olivia Herrera's closest friend Kyle went missing at a frat house two years ago. A party at that frat house is her chance to investigate what happened to him, and get to the bottom of a strange connection she shares with her former group of friends.
Why similar: Conversation 19%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #19 Shady O'Grady's™ Overnight Sensation
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gilligames
Windows · Mac
From the developer of the Shady O'Grady's™ Rising Star series comes a band sim game with more attitude than a teenager hyped up on energy drinks. This roguelike deckbuilder lets you step into the shoes of a startup rock band - write songs, buy instruments, and play gigs from bars to festivals.
Why similar: Rock Music 80.4% ★, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Colorful 3.2%, Choices Matter 2.9%, 2D 2.4%
- #20 Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered
84% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Klondike AustraliaPub: Studio Klondike
Windows · Mac
A call for help within a mysterious messaging app. Someone lost and wandering through a forest in a faraway place. And their destiny in your hands.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Conversation 15.7%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Choices Matter 11%
- #21 Times and Galaxy
82% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Copychaser GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!
Why similar: Conversation 24.6%, LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #22 Welcome to Elk
83% matchVery Positive94% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: Triple ToppingPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
True stories told by real people. Welcome to Elk transforms the weird, wonderful, dark and desperate tales of the road less-traveled into an inventive, biographical adventure. This is an island like no other where drama, trauma, love and laughter hide around every corner.
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.4%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Stylized 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, LGBTQ+ 10%
- #23 DREAM WAVE'84
82% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: John Pfeifer
Windows
DreamWave'84 is a short 3D platforming adventure focusing on music - featuring a ton of independent musicians, and no Ai. It aims to distill the magic of what made 8-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit, and 128-bit games awesome. Avg playtime: 2-3 hours.
Why similar: Rock Music 84.2% ★, Female Protagonist 7.8%, Exploration 4.2%, Colorful 3.8%
- #24 Red Tape
81% matchVery Positive85% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: Pollaris StudiosPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Explore 9 levels of corporate hell as you work to clear your name with the Devil and restore balance between Heaven and Hell.
Why similar: Demons 35.4%, Dark Humor 25.2%, Conversation 11.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, Stylized 5.3%
- #25 Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
81% matchMixed60% of 20 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: Conversation 30.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #26 Jackie Hart: Headhunter
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Hazy
Windows · Mac · Linux
An urban fantasy 2D point & click adventure set in Taipei, where the supernatural lurks beneath reality. You play as a paranormal investigator with abilities of her own. Unravel a brutal case of human sacrifice, piece together the clues, interview witnesses and try to keep your head—literally.
Why similar: Conversation 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Demons 11%
- #27 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 269 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: Conversation 15.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #28 Holy Shift
79% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Kitten Purradise Studios
Windows
This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.
Why similar: Conversation 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Dark Humor 14.4%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #29 Truer than You
78% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Transcenders Media AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Overcome your past and become someone new in Truer than You. A choice-driven narrative adventure about love, loss and being lost in life. You're hired as a gig-working actor to play roles in real-life situations. Have conversations, get a good rating and follow the rules. All good?
Why similar: Conversation 23.3%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Hand-drawn 15%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.9%
- #30 Bitter Silver
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lookout Drive Games
Windows
You are an intergalactic bounty hunter leading a team of bickering misfits as you track down targets with your words and your weapons to find your missing mom. Make every choice count in this reactive, visual novel love letter to Cowboy Bebop.
Why similar: Conversation 18.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #31 Call Me Cera
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toadhouse GamesPub: Team Toadhouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #32 Windrush Tales
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Hand-drawn 24%, Conversation 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #33 Hell Boba Café
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Organ Machine
Windows
Get ready to mix drinks and date demons! Prepare delicious boba tea with demonic ingredients. Make dialogue choices and flirt with a devilish cast of customers and build new relationships. Enter the cute & spooky world of Hell Boba Café!
Why similar: Demons 26.8%, Conversation 19%, LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Choices Matter 10%, Interactive Fiction 9%
- #34 Facettes
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OtterWays
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the story of Facettes as you play as a woman discovering her homosexuality and overcoming her identity crisis. This self-questioning protagonist channels her introspection in her RPG inspired fantasy world: Facettes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #35 Darkly Glass
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BioSignosis
Windows · Linux
Trade your soul for digital fame in this psychological visual novel. As fallen tech mogul Doran White, navigate a treacherous social media landscape. Your choices shape his fate in this hand-drawn, neuroscience-inspired reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic.
Why similar: Conversation 30.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #36 Band Space
74% matchPositive81% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Smartmelon GamesPub: Fast Travel Games
Windows
Grab your friends and get ready to rock - Band Space is the VR game that lets you form your dream music group. Tune up and take the stage, mastering guitar, bass, drums and keyboard with up to four players. Slide to catch notes, power through the drum beat, and dazzle with your keyboard.
Why similar: Rock Music 87.6% ★, Immersive Sim 9%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #37 A Heavy Morning
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saf Interactive
Windows
You know the feeling of struggling to get out of bed? In A Heavy Morning, you will play as a young girl battling with her own mind. Your only objective? Get out of bed and get to work on time.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #38 A Great Hunger
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: GoldieClaws
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short Visual Novel where a demon offers a woman a terrifying proposal: to kill the man she once loved.
Why similar: Demons 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #39 VIRTUAL LIVE ARENA
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: THRUSTER IncPub: SHOGAKUKAN Inc
Windows
Jump in solo or with friends! Virtual Live Arena (VLA) is now live!—a new platform where you can experience a wide variety of VR entertainment.
Why similar: Rock Music 71.2% ★, Conversation 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Adventure 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #40 BowlTown碗镇
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: StoneWall
Windows
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: LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Conversation 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #41 あなたに花束を
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: abyss good 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: Conversation 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
- #42 Tri City Monsters
71% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Dark Humor 15.4%, Demons 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%
- #43 Girl Werewolf Hamlet Saves Christmas
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stegaloaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
- #44 if you stay
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YukimiSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Winter 1999. Kicked out of your house after being outed by your closest friend, you plan to leave your hometown. Your girlfriend, Mika, wants to see you one more time. Decide whether or not you'll stay together.
Why similar: Conversation 21.6%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #45 Detours
73% 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 24.4%, Conversation 22.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Colorful 8.1%
- #46 City of Dolorosa
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cuelebre Cult
Windows
You've just died—and your trial for the ultimate sin begins. City of Dolorosa is an interactive fiction and first-person exploration game with handmade india ink graphics. Meet the Five Great Powers and uncover all the secrets that lie within Dolorosa, the cruelest city in Hell.
Why similar: Demons 29.4%, Hand-drawn 19%, Conversation 16%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%
- #47 The Road To Recovery
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mind Over Matter Entertainment
Windows
The Road To Recovery places you in the shoes of Ash, a recovering addict, starting at day one. Awoken by the sound of your phone ringing, you have ZERO memory of the night before. Explore Oakborough City, and "survive" day one!
Why similar: Conversation 37%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Exploration 14.4%, Story Rich 9.7%, 2D 6.9%
- #48 Goodbye Volcano High
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,797 reviews2023
Dev: KO_OP
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Conversation 15.7%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Dark Humor 10.8%
- #49 Stamped: an anti-travel game
70% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Kawika GuillermoPub: Analgesic Productions
Windows
Stamped follows the journeys of six young travelers whose paths intersect across Asian urban landscapes. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from city to city, confronting the grief and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.
Why similar: Conversation 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Dark Humor 15.1%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #50 Speed Dating for Ghosts
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 544 reviews2018
Dev: Copychaser Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.
Why similar: Conversation 22%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%
- #51 Tactichord: Glam Strategy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ichigoichie
Windows · Mac · Linux
A mashup of turn-based tactics and music games. Rock on turning foes into fans while making lyrical and audio choices during battle to create your own glam metal anthems. Experience a homage to 1990s ensemble dramedies, choosing when to embrace angst or empathy.
Why similar: Rock Music 70.9% ★, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Female Protagonist 7.7%, Story Rich 5%, Colorful 3.4%
- #52 In Their Shoes
67% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: We Are Muesli
Windows · Mac
From the first day of spring, to the last day of winter, wear seven shoes of seven characters and live their most intimate moments. Explore their thoughts, choose their steps and shape their paths in a mumblecore narrative game where the most extraordinary setting is ordinary life itself.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
- #53 Open Spaces SE
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Queenship Game StudioPub: Queenship Game Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
- #54 Mother May I
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CloudSnake
Windows
Unravel the story of three siblings determined to break free from the iron grip of an AI named "Mother." In a world of virtual imprisonment, navigate rebellion, unveil dark secrets, and fight for freedom. Will you defy Mother's control, or succumb to her virtual prison?
Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%, Stylized 10%, Choices Matter 9%
- #55 Waifu Pilled
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReddX
Windows
A satirical match-3 dating sim set in a neon-drenched corporate dystopia. Crush tiles, charm synthetic waifus, and glitch your way to power in this vaporwave nightmare of love and late-stage capitalism. If you found this game, it wasn't an accident... I have something I want you to hear.
Why similar: Conversation 21.1%, Dark Humor 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #56 The Last Connection
67% matchNo user reviews
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 24.9%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Conversation 13.2%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #57 Twincantation
65% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Little Nihilista Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Horror vs. Heartfelt: You decide, when you play a teen sneaking out to hold a seance for your lost twin sister on the anniversary of her death. Lovingly handmade, this atmospheric short visual novel can be meditative or delightfully chaotic depending on how you play.
Why similar: Conversation 17.8%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%
- #58 Yuika My Bestie
68% 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: Conversation 25.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #59 The Afterlife Cafe
67% matchNo user reviews
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: Conversation 32.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #60 Morningtide Motel
66% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Slandercast Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?
Why similar: Conversation 25.9%, Hand-drawn 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%