Games Like Dear Devere

A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?

Why similar: Beautiful 20.7% ★, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Romance 14.3%, Indie 12.9%, Story Rich 9.2%

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

Why similar: Beautiful 21.2% ★, Visual Novel 14.9%, Casual 12.9%, Indie 12.7%, Great Soundtrack 12%

Explore a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.

Why similar: Casual 24.3%, Indie 22%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Story Rich 6.5%

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: Emotional 22.8%, Visual Novel 20%, Casual 13.1%, Relaxing 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%

A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

Why similar: Historical 19.3%, Emotional 14.9%, Casual 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12%

Morok is interactive visual novel with a northern mood

Why similar: Casual 19.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Beautiful 18.6% ★, Indie 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%

Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Casual 13.6%, Relaxing 10.7%, Mystery 10.4%

An experiment in letter writing, meant to evoke the distinctly sweet homoeroticism of Victorian and Edwardian literature. Follow the correspondence of two professors, in the months before one of them makes a decision he'll never be able to take back.

Why similar: Historical 22%, Romance 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Magic 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 8%

“Love in the Glen” is a romantic otome visual novel/dating sim with a fun and charming match 3 minigame. Follow in the steps of Zoe Richardson, an interior designer living and working in Los Angeles’ exclusive and stylish Westside, as she explores the true meaning of love, commitment and passion and how it exists on so many different...

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Indie 22.3%, Casual 21%, Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Story Rich 6.7%

Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Romance 23.3%, Mystery 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Story Rich 10.2%

Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Emotional 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Indie 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%

Rose of Winter is a charming visual novel with adventure, romance, and heartbreak. Choose one of four princes to take on your adventure, and make decisions to unlock multiple endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 40.1%, Casual 36.8%, Romance 23.2%

A short tale, a long journey. With a beautiful watercolor touch, it depicts the life of a woman. In her ordinary and modest life...experience her joys, her sorrows, her growth. Witness the story she spins in a life woven by those around her.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, Casual 21.1%, Romance 19.6%, Emotional 15.1%, Atmospheric 12.5%

Memory note is a slice-of-life visual novel with meaningful player choices, several endings to explore, and a story that will touch your heart.

Why similar: Casual 27.4%, Indie 24%, Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Atmospheric 6.2%

She and the Light Bearer is a point and click adventure game, a poem, a fairy tale. Take a journey inside a vibrantly colored forest, meet silly creatures, listen to serene folk music, and discover somber secrets.

Why similar: Beautiful 24.3% ★, Casual 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Indie 14.8%, Emotional 9.8%

Undusted: Letters from the Past is a casual game in which you clean and restore dirty items. What is her story as she returns to a long-neglected house? Enjoy the satisfying audiovisuals featuring sensually designed sounds and graphics.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.5%, Emotional 13.8%, Casual 12.6%, Relaxing 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10%

A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Romance 18.6%, Emotional 18.3%, Indie 12.8%, Casual 10.8%

Hero meets a mysterious girl in the park. Who is that girl? What is a mystery surrounding her? And what about the world they met in? There's definitely something wrong with it. So many questions! So the hero has to deal with all of it to find his love.

Why similar: Beautiful 26.8% ★, Visual Novel 15.8%, Romance 13.5%, Casual 9.5%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%

Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present? With frequent plot twists, you never know which is the truth and which is the unexpected; in a dense fog, time buries the past, but the marks remain.

Why similar: Romance 22.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Casual 15.3%, Indie 11.5%, Story Rich 9.4%

You play as a postman, sorting mail for the five intriguing residents of a remote island. Pick up on their peculiar habits, discover their secrets without opening the envelopes, and try to save this peaceful haven from its fate!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Mystery 18.6%, Casual 16.6%, Relaxing 16.4%, Story Rich 13.3%

A narrative road trip game set in the roaring Italian 70s, it tells the story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western coast of Italy, the famous “Via Aurelia”.

Why similar: Indie 20.2%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 15%, Historical 12.5%, Romance 11%

Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.

Why similar: Romance 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Mystery 15.1%, Indie 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

Misericorde: Volume One is the first part of a series of mystery visual novels set in a convent in 1482.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Historical 23.5%, Mystery 17.5%, Minimalist 12.2%, Casual 9%

Da Capo 3 R is a visual novel set in a secret magic school hidden beneath the city of London. This slice-of-life story will blossom into a tale of love, romance, and friendship as the students overcome the magic trials that await.

Why similar: Romance 22.7%, Visual Novel 21%, Emotional 15.9%, Magic 13.1%, Casual 10.5%

A choices-matter spy thriller told through interactive postcards. Play a secret agent racing across 1930s Switzerland, sending coded reports to your handler. Charm, deceive or strong-arm your way through a Hitchcockian tale where every choice shapes the story.

Why similar: Beautiful 22.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 21.1%, Indie 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Story Rich 11.9%

Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.

Why similar: Photo Editing 28% ★, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 11.5%, Casual 9%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%

‘Young Hearts’ is a visual novel in the genres of romance and slice of life, telling stories about the everyday life of a student company living in a warm southern town: stories about their secrets, dreams, love, their problems and ghosts of the past…

Why similar: Romance 27.3%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Casual 11.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Explore a memorable 1920s fantasy world where you interact with, befriend and romance hundreds of characters with unique quests, as an already rich and famous heroine.

Why similar: Historical 22.2%, Romance 20%, Casual 12.4%, Indie 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%

When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

Why similar: Romance 21.2%, Surreal 18%, Casual 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Relaxing 10.4%

A short and (bitter)sweet fairy tale visual novel about first love and longing.

Why similar: Romance 39%, Visual Novel 30.2%, Emotional 15.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Story Rich 4.3%

A visual novel about a memory that a boy named Mark tries very hard to forget, and a girl named Myra who unearths it.

Why similar: Romance 26.4%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Emotional 21.8%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 9.5%

Experience romantic Regency England in this sumptuous solitaire game. Play your cards right as you tour historic London, Brighton and Bath, and help Bella create a dazzling ballroom. Unlock gameplay features with your makeover project and improve Bella’s chances of finding true love!

Why similar: Historical 23.8%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Romance 19.4%, Casual 10.9%, Relaxing 7.8%

Explore a beautiful, low-poly Norwegian island as 17-year-old Jesper. Armed with a mysterious, magical bracelet, you'll solve puzzles, uncover your grandfather's past, and make choices in this heartwarming coming-of-age story about love, friendship, and family.

Why similar: Indie 18.7%, Historical 14.4%, Emotional 11.6%, Romance 11.1%, Story Rich 10.5%

"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.

Why similar: Romance 23.9%, Beautiful 23.1% ★, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Story Rich 7%

Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing personalities and challenges. Make choices that affect your relationships, and their destinies.

Why similar: Romance 23.9%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Magic 13.2%, Casual 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%

TREE tells a story of a relationship between a boy and his tree. What starts off as a simple connection, over time it grows into something deeper.

Why similar: Emotional 29.1%, Casual 26.5%, Indie 21.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%

Spring is here and love awaits, an oasis just over the horizon, a beautiful story waiting to be told. Join Takumi and Alice in a tale of fleeting cherry blossoms and forgotten first love.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.8%, Great Soundtrack 27.4%, Casual 15.9%, Romance 11.1%, Magic 7.3%

An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Casual 14.7%, Romance 14.7%, Emotional 12.5%, Indie 11.8%

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Why similar: Surreal 20%, Beautiful 16.3% ★, Indie 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Atmospheric 12.1%

First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.

Why similar: Romance 24.4%, Emotional 22.1%, Story Rich 10.9%, Mystery 10.5%, Stylized 8.4%

South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Romance 17%, Emotional 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Story Rich 9.6%

Evergreen Blues is a suite of interactive songs by David Su and Dominique Star. All the world's a stage 🎶🎭

Why similar: Casual 36.1%, Indie 29.5%, Emotional 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, Relaxing 5.3%

Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Great Soundtrack 27%, Romance 17.4%, Story Rich 11.4%, Mystery 4.4%

Jump into an adventure and travel through fabulous hand-painted jigsaw puzzles! Play the way you want using different number of pieces, shapes and helpers.

Why similar: Casual 30.5%, Indie 25.2%, Beautiful 14.2% ★, Visual Novel 12%, Relaxing 6.1%

A date on the beach, small talk, a little bit of nostalgia and an important decision. All of that taking place to the accompaniment of the summer breeze.

Why similar: Romance 21%, Visual Novel 19%, Emotional 16.8%, Indie 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%

Enigma is an atmospheric, full-length visual novel where you discover the secrets of Enigma, a worldwide epidemic, and a forest on a lonely island that bears its name.

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Great Soundtrack 28.1%, Indie 24.6%, Mystery 11.5%

Explore the meaning of memories in this mysterious fairytale where fantasy and reality intertwine. The story unfolds from the perspectives of two women: one who travels in the ruins of Engine City New York, and one who finds herself in an underground world with an eldritch, violet sky.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Romance 22.8%, Emotional 21.1%, Mystery 13.2%, Story Rich 10%

Juniper's Knot is a short (~30 mins) kinetic novel about the meeting of a demon and a boy. A kinetic novel is a game that uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story.

Why similar: Casual 34.4%, Visual Novel 33.4%, Indie 30.2%, Singleplayer 2%

A lighthearted game about love and murder.

Why similar: Romance 25.7%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Casual 13.7%, Mystery 12.9%

It's 1994 in the mountains of Northern Japan - Are you ready to fall in love? Snowkissed Romance weaves addictive stat-building, day planning, and mini-games with captivating storytelling and plenty of ’90s shoujo charm.

Why similar: Romance 47.3%, Casual 33.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.9%, Indie 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Story Rich 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.8%

A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.

Why similar: Emotional 32.2%, Casual 19%, Relaxing 15.1%, Indie 15%, Atmospheric 11%

A Summer's End is a visual novel set in 1980s Hong Kong. It tells of a love story between two women. Lush and vibrant visuals, the game features over 400 unique hand-drawn artwork inspired by Asian cinema and 1980s anime.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Casual 22.5%, Indie 20.1%, Romance 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%

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: Visual Novel 29%, Romance 27.5%, Casual 24.3%, Indie 9.1%, Relaxing 8.9%

Mystic Pillars is an original blend of intriguing puzzles and an immersive storyline set in Ancient India, providing you with a unique gameplay experience.

Why similar: Casual 29.1%, Indie 23.6%, Beautiful 17.5% ★, Visual Novel 7.8%, Surreal 5.8%

A boy who can no longer hear the piano, living in the shadow of his gifted younger brother; a karate girl who is more than a friend but not yet a lover; and a girl with future memories. As past and future entwine, where will this triangle lead in this fleeting, bittersweet summer love story?

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Casual 22.2%, Emotional 20.5%, Romance 16.3%, Story Rich 10.3%

Your choices affect the destiny of Alice, drastically changing her reality and allowing her to explore alternative destinies by modifying her past. Travel across European cities, meet colourful characters and solve the mystery.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Beautiful 19.8% ★, Visual Novel 15.2%, Indie 9.5%, Surreal 9%