- #1 Don't Let Me Fade
97% matchVery Positive99% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Point & Click 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 10.7%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #2 No Case Should Remain Unsolved
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,974 reviews2024
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Point & Click 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Text-Based 11%, Detective 9%
- #3 I Need to Leave
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Type-B
Windows · Mac
I Need To Leave is a point-and-click escape game. The door is never locked, yet you keep returning to where you started. Search for clues and find the right way to leave this shared apartment of anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Incremental 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Psychological 13.4%, Point & Click 11.8%, Emotional 10%
- #4 The Tenth Minute
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XU S.A Studio
Windows
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 15.1%, Psychological 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 10.1%
- #5 Mind Scraper
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scraper Games
Windows
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: Point & Click 18%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological 14%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
- #6 青羽沉梦-终霰篇
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 青羽Traum
Windows
本作是一款多世界观叙事冒险游戏。你将从西幻风格的梦境大厅苏醒,触碰记忆泡沫,坠入不同的异界。当前开放第一世界【终霰傩玉录】:你将跌落至古老的东方傩村,在绝望的民俗仪式与诡谲的人性试炼中,亲历一场关于饥荒、祭祀与人性崩坏的绝望轮回。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Psychological 13.5%, Emotional 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Incremental 10.5%
- #7 Seaside Picnic
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: unSAMEPub: Shepherd Games
Windows
A mini point and click puzzle + visual novel, an experience of Nihilism and self-salvation. The storm is coming. The storm has never left.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Immersive Sim 9.7%, RPG 8.5%
- #8 A Taste of the Past
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,772 reviews2022
Dev: Sondering Studio
Windows
What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Point & Click 12.2%, Life Sim 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #9 BlueLine
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Going Places Studio
Windows
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.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Psychological 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 14.6%, Point & Click 9.5%
- #10 The Fire Nobody Started
91% matchVery Positive100% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Team SpitFire
Windows
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 22.6%, Point & Click 16.4%, Psychological 13.3%, Emotional 11.5%, Hand-drawn 11.5%
- #11 the doll museum
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: delulu girl
Windows · Mac
This 2D psychological horror game traps you in a pastel-pink doll museum, where you help Valentine to survive the cruel Doll Queen!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Psychological 16%, Emotional 13.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Immersive Sim 10.9%
- #12 halfmoon
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: lvl374
Windows
halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Point & Click 19.8%, Psychological 17.9%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #13 Anxiety Puppy
88% matchVery Positive97% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: 小狗工作室Pub: Erabit
Windows
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 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Emotional 13.3%, Visual Novel 13%
- #14 Penrose
89% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Text-Based 17.2%, Psychological 13.1%, Emotional 12%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #15 Forest of Death Masks
87% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological 12.6%, Detective 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9%
- #16 The Second Reality Room: Unspoken Truths
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shadow GlovePub: FINE Co., Ltd.
Windows
You can’t understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality” through Talk, Mind Read, and Translate in an empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Emotional 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.8%, Detective 8.8%
- #17 and Roger
85% matchVery Positive95% of 2,298 reviews2025
Dev: TearyHand StudioPub: Kodansha
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
It was a morning like all others, until she realized her dad wasn't home. In his place, a stranger who speaks nonsense and insists she "takes her medicine". Who is he? Where is dad?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Point & Click 14%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Psychological 12.2%, Life Sim 12.1%
- #18 妹居物语
86% 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的生活恋爱模拟游戏。 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: Emotional 12.9%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Life Sim 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #19 Wednesdays
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,912 reviews2025
Dev: Pierre CorbinaisPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
"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 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Emotional 14.2%, Text-Based 12.9%
- #20 Let's BUG Dumplings
82% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: 鲜美Press
Windows
"Let’s make dumplings" carries that same unsettling vibe as Spring Festival Gala skits with intentionally happy endings?— it's about how family norms discipline the individual. It uses dumplings to explore love and pressure in families. In this scripted, collective narrative... what will you choose?
Why similar: Psychological 19.1%, Emotional 14%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Point & Click 12.8%, Immersive Sim 12.6%
- #21 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,176 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Detective 18%, Text-Based 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #22 Headward Erosion 溯源侵蚀
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lifucheng
Windows · Mac
Headward Erosion is a story-driven RPG set in a fictional world. Players will experience the story through the perspectives of nine different characters, gradually uncovering the truth behind a girl's death.
Why similar: Incremental 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Emotional 8.9%, RPG 8.2%
- #23 The Grim Nightmare of Nibras
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: FreeAnimals_Software
Windows
The Grim Nightmare of Nibras is a story with the search for objects in gloomy locations.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Point & Click 22%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #24 栖云异梦
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 91 reviews2023
Dev: 炭焱网络 Tantrum NetworkPub: East2West Games
Windows
《栖云异梦》是一款由叙事驱动的指向点击冒险解谜游戏。在一次午后,主角方哲收到了一个包裹,其中的线索竟指向失踪多年的母亲。循环的梦魇、惊悚的哨音、多年前的来信...方哲为了解开真相踏上了一段奇异的冒险。剧场中的魅影、不为人知的密室、诡异的古村,梦境与现实交错,指引他步步逼近真相......
Why similar: Point & Click 16%, Detective 13.1%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #25 Project: Home!
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NiktarinPub: Sei-ren
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing your job, you return to your hometown to rebuild your life—and your family house. But you’re not alone. Two old friends, Lola and Mira, offer to help you renovate… and maybe build something more.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Point & Click 14.4%, Life Sim 12.2%, Text-Based 12%
- #26 120 Yen Stories
81% matchVery Positive98% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: NekoNeko SoftPub: iMoe Games
Windows
In 120 Yen series, each season has a unique heroine. By using the four seasons of Japan to tell the story of two people meeting and getting along through the keyword "120 yen".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Emotional 17.9%, Story Rich 14.4%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #27 Xiaye's Doors of Magic: Lightchaser
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 幻海空镜工作室Pub: Wise Games
Windows
This is one (or more) story of reality, a story of youth, dreams, chains, and rebellion. Step into different lives of 7 ordinary teens through the "Doors", and to rewrite their fate tightly locked with your choices.
Why similar: Psychological 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Emotional 11.3%, Immersive Sim 10.6%
- #28 SAS:绝响诡计 | Case 0 风暴蝴蝶
78% matchVery Positive87% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: 秦遥
Windows
这是一款以中式校园为背景的推理类文字游戏,你将扮演一名高中生司空茂,在开学第一天目击密室杀人事件的现场,并经过调查和推理解决案件,找出真正的犯人和真相背后更深的阴谋。但在享受侦探游戏的同时,请千万不要忽视学习。保持情绪稳定,尽量维持活下去的念头...记住,你的成绩,永远比案件要更重要。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Detective 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Emotional 8.7%
- #29 Travelling Light
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
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 21.3%, Point & Click 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological 11.4%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #30 Whispering Memories
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Incremental 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 11.7%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #31 A Lozenge
79% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Emotional 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Psychological 14.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Text-Based 12.2%
- #32 Tar and Feather
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Noah TilsenPub: Aeonic Menace
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short story visual novel-like game with a gently interactive narrative and some puzzling mysteries to unlock. Discover how your father got tarred and feathered. Get lost in the memory with ever-corrupting visuals and an immersive soundscape as you make your way to the emu farm.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Emotional 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Point & Click 12.4%, Psychological 12.1%
- #33 Soul of Recollection
75% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Orange Ink Studio
Windows · Mac
Soul of Recollection is a pixel-style point-and-click puzzle game. Explore a quiet school at night, collect items, solve puzzles, and piece together lost memories to find your way out. With no horror elements, it blends light storytelling and immersive mystery.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.4%, Psychological 17.1%, Incremental 15.9%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #34 The Adventures of Bunny and Pig
75% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Li Min
Windows
It's a short, text-based interactive book with a psychological theme.▶TRIGGER WARNING◀ Contains childhood trauma, suicidal thoughts, and emotional abuse, but ultimately conveys hope and growth.
Why similar: Psychological 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 16.1%, Emotional 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%
- #35 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
76% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 15.7%, Psychological 15.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 14.1%
- #36 To Be With You
77% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Illus Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological 16.5%, Emotional 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Immersive Sim 9.8%
- #37 Beihai 2010
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Raumkapsel
Windows · Mac
An emotional point-and-click adventure about youth, love, and growing up. Explore Namo's memories and uncover a touching story of friendship and first love in the city of Beihai.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Emotional 13.3%, Point & Click 11.9%, Text-Based 11.2%
- #38 A Heavy Morning
74% 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: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Point & Click 14%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Immersive Sim 13%, Psychological 10.5%
- #39 金宵公寓事件
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Buddy Studio
Windows
A strange murder case, broke the peace of Jinxiao apartment. As a new night security guard, your only weapons are the surveillance systems throughout the building and the word of the occupants. And the truth is hidden between your surveillance screen and your reasoning notes.
Why similar: Incremental 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Point & Click 11%
- #40 In Search of the Ice Pop
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guanpeng Chen
Windows · Mac
A short, nostalgic slice-of-life visual novel with a coming-of-age story about a forgotten ice pop and the girl who once felt like a big sister to you.
Why similar: Emotional 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 12.1%, Point & Click 9.4%
- #41 interViolence
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac
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 20%, Psychological 15.9%, Emotional 15.6%, Story Rich 14.9%, RPG 9.5%
- #42 Fallstreak 2: Traum
71% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.
Why similar: Emotional 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 12.4%, Anime 8.1%
- #43 Where Control Ends
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Text-Based 13.8%, Psychological 9.7%, Emotional 8%
- #44 The Last Poem
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nekoday
Windows
1999年,千年世纪之交……再一次,并非恋爱的邂逅。 由原班人马带来的《泡沫冬景》正统续作,再次向视觉小说表现力的极限发起挑战。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 14.5%, Incremental 9.7%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #45 Inversed
71% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Psychological 20%, Emotional 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Point & Click 12.9%
- #46 Stella: into the Shadow
71% matchPositive83% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Shadow games
Windows
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Psychological 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Detective 14.3%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #47 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,340 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 24.4%, Point & Click 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 8%
- #48 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spicy Bread Productions LLC
Windows · Mac
Determine the fate of Ventreville! Play as six protagonists with unique abilities and stories, their arcs tied to each other by the sudden murder of the Avidines. Make your choices count! The final protagonist, the interrogating detective, will only know as much as your previous characters know…
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Point & Click 13.9%, Text-Based 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Detective 10.8%
- #49 Loving Life
69% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows
Originally released in 2012, Loving Life is a non-fictional auto-biographical visual novel about Zhenghua Yang (Z) and the near-fatal incident which led to the founding of Serenity Forge. This is where it all began.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Emotional 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Psychological 12.2%
- #50 The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows
You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Point & Click 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Text-Based 13.4%, Detective 10.4%
- #51 Naishitai: The parts I'm missing.
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mayuuri
Windows
Accompany Nai in her normal Sunday routine of watching TV, eating ramen and ruminating on her past.
Why similar: Psychological 26.3%, Point & Click 17%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Emotional 11.3%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #52 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Detective 14.8%, Text-Based 12.4%, Story Rich 9%
- #53 Quiet Classroom
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MothLight Games
Windows
Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological 15.2%, Emotional 13.7%, Text-Based 12.9%, Hand-drawn 11.7%
- #54 Faded Solitude
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forgotten Game Studios
Windows
An Isolated young girl, haunted by a mysterious, reoccurring nightmare for years, finds an odd portrait that may reveal the truth she has been searching for… and more…
Why similar: Incremental 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Point & Click 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #55 OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,677 reviews2016
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Point & Click 14.2%, Emotional 12.4%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #56 Mama
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pat-o-Logic Studio
Windows · Mac
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: Psychological 19.4%, Emotional 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Story Rich 11.3%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
- #57 The Perfect Model
67% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: BZ_STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Step into the shoes of a determined college student juggling classes, part-time work, and the constant struggle of financial stress. With mounting bills and rent due, the protagonist is desperate for a breakthrough—until an exciting opportunity arises, a photography competition.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Incremental 18.8%, Point & Click 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Immersive Sim 12.3%
- #58 Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss
66% matchVery Positive88% of 338 reviews2024
Dev: Sarepta StudioPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Psychological 19.1%, Emotional 16.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #59 OU
67% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: room6Pub: G-MODE
Windows
"Between something and someone." U-chronia is a mysterious world constantly changing like a book whose pages are flipped out of order. You will wear the shoes of OU, the protagonist, to live through this game-shaped experience—without knowing what it really is.
Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Emotional 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Hand-drawn 13%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #60 Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodingApe GamesPub: Vulpis Yazilim
Windows
Lost in the Past: A Heart's Remembrance Labyrinth is a story game about love, lost, hope, grief, medication, meditation and more. You will be the our nameless character and experience his memories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Point & Click 19.5%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 8.6%, Hand-drawn 8.4%