60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Anime, Psychological, Singleplayer.
It was a fake — that's exactly why I could love it. Fifteen days of Rei's summer vacation. A first-person "seeing" narrative adventure. Fully voiced (JP/EN/ZH). Playtime: 3+ hours.
日陰の日葵 - sun in the shade
High school student Hiroyuki Nasukawa, whose father is a piano tuner, aspires to become a respectable adult. Yet he resorts to cheating on a test. Unsurprisingly, he gets caught. The punishment imposed on him was unexpectedly, “Please repair the school's piano.”
Drinking in the hot spring!
"How about a drink?" In this heartwarming, conversation-driven visual novel, you step into the role of the leader of a hot spring drinking club. You'll help its colorful members navigate personal troubles, sometimes with the aid of a drink or two, and see their challenges through to resolution.
High school student Hiroyuki Nasukawa, whose father is a piano tuner, aspires to become a respectable adult. Yet he resorts to cheating on a test. Unsurprisingly, he gets caught. The punishment imposed on him was unexpectedly, “Please repair the school's piano.”
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Text-Based 21.3%, Modern 15.9%, Psychological 13%, Anime 9.3%
"How about a drink?" In this heartwarming, conversation-driven visual novel, you step into the role of the leader of a hot spring drinking club. You'll help its colorful members navigate personal troubles, sometimes with the aid of a drink or two, and see their challenges through to resolution.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological 13.3%, Modern 9.3%
Angels greet you with smiles! Welcome to Heaven, where happiness awaits!
Why similar: Psychological 23.5%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 18.1%, Anime 9.7%, Story Rich 9.7%
People end up forgetting about the dead.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.8%, Psychological 14.2%, Text-Based 14.1%, Anime 10.1%, Story Rich 9.4%
A visual novel depicting the daily life of a high school boy continuously tormented by guilt on a winter's day. It features layered music played on string instruments and piano, characterized by serious, deep psychological portrayals.
Why similar: Psychological 31.3%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Emotional 14.4%, Anime 8.8%, Cinematic 8.3%
"My mother, my daughter, and me—three sixteen-year-olds on an extraordinary adventure."After traveling through time to meet their sixteen-year-old counterparts, three generations of women set off on an adventure through the Land of the Gods. What could await them at the end of their journey?
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Text-Based 18.5%, Psychological 14%, Anime 13%, Cinematic 9.9%
A classical guitarist slowly losing his senses. Drifting between dream and reality, he meets three people — each carrying their own silence. A 2D visual novel about what remains when everything fades away.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Psychological 20.6%, Emotional 13.5%, Story Rich 12.9%, Anime 8.5%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Text-Based 20.1%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Mystery 9.1%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Psychological 26.9%, Anime 14.7%, Mystery 12.9%, Story Rich 9.1%
Explore the mysteries of your soul to discover whether you're melancholic, choleric, sanguine, or phlegmatic. Each decision reflects your inner world, challenging your perception and revealing the hidden depths of your personality in this journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Psychological 25.8%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Anime 14.4%, Mystery 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%
「現実と区別のつかない幻覚を見せる能力」を手に入れた高校生・拓海。復讐のために使い始めた力は、やがて彼自身の運命を大きく変えていく。選択によって結末が変化する心理サスペンスビジュアルノベル。
Why similar: Psychological 27.6%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Mystery 10.2%, Text-Based 9.7%
Faced with evil... would you pull the trigger? Tyrania Enforcers is a story-driven visual novel exploring morality, duty, and the cost of enforcing order in a world on the brink of conflict.
Why similar: Psychological 21.3%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 16.9%, Anime 13%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Psychological 23%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Anime 12.1%, Emotional 11.3%, Text-Based 8%
Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.
Why similar: Psychological 24.9%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Emotional 11.5%, Mystery 9.6%
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Text-Based 16.3%, Psychological 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Anime 10.3%
Essence Bloom is a linear, story-focused indie visual novel that allows the player to experience a world with beautiful cherry blossoms and fun times with friends....
Why similar: Psychological 26.3%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Anime 13.7%, Emotional 11.6%, Story Rich 9.7%
In this post-pandemic psychological visual novel, players embody psychotherapist Honda, drawn into a neural imaging project targeting teens. There, Honda meets Natasha, a mysterious girl whose "world" unfolds like a spider's web, disrupting Honda's "calm" life. "Don't you think so, Dr. Honda...?"
Why similar: Psychological 28.8%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Anime 11.7%, Emotional 6.8%
A fantasy visual novel featuring intense action at every turn, following the struggles of a bear trapped in the body of a man. Part II of The Enonoia Saga, and the definitive conclusion to Ovine Replica.
Why similar: Psychological 24%, Text-Based 17.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Emotional 9.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
For Tan Yan, there is little hope his life will change. It's like his whole life is trapped inside a snowdome, unable to escape. But, what if, one day, he's given the chance to make a change?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Anime 11.2%, Text-Based 9.5%, Mystery 9%
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Psychological 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 16%, Text-Based 15.4%, Anime 12.2%
僕たちは──すべての計画に、失敗する。 🎋落ちこぼれ天文部達の青春群像劇を描くドラマチックノベル！ 🎬文庫三冊分に及ぶ青春ドラマ 🍎ゼロ年代懐古的雰囲気 🍏暴走オマージュ破滅！
Why similar: Psychological 17%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 14.7%, Modern 13.6%, Emotional 12.1%
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Psychological 22%, Text-Based 13.2%, Story Rich 11%, Mystery 8.1%
《红夏》是一款以剧情体验为主的视觉小说游戏。八月末的某天，二十多名师生被神秘地困在学校里，等待他们的将是一场自相残杀……
Why similar: Psychological 26.9%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Anime 12.2%, Mystery 9.2%, Emotional 9.1%
Do you love me now?
Why similar: Psychological 40.6%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Anime 14.1%, Story Rich 12%, Mystery 5.7%
鳴神学園初等部六年六組は、選ばれた者たちが集う特殊なクラス。 そこに一人の転校生がやってきた。 何やら曰くがありそうなその転校生に、クラスメイト達は学園にまつわる怪談を語り始める。 そして六年六組は巨大な怪異に飲み込まれていく…
Why similar: Text-Based 23.1%, Visual Novel 23%, Psychological 21.6%, Adventure 11.1%, Mystery 10.8%
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: Psychological 20.8%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Text-Based 18.6%, Story Rich 9.8%, Emotional 9.1%
MIA: Memory Fragments is a story-driven psychological horror adventure where you explore fractured memories, interact with the environment to progress, uncover the story through the world, and escape from MIA’s darkest side. Survive the memories… or remain trapped forever in the past.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological 13.1%, Anime 10.6%, Mystery 9.4%
A free, story-driven short visual novel with no choices. The narrative weaves between the present (202X) and the past (200X), depicting the suffocating chain of violence within a Korean school setting with stark realism.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Text-Based 20.2%, Dialogue Heavy 18.2%, Modern 15%, Story Rich 8.8%
His World is a short visual novel game where you play as a young shy introvert boy and witness his life with his family and get to see his internal world and struggles. You also make a few decisions throughout the game that will decide on one of game's multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological 19.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Emotional 13.8%, Text-Based 12.8%
Socially underdeveloped Lisa found solace in books... Until her eyes fell out. You take the role of Henry, the therapist assigned to guide Lisa through her depression. There's just one problem: she isn't depressed.
Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Text-Based 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Anime 6.8%
Kagari, a withdrawn child, and Kagami, the robot living in society as their stand-in—Only one will be recognized as the real Kagari. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions. Your role is to gently observe their choices and decisions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Anime 11.5%, Emotional 10.2%
A werewolf game set in a deep-sea lab, where the survival of humanity is at stake—does justice lie with humankind or the werewolves?
Why similar: Psychological 24.3%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Text-Based 10.9%, Modern 10.7%
心理咨询+中二战斗？视觉剧情RPG《纯白医院》登场！在这间非真的医院来场赛博咨询吧——精神和心理问题并没有想象中的那么可怕…真的，是这样吗？
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.4%, Psychological 19.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Modern 10%, Emotional 8.4%
A short story about a difficult day at work and a painful breakup that lingers; about depression, anxiety, and how they can lead to eating disorders. Do you know how many calories are in a muffin? Are you ready for what the answer implies?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Text-Based 20.5%, Psychological 20.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Emotional 6.5%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.7%, Psychological 16.6%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 10.7%, First-Person 9.5%
A total-immersion kinetic novel: boot up a PC running Prisma OS and descend into the psyche of a broken protagonist as 2001 Argentina collapses in the background. Late-night chats, obsession, music, and raw Y2K bleakness — all the way to a point of no return.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Psychological 18.5%, Text-Based 14.8%, Story Rich 9.2%
A social critique visual novel exploring the void of contemporary Europe. Through a ruthless comparison between past and present, the player faces a narrative where every choice is an illusion, reflecting the impotence and lack of real change in our historical period.
Why similar: Psychological 26.2%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Modern 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Text-Based 10.6%
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.7%, Psychological 22.3%, Anime 11.1%, Story Rich 10.5%, Emotional 10.1%
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
Why similar: Psychological 21.4%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Emotional 13.2%, Anime 9.9%
A boy who hates the night meets a vampire girl who loves it. As they steal blood packs and help those in need under the cover of darkness, the two gradually fall in love. A multi-ending visual novel that gently illuminates the lives of those lost in the night and offers comfort to the lonely.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Modern 14.7%, Emotional 12.8%, Story Rich 9.3%
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Modern 15.1%, Emotional 10.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
The Life You Missed — you achieved success, but lost yourself along the way. In an old house, you uncover someone else’s life — and your own. Relive memories and face choices in your dreams. Every decision shapes the ending.
Why similar: Psychological 32.3%, Emotional 18.5%, Story Rich 14.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Cinematic 6.8%
One day, the boy meets a monster, with whom he builds a strange relationship that is neither friend, nor family, nor owner and pet. How will the boy's future change?
Why similar: Psychological 27.8%, Visual Novel 22%, Anime 14.4%, Story Rich 11.2%, Mystery 10.1%
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Psychological 17.4%, Text-Based 16.9%, Adventure 10.7%
A closed-circle mystery visual novel where twelve people wake up inside a bizarre, impossible mansion—and a string of murders begins. Read from Remi’s point of view as you piece together the truth through his thoughts and conversations. Linear, text-focused, Japanese/English supported.
Why similar: Psychological 29.4%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Mystery 14.8%, Story Rich 12.4%, Anime 10%
This is a visual novel about the future, where every choice shapes the protagonist's character. Follow the path from youth to adulthood, play as a scoundrel or a champion of justice, fall in love, and create your own unique story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Text-Based 28%, Anime 17.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, Adventure 7.9%
For 20 years, she lived with depression. Now, she's strong enough to name what happened: a social murder. This is a visual essay—not a game—with over 400 illustrations about grief, guilt, and survival in a collapsing meritocracy.
Why similar: Psychological 25.2%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Text-Based 20.2%, Emotional 13.7%, Story Rich 10.8%
忘れられたモノが流れ着く異界の温泉宿を舞台にした温泉ホラーシミュレーション。昼はケガレを抱えた付喪神たちをもてなし、夜は宿に溢れたケガレが引き起こす怪奇から生き延びる。あなたの選択が、客の癒しと宿の運命を変えていく。
Why similar: Psychological 29.8%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Text-Based 14.7%, Anime 13%, Emotional 7.2%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25%, Psychological 23.3%, Emotional 17.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 7.6%
In 2032, Tokyo scientists unveil Araraginium, the 257th element, capable of materializing matter and bringing back the deceased as Araragi Humans. Masakazu Tokimune, a Japanese high school student, grapples with daily life's blend of humor, intrigue, and love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, Anime 14.4%, Mystery 9.6%
This is a story about Iris, a nobody who didn't have a Happy Ending and now suffers the consequences of their own (lack of) actions all alone in the most northern city in the world. A depressing story and a melancholic lesson teached in life's hard way awaits you.
Why similar: Psychological 27.7%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Emotional 14.8%, Anime 12.2%, Text-Based 10.2%
GEMINI SYNDRXME is a strange story about two twin girls: Mei and Aoi. Despite external similarity, their characters are absolute opposites.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological 18.4%, Text-Based 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Anime 13.2%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 29.1%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Anime 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Text-Based 9.8%
偏远的山村中，正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着，舞动着，一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Anime 20.6%, Story Rich 15.9%, Mystery 15.4%, Adventure 10.6%
"How easily can a life fall apart? Kihaven invites you to a dark confrontation behind the monotony. In this traumatic, psychological, and drama-filled visual novel, uncover the truth hidden on the dusty shelves of the past. Every day is a new piece of a shattered life."
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Psychological 22.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Emotional 14.6%, Text-Based 11.5%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 27.4%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Anime 14.1%, Emotional 12.5%, Text-Based 12.1%
Satoshi Kuga, who led a lonely high school life, was dreading the school trip starting tomorrow because he had been assigned to the same group as the popular clique. However, it seemed there were hidden tensions even within the group that appeared to get along so well at first glance.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.4%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Anime 12.8%, Modern 10.9%, Emotional 9.9%
Welcome to Awaken Infinity! Immerse yourself in a unique top-down RPG with visual novel elements. Wake up in a futuristic room with no memory, and unravel the mysteries of your past. Experience deep storytelling, meet intriguing characters, and uncover hidden secrets.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.7%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Emotional 15.5%, Anime 14.4%, Story Rich 11.8%
Step into a chilling mystery and peel back the ominous veil shrouding a peaceful southern Russian town.
Why similar: Psychological 28%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Mystery 10.5%, Story Rich 10%, Text-Based 9.6%
White room. White light. A white table. And only white intentions. A story that always ends before it begins. But one day the circle will be broken. All you have to do is realise...
Why similar: Psychological 21.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 15.4%, Modern 13%, Anime 12%
