Games Like Eliza

A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Emotional 30.8%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Story Rich 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like Eliza, it focuses on the emotional labor of a gig-economy worker navigating a near-future city and its inhabitants.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Dystopian 48.1%, Story Rich 19.4%, Atmospheric 18.1%, Indie 8.3%, Sci-fi 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully explores themes of corporate dystopia, identity, and survival through a deeply personal, text-heavy narrative.

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Beautiful 18.2% ★, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Emotional 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A poignant, emotional narrative game that explores identity and memory through a unique, intimate visual style.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.5%, Emotional 28.1%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Story Rich 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the counseling aspect of Eliza by tasking you with listening to the problems of others while serving them drinks.

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.8%, Female Protagonist 25.6%, Dystopian 21.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the atmospheric, dialogue-driven experience of listening to the personal stories of patrons in a cyberpunk setting.

1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.8%, Visual Novel 32.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Sci-fi 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A profound exploration of memory, AI, and dystopian society that matches the intellectual depth of Eliza.

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.5%, Visual Novel 17%, Story Rich 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly philosophical look at corporate control, technology, and the nature of human emotion.

A dark visual mystery novel featuring transhumanism, traditional marriage, loneliness, and cosplay. Two pursuable characters. Five endings. Welcome to the future.

Why similar: Visual Novel 71.7%, Story Rich 5.9%, Female Protagonist 5.1%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a text-based interface to uncover the history of a lost society, echoing the investigative, narrative-heavy feel of Eliza.

2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Emotional 29.6%, Atmospheric 11%, Story Rich 10%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This cyberpunk adventure features a central relationship with an AI that drives the narrative and explores themes of humanity.

In a back-alley cafe, the dead are granted one last night to mingle with the living. Necrobarista follows a dynamic and diverse cast of characters as they navigate Melbourne's hipstery coffee culture, the questionable ethics of necromancy, and the process of letting go.

Why similar: Beautiful 24.7% ★, Visual Novel 24.4%, Female Protagonist 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Story Rich 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends a unique visual style with a contemplative, emotional story about death and human connection.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Dystopian 53.8%, Atmospheric 22.8%, Story Rich 20.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, atmospheric, and deeply narrative-driven approach to a dystopian future resonates with the tone of Eliza.

A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.7%, Story Rich 19%, Indie 12%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic cyberpunk mystery that delves into the societal implications of AI and digital consciousness.

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: Visual Novel 19.2%, Female Protagonist 17.9%, Psychological 16%, Beautiful 14.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused game where choices significantly alter the protagonist's life, emphasizing the themes of regret and change.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Story Rich 24.5%, Choices Matter 22.7%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides the gold standard for psychological, dialogue-heavy storytelling centered on a protagonist's internal and external struggles.

An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 43.6%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%, Story Rich 8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy adventure that focuses on uncovering the truth of the past through language and discovery.

Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

Why similar: Beautiful 30.6% ★, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, atmospheric sci-fi experience that relies on text and interface to convey a deep, personal story.

In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.

Why similar: Emotional 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Psychological 17.3%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A powerful, emotional narrative about trauma and memory that mirrors the personal stakes found in Eliza.

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: Emotional 24.2%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Female Protagonist 22%, Atmospheric 8%, Choices Matter 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the weight of choices and the impact of corporate-like entities on the fate of individuals.

Repair old-school objects in this cozy puzzle game. Join antique-restorer Maria, as she arrives in the sun-soaked town of Bellariva and set out on a journey of helping the townsfolk reconnect.

Why similar: Beautiful 25.2% ★, Female Protagonist 24.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Indie 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A short, relaxing, and deeply human story about fixing objects and mending relationships.

Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.

Why similar: Emotional 26.2%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Story Rich 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of short, intimate visual novels that focus on the quiet, emotional lives of its characters.

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: Atmospheric 26.8%, Beautiful 22.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Story Rich 13.9%, Indie 10%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal, dreamlike atmosphere and focus on character-driven storytelling make it a perfect companion for fans of introspective games.

Synergia is a yuri thriller visual novel that takes place in a cyberpunk future, wrapped up in a beautifully unique, vibrant neon aesthetic. At the end of the world, sometimes love is the ultimate crime.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Dystopian 20.3%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 8%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A yuri-themed visual novel set in a cyberpunk world that explores the relationship between humans and androids.

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: Visual Novel 26.7%, Emotional 23.6%, Female Protagonist 23.5%, Atmospheric 10%, Story Rich 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A melancholic, atmospheric narrative game that focuses on the search for meaning in a vast, lonely universe.

The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Psychological 32.9%, Story Rich 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%, LGBTQ+ 6%

Why You'll Like It: This social deduction game uses a loop-based narrative to explore AI and the nature of trust in a sci-fi setting.

How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

Why similar: Visual Novel 77.4%, Story Rich 19%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A gripping visual novel that excels at mystery and character-driven storytelling with a dark, atmospheric tone.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 44%, Dystopian 26.7%, Atmospheric 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 8.4%, Sci-fi 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological, dystopian sci-fi game that explores themes of identity and loss through a haunting, atmospheric lens.

A hand-drawn adventure blending visual novel storytelling with point-and-click puzzles. Explore a vibrant yet dangerous oasis city where humans and animals live side by side. Meet unforgettable characters, trade and combine quirky items, and solve challenging puzzle-dungeons filled with mystery.

Why similar: Emotional 26.8%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Female Protagonist 23.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich adventure that combines a charming visual style with a deep, character-driven mystery.

Fishbowl is a slow and tender narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.

Why similar: Emotional 27.3%, Psychological 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Story Rich 6.6%

A young high school student goes on an adventure to save her favorite virtual idol, Aiko, from malfunctioning, and gets help from the most unexpected of places.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Female Protagonist 27.8%, Emotional 18.3%, LGBTQ+ 6.8%, Story Rich 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It directly tackles the intersection of AI and human entertainment, echoing the core premise of Eliza.

A quiet game of life and loss. One by one, everyone left the village for the city. Everyone, except Talma. Approaching her final years, she maintains a simple way of life tending to her homestead, surviving, subsisting, whilst increasingly disturbing letters arrive from her family in the city.

Why similar: Beautiful 19.4% ★, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Emotional 16.1%, Psychological 15.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A quiet, atmospheric, and deeply emotional game about solitude and the passage of time.

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

Why similar: Emotional 29.5%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Female Protagonist 19%, LGBTQ+ 8.5%, Indie 6.5%

Hanako’s Flower Shop is a heartfelt visual novel where you run a flower shop, crafting bouquets using the language of flowers. Listen to customers’ stories, shape Hanako’s journey through choices, and navigate her struggle to honor her grandpa’s legacy while discovering her own path.

Why similar: Emotional 27.3%, Visual Novel 26%, Female Protagonist 24.6%, Story Rich 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%

When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.

Why similar: Emotional 25.2%, Psychological 20.3%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Story Rich 6.1%

If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.

Why similar: Emotional 29.9%, Visual Novel 26%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Story Rich 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.3%

memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.

Why similar: Emotional 27.7%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Female Protagonist 19.2%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Story Rich 6%

A short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and its effects on her relationship. Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly.

Why similar: Emotional 24.2%, Psychological 22%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Story Rich 5.4%

A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Female Protagonist 23.1%, Emotional 14.8%, Psychological 12.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%

A yuri kinetic novel about overcoming the tribulations of the human heart, and a sapphic tale on the heartaches and reprieves of fathoming love. Asou Ei’s first title with Frontwing is presented with poignant visuals in Full HD, an evocative soundtrack, and voice acting by a star-studded cast.

Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Female Protagonist 30.3%, Emotional 25.2%, LGBTQ+ 5%, Atmospheric 4.2%

The story is set in future Tokyo, where human’s endless desires have consumed finite resources. In this world that is gradually approaching its end, the streamer girls continue to sing, while embracing dreams and despair in their hearts...

Why similar: Emotional 28.6%, Visual Novel 26%, Psychological 20.7%, Dystopian 17.9%, Story Rich 5.8%

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

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Female Protagonist 24.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Indie 9.4%

Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In WILL: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them.

Why similar: Emotional 27.3%, Female Protagonist 21.5%, Visual Novel 19%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Story Rich 7.9%

Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.

Why similar: Emotional 29.6%, Female Protagonist 24.7%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Story Rich 7%, Choices Matter 7%

A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.

Why similar: Emotional 38.3%, Visual Novel 30.2%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 36.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Indie 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 12.1%

Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.

Why similar: Emotional 31.3%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Dystopian 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12%, Story Rich 8.5%

Echo of Starsong is a visual novel style adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.

Why similar: Emotional 31.1%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Story Rich 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.1%

What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.9%, Emotional 27.1%, Beautiful 17.7% ★, Great Soundtrack 8%, Story Rich 6.6%

Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.

Why similar: Psychological 23.4%, Emotional 22.5%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Story Rich 6.5%

Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.4%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Choices Matter 9%, Story Rich 8%, LGBTQ+ 7.8%

Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.

Why similar: Emotional 42.3%, Female Protagonist 32.2%, Story Rich 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Indie 5.4%

An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.8%, Emotional 27.8%, Female Protagonist 17%, Atmospheric 8.6%, LGBTQ+ 7.5%

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?

Why similar: Emotional 27%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Story Rich 8.1%

Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.

Why similar: Emotional 27.1%, Beautiful 18.3% ★, Choices Matter 17.3%, Story Rich 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 7.8%

WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always gets left out.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Female Protagonist 27.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 8.1%, Indie 5.6%

Fall into the magically complicated world of Overture as the three main characters embark on an adventure that will shake their lives and the world around them. Will they fan the flames of the growing revolution, or will they be the key to extinguishing it?

Why similar: Visual Novel 49.4%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%, Story Rich 7.3%, Indie 6.6%

Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.

Why similar: Emotional 38.2%, Female Protagonist 32.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%

A digital comic about the story of Emeline. She tries to live her dream of being a superheroine after her friends decided to change their career paths. A gentle and moving story, drawn by hand.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Emotional 22.2%, Psychological 21.2%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Story Rich 6.9%

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 55.4%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Story Rich 10.9%, Sci-fi 6%

Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.

Why similar: Emotional 24.6%, Psychological 22.1%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Story Rich 5%

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 23.2%, Female Protagonist 22.2%, Beautiful 17.6% ★, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Choices Matter 7.6%