- #1 Robot Island
97% matchPositive100% of 36 reviews2020
Dev: New Beings
Windows · Mac
Play as a robot flight attendant in this 20-30 minute visual novella with 3D exploration. Explore the ship, talk to plants, clean up, and most importantly: empathize with the captain as he tries to figure out some personal stuff during your lonely journey. Oh, and make sure you get his coffee right!
Why similar: Robots 37.8%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Space 17.9%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Indie 3.8%
- #2 Hover 2030
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: russpuppy
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Hoverboards, evil robots, and cloning! Welcome to the future.
Why similar: Robots 34%, Minimalist 21%, Casual 20.7%, Sci-fi 12.6%, 2D 6.8%
- #3 Trio
96% matchMixed59% of 107 reviews2017
Dev: Paper Plane
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
2D plaformer with hardcore levels
Why similar: Minimalist 41%, Casual 37.2%, 2D 14.3%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 3%
- #4 Redirection
95% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Ratcliffe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Unknown forces have scattered the Robot crew of the Starship Redirection across a perilous asteroid belt! In this 3D puzzle game, play as the ship’s computer and solve challenging puzzles to rescue your Robotic colleagues.
Why similar: Robots 38.3%, Space 22.5%, Casual 19.5%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Indie 6.5%
- #5 MMKK
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: GamingImomushi
Windows
Use the earpick to remove earwax!
Why similar: Minimalist 34.9%, Casual 30.9%, Score Attack 28.6%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #6 NETABOKU -A robot girl changes my life as a bedridden boy-
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Atelier ATIC
Windows · Mac
This game is a sci-fi romantic adventure(visual novel) modeled after the avatar robot cafe. Japan, circa 2040. Kanto lives in a residential facility for the severely physically disabled. One day, they meet a mysterious girl, Kanata, and their destiny changes dramatically...
Why similar: Robots 37%, Visual Novel 30.5%, Casual 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.7%, 2D 3.6%
- #7 QUALIA ~The Path of Promise~
93% matchPositive98% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: PURESISPub: Sekai Project
Windows
“Machina” is the world’s first android to pass the Turing Test. Incidentally, she is also dressed like a maid. Dr. Hiro Koshino ends up taking Machina home and has her work as a maid. As she continues to learn and grow, he also begins to develop certain feelings towards her…
Why similar: Robots 39.2%, Visual Novel 33.8%, Casual 14.1%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #8 Adapted Adventures: Crystal Cave
92% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: NEO CRYSTAL GAMES LTD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow team HARK investigating the disappearance of a team of Adapted in the neo crystal world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.8%, Casual 36.2%, 2D 13.5%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #9 MATCH
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Vibrato Game Studio
Windows
MATCH is a minimalist, arcade-style score-attack game that puts the focus on player skill. Memorize, flip, and match cards as you progress through levels, each with a shorter time limit. Compare your high-scores with friends' in the variety of game modes to see who is the MATCH Master!
Why similar: Minimalist 31.2%, Casual 29.9%, Score Attack 25.7%, 2D 9.2%, Indie 2.3%
- #10 Star Vortex
91% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Laireon Games
Windows
Star Vortex is a casual game where you gather stars, avoid the asteroids and try to set a high score.
Why similar: Minimalist 27.8%, Casual 24.9%, Space 14.5%, Score Attack 10.2%, 2D 10%
- #11 Let's Split Up (A Visual Novel)
90% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Upside Down Fox
Windows
Let’s Split Up is a visual novel with 24 completely different endings that change not only the outcome but also the beginning, the setting and the characters themselves.
Why similar: Visual Novel 63.4%, Casual 36.6%
- #12 Defect detector
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Soomka Games
Windows
Defect detector - A dynamic game for fans of the breakout genre! Find the weak point among hundreds of colored blocks and destroy defect after defect in this exciting game! Collect bonuses, hit the ball accurately and get to the end!
Why similar: Minimalist 31.9%, Casual 31.1%, Score Attack 21.7%, 2D 11.4%, Indie 2.4%
- #13 Spare Parts: Episode 2
88% matchPositive100% of 36 reviews2021
Dev: Sophie Rose
Windows · Mac
Unit 03 is a sheltered, but bubbly, robot girl with a penchant for breaking the rules. After getting a tiny taste of the outside, she's become all the more desperate to break free of the cage she was born in. But so long as her body continues to malfunction, will that ever be more than a fantasy?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Robots 27.1%, Casual 22.3%, 2D 9%, Linear 8%
- #14 Metronix Lab
89% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Parrot King Games
Windows
Metronix is a 2D Platform / Puzzle game, set in a laboratory specializing in creating artificial intelligence, where the player must prevent a hacker invasion by solving puzzles using the scenario in their favor.
Why similar: Robots 45.6%, Minimalist 29.3%, Casual 13.8%, Indie 6.3%, 2D 5%
- #15 2236 A.D.
87% matchVery Positive93% of 166 reviews2018
Dev: ChloroPub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac
This tale began five years earlier, in the spring of 2231. Mankind has evolved a new kind of communication ability called “telepathy”.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44%, Casual 33.7%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Indie 8.3%
- #16 Spare Parts: Episode 1
86% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: Sophie Rose
Windows · Mac
Lucy is an anxiety-ridden girl in desperate need of a job. But when she finally lands one, she gets entangled in the interpersonal problems of the people living in the giant basement underneath the shop. Who may or may not be robots.
Why similar: Robots 38.1%, Visual Novel 32.7%, Casual 12.1%, Linear 9.2%, 2D 5.3%
- #17 First Law
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: WesWare Games
Windows
Escape the ice caves of Europa and return home in this retro inspired 2D sci-fi platformer. Journey through ice caves using Newtonian physics.
Why similar: Robots 29.9%, Space 17.4%, Linear 14.6%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Casual 12.3%
- #18 2 Times Circles
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Blocktopus
Windows
2 Times Circles is a game about controlling 2 circles moving horizontally and vertically in the two split screen at the same time.
Why similar: Casual 34.3%, Minimalist 31.6%, Score Attack 14.3%, 2D 11%, Indie 7.5%
- #19 Infinity Square
84% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: XYZStudio
Windows
Infinity Square is Casual Puzzle Game. Turn tiles and connect lines to clear the puzzles!
Why similar: Casual 26%, Space 22.4%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Score Attack 16.8%, 2D 12.9%
- #20 The Red Triangle Factory
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tektonika
Windows
The Red Triangle Factory is a conveyor worker simulator. Remove defective shapes by day and follow the thoughts of a protagonist whose dog has gone missing. In the evening, lose yourself in mini-games and music in your room in a shared apartment of alternative 21st-century St. Petersburg.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Casual 36.5%, 2D 13.5%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 2%
- #21 Rogue Planet
83% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Julien Mackay
Windows
Rogue Planet is about speed, precision, and smooth motion. Use your momentum paired with the force of gravity to propel yourself from star to star, draining their power and fueling your ship as you go.
Why similar: Casual 39%, Minimalist 29.3%, Space 22.6%, Indie 9.1%
- #22 The Game For Skippers
82% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Octillion Entertainment
Windows
A short visual novel about a person that wants achievements.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.8%, Casual 36.2%, 2D 13.5%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #23 Manludo
81% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Max Accelerated Xebec LLC
Windows · Linux
Play rock, paper, scissors to get off an alien space station. Esperanto: Vi devas ludi papero, tondilo, ŝtono por forlasi eksterteran kosmostacion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.8%, Casual 31.5%, Sci-fi 17%, 2D 11%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #24 Lily of the Valley
82% matchVery Positive94% of 94 reviews2017
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Following his mother's death, a young man meets a strange young girl in the Welsh countryside.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.5%, Casual 42.5%, Indie 10%
- #25 Ko ima ni ari
80% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: 314isme
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ko ima ni ari is an interactive story-driven game about the past, present and future of someone loosing slowly their sight.
Why similar: Casual 25.4%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Minimalist 19.9%, Linear 13.4%, 2D 12%
- #26 Imitosis
79% matchVery Positive98% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: One Over Games
Windows
A free 5-minute visual novel. A security concern demands your attention.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Robots 23.4%, Minimalist 19.9%, Space 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #27 Pellet Dodge
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: MysticalDevelopers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save your friend from being used as a fuel source to corrupt the Universe.
Why similar: Space 28.9%, Casual 15.9%, 2D 14%, Score Attack 12.2%, Sci-fi 11%
- #28 Harmonic Drift
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OldCopperMug
Windows · Linux
Harmonic Drift is a calm, minimalist exploration game set in an endless, abstract world of shifting geometry and light.
Why similar: Minimalist 42.5%, Casual 37.1%, 2D 15%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #29 The Time of Awakening
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: 覺醒
Windows
This game is a visual novel with some alternative branches. This game is a stand-alone game, using the left mouse button to play the game, without the need for networking.
Why similar: Casual 46.7%, Visual Novel 38.1%, 2D 11.4%, Indie 3.9%
- #30 Crying Alone
77% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Laurence CreatesPub: Half Slice Studio
Windows
Dive into 'Crying Alone', a 20-minute narrative-driven game that reflects my personal journey through heartbreak and healing. Experience the raw emotions of loss, the struggle for acceptance, and the first steps towards recovery in this poignant story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.5%, Casual 25.8%, Minimalist 22.2%, Linear 9%, 2D 8.7%
- #31 Golem Creation Kit
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: Illuminated GamesPub: AAD Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Race against the clock to defeat the angry mobs that want to burn you out. Grab virtually anything -- sand dunes, animals, buildings, mountaintops. Then throw everything in your cauldron and turn it into unstoppable engines of pixellated 16-bit terror!
Why similar: Visual Novel 46%, Casual 43.7%, Indie 10.3%
- #32 Sunset's Ashes
76% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2016
Dev: Fifth One
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Experience the short story of Alex and Nic as they share memories with each other while climbing a mountain together for the first time. For years, Alex has been going for climbs, and trying to get Nic to join. It’s a chance for them to remember their lives together and know why this climb is so important.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.6%, Casual 42.7%, Indie 10.7%
- #33 Hexcross
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Kakadooka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Construct Dyson Spheres by solving nonogram puzzles. Each perfectly solved puzzle gives you a small piece of the story. Complete all levels to learn the truth about your task.
Why similar: Minimalist 30.9%, Casual 20.4%, Space 16.1%, Linear 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #34 puzzle thing
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hambaagu.io
Windows · Linux
A simple, chill & relaxing block-matching puzzle game, inspired by retro classic, Same-Game (さめがめ)
Why similar: Minimalist 34.4%, Casual 32.5%, Score Attack 17%, 2D 12.2%, Indie 2.4%
- #35 Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Dischan Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a kinetic novel and a prequel to Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos. It uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story and follows Winter Harrison during her first week at mediator school.
Why similar: Casual 45.5%, Visual Novel 43.9%, Indie 10.7%
- #36 Color X Memory
78% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: CasGames
Windows
Minimalistic puzzle game to test your visual memory. There are hidden colored cards on the field. Your task is to find paired cards by color opening paired cards. Good luck with your game.
Why similar: Minimalist 40.4%, Casual 39.4%, 2D 14.4%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #37 Cubic Figures
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: DillyFrame
Windows
Cubic Figures is a minimalistic puzzle game where you need to make up different figures from a number of given shaped blocks.
Why similar: Minimalist 41%, Casual 35.4%, Linear 17.6%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 2%
- #38 Garden of Oblivion
73% matchVery Positive87% of 202 reviews2018
Dev: Träumendes Mädchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%
A short horror point & click game about a teenager trapped in a dream-like garden. Will Reven be able to escape? It's up to you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.9%, Casual 35.1%, Indie 7.9%
- #39 Juniper's Knot
72% matchVery Positive95% of 323 reviews2017
Dev: Dischan Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: Visual Novel 53%, Casual 35.9%, Indie 9%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #40 YAMC - Yet Another Minesweeper Client
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phil Blank Games
Windows
Yet Another Minesweeper Client is here to evoke pure apathy from onlookers! Come play the newest reimagining of that game that comes with most operating systems.
Why similar: Minimalist 41.4%, Casual 41.1%, 2D 14.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #41 Draw Light
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: RevolutionGT
Windows
It's a puzzle game that you can challenge with simple manipulation. Combine the various lights on the block and connect them together.
Why similar: Minimalist 39.2%, Casual 38.9%, 2D 12.7%, Indie 9.1%
- #42 女巫与六便士 the sibyl and sixpence
72% matchVery Positive80% of 811 reviews2018
Dev: 吃了就睡工作室
Windows
It's a 15-minute experimental visual novel about a love affair as weak as tea. Story consists of two chapters, formed by a mixture of four clues. It tells a love story about the sibyl and the prince.
Why similar: Casual 46.3%, Visual Novel 42.4%, Indie 11.3%
- #43 Hacking The Moon to Find My Goddess
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CUBEPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Kaito Shiromae is a young man with a gift for hacking, but when he hacks into Central-AI—a system that supervises countless AIs around the world—and asks it to find him his soulmate, he ends up with an unexpected surprise.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.4%, Casual 35.4%, 2D 13.6%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #44 ZagZag
70% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: cnsgames
Windows
An arcade game where you will try to reach high scores and unlock new characters by collecting gold.
Why similar: Casual 31.9%, Minimalist 30.6%, Score Attack 25.4%, 2D 7.9%, Indie 2.5%
- #45 旧手表 - Old Watch
71% matchVery Positive85% of 676 reviews2017
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
This is an Visual Novel game. It's a story about time leap.
Why similar: Casual 47.4%, Visual Novel 41.1%, Indie 11.5%
- #46 Rise of Block
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: H26
Windows
Rise of Block is an endless game where you avoid obstacles trying to beat your high score.
Why similar: Casual 34.9%, Minimalist 34.2%, 2D 12.2%, Linear 11.8%, Indie 3.9%
- #47 Synthetic Fantasy;
69% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Lonely Rabbit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A "Visual Novel Play" about the nature of love and relationships! Caught between his fiance and an android, Dan Garland must make a choice that will change lives forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Robots 28.3%, Casual 24.2%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Indie 2.8%
- #48 Subject F-011
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Quavelty Games
Windows
Trapped in Area 51 on planet Earth, you must solve calculated puzzles to escape this strange planet. Puzzles consist of using enemies' mechanics to your advantage, moving objects to block enemies, and using items that alter parts of the rooms. A spiritual successor to Adventures of Lolo.
Why similar: Robots 28.3%, Minimalist 25%, Casual 14.7%, Space 13.2%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #49 Quadcubes
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: dewle
Windows
Quadcubes is a minimalist puzzle game where you move, rotate, and stack falling blocks across all three axes to fill and clear layers. Play at your own pace or take on an increasing challenge as the speed rises and try to reach the highest score you can.
Why similar: Minimalist 33.6%, Score Attack 20.6%, Casual 20.3%, Space 15.3%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #50 Making*Lovers: First Blush
66% matchVery Positive97% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: SMEEPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Does destiny really leave you with only one option?
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.7%, Casual 34.6%, 2D 13.8%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 2%
- #51 Dodge Dots
68% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Chatty Pillow
Windows
Collect blue things while dodging black dots. Can you get to the top of the global leaderboards? Please make sure to read the full game description, thanks!
Why similar: Minimalist 37.2%, Casual 28.6%, 2D 15.3%, Score Attack 13.3%, Indie 3.4%
- #52 Crypto Girl The Visual Novel
71% matchMostly Negative31% of 39 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Learn the story of an ordinary girl Dokkaebi who decided to become a miner and farm the crypto currency
Why similar: Visual Novel 67.3%, Casual 26.3%, Indie 6.4%
- #53 Dead End Aegis: Gaiden
68% matchPositive82% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: metalogiqPub: JAST USA
Windows
A squad of magical girls are the Earth's only defense against an alien invasion.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Casual 19.2%, Sci-fi 18%, Space 11.3%, 2D 6.7%
- #54 boyfriend or cake??
65% matchVery Positive94% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: Nolan TaylorPub: Tactical Toad LLC
Windows · Linux
alternatively: caring romantic partner or delicious confectionery dessert?
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Casual 21.2%, Linear 17%, Minimalist 13.5%, 2D 8.6%
- #55 LYSER
67% matchVery Positive90% of 84 reviews2019
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
Casual puzzle with laser reflections.
Why similar: Minimalist 47.6%, Casual 41%, Indie 9.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #56 Paradise Cleaning!- Tutor X Hypnosis -
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: POISONPub: PRODUCTION PENCIL
Windows
Paradise Cleaning!- Tutor X Hypnosis - is super-casual action game. All you have to do is just cleaning out all dirty icons by dragging over them within the time limit. There are 5+1 dirty icons and each of them can be cleaned by the corresponding Cleaning tools.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.5%, Casual 25.1%, Score Attack 22%, 2D 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #57 1 Bit 1 Button
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NEETNectar
Windows
A short sci-fi visual novel with minigames sprinkled within. The space bar is all you'll need.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Space 16%, Casual 15.2%, Linear 12.3%, Sci-fi 11.9%
- #58 The Next World
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 115 reviews2016
Dev: Illuminated GamesPub: AAD Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Welcome to The Next World - a strategic visual novel telling the story of a crashed colony ship and its ragged group of survivors, trying to make a new life on the wrong planet. Craft plans, make decisions, and manage your colony's limited resources in a desperate fight to stay alive.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.7%, Casual 26.8%, Sci-fi 24.6%, Indie 5.9%
- #59 Maid For My Master
65% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cute romance story between a young man and a maid who just so happens to be a robot. Is love enough to overcome the differences between man and machine?
Why similar: Robots 39.2%, Visual Novel 30.7%, Casual 22.1%, Linear 6%, Indie 1.5%
- #60 Harmonia
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 783 reviews2016
Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: VisualArts
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 90.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
From renowned visual novel studio Key, which brought you the highly rated visual novel “planetarian~the reverie of a little planet~”, this is “Harmonia”, the latest kinetic novel in the series.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.7%, Robots 30.7%, Casual 20.3%, Sci-fi 5.2%