Games Like Four Lights

Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?

Why similar: Time Travel 32.9% ★, Supernatural 16.7%, Text-Based 14.5%, Mystery 9.4%, Anime 8.7%

Our protagonists E.B. and Iruka have become the targets of Lucifer. With a terrorist attack being the first, various misfortunes come over them. Fight against the world alongside the angels and protect your loved ones.

Why similar: Time Travel 30.8% ★, Text-Based 15%, Lore-Rich 12.1%, Supernatural 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.6%

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: Text-Based 28.6%, Hand-drawn 18%, Anime 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Story Rich 10.2%

Memories of Rachel is a text adventure game where you pick up keywords called fragments from the protagonist's memories and answer questions to advance the main story. No sudden action sequences, no clicking on maps. But their secrets and the overlap of memories will stick like a thorn in your hear.

Why similar: Time Travel 32.9% ★, Text-Based 14.6%, Modern 12.4%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%

Under the hazy moon, a shrine maiden meets a star. A short visual novel of a two person conversation. Cup ramen recommended.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 21.4%, Text-Based 20.9%, Modern 19.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Anime 12.3%

群山后的积雨云缓慢堆积着。 蝉鸣声淹没了整个山谷。 而他是否能找到， 那个消失在夏日中的人。

Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Cartoon 16.9%, Anime 16.9%, Modern 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%

이 지옥 같은 현실을 바꿀 수만 있다면…몇십 번, 몇 백번이라도 기꺼이 죽어주마!

Why similar: Text-Based 28.6%, Time Travel 26.4% ★, Modern 16.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Story Rich 10%

A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.

Why similar: Time Travel 42.4% ★, Visual Novel 15.9%, Anime 14.7%, Adventure 10.2%, Story Rich 9.8%

STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.

Why similar: Time Travel 45.1% ★, Anime 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Story Rich 8.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%

High school student Kusaka Sousuke, who has faint precognition, visits Yukizuki during winter break—a town haunted by rumors of ghosts and mysterious disappearances. In the snow-covered town, he meets the mysterious girl he saw in a dream… An adventure-type visual novel from VODALES.

Why similar: Time Travel 39.3% ★, Anime 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Story Rich 10.4%, Text-Based 10.1%

“记忆是人与人的连接。” ——《荷莱》是一部多结局校园青春悬疑ADV，讲述回溯、记录与爱的故事。 依露琳与好友湘涵在班主任的威逼下“主动”报名参加艺术节活动。 两人最终决定拍一部短片，讲述一个对花朵过度关爱的园丁。 然而，她们花费心血完成的内容却被学校死板的规定打回。 为了不让短片无人问津，两人在艺术节当天进行了游击演出。 演出本身很顺利，依露琳却不慎被学生会长梵逸抓了现行。 为了保护自己与湘涵共同创作的痕迹，她慌不择路落入河中，于弥留之际回溯了时间。 而她随身携带的DV机中，竟出现了没见过的影像……

Why similar: Time Travel 26.6% ★, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Anime 11.5%, Modern 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.7%

If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.

Why similar: Time Travel 39.7% ★, Anime 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.

Why similar: Time Travel 41.4% ★, Anime 15.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Story Rich 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%

An occult suspense girl-meets-girl story in which a rumor-loving girl 'interviews' a serial killer.

Why similar: Supernatural 26.4%, Anime 19.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Mystery 14.6%, Story Rich 10.6%

Itachi: Haunted Abodes is a paranormal suspense adventure that has you wandering through 2000s Tokyo's subculture scenes!

Why similar: Text-Based 17.2%, Anime 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Story Rich 10.6%

You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening? What is the purpose of this “killing game”? But most importantly...WHO SHOULD DIE?!

Why similar: Time Travel 29% ★, Text-Based 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Anime 11.7%, Mystery 9.1%

유산을 차지하는 건 과연 누가 될 것인가?

Why similar: Text-Based 31.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Anime 15.6%, Cartoon 14.2%, Story Rich 12.4%

If everything you love is destined to be swept away by the tides of time, will you still choose to fight? An otaku left behind by the times and a once-famous AI girl fight to save Akihabara.

Why similar: Time Travel 32.4% ★, Anime 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Story Rich 10.9%, Mystery 8.4%

A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.7%, Supernatural 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Mystery 13.7%, Text-Based 13.1%

"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: Text-Based 24.2%, Time Travel 22.8% ★, Anime 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Modern 9.4%

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 25.6%, Hand-drawn 20.5%, Modern 15.3%, Anime 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.2%

Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?

Why similar: Time Travel 30.9% ★, Text-Based 14.2%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Anime 12%, Visual Novel 9.2%

Fight to defend or tear down the new world order in Socery Jokers, a modern fantasy visual novel full of battles and action. Shift between multiple perspectives, wield impressive magic, and delve into a conflict between personal freedom and public order.

Why similar: Modern 22.3%, Supernatural 16.4%, Anime 15.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Lore-Rich 11.4%

Sign is a visual novel series that blends fantasy, urban life, and adventure. The story follows Lyra, a high school girl who encounters Cygnus, a witch from another world. Together, they embark on a journey to reclaim the witch’s lost powers.

Why similar: Anime 19.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Story Rich 13.3%, Modern 10.7%

Embark on a thrilling detective visual novel adventure, accompanied by your quirky assistant, Olivina. Navigate through a bizarre case with unique investigation gameplay, and meet a diverse cast of characters as you unravel the story.

Why similar: Time Travel 28.5% ★, Text-Based 15.5%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Supernatural 12.1%, Anime 10.9%

Unravel a narrative-driven 2.5D anime adventure as Hector, a dirt-poor genius and creator of the world’s first time machine. Travel between timelines, meet intriguing characters, and explore futuristic cityscapes as you seek to save reality from time-bending forces beyond imagination.

Why similar: Time Travel 40.3% ★, Anime 14.4%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Visual Novel 10%, Story Rich 9.7%

Esper - Make You Live Again is a kinetic novel in which Ryo Masaki tells his story whereas he was only a young student in an Esper academy. The Espers are humans with special abilities who can, under certain circumstances, share the pain and see the past and the memories of a person.

Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Anime 17.4%, Story Rich 16.5%, Modern 15.1%, Lore-Rich 14.3%

Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands. Perhaps it's not too late to stop the on-going calamity...

Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.9%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Anime 13.2%, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%

Childukhtaron is a click-and-read visual novel. You are a young gentleman who, following a fortune that fell from the sky, steps into a stone valley wrapped in an ancient curse — and uncovers the truth behind the legend.

Why similar: Time Travel 28.6% ★, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 12%, Lore-Rich 7.9%

😒😐🤨😉🥰😨😈 The girl of my dreams

Why similar: Time Travel 34% ★, Text-Based 21.4%, Anime 17.9%, Visual Novel 15%, Story Rich 5.8%

Lana and Shawn learn that their new home might have been a bargain for a reason. A spooky old estate, priced at a discount and filled with antiques. Anyone would jump at the chance to buy it… but, then, why has it been empty for so long?

Why similar: Supernatural 23.5%, Visual Novel 17%, Text-Based 15.6%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Story Rich 12.3%

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: Text-Based 19.3%, Supernatural 16.6%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Anime 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.7%

Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.

Why similar: Time Travel 34.9% ★, Anime 20%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Story Rich 10.7%, Mystery 9.3%

Zlot rodzinny to dla Miłosza Dajskiego okazja, aby spotkać się z dawno niewidzianymi członkami rodziny. Przechadzając się po pałacu, w którym nie było go od lat napotyka człowieka, który zdaje się twierdzić, że jest jego kuzynem, ten jednak za nic nie potrafi go sobie przypomnieć.

Why similar: Text-Based 20.5%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Anime 12.7%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Visual Novel 10.1%

The story of a young graduate witnessing the twilight of his world.

Why similar: Supernatural 27.9%, Text-Based 26.9%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 15%, Anime 10.4%

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 24.1%, Modern 22.2%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Anime 10.8%

Play the role of an ordinary main character in the story—a nameless cat. He journeys through the pages of the book in search of the heroine's secret.

Why similar: Time Travel 27.5% ★, Text-Based 20.6%, Anime 14.6%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%

Revelation(레벨레이션)은 텍스트 기반의 1인칭 2D 어드벤처 게임입니다. 여러분은 탐정이라는 직업이 없는 세상인 '알바트로스'에서 탐정을 꿈꾸는 주인공 류드가 되어 다양한 사건을 수사합니다. 이젠 어른이 된 류드의 다섯 친구들과 함께, 강력 범죄를 수사하며 거대한 진실에 도달하는 여정을 떠나보세요.

Why similar: Modern 22.2%, Lore-Rich 18%, Text-Based 15.9%, Anime 10.6%, Mystery 10.6%

文字冒险游戏 《边缘项目（Living Island Project）》 即将上线！你将扮演从神秘岛屿归来的9名失踪者之一的艾萨克·里奇（浥尘），协助WPO（世界警察组织）揭露失踪背后真正的阴谋。在这场旅途中，你也试图寻找你丢失的自我；而为了达到这一目的，你又必将失去些什么……

Why similar: Modern 26.2%, Lore-Rich 17.4%, Anime 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Story Rich 10.8%

Tap into the mystery as a stranger in the city — a mild mystery visual novel. Kisen runs a tracing agency in a city far from his home. There, he is asked by a local university student to look for his brother missing from twelve years ago. Investigate what happened back then to uncover the truth.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.5%, Hand-drawn 21.1%, Mystery 16.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Story Rich 12.9%

Among the willow branches, a city of mushrooms passes another quiet night. Something is ending, something else beginning.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 27%, Cartoon 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Mystery 15.6%, Adventure 6.5%

“A meteorite will fall in three days. That's why I want to commit suicide proactively before then.” The girl who told me this upon our first meeting was someone I encountered on the school rooftop—a place that should have been off-limits.

Why similar: Text-Based 39.5%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Modern 15.1%, Anime 11.5%, Adventure 6.7%

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: Text-Based 30.7%, Modern 28.1%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Anime 12.6%, Adventure 5.2%

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 25.5%, Anime 16.8%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Story Rich 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%

Journey down the rabbit hole into a Wonderland like you've never seen before~. Embark on a TwIsTeD retelling of the classic fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland".

Why similar: Supernatural 25.1%, Text-Based 20.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Anime 16.8%, Mystery 7.1%

This is a Touhou Fangame. Maribel Hearn is a girl with unusual experience with ghosts and supernatural beings. In Cross The Boundaries, you will solve riddles while trying to stay alive, and looking for a way out of the nightmare.

Why similar: Anime 17.6%, Lore-Rich 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Supernatural 14.5%, Mystery 11%

Every answer lies in a timeline that no longer exists. 『The VII Enigma』 is an intricate time-travel mystery visual novel for players drawn to stories that test the mind, stir the heart, and reward careful attention. Unravel a conspiracy written across time in search of a future beyond their control.

Why similar: Time Travel 41.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.7%, Anime 11.2%, Mystery 11.2%, Text-Based 11%

和纳西妲一起，回到「过去」的须弥。真正的花神诞祭、密室中发生的「不可能犯罪」、预示着世界将毁灭的地震……在「神」不在的须弥城，你能否揭开命案的真相，探寻提瓦特世界的终极秘密，然后…与「那个人」再次相见？ 和伙伴们一起，去见证《只属于「她与花」的往日》

Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Lore-Rich 17.6%, Anime 17%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Mystery 14%

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 27.9%, Modern 23.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Anime 11.7%, Story Rich 11.1%

Search the rooms, investigate personal belongings, and solve the mystery of your missing senior in this creeping psychological horror visual novel.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 21%, Lore-Rich 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Supernatural 12.9%, Text-Based 12%

On a sultry night in late August, I ran into a man carrying a peony lantern at the Mid-Lake Pavilion. In the hazy and dim light, the man told the odd and bizarre stories. Under the overcast rainy sky, the moon setting horizontally, you will be brought into a perplexing, weird, and supernatural world

Why similar: Text-Based 18.2%, Cartoon 14.1%, Anime 12.8%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Modern 11.3%

What if you had a second chance at life? That's what happened to Engel Marx, a failed merchant who is killed in his previous life and now through the screw-up of his Guardian Angel, he now is in youth again! How will doing something just a bit differently drastically alter his life?

Why similar: Time Travel 26.9% ★, Text-Based 17%, Anime 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Supernatural 11.8%

现实里没有 git checkout，错过的分支无法回滚。但在这里，你可以。 这是一个写给「做题家」的纯爱文字 AVG：习惯用理性防御情感的男主「陆渊」，在博士毕业那天喝下一杯名为「重构」的酒，重回 2019 年夏天。 五条互斥纯爱单线，15万+字剧情。在这个赛博时空里，去解开当年无解的谜题，跑通属于你的唯一分支。

Why similar: Time Travel 42% ★, Visual Novel 13.8%, Story Rich 11%, Modern 10.8%, Anime 10.3%

A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?

Why similar: Time Travel 26.3% ★, Supernatural 15.6%, Anime 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Text-Based 11.7%

We were completely different, but back then we were both obsessed with the same thing in the same place... “The Name of the Night” is a text-based adventure game that explores the arcade music game culture of 2000 through the story of two girls' delicate emotions.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 24.7%, Modern 22.2%, Text-Based 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Adventure 10.8%

A fantasy Galgame. Play as Kashus, join former knight Candide to defeat the Demon King. Encounter the innocent Holiness in a coastal city. This journey weaves a tale of fantasy, fierce battles, and triumph—an experience that truly feels like playing an RPG!

Why similar: Anime 19.4%, Lore-Rich 19%, Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Adventure 9.8%

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: Text-Based 21.3%, Supernatural 20.5%, Mystery 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 13%

Blossoms of Eternity by JAYBE GAMES is a thrilling time-travel saga in which Kuro, Miyu, and Aihara must confront not only their own feelings, but also power-hungry witches who can literally turn reality upside down.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.1%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Anime 14.6%, Supernatural 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%

Killed by the villain Frogman, you awaken to the same morning. A mysterious drink, "Soma," grants power to those with strong desires, plunging the city into chaos. Fight the emerging villains, solve the case, and uncover the truth. A multi-ending, battle-packed, looping supernatural suspense ADV.

Why similar: Time Travel 32.1% ★, Supernatural 17%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Mystery 12.4%, Story Rich 10.7%