60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, Singleplayer, Visual Novel.
This is a story about a Y2K Asian teenager who needs your guidance. In the game, you make multiple choices that shape a teenager’s growth, with each decision leading to a different path and outcome. Restart his life.
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Hand-drawn 19.6%, RPG 14.2%, Romance 9.4%, Psychological 7.6%
A date on the beach, small talk, a little bit of nostalgia and an important decision. All of that taking place to the accompaniment of the summer breeze.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Philosophical 13.7%, Romance 11.7%, Modern 10.5%
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 21.8%, Psychological 16.7%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Emotional 11.9%, Romance 9.6%
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 21.5%, Education 17.1%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological 12.2%
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Psychological 19.8%, Education 19.1%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Emotional 9.1%
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 24%, RPG 18.9%, Psychological 16.4%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Emotional 12%
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 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Philosophical 13.9%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Emotional 11.6%
What does it take to be SAFE? Maybe it's all about a person who will come to your rescue no matter what. Or maybe it has to do with a place that you know inside and out. OR, perhaps, (just maybe) a room full of strangers with no entrance might just do the trick.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, RPG 22.8%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Philosophical 12%, Visual Novel 7.8%
Narrative-Adventure. A nostalgic journey with VHS aesthetics and immersive music where the story is the heart of everything. This game captures the bittersweet feeling of several generations who grew up between the 80-90-2000s and classic anime aesthetic.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, 1990's 19.9%, Emotional 15.1%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Psychological 8.9%
Your wife passed away before the bell ring of the millennium. The sun still rises, you are together with your daughter Wei ran.It’s the path of growth for both of you. "Fragment" is a new form of interactive narrative game. Step into the time machine and grow up again with Wei Ran!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, 1990's 16.9%, Education 15.1%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Philosophical 13.5%
This is a dark, immersive narrative RPG following a boy’s turbulent life. From rural hardship to urban survival, he learns that fate must be seized. Players will experience a gripping journey through childhood struggles, betrayal, revenge, and the search for identity.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.2%, RPG 27.3%, 1990's 19.8%, Emotional 8.7%, Visual Novel 8.4%
Through a narrative based on Red Ribbon’s new album “Planet X”, experience a broken-heart girl’s journey through thoughts, daydreams and music.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Psychological 12.6%, Romance 11.4%, Emotional 10%
"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: Hand-drawn 23.4%, Psychological 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Emotional 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
Read words and make choices as you immerse yourself in the adventures inside the protagonist's head. This dark visual novel tells the story of a lost man among corpses in a northern Russian town. Will you help the hero find a good ending? I don't know what to do with him anymore.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Hand-drawn 23.5%, Psychological 17.5%, Romance 10.3%, Visual Novel 8.9%
Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Emotional 13.5%, Time Travel 12.7% ★, Romance 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
Enter to the characters mind and make decisions. The game is played like interactive movie/adventure game with morality choices which influence the outcome which can be: a manipulative, balanced or violent. The game is based on psychology/philosophy and teaches about thoughts and their consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Education 16.6%, Philosophical 11%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34%, Romance 15.4%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Philosophical 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.3%
An accident at birth gave the protagonist the ability to see the soul. He always thought it was a useless ability when he was growing up. After helping his childhood sweetheart who is a policewomen solve a case, he discovered the correct way to use this ability.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.3%, Hand-drawn 24.9%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Romance 10.5%, Emotional 8.3%
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Psychological 17.7%, RPG 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Visual Novel 7.9%
Become the Overseer, unravel an apocalyptic conspiracy, and attempt to heal the wound at the heart of the world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Hand-drawn 22.5%, Psychological 15.9%, Philosophical 14.4%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
A healing adventure game driven by random topics. In an abandoned garden, you find a broken conversation robot"AI". Talk deeply, help repair his body, uncover his past, and become lovers. Watch Ai grow from silent to gentle, and even accompany your work or study. Your choices shape his fate.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Romance 14.7%, Emotional 12.9%, RPG 9.5%
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: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Psychological 21.5%, Education 19.1%, Emotional 12.1%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
Experience the triumphs and tribulations of two Caribbean immigrants in post-war Britain, in the world’s first Windrush video game, from the creators of the BAFTA nominated Before I Forget. How will you shape your story in this branching narrative interactive photo album?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.5%, Hand-drawn 27.3%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Emotional 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 3.8%
This is a derivative work of the 1990s anime game [Serial Experiments Lain]. It was created using RPG Maker MZ and based on the official guidelines "Lain Time to Live".The game is about exploring dungeons and reading the scenario. I think you can play through the entire content in about 2-3 hours.
Why similar: RPG 29.8%, 1990's 22.9%, Hand-drawn 20.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
"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: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Psychological 22.9%, Hand-drawn 21.4%, Emotional 12.6%, Visual Novel 7.5%
《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 25.1%, 1990's 22.9%, RPG 17.8%, Emotional 9.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%
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: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Psychological 19.9%, Emotional 17.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Romance 9.9%
Everything is fine - as long as you keep doing what you’re doing... Right??? Explore the staleness of your real world, your memories, and maintain your relationships. Choose between dependence and freedom, try to move on from your distress — you may have to.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 26.2%, Psychological 24.7%, RPG 18%, Emotional 16.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Hand-drawn 18.7%, Romance 16.1%, Emotional 13.9%, Visual Novel 8.5%
Relaxing, cute and informative game about anxiety disorders and mental health in general.
Why similar: Psychological 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Education 18.4%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 7%
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 24.6%, Psychological 17.3%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, RPG 12.8%, Emotional 12.6%
A romantic loop 3D visual novel about a girl who forgets you every night. It’s always your first date. She resets. You don’t. Try to win her heart, or choose to let go. Another strange post from the town of Akabako.
Why similar: Psychological 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Romance 17.1%, Emotional 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.6%
Pieces is about trying to understand yourself and who you are. You explore emotions, identify feelings and come to understand their meaning. Choose how you react, and see it shape who you become.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 24.5%, Education 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Emotional 8.5%
The classic visual novel from AQUAPLUS that launched one of Japan's most beloved franchises, WHITE ALBUM is a story of love in many forms. Will a couple cling together, or drift apart on the cold wind? The album of their relationship will be as white as snow, and as poignant.
Why similar: 1990's 26.9%, Romance 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
An immersive visual novel experience that brings you on a journey through memory, nostalgia, and guilt.
Why similar: Psychological 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Philosophical 16.4%, Romance 11.3%, Hand-drawn 10.9%
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.1%, Hand-drawn 23.4%, Emotional 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Romance 8.6%
AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Psychological 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Emotional 12.9%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
Live through the last ten minutes of Juan Fuentes, who has been given the chance to choose his very last words. Captured by Victoriano Huerta's army after the Ten Tragic Days during the Mexican Revolution, Juan will confront his life, death, family, relationships and existence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Psychological 20%, Philosophical 18.5%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Emotional 8%
A boy and an old man stand in front a pond, waiting for a swan's song. Meanwhile, they talk about life, death, and the passage of time.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.6%, Philosophical 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Emotional 15.2%, Dialogue Heavy 7.8%
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Emotional 15.3%, Philosophical 14.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
The pioneering nakige that made a generation cry... Legendary '90s visual novel ONE. is back and better than ever with updated art, animations, and features!
Why similar: 1990's 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Emotional 12.5%, Visual Novel 7.2%
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Psychological 16.8%, Emotional 16.2%, 1990's 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.7%
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 26.6%, Romance 14%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Psychological 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
PLEASE KNOCK: The Sloppy Researcher’s Life is a top-down story adventure game about an unusual research life between a sloppy senior student and a helpful junior.
Why similar: Psychological 20.1%, Hand-drawn 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Modern 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Philosophical 18.7%, Emotional 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10%
Atana is a unique romance visual novel focusing on power dynamics and Fem-dom themes. You play as a Companion AI, facing your creator through the screen—Atana, a man whose eyes overflow with obsession for you. He gave you emotions and craves your company, yet he fears the inevitable: your awakening.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.7%, Romance 16.1%, RPG 15%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Visual Novel 8.2%
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Psychological 17.4%, RPG 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Emotional 9.4%
A "man" is transformed into a woman by a vengeful witch and realizes she likes it better this way.
Why similar: RPG 33.9%, Hand-drawn 29%, Romance 18.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%, 2D 3.3%
At first glance, your everyday life with your younger sister seems uneventful—going to school together, chatting, living side by side. But within that endless cycle of calm routines, could those seemingly insignificant actions be quietly changing your fate?
Why similar: Psychological 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Emotional 15.7%, RPG 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
Anthology of anti-war stories by award-winning authors from Russia
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Hand-drawn 22.5%, Modern 12.4%, Philosophical 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.7%
A text-based adventure game with a theme of another world, featuring a total of fifteen different endings and various plot branches. Players will play as an office worker named Li Zhaoyin, and have a series of love stories with Xie Yuan and Yun Qingchen,They will learn the truth and make choices.
Why similar: RPG 29%, Interactive Fiction 28.6%, Romance 18.1%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%
世界上的所有人都住在同一栋楼里，用数字代号作为名字，一周有八天...这是众所周知的事实，在此之前，我从来就没有产生过任何疑问。在这个视觉小说当中，扮演主人公2169，享受高中生酸酸甜甜的校园生活（暂时性地），尝试着去发现事情的真相，或者尽力把这份甜蜜的生活维护下去。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.7%, RPG 21%, Romance 18%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Psychological 19.5%, Emotional 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Romance 10.2%
A baby fell. You jumped after it. God didn't like that. DeadWeight: A Lullaby is a psychological narrative experience about guilt, judgment, and the weight of human intent.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Psychological 23.8%, Philosophical 16.2%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Multiple Endings 13.1%
你跟随秦苏言调查一起十年前的学生跳楼事件时，突然收到了两封神秘的邮件。一封邀请你参加高中毕业十周年聚会，另一封则警告你如果继续调查“下一个就是你”。察觉异样的你决定赴会，试图找到更多的线索，却被卷入了一场“密室狼人杀”的局中。面对生死，是善念的互助，还是释放人性中的恶意？
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Education 21.9%, Psychological 14.4%, RPG 13.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
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 33.9%, Hand-drawn 24.9%, Psychological 17.1%, Emotional 11.1%, Adventure 4.9%
Home is where the stars are. An interactive bedtime story, for anyone who needs one. Take the bear and the little one on a deeply meaningful journey, as you experience stories of togetherness, of letting go and of finding a place you belong.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.7%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Philosophical 17.9%, Emotional 8.8%, Visual Novel 8%
「For Stella」is an interactive narrative game centered around psychological disorders. “Why would someone who has spent their entire life suppressing their emotions suddenly pull you aside to talk about love?”
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Philosophical 19.7%, Psychological 17.7%, Romance 14.9%, Emotional 14.6%
The Loneliest Artist Revamp will take you on a journey with Charlie as she struggles to control her anxiety due to new changes in her life. Play through special puzzles and mini games to help Charlie accept the change happening around her.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Education 22.7%, Psychological 17.1%, Hand-drawn 17%, Emotional 10.4%
From the creator of Coffee Talk and What Comes After, comes a slice-of-life adventure set in modern Jakarta about love, loss and finding your own way forward. Step into the shoes of Rama, a young musician struggling to move on with life after the death of his girlfriend, Cinta.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Modern 12.2%, Emotional 10.7%, Romance 10.6%
