Games Like 红夏

A narrative puzzle adventure about a girl lost in a fragmented wonderland where memories become places and reality shifts without warning. Explore surreal spaces, meet strange companions, and uncover a personal story about trauma, healing, and finding a way forward.

Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Mystery 10.1%, Anime 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

"Haven't seen you in forever." A narrative-driven RPG about the heart. In a peaceful world where all conflict has come to an end, is there still a chance to make up for the words left unspoken?

Why similar: Psychological 31%, RPG 15.8%, Emotional 13.9%, Story Rich 6.8%, Multiple Endings 6.6%

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 26.3%, Visual Novel 22.6%, RPG 17.2%, Anime 11.4%, Emotional 6.8%

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 24.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Anime 13.3%, Emotional 11.7%, Mystery 10.4%

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 26.2%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 13.9%, Emotional 11.3%, Anime 9.6%

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 29.4%, Psychological 25.6%, Mystery 15.9%, Anime 14.9%, Story Rich 7.2%

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.

Why similar: Psychological 26.8%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Anime 12.3%, Mystery 9.2%, Emotional 9.1%

Was Silence is an atmospheric 2D exploration visual novel about Ian, a guitarist as sound slips away. He meets others who have each lost a single sense, walking a world of silence together — holding on to what still remains.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Psychological 20.1%, Emotional 14.4%, Story Rich 10.4%, Anime 8.8%

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 23.9%, Psychological 20.1%, Emotional 17%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Mystery 8.3%

A top-down 2D story-driven adventure game inspired by real-life events. Traverse and experience the life of a formerly homeless man through an interview of how he regained his sense of self by telling his past to a stray dog. Set in Bangkok, Thailand 2017.

Why similar: Psychological 23.5%, Emotional 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Story Rich 7.6%

The events of Week 20 continue when Ghaith succeeds in escaping, leaving Ayoub confused as to who among the boys helped him.

Why similar: RPG 22.8%, Visual Novel 22%, Anime 13.3%, Emotional 11%, Drama 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: Visual Novel 16.8%, Emotional 14.8%, Anime 13.3%, Mystery 9.2%, Text-Based 8.6%

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 24.5%, Psychological 20.2%, Anime 10.6%, Emotional 10%, Mystery 9.9%

Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Psychological 17.2%, Anime 13.7%, Emotional 10.8%, Mystery 9.5%

Do you love me now?

Why similar: Psychological 38.8%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Anime 14.2%, Story Rich 9.5%, Mystery 7.1%

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 17.7%, Anime 15.2%, Mystery 13.8%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

These events happened in the places where any crime is nonsense. In broad daylight at the same time three children disappeared in nowhere. A young detective Jim Rene is the closest to the key of a mystery. But what’s the price of it? It's time to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Anime 12%, Emotional 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: Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological 19.6%, Drama 9.5%, Mystery 9.5%, Emotional 9.4%

Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.

Why similar: Psychological 37.3%, RPG 19%, Story Rich 9.8%, Emotional 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Psychological 20.5%, Mystery 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Emotional 9.7%

Xia Lin, a novelist raised in Chongqing, travels alone to the familiar seaside.Amid the crash of rolling waves, she is once again drawn back to that summer in August 2018.Through the eyes of the game's characters, you will piece together step by step a story that belongs to you and you alone.

Why similar: RPG 21%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological 17.7%, Anime 12.9%, Mystery 8.5%

Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.

Why similar: Visual Novel 22.9%, Psychological 18.8%, Mystery 13.9%, Anime 11.9%, Story Rich 7.3%

You, With Me is set mainly in Singapore of an expat couple who had the perfect plan, a perfect getaway for the holidays. However, everything is turned into dust as news come out of the main character's illness. Truly, will pretending that everything is normal give you a sense of normalcy?

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Emotional 16.3%, Anime 14.5%, 1990's 14.4%, Text-Based 10.5%

This is the last work of a certain game creator who mysteriously disappeared. The cross reality ADV, known for its shocking conclusion, is coming back after 24 years.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological 17.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Emotional 14.7%, 1990's 11.5%

A psychological sci-fi thriller aboard an orbital quarantine station. Interrogate 10 astronauts, identify 4 infected crew members, and prevent a mutiny before Earth reentry.

Why similar: RPG 33.5%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Anime 18.7%, Story Rich 9%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.

Why similar: Psychological 25.3%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Emotional 12.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Story Rich 7.9%

“You do not remember why this place is called paradise.”[Blank] is a fantasy adventure RPG about runaway youth. A girl awakens in a strange world and fills the blank pages of an unknown diary. As lost memories return and hidden truths unfold, she must face the final [Blank].

Why similar: RPG 24.9%, Psychological 21.6%, Emotional 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Mystery 12%

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 27.2%, Psychological 21.6%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Mystery 10.3%, Story Rich 9%

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 25%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Emotional 14.6%, Drama 11.8%, Anime 11.6%

An old fashioned RPG Horror Game. Venture into the mansion, investigate the truth behind the fire. The deeper you delve into the mistery, the more choices you will have when everything will unravel.

Why similar: Psychological 21.1%, RPG 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%

《Dream of Homeland》 is a story-driven coming-of-age adventure. Follow Yuanyuan through a small southern Chinese town in the 2000s, make friends, explore childhood memories, and witness her journey toward adulthood.

Why similar: Psychological 24.4%, Emotional 13.9%, RPG 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.4%

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 27.3%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Emotional 15.1%, RPG 12%, Multiple Endings 8%

Game of Fitna Vol. 1: A thrilling death game visual novel set in 2030. Play as Zayn, a high school student thrown into sinister survival games known as "TEST." Fight for your life, uncover shocking truths, and face intense moral dilemmas in this mature, thought-provoking experience.

Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Anime 15.5%, Mystery 13.6%, Drama 8.4%

Within this fully voice-acted Visual Novel, meet Elliot, and the vortex of conflicting truths he has become trapped in. Reach each ending to discover reality for yourself.

Why similar: Psychological 28.2%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Anime 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Drama 10.8%

The Qixia Diary is an original Visual Novel inspired by the food culture of Hangzhou, China. You play as Sheng Sheng—a first-year art student at Yunqi University. Through her eyes, you'll step into a unique university life brimming with warmth and local charm beside the West Lake.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, RPG 21.7%, Anime 12.9%, Drama 12.1%, Mystery 10.4%

You are the president of the student council at a high school. Six lovely girls are ready to help you! Spending time with them... is it as easy as it seems?

Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, RPG 21.8%, Psychological 13.4%, Anime 12.9%, Emotional 10.6%

Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.

Why similar: Psychological 22.2%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Anime 11.6%, RPG 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

1992. A small southern Chinese town. A rich girl falls for a broke veteran — and leaves her whole world behind. One major choice. Three complete endings. Not a fairy tale. A test of how far you'd go for one person.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, 1990's 22.9%, Emotional 15.4%, Adventure 8.2%, Multiple Endings 6.2%

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 26.5%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Anime 17%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Mystery 8.4%

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 33.1%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Emotional 16.7%, Anime 9.9%, Adventure 6.2%

Do you ever feel like life is slipping away, with too many dreams left unfulfilled? Like you're trapped in wanting to do so much, but never quite getting to any of it? Doesn't that thought scare you—looking back on a life that accomplished nothing, fading without leaving a mark? It scares me too.

Why similar: Psychological 28%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Emotional 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11%

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 25.7%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Emotional 13%, Mystery 12.9%, Anime 9.5%

A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.

Why similar: Psychological 24.7%, Visual Novel 19.6%, 1990's 15.2%, Anime 13.2%, Story Rich 8.4%

This is a 2D exploration adventure game set in a small town. Discovering items and encounters in this cold winter, here as the start of a beginning.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, RPG 17.1%, Anime 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Drama 8.7%

Two girls must travel to the Moon's core after it has been thrown out of orbit. A PC98 inspired visual novel about fear of the unknown and people in love.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Emotional 13.3%, 1990's 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Psychological 9.2%

Experience the chaos of 50 visual novels running in parallel over a single day! Immerse yourself in the daily lives of the townsfolk, swap freely between each unique protagonist, and navigate a domino-web of storylines and consequences to save the island from its cometary fate.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.5%, RPG 22%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Anime 10.6%, Story Rich 7.8%

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Why similar: Psychological 29.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Mystery 12%, Anime 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10%

A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats.

Why similar: Psychological 23%, 1990's 14.9%, Emotional 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Anime 9.2%

This is a tragedy cause by illegal plant collecting. The main character, Leng Xiaobing, was a normal shop keeper form a grocery store, but ever things changed after she met a strange man…

Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, RPG 19.7%, Anime 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Mystery 9.5%

A visual novel focusing on the relationship of two girls researching a cabin with a mysterious mirror. Find out more about their past together, what they really mean to each other, and how it will unfold. Can you break their cycle?

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Psychological 18.3%, Anime 14.8%, Emotional 13.8%, Drama 11.2%

This game is a short narrative visual novel. Years ago, the protagonist left his hometown due to a misunderstanding. Though he often thought of returning, he never did. One day, feeling lost, he meets a mysterious blue-haired girl who seems to know everything—and inspires him to finally go home.

Why similar: Psychological 34.5%, Visual Novel 28.1%, RPG 21.8%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, 2D 1.7%

The Glass Sea is a narrative adventure focusing on exploring memories and discovering who you are. The game contains several unique "memory shards" each holding new objectives, friends and secrets to uncover.

Why similar: Psychological 20%, RPG 13.2%, 1990's 11.8%, Emotional 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

This game is a deduction game where you collect evidence from a murder scene to find the murderer. Eight boys and girls are admitted to the school. At the school, there is a crazy ghost named "Milla" who haunts and kills people.

Why similar: Psychological 20.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Emotional 13%, Mystery 12.8%, Anime 11.8%

一款融合中式风格与架空玄幻的无限流女性向视觉小说。作为一名刚毕业的大学生，因找工作面试碰壁而偶然许下愿望的你被卷入神明的游戏，与另外八名普通人一同坠入一个个诡异副本。你需要探索异境、查明缘由、了结未尽之愿，用每一次抉择打破僵局，通过副本里的重重考验。在神明的游戏里，你可以与四位可攻略角色进行深度交谈、结下因果，在恐惧与心动之间走出属于你们的不同结局……另外，顺利通关者也将获得实现任何愿望的权利！

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.2%, Mystery 17.4%, RPG 16.1%, Emotional 14.6%, Multiple Endings 6.7%

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 29.3%, Visual Novel 25.5%, 1990's 17.1%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Text-Based 6.5%

A cowardly ghost needs your help to find peace. Complete his final wishes, get closer to him, and unravel the mystery of his death as you search for your own freedom in this short, story-driven adventure.

Why similar: Psychological 21.4%, Emotional 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, RPG 11%, Anime 10.8%

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: Psychological 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Emotional 14.5%, Anime 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

深夜的小巷，她从电台里走到了你面前，从那一刻起声音不再只是声音，它染上了温度，也变得更加沉重。你开始重新审视自己，他人，以及这座县城里被遗忘的烟火与孤独。这是一个关于倾听与理解的漫长航行，在无边的黑暗中，你与她一同探索，寻找那道或许并不存在的光。

Why similar: RPG 24.4%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Psychological 22.8%, Emotional 11.5%, Multiple Endings 5.5%

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 38%, Anime 20.8%, Mystery 19%, Story Rich 12.5%, Adventure 7.6%

A girl who has lost her memory finds herself trapped in a strange room. At first glance, it seems like a quiet and ordinary room, but all kinds of dangers are hidden within. One wrong step could lead her to a deadly ending. Can she escape this place and find the happy true ending?

Why similar: Psychological 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Emotional 12.5%, RPG 12%, Anime 10.1%