Games Like 红夏

A Mind Apart is a story-driven adventure RPG shaped by your choices. Embark on a journey to piece together the memories that reveal who you are and where you belong. Choose which paths to follow and which bonds to form, shaping her identity and fate.

Why similar: Psychological 18.4%, RPG 13.7%, Emotional 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Mystery 8.6%

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 26.7%, Visual Novel 22.5%, RPG 17%, Anime 11.2%, 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 24.6%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Anime 13.2%, Emotional 11.8%, Mystery 10.5%

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 23.5%, Psychological 20.3%, Emotional 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Mystery 8.6%

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 29.1%, Psychological 26.2%, Mystery 15.9%, Anime 14.6%, Story Rich 7.2%

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 23.7%, Emotional 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Story Rich 7.5%

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 16.7%, Emotional 14.9%, Anime 13.2%, Mystery 9.3%, Text-Based 8.7%

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 26%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Anime 15%, Mystery 13.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%

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 17.6%, Anime 13.6%, Emotional 10.9%, Mystery 9.7%

Do you love me now?

Why similar: Psychological 39.3%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Anime 14.1%, Story Rich 9.2%, Mystery 7.1%

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 22.1%, Anime 13.3%, Emotional 11.1%, Mystery 9%

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 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Mystery 13.4%, Anime 11.9%, Emotional 10.9%

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 26.8%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Mystery 17.4%, Anime 9.4%, Story Rich 9.1%

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 20.1%, Psychological 19.9%, Mystery 9.6%, Emotional 9.4%, Drama 8.9%

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 37.6%, RPG 18.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Emotional 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

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 22.8%, Psychological 19.1%, Mystery 14%, Anime 11.7%, Story Rich 7.2%

I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Psychological 20.7%, Mystery 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Emotional 9.8%

“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 24.6%, Psychological 21.8%, Emotional 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Mystery 12%

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 25.4%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Emotional 14.7%, Anime 11.6%, Drama 11%

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 19.7%, Psychological 18%, Mystery 15.5%, Emotional 14.8%, 1990's 11.5%

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 23.3%, Emotional 16.4%, 1990's 14.5%, Anime 14.3%, Text-Based 10.7%

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 33.1%, Visual Novel 29.4%, Anime 19.1%, Story Rich 9%, Atmospheric 8.4%

The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.

Why similar: Psychological 25.7%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Emotional 12.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Story Rich 7.8%

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 21.4%, RPG 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%

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 27.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Emotional 15.2%, RPG 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8%

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 28.8%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Anime 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Drama 10.1%

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 26.5%, RPG 21.7%, Anime 12.9%, Drama 11.4%, Mystery 10.6%

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 22.9%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Anime 15.4%, Mystery 13.8%, Drama 7.8%

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 22.5%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Anime 11.4%, RPG 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%

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 26.9%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Anime 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Mystery 8.6%

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 33.6%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Emotional 16.8%, Anime 9.8%, Adventure 6%

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 28.2%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Emotional 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11%

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

Why similar: Psychological 25%, Visual Novel 19.4%, 1990's 15.3%, Anime 13%, Story Rich 8.3%

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 25.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Emotional 13%, Mystery 12.9%, Anime 9.4%

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

Why similar: Psychological 30.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Mystery 12.1%, Anime 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10%

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%, Emotional 13.3%, 1990's 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Psychological 9.3%

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 23.1%, RPG 17.1%, Anime 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Drama 8.2%

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 18.6%, Anime 14.7%, Emotional 14%, Drama 10.5%

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 23.4%, 1990's 15%, Emotional 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Mystery 9.2%

Fishbowl is a 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 21%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Emotional 14.3%, Anime 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

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 27.6%, RPG 22%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Anime 10.6%, Story Rich 7.8%

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 34.9%, Visual Novel 27.9%, RPG 21.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, 2D 1.8%

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 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Emotional 13.1%, Mystery 12.9%, Anime 11.6%

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%, Visual Novel 25.4%, 1990's 17.2%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Text-Based 6.6%

“喂喂，求求你啦！救救我！” ——你接到这样一个电话 发出这样的求救，给你打电话的人，是一名被监禁的少女

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological 18.1%, Anime 14.5%, RPG 13.8%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

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 37.9%, Anime 20.7%, Mystery 19.2%, Story Rich 12.5%, Adventure 7.5%

A fantasy visual novel featuring intense action at every turn, following the struggles of a bear trapped in the body of a man. Part II of The Enonoia Saga, and the definitive conclusion to Ovine Replica.

Why similar: Psychological 25.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Mystery 11%, Emotional 10.6%, Text-Based 8.8%

In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.

Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological 14.7%, Emotional 13.3%, Mystery 12.9%, RPG 9%

A beautiful romance visual novel where love blossoms gently before drifting toward heartbreak. Guide Hina and Kenta through a warm yet fragile relationship shaped by outside pressure, hidden motives, and painful choices leading to emotional multiple endings.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.8%, Psychological 26.6%, Emotional 11.7%, Story Rich 9.5%, Anime 8.3%

Five stories, a life. In an accident, the man named "Miracle" met the girl he hit, and the trajectory of his life has changed since then. Ten years, in the scattered fragments of time, witness together his precious memories.

Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Mystery 16%, Anime 14.9%, Emotional 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

A turn-based RPG story adventure game, telling the story of how I became a mental patient inexplicably, and the wonderful story that happened the mental hospital with those abnormal mental patients and doctors and nurses.

Why similar: RPG 25.3%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological 20%, Drama 10%, Emotional 9.8%

Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological 19.2%, Anime 14.6%, Emotional 12%, Text-Based 6.9%

THIS WORLD DESIRES YOUR DEATH. A ghost tour gone wrong leads Freya to a parallel dimension, almost designed for her. Can you beat death, and escape? A game of mystery, adventure and queer love stories for PC.

Why similar: Psychological 26.9%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Anime 10.5%, RPG 9.3%, Mystery 7.6%

Death Inn Ⅱ- The Immortal Is Coming is a horror puzzle. The film crew is in a castle to finish, What is the mystery behind the mysterious death of a leading actress in a castle? Was it a homicide or was there more to it? It's a foggy castle, but none of the truth is buried forever.

Why similar: Visual Novel 27.1%, RPG 22.9%, Mystery 16.3%, Anime 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

The world ended long ago. Humanity didn’t. What remains is a fragile society sustained by fear and distrust. Faro is a psychological horror visual novel set on a sunless planet, where you guide four survivors as cosmic horrors linger and every decision erodes the trust holding them together.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Psychological 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Mystery 13.7%, Story Rich 11.7%

一个关于父爱，关于亲情的故事。一份献给那些生命中缺失父爱的孩子的礼物。

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, RPG 20.1%, Emotional 17.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, 1990's 8%

The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Psychological 19.1%, Mystery 17.7%, Story Rich 8.4%, Anime 6.7%

SVETIK is a dark top-down RPG where your only source of light is a living being. Svetik remembers your words, changes over time, and may leave you in complete darkness. Can you restore the sun if the light itself stops trusting you?

Why similar: Psychological 29.6%, Emotional 14.1%, RPG 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Story Rich 7.7%

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: Psychological 20.7%, RPG 20.6%, Emotional 14.1%, Story Rich 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%

The Life You Missed — you achieved success, but lost yourself along the way. In an old house, you uncover someone else’s life — and your own. Relive memories and face choices in your dreams. Every decision shapes the ending.

Why similar: Psychological 32.3%, Emotional 20.1%, Mystery 12.7%, Story Rich 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.3%