Games Like ふしぎな雨

Awake from your slumber and venture out to the mighty CITADEL.

Why similar: Philosophical 28.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychedelic 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Text-Based 8.3%

This is a story with illustrations. You have to choose your destiny. You are obsessed with the idea of creating an ideal society. One day you come up with a genius idea, and you create a society that could live forever, BUT HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!!?

Why similar: Philosophical 20.3%, Word Game 18.8%, Psychedelic 14.1%, Text-Based 9.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%

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: Word Game 21.4%, Psychological 20%, Philosophical 19.4%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 11.8%

Naomi wakes decades older in a house she does not recognize, and discovers that escape may cost the future.

Why similar: Philosophical 21.4%, Psychological 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 11.6%

My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.

Why similar: Philosophical 17.4%, Psychological 15.1%, Surreal 11.8%, Text-Based 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.1%

Help out a highschool girl as she explores the wonders of social media for the first time, as well as the dangers.

Why similar: Surreal 15.7%, Psychological 15.4%, Text-Based 15.1%, Philosophical 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%

人类已经死去。一个在宇宙里漂流的人工智能，在无法自杀的绝对清醒中，咀嚼庞大而无处安放的算力，独自面对整个宇宙的衰亡。

Why similar: Philosophical 30.4%, Psychedelic 20.3%, Psychological 16.8%, Surreal 12.7%, Visual Novel 8.4%

Short visual novel. A 24-hour romance at its worst; a 24-hour escape at its sweetest.

Why similar: Word Game 20.1%, Psychedelic 16%, Surreal 13.1%, Psychological 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%

Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.

Why similar: Philosophical 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Psychological 12%, Surreal 11.5%, Mystery 11%

A linear paranormal mystery visual novel driven by dynamic text presentation. As timid but earnest rookie Mao-Rabbit, explore a mall after closing, rescue a customer the night guard cannot see, and uncover the anomaly rules already at work. No branches or bad endings.

Why similar: Word Game 22.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Mystery 11.1%

A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.

Why similar: Philosophical 18.2%, Surreal 15.8%, Word Game 15.2%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%

Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...

Why similar: Surreal 15.9%, Psychedelic 14.5%, Philosophical 14.3%, Psychological 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%

What do you play? I play nothing!

Why similar: Philosophical 20%, Psychedelic 18.8%, Surreal 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 13.3%

A visual novel exploring a near-apocalyptic vision of North Texas, told through the poetic words of a young woman going home.

Why similar: Philosophical 19.5%, Surreal 14.5%, Text-Based 14%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%

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: Philosophical 26.3%, Psychological 19.3%, Text-Based 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mystery 8.6%

A dark visual novel. By day, you monetize insomniacs’ pain and privacy. By night, you seek help in a real insomnia club, only to find those you treated as collateral sitting beside you. The closer you get, the harder it is to tell whether you’re protecting them—or turning them into better products.

Why similar: Word Game 26.2%, Psychedelic 16.1%, Psychological 14.7%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%

This is a story about a young woman who thinks and chases her dreams bravely under the pressure of reality and family. In order to prove that she has the ability to support herself with music as a career, Lu must show her strength by winning the annual award of the streaming platform.

Why similar: Word Game 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 11.7%

A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.

Why similar: Word Game 22.5%, Psychedelic 16.7%, Psychological 13.1%, Text-Based 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%

This is a visual novel, in reality we create different worlds that belong only to you for various reasons, and they will gradually fade away with your memories. Please enjoy this time traveling in different worlds with the girls, and then return to where you are meant to exist - your life.

Why similar: Word Game 30.1%, Philosophical 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Mystery 8.1%

Ordinary life shattered when a riverside drowning and spatial anomalies pulled you into a vortex. In this rain-lashed town of crumbling reality. Truth hides in every raindrop and shadow.

Why similar: Philosophical 31.8%, Text-Based 22.7%, Psychological 19.8%, Visual Novel 19.8%, 2D 4.7%

SCA-DI's award-winning visual novel masterpiece is finally available in English and in full HD! Sakura no Uta is a story of those whose paths stop short—and of those who walk on.

Why similar: Philosophical 37.3%, Psychological 20.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%, Mystery 8.9%

USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

Why similar: Philosophical 33.2%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Mystery 12.1%, Psychedelic 10.1%, Text-Based 9%

NULL is an alternate reality game where you talk with Mere, an AI companion, by voice or text. Lost in a strange digital world with no memory of your past, explore eight surreal chapters, face psychological challenges, and choose between staying human or becoming digital.

Why similar: Philosophical 20.7%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Psychological 12.3%, Text-Based 12.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%

一段探寻人类智能本质的逃亡之旅，基于现实世界观下的非幻想题材。在突如其来的变故下，一对父子踏上未知的旅途，颠沛于梦境与梦境的交界线，流离于自然智能与人造智能的变革浪潮之中。这场逃亡送给AI时代每一个勇敢活着的灵魂...

Why similar: Philosophical 23.7%, Word Game 21.4%, Psychological 15.5%, Text-Based 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.

Why similar: Philosophical 21.1%, Psychedelic 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.8%

A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.

Why similar: Philosophical 30.4%, Surreal 20.5%, Psychological 19%, Dark 11.5%, Mystery 8.5%

Waking up at the bottom of a brown world, an amnesiac bee faces a dreadful choice: the pornocracy of the Queen of Flies or complicity in the crimes of a perverted incel spider. Can she crawl out of the pit and defend her identity?

Why similar: Philosophical 18.9%, Text-Based 15.3%, Surreal 12.5%, Psychological 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%

Come back, for no one is waiting for you. Search for your memories — no one ever knew you. Destroy everything in your path — all around you are nothing but ruins. End the endless cycle, for it has long since closed in on itself.

Why similar: Philosophical 27%, Psychological 17.6%, Psychedelic 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Mystery 8.1%

A short story about a difficult day at work and a painful breakup that lingers; about depression, anxiety, and how they can lead to eating disorders. Do you know how many calories are in a muffin? Are you ready for what the answer implies?

Why similar: Text-Based 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Psychological 16%, Dialogue Heavy 13.2%, Dark 11.3%

The Hidden and Unknown is a story-based game, that aims to widen the perception of its audience in the areas of psychology and philosophy.

Why similar: Philosophical 23.7%, Text-Based 17%, Psychological 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%

一款融合了恋爱元素的AVG视觉小说作品，以中式校园为背景，讲述了关于幻想、宇宙与高中生懵懂青春的故事。

Why similar: Philosophical 18.9%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Surreal 12.3%, Psychological 11.9%, Psychedelic 11.5%

You find yourself in a singularity with Death itself. With few chances to speak with the living, Death proposes a little game. Do you dive deep within yourself to indulge this cosmic guide and find out when you will meet again on official business? The Ultimate Death Clock awaits!

Why similar: Philosophical 24.2%, Psychological 18.1%, Surreal 15.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Psychedelic 11%

Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

Why similar: Philosophical 21%, Surreal 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Text-Based 14.9%, Visual Novel 12%

Is the glass half-full or half-empty? What does you answer say about you? Explore your outlook on life by filling glasses with your friend Tea-Total in Hydrodynamics of Hope & Optimism (in short, H2O). But are you ready to hear those answers? Are you reeeeeeeeeally sure?

Why similar: Psychological 27.7%, Dialogue Heavy 21.5%, Philosophical 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.7%

That day, we told a lie.

Why similar: Philosophical 28%, Psychological 14.4%, Psychedelic 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Collectathon 11.7%

PinYuAn Tales is a AVG with thematic elements of weirdness and sidekick adventures. After Bai Qiming is laid off from his company, he starts to conduct psychic live broadcasting activities, and during one of the broadcasts, he meets a strange young man, and the story of the two of them unfolds.

Why similar: Word Game 32.8%, Psychological 14.9%, Surreal 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.

Why similar: Philosophical 27.1%, Psychological 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Text-Based 9.8%

Two misanthropic teenagers attempt to be reborn through the world of sensory deprivation. A visual novel full of death, drugs, and dolphins.

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.7%, Psychological 19%, Surreal 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%

A social critique visual novel exploring the void of contemporary Europe. Through a ruthless comparison between past and present, the player faces a narrative where every choice is an illusion, reflecting the impotence and lack of real change in our historical period.

Why similar: Philosophical 32.1%, Psychological 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%, Text-Based 10.4%

The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?

Why similar: Philosophical 22.1%, Surreal 17.7%, Psychological 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12%

Slava is an ordinary guy living in a shabby socket. Well, like living, existing. He has lost all his dreams, and now he has one task - not to live until dawn. But before that you need to write a will...

Why similar: Word Game 28.6%, Philosophical 16.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%

A short modern visual novel in which a young woman wanders into a [theoretically] abandoned train station, only to find people from her past waiting inside.

Why similar: Philosophical 24.1%, Psychological 15.4%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Surreal 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%

Take a look—watch how the “me” in the game is shaped by your choices, pushing the story forward step by step until the truth of this game (this world) is finally revealed.

Why similar: Word Game 32.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%

A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

Why similar: Philosophical 23.4%, Psychedelic 19.2%, Psychological 17.7%, Text-Based 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%

After School is a short visual novel about an elementary school student who encounters an injured old woman on her way home from school, and is begged to help her walk home, but is forced to embark on a thrilling journey...

Why similar: Word Game 25.7%, Psychological 19.2%, Text-Based 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%

Don't fear to speak elusive words. The only certainty is that all things present shall fade away in time. Friends from overseas have recommended consulting relevant reference books during your playthrough of the work.

Why similar: Word Game 36%, Philosophical 29.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Text-Based 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.9%

Goodbye Shadow is a story about facing yourself and chasing unfinished memories. As the main character tries to understand his childhood hero , he realizes that the real unknown is himself. Love, friendship, and family become mirrors on this journey.

Why similar: Philosophical 33.4%, Psychological 24.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Text-Based 14%, Mystery 6.1%

This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.1%, Philosophical 17.9%, Text-Based 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Psychological 11.9%

Tired of the daily grind? Become the puppet master in this office survival sim! Guide your employee in the art of slacking off, avoid the boss's watchful eye, and test the limits under their nose. Can you help them 'survive' without getting fired?

Why similar: Word Game 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 10.9%

You’re a grade-schooler at a religious institution where something feels off in this surreal, first-person adventure game. Do your genes make a difference in the outcome of your suffering? Will your faith be enough to shroud your fears? Perhaps you already know the answer.

Why similar: Philosophical 33.4%, Psychological 26.6%, Surreal 23%, Dark 8.2%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%

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: Surreal 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Philosophical 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%

White room. White light. A white table. And only white intentions. A story that always ends before it begins. But one day the circle will be broken. All you have to do is realise...

Why similar: Philosophical 21.8%, Psychedelic 19.5%, Psychological 16.6%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%

Run-based story game. Which mistakes would you repeat if you could?

Why similar: Philosophical 26.3%, Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%

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

Why similar: Word Game 23.6%, Text-Based 15%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Psychological 11.9%

A mysterious interface connects you to a troubled girl from an Eastern fantasy realm. Receive her words and visions instantly. Guide her choices through conscious labyrinths as your fates intertwine.

Why similar: Word Game 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 11.7%

Eight people are trapped in an abandoned neurotech facility. The only hope for escape is by surviving deathgames based on scans of each other's minds.

Why similar: Philosophical 23.9%, Psychological 17.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 12.8%, Dark 9.5%

(Neg)Entropic Wandering is a short visual novel for Insomniacs. Wander through the depths of space to empty your mind and finally get some sleep.

Why similar: Philosophical 27.8%, Surreal 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychedelic 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%

A total-immersion kinetic novel: boot up a PC running Prisma OS and descend into the psyche of a broken protagonist as 2001 Argentina collapses in the background. Late-night chats, obsession, music, and raw Y2K bleakness — all the way to a point of no return.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Psychological 15.3%, Text-Based 15.1%

Show the transfer student 〈Yuu〉, who is struggling with psychological issues, around the school and become a source of emotional support for her. A minimalist retro visual novel inspired by the PC-98.

Why similar: Philosophical 25.1%, Psychological 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Psychedelic 15.5%, Text-Based 10%

In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.

Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Text-Based 20%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Psychedelic 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%