60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Story Rich, 2D.
Game Director Story is an unflinching and satirical look behind-the-scenes at how big-budget AAA games are made. Based on first-hand accounts by industry veterans, Players experience the emotional roller coaster of guiding a team through the agonizing decisions and compromises needed to ship a game.
Crown Delights Deli
Crown Delights Deli is a visual novel with multiple dialect/language choices. As the cashier at a Brooklyn bodega, choose to talk in English, AAVE, or Spanish to a diverse cast of characters as you try to maintain a five-star rating for your boss.
Traveler Stories: Journeys of Real People
"Is this really the life you want?" A Visual Novel + Life-Sim based on 80% true stories from world travelers like Rieko Ayumi (98 countries). Step behind the bar in Tokyo, encounter extraordinary lives, and challenge your values. A simulation to rediscover yourself and open the door to a "new you."
Crown Delights Deli is a visual novel with multiple dialect/language choices. As the cashier at a Brooklyn bodega, choose to talk in English, AAVE, or Spanish to a diverse cast of characters as you try to maintain a five-star rating for your boss.
Why similar: Conversation 17%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Life Sim 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.8%
"Is this really the life you want?" A Visual Novel + Life-Sim based on 80% true stories from world travelers like Rieko Ayumi (98 countries). Step behind the bar in Tokyo, encounter extraordinary lives, and challenge your values. A simulation to rediscover yourself and open the door to a "new you."
Why similar: Game Development 26.4% ★, Visual Novel 10.2%, Conversation 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
"Curtain Call" is a visual novel about (literally) breaking through social masks by forming meaningful connections with incredibly deep personalities. Whether you’re looking to make new friends or something more, there’s a whole cast of characters just dying to meet you!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Time Management 13.7%, Conversation 9.8%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: Conversation 16%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%
『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Conversation 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13%, Text-Based 12.5%
After years abroad, Ryoutarou returns to his Japanese hometown to reconnect with old friends—and maybe find new love?! It's up to you to make this homecoming as sweet as can be in this rom-com visual novel from studio Hooksoft.
Why similar: Time Management 19%, Conversation 13.3%, Life Sim 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
A lonely young man is guided by a silent Muse to solve the mystery behind his two Doppelganger Soulmates.
Why similar: Narrative 21.3% ★, Time Management 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
You didn't want to spend your summer at the beach, but after being dragged there by your friend, you decide to make the most of it! Meet four unique girls and spend time with them to unlock and uncover their hidden stories, and maybe even fall in love in this heart-throbbing, rom-com visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Simulation 10.8%, Life Sim 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%
You're an NPC who gives quests to heroes. Play through 7 scenarios in this humorous narrative adventure with management sim gameplay and a real sassy manager. Now get to work!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18%, Conversation 14.5%, Narrative 12% ★, Choices Matter 11%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Gokai Awesome Simulator + is a premium version of Gokai Awesome Simulator (now known as Gokai Awesome Simulator Lite) with tons of new content than the original!
Why similar: Game Development 38% ★, Time Management 25.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Simulation 7.4%, Story Rich 5.3%
You are the new postal worker! Serve customers by sending and receiving packages and letters. Check the contents of boxes for prohibited items. Every decision you make has consequences. Decide whose side you're on.
Why similar: Time Management 20.5%, Management 14.6%, Conversation 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Life Sim 12.2%
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%
Where are you, Cinderella? is a visual novel about Vietnamese culture and the world of entertainment. Will you be able to find the lost shoe’s owner? Or, will you find your shoe?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%
Follow Sophie as she embarks on her latest adventure in making money, working alongside the enigmatic Rias as they put on a special yuri/lesbian camgirl show for their viewers.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Conversation 13.5%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
"Your choices have always mattered, please don't forget that." - A creepy-cute otome visual novel where you follow a loyal group of friends' descent into anomalies, magical girls and more! ♡
Why similar: Time Management 18.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Conversation 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%
Leo Pujols is just a wholesome man with a simple calling: open up a butt tattoo parlor. The historic town of Las Nalgas will never be the same. In this visual novel, your choices decide the fate of Leo and Las Nalgas. Also, you draw tattoos on butt cheeks.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Conversation 9.8%, Story Rich 9.5%
Every swipe is a decision, every decision a potential path to glory or downfall. How will you lead?
Why similar: Game Development 33.2% ★, Management 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
A call for help within a mysterious messaging app. Someone lost and wandering through a forest in a faraway place. And their destiny in your hands.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20%, Text-Based 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Conversation 12.1%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: Life Sim 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Management 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%
"I promise, I will get you to Heaven!" Earn your afterlife ticket with angel Ariel! Manage schedules and master 3 mini-games: Dog Walking (Action), Playtime (Survivor-like), and Cleaning (Tower Defense). A heartwarming multi-ending visual novel featuring a Monk, Nun, and Pastor helper trio.
Why similar: Narrative 24.3% ★, Time Management 17.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 7.7%
VOICE is a game about the story of living in a dystopian world where speaking is forbidden.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Conversation 14.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Text-Based 12.2%
Join us in celebrating twenty five years of GameMaker with GameMaker 25th Anniversary! A fun look at the process behind creating the world's greatest 2D Game Engine! Manage your development house, keep your employees happy, and squash bugs as they come up!
Why similar: Game Development 38% ★, Time Management 16.1%, Management 14.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Simulation 6.6%
A visual novel about a man experiencing his family relationships through a state of compressed time. Choose what happened in his past and then watch it play out as you explore family dynamics and the effects that a person's life events can have on the way they interact with others.
Why similar: Conversation 15.8%, Life Sim 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 10.2%
The anti-dating sim where you make friends instead of girlfriends! Balance between heartbreak and heartache! Will you graduate without a single friend? Or will you survive long enough to reject them all?
Why similar: Narrative 21.9% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, Text-Based 9.1%
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Narrative 23.2% ★, Conversation 16.2%, Visual Novel 12.6%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.6%
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.5%
Overcome your past and become someone new in Truer than You. A choice-driven narrative adventure about love, loss and being lost in life. You're hired as a gig-working actor to play roles in real-life situations. Have conversations, get a good rating and follow the rules. All good?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Conversation 17.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
Comet Angel is a sci-fi yuri narrative adventure with point and click puzzles. Join teenagers Izzy and Nat on an emotional journey of self-discovery and acceptance as they make humanity's first-ever alien contact.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Conversation 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Text-Based 10.6%
何気なく頼んだ「アイスコーヒー」の注文が、奥の部屋への「合言葉」になっちゃってる喫茶店。 1周5分の、ちょっとおかしくて怪しいマルチエンドADV。
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Conversation 14.6%, Text-Based 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
1 broken down car, 2 weeks in a hidden seaside town, and 7 men waiting to sweep you off your feet. Will you follow the threads of destiny in Brine Bay?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Conversation 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Life Sim 10%
Live the day-to-day of a magic school student! Whimel Academy is a cozy magic school simulation game. Manage your time and balance between studying magic, part-time jobs, and befriending (or romance) classmates in this wholesome and enchanting world!
Why similar: Time Management 20.2%, Life Sim 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Management 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?
Why similar: Game Development 32.6% ★, Time Management 19.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Life Sim 13.3%, Story Rich 6%
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: Conversation 23.3%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.6%
Spellbound: The Magic Within is a branching narrative, multiple ending visual novel. Jump into a world of Magic, Witchcraft and Mystery as a magician in training. Interact with a host of unusual characters. Choose from multiple schools of magic, bond with your tutor, and maybe even save the world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Narrative 18.2% ★, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
Take care of a demon lord trapped in a plush toy. Feed, bathe, and play with him for over 30 days. He might fall for you, but will his love be soft… or twisted? Explore every path in this pet-care sim with multiple endings.
Why similar: Time Management 18.4%, Life Sim 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%
The world has burnt to ash. Wander the wasteland, scavenge and trade for vital supplies, hook up with over a dozen hot guys, develop relationships—however fleeting—and decide how you want to live in this new world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.3%, Conversation 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%
A cozy tea-making game set in a post-colonial fantasy world. As a herbalist’s apprentice, serve magic elemental teas to influence a colourful cast of characters. Connect with your estranged home, discover your gifts, and find your place in a fractured, healing world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Conversation 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
After inheriting your grandmother's old shop, you must learn the subtle art of potion-making. Balance the effects of your brew using a variety of ingredients and tools and discover the intricacies that the magic of science has to offer!
Why similar: Time Management 21.7%, Management 18.4%, Conversation 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
A “routine” earthquake drill locks you underground with Riley, a shy femboy graphic-designer. Cook, flirt, and gently unlock his guarded heart as the two of you plan what life might look like when the door finally opens.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Life Sim 12.7%, Text-Based 10.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%
"Cold Bed on Route" is an equation-like adventure game. Work with to find and dump unwanted items. Then, let's make up for the excess weight caused by having her on board. And let's prove that the universe is not yet completely cold and frigid. Now, pilot, it's your turn.
Why similar: Time Management 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
A simulation and RPG game with multiple endings, set in a Chinese restaurant. Play as the owner, and manage the restaurant, form bonds with characters, and explore the lively town. Uncover the secrets behind the restaurant’s mysterious downfall.
Why similar: Time Management 18.4%, Life Sim 14.2%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Management 12%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
A visual novel about first love, decisions, and the sweetness of a town where everyone knows each other. Join Haruto on his journey to discover what it truly means to love.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.6%, Visual Novel 19%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
Why similar: Narrative 28.4% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10%
Bulk Up in this Narrative-Driven Prison Bodybuilding Sim. Grow your Muscles and Aura to face off against inmates and build alliances to survive inside.
Why similar: Time Management 20.9%, Narrative 16.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an ADV with male and female versions of each of the four characters. The story alternates between the “future” of the main character, who is deeply traumatized by the grief of his/her best friend, and the “story leading up to the loss of his/her best friend”.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Conversation 11.8%, Text-Based 10%
「私には『中の人』がいるらしい」 「声優×メタフィクション」新感覚ビジュアルノベル、開幕！ゲームの世界を認識している高校1年生・五月山さつきと、その親友・真野ユイ。そして二人の声を演じるのは声優・宮白桃子。キャラクターと「中の人」が交わるとき、物語はどこへ向かうのか。
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
Set in the world of Cultist Simulator, haunt mortals and escape divine punishment in this unique relationship and resource management game. Strike Faustian pacts, manipulate mortals, and forsake your immortal life. Developed by Common Logic via Weather Factory's Sixth History License.
Why similar: Time Management 22.7%, Management 19.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Return to a hometown that hasn’t changed the way it should have. A psychological visual novel focused on atmosphere, relationships, and a reality that slowly refuses to stay still. Can you uncover the truth before it consumes you?
Why similar: Conversation 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11%
A Yaoi slice-of-life about making drinks, meeting peculiar bartenders, and hunting cute monsters. Follow Ikkarus, a gallant legendary hero, and get ready to meet Damian, a gentle archer; Orakh, an orc war chief, and Zistran, the prince of the underworld.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Management 10.9%, Choices Matter 7.9%
From nobody to famous game producer in 3 years: that’s the journey you will live! Experience the trials and tribulations of game development in this life simulation game: live through the process of founding a small team and learning how to work together to develop a successful game.
Why similar: Game Development 20.9% ★, Time Management 17.7%, Management 13.2%, Life Sim 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Cause chaos in a small Yorkshire town with unlicensed alchemy!
Why similar: Conversation 25.6%, Visual Novel 20.7%, LGBTQ+ 18.2%, Story Rich 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%
This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life. Find out what they're struggling with, you might even recognize some things from your own life.
Why similar: Game Development 23.7% ★, Narrative 21.5% ★, Text-Based 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.6%
"Endless Monday: In Progress" - New job, new Penny. Our favorite former corporate grunt is back, and working hard to live the dream! But as she struggles to keep the dream alive, she'll need all the help she can get, from friends, angry ex-coworkers, the past, and beyond.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Game Development 17.4% ★, Choices Matter 16.2%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%
Did you ever have a virtual pet? Was your virtual pet responsible for solving mysteries in the cruel streets of Victorian London? Did your virtual pet forget to eat? Did he stay up to 3AM doing chemistry experiments? Your virtual pet is named Sherlock Holmes. Try to keep him alive.
Why similar: Conversation 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Life Sim 13.5%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 10.7%
In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Conversation 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.6%
A nonogram puzzle game and sci-fi visual novel rolled into one. Solve puzzles to overcome obstacles as Noah Von Sterne struggles to save his colony and reunite his family, or unwind and sharpen your mind with our relaxing Picture, Random, and ASMR Modes.
Why similar: Conversation 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
Become the new manager of a run-down maid cafe. Rebuild it with unique kemonomimi maids, each with their own secrets and personalities. Manage ingredients, serve customers, expand your shop, and chase the ultimate dream: the legendary Maidchelin 3-Star!
Why similar: Management 17.3%, Conversation 17.3%, Time Management 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Life Sim 13.2%
A fantasy adventure visual novel with humor and heart, by acclaimed adventure game writer Lori Ann Cole. Starring the voice of Zehra Fazal as Tilly, a mischief-making rogue at Hero-U, the school for heroes.
Why similar: Conversation 24.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Text-Based 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%
