- #1 对我好点!异世界HelloNewWorld
97% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Enchanter
Windows
A simple adventure about your life in the new world.
Why similar: Word Game 37.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 20.8%, Story Rich 7.7%, Exploration 5.9%
- #2 Lone Bird in the Tree
96% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Aosolagame
Windows · Mac
“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+ 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #3 Stiff Neck
96% matchVery Positive84% of 943 reviews2026
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team UranianPub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.4%, LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Text-Based 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Hand-drawn 7%
- #4 Dry Spring Monologue
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 疯情一种工作室
Windows · Mac
Dry Spring Monologue is a chapter-based visual novel game that follows Lu Zimo. The story includes adult themes such as overtime work, insomnia, and performance reviews, as well as terrifying elements like living spaghetti.
Why similar: Word Game 40%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Text-Based 14.1%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #5 Once Upon a Breeze
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 煦风社
Windows · Mac · Linux
《煦风新笺-Once Upon a Breeze》是一款以毛茸茸世界繁华与传统并盛的岛城『风本市』里,一所颇为特立独行的私立学校『风本学院』为主舞台的兽人题材的视觉小说。同时它又不止于小说,包括个人界面、摸摸乐等更多内置小游戏都在不断更新开发中。作为一款偏向群像的游戏,您将以包括小老虎浦昼在内的众多角色的角度来感受毛茸茸世界的学园生活,以及更多丰富绚烂的故事!已有十五位并仍在不断增加的、诸多种族的学生和教师们正在风本学院校门的另一侧等待着迎接你们!从今天开始入学吧!
Why similar: Word Game 31.2%, LGBTQ+ 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Text-Based 13.3%, Adventure 4.2%
- #6 鱼缸
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 莓叁
Windows
"Fish Tank" is a school-themed visual novel game that explores the inner world of teenagers and supernatural powers. Players will make choices in the game to reach different endings for the protagonist Xie Lihe.Use your imagination wisely and remember to manage your oxygen.
Why similar: Word Game 41.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Text-Based 21.6%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, 2D 2.8%
- #7 See You Later
93% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组
Windows
There are so many things I want to do with the rest of my life. Like dreaming with you, laze around with you, look at the moon, eat rice with you, go on the biggest wedding trip to Antarctica, and most importantly - say goodbye to you.
Why similar: Word Game 30.5%, LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 16.4%, Emotional 7.6%
- #8 失败作 Wrecked
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 山工程-ShanProject
Windows
失败作 Wrecked is a visual novel game developed and published by ShanProject. Players advance the story by clicking key points on the screen. Featuring multiple routes and rich narratives. The game is music-themed, telling a fateful journey full of unforeseen twists.
Why similar: Word Game 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Text-Based 10.9%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #9 Dragon Island
91% matchMixed47% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Kulplant
Windows · Mac
Henry Heimlich, a shark dragon lifesaver suddenly received a ticket to Dragon Island, the famous resort. Follow Henry to the island, and create some unique memory on the long shore with 6 other dragons!
Why similar: Word Game 30.3%, LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 9%, Emotional 6.6%
- #10 Legacy Code: Relic Restorer
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZENG ZIZHAO
Windows · Mac
Fix the relics. Hear the dead. In a cyberpunk wasteland, you scavenge ruins and restore shattered artifacts — then the trapped memories inside begin to speak. A narrative RPG blending MUD exploration, Roguelike dungeons, and hardcore relic restoration. Based on an original 150,000-word sci-fi novel.
Why similar: Word Game 31.4%, Cyberpunk 17.7%, Text-Based 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Exploration 6.8%
- #11 花母·序
90% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: e-sheep
Windows
你来到了一所郊外的“荒野高校“,你发现了这所学校,不仅仅是表面上残破不堪 ,而且每个角落都透露着诡异且压抑的气氛。随着时间的流逝以及事件的推进,被尘封已久的历史真相被一步步揭露。 我与寥寥几名的“全校同学”展开了对于学校的探索,已生命为代价换取来的真相,才是整个事件的冰山一角。
Why similar: Word Game 40.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Exploration 7.1%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #12 灰烬溪AshCreek
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pigeon Studio
Windows
AshCreek is a female-oriented interactive visual novel centered on Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Players take on the role of an outsider who is unwillingly drawn into AshCreek, uncovering the truth behind its anomalies step by step by taking part in stories set across different worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 43.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Text-Based 7.3%, Psychological Horror 6.4%, Adventure 4.4%
- #13 赴生
89% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: 月核
Windows
The dead are imprisoned in a cage, while the living are confined to the past. A mysterious small town, where the cycle of cause and effect is hard to find its end In the end, how should we make a decision and who can survive
Why similar: Word Game 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, Hand-drawn 8.4%, Third Person 5.9%
- #14 恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~
88% matchVery Positive94% of 2,933 reviews2020
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 37.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
九省通衢之地的阴影里,不知名的存在正在蠢蠢欲动。普通到极点的学生顾韦,作为“非日常部”的一员,和女友苏半夏开始调查“虚拟偶像消失事件”的传闻。讲述都市怪谈的可疑直播间,废墟一般的住宅楼,等待在两人前方的是……
Why similar: Word Game 31.5%, LGBTQ+ 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 14.2%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #15 My Cat Girl Lover
87% matchVery Positive89% of 344 reviews2022
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Zirui, who lives alone, takes in a dying black cat. One rainy night the black cat suddenly 'bad-mouthed' Zirui. The next day, the black cat disappears and at the same time, a cat lady who resembles the black cat appears in Zirui's bed ......
Why similar: Word Game 32.3%, LGBTQ+ 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Text-Based 16.1%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #16 fumorenou-wanxiang
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: 煌月游戏工作室
Windows
wanxiang is an independent game with a fantasy fantasy fantasy theme. You will play the role of a creature born in Kyushu and complete your reincarnation, gradually understanding the essence of the Tao and the truth of reincarnation, and finding the true meaning of reincarnation in the process!
Why similar: Word Game 51.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Text-Based 12.7%, Exploration 8%, Adventure 6.4%
- #17 Prometheus in a jar
86% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: ShiFeiFan
Windows
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 36.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Text-Based 19.2%, Cyberpunk 15.9%, Adventure 3.3%
- #18 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
84% matchVery Positive82% of 255 reviews2026
Dev: 小青蛙妙妙制作组
Windows
"Curse of the Shadow" is a BL-themed horror visual novel. Cursed by a "ghost", protagonist Xu finds eerie dark shadows in every photo he takes.Once escaping reality, he’s forced by fate to face fears again.To uncover the curse’s truth, he and two friends embark on a terrifying, unknown journey.
Why similar: Word Game 33%, LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Psychological Horror 6.5%, Emotional 6.3%
- #19 Neverland永无乡
85% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Roastfish
Windows
Waking up on a strange island, you find yourself transformed into the appearance of a child. You could make new friends, have fun, and explore the island. Depending on your choices, you may even become one with the darkside of the island.
Why similar: Word Game 42.7%, Text-Based 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Exploration 3.9%, Emotional 3.9%
- #20 S-mail
82% matchVery Positive92% of 200 reviews2026
Dev: S-mail制作组Pub: OFF LAB
Windows · Mac
After the death of your lover May, you suddenly receive a new email: she is back, in the form of AI "M". The lover who "lives" in the mailbox, who is strong and eternal, always online, and always loves you. You just need to send letters to her: your choices will affect her and the story.
Why similar: Word Game 29.8%, LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13.6%, Hand-drawn 8%
- #21 释梦之祩
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 白露社
Windows
都市奇幻题材解谜类橘味AVG游戏。玩家将扮演一名情感缺失且无法做梦的哲学系大四学生,在一次次于他人梦境的冒险中逐渐理解“人”的真正含义。
Why similar: Word Game 38.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Exploration 6.4%, Adventure 4.4%
- #22 I Can Never Love Another
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Love Every Soul Studio
Windows · Mac
A realistic visual novel based on a true story. As a lawyer trying to save a rock singer from her toxic family, you uncover the suffocating truth of "Codependency." Will you leave, sink into the abyss, or g◼︎ai◻︎n the c#our%ag◼︎e to f◼︎ac◻︎e the p#ai%n? Your choices decide.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.6%, Word Game 22.3%, Psychological Horror 11%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #23 The Seafloor
81% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: zhishouge
Windows
"The Seafloor" is a narrative game about depression. Play as River for seven days. Your choices shape her emotions and story. Experience her inner world and daily life through interactions. An invitation to understand, not to cure.
Why similar: Word Game 41.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Text-Based 11.8%, Emotional 10.3%, Third Person 6%
- #24 Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 624 reviews2023
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
Why similar: Word Game 29.2%, Text-Based 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Emotional 7.3%
- #25 机忆
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: futurelovegame
Windows
"Master, what's the difference between humans and robots you find?" I hope someday you will be knocked on the door by the lovely maid robot and give the answer to this question.
Why similar: Word Game 34%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Text-Based 15.5%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #26 A Philosophical Discussion of Worms
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Errantimarum
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Philosophical Discussion of Worms is a Kinetic Visual Novel that explores two characters, Vynder and Ophiel, as they navigate cohabitation in a strange, unfamiliar house when they don't speak the same language.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Text-Based 22.9%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #27 MOBIUS BAND*
79% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Irregulars
Windows
Mobius band * is a novella visual novel game. In such an era, everyone is powerless to care for others. Under the skin of prosperous civilization, it is a veritable hell. In the war that has not yet subsided, how will they choose in the end——
Why similar: Word Game 35.2%, Cyberpunk 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Text-Based 11.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #28 我才不会被女孩子欺负呢
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lingdong
Windows
The game "I'm Not Being Bullied by Girls" is a role-playing romantic adventure game. In the game, players will experience the stories and interactions between several girls from the first person perspective of the male protagonist, promote the development of the plot, and explore the city map.
Why similar: Word Game 39%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Story Rich 8.1%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
- #29 Jukai Maze
77% matchVery Positive90% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beneath the shadowed sea of trees below the volcanic mountain lies a mysterious facility probing the afterlife, as omens of the world’s end approach. A loved one missing, reality twisting, a volcano stirring below. Once more you enter the maze, seeking the exit hidden in spectral forest shadows.
Why similar: Word Game 46%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Text-Based 8.5%, Adventure 8.3%, 2D 4.3%
- #30 某一年四季
77% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: 灵虚之幽Pub: WindField Games
Windows
This is a short visual novel that blends atmospheric audio with radio drama.After this snowy night, through the seasons to come, she will sit by his bedside, telling him of her hopes and the stories that belong to them.
Why similar: Word Game 47.2%, Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Text-Based 23.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #31 小夜怪奇物语
78% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: 漠然旅者
Windows
本游戏是一款呈现方式新颖的对话小说类文字游戏,具有百合与微恐怖要素。 游戏将根据你的选择具有不同的走向。 感受贴贴与恐怖交织的美妙体验吧!
Why similar: Word Game 37.4%, Text-Based 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 5.7%
- #32 LakeLady
76% matchVery Positive80% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: HungerWhale GamesPub: Wise Games
Windows · Linux
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
Why similar: Word Game 29.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 17.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #33 你与选择 You and Choice
78% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: 灵虚之幽
Windows
这是一篇关于爱与选择的短篇小说
Why similar: Word Game 45.1%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Text-Based 18.6%, Emotional 7.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #34 看事
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 勤奋的小德
Windows
A visual novel set in Tianjin, China, in the late Qing Dynasty of 1893. The gameplay involves cards and deduction. Players will take on the role of a medium, utilizing their supernatural abilities to investigate a series of bizarre unsolved cases and eerie occurrences around them.
Why similar: Word Game 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 21%, Horror 5.4%, Psychological Horror 4.9%
- #35 Стены
76% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Илья Дубровский
Windows
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 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 17.6%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #36 错过的暑假可以放第二次吗?
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 915 reviews2026
Dev: 麻溜完结制作组
Windows
游戏内容: 这是一款以绘画为主题、描述了成年人对于过往错过的人与事的灵魂之旅,兽人向的纯视觉小说游戏。 故事讲述了25岁的狸花猫兽人“启诚”,在被公司辞退后回到老家的城市。作为曾没能通过联考的美术生,在青梅竹马“未乾”,以及好朋友【熙和】、【望舒】、画室的“学弟”【烈烈】的帮助下,慢慢寻回了自己曾失去的那个暑假,那个他命中注定的人……
Why similar: Word Game 39.6%, LGBTQ+ 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Story Rich 7.7%, Emotional 4.9%
- #37 黑山羊BlackGoat
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HUPIDAN
Windows
The game is a BL Cthulhu-style narrative romance game. It tells the story of the protagonist struggling to survive on a cruise ship filled with strange events after losing their memory. The game's setting is modern with a Cthulhu-inspired narrative.
Why similar: Word Game 34.1%, LGBTQ+ 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #38 恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
74% matchVery Positive94% of 2,200 reviews2022
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《恋爱绮谭~不存在的真相~》是一款文字冒险游戏。 初到江城的顾唯,意外成为了一起社会新闻的主人公。凶险的都市中,他需要在混乱的舆论和虚假的情报中找到唯一的真相,也需要在两名各有千秋的少女间完成自我的抉择。秋去冬来,覆盖城市的厚厚积雪下,究竟掩藏着什么样的秘密......
Why similar: Word Game 39%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 18.1%, Story Rich 6.9%, LGBTQ+ 5.4%
- #39 咫尺遥心-Proof of existence
74% matchVery Positive92% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: 置雨制作组Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
即使存在相同的目的,每个人也会有各自的实现方式,理念背道而驰的两人,就算共处一室,也始终无法理解对方。 能跨越这道鸿沟的,就只有……
Why similar: Word Game 41.4%, LGBTQ+ 26%, Text-Based 11.7%, Emotional 7%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #40 群魔死欲之山
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moongo Studio
Windows · Mac
Trapped in a snowbound medical camp, battlefield nurse May clings to a mysterious letter—a final hope. Uncover hidden truths, test fragile bonds, and navigate a path toward a distant sanatorium. Will you find salvation, or something far darker?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Text-Based 27%, LGBTQ+ 24.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Emotional 5.3%
- #41 定风波·宁州
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瓦舍游戏
Windows
《定风波·宁州》是一款奇幻架空背景下的热血恋爱AVG游戏,游戏内包含多种结局和多个可攻略角色,玩家将扮演男主角周知,从一个寂寂无名的矿奴逐渐成长为一个英雄,和多个充满魅力的角色一起创造特别的回忆,改变宁州将面临的可怕命运
Why similar: Word Game 42.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Text-Based 17.6%, Story Rich 5.2%, 2D 3.5%
- #42 ALVAR
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EMOKA
Windows
ALVAR is a ADV visual novel with raising mechanics and multiple endings. In the town of Nedtown, you guide and shape “your child” by choosing a trait to nurture, leading to different outcomes. Things may feel unsettling—but everything is normal. You have to trust it.
Why similar: Word Game 30%, LGBTQ+ 27.1%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Text-Based 11.3%, Story Rich 9%
- #43 碧海潮生怀旧版
72% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: 成都盟布克科技有限公司
Windows
碧海潮生怀旧版在重制时做了许多更新与优化:地图,物品,技能,UI界面均进行了大幅美化,人物建模与交互更加逼真;战斗系统采用了回合制与策略要素结合的新颖战斗方式,阵型,绝招,乃至地形都可对战斗结果造成影响;培育系统升级,可培养门下弟子各项属性,甚至能带着他们做农活。网络对战也进行了升级,与其他玩家PK可获取丰厚的奖励。此外,世界BOSS掉落物品也十分丰厚哦!自制剧情系统升级,支持更便捷的录入,赶紧与其他玩家分享你心中最热血最感人的武侠故事吧!还有更多的细节需要玩家满满体会,开发团队也会一直聆听玩家建议,不断改进,力争打磨出最好玩的坛说系列游戏。
Why similar: Word Game 51.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Retro 8.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #44 流光易逝的夏末 - Fleeting Summer's End
71% matchVery Positive99% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: 柚原堂
Windows · Mac
Fleeting Summer's End is a small game of ADV. It is in the remote countryside of Teoswa area, China, in August. Deng Ainyang, who was Born and grew up in the metropolis(Shenzhen), followed her parents back to Teoswa. In Teoswa, Ainyang met Deng Kangsui and developed an intimate relationship with her
Why similar: Word Game 40%, LGBTQ+ 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Emotional 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #45 吾光笔记0受孕
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StaticSpring
Windows
《吾光笔记0受孕》将以覆灭与新生为主题,拓展延伸吾光笔记的世界观,为您讲述这个世界最初与最后的故事。
Why similar: Word Game 50.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Exploration 5.2%, 2D 4.3%
- #46 Malcatras' Maiden
70% matchVery Positive95% of 269 reviews2024
Dev: Nadia Nova
Windows · Mac · Linux
MALCATRAS' MAIDEN is a toxic yuri visual novel for adults about trauma, bonds, family, and sisterhood.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Text-Based 18.6%, Hand-drawn 9%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
- #47 Merica Tale
69% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Alright Peaches Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is a female-led alternate history visual novel where all historical figures have their genders reversed. The story begins with General Georgina Washington’s execution, and France falling alongside Merica. A young lady, Napoleon Bonaparte rises to challenge Queen Georgina III of Britain.
Why similar: Word Game 31.2%, LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Hand-drawn 8.5%
- #48 Mira's Mirage Mirror
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Amethyst Atelier
Windows
#mir3.exec is a subprocess in {mir3 nervOuS}_{which simulates a reincarnating world}. #a fit model is expected through an iterative method. #version 230527, created/modified by mira.
Why similar: Word Game 33.2%, LGBTQ+ 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Story Rich 10.3%, 2D 3.2%
- #49 10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
71% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2020
Dev: Elliot HerrimanPub: 10mg
Windows · Mac
A short work of interactive horror fiction, about bright minds, and the end of all things. Feel the ink on your skin, return to the woods, and escape the small town that you've never called home.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Text-Based 23.7%, Horror 9.5%, Psychological Horror 7.8%
- #50 Kanna Maze
69% matchVery Positive89% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Word Game 40.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Third Person 8.2%, Emotional 7.2%
- #51 Scary pictures: Yavez - seven deadly sins
70% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: DeilRoXEntertainment
Windows
Scary pictures: Yavez - seven deadly sins in the novel-horror genre. The game will plunge you into the atmosphere of the classic and gloomy history of the Soviet times. You have to face many life choices that will have consequences and lead to one of eight endings.
Why similar: Word Game 35.7%, Text-Based 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #52 THE TALE OF SPRING CITY
67% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: 图南工作室(Tunan Studio)
Windows
Ziqing Xu, a young girl from Spring City. Her father mysteriously disappeared soon after. During a strange turn of events, she suddenly gains the ability to see into the supernatural realm—the so-called "Yin Yan." Will she be able to uncover the truth?
Why similar: Word Game 31%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Politics 16.7% ★, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #53 Sweet Home
67% matchVery Positive95% of 9,271 reviews2025
Dev: 开心茶房Pub: Tailtone Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.6%, Word Game 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Emotional 7.7%, Psychological Horror 1.9%
- #54 Dissecting Love
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Disco:very StudioPub: TBD
Windows · Mac
An autopsy of a queer relationship.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.9%, Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Exploration 11.5%, Hand-drawn 8.1%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #55 光与影之恋 Chiaroscuro Lovers
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 琉璃花糖制作组Pub: 北京黎羽科技有限公司
Windows
A domineering CEO-like older sister who’s gentle only to her sister, a childhood friend who became her doctor, and a cheerful girl only she can see… Who was Chu Hebai before losing her memories, and how did she become entangled with them? A melancholic yuri AVG about regret and unspoken love.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.1%, Word Game 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Emotional 12.4%, Story Rich 10%
- #56 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
68% matchVery Positive88% of 420 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"
Why similar: Word Game 41.8%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #57 The Chrono Jotter
68% matchVery Positive94% of 2,231 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: Word Game 27.2%, LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Story Rich 7.7%, Emotional 6.8%
- #58 Sisyphe's Backspace
66% matchVery Positive97% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Koway
Windows · Mac
A 5 minutes game about love and hesitation. Use Backspace to play. Hope you will never experience this hesitation.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 19.7%, Word Game 15.9%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #59 Project Aphotic
67% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: MuYou
Windows
Players assume Lucien's perspective, unraveling the truth behind his coma and amnesia, while cultivating a relationship with Hugh. Throughout the game, choices shape the narrative, leading to diverse storylines and multiple endings.
Why similar: Word Game 30.1%, LGBTQ+ 27%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Hand-drawn 8.9%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #60 Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
65% matchVery Positive95% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: 雏形游戏Pub: Comma 49
Windows
"Throne of Monsters" is a fantasy visual novel with map exploration and card-based combat.Trapped in a mist-covered city, you must slay the false king to escape.Face monsters, confront tears and regret, and lead the world to rebirth.
Why similar: Word Game 29.4%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Psychological Horror 7.8%