- #1 Cthulhu Round Table 克苏鲁圆桌
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xiangsu Guangyu Software Studio
Windows
This Lovecraftian psychological horror text game puts you as an Observer spared by the Round Table. You randomly possess one of ten unknown mortals per round. Deduce your host and three Old Ones' emissaries via dialogue, clues and table talks.
Why similar: Word Game 36%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 15.6%, Hand-drawn 6.9%, Psychological Horror 6.8%
- #2 对我好点!异世界HelloNewWorld
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Enchanter
Windows
A simple adventure about your life in the new world.
Why similar: Word Game 37.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 20.7%, Story Rich 7.8%, Exploration 5.9%
- #3 Once Upon a Breeze
96% 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 29.6%, LGBTQ+ 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Text-Based 12.6%, Adventure 4.1%
- #4 紧急援助热线
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 海豹菇
Windows
Qiudu loses all memories of the day whenever he wakes up. After answering a victim’s call, the night-shift emergency hotline operator becomes entangled in a serial murder case. Gather clues from late-night calls, uncover the truth, and confront the memories he can never keep.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.2%, Word Game 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #5 失败作 Wrecked
94% 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 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Text-Based 10.3%, Story Rich 4.4%
- #6 Legacy Code: Relic Restorer
94% 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 30%, Cyberpunk 17%, Text-Based 14.5%, Dungeon Crawler 14.4%, Exploration 6.6%
- #7 Lone Bird in the Tree
93% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Aosolagame
Windows · Mac
“Lone Bird in the Tree” is an adventure game 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+ 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%
- #8 Stiff Neck
91% matchVery Positive83% of 1,122 reviews2026
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team UranianPub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 25.1%, LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Text-Based 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Hand-drawn 7%
- #9 MC not romancing LIs
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 橘垰Juka
Windows · Mac
"MC not romancing LIs" is a short visual novel. The story follows Tong Ren, the game's MC, who can see her "affection levels" with each of her "targets." But as an anime fangirl, she just wants to ship, not date! Faced with their advances... will she hold her ground, or fall into a romance?
Why similar: Word Game 32.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Text-Based 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Hand-drawn 6.7%
- #10 Hidden Clause
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AUVMUJICA
Windows
Hidden Clause is a standalone interactive narrative game about consent, permissions, records, and interface obedience. Sign, refuse, wait, stare, click, and type as the system turns your actions and silence into evidence.
Why similar: Word Game 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Text-Based 15.5%, Exploration 8.7%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #11 Dry Spring Monologue
90% 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 39.8%, Interactive Fiction 24.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Text-Based 14%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #12 海鸥灯塔Seagull Lighthouse
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LazzyCat
Windows
In a lighthouse, you read letters, write back, and wait. Only a sea, a flock of seagulls that deliver bottles, and bottles that drift in from nowhere, carrying the lives of strangers inside. Your replies may shape their stories. In an age of anxiety and speed, let yourself slow down.
Why similar: Word Game 42.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Text-Based 11.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Hand-drawn 5.9%
- #13 Dragon Island
89% matchMixed47% of 180 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%, LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 8.9%, Emotional 6.6%
- #14 无人归家
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 码码不在家
Windows
Read immersive dialogue sequences, make crucial choices to shift the storyline, and unlock multiple distinct endings in this story-focused visual novel. Your decisions alter character relationships and rewrite the fate of every role.
Why similar: Word Game 36%, LGBTQ+ 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Hand-drawn 4.9%, Lore-Rich 4.6%
- #15 鱼缸
87% 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 41.3%, Interactive Fiction 25.3%, Text-Based 21.5%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, 2D 2.7%
- #16 花母·序
86% 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 40.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Exploration 7.1%, Psychological Horror 7%
- #17 The One Chapter 4
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Coolpeng
Windows · Mac
Every hundreds of years or more, a male will be born, some say he will be a god amongst men who will save them as he will give them gifts that will make them Stronger, faster, better..... Follows "the One Chapter 3", The adventure continues.
Why similar: Word Game 38.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Text-Based 8.6%, Emotional 4.9%
- #18 灰烬溪AshCreek
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pigeon Studio
Windows · Mac
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 43.7%, Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Text-Based 7.2%, Psychological Horror 6.5%, Adventure 4.5%
- #19 赴生
84% 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 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, Hand-drawn 8.4%, Third Person 6%
- #20 恋爱绮谭~不存在的夏天~
84% matchVery Positive93% of 2,949 reviews2020
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 37.5 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%, LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 14%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #21 LakeLady
83% matchVery Positive80% of 112 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 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Text-Based 16.1%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #22 chihan
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PiGoDuck制作组
Windows
《赤涵》是一款百合文字冒险游戏。失去母亲的高中生王静,为了忘却过去而沉浸在两点一线的平凡生活中。然而在高二的开学典礼后,两个神秘的转校生闯入了她的视野,回家路上还被一个美丽女孩吸取鲜血,怪事频频发生,从此与名叫“赤涵”的生物纠缠不清,唤醒母亲的奇迹似乎触手可及……
Why similar: Word Game 28.9%, LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Text-Based 14.4%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
- #23 fumorenou-wanxiang
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 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 51.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Adventure 6.6%
- #24 咒影 Curse of the Shadow
81% matchVery Positive81% of 286 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 32.4%, LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Psychological Horror 6.5%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #25 螺丝钉 Screw
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Calico Studio
Windows
Sci-Fi x Lesbian x Visual Novel! "螺丝钉 Screw" is a sci-fi lesbian visual novel. You will play as a company intern who is about to undergo a probationary period review, and decide your own future within a short week.
Why similar: Word Game 48.5%, LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Text-Based 13.2%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #26 Jukai Maze
80% matchVery Positive88% of 115 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 43.1%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Text-Based 8.3%, Adventure 7.9%, Lore-Rich 5.4%
- #27 Prometheus in a jar
79% 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 36.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Text-Based 19.1%, Cyberpunk 15.9%, Adventure 3.4%
- #28 释梦之祩
79% 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%, Interactive Fiction 22%, LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Exploration 6.4%, Adventure 4.5%
- #29 S-mail
77% matchVery Positive91% of 286 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 29.5%, LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Text-Based 13.5%, Hand-drawn 8%
- #30 Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 649 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%, Text-Based 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #31 Neverland永无乡
78% matchPositive95% of 20 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 42.6%, Text-Based 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Exploration 4%, Emotional 3.9%
- #32 I Can Never Love Another
77% 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+ 31.4%, Word Game 21.8%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #33 定风波·宁州
76% 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 40%, Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Text-Based 16.6%, Lore-Rich 5.3%, Story Rich 5%
- #34 ALVAR
75% 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 28.4%, LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Text-Based 10.7%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #35 Ceramic · Stainless Steel · Neurotransmitter
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ResiCat Studio
Windows
A short interactive novel. There is no "truth" in this game. This is not an armchair detective story—it is simply about a girl in a stall. You will advise the protagonist, determine how she perceives everything around her, and witness her ending.
Why similar: Word Game 38.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Text-Based 14.1%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, Lore-Rich 5.4%
- #36 April 8th
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New++
Windows
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 26.9%, Text-Based 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Emotional 9.5%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #37 柔蒂亚克:永眠之城
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 华韵宇创工作室
Windows · Mac
Game IntroductionThis is a visual novel game with a sci-fi adventure theme, primarily based on dialogue options. In all cities, humanity has fallen into an unawakable dream, and you are one of the few "lucky" ones who remain awake.
Why similar: Word Game 39.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Story Rich 8.3%, Hand-drawn 7.9%, Text-Based 7.1%
- #38 机忆
76% 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 33.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Cyberpunk 18.4%, Text-Based 15.5%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #39 人生记事簿:Life Memoirs
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 悦文Yuewen
Windows
A choice-driven text game about living an ordinary life in modern China. Shape your path through study, work, love, and family, and see how your future unfolds year by year.
Why similar: Word Game 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 21.1%, Story Rich 7.6%, Lore-Rich 6.6%
- #40 A Philosophical Discussion of Worms
73% 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+ 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Text-Based 22.7%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #41 Kanna Maze
73% matchVery Positive89% of 388 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 38.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Third Person 7.9%, Emotional 6.9%
- #42 The Seafloor
72% 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 41.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Text-Based 11.7%, Emotional 10.3%, Third Person 6.1%
- #43 TOUQI
72% matchVery Positive90% of 479 reviews2025
Dev: 橙光游戏Pub: Paleo
Windows
《頭七》(头七怪谈)是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员,你需要根据主编的要求,整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联,并在必要时与同伴实地探索,以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Word Game 38.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 7.6%, Lore-Rich 6.7%
- #44 wolfworld
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: redwolf_fenrir
Windows
wolfworld是一款兽人题材的成人向奇幻回合制 RPG,玩家将在开放地图中探索城镇、森林、矿洞与地下城,通过战斗、采集、炼金、装备打造、生活技能、职业养成和多分支角色互动不断成长,并在高自由度的主线、支线与败北事件中体验危险、欲望与冒险交织的异世界旅程。
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #45 Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座
71% matchVery Positive93% of 223 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 27.7%, LGBTQ+ 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 13.7%, Psychological Horror 7.4%
- #46 黑山羊BlackGoat
69% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2026
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 33.3%, LGBTQ+ 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Psychological Horror 7.1%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #47 MOBIUS BAND*
71% matchPositive93% of 40 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 35.1%, Cyberpunk 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Text-Based 11.4%, Story Rich 8%
- #48 我才不会被女孩子欺负呢
70% 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 38.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Text-Based 14.6%, Story Rich 8.1%, Hand-drawn 6.4%
- #49 Project Aphotic
70% match4 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 28.5%, LGBTQ+ 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Hand-drawn 8.5%, Story Rich 8%
- #50 错过的暑假可以放第二次吗?
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,264 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 38.6%, LGBTQ+ 33.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Story Rich 7.5%, Emotional 4.8%
- #51 小夜怪奇物语
70% 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 37.2%, Text-Based 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 5.7%
- #52 某一年四季
67% matchPositive88% of 31 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 27.9%, Text-Based 23.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #53 看事
68% 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 38.2%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Text-Based 20.9%, Horror 5.4%, Psychological Horror 4.9%
- #54 群魔死欲之山
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moongo Studio
Windows · Mac
Death Mountain is a story-driven game with psychological horror, exploration, puzzles, and three main characters. A medical team gets trapped in the mountains on their way to a sanatorium. Explore the “Mind Maze,” face their struggles, and uncover the truth of the world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Text-Based 26.7%, LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Exploration 10.3%, Emotional 5.3%
- #55 Стены
69% matchPositive80% of 10 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 34.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 17.5%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #56 恋爱绮谭 不存在的真相
68% matchVery Positive94% of 2,211 reviews2022
Dev: Never Knows Best
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
《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 38.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Text-Based 18%, Story Rich 7%, LGBTQ+ 5.6%
- #57 咫尺遥心-Proof of existence
67% matchVery Positive91% of 176 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%, LGBTQ+ 26.5%, Text-Based 11.6%, Emotional 7%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #58 你与选择 You and Choice
69% 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%, Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Text-Based 18.6%, Emotional 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #59 The Echo of MeMe-For You Adrift in the Sea of Reveries
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 宇宙兔工作室
Windows
Welcome to the Meme Space—a dream of scattered fragments. Cross the plains, descend to the deep-sea city, link time, and ride to the Silver River. A denpa-style roaming text adventure, made for you.
Why similar: Word Game 38.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Hand-drawn 7.4%, Exploration 6.2%, Adventure 6%
- #60 Malcatras' Maiden
66% matchVery Positive95% of 281 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+ 30.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Text-Based 18.3%, Hand-drawn 9%, Psychological Horror 8.1%