- #1 Waterside Chirping 水畔空蝉
97% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
Aileen was an ordinary village girl. However, after she been cursed on by a weird man, everything changed…
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Female Protagonist 19.6%, RPG 16.7%, Anime 14%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #2 小城茉莉
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: emanon制作组
Windows
Summer, a small town, jasmine. Past worries, future choices. Perhaps a midnight wish will quietly come true on a warm afternoon.『小城茉莉』 is a visual novel. You play as Zhu Yutong, experiencing a tangled, dreamy time. It's our honor if you find joy and emotion in this journey.
Why similar: RPG 28.2%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Emotional 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #3 My Murder
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Second Heart Studio
Windows · Mac
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Psychological 20.6%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Anime 9.7%, Emotional 7.1%
- #4 红夏
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Anning004
Windows
《红夏》是一款以剧情体验为主的视觉小说游戏。八月末的某天,二十多名师生被神秘地困在学校里,等待他们的将是一场自相残杀……
Why similar: Psychological 26.5%, Visual Novel 22.6%, RPG 17.2%, Anime 11.3%, Emotional 6.8%
- #5 The Mermaid of Zennor
94% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Psychological 16.3%, Anime 12.4%, Emotional 9.1%
- #6 Effidolum
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JlooPub: Sub:06
Windows
It was a fake — that's exactly why I could love it. Fifteen days of Rei's summer vacation. A first-person "seeing" narrative adventure. Fully voiced (JP/EN/ZH). Playtime: 3+ hours.
Why similar: Psychological 28.8%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Anime 11.7%, Emotional 6.8%
- #7 Koko's Cafe
93% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: PluviiArt
Windows
Serve coffee and befriend customers as you learn their story in this coming-of-age visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Dialogue Heavy 18.3%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Anime 11.9%, Psychological 10.9%
- #8 Night Loops
92% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 16.7%, Female Protagonist 14%, RPG 11.2%, Anime 10.4%
- #9 Fishbowl
91% matchVery Positive95% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a slow and tender 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 20.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Emotional 9.8%
- #10 Sword of Asumi
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 379 reviews2015
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Take on the role of Asumi, a new warrior for the people of Edo. As Asumi you must root out a rebel from within a prestigious samurai academy. Now the assassin must walk in the light for all to see.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Female Protagonist 24.1%, Anime 19.1%, RPG 13.9%, Adventure 5.4%
- #11 THAT PLACE
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JEANA
Windows
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 34.2%, Visual Novel 28.4%, RPG 22.2%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, 2D 2.6%
- #12 Demonophobia Company
89% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: MILKYPub: MILKY FACTORY
Windows · Mac
'Angel of glory, Gloria' joined the 'Demonophobia Company' with disguising herself as 'Demon of vanity, Burbary.' Could Burbary finish her mission and go back to her home?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, RPG 17.3%, Psychological 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #13 The Defective One
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Little Studio
Windows
This is a visual novel set against the backdrop of a high school student band. It is a fierce collision between gender identity, the concept of freedom, and traditional views. You will play as the band's bassist, choose your answers to these issues, and experience the story of this special band.
Why similar: RPG 24.1%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Psychological 14.5%, Anime 10.6%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
- #14 You Broke My Sunshine
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YMs_studio
Windows
"You Broke My Sunshine".Haruharu is a cheerful girl loved by everyone. As you spend your school days together, your choices slowly change her heart. Will you save her, or leave behind only her smile? A psychological visual novel with multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29%, Psychological 23.6%, Anime 14.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Multiple Endings 6.7%
- #15 氷華の雪化粧/Snow Veil
87% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: JlooPub: Sub:06
Windows
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 33.8%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Emotional 12%, Anime 9%, Adventure 7.4%
- #16 Gretel's Honesty
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Callen Dulla
Windows
A comic-like visual novel, expressing a new story based on the fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”.
Why similar: Psychological 30%, Female Protagonist 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Anime 9.7%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #17 Beneath the Shadow
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The White Room Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Beneath the Shadow is a 3-hour psychological horror kinetic novel set in an alternate Tokyo lost to endless darkness. Adapted from the creator's original novel, it follows Kazusa, an 18-year-old whose ordinary days unravel into madness. Linear and story-driven, with save/reload anytime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Psychological 27.6%, Anime 14.2%, Linear 13%, 2D 5.3%
- #18 Star wish traveler
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justicat Games
Windows · Mac
"Star wish traveler" is a visual novel game with an otherworldly adventure theme.The story follows the adventures of a teenager who is summoned to an alien world to help the world defend itself against the "Day of Approval".
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, RPG 32.8%, Anime 17.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 1.6%
- #19 The Fruitless Flower 雾雨中的徒花
85% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2018
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
When I was young, I got a unusual gift accidentally, it was a seed. I planted it in soil, but I don’t know that it will have so big impact to my life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Female Protagonist 18%, RPG 15.1%, Anime 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #20 Snowy Heaven
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reinfree
Windows
Angels greet you with smiles! Welcome to Heaven, where happiness awaits!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Psychological 26.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Anime 10.3%, Adventure 9.5%
- #21 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
82% matchVery Positive92% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Psychological 24.9%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Anime 12.3%, Emotional 9.3%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #22 In The Ember 余烬之中
83% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
Angelina was originally an ordinary adventurer.But since she met a weird man and robbed her of her job,everything has changed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, RPG 18.1%, Anime 10.3%, Emotional 7.9%
- #23 Cute Warrior Girl (큐트 여전사)
81% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: SEO SOFT
Windows
The 16-year-old warrior's name is Fiora. This game is an adventure story about a young female warrior set in a medieval world.
Why similar: RPG 32.4%, Visual Novel 28.6%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, 2D 5%
- #24 The Frosty Leaves 寒叶下的薄冰
82% matchVery Positive83% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
This is a tragedy cause by illegal plant collecting. The main character, Leng Xiaobing, was a normal shop keeper form a grocery store, but ever things changed after she met a strange man…
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, RPG 21.1%, Anime 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Emotional 6.9%
- #25 Ficciones//Nihility, Sea & Blissful Jellyfish
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 百无良奈Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Xia Lin, a novelist raised in Chongqing, travels alone to the familiar seaside.Amid the crash of rolling waves, she is once again drawn back to that summer in August 2018.Through the eyes of the game's characters, you will piece together step by step a story that belongs to you and you alone.
Why similar: RPG 23.5%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Psychological 19.2%, Anime 12.5%, Female Protagonist 7.6%
- #26 Shadows Of Memory ll
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Pixelyarn
Windows
Go home, Alice. The past awaits you. This is the second chapter in the horror visual novel trilogy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Psychological 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12%, Linear 8.2%
- #27 Fallstreak 2: Traum
79% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Anime 13.9%, RPG 13.5%, Emotional 11.6%
- #28 你离开之后
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 莓奶滋工作室
Windows
《你离开之后》是一款文字互动类乙女向游戏,再次醒来时你发现自已似乎已经是一缕魂魄了,你的爱人在你离开后变得敏感脆弱,而你的行为将会或直接或间接的影响到他,最终走向不同的结局。 一款美味的鳏夫文学,你的冷漠与无视会让向来冷静矜持的爱人在你面前发疯变得歇斯底里,你的捉弄会让他在梦里情难自已,你的一举一动都会让他改变,你离开之后,他活成了你的样子,或是你想要的样子。
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.4%, Female Protagonist 25.7%, RPG 21.5%, Emotional 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #29 PSYCHExFUSE
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sewing with Daydreams
Windows
CONQUER YOUR SELF and escape the pastel-colored nightmare in PSYCHExFUSE, a brand new RPG horror filled with mystery, challenges and terror. Unite worlds - and your past selves - in an interdimensional adventure into the deepest depths of your mind...
Why similar: Psychological 22.2%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, RPG 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Visual Novel 10.5%
- #30 Nobody Hears
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MuGui_CinnamonPub: Eternal Dream
Windows
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 29.3%, Visual Novel 18.4%, RPG 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Emotional 11.4%
- #31 Everlasting Snooze
77% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Psychological 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, RPG 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #32 A Mind Apart
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Purple Cat
Windows
A narrative puzzle adventure about a girl lost in a fragmented wonderland where memories become places and reality shifts without warning. Explore surreal spaces, meet strange companions, and uncover a personal story about trauma, healing, and finding a way forward.
Why similar: Psychological 25.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, RPG 10.8%, Anime 10.7%
- #33 Unavailed
76% matchVery Positive93% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: CoffeeSnail
Windows
What was once a very promising future, Mia's life has taken a turn for the worse. Now living alone, supported by money from her parents, any aspirations she once had are but a fleeting memory.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, RPG 14.8%, Psychological 11.5%, Linear 9.6%
- #34 Artificial Instincts
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Psychological 20.8%, RPG 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #35 Graveyard Girls
75% matchVery Positive98% of 166 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Psychological 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Anime 9.7%, Emotional 9.3%
- #36 Eliza
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,755 reviews2019
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.
Why similar: Psychological 29%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Female Protagonist 24.1%, Emotional 13.7%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #37 outside the door
73% matchVery Positive95% of 746 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 28.9%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Anime 16.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.9%
- #38 异世界超级战争 序章 P1
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dimension VoyagersPub: 黎羽科技LICOGAME
Windows
一场阴谋正在渐渐浮出水面。艾莲,娜薇拉,伊莉莎,高斯,三位少女和一位少年前往四季山开始了他们高中毕业后的露营。然而,当艾莲和娜薇拉醒来的时候,她们才发现自己身处一处未知的卧室而非露营用的帐篷里,而和她们同行的二人也不见踪影。作为多年搭档的艾莲和娜薇拉决定一起找到高斯和伊莉莎并探明回去的路。然而随着探索的愈发深入,她们也察觉到了自己所处境地的不同寻常。而一些完全超出她们认知的,和异世界相关的远古真相将被她们揭开。
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.5%, Female Protagonist 23.3%, RPG 20.6%, Adventure 8%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #39 Shy Girl's Makeover
73% matchMixed65% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Seiheiki TimesPub: Saikey Studios
Windows
College students Kenta and Ayaka are united in their love for video games – and in their feelings for each other. Will their relationship progress beyond being two close gaming friends or will Ayaka’s heart be charmed by someone else? Find out in this slice of life RPG set in modern Japan!
Why similar: RPG 20.9%, Anime 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Emotional 8.1%
- #40 Gazing from beyond
74% matchMixed69% of 569 reviews2018
Dev: 拾光创梦
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is a galgame about college life, where you'll pursuit the love of your life. You'll surely experience hardship, triumph, happiness, sadness, maybe even trauma. Only time can heal all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50.3%, RPG 26.3%, Anime 11.2%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 3.9%
- #41 Tyrania Enforcers - Visual Novel
71% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2026
Dev: Leviathanimation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Faced with evil... would you pull the trigger? Tyrania Enforcers is a story-driven visual novel exploring morality, duty, and the cost of enforcing order in a world on the brink of conflict.
Why similar: Psychological 23.9%, Visual Novel 23.5%, Anime 13.8%, Female Protagonist 13%, Dialogue Heavy 10.1%
- #42 BRXKEN INSIDE
72% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Psychological 22%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14%, Anime 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
- #43 After the Stream Went Dark
71% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Joe Kerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.9%, Psychological 19.5%, Anime 13.8%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Adventure 9%
- #44 fault - milestone two side:above
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,568 reviews2015
Dev: ALICE IN DISSONANCE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
fault - milestone two side:above is a Cinematic Visual Novel that takes place right after the events of milestone one. Please note that this novel is a direct sequel to fault - milestone one and contains massive spoilers of the first story. Play through of the first title is highly advised.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.2%, Female Protagonist 21.5%, Anime 20.9%, Story Rich 7.3%, Linear 3.2%
- #45 Was Silence
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PWOK Entertainment
Windows
A classical guitarist slowly losing his senses. Drifting between dream and reality, he meets three people — each carrying their own silence. A 2D visual novel about what remains when everything fades away.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Psychological 23.3%, Emotional 11.7%, Anime 9.1%, Story Rich 8%
- #46 The Quiet After
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grigsby's World Productions, LLC
Windows · Linux
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Psychological 28%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Emotional 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%
- #47 Everything Will Be Fine!
69% matchVery Positive85% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Dialogue Heavy 21.1%, Psychological 17.7%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Adventure 9.7%
- #48 Hazy Mind
70% matchVery Positive87% of 347 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Psychological 25.8%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Anime 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%
- #49 Doki Doki First Love Club!
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Teriyaki Studios
Windows
Confessing love to someone is one of the most intimidating challenges we face in our lives. Doki Doki First Love Club takes this relatable fear to the extreme. This visual novel isn't your average rom-com; it's a fight between two stubborn geniuses in a battle of who will confess first
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Psychological 15.8%, Anime 12.5%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
- #50 Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,734 reviews2015
Dev: 07th ExpansionPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 35.4%, Psychological 30.4%, Anime 15.6%, Story Rich 5.7%, Dark 4.7%
- #51 Reverie Eclipse
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skyfect StudioPub: Skyfect
Windows
You are the president of the student council at a high school. Six lovely girls are ready to help you! Spending time with them... is it as easy as it seems?
Why similar: RPG 24.8%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Psychological 14.8%, Anime 12.6%, Emotional 8.2%
- #52 The Sun Shines Over Us
69% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Eternal DreamPub: Soft Source Pte. Ltd.
Windows
An award-winning visual novel that dives into the lives and minds of high school students. While focusing on the stories of victims of bullying, The Sun Shines Over Us also explores the social, mental and emotional issues facing modern teenagers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Female Protagonist 25.7%, Anime 17.2%, Multiple Endings 11%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #53 目盲/Blind
68% matchVery Positive85% of 908 reviews2022
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
「Sometimes what the eye can't tell, the heart can.」 《Blind》 is a light fantasy game for girls set in a modern city. After a childhood accident that left me with a strange face blindness, I was introduced to a profession called "watchman" and since then, the world has taken on a whole new dimension.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Psychological 14.6%, Anime 10.9%, RPG 9.9%
- #54 The Hitchhiker's Guide to Seoul in the 21st Century
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seoul Hitchhiker Studio
Windows
For 20 years, she lived with depression. Now, she's strong enough to name what happened: a social murder. This is a visual essay—not a game—with over 400 illustrations about grief, guilt, and survival in a collapsing meritocracy.
Why similar: Psychological 25.6%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Female Protagonist 15%, Emotional 10.7%, Story Rich 6%
- #55 LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team BONA
Windows
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
Why similar: Psychological 22%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Emotional 10.5%, Anime 9.6%
- #56 The Day of Revenge
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
The story takes place in a fictional world of sword and sorcery. The protagonist, Amelia, hails from a family of mages but was cast out due to her utter lack of magical aptitude; forced to move into a haunted house, she encounters the ghost of the home's former owner—and so the story begins.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.7%, RPG 31.3%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Linear 9.3%, 2D 5.3%
- #57 [빈 칸]
66% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Nunusm
Windows
“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 28.8%, Psychological 24.3%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Emotional 12.2%, Adventure 10.9%
- #58 Pages of Tomorrow
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Doksa
Windows · Linux
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 28%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Female Protagonist 14%, Emotional 10%, Anime 9.2%
- #59 Drown in Yesterday's Sea
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
Xiamen,Fujian Province,2024. Gu Mengzhi, a 19-year-old student at Xiamen University, encounters a "sea spirit" named Coral—who hails from the ocean—and the two quickly become close.However, just as their bond deepens, an uninvited guest known as "The Stranger" arrives and disrupts everything.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.1%, RPG 27.7%, Female Protagonist 26.1%, 2D 4.7%, Emotional 4.3%
- #60 葦原のアニマ
65% match6 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: July Lab.
Windows · Mac
This is a narrative-driven adventure game in which you dive into another’s nightmare and intervene in the source of the anomaly. As Homura, a hunter, you explore the dreams of a girl who has lost her memory, and experience a story where nightmares and reality begin to overlap.
Why similar: Psychological 33.6%, Visual Novel 29.8%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Multiple Endings 5.6%, Story Rich 5.4%