- #1 Torn Away
97% matchVery Positive93% of 702 reviews2023
Dev: perelesoq
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
Why similar: World War II 25.6% ★, Emotional 11.2%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Point & Click 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #2 Gerda: A Flame in Winter
96% matchVery Positive95% of 559 reviews2022
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?
Why similar: World War II 24.3% ★, Historical 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Emotional 9%
- #3 Undying Symphony
96% matchVery Positive85% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: Siberian Koala
Windows
«Undying Symphony» tells a story about challenges that Leningrad people faced during the Siege and shows us one of the most tragic episodes of Leningrad history
Why similar: World War II 37% ★, Historical 23.4%, Story Rich 8.7%, Point & Click 7.1%, Visual Novel 6.9%
- #4 Lydia
95% matchVery Positive89% of 614 reviews2017
Dev: Platonic Partnership
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Point & Click 15.7%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Emotional 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11%
- #5 Island Off Outer Darkness
94% matchPositive100% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Zugerujk
Windows
A narrative delivery simulator following the Postman, a Postal Worker new to a small fishing village off the coast of a volcano. They begin to experience space-warping aberrations as the village withers.
Why similar: Historical 25.8%, Story Rich 16%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Stylized 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%
- #6 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
94% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
Why similar: Point & Click 15.9%, Adventure 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
- #7 The Stillness of the Wind
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,751 reviews2019
Dev: Memory of GodPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
A quiet game of life and loss. One by one, everyone left the village for the city. Everyone, except Talma. Approaching her final years, she maintains a simple way of life tending to her homestead, surviving, subsisting, whilst increasingly disturbing letters arrive from her family in the city.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.7%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Emotional 14.5%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #8 Fallow
92% matchVery Positive97% of 147 reviews2021
Dev: Ada Rook
Windows
Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.5%, Emotional 23.7%, Story Rich 19.2%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Adventure 7.9%
- #9 GRIS
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 96,496 reviews2018
Dev: Nomada StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.8%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Hand-drawn 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #10 A Mortician's Tale
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,434 reviews2017
Dev: Laundry Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.8%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Dark 9.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #11 Ghost on the Shore
90% matchVery Positive83% of 224 reviews2022
Dev: like CharliePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Emotional 16.9%, Point & Click 14.4%, Story Rich 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Atmospheric 12.4%
- #12 Back to Hearth
88% matchVery Positive98% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into a quiet, abandoned Ukrainian village, left empty after the Calamity. In this short, meditative, and melancholic journey, you’ll rekindle the hearths of deserted homes, restoring warmth and hope to the families who once lived here.
Why similar: Atmospheric 34.4%, Female Protagonist 22.1%, Point & Click 18%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 8%
- #13 Pine: A Story of Loss
89% matchVery Positive77% of 260 reviews2024
Dev: Made Up GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Why similar: Emotional 18.6%, Hand-drawn 17%, Point & Click 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #14 Fallstreak: Requiem for my Homeland
89% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Emotional 21.5%, Story Rich 13.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Dark 11.2%
- #15 The Tragedy at Deer Creek
86% matchVery Positive91% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Sparrowland
Windows
A cinematic point-and-click adventure where you step into the shoes of photographer Charlotte Gray as she explores the abandoned camp of Deer Creek and uncovers the tragedy that befell the camp and its people.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Emotional 9.6%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #16 Tails Noir Preludes
87% matchVery Positive91% of 309 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.3%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Emotional 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #17 Little Misfortune
86% matchVery Positive92% of 14,190 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.2%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Story Rich 15.2%, Dark 7.9%, Adventure 7.2%
- #18 Portrait of a Torn
85% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Indigo Studios - Interactive StoriesPub: Firenut Games
Windows
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Emotional 20.8%, Story Rich 19.5%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Dark 13.1%, Adventure 8.6%
- #19 halfmoon
81% matchVery Positive91% of 190 reviews2026
Dev: lvl374
Windows
halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.9%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Story Rich 11.7%, Atmospheric 9%
- #20 The Almost Gone
83% matchVery Positive80% of 1,229 reviews2020
Dev: Happy Volcano
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.6%, Emotional 14.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #21 Children of Silentown
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,586 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.7%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Story Rich 10%, Dark 9.2%
- #22 Drizzlepath: Glass
84% matchMixed62% of 191 reviews2017
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your husband is dead and you want to visit his grave. There is an abondoned house in a village, and in that house you will find a red rose. You don't want to go to your husband's grave empty handed.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.5%, Story Rich 17%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Adventure 11.6%
- #23 A Wolf in Autumn
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 471 reviews2015
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.2%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Story Rich 13.3%, Dark 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%
- #24 Don't Disturb
82% matchVery Positive84% of 737 reviews2016
Dev: Midnight PartyPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Single-player puzzle adventure with a beautiful, distinctive art style and a genuinely emotional story. As a lonely dog wandering the afterlife searching for his dead master, 'Don't Disturb' explores traditional Asian views on death and the underworld.
Why similar: Point & Click 28%, Emotional 21%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Story Rich 13.1%, Stylized 9.9%
- #25 Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,634 reviews2014
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.
Why similar: Historical 43%, Atmospheric 15.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Emotional 8.9%, Adventure 8%
- #26 Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells
79% matchVery Positive98% of 154 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deciding to break protocol to lend a helping wing, Rain, a flighty little courier takes a skittish girl by the name of Mila on an adventure through the inner workings of a mysterious post office. Together, they search for a letter containing the last words of someone who seemingly never existed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.2%, Point & Click 19.5%, Hand-drawn 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #27 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
78% matchVery Positive92% of 3,334 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
Why similar: Point & Click 27.2%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Emotional 12%, Dark 9%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #28 Neva
76% matchVery Positive94% of 10,720 reviews2024
Dev: Nomada StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
Why similar: Emotional 27.7%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Atmospheric 17.7%, Adventure 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%
- #29 Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 173 reviews2019
Dev: Salix Games Ltd
Windows
London, 1888: The people of Whitechapel live under the ghastly shadow of Jack the Ripper, tempting Arthurian legends - Du Lac & Fey - back to English shores to intervene. Will they stop Jack before more blood is spilt on the cobbled streets? Victorian London awaits you...
Why similar: Point & Click 19.6%, Female Protagonist 17%, Emotional 16.2%, Story Rich 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.2%
- #30 Along the Edge
79% matchVery Positive82% of 1,090 reviews2016
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Following the loss of a baby, a breakup, and a surprise heritage, Daphné decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in the French countryside. There, she discovers she's the last descendant of a line of witches. Will she embrace the family tradition?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Emotional 14.2%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #31 11-11 Memories Retold
77% matchVery Positive86% of 2,109 reviews2018
Dev: Aardman AnimationsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.
Why similar: Historical 43.9%, Story Rich 16.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%, Stylized 6.9%
- #32 Seers Isle
78% matchVery Positive91% of 202 reviews2018
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Emotional 14.1%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #33 If Found...
76% matchVery Positive90% of 2,364 reviews2020
Dev: DREAMFEELPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Emotional 11.4%, Story Rich 9.9%, Stylized 9.6%
- #34 The Red Pearls Of Borneo
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,537 reviews2026
Dev: Bushmonkey Games
Windows · Mac
A detective noir puzzle deduction game. Explore a non-linear timeline as a clairvoyant investigator in 1941 Borneo. Jump between time and locations to uncover motives and discover what truly happened in the Goodwill tobacco plantation that fateful night on the eve of the WW2 Japanese invasion.
Why similar: World War II 16% ★, Historical 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Hand-drawn 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #35 HOPE LEFT ME
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 935 reviews2023
Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Atmospheric 18.3%, Stylized 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 4.1%
- #36 The Mildew Children
74% matchVery Positive93% of 525 reviews2024
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel, The Mildew Children is a grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch named Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Point & Click 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Emotional 11.7%
- #37 Svoboda 1945: Liberation
75% matchVery Positive98% of 194 reviews2021
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.
Why similar: World War II 20.8% ★, Historical 14.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Emotional 9.9%
- #38 Yomawari: Night Alone
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,337 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.4%, Adventure 19.9%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Cute 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #39 The Night is Grey
74% matchVery Positive81% of 281 reviews2024
Dev: Whalestork Interactive
Windows · Mac
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
Why similar: Point & Click 23.6%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Story Rich 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #40 The Red Lantern
73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,328 reviews2021
Dev: Timberline StudioPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The Red Lantern is a narrative, dog sledding game about survival. You play as the Musher who, along with her team of 5 sled dogs, must find her way home. Care for your dogs, discover their stories, and learn how to navigate the unknowns of the Alaskan wilderness and prepare for your new life.
Why similar: Emotional 34.5%, Female Protagonist 30.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 4.2%
- #41 Mutazione
73% matchVery Positive95% of 1,415 reviews2019
Dev: Die Gute FabrikPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?
Why similar: Point & Click 17.6%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Story Rich 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #42 The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
72% matchVery Positive86% of 326 reviews2023
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Story Rich 14.1%, Point & Click 12.6%, Adventure 8.1%
- #43 The Painting
71% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Emotional 22.8%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, Story Rich 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
- #44 Schrödinger's Call
68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,338 reviews2026
Dev: Acrobatic ChirimenjakoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Emotional 15.5%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Point & Click 11.9%
- #45 The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence
72% matchVery Positive92% of 2,249 reviews2016
Dev: Mi'pu'mi Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
„The Lion's Song: Episode 1 – Silence" draws the player into the life of a talented young composer, Wilma, preparing for her breakthrough concert, the defining moment of her career. Searching for inspiration she escapes from the pressure for success to the solitude of the Austrian Alps.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.2%, Story Rich 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%
- #46 NAIRI: Rising Tide
71% matchVery Positive100% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: HomeBearStudio
Windows
A hand-drawn adventure blending visual novel storytelling with point-and-click puzzles. Explore the corrupt oasis city of Shirin as an apocalyptic prophecy looms. Meet unforgettable characters, craft solutions with your Tool Belt, and unravel intricate puzzle-dungeons.
Why similar: Point & Click 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Emotional 11.8%
- #47 One's Own Exile
69% matchVery Positive100% of 490 reviews2025
Dev: Updog Software
Windows
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Emotional 19.6%, Visual Novel 18%, Story Rich 12.6%, Dark 11.1%, Stylized 9.5%
- #48 OPUS: Rocket of Whispers
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,717 reviews2018
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Emotional 20.1%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Story Rich 13%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #49 Locked Up
70% matchVery Positive86% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: Coyote's CorpsePub: Akiyamy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Together with Snezhana and her dog Ayda you will go to the woods for mushroom hunting. An ordinary adventure does not foreshadow adversity, until you decide to step into an uncharted plase… A short but atmospheric visual novel that will give you goosebumps.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Emotional 18.8%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Dark 11%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #50 Kathy Rain
69% matchVery Positive92% of 4,010 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 97.6%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Adventure 0.5%, Hand-drawn 0.3%, Mystery 0.3%
- #51 Farewell North
67% matchVery Positive95% of 667 reviews2024
Dev: Kyle BanksPub: Mooneye Studios
Windows · Mac
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.
Why similar: Emotional 26.6%, Story Rich 15.9%, Stylized 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Dark 11.9%
- #52 Olga - Episode 1
66% matchVery Positive99% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: Workbench Entertainment
Windows
Olga is a spooky cozy, first-person linear mystery game set in a Slavic inspired mountain village, where you relive Olga's childhood memories as she visits her grandparents' home in Belovodica and uncovers its dark secrets.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.5%, Story Rich 17.5%, Dark 16.1%, Stylized 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #53 The Last Winter Knight
66% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Haunt a suit of armour. Explore an abandoned castle. Recover your memories... and bring the ghosts of the past to rest in this melancholy visual novel about love, family and regret.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Point & Click 18.6%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Emotional 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #54 Intruder In Antiquonia
69% matchVery Positive90% of 118 reviews2022
Dev: Aruma Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.1%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #55 Boreal Tenebrae Act I: “I Stand Before You, A Form Undone”
70% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Snot Bubbles Productions
Windows
Delve into the dream of a dying town in 'Boreal Tenebrae' , a retro-style adventure with horror elements.
Why similar: Adventure 35.3%, Point & Click 16.4%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Indie 11.7%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #56 So long as there is Mercy
70% matchMixed68% of 108 reviews2022
Dev: Dominik KerschbaumerPub: MediaCube Games
Windows
Lead Spe, the game‘s protagonist, through an eerie dollhouse in an effort to find her little brother. On her way, Spe will encounter the ghost-children, who are also trapped, and can use their different abilities to solve the environmental puzzles in order to escape the house.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.4%, Historical 22.5%, Emotional 12.7%, Adventure 9.1%, Dark 8.2%
- #57 SANYA
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: helpnode
Windows · Mac
A playful narrative adventure about the warmth of fleeting childhood memories: about a little boy named Sanya, rescuing a stray puppy, making true friends, and engaging in many exciting adventures in a small town set in the achingly strange and nostalgic period of the 90s.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Hand-drawn 19.9%, Emotional 17.6%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #58 The Day Before You Gone
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Aequalis Studio
Windows
An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Hand-drawn 22.3%, Stylized 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #59 HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE
66% matchVery Positive97% of 397 reviews2023
Dev: Motvind Studios
Windows · Mac
HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE is an award winning, hour long melancholy, point-and-click narrative mystery set in the bible belt of Sweden.
Why similar: Emotional 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Adventure 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Stylized 13.1%
- #60 Sister Ray
63% matchVery Positive96% of 451 reviews2026
Dev: The Growing Stones
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
2D RPG about the brutal daily life of Ray - an artist struggling with addiction, who takes care of her little sister. Look after your condition - no one should know about the addiction. Improve your skills, sell paintings, do everything to ease the withdrawal. Survive and look for a way out.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25%, Point & Click 18.1%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Emotional 13.9%, Story Rich 12.1%