- #1 Torn Away
97% matchVery Positive93% of 687 reviews2023
Dev: perelesoq
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 22.6% ★, Emotional 10.3%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Point & Click 10.2%, Drama 9.6%
- #2 Undying Symphony
96% matchVery Positive84% of 184 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 31% ★, Historical 20.2%, Narration 14.6%, Story Rich 7.5%, Point & Click 6.1%
- #3 Gerda: A Flame in Winter
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 515 reviews2022
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: DON'T NOD
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 20.9% ★, Historical 15.4%, Narration 12.2%, Conversation 8.7%, Emotional 8.1%
- #4 Pine: A Story of Loss
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 209 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 18.7%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Point & Click 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #5 Back to Hearth
94% matchVery Positive100% of 275 reviews2025
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac
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 35.2%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Point & Click 18.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Story Rich 8%
- #6 The Painting
93% matchVery Positive99% of 69 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 16.7%, Emotional 15.9%, Drama 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13%, Narration 11.4%
- #7 Locked Up
92% matchVery Positive86% of 97 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: Narration 21.2%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Emotional 15%, Hand-drawn 12%, Dark 8.7%
- #8 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
94% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.7 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 16.1%, Adventure 14%, Conversation 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #9 Portrait of a Torn
91% matchVery Positive85% of 59 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: Narration 22.3%, Drama 14.8%, Emotional 14.3%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.9%
- #10 The Stillness of the Wind
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,697 reviews2019
Dev: Memory of GodPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.2 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 20.3%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Emotional 15.3%, Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 12.8%
- #11 Fallow
90% matchVery Positive97% of 138 reviews2021
Dev: Ada Rook
Windows
Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.3%, Emotional 21.6%, Story Rich 17.3%, Atmospheric 16.4%, Drama 13.9%
- #12 Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells
89% matchVery Positive99% of 114 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 20.4%, Point & Click 18.2%, Hand-drawn 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Drama 8.6%
- #13 The Red Lantern
89% matchVery Positive82% of 1,205 reviews2021
Dev: Timberline StudioPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 33%, Female Protagonist 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Story Rich 10.4%, Stylized 6.6%
- #14 Lydia
88% matchVery Positive89% of 607 reviews2017
Dev: Platonic Partnership
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Point & Click 21.8%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Emotional 10%
- #15 Ghost on the Shore
87% matchVery Positive84% of 214 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: Narration 18.3%, Emotional 14.4%, Point & Click 12.2%, Story Rich 11.7%, Drama 11.2%
- #16 Tails Noir Preludes
86% matchVery Positive92% of 297 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: Conversation 23.4%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Emotional 13%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #17 The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
85% matchVery Positive92% of 3,008 reviews2022
Dev: Cloak and Dagger GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 25.1%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Drama 11.5%, Emotional 11.3%, Dark 8.3%
- #18 GRIS
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 93,692 reviews2018
Dev: Nomada StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 26.8%, Atmospheric 23.7%, Hand-drawn 22.7%, Story Rich 10.6%, Adventure 7.4%
- #19 Sinking The Boats
83% matchVery Positive97% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: 孟夏MengxiaPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
It's a choice-oriented story game. Play as a group of underground workers who fight in the dark, and stage a treacherous spy war story in Nanjing during World War II. How will you respond to identity crises, betrayals, and collapsed beliefs? Loyalty or betrayal, abandon others or be abandoned...
Why similar: World War II 22.4% ★, Historical 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
- #20 Drizzlepath: Glass
86% matchMixed63% of 186 reviews2017
Dev: Tonguç Bodur
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Narration 32.1%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Adventure 10.1%
- #21 A Mortician's Tale
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,410 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 19.5%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Dark 9.5%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #22 One's Own Exile
81% matchVery Positive100% of 394 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 17.8%, Story Rich 12.5%, Dark 11.2%, Stylized 10.1%
- #23 The Night is Grey
82% matchVery Positive82% of 262 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 24.5%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Conversation 14.3%, Drama 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #24 The Mildew Children
81% matchVery Positive93% of 451 reviews2024
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 19.4%, Point & Click 16%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Story Rich 12.8%, Emotional 12.6%
- #25 OPUS: Rocket of Whispers
82% matchVery Positive92% of 1,649 reviews2018
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 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: Narration 20%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Emotional 16.3%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #26 The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
79% matchVery Positive86% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: The Growing StonesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 31%
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 23.2%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, Story Rich 14.8%, Point & Click 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #27 Don't Disturb
80% matchVery Positive84% of 727 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 27.9%, Emotional 21%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Story Rich 13%, Stylized 10.4%
- #28 Fall of Porcupine
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 698 reviews2023
Dev: Critical RabbitPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.
Why similar: Narration 15.7%, Emotional 12.8%, Conversation 12.7%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #29 Anxiety Puppy
76% matchVery Positive97% of 222 reviews2025
Dev: 小狗工作室Pub: Erabit
Windows
Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.
Why similar: Drama 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Emotional 13.9%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Point & Click 9.2%
- #30 The Almost Gone
79% matchVery Positive80% of 1,195 reviews2020
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Playdigious Originals
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 26.3%, Emotional 15.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Stylized 9.6%
- #31 Room of Depression
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 800 reviews2023
Dev: FirePillar2Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
"Same encounter, different world." Moon is a young woman who lives an ordinary city life as an office worker. However, because she suffers from depression, she reacts and deals with things in a way that is very different from regular city folk.
Why similar: Emotional 18.6%, Drama 16.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #32 Little Misfortune
77% matchVery Positive92% of 13,542 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 30.3%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Story Rich 15.7%, Dark 8.2%, Adventure 7.4%
- #33 Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale
76% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale is an interactive slice-of-life visual novel about choosing your own path. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. Featuring a multitude of hand-crafted characters and a richly detailed village set in the Roadwarden story world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Emotional 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Adventure 10.1%
- #34 A Wolf in Autumn
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 453 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 24%, Female Protagonist 19.6%, Story Rich 15%, Dark 14.2%, Atmospheric 12.7%
- #35 Attentat 1942
75% matchVery Positive93% of 479 reviews2017
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.
Why similar: World War II 21.6% ★, Historical 16.5%, Narration 10.2%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Emotional 8.7%
- #36 Children of Silentown
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,485 reviews2023
Dev: Elf GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 20.8%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Female Protagonist 14%, Story Rich 10.5%, Dark 9.6%
- #37 The Day Before You Gone
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 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 27.9%, Hand-drawn 22.2%, Stylized 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #38 The Heroes Around Me
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 735 reviews2024
Dev: OKJOY
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22%, Conversation 15.8%, Drama 15.4%, Emotional 15.1%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #39 So long as there is Mercy
75% 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 31.5%, Historical 22.5%, Emotional 12.8%, Adventure 8.8%, Dark 8.2%
- #40 DEAD LAMB WALKING
71% matchVery Positive97% of 187 reviews2024
Dev: Lyn Mametchi
Windows
A story about a dead lamb walking.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Narration 19.7%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Drama 8.2%
- #41 11-11 Memories Retold
73% matchVery Positive86% of 2,085 reviews2018
Dev: Aardman AnimationsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.1 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 47.2%, Story Rich 17.5%, Adventure 16.4%, Stylized 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #42 Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,120 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 39.6%, Drama 14.8%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Story Rich 12.1%, Emotional 8.2%
- #43 Journal
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 351 reviews2014
Dev: Locked Door PuzzlePub: Lupus Studios Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.2%, Hand-drawn 23.1%, Adventure 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
- #44 Little Kite
73% matchVery Positive84% of 176 reviews2017
Dev: Anate Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The game about one tragic evening for a struggling family, when emotions and tensions are simply too high to manage.
Why similar: Point & Click 53.2%, Adventure 37.6%, Indie 9.2%
- #45 Sacrificial Lighthouse
72% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: PhobiaGamesNet
Windows
You are a girl called Maya who ends stranded in island with a lighthouse during a storm. What is this strange place? How did she get here? What to do next? Explore this small island and lighthouse to understand what happened to Maya.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.1%, Drama 16.8%, Historical 16.6%, Adventure 11.5%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #46 A Lozenge
71% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Emotional 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Story Rich 10%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Conversation 8.8%
- #47 The Czar is Dead
69% matchVery Positive91% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Машина РадостьPub: Grable Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Czar is Dead is a visual novel in the setting of the Russian Empire. Help the last russian emperor save his soul, life and country.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Hand-drawn 34.3%, Atmospheric 16%, 2D 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #48 Veil of Dust: A Homesteading Game
70% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Calamity Bay Games
Windows · Linux
A story-driven Survival/ Farm RPG about learning to live after loss. Explore 7 emotional story arcs tackling love, grief, purpose & struggle of many kinds. Farm, Forage, Hunt and Craft to endure the deserts of 1860's Oregon (on casual/ challenge). Walk the path from mere survival to something more.
Why similar: Historical 24.3%, Conversation 20.4%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #49 Late Bird
70% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2022
Dev: Vladimir SlavPub: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Hand-drawn 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Drama 12%
- #50 Coralina: a Memory Tale
69% matchVery Positive98% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Gabriel MakiPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Emotional 17.4%, Drama 16.1%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #51 Herdling
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 838 reviews2025
Dev: OkomotivePub: Panic
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Guide a herd of mysterious creatures on a stirring and beautiful journey into the mountains… and beyond.
Why similar: Emotional 18.8%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Stylized 11.8%, Atmospheric 11.1%
- #52 Inversed
68% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Emotional 14.1%, Drama 13%, Point & Click 12.9%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
- #53 Routine Feat
69% matchVery Positive88% of 118 reviews2022
Dev: sad3dPub: ИЛЬЯМАЗО
Windows · Mac
Summer days and no one around. Routine feat. The agony of isolation and abandonment. No violence, no haste, no conflict, except fighting your doubts. Swifts, butterflies, sunset rays on the leaves of trees; radio, notebook and pencil; typewriter; bus; overwhelming loneliness.
Why similar: Atmospheric 32.5%, Story Rich 23.1%, Emotional 13.9%, Stylized 12.8%, Cute 12.2%
- #54 INDIKA
65% matchVery Positive90% of 7,865 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Narration 28.5%, Conversation 16%, Story Rich 15.4%, Dark 13.5%, Female Protagonist 13.3%
- #55 The River
67% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bokchoi
Windows
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Adventure 10.6%, Drama 8.5%
- #56 Svoboda 1945: Liberation
68% matchVery Positive98% of 185 reviews2021
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 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 20.5% ★, Historical 15%, Conversation 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Emotional 10.1%
- #57 Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 171 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 18.5%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Emotional 15.4%, Drama 14.7%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #58 The Wreck
67% matchVery Positive89% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Point & Click 11.8%, Narration 11.3%, Conversation 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Emotional 9.1%
- #59 Help Will Come Tomorrow
68% matchVery Positive80% of 925 reviews2020
Dev: Arclight CreationsPub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.
Why similar: Historical 34.3%, Narration 29.5%, Story Rich 14.1%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 7.8%
- #60 Mutazione
67% matchVery Positive95% of 1,355 reviews2019
Dev: Die Gute FabrikPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 7.4 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 17.2%, Drama 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%