Games Like Harmonium

Naomi wakes decades older in a house she does not recognize, and discovers that escape may cost the future.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Text-Based 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Story Rich 7.1%

In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.7%, Text-Based 23.1%, Lore-Rich 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Story Rich 9.2%

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: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Text-Based 20%, Visual Novel 18%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Story Rich 8.4%

In the game FINDA, you control the character The Survivor. Trapped in a bunker, you'll need to manage limited resources while revisiting their memories, battling loneliness and fear, and trying to understand what life after the apocalypse still holds.

Why similar: Text-Based 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.6%

A narrative adventure game where you take on a role of a fake exorcist on a demon-ridden ship in a long sea voyage. Remember; you can’t lie your way out of everything!

Why similar: Resource Management 30%, Visual Novel 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Text-Based 11.4%, Story Rich 10.3%

A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Text-Based 24.3%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Story Rich 9.4%

Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Point & Click 16.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Story Rich 7.3%

In this 2D choices matter/ visual novel game. Will you rise up to make the kingdom a better place? Steal the crown? Or burn it to the ground?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Point & Click 14.2%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Simulation 11.2%

The outside is being ravaged by a mysterious downpour of a glass, you are forced to take shelter in a seemingly innocuous rundown hotel. Yet, stuck with you are people who you wish you would never see again. What will you do to survive?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Point & Click 11.9%

A visual novel exploring a near-apocalyptic vision of North Texas, told through the poetic words of a young woman going home.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Lore-Rich 15%, Visual Novel 14%

SILICON WASTELAND is a kinetic visual novel set during the twilight years of humanity, and follows the wandering android Silica, as she explores the beautiful and sometimes frightening wonders of the world in a small quest to discover her purpose.

Why similar: Text-Based 28.1%, Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Indie 4.7%

Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.7%, Point & Click 19.6%, Text-Based 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Story Rich 9.4%

An interactive narrative in social engineering.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Text-Based 28.1%, Indie 25.5%, Story Rich 13%

Ancient science fiction theme text adventure game - and you will play a scholar who can't get fame because of the abolition of the imperial examination in the world's highest town, and meet two small town scholars who can't get the imperial examination to explore the secrets of the town.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.3%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Lore-Rich 16.5%, Text-Based 16.5%, Story Rich 10.8%

An abandoned amusement park in a broken world. It was a paradise called "Lagoon" where children were self-sufficient. A boy working as a mercenary in "Lagoon" happened to meet a silver-haired girl. The wheels of their destiny begin to move.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.1%, Visual Novel 29%, Text-Based 18.8%, Story Rich 13%, Indie 3.8%

The demon summoned to embark the second apocalypse is only a child, and a woman who has lost it all resolves to save her. A half-hour long narrative game with survival gameplay elements and two endings.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Story Rich 13%, Indie 3.2%

A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Text-Based 30.5%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Story Rich 6.1%, Indie 5.6%

There's a spider haunting these hills.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Text-Based 17%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Story Rich 7.2%

You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Point & Click 13.3%

A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Visual Novel 17%, Lore-Rich 15.2%

A breathtaking sci-fi visual novel! Since the Z gas appeared in the atmosphere, it is no longer possible to breath outside the Dome. You play as Carl Thanavan, a young scientist determined to uncover the origin of the catastrophe. Which path will you choose?

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Indie 6%

【A ghost girl, is here.】Terau Mare is a shy girl moves to Tokyo to go to university, and her new house, Hakusan-so, is like an abandoned. As soon as she enters the room, Mare meets a ghost girl, Furuzaki Yuika. Yuika says, "I'm going to kick you out of here soon." But...

Why similar: Visual Novel 35.9%, Text-Based 34.7%, Story Rich 17.6%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 3.4%

The frontier does not want to be settled. A narrative highly replayable story game where your choices build a settlement, shape its story, and seal its fate. Every run ends. Every obituary tells a story only you lived.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Text-Based 18.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Lore-Rich 15%, Point & Click 12.1%

Lethe Bar by the sea is a pixel-art afterlife sitcom. Play as AQi, a new Meng Po. Listen to ghost stories and brew custom soup using bizarre ingredients. Serve the perfect bowl to grant satisfaction or instant amnesia, sending souls on their way to reincarnation.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Text-Based 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Story Rich 8.5%

A visual novel set in an ancient, alternate world. Explore this stormy and unstable country alongside Jiang Jin and Zhaoming, gradually encountering the shifting intrigues of the court. Whether you choose to stay on the sidelines or step forward is up to you

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Lore-Rich 19.7%, Text-Based 14.8%, Story Rich 8.1%

A unique adventure, where every choice shapes your fate. A classic gamebook brought to life, with countless paths to discover.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Text-Based 25%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Story Rich 10.7%

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: Interactive Fiction 24%, Text-Based 18.2%, Lore-Rich 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Story Rich 10.9%

戏班内扑朔迷离的死亡，步步紧逼的幕后黑手，封闭剧场内的死亡倒计时，案件主角的生命和救赎都取决于你的决断。当第一桩案件尘埃落定，你以为可以回到现实世界时，轮回之路才刚刚开始……

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Point & Click 11.4%

A horror mystery visual novel where a boy and a girl undergo a strange ritual in a remote mountain village. As eerie phenomena creep into their daily lives, they begin to uncover unsettling truths. Your choices shape how the story unfolds.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Lore-Rich 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Text-Based 14.7%, Story Rich 12.1%

Scent of Clouds is a hand-drawn illustrated, text-based adventure game. As a perfumer's assistant, you create fragrances and journey through unknown lands in search of ingredients for the legendary "Scent of Clouds." With a keen nose, you'll unravel the timeless mystery of this world.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Text-Based 23.6%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Relaxing 8.2%

The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Text-Based 25.6%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Story Rich 12.7%, Indie 4.7%

For five years, Licht lived as a mid-tier mercenary. Now he must not only escape from a dungeon teeming with giant insects and ancient secrets, but also decide whether to accept his ancestors' legacy or reject it once and for all.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Text-Based 18.7%, Lore-Rich 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Story Rich 14.7%

Stellar Sips: A Bartender's Tale is a relaxing visual novel. As a bartender on a turbulent colony, mix drinks and cook meals to spark unique conversations with diverse guests from across the galaxy. Unlock different endings and quietly shape the world's fate.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Text-Based 18.4%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Relaxing 8.2%

A supernatural mystery visual novel where your choices shape relationships and determine the fate of a coastal town. Explore ancient secrets, unravel supernatural enigmas, and make decisions that lead to three distinct endings based on your choices across four intense days.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Visual Novel 23.9%, Text-Based 21%, Story Rich 6.7%, Relaxing 6.3%

Re:Call is a deeply emotional visual novel exploring the fragile nature of memory, the weight of forgotten promises, and the healing power of friendship. Set in a nostalgic Japanese high school, it follows Kaito Nakamura as he learns his ordinary life’s built on fragments of a past he can’t remember

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.5%, Visual Novel 24.5%, Lore-Rich 24.5%, Story Rich 12%, Singleplayer 1.4%

A single-screen satirical game where you press a button to request a mortgage… and you're always told no. There is no ending. No progress. Just despair — for the price of a coffee.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Text-Based 18.9%, Simulation 15.5%, 2D 4%

A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.6%, Text-Based 26.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Relaxing 8.9%

Tomorrow Will Be Dying is an atmospheric, story-driven slice-of-life visual novel with light sim elements about finding yourself through your connections with others.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.3%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Text-Based 13.6%, Relaxing 8%, Story Rich 7.1%

The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Point & Click 15.4%, Text-Based 13.9%, Lore-Rich 9.2%

Hachi Hachi Mystery is a interactive Visual Novelf taking place at university. It's your first year as a university student and you're going to discover this new life! ...Well, that's how it should have happened.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Text-Based 16.7%, Simulation 14.6%, Story Rich 10%

Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.7%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Text-Based 18%, Story Rich 9.4%, 2D 3.9%

Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.1%, Text-Based 40.1%, Indie 7%, Story Rich 4.8%

A romantic, fantasy slice-of-life visual novel about Emile Mayer — the owner of A Slice of Comfort bakery in the Kingdom of Selias — when the Fae Kingdom's royal procession, and the interesting newcomer that comes with it, changes his life forever.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Text-Based 19.6%, Simulation 11.3%, Lore-Rich 8.9%

A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47%, Text-Based 40.7%, Indie 12.3%

You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Text-Based 25.7%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Resource Management 8.6%, Story Rich 5.4%

Visual novel «Burned One» - story that tells about a post-apocalyptic world in post-soviet decorations, and about its people. In the center of the story a stalker Voyla, who trying to find his wife, disappeared during the Cataclysm...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Story Rich 9.3%, 2D 3.8%

Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.

Why similar: Text-Based 35.6%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Indie 13.6%, Point & Click 11.1%, Story Rich 10%

世界上的所有人都住在同一栋楼里，用数字代号作为名字，一周有八天...这是众所周知的事实，在此之前，我从来就没有产生过任何疑问。在这个视觉小说当中，扮演主人公2169，享受高中生酸酸甜甜的校园生活（暂时性地），尝试着去发现事情的真相，或者尽力把这份甜蜜的生活维护下去。

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.6%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Text-Based 16.3%, Story Rich 8.8%, Simulation 7.1%

Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.

Why similar: Text-Based 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Point & Click 13.4%, Story Rich 9.2%

A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.

Why similar: Text-Based 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Lore-Rich 17.9%, Point & Click 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%

It's time to make a name for yourself in the big city. In this first half of a two-part epic, can you unravel the mysteries of Lux, City of Secrets?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.2%, Text-Based 30.5%, Lore-Rich 22.3%, Story Rich 8.6%, Indie 3.2%

Interactive fiction, visual novel adventure with point & click controls and AI-assisted illustrations. Explore a dangerous orbital station, an abandoned starship or a mysterious planet in this cyberpunk sci-fi text-based game. And, of course, discover a mystery that has an impact on the galaxy.

Why similar: Text-Based 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Point & Click 15.7%, Story Rich 12.4%

Manage a mysterious house by day and explore a cursed town by night. Build bonds with three heroines, uncover clues through AI-driven conversations, survive deadly visits and battles, and seek the truth behind the December cycle before it claims everyone again.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Lore-Rich 15.1%, Text-Based 15%, Story Rich 7.5%

Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Text-Based 23.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Indie 3.7%

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.8%, Story Rich 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 14.4%, Simulation 7.9%

Two young illuminators, Fancia and Alina, start their adventure in the bright and fascinating Inlixaland... ...in pursuit of becoming trustworthy "The Arborangers."

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 19.3%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%

Rebuild society after the climate apocalypse! Can you keep your settlement alive? Will you hold onto your humanity or lose it in the directionless expanse?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.7%, Text-Based 30.5%, Post-apocalyptic 27.5%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Picking up right where you left off in part one, the city and school are still in shock from the mysterious attacks, and the question on everyone's mind is...who was behind them, and why?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.2%, Text-Based 31%, Lore-Rich 22.1%, Story Rich 9.8%, Indie 3.5%

Welcome to the Web Programming Academy!A school full of lovely girls.You can spend warm daily moments with them;or win their hearts with your programming skills! Whether you have programming experience or not,you can fully enjoy the gameand experience a relaxing and pleasant campus life here!

Why similar: Lore-Rich 25.3%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Text-Based 24.2%, Story Rich 9.9%, Simulation 7%