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  1. #1 Birth
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,237 reviews2023
    Dev: Madison Karrh
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones.

    Why similar: Stylized 24.3%, Hand-drawn 22.9%, Point & Click 17.9%, Magic 12%, Story Rich 8.1%

  2. #2 Monster Loves You!
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,197 reviews2013
    Dev: Radial Games Corp
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!

    Why similar: Choices Matter 25.4%, Casual 18.8%, Simulation 17%, Story Rich 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.3%

  3. #3 Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary
    96% matchVery Positive98% of 100 reviews2023
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 9.5%

  4. #4 you're just imagining it
    95% matchVery Positive96% of 471 reviews2024
    Dev: npckc
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.7%, Emotional 15.1%, Minimalist 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Story Rich 6.9%

  5. #5 Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,765 reviews2024
    Dev: Gentle Troll Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Emotional 15.3%, Visual Novel 8.6%, Hand-drawn 8.6%

  6. #6 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 375 reviews2019
    Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Emotional 15.2%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Stylized 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%

  7. #7 My monstrous roommate. (étude)
    93% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2023
    Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
    Windows

    There is a monster living in your apartment.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.1%, Stylized 19.6%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Point & Click 13.6%, Atmospheric 4.1%

  8. #8 Bookbinding – Dark Cozy Sim
    92% matchMostly Positive71% of 164 reviews2026
    Dev: NDApolisPub: Caspianborn Publishing
    Windows

    A quiet bookshop. A magical past. A murder and Tarot cards that can twist fate itself. Craft beautiful covers, read between the lines of your customers’ lives, and decide which secrets deserve to stay hidden… including your own.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.5%, Emotional 21.7%, Magic 18.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Story Rich 7.6%

  9. #9 non-binary
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 301 reviews2022
    Dev: owof games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    "non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Emotional 17.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Minimalist 5.6%

  10. #10 A TAVERN FOR TEA
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 155 reviews2023
    Dev: npckc
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Emotional 12.2%, Magic 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.5%

  11. #11 CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator
    89% matchVery Positive83% of 607 reviews2025
    Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    CraftCraft is a narrative-heavy RPG sim with hands on forging and jewelry making! Create a pretty tiara for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood! Be a Moth or a Cat and express your creativity in your cozy crafting studio and change the lives of locals in the mysterious port town of Windspell.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Stylized 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Character Customization 6.9%

  12. #12 Waiting in the Lime forest
    90% matchMixed69% of 65 reviews2025
    Dev: UnicaPub: BARON DU JUVÉNILE
    Windows

    Face your friend's twisted mind and do your best. You should stay sane until the end.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.8%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Emotional 22.4%, 2D 5.5%, Casual 3.3%

  13. #13 Miniatures
    89% matchVery Positive95% of 387 reviews2024
    Dev: Other Tales Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.

    Why similar: Narrative 17.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Emotional 14.3%, Stylized 11.3%, Magic 9.2%

  14. #14 Cryptid Coffeehouse
    87% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
    Dev: nyewks
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Everyone's heard of Mothman– the moth creature that haunts the outskirts of Point Pleasant, West Virginia– but no one's heard of it like this! In some random idyllic Midwestern town, you meet Artemis (aka Mothman) at your favorite coffee shop and begin an agonizingly slow burn romance with them.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Hand-drawn 7.7%, Stylized 6.5%

  15. #15 Always Sometimes Monsters
    88% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,447 reviews2014
    Dev: Vagabond Dog
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 51.6%, Story Rich 16.9%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Indie 8%, Casual 5%

  16. #16 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
    86% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2023
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    You are The Fateweaver; an ancient beast of legendary status. It is your job to determine which way Fate will unravel as you dig deep into the psyche of those who beckon. Decide whether to help those who beg for your mercy, or invoke the wrath of the Gods upon those you deem unworthy of existence...

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.3%, Emotional 22.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%

  17. #17 Zero-Sum Heart
    85% matchVery Positive94% of 257 reviews2024
    Dev: Citreat Studio
    Windows · Mac

    "I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. ——————————————————————————Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.5%, Emotional 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Magic 10.9%, Stylized 9.9%

  18. #18 Coffee Talk
    84% matchVery Positive95% of 12,615 reviews2020
    Dev: Toge Productions
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Emotional 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Story Rich 6.4%

  19. #19 Creature Lab
    86% matchMixed55% of 410 reviews2023
    Dev: Image Power S.A.Pub: CreativeForge Games S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Become a mad scientist! Conduct crazy experiments, mix mutagens, breed abominable creatures, and attach monstrous body parts to them. Manage your inventory, expand your lab, and make sure your hideout is safe. Send your creations into the city to obtain salvage and test subjects!

    Why similar: Character Customization 40.6%, Simulation 29.9%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Indie 12.1%

  20. #20 Familiar Friends: What's Your Familiar?
    83% matchVery Positive91% of 192 reviews2024
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

    A cute and cozy Visual Novel experience with plenty of choices to make! Come find the Familiar truly meant for you by feeding The Conjuring Cauldron with a multitude of choices, all to a relaxing Original Soundtrack!

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.6%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choices Matter 15%, Simulation 8.3%, Point & Click 8.1%

  21. #21 To Make a Game
    84% matchVery Positive91% of 80 reviews2022
    Dev: TheBluePenguin
    Windows · Linux

    A short meta story about the struggles of procrastination, and never finishing the things you start. Help motivate me, and give me the confidence I need to finish something.

    Why similar: Emotional 37.5%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Casual 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%, 2D 6.3%

  22. #22 Monster Lab Simulator: Prologue
    82% matchMostly Positive72% of 110 reviews2025
    Dev: Round3 StudiosPub: Kiki Games
    Windows

    Monster Lab Simulator is a creature collector where you create, raise, and battle monsters in your own lab. Synthesize essences, hatch eggs, expand your collection, and build the ultimate team!

    Why similar: Simulation 55.6%, Casual 37.6%, Indie 6.8%

  23. #23 The Witch's Cauldron
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 634 reviews2024
    Dev: Harvey games
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    The Witch's Cauldron is a narrative roguelike game about being a medieval witch. Grab your cauldron and get brewing. Love, curses, laughter, wisdom for sale! Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. At least before the inquisitors come around.

    Why similar: Stylized 27.1%, Choices Matter 20.2%, Story Rich 15.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Casual 8%

  24. #24 I live under your house.
    82% matchVery Positive80% of 319 reviews2022
    Dev: SpoocleMacBoogle
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    You are a monster under someone's house.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Point & Click 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Story Rich 7.3%

  25. #25 Sometimes Always Monsters
    81% matchMostly Positive75% of 161 reviews2020
    Dev: Vagabond Dog
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Join a cross-country bus tour as a newlywed author, and combat vicious rumors that you're a plagiarist. Truth isn't important, when you control the narrative.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 33.4%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Indie 16.5%, Story Rich 8.6%

  26. #26 i love me, i love me not
    79% matchVery Positive95% of 85 reviews2022
    Dev: MALGOW
    Windows · Mac

    a hand-drawn mental-health-focused game!

    Why similar: Emotional 72.3%, Casual 13.6%, 2D 10.3%, Indie 3.8%

  27. #27 Take Care Of It.
    77% matchVery Positive99% of 80 reviews2026
    Dev: Zealli
    Windows

    Horror/thriller visual novel with RPG elements about two friends that explores guilt, co-dependency, and personal limits being pushed.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 41.5%, Simulation 19.3%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Story Rich 12.3%, 2D 7.3%

  28. #28 Creature Kitchen
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 9,915 reviews2026
    Dev: The Rat Zone
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    A creepy-cozy cooking simulator where you befriend local wildlife and feed them their favorite snacks! With a strange house to search and forest to explore, the witching hour has only begun.

    Why similar: Stylized 43.2%, Casual 14.8%, Simulation 13.5%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Fantasy 9.1%

  29. #29 Guilt Free
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 296 reviews2020
    Dev: Lateral Games
    Windows · Mac

    Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Emotional 21.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Minimalist 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%

  30. #30 Sigh of the Abyss: Shadow Bonds
    78% matchVery Positive93% of 105 reviews2022
    Dev: Rascal Devworks
    Windows

    Embrace the monster within to free yourself from a curse in this dark fantasy visual novel, a standalone introduction to the characters and setting of Sigh of the Abyss.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.7%, Emotional 16.2%, Magic 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.5%

  31. #31 Lilith Wants to Buy Your Soul
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 800 reviews2023
    Dev: Pyon Pyon Platinum
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Emotional 16.9%, Story Rich 8.5%, 2D 5.2%

  32. #32 Momotype
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 799 reviews2021
    Dev: RimatoadPub: Rimatoad
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An experimental, horror visual novel about raising a virtual pet. Help a tamagotchi-like creature navigate his angst. We love Momo!

    Why similar: Minimalist 29%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Stylized 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Story Rich 9.2%

  33. #33 Depression Quest
    80% matchMixed62% of 3,940 reviews2014
    Dev: The Quinnspiracy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 78.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 61.1%, Emotional 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%, LGBTQ+ 8.3%, Indie 5.4%

  34. #34 tomorrow is my birthday
    75% matchVery Positive99% of 99 reviews2024
    Dev: rileylessthan9Pub: Lemon+Blood
    Windows

    "we don't have to do this. why don't we just leave?" asks you your bestfriend while you try to escape your hometown. and you start hating them. and you start hating yourself. can you pull through or will you choose to go home again? both decisions feel wrong but this time it's you who has to choose.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Emotional 17.7%, Point & Click 16.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%

  35. #35 Greenhearth Necromancer
    74% matchVery Positive96% of 103 reviews2026
    Dev: Silverstring Media Inc.Pub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    Raise a garden... from the dead! Greenhearth Necromancer is a cozy, witchy, semi-idle game about caring for living and undead plants alike. Grow cute plants in your balcony garden, cast spells, and brew potions, enjoying the chill idle gameplay and ambience throughout your day.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42.5%, Magic 17.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Story Rich 8.7%, Simulation 5.4%

  36. #36 Backwater Eulogy
    75% matchVery Positive100% of 64 reviews2024
    Dev: Wurm Fud
    Windows

    Musings on grief, moving on, and a life made and lived in the rural Midwest. Features a collection of lovingly hand-drawn panels and pixel art.

    Why similar: Emotional 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Visual Novel 14%, LGBTQ+ 11%, Hand-drawn 10.2%

  37. #37 Gender Dysphoria
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 70 reviews2023
    Dev: exodrifter
    Windows · Linux

    A short non-linear narrative game about negative experiences after coming out as transgender.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.9%, Narrative 23% ★, Emotional 19.3%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Story Rich 5.2%

  38. #38 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,001 reviews2025
    Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.8%, Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Story Rich 10%, Atmospheric 4.2%

  39. #39 Midnight Ramen
    73% matchVery Positive96% of 411 reviews2024
    Dev: Cointinue Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.6%, Emotional 28.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Story Rich 9.5%, Casual 4.4%

  40. #40 Golem Creation Kit
    78% matchMostly Positive74% of 69 reviews2017
    Dev: Illuminated GamesPub: AAD Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Race against the clock to defeat the angry mobs that want to burn you out. Grab virtually anything -- sand dunes, animals, buildings, mountaintops. Then throw everything in your cauldron and turn it into unstoppable engines of pixellated 16-bit terror!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 47.5%, Casual 35.7%, Indie 16.8%

  41. #41 Pieced Together
    72% matchVery Positive98% of 168 reviews2026
    Dev: Glowfrog Games
    Windows · Mac

    Pieced Together is a cozy scrapbooking game that takes you on a heartfelt journey about friendship and getting older. Sort items, solve gentle puzzles, and decorate the scrapbook as you uncover the story piece by piece.

    Why similar: Stylized 16.8%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Emotional 14.3%, Story Rich 11.4%

  42. #42 Meg's Monster
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,322 reviews2023
    Dev: Odencat
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Take control of the Underworld’s grumpiest ghoul to help a lost little girl find her way home in this creepy-cute indie adventure. Just be warned: if she cries, the whole world dies.

    Why similar: Emotional 42.9%, Interactive Fiction 36%, Story Rich 10.2%, 2D 6.7%, Indie 4.3%

  43. #43 Monster Care Simulator
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 727 reviews2025
    Dev: Banana Tiger Studio
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Manage a care center for adorable monsters in Monster Care Simulator! Treat clients' creatures, hatch eggs, raise your own companions, and keep them happy with fun activities. Hire staff, expand your facilities, and customize your space to build the ultimate monster sanctuary!

    Why similar: Simulation 40.6%, Stylized 32.6%, Casual 19.5%, Atmospheric 7.3%

  44. #44 Monster Girls: You Can't Say No 🔞
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 160 reviews2026
    Dev: Lewd Star
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Adult adventure set in a monster college where desire is survival. Host an incubus, manage rising “heat,” flirt, and build relationships to stay alive. Explore, upgrade abilities, and unlock scenes in a mix of dating sim and resource management. 🔞

    Why similar: Emotional 26.3%, Magic 21.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 9.4%

  45. #45 My Lovely Wife
    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 777 reviews2022
    Dev: GameChanger StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Point & Click 9.7%, Story Rich 7.9%

  46. #46 Ritual of Raven
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 379 reviews2025
    Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Team17
    Windows

    Ritual of Raven is a story-based farming sim - but you don’t do the farming yourself! Enchant Arcana Constructs to grow a magical herb garden, befriend a cute bunch of weirdos and use your witchy skills to perform powerful rituals to stabilize the portals that are causing trouble for the village.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.8%, Narrative 33.5% ★, Magic 15.7%, Character Customization 5.8%, Simulation 5.3%

  47. #47 Life with a Homunculus
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: hermesPub: OTAKU Plan
    Windows

    Having inherited your late master's will, after years of research... You finally succeed in creating a homunculus. Your goal is complete—now all that’s left is to hand it to the government. There's no longer any reason to live. Or so you thought... Thus begins your life with the homunculusーーー

    Why similar: Simulation 51.8%, Fantasy 32.7%, Indie 15.5%

  48. #48 Pekoe
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 154 reviews2023
    Dev: Kitten Cup Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Blend tea and friendship in the flavourful world of Pekoe, a cozy cat-filled tea-making simulator about taking the time for self-care and connecting with what makes you happy. Build relationships, upgrade your teahouse, and discover new recipes as you work towards creating a place you can call home.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 44.2%, Interactive Fiction 38.2%, Story Rich 7.7%, Simulation 4.5%, Casual 4%

  49. #49 Storyteller
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 9,231 reviews2023
    Dev: Daniel BenmerguiPub: Annapurna Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, LGBTQ+ 24%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Point & Click 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.1%

  50. #50 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 267 reviews2023
    Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
    Windows · Mac

    A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.1%, Visual Novel 24%, Story Rich 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%, 2D 5.5%

  51. #51 Monster Alchemy
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2026
    Dev: Team Metacarpo
    Windows

    Create unique creatures, use them to gather rare resources, and fuse them into even more powerful beings! This RPG combines classic exploration with a deep crafting system where your monsters are your ultimate tool for looting, combat, and discovery.

    Why similar: Magic 76.1%, Fantasy 18%, Indie 5.9%

  52. #52 Under the River
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 576 reviews2026
    Dev: 夜火游戏(Night Fire Game)
    Windows

    Under the River: The Borrowed Skin-She saved you—but turned you into a monster. You live on, wearing her skin as your body rots. To survive, you must devour her. One begs you to eat her. One begs you to stay human. What will you choose?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 51.2%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%, 2D 5.2%

  53. #53 Growing Up
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 3,729 reviews2021
    Dev: Vile Monarch
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.8%, Emotional 23%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Hand-drawn 9.5%, Visual Novel 8.8%

  54. #54 Monster Lab Simulator
    68% matchMostly Positive73% of 590 reviews2026
    Dev: Round 3 Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Ready to become a mad scientist? Synthesize, evolve, and command an army of unique creatures in your own lab. Manage your laboratory, master genetic essences, and dominate the battle arena in this deep creature collection simulator!

    Why similar: Simulation 55.8%, Casual 44.2%

  55. #55 Let's BUG Dumplings
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 69 reviews2026
    Dev: 鲜美Press
    Windows

    "Let’s make dumplings" carries that same unsettling vibe as Spring Festival Gala skits with intentionally happy endings?— it's about how family norms discipline the individual. It uses dumplings to explore love and pressure in families. In this scripted, collective narrative... what will you choose?

    Why similar: Emotional 25.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Stylized 11.9%, Hand-drawn 9.4%

  56. #56 Sigh of the Abyss
    66% matchVery Positive96% of 193 reviews2024
    Dev: Rascal Devworks
    Windows

    Embrace the monster within in this dark fantasy visual novel with inclusive romances. Befriend charming allies, defy bitter rivals, fall in love. Your choices will save or condemn mortals, shaping the fate of a city as beautiful as it is cruel.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Magic 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Visual Novel 9%

  57. #57 Vampire Therapist
    65% matchVery Positive94% of 1,019 reviews2024
    Dev: Little Bat Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 53.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Story Rich 10%, Simulation 5.4%, Casual 5.1%

  58. #58 It Paints Me
    65% matchVery Positive98% of 288 reviews2024
    Dev: ENDYSIS
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Emotional 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Story Rich 9.9%

  59. #59 be you
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 212 reviews2019
    Dev: louis morel
    Windows

    HELLO i made weird game visual novel thingy Your character develops different personality types depending on your choices, so they respond uniquely to different situations. With around three different choices to make and three unique lines of dialogue for each of them there's around nine different texts you can see and six endings.

    Why similar: Casual 39.7%, Simulation 39.2%, Indie 21.1%

  60. #60 Shrinking Pains
    68% matchVery Positive85% of 227 reviews2018
    Dev: Bedtime Phobias
    Windows

    You spend a day seeing how many coins you can fit into the hollows above your collarbones. You're losing yourself first in inches, then moments... Will you survive yourself?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 81.4%, Indie 18.6%

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