60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Singleplayer, Visual Novel, Indie.
Piece by piece, you pour your soul into the monster. This is your burden and you bear it willingly. Your friends think that this is unhealthy.
Let Me Speak
An apprentice. A healer. A warrior. Breathe, pull, and choose your way through their stories in this dark yet comforting narrative game about healing the worlds inside us.
Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart
Welcome to the Ace & Aro Meetup! Everyone is accepted here – whether you’re a-spec yourself or just curious to learn more. Meet the members, try a cocktail (or two) and unwind with some arcade games. Let’s have a heart-to-heart!
An apprentice. A healer. A warrior. Breathe, pull, and choose your way through their stories in this dark yet comforting narrative game about healing the worlds inside us.
Why similar: Narrative 19.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Emotional 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Welcome to the Ace & Aro Meetup! Everyone is accepted here – whether you’re a-spec yourself or just curious to learn more. Meet the members, try a cocktail (or two) and unwind with some arcade games. Let’s have a heart-to-heart!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Stylized 8.1%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Narrative 13.5% ★, Visual Novel 12%, Magic 11.3%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Narrative 26% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Emotional 12%
Three loves. One week. Merry Crisis is an intimate, character-driven romance visual novel about love, loss, and belonging—is home what you left behind, or where you're headed?
Why similar: Narrative 22.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Emotional 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%
From the first day of spring, to the last day of winter, wear seven shoes of seven characters and live their most intimate moments. Explore their thoughts, choose their steps and shape their paths in a mumblecore narrative game where the most extraordinary setting is ordinary life itself.
Why similar: Narrative 24.1% ★, LGBTQ+ 22%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Emotional 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.3%
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Emotional 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
An autopsy of a queer relationship.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 8.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%
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 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Narrative 15.5% ★, Hand-drawn 13%, Visual Novel 10.9%
The kind Blacksmith is a Visual Horror Novel set in ficticious medieval Italy. In a land ravaged by war and sickness, you take on the roll of the Blacksmith - a lonely man that happens to take in a sick Knight of the invading forces. The Knight's fate is in your hands. To be kind is your choice.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Emotional 12.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
An emotional narrative point-and-click about a daughter caring for her mother as dementia reshapes their bond. Explore heartfelt conversations, fragmented memories, and simple story-driven puzzles on a journey of caregiving and learning to let go.
Why similar: Narrative 30.8% ★, Emotional 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Narrative 21.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Emotional 11.5%
Spellbound: The Magic Within is a branching narrative, multiple ending visual novel. Jump into a world of Magic, Witchcraft and Mystery as a magician in training. Interact with a host of unusual characters. Choose from multiple schools of magic, bond with your tutor, and maybe even save the world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Narrative 16.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Magic 10.4%
A visual novel where your choices matter. Derek has a job, a beloved boyfriend, friends, and… “piranha thoughts.” Everything was perfect until his younger sister Rina returned to town.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Hand-drawn 9.3%
Sayonara Okaasan is an interactive abstract poem about saying goodbye to a mother and exploring life and death.
Why similar: Narrative 31.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Emotional 17.2%, Minimalist 8.9%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
A poet ponders queer life and love after his happily ever after.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Emotional 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
Cozy visual novel about a lovely witch who’s able to talk to spirits in a fantasy setting. Using her powers, Julia helps her neighbors in their daily whereabouts. Craft potions, find the right time to use them and get to know both spirits and clients to find their peace.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Emotional 17%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Magic 10.6%
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Emotional 10%
Talewarden is a weird west adventure visual novel. Restore time on a planet where the sun never sets as you explore locations, talk, romance, and bond with your companions. Find the source of the voice in your head and discover why you all fell here from different worlds.
Why similar: Narrative 26% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Emotional 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Narrative 14.3% ★, Emotional 12.2%, Story Rich 9.5%
A dark boys love / boys hate visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired world full of political intrigue. Yuel, once the King of Indra, is deposed by his older cousin, Tavi, during a coup and imprisoned within the palace. An uneasy relationship between them grows, and then...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 12.3%, Stylized 10.1%
High Elo Girls is a Visual Novel set in the esports scene where you play as the latest recruit for a new all-girls team. Can you help your squad achieve their true potential, or will you only squander your own?
Why similar: Narrative 21% ★, LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Emotional 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Visual Novel 9%
Rockin’ Racket is a narrative driven, fast paced, pop punk band management game with an undercurrent of teenage angst as you try to hold together a band of rowdy younger siblings, keep the crowd happy, and manage your frugal earnings while booking larger venues to rocket your band to stardom!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Emotional 12.6%, Stylized 9.6%
You know the feeling of struggling to get out of bed? In A Heavy Morning, you will play as a young girl battling with her own mind. Your only objective? Get out of bed and get to work on time.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Narrative 11% ★, Choices Matter 8.3%
memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.4%, Emotional 17.4%, Narrative 16.8% ★, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
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 18.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Emotional 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Stylized 11.1%
With just 15 days of summer left, will Tomai pursue romance or responsibility?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Emotional 10.4%
An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.
Why similar: Narrative 27.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Emotional 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%
A Greek Myth-based, heartfelt narrative game where you're a demigod named Aelius trying to find your godly father and re-forge your family.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
Help Dawn, a young woman of faerie descent, with her first steps into loving and accepting who she is in a modern world where faeries and humans were supposed to live in harmony.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Emotional 13.8%, Magic 9.4%
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Emotional 12%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Emotional 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Hand-drawn 12.6%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Emotional 10%, Stylized 8.4%
A linear visual novel featuring five different Ontario (Canada) youths' stories. Each story has a different art style and subject matter, and we worked closely with the storytellers to ensure their voices come through authentically. Indigenous & LGBTQ2S+ are major themes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 32.2%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Emotional 11.4%, Stylized 10%
A game about loneliness in adulthood. Withdrawn is a hand-drawn point-and-click interactive fiction where you're following the main character's routine, thoughts, memories and his constant fear of living.
Why similar: Narrative 19.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17%, Emotional 13%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%
"My Life with You" is a STORY DRIVEN experience that follows the journey of a young SINGLE MOM who must BALANCE life's challenges while raising her child. An emotional journey focused on the BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD, marked by obstacles, growth, and love.
Why similar: Narrative 32.4% ★, Emotional 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Casual 7.2%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Emotional 14.3%, Minimalist 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.6%
A visual novel set in 1920s Paris. As summer draws near, young students are revising their end-of-year exams. Olivier is one of them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Emotional 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 7.1%
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.6%, Emotional 20.7%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.2%
In this interactive narrative, you (a goblin custodian) fix up the neighborhood, help solve eccentric neighbors' problems, and uncover a dark and dangerous mystery, all while untangling the occasional drag & drop image puzzle!
Why similar: Narrative 26.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 11%, Stylized 8.7%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
Why similar: Narrative 38.4% ★, Emotional 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Story Rich 7.4%, Hand-drawn 6.2%
The curse wove your fates together. Now their thoughts and feelings influence you and your actions determine their fates. Will you be able to break the curse? Or will their dark pasts drag you into an inescapable despair? And can a fresh start really erase the past?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Emotional 11.2%
Brew potions and graduate with your best friend(?) in this small visual novel with drag and drop crafting elements!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Magic 11.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%
A GxG coming-of-age visual novel. Nina sucks at choosing. But when a mysterious incident happens at the arts academy, will she muster the courage to choose–or will she let someone else decide on her behalf?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Emotional 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Stylized 8.7%
My dream is a Lost Memory is a short interactive story about having Déjà vu, realizing that this Déjà vu came to you because of a dream, and then wondering if that dream is actually a memory. It's a story about work, limitations and self-respect.
Why similar: Narrative 21.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Minimalist 12.2%, Hand-drawn 12.1%
A romance-suspense visual novel set in Taishō Japan. Amnesiac actor Kotori Sakuma grapples with a dear friend's bizarre death, the awakening of his magic, and the blood ties that haunt him. As the truth unravels, shape Kotori's final choice: return to his bloodline's embrace, or pursue true freedom?
Why similar: Narrative 24.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Emotional 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Guide Hamlet (now a Girl *and* a Werewolf) as she deals with a murder mystery, a usurped throne, and a cursed sledding competition. Her emotions are your stats, so.... emote wisely. Or impulsively. Or with shame. It’s her kingdom. Everyone else is just tolerated in it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, LGBTQ+ 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Story Rich 6.2%
My Christmas Spirit is a heartfelt visual novel about memory, loss, and acceptance set on Christmas Eve. Follow Toby, a lonely boy guided by a mystical star, as he uncovers pieces of his past and discovers the true meaning of love and the holiday spirit.
Why similar: Narrative 21.7% ★, Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Emotional 15.5%
is a story-driven hospital receptionist simulator with multiple endings. Become a hospital receptionist in a pandemic apocalypse and manage the order in which patients receive treatment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Emotional 15.9%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Stylized 11%
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: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Emotional 23.4%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, LGBTQ+ 9.6%
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+ 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Emotional 15.9%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 8%
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Emotional 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
Haifa is a hidden object puzzle experience that tells a story about the emotional struggles of trying to maintain hopefulness in times of war. Help your characters keep their head up by finding small objects in their environment to lift their spirits, as they look for their lost friend.
Why similar: Narrative 33% ★, Emotional 19.9%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Visual Novel 10%, Story Rich 7.2%
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.3%, Emotional 19.6%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%
Carry Onward is a narrative gameplay short that follows a grieving man as he packs up his home. Immerse yourself in his thoughts and emotions by interacting with items, which shape his internal state. Experience the transformative power of memories and the hope that arises from embracing change.
Why similar: Narrative 29.9% ★, Emotional 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Stylized 8.4%
A domineering CEO-like older sister who’s gentle only to her sister, a childhood friend who became her doctor, and a cheerful girl only she can see… Who was Chu Hebai before losing her memories, and how did she become entangled with them? A melancholic yuri AVG about regret and unspoken love.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.3%, Emotional 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Story Rich 7%
DUET illustrates the Hifuu Club's first encounter. It is a wordless, narrative-driven experience about connection and small moments in life. Step into the subtle yet fateful daily interactions that intertwine Renko and Merry's lives.
Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Hand-drawn 13%, Stylized 11.8%, Emotional 11.6%
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Emotional 15.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 10.4%
Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.
Why similar: Narrative 19.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Emotional 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.3%
