- #1 Flashback
97% matchVery Positive86% of 454 reviews2023
Dev: Renka
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Flashback is a strategy game oriented to your choices. You will play the role of a deliveryman and live in a turbulent city for a month. You will meet various characters and experience events, and those characters' fates will cross and they will usher in their own futures based on your choices.
Why similar: Anime 33.1%, Choices Matter 27.9%, Mystery 16.1%, Casual 14.4%, Indie 7.4%
- #2 Card-en-Ciel
96% matchVery Positive91% of 838 reviews2024
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Card-en-Ciel is a roguelite card-battling RPG featuring over 300 different cards and 50 unique vocal songs! Play as Neon, the "Gaming Chair Detective" famous for solving net-crimes, as he encounters a strange new case when he dives into an in-development game world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.1%, Card Game 21.4%, Card Battler 14.2%, RPG 13.7%, Cyberpunk 12.4%
- #3 Criminal Dissidia
96% matchMixed67% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: 双星骑Pub: Anotherindie
Windows
Criminal Dissidia is a Roguelike card game with the adventure and ACG theme. Build your own deck, discover the open world, and experience various fun in this mysterious land. Your duty is to save your hometown from the Mutanian invasion, prepare youself!
Why similar: Card Game 25.9%, Deckbuilding 23.5%, Card Battler 19.7%, RPG 14.2%, Anime 10.2%
- #4 Love, Internet, and Murder Magic
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 246 reviews2025
Dev: Renka
Windows
Love, Internet, and Murder Magic is a Roguelike game. You will role-play an agent of a streamer who died because of a murder. You are trying to "bring her back" through AI technology on the Internet, making her the unique creation of the Internet.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 35.5%, Anime 25%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Mystery 11.6%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #5 HeistGeist
94% matchVery Positive97% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: Doublequote Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get in, get the goods, get out. What could possibly go wrong? In this single-player, story-driven cyberpunk RPG, play as Alexandra - a street-smart thief on the run after a failed heist. Put together a team of unusual allies, pull off thrilling heists, and fight and hack using your deck of cards.
Why similar: Card Game 22.9%, Deckbuilding 21.6%, Cyberpunk 17.7%, Card Battler 17.5%, RPG 14.2%
- #6 Inverted Angel
94% matchVery Positive91% of 566 reviews2024
Dev: SCIKA
Windows · Mac
A girl visited your home, who you don't know but she identified herself as your girlfriend. She seems a little bit Menhera, but she knows too much to be just a stalker. This is a Kawaii Future Mystery, you will answer by free input for branching story. Please Try to find out true identity of her.
Why similar: Anime 34.5%, Text-Based 26.3%, Mystery 25.5%, Choices Matter 6.2%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #7 Theseus Protocol
93% matchMixed70% of 372 reviews2023
Dev: YueTang(Xiamen)Pub: Archive Games
Windows
Theseus Protocol is a deck building roguelike where rebirth offers strategic opportunity. Utilize a powerful suite of cards and weaponry to uncover the cruel truth behind the dystopian sci-fi world of Mark City.
Why similar: Card Game 21.6%, Deckbuilding 21.5%, Card Battler 15.5%, Cyberpunk 11.9%, Anime 9.4%
- #8 Deadly Heart Gambit
91% matchVery Positive93% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Blink Hydrate ブリンク
Windows
You only have 3 months left to live. Gamble for extra time in Alice-sama’s life-or-death game. Be careful — she wants to steal your heart. 🔪🔪🔪💜
Why similar: Card Game 39.9%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Anime 21.3%, Story Rich 8.4%, Indie 4.6%
- #9 魔哆魔哆 Modo Modo
90% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: HAJI HEAVY INDUSTIRES
Windows
A 2D/3D hybrid rogue-lite card game. Top demon realm streamers Momo & Dodo face a mysterious network crash that drives all demons mad! After receiving "Dr. M's" salvation card deck, they battle via live-streams to save fans. Uncover the realm's truth through animated story chapters & multi-endings.
Why similar: Card Game 23.8%, RPG 19.8%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Casual 10.4%, Card Battler 10.3%
- #10 Grand Guilds
92% matchMixed56% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: Drix Studios
Windows
Story-driven, tactical RPG with unique card combat mechanics. Follow the adventures of Eliza and her crew as they struggle to prevent an impending war.
Why similar: RPG 37.3%, Card Game 30%, Indie 13.4%, Anime 12%, Story Rich 6%
- #11 All in Abyss: Judge the Fake
91% matchMixed58% of 487 reviews2025
Dev: ACQUIRE Corp.Pub: Alliance Arts
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Either I die, or the Witches perish. I challenge thee to a deathmatch!” Asuha, a self-proclaimed gambling prodigy, challenges the Witch ruling the gambling district. Poised to win, she is defeated by a mysterious power. An adventure of gambling, exposing frauds and earning fortunes through poker.
Why similar: Card Battler 23.3%, Visual Novel 18%, Card Game 16.7%, Anime 14.9%, Mystery 9.7%
- #12 my eyes deceive
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 859 reviews2024
Dev: nouhidev
Windows
Set over the course of roughly a week, you play as a young girl who has been living in a shelter all her life. The outside world is infected with a deadly disease. Society is in chaos. Fortunately, your papa is protecting you.
Why similar: RPG 63.1%, Choices Matter 24.4%, Story Rich 8.4%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #13 AIdol: Artificial Intelligence Idol
89% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: MysteryCorgi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A young high school student goes on an adventure to save her favorite virtual idol, Aiko, from malfunctioning, and gets help from the most unexpected of places.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Anime 14.3%, Text-Based 14.1%, Mystery 11.6%
- #14 Sumire
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 932 reviews2021
Dev: GameTomo TeamPub: GameTomo Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.
Why similar: Card Game 27.2%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Anime 14.4%, Casual 8.5%
- #15 Her 她
88% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2018
Dev: Her 她
Windows
This is a antique style game with TCG & LVG ,you need to carry out the character training of Katie (heroine) in 90 days and finish all the plots. There are 21 endings.
Why similar: Casual 37.4%, Cats 33.2%, Indie 29.4%
- #16 Border of her Heart
87% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Border of her Heart is a VN about Border control.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.9%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Anime 12.5%, Casual 7.7%
- #17 Mystery Of Dust
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Pink Rabbit
Windows
A sudden mechanical rebellion. An ordinary girl who has gained power. Faced with a "world-class" crisis. Is there a secret behind the rebellion? Is the power gained safe? Can a few people's journey save the world? Find out in our Tower Defense game-- Mystery of the Dust!
Why similar: RPG 57.4%, Anime 22.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #18 Greyfox RPG
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,042 reviews2015
Dev: Lesley DoddPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as a new arrival to a foggy and mysterious town. You find yourself waking up in the bodies of the town's inhabitants at pivotal moments of their lives. Make tough choices as you discover the truth about this town called Greyfox.
Why similar: RPG 38.6%, Anime 34.1%, Indie 15.6%, Casual 5.8%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #19 Trials of Innocence
82% matchVery Positive93% of 1,658 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Anime 13.9%, Mystery 13%, RPG 11.2%
- #20 White Night Dream
84% matchVery Positive90% of 272 reviews2023
Dev: Renka
Windows
White Night Dream is a card-based strategy rogue-lite game where a girl chases after a runaway cat on the streets at midnight. The game cleverly simulates the short yet long night through a simple card-flipping gameplay and a variety of interesting build combinations.
Why similar: Card Game 37.5%, Anime 19.3%, Card Battler 17.5%, Choices Matter 11%, Deckbuilding 7.3%
- #21 Hazy Mind
83% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2024
Dev: betetiro
Windows · Mac · Linux
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.7%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Anime 19.2%, Text-Based 14.4%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #22 RGB GlitchGazer
82% matchVery Positive98% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Anime 25.9%, Mystery 21.8%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Text-Based 4.3%
- #23 她2 : 我还想再见到你 Her2 : I Want To See You Again
84% matchVery Positive90% of 146 reviews2019
Dev: 她2 : 我还想再见到你Pub: 她2 : 我还想再见到你
Windows
This is a antique style game with TCG & LVG ,you need to carry out the character training of heroine in 6 years and finish all the plots. There are 16 endings.
Why similar: Casual 40.8%, Cats 30.9%, Indie 28.2%
- #24 Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening
79% matchVery Positive86% of 2,926 reviews2025
Dev: U-Secret Studio
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
"GODSOUL" is a story-driven,Hyper-visually RPG. Team with "rebel" girls who love gaming and drawing(and more), resist villains and enjoy a mix of cyber reality, fantastical worlds, and card game action.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 18%, Card Battler 16.4%, RPG 13.3%, Cyberpunk 13%, Card Game 12.8%
- #25 The Specter's Desire
81% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Themisian
Windows · Mac
This year's Desire Hierarchy has begun. The stakes are now deadly. Hop into The Specter's Desire, a Visual Novel in which you play against the city's top talents to save your parents. Includes puzzling gameplay that has you tearing down arguments, hatching schemes, and revealing the truth!
Why similar: Card Game 24.7%, Detective 19.5%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #26 vivid/stasis
78% matchVery Positive94% of 3,589 reviews2025
Dev: Team VividstasisPub: Hajimeli
Windows
Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?
Why similar: Rhythm 48.4%, Visual Novel 26.4%, Anime 14.5%, Story Rich 4.1%, Casual 3.6%
- #27 Gilded Shadows
80% matchVery Positive95% of 192 reviews2022
Dev: Steamberry Studio
Windows
A GxB visual novel that explores a whimsical, yet dangerous world which blends the solarpunk and cyberpunk aesthetics into a unique adventure. As you follow the MC on her journey, pursue various love interests in a stand-alone story unique to that route.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.9%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Casual 12.9%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #28 the World According to Girl
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 161 reviews2022
Dev: yondray
Windows
A deck-building roguelike caring game In a collapsed world, a plan to raise a young girl into a savior begins in order to find the only salvation. You become an "administrator" to raise a girl to become a savior, and raise her by selecting "human resources (cards)" with various effects.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 39.2%, Card Game 32.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Casual 6.9%, Indie 4.3%
- #29 Voice of Belldona
75% matchVery Positive81% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: StoryCropStudioPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
A sci-fantasy roguelite deckbuilder set in a world collapsing under cosmic instability. To stop the turmoil, humanity created a white-haired, godlike girl with overwhelming power and social anxiety. Enter the Vortex Zone, summon your allies, form your battle line, and tear through the enemy forces.
Why similar: Card Game 26.6%, Deckbuilding 24.4%, Card Battler 20.6%, RPG 14.4%, Anime 13.9%
- #30 Fateweaver: Smash or Pass
77% matchVery Positive94% of 80 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: RPG 29%, Visual Novel 27.9%, Choices Matter 23.7%, Anime 19.4%
- #31 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
72% matchVery Positive93% of 20,460 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.7%, Anime 25.4%, Story Rich 12.2%, RPG 10.3%, Indie 5.5%
- #32 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
74% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Detective 31.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Mystery 15.9%, Anime 15%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #33 Fading Hearts
79% matchMixed65% of 192 reviews2014
Dev: Sakura River Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 181.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Your choices changes the GENRE of the story!Almost EVERY NPC LIES to you at some point in the game!Live a life of adventure or a normal life! A game with true choices!An interactive story/game where you play the role of Ryou, a seemingly normal high school student in the land of Sorayama.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, RPG 27.1%, Anime 21.3%, Casual 15.4%, Indie 4.2%
- #34 Kamifuda
76% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2022
Dev: Realm Archive
Windows
Master the eldritch art of Kamifuda—channeling long dead powers within arcane cards—in this visual novel and deck builder game.
Why similar: Card Game 22.5%, Deckbuilding 20.9%, Card Battler 13.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Anime 9.7%
- #35 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
73% matchVery Positive95% of 511 reviews2025
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Answer the summons to the parallel world of "Kamitsubaki City" and meet a cast of colorful characters as you set out on a quest to save this city from the brink of destruction in this dark-fantasy sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 66.9%, Anime 27.6%, Singleplayer 5.5%
- #36 Sun Halo
74% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: RenkaPub: Renka M 01
Windows
Sun Halo is a real-time combat game blending roguelike progression with strategic deck-building. Recruit and develop a roster of distinctive characters, build your own unique deck, and adapt your tactics on the battlefield. Uncover the world’s unfolding story, all the way to its final chapter.
Why similar: Card Game 25.3%, Deckbuilding 24.4%, Card Battler 18.1%, Anime 13.5%, RPG 13.1%
- #37 To the Edge of the Sky
77% matchMixed60% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Ajané J.K. CélestinPub: Aeon Dream Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
This stunning post-cyberpunk indie visual novel is waiting for you to dive in. Explore the secrets of Olympia, the most technologically advanced country on Earth, as one of its top secret operatives. Can you complete your mission without regrets?
Why similar: RPG 35.1%, Action 16.9%, Casual 16.9%, Indie 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
- #38 Deck Hunter
76% matchMixed69% of 326 reviews2019
Dev: L_Draven
Windows
Deck Hunter is a roguelike card game. The World of Klanojh has been cursed by Glatta, the Goddess of Anger. Build your deck, make combos, defeat fantasy creatures and help Avery to face the evil and restore the balance!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 36.6%, Card Battler 22.8%, Card Game 21%, Difficult 7.3%, RPG 6.6%
- #39 Heileen 2: The Hands Of Fate
78% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Heileen soon discovers a deck of tarot cards representative of the seven deadly sins and the seven heavenly virtues. The cards have the power to change both her dreams and her reality, and will help Heileen discover hidden things from her past, and what she wants to be. A saint, or a sinner?
Why similar: Visual Novel 41%, Anime 22.1%, Casual 18%, Indie 15.4%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #40 How Stories Die
75% matchVery Positive89% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: VisualBagel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Time travel, assassins and one magical gangster rabbit! The demon king threatens your kingdom and it's up to you, the prince, to find a suitable hero to fight it. Not an easy task, as it will require you to shed a lot of blood and maybe even die. But at least you will save everyone... right?
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Anime 23.9%, Mystery 14.3%, Story Rich 11%, Casual 10.9%
- #41 Touhou: Dreamland of Infinity
73% matchVery Positive83% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Purple猫 Studio
Windows
"Help construct my dreamland, and you can take away an artifact of your choice from the dream..." To help Doremy Sweet, the Master of the Dreamland, use different Gensokyo girls and their magnificent projectiles to face the challenges of the endless challenges!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.4%, Card Battler 21%, Card Game 20.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Anime 7.5%
- #42 Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress
70% matchVery Positive97% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: Domus Aurea
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Arenda Finch—fifteen years old, wealthy beyond measure, and newly exiled from your former school. Dunkenwood House takes you in, but its halls hide the darker side of privilege. Humanity or demonic nature. Love or desire. Every choice shapes the person you become.
Why similar: RPG 29%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Mystery 22.5%, Anime 7.8%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #43 Signs of the Sojourner
73% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2020
Dev: Echodog Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?
Why similar: Card Game 21.2%, Deckbuilding 18.6%, RPG 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #44 Trainee Death Simulator
68% matchVery Positive93% of 1,964 reviews2024
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.
Why similar: Card Game 34.3%, RPG 18.4%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Detective 12.4%, Anime 9.5%
- #45 Keylocker | Turn Based Cyberpunk Action
70% matchVery Positive85% of 272 reviews2024
Dev: MoonanaPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
In a silent world where music is outlawed, play as a singer to shatter the strings of fate and sing the melody of freedom in this unforgiving Turn Based Rhythm JRPG.
Why similar: Rhythm 27.5%, Cyberpunk 25.1%, RPG 17.6%, Difficult 13.6%, Anime 8.9%
- #46 Guardians of the Ashes
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 460 reviews2020
Dev: Mature Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
From a rookie female soldier being lost memory, you incidentally become "The Chosen One" and have to protect the world.
Why similar: RPG 37.3%, Anime 30%, Action 17.1%, Story Rich 15.6%
- #47 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 274 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Choices Matter 27.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Casual 10.6%, Indie 10.4%
- #48 Uberich: Advent Sinners
68% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: NBDR GamesPub: XD
Windows
The world and reality of Joe collapse as a sequence of paranormal events starts in September. A mysterious girl with physical powers named Chava wants him dead, as he can be a core key for her cult to dominate the reality between worlds.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, RPG 18.4%, Anime 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Mystery 14.5%
- #49 Prison Notes
68% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: 闻岚工坊(Vinland Studio)Pub: Starsea Games
Windows
Prison Notes is a RPG with text-based ADV and cultivation elements. You act as a young migrant worker, wrongly imprisoned in the prison known as "The Coral Reef".What challenges and adventures are awaiting? Will you finally find a way out? Your choices and actions will decide the end of your story.
Why similar: Card Game 20%, Detective 18.9%, Card Battler 16.5%, RPG 14%, Visual Novel 12.8%
- #50 One Turn Kill
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,275 reviews2026
Dev: DenDenPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
One Turn Kill is a PvE card game where card drawing and deck control are the keys to victory. Engage in battles limited to a single turn for an exhilarating, suspenseful experience.Join the protagonist in a pixel art wasteland to face off with the strongest of enemies and see what story awaits.
Why similar: Card Game 37.8%, Deckbuilding 36.6%, Card Battler 20.3%, Anime 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #51 outside the door
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.3%, Anime 23.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Mystery 10.4%
- #52 Ten Trials of Babel: The Doppelganger Maze
67% matchVery Positive93% of 4,366 reviews2022
Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Otome × Death Game × Mild Horror Multiple Endings Puzzle RPG
Why similar: RPG 36.6%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Mystery 18.9%, Story Rich 15.8%, Indie 8.3%
- #53 RedEyes 赤瞳之勋
71% matchMixed69% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: RiceMaster
Windows
~ 一款精美的JRPG游戏,全手绘地图,kawaii的像素人物,炫酷的特效,精彩悠长的剧情,多元化战斗系统,回合制战斗,弹幕模式,arpg战斗和解密任务,开启你新世界的大门吧 ~
Why similar: RPG 54.1%, Action 26%, Indie 19.9%
- #54 Winged Sakura: Demon Civil War
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: WINGED SAKURA GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Incarnated into a world of demons, you find yourself caught up in a middle of a demon civil war. Form contracts with demons and aid the Rebellions to take back what's rightfully theirs in this beautifully illustrated turn-based RPG!
Why similar: RPG 51.7%, Anime 27.2%, Indie 19.1%, Singleplayer 2%
- #55 Demonheart: The Ice Demon
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.7%, Anime 26%, Choices Matter 24.1%, Casual 10.2%
- #56 The Disguiser Of Fate
69% matchVery Positive91% of 67 reviews2019
Dev: Windward_BirdsPub: XNZONE
Windows
This is a world at the brink of destruction, but he comes from a destroyed world. Bearing the burden of changing the fate of this world and facing everything before him, especially the eminent destruction, what can he do, and what price will he pay?
Why similar: RPG 21.7%, Rhythm 21.1%, Anime 17.2%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Casual 10.7%
- #57 MementoMori
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: Bank of Innovation, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Dive into a World Where Sorrow Meets Beauty
Why similar: RPG 59.8%, Anime 40.2%
- #58 The Day Before You Gone
67% 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 54.7%, Text-Based 27.7%, Story Rich 14.5%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #59 Witch & Bun Cats
66% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Night Owl Games
Windows
A light meat pigeon ARPG game that integrates backpack management. In the game, players will play the role of a little witch and help the cats take back the cans that were taken away by monsters. But as you explore deeper, you find that things are not as simple as they seem...
Why similar: Cats 34%, Action 19.9%, Casual 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Indie 12.6%
- #60 鬼畜大冒险 Gui Chu Da Mao Xian
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 219 reviews2018
Dev: 七彩绘色游戏
Windows · Mac · Linux
a text-based visual novel with some RPG elements. As the story progresses, you will collaborate with and fight against Gui Chu stars. Remember, collaborating and fighting is just a means to survive, not an answer to the secrets in this world. Your mission is to figure out the truth of this world.
Why similar: RPG 31%, Casual 22.2%, Indie 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Anime 13.7%