60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Casual, Story Rich, Cooking, Dialogue Heavy.
India ’89 is a story based cooking game, where you are a 10 year old from the UK experiencing a small village in India in 1989. You cook various dishes as a street food vendor in different locations. Explore the joy of village life, family and cooking.
Venba
Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.
Black Dog Bar
Black Dog Bar is a dialog-based bartender simulator. Each client has its own story. Communicate, mix cocktails, and... manipulate. It is only you who decides where the complicated story of each hero will turn and what will happen to them when they leave the bar.
Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.
Why similar: Cooking 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, 1980s 8.5%, Cinematic 7.9%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%
Black Dog Bar is a dialog-based bartender simulator. Each client has its own story. Communicate, mix cocktails, and... manipulate. It is only you who decides where the complicated story of each hero will turn and what will happen to them when they leave the bar.
Why similar: Cooking 31.2%, Dialogue Heavy 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 6.3%
Rice & Rest is a cozy narrative game where running a food truck leads to unexpected friendships. Cook meals and chat with quirky, heartfelt, and weird characters in a modern-fantasy city. Stuck far from home, you’ll soon find that food has a way of bringing people together.
Why similar: Cooking 27.8%, Dialogue Heavy 25.9%, Cozy 22.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Story Rich 4.1%
Miho steps into the pantry to fetch a potato for his grandma and falls into a magical world full of wonders. Meet quirky characters, venture through the depths of South America, and learn the importance of the things we pass along in this unforgettable emotional narrative adventure.
Why similar: Cooking 22%, Cozy 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Cinematic 12.2%, Narrative 7.7% ★
Food for Frog is a cozy cooking puzzle game about experimenting with ingredients to create dishes requested by a cast of froggy characters. Get to know your customers, learn new recipes, relax and enjoy the cute artwork.
Why similar: Cooking 38.2%, Cozy 27.7%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Puzzle 6.9%, Stylized 3.9%
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: Cozy 25.4%, Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Narrative 8.9% ★
Brew concoctions, meet and help a variety of fantasy characters, and uncover the secrets of Ravensport in this cozy visual novel.
Why similar: Cozy 28.1%, Cooking 21.1%, Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%
Manon has found a new notebook that goes deeper in the life of her family. Discover this new chapter of looK INside and enjoy the memories of a French family from 1960 to nowadays through unique puzzles based on empathy and aesthetic sense.
Why similar: Cozy 23.9%, Cooking 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, 1980s 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Run a cozy izakaya in futuristic Bali. Grill skewers, serve patrons, help wandering spirits, and manage supplies to keep your evening haven alive. Every night tells a new story.
Why similar: Cooking 27.3%, Cozy 27.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Narrative 6.4% ★
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: Cooking 31.9%, Dialogue Heavy 22.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Emotional 8.2%
It’s Zoey’s first day working at a cosy café! Wait tables and manage the rush, to earn money for new equipment and redesign the space to your liking. As the days pass, unlock new drinks and uncover the heartfelt story of Zoey’s past, along with the lingering mystery surrounding her mother’s fate.
Why similar: Cozy 34.2%, Cooking 31.3%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Emotional 6.5%, Stylized 6%
Dungeon Hotpot is a cozy narrative game set in a torchlit dungeon, where you comfort weary adventurers with warm, delicious bowls of monster hotpot.
Why similar: Cooking 32.3%, Cozy 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Narrative 7.4% ★
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: Cooking 33%, Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Stylized 4.1%
A storytelling sandbox adventure driven by your own personality about helping a jackalope ghost who cannot move on. Explore a mystical island inhabited by quirky mythical creatures, connect with the hearts of its community, & discover one’s heart fulfillment in your own heartwarming personal journey
Why similar: Cozy 29.9%, Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Emotional 7.2%
Frog Holm is a narrative-driven cozy mystery game about a young frog who returns home to run the old family pub and finds himself caught in the mysterious disappearance of a fellow islander.
Why similar: Cozy 23.2%, Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Narrative 11% ★, Visual Novel 6.9%
Welcome Tavernkeep! In this D&D-inspired visual novel you will run a cozy seaside tavern, meet adventurers, gather rumours and mix fate-altering drinks to stop dreams from twisting into nightmares.
Why similar: Cozy 31.2%, Cooking 23.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Emotional 5.7%
Tea for Sana is a story-driven exploration game set in a Slavic-inspired fantasy world. You play as Vesna, a spirit healer who is losing her memory. Discover recipes, find new ingredients, and cook traditional dishes to restore the balance between the mountain spirits and the villagers.
Why similar: Cooking 32.1%, Dialogue Heavy 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Narrative 12.4% ★, Exploration 5.1%
Reconnect with an old friend. Discuss your daily lives, past loves, and talking snakes. Get up and do things in real life because she asks you to. Become closer and stay until the very end.
Why similar: Cozy 30.8%, Dialogue Heavy 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 7.4%
Run a warm, cozy noodle shop in a dark, cyberpunk world. Make noodles, listen to your customers, put together jobs, and drive the story to spread your warmth through the world, or send it deeper into darkness.
Why similar: Cooking 25.7%, Dialogue Heavy 23.6%, Cozy 21.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Puzzle 5.3%
Go on an adventure through the spirit world to save your grandma from an evil sea serpent using the power of cooking! Cook dishes for different characters, exploring Korean cuisine in this story about identity, diaspora, and family.
Why similar: Cooking 39.7%, Cozy 25.1%, Narrative 9.8% ★, Emotional 9.1%, Exploration 5.3%
In Your Books is a short adventure game where you play the granddaughter of a bookseller. After her disappearance you'll have to take the place of your grandmother. Recommend books, learn to know the locals, solve secret mechanisms and discover where she left.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.5%, Cozy 24.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Emotional 9%
Lucky Fat Cat Diner is a cozy narrative cooking adventure where you play as Bao, helping Grandma Lola keep the family restaurant open. Keep her legacy alive, by updating her restaurant’s menu, but not without some sizzlin’ spice.
Why similar: Cooking 27.4%, Cozy 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Exploration 8.4%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Cozy 34.5%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Emotional 10.4%, Exploration 6.9%
What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.
Why similar: Cozy 17%, Cinematic 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Emotional 9.4%
Tearoom of Terror is a cozy-gothic narrative cooking mystery where you investigate the mysterious death of your estranged aunt in a tearoom filled with sinister patrons, unsettling secrets, and morally questionable requests.
Why similar: Cooking 31.3%, Cozy 25%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Narrative 8.9% ★, Puzzle 4.7%
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: Dialogue Heavy 33.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Emotional 8.2%, Narrative 6.7% ★
Bearly Baking is a cooking and relationship-building game where you play as a bear running an inn to feed animals for hibernation. You cook bread and muffins in small mini-games, and based on the quality, you build better relationships with your patrons and learn more about their stories.
Why similar: Cooking 40.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Casual 7.3%, Emotional 5.9%
An enchanted library - once bustling with life - now swirls with dangerous magic that is weakening barriers between worlds, causing some strange things to happen. Travel to the worlds within the pages to help the eccentric yet lovable librarian restore the library to its former glory.
Why similar: Cozy 37.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Emotional 4.2%
An upcoming management, cooking, and narrative game currently in development! Play as Robin and return to your hometown to regrow your late grandfather's bed and breakfast. Cook meals, connect with the community, and forge lasting relationships!
Why similar: Cooking 32.7%, Dialogue Heavy 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Emotional 7.9%, Stylized 7.2%
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Cinematic 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 7.4%
Run a tea shop in the British countryside and enkindle your love for poetry in this heartfelt visual novel. Play as Ms Meadows, retired journalist and tea enthusiast, as she prepares for her best friend’s long-awaited visit. Listen to customers’ stories, brew tea, and craft wholehearted poems.
Why similar: Cooking 31.8%, Dialogue Heavy 23.7%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Emotional 8.8%
Food makes everything better in this cozy café business simulator. Discover recipes and set your menu to rake in those tips and five-star reviews. Solve your fuzzy clientele’s problems with the power of good cookin’ and earn the favor of satisfied customers.
Why similar: Cooking 40.8%, Cozy 39.6%, Puzzle 6.8%, Exploration 5.9%, Casual 4%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Cozy 28.4%, Dialogue Heavy 24.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Story Rich 4.4%
Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Cinematic 13.8%, Narrative 12.7% ★, Visual Novel 9.6%
Play as a down-on-your-luck bartender in a 1920s speakeasy visual novel. Mix drinks, master recipes, and if you serve the drinks perfectly, you may uncover hidden truths; after all, drunk toads tell no lies.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 37.3%, Cozy 27.8%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Story Rich 5.7%, Simulation 2.6%
Time to get cooking in a chaotic kitchen! Search for the ingredients you want, customize the recipe, then mix things together and hope for the best. Make friends with the shy ghost who hides your ingredients every night, and cook through family recipes in this cozy hidden objects game.
Why similar: Cooking 33.2%, Dialogue Heavy 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Cozy 16.7%, Stylized 5.7%
The Archipelago is a visual novel about brewing tea. The teas you choose determine who you encounter in the midst of a vibrant and changing world.
Why similar: Cooking 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Emotional 7.6%
Confections & Conversations is a cozy bakery simulator about baking sweet treats, managing a small business, most importantly getting to know a cast of colorful customers, and helping guide them through heartfelt conversations all in a modern isekai fantasy world.
Why similar: Cooking 39.3%, Dialogue Heavy 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Story Rich 3.8%
The Perfect Bowl is a cozy, heartfelt narrative Ramen arranger about dealing with grief, following Jim Wada, the new owner of his family’s ramen business. Journey with him as he copes with his father’s illness and helps his customers find comfort in ramen, aiming to heal himself along the way.
Why similar: Cooking 37.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Emotional 9.2%, Casual 5.4%
Manage your own cafe and become a donut therapist in this cozy dating/cooking sim. Cook mood-changing donuts, decorate your shop, and help customers navigate life, love, and heartbreak—one bite at a time.
Why similar: Cooking 31.3%, Cozy 28.4%, Dialogue Heavy 20.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Casual 3.5%
Is one life worth the price of another? A bittersweet visual novel about life and death, trust and bonds, and promises made. Brought to you by popular Japanese bishojo game developer SWEET&TEA. Winner of the Moe Game Awards 2016's "New Brand Award"!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Cooking 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Emotional 11.9%
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
Why similar: Cozy 27.1%, Cinematic 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Emotional 6.7%
Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 34.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Stylized 10.1%, Narrative 8.9% ★
“Drinks Down Under” is a Cozy Bartending Game where you bring an old bar back to life! Explore strange ingredients, talk with unusual customers and survive to see another day in The Underground.
Why similar: Cooking 38.6%, Cozy 31.7%, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Stylized 4.1%, Casual 3.2%
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.9%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Cozy 13.1%, Emotional 5.4%
You've been placed as a standard, industrial kitchen model COOKBOT on the transit cargo ship Zima. Follow recipes and complete orders from crew members. Execute orders correctly if you want the crew to come to you. Pay no mind to what they say, you're not human. The cake is there for company morale.
Why similar: Cooking 45.3%, Cozy 19.4%, Narrative 10.4% ★, Atmospheric 5.7%, Story Rich 5.1%
Chihiro Himukai can't hold down a job... A sweet visual novel about two people finding each other after slipping apart.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.5%, Cooking 25.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Emotional 9.9%
A next-gen SF narrative adventure combining AI with voice input. Communicate in real-time with a lonely girl in a crumbling world. As her operator, your actual words will guide her through a 3D first-person immersive experience where your voice shapes the fate of the story.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 33.3%, Cinematic 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Adventure 6.2%
Horror vs. Heartfelt: You decide, when you play a teen sneaking out to hold a seance for your lost twin sister on the anniversary of her death. Lovingly handmade, this atmospheric short visual novel can be meditative or delightfully chaotic depending on how you play.
Why similar: Cozy 27%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Soundtrack 8.9% ★
inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories is a cozy slice-of-life game about running a small-town convenience store, inspired by early 1990s Japan. Meet regulars, stock shelves, and watch quiet, everyday moments turn into meaningful stories.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 37.9%, Cozy 25.8%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Narrative 10% ★, Stylized 5.4%
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: Cozy 31.3%, Dialogue Heavy 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Emotional 7.9%
Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Why similar: Cozy 27.2%, Dialogue Heavy 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Emotional 11.3%
Discover the depth of your personality while journeying along the path of initiation as the young Viking Olaf. Every choice will impact your environment, and contribute to a map of your archetypal psychology. Embrace your inner warrior, lover, chieftain, and druid - and change the world!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Cinematic 16%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Emotional 8.2%
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: Cooking 33.5%, Dialogue Heavy 20.6%, Cozy 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Story Rich 3.4%
Explore an afrofuturistic 3D world scavenging and journaling your way to becoming a wildtender: someone who heals the relationship between humans and more-than-human beings. Reflect on the choices you make, the artifacts you leave behind, and the worlds that will grow out of them.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 34.9%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Cinematic 13.1%, Exploration 12%, Adventure 6.4%
Explore derelict ship. find out why there is a missing crew. And be careful of things that could be lurking in the shadows.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Cinematic 17%, 1980s 15.8%, Adventure 8.7%
Birb Café is a coffee-making visual novel about a cute bird helping adventurers on their quests. Your choices matter!
Why similar: Cooking 38.2%, Dialogue Heavy 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Story Rich 2.9%
Blowhard is a leaf-blowing adventure, set in a cozy English village. Take on the role of Francis - a man with a loud leaf blower and a nose for trouble. Blow your way through a countryside mystery. Solve puzzles, clear autumn leaves, and annoy the locals.
Why similar: Cozy 44.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Puzzle 8.3%, Exploration 8.1%, Adventure 5.8%
Pine Hill is a quiet Midwestern college town. Quiet enough that nobody seemed to hear Ginny Nicholson die. Alone with the thoughts in your head, now you just want to know one thing: why?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Cozy 15.1%, Casual 6.3%
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: Cooking 44.2%, Cozy 32.8%, Puzzle 8.9%, Stylized 5.3%, Atmospheric 3.5%
