Games Like Interactive Empathy

vApe Escape is a point-and-click adventure in a science fiction comedy setting. The player takes control of an innocent ape who must escape the sad destiny of becoming a vape dispenser machine for the wealthy hipsters of the universe.

Why similar: Comic Book 18.6%, Philosophical 14.9%, Psychedelic 14.8%, Point & Click 11.2%, Text-Based 7.6%

On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories. In this contemplative Visual Novel, listen to their truths and perhaps, at the journey's end, you will discover your own.

Why similar: Philosophical 15.7%, Experimental 15.4% ★, Text-Based 12.3%, Psychedelic 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%

Meet a modern hero of our times, a man so lazy he decided to quit his job and just spend his life inside an All-you-can-eat diner. As years go by, his freeloading nature becomes legend, but then a tragedy occurs - the diner is about to close down! Will he settle down and get a regular job? Never!!!

Why similar: Comic Book 23.1%, Experimental 20.2% ★, Point & Click 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Hand-drawn 7.1%

Enter a world filled with drunk monsters and their offbeat shenanigans: Birdman's arm got stolen as part of a performance art. Lettuce wants you to eat him. Doctor Scientist rents his body out to a Wound Parasite, and the Talking Lamp is... well, a talking lamp. Wait- WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

Why similar: Experimental 24.9% ★, Comic Book 17.1%, Text-Based 9.5%, Point & Click 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

Why similar: Experimental 31.5% ★, Psychedelic 18.7%, Text-Based 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

"Life sometimes feels like it’s going in circles." Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why is a short pixel art Visual Novel about a girl who tell herself this, forever. Maybe you can try to help her ?

Why similar: Philosophical 24.5%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Point & Click 11%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Psychedelic 10.3%

A short visual novel about a man living its worst nightmare. There is no way out, no safe place, no death, just eternal limbo. Only you can help him... if that's what you want.

Why similar: Experimental 27.3% ★, Psychedelic 16.4%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Point & Click 8.3%

A short experimental visual novel about obsessive counting.

Why similar: Experimental 33% ★, Visual Novel 14.1%, Psychological Horror 12%, Philosophical 11.7%, Psychedelic 11%

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: Experimental 20.2% ★, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Point & Click 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

A short visual novel about the day to day life of a grieving women. Join her story and make the right decisions so she can get out of a cycle that seems to have no end.

Why similar: Experimental 23.8% ★, Psychedelic 15.3%, Point & Click 10.7%, Text-Based 9.7%, Visual Novel 7.9%

What do you play? I play nothing!

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.9%, Philosophical 18.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%

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: Experimental 24.5% ★, Philosophical 17.3%, Point & Click 14.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%

A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.

Why similar: Philosophical 23.5%, Comic Book 18.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Hand-drawn 8.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%

You're looking for a new apartment in Amsterdam. Your once-confident search is morphing into panic. Nothing is available. Anything will do. ANYTHING.

Why similar: Comic Book 26.5%, Philosophical 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Text-Based 10.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%

Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion!

Why similar: Point & Click 15.9%, Psychedelic 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 12.2%, Psychological Horror 12.1%

is a short, interactive experience about those endless, looping fever dreams you get when you're sick.

Why similar: Experimental 22.7% ★, Philosophical 16.5%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%

You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.

Why similar: Experimental 28.9% ★, Philosophical 18.3%, Text-Based 11%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Psychological Horror 9.5%

Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can...

Why similar: Experimental 25.8% ★, Psychedelic 15.4%, Philosophical 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%

An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.

Why similar: Philosophical 23.8%, Experimental 21% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%

Trapped in a subway car that seems to have no end, you must solve a crime where the clues contradict each other and the environment changes without explanation. Investigate the passengers, defy logic, and try to escape before claustrophobia completely distorts your reality.

Why similar: Comic Book 19.5%, Point & Click 12.8%, Text-Based 11%, Investigation 10.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%

It's a winter night. You are coming home by train. You have to change trains at a small train station in the middle of the forest.It's not the first time you've traveled this route. But now you feel like something is different.As if something was watching you.

Why similar: Psychedelic 19.6%, Philosophical 19.1%, Point & Click 14.1%, Text-Based 10.8%, Visual Novel 10.2%

Lost Voice is a story-based first-person sci-fi adventure game with strong action elements, puzzles, and unique gameplay mechanics.

Why similar: Experimental 37% ★, Philosophical 27.6%, Psychedelic 18%, Minimalist 6.6%, Adventure 5.5%

Choices matter in this interactive short story. It only takes about 1 hour to play through once, but there are multiple endings to explore. You play as an AI assistant to the 7 year old Evie. What kind of bot will you be?

Why similar: Comic Book 27.2%, Philosophical 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.6%

Awake from your slumber and venture out to the mighty CITADEL.

Why similar: Philosophical 31.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Psychedelic 12%, Text-Based 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%

"The Pinch" is a character-driven sci-fi narrative with branching story paths and meaningful choices about a group of scientists struggling to save their planet from an addictive virtual reality known as "the Gel." Your choices determine your personal relationships and the fate of those around you.

Why similar: Philosophical 24.6%, Point & Click 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Visual Novel 8.1%

Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?

Why similar: Experimental 29.6% ★, Psychedelic 20.4%, Point & Click 13%, Comic Book 12.9%, Investigation 9.2%

After shouting "Let Me Play!" to the cast in a theatre, the fiction comes crashing down as everyone, including you, becomes aware they're only following a script. Will you let the play continue? Or will you write your own ending?

Why similar: Experimental 36% ★, Philosophical 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Minimalist 8.5%, Adventure 7.8%

A psychological horror visual novel. Tonight, shadows come to visit you while you lie paralyzed in the dark. One by one, they make you face what you are. All you have to do is be honest. Doesn't sound hard, does it?

Why similar: Philosophical 19.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Experimental 12.1% ★

A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.

Why similar: Experimental 30.6% ★, Philosophical 18.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Text-Based 11.1%, Psychological Horror 10.6%

Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.1%, Experimental 18.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Text-Based 9.3%

An action novel adventure game in which you instantly judge and understand the contents of multiple conversations displayed simultaneously and continue to make the correct choice. You can experience the wonder of listening to several conversations at once.

Why similar: Comic Book 25.4%, Point & Click 16.5%, Experimental 14.2% ★, Text-Based 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.2%

A short story about how grandpa went to the store for bread.

Why similar: Psychedelic 22.6%, Philosophical 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

Why similar: Experimental 31.6% ★, Visual Novel 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Philosophical 12.8%, Text-Based 11%

Ishmael is a short multimedia-enhanced hypertext story about perpetual cycles of displacement and violence as seen through the lens of a child. Takes about 15 minutes to read/play through.

Why similar: Experimental 26.6% ★, Philosophical 19.4%, Text-Based 12.5%, Point & Click 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.5%

Take your place at the terminal. Follow the procedures, process the records, and read messages never meant for you. NOEMA is a quiet, unsettling narrative experience about work, obedience, human connection, and what routine teaches us not to see.

Why similar: Experimental 40.5% ★, Philosophical 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Text-Based 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

A Prologue to Almost My Floor, an upcoming horror-themed point'n'click adventure. Alex is a real fan of creepy stuff and horror movies, but he never expected to experience it himself just by taking the elevator back home! Can he avoid the madness and deal with the evil he's up against?

Why similar: Comic Book 22.8%, Point & Click 18.2%, Psychedelic 12.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Story Rich 6.7%

A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

Why similar: Philosophical 21.4%, Psychedelic 20.1%, Text-Based 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Visual Novel 9%

This is a psychological horror visual novel game. You wake up in an eerie old hotel with no memory. You need to meet bizarre characters and recover lost memories. There are 20 endings. Pixel art, desaturated tones, dreamlike dread. Horror comes from existential self-reflection, not jump scares.

Why similar: Philosophical 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Experimental 12.9% ★, Psychological Horror 12.9%

❗ EARLY ACCESS ❗ This game is an anthology of visual novels, which includes the “Deep Russian Depression” (pilot chapter) and custom stories from the game community. You can create your own stories as mods for the game and publish them in the Steam Workshop.

Why similar: Experimental 32.4% ★, Philosophical 17.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Text-Based 11.5%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

You take on the role of Alice, who wanders through a dark forest in search of a way out. On her journey she meets many figures — each one a reflection of her own personality, an echo of her fears, and a manifestation of her subconscious.

Why similar: Experimental 33.8% ★, Visual Novel 13.8%, Psychedelic 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%

TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.

Why similar: Experimental 28.7% ★, Text-Based 12%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%

Difficulty is a short, experimental visual novel, about both the difficulty level of stories, and the difficulties of real life. The plot, themes, challenges, and morals all become greater and harder to understand and accept as the difficulty increases.

Why similar: Experimental 47.9% ★, Philosophical 32%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Casual 4.3%, 2D 2.2%

Welcome to the Reincarnation Ethics Program "Children's Garden." This is a puzzle game where you seek eternal rest.

Why similar: Philosophical 20.5%, Experimental 19.4% ★, Point & Click 17.5%, Psychedelic 16.8%, Psychological Horror 11%

A blind guy with a ghost in his brain tries to save a cursed girl. Naturally, it all goes to hell. A visual novel packed with dark humor, gritty mysticism, violence, and characters who know exactly who’s watching them.

Why similar: Experimental 35% ★, Psychedelic 14.2%, Text-Based 13.7%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%

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Why similar: Experimental 24.9% ★, Comic Book 18.1%, Psychedelic 18%, Point & Click 10.7%, Visual Novel 8.5%

Bit-Broken Identity is a psychological horror visual novel about escaping reality. A tempting part-time job. Just submit a form. W̸͖͋̈́ḩ̴̮̹̟͛a̶̳͊̒̒̎t̷̜͆ ̷̎́̂͋͜c̶̫̈̈́ǫ̵̔̐̔͝ṳ̸͎́l̵͕̃́̀d̶̯̔̀͠ ̵̻̀g̴͕̯͋̒̕ͅo̵̥͉̺͐͊ ̷͍͖͚̒ẁ̶͎̫̿͘ŕ̴͎̉̏̔ö̶̹́̓ǹ̴͕̌̓͘g̸̼̹̈́͊͝?̸̢̛̭̟͂ 🎣 👁️

Why similar: Psychedelic 18.4%, Philosophical 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%

A mystical psychological thriller set in the quiet village of Klavishne. Talk to the locals, learn stories, enjoy the atmosphere, pick up the pieces. But find out: who is the woman in the portrait and what happened to her?

Why similar: Psychedelic 25.2%, Comic Book 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Hand-drawn 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9%

Board the Trans-Siberian railroad and travel 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok. Clash with a vibrant culture as you meet people as strange to you as you are to them. Journey into a standalone Wanderlust adventure from the makers of The Witcher.

Why similar: Experimental 31.5% ★, Philosophical 18.9%, Text-Based 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Visual Novel 9.5%

君は未来をどう思う？ 希望に満ちた可能性？ それとも憂鬱な予定？ この世界は「未来」が少しだけ壊れている。1999年、朱く染まる空の下、記憶を失った主人公は終末の真実を追う。短編セカイ系ビジュアルノベル。

Why similar: Philosophical 39%, Text-Based 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Story Rich 9.7%

An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?

Why similar: Philosophical 25.3%, Experimental 23.3% ★, Point & Click 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Psychological Horror 9.4%

A short, nostalgic slice-of-life visual novel with a coming-of-age story about a forgotten ice pop and the girl who once felt like a big sister to you.

Why similar: Comic Book 23.3%, Point & Click 14.6%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%

Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.

Why similar: Comic Book 21.6%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choices Matter 7.7%

You are a Mech plague doctor treating a family infected by a disease that spreads through emotions, and mutates them into monsters. Your choices decide their fate.

Why similar: Psychedelic 16.5%, Point & Click 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%

What if you could create your own constellations? A love story about Asian American identity, mental health, and stargazing.

Why similar: Experimental 40.2% ★, Point & Click 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 12%, Adventure 5.8%

Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

Why similar: Philosophical 20.8%, Text-Based 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11.1%, Point & Click 10.6%

Itachi: Haunted Abodes is a paranormal suspense adventure that has you wandering through 2000s Tokyo's subculture scenes!

Why similar: Point & Click 22.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 12.9%, Comic Book 9.2%

Experience a unique adventure by getting drugs and consuming them in a +70,000 word visualised text game. Explore a hub connecting a variety of locations. Engage in dialogues and read books. Choose different paths to develop several independent storylines in non-linear chronology.

Why similar: Psychedelic 26.3%, Philosophical 20.5%, Experimental 16.4% ★, Text-Based 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14%

P.I.G.E.O.N. is a short surrealist visual novel RPG in which you become a pigeon, armed with a camera, sent to spy. You will have to make choices, but you won't always be able to make a choice.

Why similar: Experimental 28.6% ★, Philosophical 20.7%, Text-Based 11.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 7.9%

I Would Love to Wish You Good Morning is a choice-driven dystopian psychological horror visual novel about isolation, obedience, and the price of fitting in. Will you navigate the uncanny social dynamics of the future... or die trying?

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Experimental 15.1% ★, Philosophical 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

travel through the LA wasteland with josh and sid in this atmospheric interactive video novel

Why similar: Experimental 42.1% ★, Comic Book 20.5%, Text-Based 12.6%, Story Rich 6.6%, Hand-drawn 5.9%