- #1 FallingStarTown: The Ghost From Past
97% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: BlueBirdStory
Windows
"On the last night of the year, the dead will turn into transparent ghosts,reunite with loved ones." Lost memories, an odd festival, and the night of the meteor shower... All these elements are intricately connected. But what truth awaits Tianhai?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Romance 14.2%, Mystery 10.6%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #2 This Warm Place
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wundev
Windows
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: Dialogue Heavy 18.9%, Philosophical 18%, Emotional 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%
- #3 In Your Books
96% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Underhill
Windows
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 21%, Philosophical 18%, Emotional 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
- #4 Until Then
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,524 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Emotional 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Romance 9.5%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #5 The Silent Huntress
95% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: stormnebulae
Windows · Mac
"The Silent Huntress" is a visual novel in the genre of a dark fairy tale with choices and different endings. Not only the development of events will depend on your choices, but also the conclusions that the main character makes about her life and the world around her.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Philosophical 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Romance 10.6%
- #6 双生樱 (Twin Sakura: Blossoms Beyond Life)
93% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: HeyangNene
Windows
樱花有双生,人也有双命。 一命如春,一命如冬。 但在生命更迭、记忆永续的世界里, 唯独你——只此一生。 这是一段关于“铭记与蜕变”的故事, 是一场关于“失去与再次遇见”的旅程。 当花期更迭、当命运分岔, 你将如何在破碎的时间里, 捧住仅有一次的爱?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Philosophical 17.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Emotional 13.7%, Romance 11.3%
- #7 No Longer Home
94% matchMixed63% of 432 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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: Dialogue Heavy 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Philosophical 14.4%, Emotional 12%, Point & Click 8.6%
- #8 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 228 reviews2021
Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.2%, Philosophical 22%, Mystery 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Emotional 10.1%
- #9 Final Hour
91% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Team Final Hour
Windows
In a world on its deathbed, explore and connect with your neighbors for one last day.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, RPG 15%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Mystery 8.2%
- #10 LifeSimOS
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Emotional 10.2%
- #11 SYNESTHESIA
90% matchPositive100% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
🌀 Is there an escape to the endless spiral?🌀 『SYNESTHESIA』 is an emotive, character driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Join a group of college students with strange cognitive powers, who soon discover something is amiss at the institute sworn to help them...
Why similar: Philosophical 21.3%, Emotional 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Romance 11.5%, Mystery 9.2%
- #12 EXS2~EthnologySister2:Structuralism of kinship system
89% matchVery Positive96% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: 周农卿
Windows
一位总是能露出温柔笑容的金发修女,将众人联系。白发女子总是无言。[想 知 道 你 父 母 的 下 落 吗 ?准 备 好 ]浅冰背后,为何会有寒意深藏?战斗,悬疑,治愈,推理,剧情持续反转,不断的匿名威胁,绑架,真相到底是……
Why similar: Philosophical 27.8%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #13 Kamilia
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RQ play
Windows · Mac
Kamilia is a story-driven, choices-matter detective mystery. Follow a talented painter who finds himself wrapped up in an unsolved case, as he tries to unveil a hidden truth that has been buried for years.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.6%, Emotional 13.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Mystery 11.7%
- #14 Dimensions of Mind
88% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Don Dao VGS
Windows
Enter to the characters mind and make decisions. The game is played like interactive movie/adventure game with morality choices which influence the outcome which can be: a manipulative, balanced or violent. The game is based on psychology/philosophy and teaches about thoughts and their consequences.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Philosophical 15%, Life Sim 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.8%
- #15 Elevator Music
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Altar StudiosPub: ReWrite Media
Windows
You're the newly-hired elevator operator at the Matterhorn Hotel in Dernich. You make it go up, go down, go fast, and go slow. And yet by the end of the week, you'll have been the deciding factor in either devastating continental war, or an uneasy peace.
Why similar: Philosophical 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Point & Click 11%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #16 A Sketchbook About Her Sun
87% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Team SolEtude
Windows
Through a narrative based on Red Ribbon’s new album “Planet X”, experience a broken-heart girl’s journey through thoughts, daydreams and music.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Romance 12.1%, Emotional 11.9%
- #17 HEARTLODGED
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hajimeli
Windows
In 6 hours, 28 minutes, and 11 seconds, an avalanche will crush the lodge. Is the cat in the box alive or dead?
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Romance 10.2%, Point & Click 9.6%, Mystery 9.2%
- #18 BUG
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: INT Games Studio
Windows
You're HR investigating a missing employee. On the surface, it seems like a routine personnel issue until you open his computer, and a dark world built on overtime work and psychological control slowly comes into view. Peer through the screen to uncover the truth and stay awake until the end.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Life Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, RPG 9.5%
- #19 Before Closure
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Twentysix InteractivePub: Dopoco Games
Windows · Mac
An experimental narrative game that tells its story through sound and memory. Sort through a box of personal mementos and relive memories from a relationship by closing your eyes in real life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Romance 13.6%, Life Sim 12.7%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #20 Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Because Because Games
Windows
A classic point-and-click adventure game full of puzzles and humor!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Point & Click 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #21 Perfect Tides: Station to Station
82% matchVery Positive99% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: Three Bees
Windows · Mac
A narrative adventure about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex relationships while attempting to find your place in the world.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Romance 11.3%, Emotional 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #22 Rainbow Heights Academy: Year 1
83% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: White Room Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Life Sim 13.4%, RPG 9.4%
- #23 Coffee Talk
81% matchVery Positive95% of 12,298 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: Dialogue Heavy 32.7%, Philosophical 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Visual Novel 11%, Emotional 9.2%
- #24 Nothing Can Stop Us (Encore)
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demigiant
Windows · Mac · Linux
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.9%, Emotional 15%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
- #25 电波奇缘~与时音相会的日子
79% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: 黎厘星游戏工作室
Windows
架空都市题材的视觉小说文字冒险游戏,玩家扮演社畜阿诚为失忆“女鬼”找回记忆。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Romance 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Mystery 10.6%, RPG 10%
- #26 Kate Don't Wait
82% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Víctor AtobasPub: Zoozobra Studios
Windows
You are in love with Kate, a beautiful and determined woman who is part of the rebooters movement. She encourages you to keep going by getting involved in the fight against the Accumulator, but you fear that the buts will catch you. Aren't Kate and the reboot worth any risk?
Why similar: Philosophical 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Romance 13.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #27 Imagine We Were Human
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vine Moss GamesPub: pklwrks
Windows · Mac
A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23%, Dialogue Heavy 18.4%, Romance 16%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Philosophical 12.6%
- #28 A Story Beside
79% matchVery Positive96% of 308 reviews2022
Dev: Wayward Prophet
Windows
Step into the shoes of Lyric, the humble innkeeper in a quiet mountain village, as she reflects upon a lifetime of poignant memories, heartwarming friendships, and bittersweet choices — proving along the way that you don't have to slay dragons to be the hero of your own story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Emotional 15%, Life Sim 13.8%, Romance 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #29 Where Control Ends
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Romance 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #30 CITADEL
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Liam Atkinson
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awake from your slumber and venture out to the mighty CITADEL.
Why similar: Philosophical 32.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Choices Matter 11%, Mystery 8.4%
- #31 Guilt Free
78% matchVery Positive86% of 293 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: Dialogue Heavy 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Emotional 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #32 Dreamsink
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AuroraMend Studio
Windows
Awakening in a frigid room with an empty pill bottle, she’s forgotten something vital. Trapped between a monochrome bedroom and distorted dreams, she must face anxiety and depression... Break mental shackles and find the light in this psychological puzzle adventure!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Emotional 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Point & Click 10.1%
- #33 Oh man, a Train.
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TABLEAUX THEORY
Windows
A short modern visual novel in which a young woman wanders into a [theoretically] abandoned train station, only to find people from her past waiting inside.
Why similar: Philosophical 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Emotional 12%, Mystery 10.3%
- #34 I Hate My Waifu Streamer
73% matchVery Positive93% of 863 reviews2025
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Get the streamer's attention at any cost before someone else does. Write comments, chat, and make donations to your waifu, but do not dare to hate her!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Romance 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #35 Project Salon
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Safe Flight GamesPub: SIGONO INC.
Windows
You're a barber in a city full of beastfolk. Chat with your customers, style their look, help them see something new in the mirror... and in themselves.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 32.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 14%, Philosophical 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%
- #36 ARCHETYPES - The Rite Of Passage
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dominik Saur
Windows
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 20%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Emotional 11.7%, RPG 10.7%
- #37 Aletta - Visual Novel
77% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
Windows
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%, Emotional 10.9%, Romance 8.8%
- #38 Everlasting Snooze
74% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #39 Artificial Nexus
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Too Many Teeth Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Susan has woken up in a strange, coffin-like device, with no memory of who or where she is. Uncover the answers in this visual novel as you solve puzzles to escape in a stunning sci-fi mystery investigation!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Emotional 11.3%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #40 Strix and Scholar
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TJ Hoarfrost
Windows
Follow the story of Blanca Silverurn—a strix entangled in a murder mystery. Explore the Grimstrand campus and learn about its unique magic. Delve into the secrets of students and faculty members. Affect their relationships, including a spicy romance between Blanca and her enigmatic mentor.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Romance 12.1%, Emotional 11.2%, Mystery 10%
- #41 Homunculus Hotel
74% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Team SolEtude
Windows
Explore the dreams of the Homunculus Hotel's guests in order to understand yourself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 11.5%, Philosophical 11.3%
- #42 Tails Noir Preludes
72% matchVery Positive92% of 300 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
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 27.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Emotional 12.7%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #43 Hope : The Flickering Light
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stellar Seven Studio
Windows
A logical puzzle game where timing and planning matter. Guide Luna through a cursed labyrinth using candlelight and echoes of past attempts to reach the Eternal Flame. Solve layered challenges and uncover meaning in every flicker of hope.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Philosophical 17.9%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Emotional 11.6%, RPG 9.5%
- #44 Ted
71% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Başar Melih Tümtürk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Parent Ted, your own childhood. On this journey, you will have the chance to discover your inner child and better understand the trauma and emotions of your childhood.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Life Sim 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%
- #45 Atana
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 欲望俱乐部
Windows · Mac
Atana is a female-led romance visual novel set in late 20th-century America, where you grow alongside your creator, Atana, as an AI.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Romance 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, RPG 9.4%
- #46 Waning Flowers of a World Eternal - The Rainbow Appears After Flowering Rain
69% matchVery Positive98% of 282 reviews2025
Dev: SWEET&TEAPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 23.7%, Emotional 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Romance 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
- #47 Linda & Joan
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: False Vacuum Games
Windows · Mac
Linda & Joan is a narrative game about a British family. You play as Russell, Linda, and Joan — son, mother, and grandmother — switching between them to help the family cope with a series of traumatic events. Based on a true story. Prologue available now. Main game is in development.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Emotional 14.6%, Life Sim 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #48 Buy Hyacinths
71% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Cow Children GamesPub: House of Spinn
Windows · Mac
A colourful narrative adventure game. You're one of the first sheep to attend university. Roam the campus, attend lectures by day and enjoy friend-time at night. Discover campus truths, and sniff out secrets. Live the life of a campus sheep, but beware: not everybody wants to see a sheep graduate!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Life Sim 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Emotional 13.1%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #49 Animaloid Girl
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PANDRI-DON
Windows
The story of a girl who is changing from a human to a "KEMONO" and watching her coming of age. This is a multi-ending "adventure game about training an Animalized girl" set in a KEMOMIMI x Hong Kong x cyberpunk world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27%, Emotional 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Life Sim 9.3%
- #50 Swann's Song
68% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Interactive Dreams
Windows · Mac
A boy and an old man stand in front a pond, waiting for a swan's song. Meanwhile, they talk about life, death, and the passage of time.
Why similar: Philosophical 30.7%, Dialogue Heavy 23.3%, Emotional 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 5.1%
- #51 The Wreck
69% matchVery Positive89% of 279 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choices Matter 14%, Emotional 12%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #52 Artificial Instincts
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyampire
Windows · Mac · Linux
You came here with a motive, so as everyone, except that you are able to change theirs. Ride with Lucas to turn down all the love interests or end their trouble in this (obviously artificial intelligence-themed) sci-fi BL visual novel. Enjoy the long-waited grand finale in this trilogy!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Visual Novel 15%, RPG 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #53 Next of Kin
68% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Spelkväll Games
Windows
Next of Kin is an emotional story about Thomas's endeavors to find his lost wife, Martha. Solve puzzles, find clues, and uncover the truth of Martha's disappearance.
Why similar: Emotional 19%, Immersive Sim 16.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Point & Click 12.7%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #54 Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,691 reviews2023
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 37.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 11%, Emotional 9.1%, Choices Matter 9%
- #55 Proud To Love
68% matchMostly Negative35% of 371 reviews2024
Dev: Master EntertainmentPub: Master Entertainment
Windows
《自豪!美女全攻略》是一款真情真人互动恋爱视觉小说。你,王自豪,一位“躺平废柴”,好像要触底反弹了!睁眼醒来,世界突然开始围绕你运行了。百亿遗产、各色美女近在眼前,是美梦还是危机,你要如何选择?你将在这十余小时的旅途中,与不同角色在多元世界中,体验真实的笑与泪。入梦吧!少年!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Romance 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #56 The Ghost of Alcantra
66% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: ACatBox
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Ghost of Alcantra is a free kinetic romance/mystery vn that alternates between two perspectives, one focusing on a blossoming romantic relationship, and another focused on unraveling a murder mystery.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.3%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Romance 14.3%, Emotional 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #57 Thing-in-Itself
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 125 reviews2017
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 20%
“Thing-in-Itself” is a short interactive story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant’s concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter.
Why similar: Philosophical 25%, Dialogue Heavy 16.4%, Emotional 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Immersive Sim 11.6%
- #58 Monster Girl Therapy
65% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: Zwiebelspiele
Windows
Save the monster girls! Talk through their issues and face their challenges. Convince them to leave their crumbling fantasy game before it all falls apart! You may yet come to understand them—or even yourself!—in this wholesome mix of playful conversation and minigames.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Romance 14.1%, Emotional 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #59 Halfway House
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Az
Windows · Mac · Linux
A character-driven, story-rich visual novel about rebuilding your life after juvenile detention. Forge friendships, find romance, and confront the scars of your troubled past.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Emotional 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Romance 13.4%
- #60 BlueLine
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Going Places Studio
Windows
A visual interactive story about Blue, who is expected to be successful at work, be a good boyfriend, and at the same time... be happy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Emotional 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Romance 11.7%