60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Psychological, Text-Based, Emotional.
"How easily can a life fall apart? Kihaven invites you to a dark confrontation behind the monotony. In this traumatic, psychological, and drama-filled visual novel, uncover the truth hidden on the dusty shelves of the past. Every day is a new piece of a shattered life."
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「現実と区別のつかない幻覚を見せる能力」を手に入れた高校生・拓海。復讐のために使い始めた力は、やがて彼自身の運命を大きく変えていく。選択によって結末が変化する心理サスペンスビジュアルノベル。
Time Crack
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
「現実と区別のつかない幻覚を見せる能力」を手に入れた高校生・拓海。復讐のために使い始めた力は、やがて彼自身の運命を大きく変えていく。選択によって結末が変化する心理サスペンスビジュアルノベル。
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Psychological 18.6%, Crime 15.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%, Emotional 7.9%
A thriller and mystery visual novel about broken trust and the search for truth, when a high-school student is accused of his parents’ brutal murder. Every choice might bring you closer to the truth... or end in tragedy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Crime 15.1%, Psychological 12.8%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Dialogue Heavy 7.4%
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Emotional 17.2%, Dark 11.5%, Psychological 11.5%, Text-Based 9.9%
在21世纪30年代的世界，任何新鲜事物都不足为奇，城市里每天都喧闹非凡。“我”和妹妹则是离开了那热闹的中心，搬到了这偏僻的乡下地带，和在这里认识的朋友们每天生活在愉快的日常里。不过这平静的日常又能持续多久呢？
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Emotional 18.4%, Casual 17.7%, Text-Based 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
A visual novel about the mind, change, and being locked up.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Casual 10.6%, Text-Based 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Emotional 9.8%
For 20 years, she lived with depression. Now, she's strong enough to name what happened: a social murder. This is a visual essay—not a game—with over 400 illustrations about grief, guilt, and survival in a collapsing meritocracy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Emotional 18.6%, Psychological 16.6%, Text-Based 12.8%, Dark 9.9%
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Dialogue Heavy 17.5%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Psychological 11.5%, Text-Based 10.8%
Before the streams and before anyone knew her name, there was only Miki. Explore the hidden origins of TheMikiKomori in an atmospheric visual novel about loneliness, identity, and the strange mysteries pulling her toward an uncertain future beneath the digital sea.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Casual 19.9%, Emotional 18%, Dark 13.8%, Text-Based 9%
In this kafkaesque, linear and short kinetic visual novel you will be a psychiatrist and will read treatment of a patient diagnosed with major depression.
Why similar: Casual 22.5%, Emotional 19.1%, Psychological 18.6%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 16%
Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.1%, Psychological 21.2%, Casual 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Emotional 7.6%
A short story about a difficult day at work and a painful breakup that lingers; about depression, anxiety, and how they can lead to eating disorders. Do you know how many calories are in a muffin? Are you ready for what the answer implies?
Why similar: Visual Novel 23%, Psychological 14.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Dark 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
Why similar: Emotional 19%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Dark 11%
Do you ever feel like life is slipping away, with too many dreams left unfulfilled? Like you're trapped in wanting to do so much, but never quite getting to any of it? Doesn't that thought scare you—looking back on a life that accomplished nothing, fading without leaving a mark? It scares me too.
Why similar: Emotional 23.3%, Psychological 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Multiple Endings 11%, Casual 10.1%
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Casual 18.7%, Psychological 17.2%, Text-Based 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%
His World is a short visual novel game where you play as a young shy introvert boy and witness his life with his family and get to see his internal world and struggles. You also make a few decisions throughout the game that will decide on one of game's multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Emotional 21.2%, Psychological 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 12.8%, Text-Based 9.1%
Finn was sad, so he killed himself. But he was greeted by Aoi a mysterious girl who granted him one wish before he gets reincarnated. Finn's wish, he wanted to see if anyone cared at all that he had committed suicide. Even though he knows no one ever cared about him.
Why similar: Emotional 19.6%, Psychological 17.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Dark 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Crime 20.4%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Emotional 12.9%, Psychological 10.7%, Casual 10%
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Emotional 17.8%, Psychological 15.5%, Dark 10.4%, Text-Based 8.8%
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Psychological 16%, Emotional 14.9%, Casual 9.6%, Crime 7.6%
Don't Forget Your Helmet is a quiet mystical romance about a lonely motorcyclist, a strange girl who knows too much about endings, and the small human choices that can change the shape of tomorrow.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Psychological 16.8%, Casual 16.7%, Text-Based 15.7%, Dark 12.7%
"키마이라 트러블"은 1995년 대한민국에서 살고 있는 "서■■"이 "아클락스"에서 만들어진 전투 실험체 3인을 만나는 것으로 스토리가 전개되는 비주얼 노벨입니다. 이야기가 진행됨으로서, 그 과정에서 밝혀지는 진실과 주인공이 마주하는 또 다른 진실. 주인공과 실험체 세 명은 생존을 위해 발악하게 될 것입니다.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Crime 13.9%, Text-Based 12.9%, Dark 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.4%
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Psychological 16.2%, Emotional 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Dark 9.6%
"Pulse of Love" is a captivating visual novel set in the vibrant world of the Korean K-pop scene drama. Experience the exhilarating journey of love, passion, and self-discovery as you navigate the highs and lows of fame.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Emotional 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Casual 9.6%, Exploration 9.3%
The Twisting Trail of Clues is a captivating and thrilling modern-day murder mystery. Set in a bustling city, the story follows detective Emma as she tries to solve a seemingly impossible case - the murder of a prominent businessman by a mysterious secret society.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Crime 18.8%, Text-Based 11.6%, Casual 10.9%, Emotional 10.7%
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.5%, Emotional 10.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Text-Based 8.3%, Exploration 8.1%
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 26.7%, Visual Novel 26.5%, Psychological 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 5.6%, Story Rich 5.6%
A story of a simple walk home, with a sprinkling of intrusive thoughts. Make a few choices, decide what's best, and please, try not to overthink.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Emotional 15.7%, Psychological 13.3%, Text-Based 11.4%, Dark 10.2%
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Psychological 16.5%, Emotional 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9%
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
Why similar: Emotional 18.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Psychological 11.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
A visual novel depicting the daily life of a high school boy continuously tormented by guilt on a winter's day. It features layered music played on string instruments and piano, characterized by serious, deep psychological portrayals.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Psychological 26%, Emotional 24.8%, Dark 9.1%, Adventure 4.5%
Mirrorandum is not just a visual novel...it's a journey through a world of mirrors, where every reflection challenges your perception and every choice reveals the depths of your true self.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Emotional 23.3%, Casual 20.5%, Text-Based 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
「４日後に、俺の心臓を撃ちぬいて殺して欲しい」 リベンジ・ハートはワガママな殺し屋ケヴィンと、心臓を狙われた少年ルカが繰り広げる一本道ノベルADVです。 ――引き金が引かれるその時まで。復讐を願う少年とそれに加担した殺し屋の４日間が始まる。
Why similar: Crime 27.8%, Visual Novel 26%, Emotional 13.7%, Dark 13.1%, Text-Based 6.8%
The Cold Cases: Remembering Jory is a story rich, investigative mystery game where your only tools are your contacts and the people you can find and get to talk to you. Read through old internet archives, pick out what is important, and solve the mystery of the 10 year old cold case.
Why similar: Crime 17.7%, Visual Novel 13%, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Emotional 11.2%, Psychological 10.6%
There are no second chances in medicine. A medical suspense visual novel where a young doctor gains the power to rewind time. Use the loop to change the fate of diagnoses, surgeries, and emergency treatments. Your choices shape the story, leading to multiple Bad, Good, and True Endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Psychological 17.4%, Emotional 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Text-Based 10%
Missing Stars is a visual novel that aims to depict mental disorders and the people who live with them in a realistic, but sensitive and respectful light.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.8%, Emotional 18%, Casual 16.9%, Text-Based 12.3%, 2D 7.4%
A visual novel with elements of romance for both sexes, telling about children who escaped to the street from an orphanage. Will they be able to survive if they are needed by a secret organization as cannon fodder?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.1%, Emotional 19.2%, Dark 13.6%, Text-Based 11.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
It was a fake — that's exactly why I could love it. Fifteen days of Rei's summer vacation. A first-person "seeing" narrative adventure. Fully voiced (JP/EN/ZH). Playtime: 3+ hours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Psychological 22.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Emotional 14.6%, Text-Based 11.5%
The pinnacle of school romance adventures, "D.C.~Da Capo~" returns with a complete remake! "On a spring day where cherry blossoms gently dance, a ticklish love story begins, begins—"
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Emotional 28.9%, Casual 24.2%, Adventure 8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
-Change the past, create the future - A novel game about changing the past. What would the present be like if you could remove the regrets of that time? Rewrite the book that contains your past and create the future that you could not get. A new sensation ADV is now available from HaraPeko club.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.7%, Psychological 14%, Text-Based 13.3%, Emotional 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
One-room cyberpunk VN about doubt, guilt and memory. Talk to a girl who claims to be your girlfriend, question reality, and unlock multiple endings in a short, replayable psychological story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Casual 17.8%, Emotional 17.4%, Dark 13.7%, 2D 7.1%
어떻게든 돌아갈 거야. 가족이 기다리고 있는 집으로.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Crime 17%, Text-Based 15%, Psychological 12.1%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.
Why similar: Emotional 19.4%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological 12.5%
A short cozy visual novel about awkward conversations, cultural barriers, and the connections that can emerge when two people don't speak the same language.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Casual 19.9%, Emotional 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Text-Based 6.7%
Interactive anime adventure in visual novel format!
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Emotional 17.3%, Psychological 14.5%, Casual 10.6%, Text-Based 10.5%
Isabella, your classmate, is someone you were never close to but someone you certainly noticed. One day however, you notice that Isabella stopped coming to class. You start to discover how important you were to her despite never even having a conversation with her before.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Psychological 16.7%, Casual 16.2%, Emotional 16%, Dark 12.7%
A atmospheric visual novel about sleepless nights, quiet connection, and the girl who works the convenience store register until morning.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Emotional 21.6%, Casual 16.7%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, 2D 8.9%
Having lost the meaning of life, Shionagi meets Ayana, who suffers from a certain illness. “Kidnap me from this boring everyday life.” He wishes to die. A girl promised death. A bittersweet summer kidnapping drama where they confront each other's “lives.”
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Emotional 29.4%, Text-Based 17.5%, 2D 9%, Adventure 7.7%
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Emotional 17.1%, Psychological 15.7%, Dark 13.3%, Text-Based 11.9%
Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Emotional 16.7%, Psychological 13%, Text-Based 12.9%, Dark 11.6%
Columbus》 is a dark fantasy visual novel with dual male leads. Play as Weaponzzie, a nameless weapon trapped in a wealthy estate. Dialogue choices drive a branching story to 10 endings—tenderness, ruin, freedom, or downfall. Your bond with the young master is defined by you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.5%, Emotional 14.6%, Psychological 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
A short meta story about the struggles of procrastination, and never finishing the things you start. Help motivate me, and give me the confidence I need to finish something.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Emotional 18.8%, Casual 17.7%, Psychological 14.3%, Text-Based 7%
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Psychological 21%, Emotional 19.3%, Text-Based 11.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
Inspired by Danganronpa and Ace Attorney series, Final Frame is a murder mystery Visual Novel set in modern Japan.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.6%, Casual 21.6%, Crime 13.2%, Dark 6.7%, Adventure 6.6%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Emotional 18.2%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological 16.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Dark 10.9%
In this post-pandemic psychological visual novel, players embody psychotherapist Honda, drawn into a neural imaging project targeting teens. There, Honda meets Natasha, a mysterious girl whose "world" unfolds like a spider's web, disrupting Honda's "calm" life. "Don't you think so, Dr. Honda...?"
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Psychological 24%, Dialogue Heavy 12.4%, Emotional 11.7%, Multiple Endings 7%
A romantic loop 3D visual novel about a girl who forgets you every night. It’s always your first date. She resets. You don’t. Try to win her heart, or choose to let go. Another strange post from the town of Akabako.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Psychological 20.5%, Emotional 17.9%, Casual 9.6%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
Dive into a captivating standalone story in just an hour! Presenting the first installment of the "Handy Novel" series. Highly praised on smartphones, this acclaimed narrative is now ready for your enjoyment on Steam for PC/Mac!
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.7%, Emotional 23%, Text-Based 16.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Casual 6.4%
My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.
Why similar: Psychological 17.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Emotional 14.8%, Text-Based 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Psychological 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Text-Based 12.3%, Dark 10.9%
The Road To Recovery places you in the shoes of Ash, a recovering addict, starting at day one. Awoken by the sound of your phone ringing, you have ZERO memory of the night before. Explore Oakborough City, and "survive" day one!
Why similar: Exploration 23.7%, Dialogue Heavy 22.4%, Emotional 16.4%, Casual 9.9%, 2D 9.2%
