60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Emotional, Story Rich, Singleplayer.
An apprentice. A healer. A warrior. Breathe, pull, and choose your way through their stories in this dark yet comforting narrative game about healing the worlds inside us.
My life with you
"My Life with You" is a STORY DRIVEN experience that follows the journey of a young SINGLE MOM who must BALANCE life's challenges while raising her child. An emotional journey focused on the BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD, marked by obstacles, growth, and love.
Ashes
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
"My Life with You" is a STORY DRIVEN experience that follows the journey of a young SINGLE MOM who must BALANCE life's challenges while raising her child. An emotional journey focused on the BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD, marked by obstacles, growth, and love.
Why similar: Narrative 29.7% ★, Emotional 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Casual 7.1%
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Narrative 13.7% ★, Emotional 11%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
Piece by piece, you pour your soul into the monster. This is your burden and you bear it willingly. Your friends think that this is unhealthy.
Why similar: Narrative 19.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Emotional 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.3%
A 'crunchy wholesome' game about making friends as an adult.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16%, Emotional 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Narrative 15.2% ★, Visual Novel 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12%
This is an interactive narrative inspired by real events. Experience the untold story of an ordinary woman in contemporary China, blending heartfelt storytelling and light puzzles to explore resilience and humanity throughout her life journey.
Why similar: Narrative 25.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Emotional 19%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Stylized 9.4%
From the first day of spring, to the last day of winter, wear seven shoes of seven characters and live their most intimate moments. Explore their thoughts, choose their steps and shape their paths in a mumblecore narrative game where the most extraordinary setting is ordinary life itself.
Why similar: Narrative 26.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.6%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Emotional 9%
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Why similar: Emotional 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Narrative 17.1% ★, Visual Novel 11.3%, Stylized 7.7%
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
Why similar: Narrative 38.9% ★, Emotional 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Philosophical 4.1%, Stylized 3.9%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Narrative 29.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Emotional 12.8%, LGBTQ+ 8.8%
DUET illustrates the Hifuu Club's first encounter. It is a wordless, narrative-driven experience about connection and small moments in life. Step into the subtle yet fateful daily interactions that intertwine Renko and Merry's lives.
Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Emotional 11%, Stylized 10%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
High Elo Girls is a Visual Novel set in the esports scene where you play as the latest recruit for a new all-girls team. Can you help your squad achieve their true potential, or will you only squander your own?
Why similar: Narrative 22.6% ★, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Emotional 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.1%
Carry Onward is a narrative gameplay short that follows a grieving man as he packs up his home. Immerse yourself in his thoughts and emotions by interacting with items, which shape his internal state. Experience the transformative power of memories and the hope that arises from embracing change.
Why similar: Narrative 29.4% ★, Emotional 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Stylized 7%
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Emotional 10.8%, Stylized 7.2%
Help Dawn, a young woman of faerie descent, with her first steps into loving and accepting who she is in a modern world where faeries and humans were supposed to live in harmony.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 13.7%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
Julia: a Science Journey is a narrative adventure about viruses, society, and life choices.
Why similar: Narrative 21.7% ★, Emotional 13.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
A garden caught in eternal recurrence. A god who forgets everything. A witness without rest. In this narrative-driven 2D exploration game, walk, listen, and read your way through four cycles to piece together a truth hidden beneath the surface.
Why similar: Narrative 25.6% ★, Emotional 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Philosophical 8.9%
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Emotional 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Narrative 10% ★, Stylized 7%
After waking up in a world without her sister, Miss Alexandra Audacity believes she's been left out of a conspiracy between her flaky friends and secretive husband. Guide her through five timelines mired by false memories while trying to keep her sanity, and yours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Stylized 16.3%, Emotional 12.9%, Drama 10.2%
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Emotional 10.6%, Female Protagonist 9.1%
After the revolution, Kikoku is plunged into chaos. Takekosen joins the secret organization Hiseido, facing her final trial. She must abandon her name, wear the mask, and forge her path through fate. A fantasy visual novel set in an ancient Eastern world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Emotional 15.7%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Drama 6.4%
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.
Why similar: Narrative 27% ★, Emotional 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Stylized 7.7%
A quiet town awaits death. Two young women fall in love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Emotional 11.2%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
Embark on a heartwarming journey as a home cleaning specialist.
Why similar: Narrative 40.6% ★, Emotional 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Stylized 4.4%
Help Chak Chak on a heartwarming adventure! Play mindfulness-inspired mini-games, grow her aura, and explore a charming story about friendship, self-discovery, and finding true happiness.
Why similar: Narrative 23.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Colorful 8.1%
A point and click game about an anxious cactus artist named Prickles. Explore Prickles' apartment building to find interesting subjects to draw and acquire new drawing tools and color palettes. Help your neighbors and unravel a mystery by gifting drawings and making new friendships along the way.
Why similar: Narrative 34% ★, Emotional 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Female Protagonist 8%
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: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Emotional 16%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Stylized 9%
Sayonara Okaasan is an interactive abstract poem about saying goodbye to a mother and exploring life and death.
Why similar: Narrative 38.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 23%, Emotional 19.5%, Point & Click 6.7%, Hand-drawn 4.8%
Rockin’ Racket is a narrative driven, fast paced, pop punk band management game with an undercurrent of teenage angst as you try to hold together a band of rowdy younger siblings, keep the crowd happy, and manage your frugal earnings while booking larger venues to rocket your band to stardom!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Emotional 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.4%, Stylized 9.5%
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.9%, Narrative 20.3% ★, Visual Novel 14.7%, Stylized 7.4%, Casual 7.3%
Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.
Why similar: Narrative 22.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Stylized 7.3%
Road Trip to the End of the World is a visual novel about the death of a friendship. When Andy and her imaginary friend Fishy set off on a road trip to crash their ex-best friend’s wedding, will they know when to hit the brakes?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.1%, Emotional 21.2%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Colorful 6.3%
Dawn Awaits is a 2D narrative adventure that creates an experience akin to controlling an anime movie. The story follows Li Han, a young noodle shop delivery man, whose heart is caught between a school friend and a female teacher to whom he is betrothed in repayment of a debt of gratitude.
Why similar: Narrative 32.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 13.1%, Hand-drawn 5.5%
Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who’s the first person you’d meet? An interactive story about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present... After meeting her, summer will never be the same again...Who is she, and what journey awaits you?
Why similar: Narrative 19.6% ★, Emotional 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.7%
Follow Addison as they help their recently-deceased mother move on to the Spirit World. In this 2D visual narrative and platformer, Addison must explore and find special objects while being confronted with a journey of grief.
Why similar: Narrative 42.5% ★, Emotional 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Indie 5.2%, Story Rich 3%
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 20%, Emotional 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Narrative 12.8% ★, Drama 8.7%
From the creators of Before Your Eyes — You are Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own.
Why similar: Narrative 23.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Emotional 19.6%, Stylized 10%, Drama 6.4%
We Grew Up in War is a powerful testimony based on real stories of children who lived through wars in Ukraine and Bosnia. Experience their world shaped by fear and imagination and witness their memories in all their raw, haunting truth.
Why similar: Narrative 24.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Emotional 18.4%, Stylized 8.7%, Drama 6.8%
When the world ends, who will you spend your final hours with? A visual novel for the GBA.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.4%, Emotional 22%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Drama 7.2%
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: Narrative 31.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Emotional 12.3%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Stylized 6.1%
A poet ponders queer life and love after his happily ever after.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Emotional 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Stylized 7.7%
A short short mix tape of one story that connects three shorter stories. On the NewWave, a magical game console that is retro but new, enjoy DON'T SAY YES, TO:NORTH, and a secret tale nobody yet knows. Welcome to a slightly fantastical and nostalgic world of painful, toilful, and beautiful stories!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.3%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Emotional 15.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 10.7%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Emotional 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Female Protagonist 12.7%
Gap Year is a story-focused point & click adventure played through comic book panels that reconfigure as you explore Vera Novak’s one-bedroom apartment. Vera is a bright young scientist, but the arrival of an unexpected guest and a strange fixation with a cosmonaut may derail her academic pursuits.
Why similar: Narrative 28.6% ★, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Drama 7.6%, Stylized 7.5%
Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.5%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Emotional 13.8%
Time is the only thing we can't resist. Some people and things will never be found once they are lost. In the dark, a man was walking alone. The moment when you turn back, don't forget the place where came from!
Why similar: Narrative 33.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Emotional 18.7%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Drama 7.1%
A story-driven visual novel about psychological trauma and memory.In a world where reality, dreams, and recollections intertwine, face what you once lost—but never truly said goodbye to.
Why similar: Emotional 23%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, LGBTQ+ 20%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Female Protagonist 6.5%
Explore a hand-drawn island and help out a rainbow of quirky characters to plan the perfect party in Shindig – a fully-voiced, feelsy, wholesome and cozy narrative adventure! You're invited!
Why similar: Narrative 34.9% ★, Emotional 14.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Hand-drawn 6%
A journey with your father to Lake Baikal, where a storm and an old photo album revive memories of family, loss, and reconciliation.
Why similar: Emotional 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%, Stylized 9.2%
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Emotional 10.7%
A dark boys love / boys hate visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired world full of political intrigue. Yuel, once the King of Indra, is deposed by his older cousin, Tavi, during a coup and imprisoned within the palace. An uneasy relationship between them grows, and then...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, LGBTQ+ 21%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 13.9%, Stylized 10.3%
Three loves. One week. Merry Crisis is an intimate, character-driven romance visual novel about love, loss, and belonging—is home what you left behind, or where you’re headed?
Why similar: Narrative 26.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Emotional 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.1%
A yuri kinetic novel about overcoming the tribulations of the human heart, and a sapphic tale on the heartaches and reprieves of fathoming love. Asou Ei’s first title with Frontwing is presented with poignant visuals in Full HD, an evocative soundtrack, and voice acting by a star-studded cast.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Emotional 19.6%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Drama 6.3%
Home is where the stars are. An interactive bedtime story, for anyone who needs one. Take the bear and the little one on a deeply meaningful journey, as you experience stories of togetherness, of letting go and of finding a place you belong.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.3%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Emotional 12.4%, Narrative 8.7% ★, Philosophical 8.7%
A song from years ago triggers a flood of memories for champion swimmer Miriam. Embark on an evocative journey through her turbulent childhood and the complicated relationship she shared with her devoted mother.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Emotional 21.9%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Casual 10.1%, Adventure 8.7%
Deciding to break protocol to lend a helping wing, Rain, a flighty little courier takes a skittish girl by the name of Mila on an adventure through the inner workings of a mysterious post office. Together, they search for a letter containing the last words of someone who seemingly never existed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Stylized 6.6%, Point & Click 5.5%
A GxG coming-of-age visual novel. Nina sucks at choosing. But when a mysterious incident happens at the arts academy, will she muster the courage to choose–or will she let someone else decide on her behalf?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Emotional 15.2%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%
When letters from an unknown figure arrive in Julia's mailbox, she unravels a forgotten, painful truth behind it. Witness a unique narrative experience illustrated in a series of hand-painted scenes that tell the story of Julia and a familiar stranger that lives inside her fractured memories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Emotional 18.3%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Casual 5.9%
A small game to experience the life of an ordinary person.
Why similar: Emotional 22.6%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Drama 9.3%, Casual 8.5%
In this interactive narrative, you (a goblin custodian) fix up the neighborhood, help solve eccentric neighbors' problems, and uncover a dark and dangerous mystery, all while untangling the occasional drag & drop image puzzle!
Why similar: Narrative 31.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Stylized 8.8%, LGBTQ+ 4.8%
