- #1 Midnight Ramen
97% matchVery Positive98% of 366 reviews2024
Dev: Cointinue Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Emotional 18.4%, Cooking 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Immersive Sim 15%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%
- #2 Brother Hai's Pho Restaurant
96% matchVery Positive93% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: marisa0704
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror game where you must balance cooking authentic Vietnamese Pho with surviving chilling, unexpected events in a quiet, mysterious village.
Why similar: Retro 36.7%, Choices Matter 30.8%, First-Person 17.2%, Simulation 15.3%
- #3 A Taste of the Past
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,768 reviews2022
Dev: Sondering Studio
Windows
What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Point & Click 15.9%, Drama 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #4 Pikabuu: STOP!
95% matchVery Positive96% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: JoyKeratif
Windows
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
Why similar: Psychological 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Emotional 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
- #5 The NOexistenceN of you AND me
94% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
Dev: 0x0Real StudioPub: Nino Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Psychological 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Drama 9.9%
- #6 Cooking Companions
94% matchVery Positive94% of 1,183 reviews2021
Dev: Deer Dream StudiosPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Lore-Rich 25.8%, Psychological Horror 25%, Cooking 23.2%
- #7 Minds Beneath Us
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,416 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Psychological 24.8%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Point & Click 14.5%, RPG 10.7%
- #8 Heartbeat House: Hong Kong
91% matchVery Positive99% of 174 reviews2026
Dev: Genuine Studio
Windows
Heartbeat House: Hong Kong is a dating reality visual novel. Live with eight participants in a shared villa and make romantic choices. Your decisions are remembered, and relationships will change. If the screen flickers or something feels off—please relax and keep dating. The show is still ongoing.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 13%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Immersive Sim 12%, Lore-Rich 11.3%, Drama 9.1%
- #9 The Cooking Class
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Another Dev Company
Windows
Come Cook With Us! Let's learn together how to cook delicious meals for you and your family. Because remember, can't live with an empty belly! Find the right VHS scattered around the house through a random system of placement in order to find the code to escape the house. Good Luck!
Why similar: Psychological Horror 100%
- #10 Creature Kitchen
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 4,359 reviews2026
Dev: The Rat Zone
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 53%, First-Person 21.2%, Stylized 17%, Simulation 8.8%
- #11 Depression The Game
91% matchMixed69% of 310 reviews2018
Dev: DeepWorks Studios
Windows
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Psychological 21.6%, Psychological Horror 14%, Emotional 13.9%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #12 The Test: Reality Check
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 632 reviews2025
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
The Test: Reality Check is one of multiple installments in an ongoing social experiment that can be classified as an atmospheric, psychological-simulation with horror elements. Dive deep into your own psyche to find answers to questions you've kept locked away, hidden from yourself for far too long.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.9%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Surreal 13.9%, RPG 10.7%
- #13 Tostchu
89% matchVery Positive84% of 607 reviews2024
Dev: Ravenscape CollectivePub: Mars Bacon LLC
Windows
A slow-burn atmospheric horror game about managing a toast shop in a desolate location in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Make toasts for customers, cash in, buy more ingredients, and witness strange events unfolding.
Why similar: Cooking 19.6%, Immersive Sim 19.6%, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Lore-Rich 17.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #14 The Summoning
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...
Why similar: Psychological 21.7%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Immersive Sim 15%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #15 Chinese Parents
87% matchVery Positive91% of 26,604 reviews2018
Dev: 墨鱼玩游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?
Why similar: Psychological Horror 63.3%, RPG 20.9%, Simulation 15.8%
- #16 Love Alone Death
86% matchVery Positive99% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.7%, Drama 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Emotional 15.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #17 Kiosk
85% matchVery Positive88% of 2,518 reviews2025
Dev: Vivi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.
Why similar: Cooking 27.7%, Immersive Sim 27.2%, Psychological Horror 24.2%, First-Person 10.6%, Retro 5.3%
- #18 Bring Me that Shawarma
86% matchVery Positive91% of 510 reviews2024
Dev: SHAWAVERSEPub: BRXKENVN
Windows · Linux
A visual novel about shawarma, consisting of multiple episodes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.8%, Psychological Horror 31.7%, Cooking 20.8%, 2D 7.8%
- #19 TOUQI
84% matchVery Positive92% of 406 reviews2025
Dev: 橙光游戏Pub: Paleo
Windows
《頭七》(头七怪谈)是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员,你需要根据主编的要求,整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联,并在必要时与同伴实地探索,以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
Why similar: Psychological Horror 17.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Point & Click 10.9%
- #20 While We Wait Here
84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,242 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Vices Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Psychological 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, First-Person 11.4%
- #21 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,921 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 11%
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: Visual Novel 22.9%, Psychological 22.8%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Drama 9.2%, Emotional 9%
- #22 Venba
82% matchVery Positive93% of 3,365 reviews2023
Dev: Visai Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 23.8%, Emotional 20.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Stylized 10.3%
- #23 AN OUTLAND VILLAGE
82% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: BIG ONE PARKPub: WANDERING WITCH PROIECTUM
Windows
Father and mother visited their daughter's home in Beijing to discuss their father's understanding of life and memories of their past relationship with their mother. The Story of Chinese Families
Why similar: RPG 21.2%, Point & Click 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Drama 12.3%, Cooking 9.3%
- #24 HOMESICKNESS
81% matchVery Positive96% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: jnity
Windows
HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.6%, Point & Click 26.8%, Psychological 22.6%, First-Person 12.2%, Retro 3.8%
- #25 The Simen Rumors
78% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: 羊之口
Windows
本游戏以视觉小说的形式,收录了十四个奇幻恐怖的短篇故事。从网站专栏的投稿、社团的恐怖故事分享会、到某座设施中的秘密实验……你将以不同的视角,探索发生在鸶门市周边的种种奇妙传闻。
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Lore-Rich 26.3%, Drama 26.2%, Psychological Horror 4%, Surreal 3.7%
- #26 The Testing Chamber
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 690 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
For every action, there is a reaction... For every choice, a result... Dive deep into your subconscious as you wander the halls of The Testing Chamber & join hundreds of thousands of other players in one of the biggest & most successful social experiments ever performed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Psychological Horror 24.4%, RPG 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Emotional 7.8%
- #27 Winion Virus
78% matchVery Positive95% of 967 reviews2024
Dev: Dawntown Studio
Windows · Mac
Winion Virus is a pixel-art visual novel horror game. It features adorable and charming graphics paired with a dark fairy-tale story full of unexpected twists. As a point-and-click adventure, your task is to fix the errors occurring within the computer.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Point & Click 17%, Lore-Rich 16%, Emotional 14.4%
- #28 Discussion Over Dinner
77% matchVery Positive94% of 257 reviews2025
Dev: Eli Stevens
Windows
You receive a dinner invite from an awkward new neighbor and things go great.
Why similar: Surreal 23.4%, Psychological Horror 22%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Drama 12.1%, Stylized 10.7%
- #29 回门 Way Back Home
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 518 reviews2021
Dev: 漫森游戏工作室
Windows
"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...
Why similar: Drama 25.3%, Psychological Horror 22.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, RPG 15.7%, Retro 8.2%
- #30 Sweet Home
74% matchVery Positive95% of 8,945 reviews2025
Dev: 开心茶房Pub: Tailtone Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Visual Novel 23.7%, Emotional 19.5%, RPG 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Drama 14.2%
- #31 i love me, i love me not
77% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: MALGOW
Windows · Mac
a hand-drawn mental-health-focused game!
Why similar: Emotional 66.9%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, 2D 12.7%
- #32 it's always monday
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 291 reviews2016
Dev: Alon Zubina
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 32%
it's always monday - is a first person exploration game
Why similar: Emotional 19.3%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Drama 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Simulation 12.7%
- #33 Tear Factory
76% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Daddysucc5000
Windows
A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 27.9%, Surreal 19.4%, Stylized 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Retro 12%
- #34 Go! Go! Hamster Chef!
73% matchVery Positive98% of 321 reviews2024
Dev: Loafsoft
Windows
Help Hamster Chef cook yummy dishes and deliver them to his animal pals in this short, colorful, and definitely-not-spooky adventure.
Why similar: Cooking 47%, Psychological Horror 26.9%, Stylized 14.1%, Retro 6.1%, Simulation 5.9%
- #35 Love Stories: When Pastel Meets Grotesque
75% matchVery Positive89% of 402 reviews2022
Dev: 桐生バトラ(疑狐社)Pub: Miwu Studio
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Some Scary Love Stories is a visual novel game with option branches Players tap the screen to read the story and make their own choices, eventually leading to different ending branches A collection of long-updated short stories on the theme of "Distorted Love"
Why similar: Drama 24.2%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Emotional 14.6%, Hand-drawn 11.2%
- #36 Snowfall's Mystery
73% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
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: Psychological 23.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 11.5%, Lore-Rich 9.2%
- #37 My Sweet! Housemate
73% matchVery Positive98% of 334 reviews2024
Dev: sourmilk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Faced with the cruel and harsh reality of homelessness, you seek out affordable housing in your area. Luckily, it seems you've found the perfect rental, but something is very off about your landlord...
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Cooking 26.1%, RPG 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Simulation 8.1%
- #38 Purgatory’s Flower
71% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows
Hand-drawn 2D point and click Horror x Dating sim Meet the 'Flowers' imprisoned in hell. They long for an escape to purgatory. Your job here is simple. Listen to their stories, and break out together. Easy, right? ...But, doesn't it seem strange? These people... seem to be out of their mind, a bit.
Why similar: Emotional 21.1%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Point & Click 16.8%, Drama 13.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%
- #39 Interrogation Simulator
74% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.3%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Point & Click 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%
- #40 花奴令 Huanu Poems
72% matchVery Positive93% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: FishfarmsPub: FISHFARMS
Windows
Huanu Poems is a multi-ending love adventure game. As a photographer, carrying the secret of being a bloodline inheritor of HuaNu Town, you will take lovely Peach to run a B&B, encounter gentle Cloudia. Your choices will affect the direction of the story.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Drama 20.9%, Emotional 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #41 DINNERDINNNER
72% matchVery Positive83% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: LuuuLuuuL
Windows
"DINNERDINNNER" is a horror adventure game set in the modern era. You become a diner staff member and encounter strange events – customers with bizarre stories, engaging in trivial conversations, and discussing incomprehensible matters.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.6%, First-Person 33.8%, Retro 22.6%
- #42 Seven Mysteries: The Last Page
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: Sang Hendrix
Windows
A story-driven psychological horror RPG about a group of friends who unintentionally become bound together after encountering 7 curses from a school.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Drama 14.2%, RPG 14.2%, Choices Matter 13%
- #43 Dishwashing Simulator
71% matchVery Positive88% of 512 reviews2024
Dev: Frinky
Windows
A short, unique survival-farming-base-building-tycoon-horror game where you must survive through washing dishes. Explore mysterious depths, manage resources, and unravel a cryptic narrative. In DWS, a chore becomes a journey to freedom.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 48.8%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Simulation 12.9%, First-Person 12.4%
- #44 Life Eater
70% matchVery Positive84% of 339 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
Why similar: Point & Click 26%, Psychological Horror 24%, Lore-Rich 21.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Simulation 8%
- #45 The Price Of Flesh
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,072 reviews2022
Dev: Gatobob
Windows · Mac · Linux
An immersive choose-your-own-adventure survival horror with optional adult content featuring hand drawn backgrounds, sprites, and over 150 pieces of full screen art- and 50 endings.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 22%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #46 食用系少女 Food Girls
71% matchVery Positive95% of 452 reviews2019
Dev: SimonCreative
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"If we don’t pass the upcoming evaluation in 3 months, the snack street will be sold off?!"A production of Simon Creative and Storia, Taiwanese cuisine personification visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.4%, RPG 20%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, 2D Platformer 10.9%, Simulation 10.1%
- #47 Lilith Wants to Buy Your Soul
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 783 reviews2023
Dev: Pyon Pyon Platinum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.7%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Lore-Rich 13%, Psychological Horror 12.9%, Surreal 12%
- #48 The Heroes Around Me
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 735 reviews2024
Dev: OKJOY
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Drama 17.9%, Emotional 17.8%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #49 Departed Away
67% matchVery Positive90% of 546 reviews2024
Dev: Alperen Torun
Windows
Discover 'Departed Away,' a captivating visual novel where friendship intertwines with mystery. Uncover secrets, engage in verbal duels, and make choices that shape your story. Delve into emotional depth and intricate connections in this unique story.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Psychological 19.7%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #50 Love, Death & Veggies
70% matchVery Positive90% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: 7DOTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Six stories about the most important things. And elves, gnomes, robots, aliens, adventure, and love.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.5%, Interactive Fiction 29%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, 2D 9.5%
- #51 Cellveillance
66% matchVery Positive86% of 596 reviews2025
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
"Cellveillance" is a detective drama entertainment product, you will visit the apartment every day, and the entire apartment is responsible for everything that happens in the apartment, a mysterious organization asks you to return the information of the residents.
Why similar: Psychological 19.4%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Emotional 14.6%, Drama 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%
- #52 Robot Daycare
69% matchVery Positive87% of 151 reviews2021
Dev: KigyoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about raising a cute robot child, which may or may not go horribly wrong. Your choices decide the outcome.
Why similar: Psychological 33.5%, Drama 24.4%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Emotional 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #53 My Lovely Wife
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 750 reviews2022
Dev: GameChanger StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Point & Click 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #54 恋爱猪脚饭
68% matchMixed49% of 414 reviews2025
Dev: likeyou游戏Pub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
This is a text adventure game, in which players will play the role of the male protagonist "Huang Xia" and achieve different endings by making choices in the game, realizing their own counterattack life on the construction site.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, RPG 17%, Drama 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
- #55 Familiar Friends: What's Your Familiar?
66% matchVery Positive93% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A cute and cozy Visual Novel experience with plenty of choices to make! Come find the Familiar truly meant for you by feeding The Conjuring Cauldron with a multitude of choices, all to a relaxing Original Soundtrack!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Psychological Horror 18.1%, Point & Click 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #56 Paper Bride
67% matchVery Positive91% of 2,220 reviews2021
Dev: HeartBeat Plus
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
Why similar: Drama 36.1%, Psychological Horror 22.5%, RPG 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, 2D 8.2%
- #57 TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
70% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2018
Dev: Peace & Love Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
Why similar: Psychological 27.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Surreal 15.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%
- #58 Winter Clothing
66% matchVery Positive84% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: 坤舆科技
Windows
This is a horror plot puzzle game with Chinese folk themes. There is an unwritten rule in Tianhe Town: on the day of the Winter Clothing Festival, no villager is allowed to approach the back mountain. Is there really a ghost on the mountain? Perhaps there is something more terrifying than ghosts.
Why similar: Drama 37.9%, RPG 20.9%, Surreal 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, 2D 3.9%