60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Choices Matter, Story Rich, RPG, Lore-Rich.
You had a rough night. Use the cards you've been dealt to reveal secrets and uncover your story through conversations with compelling characters. When faced with a life-changing opportunity, will you repair relationships or fan new flames? Change your life...or don't.
春秋浮生记
"Spring and Autumn Chronicles" is a role-playing + card-based combat game set in ancient China. Players will explore a world where warlords rise and the old order crumbles, experience intricate multi-branching storylines, forge bonds, and ultimately carve out their legend in this chaotic era.
Hands Of Hell
Gamble your way through the eight Rings of Hell for the fate of your soul in this visual novel deckbuilder. Make friends and allies, build your deck, and maybe even fall in love as you face off against the Demon Lords of Hell.
"Spring and Autumn Chronicles" is a role-playing + card-based combat game set in ancient China. Players will explore a world where warlords rise and the old order crumbles, experience intricate multi-branching storylines, forge bonds, and ultimately carve out their legend in this chaotic era.
Why similar: CRPG 21.8%, Card Battler 20%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Historical 11%, Deckbuilding 11%
Gamble your way through the eight Rings of Hell for the fate of your soul in this visual novel deckbuilder. Make friends and allies, build your deck, and maybe even fall in love as you face off against the Demon Lords of Hell.
Why similar: Card Game 17.6%, Card Battler 14.2%, Deckbuilding 13.6%, LGBTQ+ 10.8%, Psychological 10.6%
A short detective-card-adventure set in a dirty Czech pub. Play cards, get wasted and embark on a journey of self-reflection.
Why similar: Card Battler 18.4%, Card Game 14%, Detective 12.7%, Psychological 11.6%, Surreal 11%
Use your cards to roleplay in a harsh world where your home is slowly sinking into the sands. Enter the city of Sandara and build your deck, make allies, enhance your abilities, and manage your resources before the eclipse ends your life.
Why similar: CRPG 18.2%, Card Game 15.3%, Conversation 14.3%, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Choices Matter 9%
Dawn of Corruption is a Dark Fantasy NSFW RPG. Warning, this game is nsfw 18+ only. It features male gay characters and fetishes such as: Muscle Growth, Macro, Hyper, Goo, Transformation, Corruption What will you grow into? Will corruption seep into your being?
Why similar: Card Battler 18.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Lore-Rich 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Conversation 8.7%
Cards, courtship, and consequence. Build your deck and your reputation to make your mark in the social season. In this Regency inspired world, every victory and defeat leaves an impression. The eyes of the ton are watching carefully. The eyes of your prospects are watching even closer.
Why similar: Card Battler 26.5%, Card Game 21.7%, Deckbuilding 16.2%, Historical 15.1%, Romance 10.6%
Eight factions fight to conquer Mir. The Resurgence took you in when you had little chance of survival. Now it's up to you. Who will you put in the first place? Your faction or yourself? Be careful! Choices have consequences in this unique card battler RPG with tons of choices and cards.
Why similar: CRPG 20%, Card Battler 19%, Card Game 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Historical 9.9%
Atmospheric fantasy 2D-RPG. In a world where everything has a Plot, Fate, and a Name. Your role is to save Fate. To find that Name that was erased from reality.
Why similar: CRPG 26.2%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Lore-Rich 13.6%, Hand-drawn 10.5%, Conversation 9.9%
A deckbuilding narrative RPG about conflict negotiation, goats, and impending doom. Make your own goat character, navigate arguments with cards, uncover an ancient mystery, and try to save the world.
Why similar: Card Game 17.6%, LGBTQ+ 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Surreal 11.5%, Conversation 11%
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Noir 20.4%, Detective 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Romance 11.7%
A story-driven adventure featuring card battles, multiple-choice dialogue, and funny characters! A friendship to mend, and a cast of opponents to beat, each with a uniquely built deck. But you're in luck… yours is all ducks!
Why similar: Card Battler 27.9%, Card Game 21.5%, Deckbuilding 16.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Narration 9.6%
Step into a living Chinese painting that blends the mystical, supernatural, and the struggles of daily life in the final years of the Ming dynasty. Experience a unique mix of classic turn-based RPG mechanics and dynamic card battling, where strategy and fate intertwine.
Why similar: Card Battler 23.5%, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Historical 15%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Card Game 9.9%
GameOver is a text based rpg focused mainly on m/m content with character driven plot. In it, you explore and run into inhabitants of the world. Some friendly, some foe. Inspired by other text based games and some videos.
Why similar: CRPG 23.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.4%, Detective 13.7%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
You’ve been invited to an exclusive stay at the Beggars Hotel, a once-glamorous retreat where only the elite gather. But when the guests begin dying one by one, your dream getaway turns into a deadly game of survival. Who can you trust?
Why similar: CRPG 22.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Detective 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.8%
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Noir 17%, Psychological 13.3%, Romance 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
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: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Conversation 15.6%, Romance 11%, Detective 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%
A honey-trapping, backstabbing, high-stakes story with a romantic heart, featuring problematic gays to suit a variety of bad tastes. Set in 1920s New York, this episodic visual novel follows an audacious conman juggling friends, enemies, and the most outrageous scam he’s ever tried to pull.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.1%, Historical 19.2%, Romance 16.6%, Noir 15.6%, Narration 11.7%
You are a scholarship student at the secluded Veir Academy. Two heroines. Nora or Lika? Trust or distance? Submit to the system — or break it? An introspective visual novel about tension, closeness, and silent choices.
Why similar: CRPG 21.2%, Noir 20.4%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Romance 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Noir 30.3%, Conversation 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%
Shore of Jord is a story-driven cRPG set in an alternate world of Europa, where you take on the role of a retired military officer trying to resolve mysterious events from your past and survive the longest winter in history: strengthen or break friendships, find your love, and discover who you are.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, CRPG 21.5%, Detective 15%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Battle Suit Aces is a Saturday morning cartoon where you're at the helm! Grow your roster of charming mech pilots as you immerse yourself in thrilling story missions and charge into card combat. Suit Up!
Why similar: Card Battler 20.1%, Card Game 17.4%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Noir 24.4%, Detective 15.2%, Lore-Rich 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Narration 11.8%
Deep Down is a narrative roguelike deckbuilder about emotional resilience. Restore your relationships through card-based dialogues, express, transform and even repress emotions conveyed through cards, and confront buried memories to break the cycle.
Why similar: Card Battler 19.5%, Noir 17.9%, Card Game 13.8%, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Psychological 11.6%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, CRPG 18.4%, Noir 17.3%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
Let us begin the persuasion. Alas, mankind may forever live in absence of the truth. Verily, the resonant threads that extend across the many worlds spawn countless interpretations. Can insight be gleaned from the coalescing dimensions? It may yet all be for nothing. The meaning is up to you.
Why similar: Card Battler 21.8%, Card Game 15.2%, Historical 13.8%, Detective 13.5%, Conversation 11.4%
The "OneFlesh" is an exploration-driven RPG. Players explore the town to obtain clues, present clues to the people in the town to advance the story, and finally discover the truth behind the events that the male and female protagonists have encountered.
Why similar: CRPG 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Detective 13%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Romance 9.1%
Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.6%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Conversation 12.5%, Romance 11.7%
Parallel-Weirdo is a Japanese manga-style visual novel set in DYL High School. It follows Wang Zhe, an ordinary and frail boy, who tries to win the hearts of girls and complete his experiments. He gets entangled in bizarre events, plunging into darkness. Each choice you make determines his fate.
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Surreal 9.9%, Conversation 9.6%
Is a psychological dialogue-based RPG set in a world where genetic experiments coexist with occult practices.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, CRPG 20.3%, Noir 19%, Choices Matter 13.1%, RPG 10%
A queer Victorian romance visual novel in which a gentleman running from the past and a poet hiding from the future collide through a lonely hearts ad. Suddenly, their lives can blossom—if you choose to change them.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Historical 19.2%, Romance 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Narration 11%
This role-playing game, set in an alternate medieval Europe, combines poker mechanics with power ups and collectible cards.
Why similar: Card Battler 38.6%, Card Game 27.2%, Deckbuilding 24.8%, RPG 9.5%
Explore a memorable 1920s fantasy world where you interact with, befriend and romance hundreds of characters with unique quests, as an already rich and famous heroine.
Why similar: CRPG 20.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Lore-Rich 14.7%, Historical 14.5%, Narration 11.7%
神，究竟是如何帮助人实现愿望的？ 笼罩在猎奇连环杀人案阴影下的现代都市，你偶然成为“井神”。你的目标是在暗中用自己的神力和意志，操控命运，帮助他们实现愿望。创新的卡牌回合制玩法，与复杂深刻叙事游戏的结合。化身井神，俯瞰这座城。帮助，或游戏众生。
Why similar: Card Game 22.6%, Detective 19.7%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Surreal 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
Decromancer is a unique tactical card battle game that focuses on a huge, story-based single-player campaign. Battles are fought by placing cards on a grid and attempting to deal enough damage to your opponents empty slots.
Why similar: Card Battler 40.2%, Card Game 32.8%, Deckbuilding 20.1%, RPG 6.9%
A daemonic, handcrafted visual novel where your choices shape erotic dreams, secrets, and ritual desires.
Why similar: Noir 21.8%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Psychological 11.2%, Narration 11%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: CRPG 19.6%, Choices Matter 14%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, Romance 11.1%
Seduce and surveil as a sexy spy! Gather intel, or gamble on love in Versailles! Who will catch your eye: a spymistress, a poet, or a traitor to the king?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Historical 19.4%, Romance 12.5%, RPG 12.3%
TwentyOne is a psychological single-player card game set in a corrupted city. Play as Gambit, a young man losing himself to save his collapsing family. Enter a high-stakes blackjack competition with twisted rules and illegal gambling. Play the game, or let the game play you.
Why similar: Card Battler 21%, Card Game 16.5%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Psychological 13%, Conversation 12.2%
A turn-based Clue-inspired detective game where you get to solve a murder mystery by interrogating paintings.
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Detective 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Conversation 12.7%, Surreal 11.9%
Designed by some of the team behind the groundbreaking Disco Elysium, Hopetown is a narrative-first RPG with resonant storytelling and seismic conversations. Things will change under your nose and under your heel. Words will be your weapons, and you'll make your own truth.
Why similar: CRPG 22.3%, Conversation 12.8%, Narration 12%, Psychological 11.1%, Detective 11%
Explore the dreams of the Homunculus Hotel's guests in order to understand yourself.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Romance 11.6%, Conversation 11.5%, Surreal 11.3%
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.3%, Detective 18.6%, Psychological 14.5%, Conversation 12.6%, Romance 11.7%
Play Jane Austen's classic satirical romance as a visual novel. You're young, new to Bath, and ready for adventure. Choose your gender, choose your path, and discover the secrets of Northanger Abbey.
Why similar: Historical 20.9%, LGBTQ+ 19.7%, Romance 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Conversation 10.7%
One of them is visiting a friend in Chicago. The other wants to shake things up in New York City. It starts in San Francisco, but where this relationship goes is all up to you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.9%, Romance 19.6%, Conversation 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%
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: LGBTQ+ 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Conversation 17%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Psychological 9.7%
In Witch Stories, the forest doth whisper thy name, and the witch’s gaze falleth heavy upon thee. The world shall not wait, though thou choosest to act or abide still. From sunrise to sunrise, face trials dark and truths most grievous.
Why similar: CRPG 26.2%, Historical 17.2%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Surreal 12%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.2%, Detective 19.5%, Romance 14.8%, Lore-Rich 12%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Chess. Love. Destiny. All the same things, really.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Romance 12.4%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Conversation 11.2%, RPG 11%
Face unique bosses and uncover an intricate story in this narrative-driven roguelite deckbuilder. Upgrade and stack your cards strategically to unleash powerful synergies, counter boss actions, and progress through a handcrafted, mysterious world.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 23.2%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Card Battler 17.2%, Card Game 15.6%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
A European priest serving in West Africa ventures deep into the jungle to aid a dying brother. Build poker hands, bend the rules with saints and relics, and unleash holy combos to save your travel companions from their sins, lest their souls be damned.
Why similar: Card Battler 30.2%, Card Game 24.3%, Deckbuilding 19.6%, Narration 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.5%
The Sun has taken your face. You are going to buy it back. A gentle, combatless RPG about being a wandering merchant.
Why similar: CRPG 27.5%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
Steve is a game that falls into the genre and theme of resource management and deck-builder, while also being a relationship simulator. The game takes place over 7 days and Steve has to manage his energy to do tasks and keep up with relationships, while fighting off bosses to survive.
Why similar: CRPG 31.1%, Card Battler 26.4%, Romance 11.4%, Deckbuilding 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Taniharazo, who lost his memory, wakes up from the forest and goes deep into an isolated school, working with eight girls with different characteristics. The girls are happy together, but as one of them disappears, the serial murders gradually unfold But is the purpose just to find the murderer?
Why similar: CRPG 20.3%, LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Detective 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Lore-Rich 9.6%
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Conversation 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%
Pro·Be(Problem·Being) is a side-scrolling pixel RPG,and the players will have a interesting and fantastic adventure during playing.In this story,you will find out the beauty and miracles of the planet "Kofcheg"and the young man Probe's mysteries and birth.
Why similar: Card Battler 28.7%, CRPG 24.1%, Card Game 23%, RPG 12.9%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
What's it like to be queer in a totalitarian regime? Explore your identity as a wolf detective working for the state. Sniff for clues. Interrogate or date other characters. Make lasting choices. Will you fight your instincts or embrace who you really are and face the consequences?
Why similar: Noir 19.6%, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Detective 17.5%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Psychological 11.1%
A Pentiment-like set in 19th-century Malaysia, featuring pirates, East Indiamen, headhunters, a locked-room murder mystery, a blade of meteoric ore, a tarot deck, a mountain of light, and a tiger. It’s time to put your thinking cap on; as for those voices in your head – probably best to ignore them.
Why similar: Historical 19.8%, Conversation 16.1%, Narration 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Detective 13%
Shame & choices = possible apocalypse. You need to figure out what’s causing the apocalypse to happen, so that you can prevent it. 2 playable characters with different relations to shame → 2 unique perspectives of the same story. Complicated families, branching choices and unforgiving consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 15.7%, Surreal 14.8%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
Spellstone is a fantasy card game with beautiful hand-drawn art and rich lore! Collect hundreds of striking cards to battle through a compelling story and unravel the mystery of the Void.
Why similar: Card Battler 42.9%, Deckbuilding 29.5%, Card Game 21.5%, RPG 6.2%
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Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Detective 18.4%, Romance 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%
