60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Choices Matter, 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 21.9%, Card Battler 19.3%, Lore-Rich 12%, Historical 11.1%, Deckbuilding 10.5%
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 17.4%, Card Battler 14%, Deckbuilding 13.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Psychological 10.6%
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 25.1%, Card Game 20.6%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Historical 15%, Romance 10.4%
Memento is a psychological narrative game with a card-based combat system. You play a man with no memory. Every memory you reclaim becomes a card in your deck, your means to face those who marked you. Walking through eight primary emotions.
Why similar: Card Battler 21.1%, Deckbuilding 13.7%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Psychological 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
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 19.8%, Card Battler 18%, Card Game 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Historical 9.8%
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 18.6%, Card Game 15%, Dialogue Heavy 15%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.8%
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 17.2%, LGBTQ+ 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Surreal 11.5%
A NSFW fantasy RPG about Muscle Growth, Macro, Hyper, and a substance that turns men into massive, muscular beasts. What will you grow into? Will corruption seep into your being?
Why similar: Card Battler 18.8%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
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 20.3%, Detective 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.3%, Romance 11.7%
Unleash your boundless imagination to freely build a deck that's uniquely yours, then play cards to fend off wave after wave of monsters! What's more, the unique Relic System lets you equip your cards with all sorts of powerful relics, forging a fantastic playstyle that's entirely your own.
Why similar: Card Battler 26.9%, Card Game 25.1%, Noir 20.7%, Deckbuilding 20.4%, Strategy 6.9%
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 23.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Detective 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Lore-Rich 12.4%
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 22.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Detective 11.2%, Lore-Rich 10.4%
A dark narrative adventure in the spirit of Northern Noir, set in an alternate Russia of 1929. Explore forgotten places, uncover fragments of lost coordinates, and follow a family mystery beyond the Barents Sea.
Why similar: Noir 35.3%, Detective 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Lore-Rich 9.9%
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 20.7%, CRPG 18.7%, Noir 17.2%, Choices Matter 14%, Story Rich 10.4%
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 19.4%, Card Game 14.8%, Detective 13.9%, Psychological 12.4%, Surreal 12%
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: Card Battler 24.2%, CRPG 16.3%, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Card Game 13.9%, Lore-Rich 13.1%
Fay’s Factory is a story-based RPG at heart, with deckbuilding elements on top. Manufacture magic and fight duels. Go on hand-crafted adventures. Investigate, argue and lie. Become a great middle manager or a decent human being.
Why similar: CRPG 25.4%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Card Battler 12.5%
A romance-driven narrative about destiny, devotion, and the dangerous pull of belonging, set against the ruins of a long‑lost city calling you home.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Romance 15.1%, Psychological 13.5%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
In a world imagined by acclaimed SF writer Richard K. Morgan, you are The .Curator. Use C.R.I.S.S.I. to glimpse the future — and rewrite it! In this episode-based detective adventure, choose your path, decide who lives or dies, and turn enemies into stepping stones toward saving the world.
Why similar: CRPG 22.5%, Noir 19.7%, Detective 12.7%, Lore-Rich 12%, Romance 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 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Dialogue Heavy 11.3%
Power Up is a single-player narrative/strategy game where you experience corporate life and grow stronger by defeating your bosses in strategic card battles. In each chapter, meet different coworkers, complete your company tasks, challenge your bosses, and RISE!
Why similar: Card Battler 21.6%, Card Game 17.6%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%
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 21%, Detective 18.9%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Surreal 12.9%, Story Rich 9.2%
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 18.7%, Noir 17.7%, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 12.7%, Psychological 11.3%
A pulp crime drama where you are The Big Bad Wolf, the underworld boss of Black City. Every kind of illegal activity, two decks of psychos, six rivals, and one month to survive await you. Run your empire and keep your true identity hidden.
Why similar: Noir 19.9%, Detective 13.8%, Card Battler 13.5%, Card Game 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%
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 30.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%, Romance 9.5%
A cinematic mystery visual novel about a vanished woman. You're the detective on the case. Twelve years ago, your sister disappeared the same way. Four investigations lead to four different answers about what really happened — and none of them is the wrong one. The truth is whichever one you find.
Why similar: Noir 22.1%, Detective 14.2%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%
Expand your tarot card deck by battling shapeshifters. Morphed Menagerie is a Narrative Deckbuilder about a community of shapeshifters that disguise themselves as zookeepers. Use tarot cards to take over their souls or befriend them by reading their fortunes.
Why similar: Card Battler 29.6%, Card Game 20.1%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Choices Matter 10.2%, RPG 8.4%
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 20.6%, Card Game 14.5%, Historical 13.6%, Detective 13.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%
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 21.8%, Detective 15.1%, Lore-Rich 11.1%, Choices Matter 9%
"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 18.9%, Noir 18.5%, Psychological 14.2%, Romance 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
Project KILLDANCE is a Noir tactical action featuring a one-army strategy and instant-death combat. Slowly observe surroundings, choreograph each killing move, leave no survivor, and become the spectral death.
Why similar: Noir 29%, Card Battler 28.2%, Card Game 22.8%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Strategy 8.8%
In this visual novel meets RPG, explore the complicated relationship between Jheel, a conflicted lawyer, and Agneya, a secretive doctor. Delve into the themes of love, loss and justice in the backdrop of a tragedy as you experience and shape the story from their individual perspectives.
Why similar: CRPG 18.3%, Historical 13.9%, Surreal 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological 11.4%
In this realm, all beings can attain immortality—but also can be exploited and forged into materials. You are about to step into this world. You have no backing, no resources. Yet by chance, you are chosen by an immortal from the upper realm to serve as a divine officer. How will your story unfold?
Why similar: Card Game 24.7%, Lore-Rich 21.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Card Battler 10.5%, RPG 9.4%
Reshape your cards in this Spanish deck roguelike deckbuilder. Bet your cards on a duel where highest one wins, slap stickers on them to rig the values on the table. Live with your choices or burn the ones you cannot change.
Why similar: Card Battler 29.8%, Card Game 25.8%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Psychological 9.9%, Choices Matter 8%
Tsukikage Gakuen ~Forbidden After-School Hours~ is an adult 18+ romance visual novel with 3 routes and 9 endings. After transferring to the university, you meet three contrasting girls — gentle Yuki, mysterious Ms. Makoto, and stubborn Akane. Your choices decide the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Lore-Rich 20.3%, Romance 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Psychological 9.4%
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+ 27.3%, Historical 22.1%, Romance 18.5%, Noir 16%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
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 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Detective 13%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Romance 9.1%
Blackwood knows how to keep secrets: beneath the neon, behind polite smiles, in offices with no nameplates. Stella is searching for a missing friend and realizes too late that she was let in for a reason.
Why similar: Noir 36.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Psychological 11%, RPG 10.5%, Romance 10.4%
A real-time deckbuilding roguelike card game with no mana cost or hand size limit! Join Hell Company as a Sin Hunter, meet four distinct demon girls, build affection through dialogue, and fight alongside them with various weapons to destroy the sins fallen into the abyss!
Why similar: Card Battler 24%, Deckbuilding 18%, Lore-Rich 16.8%, Card Game 15.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.2%
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 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Detective 12.8%, Romance 12.4%, Psychological 9.9%
Many people dream of visiting London, but few ever stop to think about what would happen if they lost all their money in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Max's friend not only finds himself without any cash, but also discovers that it has been replaced with counterfeit banknotes.
Why similar: CRPG 32.7%, Detective 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Romance 10%, RPG 8.9%
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 40.8%, Deckbuilding 27.7%, Card Game 20.5%, RPG 6.2%, Strategy 4.7%
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 20.5%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Detective 17%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
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+ 18.8%, Lore-Rich 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Romance 11.7%
A Week in Paradise is a narrative mystery where you find yourself in a bar called Paradise. Have a drink each night with its mysterious regular and discover how deeply your stories connect. Hunt down clues in your dreams to find out why you end up here every day, and what keeps you coming back.
Why similar: Noir 28.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Psychological 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+ 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Psychological 12.5%, RPG 9.6%
The year is 1923—step inside Castle Woods Sanatorium, where care and cruelty blur together. Disguised as a doctor, you’ll diagnose and treat patients using a deck of symptoms, tests, and outdated therapies. But tread carefully: one wrong move could expose you as an impostor.
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Detective 15.2%, Historical 14.4%, Card Game 14.3%, Deckbuilding 11.7%
The 109th Hero is a story-driven RPG set in the world of Water Margin. As the fated 109th hero, forge alliances, collect Hero Cards, and master the spirit of Liangshan. Navigate the webs of Mount Liang, make your stand—and rewrite the destiny of the outlaw heroes.
Why similar: Card Game 26.7%, Lore-Rich 24.5%, RPG 11.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Story Rich 10.5%
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+ 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Historical 19.5%, Romance 12.5%, RPG 12.4%
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 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
Is a psychological dialogue-based RPG set in a world where genetic experiments coexist with occult practices.
Why similar: Detective 20.6%, CRPG 20.4%, Noir 18.9%, Choices Matter 12.7%, RPG 10.1%
Solo-developed in 2 months. Three Kingdoms: Yi is a 2D turn-based roguelite deckbuilder. Command a sovereign across 8 provinces and 49 cities — form your battle line, sway enemy generals, raise banners, awaken your avatar. Every choice reshapes your deck and destiny. No two runs are alike.
Why similar: Card Battler 33.5%, Card Game 19.3%, Deckbuilding 19%, Historical 15.2%, RPG 7.9%
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Why similar: CRPG 18.6%, Choices Matter 14%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Romance 11.6%
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+ 20.4%, Detective 19.4%, Romance 14.9%, Lore-Rich 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
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 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.8%, Historical 14.8%, Lore-Rich 14.4%, Romance 11.3%
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 26.5%, Historical 17.4%, Lore-Rich 15.2%, Surreal 12%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
Command your minions to solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class boarding school, where the competition is cut-throat and image is everything. But be careful - one of your minions is a traitor.
Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Detective 19.2%, LGBTQ+ 18%, Romance 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Renegades is a party RPG with deckbuilding combat: lead five hunted heroes, each with unique mechanics and their own deck, choose three for each fight, and survive a kingdom coming apart through tactical, story-driven battles.
Why similar: CRPG 31%, Card Battler 29.9%, Card Game 13.3%, RPG 7.8%, Deckbuilding 7.7%
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 21.5%, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 11%
