60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Emotional, Text-Based, Visual Novel, Singleplayer.
Originally released in 2012, Loving Life is a non-fictional auto-biographical visual novel about Zhenghua Yang (Z) and the near-fatal incident which led to the founding of Serenity Forge. This is where it all began.
My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Anxiety Puppy
Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Emotional 19.7%, Text-Based 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Psychological 11.8%
Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.
Why similar: Text-Based 16.4%, Emotional 15.4%, Education 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 12%
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 19.9%, Philosophical 16%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 10.7%, Hand-drawn 9%
It's a short, text-based interactive book with a psychological theme.▶TRIGGER WARNING◀ Contains childhood trauma, suicidal thoughts, and emotional abuse, but ultimately conveys hope and growth.
Why similar: Emotional 17%, Text-Based 16.1%, Philosophical 15.1%, Psychological 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%
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: Philosophical 13.7%, Emotional 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Text-Based 12%, Psychological 11.2%
Of Moons and Mania is an interactive psychotic break, based on lived experience. It uses elements of its design to explain the struggles of psychosis, and tells a personal story about mental illness.
Why similar: Emotional 31.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 15%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Dark 9.3%
A story woven with the sound of rain, poetic text, and gentle narration... A short visual novel where you can spend a relaxing moment in your own place, with time to yourself, where no one will disturb you, no one will come barging in. It could be a small, secretive café.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.4%, Text-Based 16.2%, Emotional 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Cinematic 11.7%
A fantasy visual novel featuring intense action at every turn, following the struggles of a bear trapped in the body of a man. Part II of The Enonoia Saga, and the definitive conclusion to Ovine Replica.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.2%, Text-Based 17%, Emotional 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological 13.3%
Anthology of anti-war stories by award-winning authors from Russia
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 18%, Text-Based 16.4%, Philosophical 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Text-Based 16%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Emotional 11.5%, Cinematic 8.6%
This 2D psychological horror game traps you in a pastel-pink doll museum, where you help Valentine to survive the cruel Doll Queen!
Why similar: Emotional 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 12.8%, Psychological 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.7%
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 13.8%, Psychological 11.3%
A boy and an old man stand in front a pond, waiting for a swan's song. Meanwhile, they talk about life, death, and the passage of time.
Why similar: Philosophical 23%, Emotional 21.6%, Text-Based 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.9%
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Emotional 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Psychological 9.2%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Text-Based 19.8%, Emotional 15.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Psychological 9.6%
A philosophical horror experience in the Alps: As Friedrich Nietzsche confronts his own shadow, he becomes lost between layers of reality.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Cinematic 13.7%, Emotional 12%, Realistic 7.3%
Live through the last ten minutes of Juan Fuentes, who has been given the chance to choose his very last words. Captured by Victoriano Huerta's army after the Ten Tragic Days during the Mexican Revolution, Juan will confront his life, death, family, relationships and existence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Philosophical 19.4%, Text-Based 17.8%, Psychological 11.8%, Emotional 11.3%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Emotional 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Text-Based 14.6%, Psychological 14%
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Emotional 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Psychological 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Cinematic 9.6%
"My mother, my daughter, and me—three sixteen-year-olds on an extraordinary adventure."After traveling through time to meet their sixteen-year-old counterparts, three generations of women set off on an adventure through the Land of the Gods. What could await them at the end of their journey?
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Cinematic 15.7%, Emotional 15.5%, Philosophical 13.4%
Award-winning cinematic narrative adventure set in a hand-drawn world of living forgotten objects. Lead Fig and the crew of the Volare through a story of identity, unity, and survival—where diplomacy, difficult choices, and moments of action shape the fate of five divided tribes.
Why similar: Emotional 19.7%, Cinematic 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Visual Novel 10%
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: Education 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Emotional 14.7%, Psychological 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%
Parent Ted, your own childhood. On this journey, you will have the chance to discover your inner child and better understand the trauma and emotions of your childhood.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Philosophical 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Emotional 13.4%
Unlock the mysteries of a strange yet familiar world and forage real wild plants & herbs in this curious, peaceful adventure! An experimental interactive fiction cook-em-up with educational elements.
Why similar: Education 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Text-Based 15.3%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Family Friendly 6.2%
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Emotional 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 13.6%, Psychological 10.2%
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Text-Based 14%, Emotional 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12%
Awakening in a frigid room with an empty pill bottle, she’s forgotten something vital. Trapped between a monochrome bedroom and distorted dreams, she must face anxiety and depression... Break mental shackles and find the light in this psychological puzzle adventure！
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Emotional 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Psychological 12.2%
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Emotional 10.4%
The player plays "in-game reality" and "in-game game" to advance the boy's life.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.7%, Emotional 16%, Cinematic 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Psychological 11.4%
A short visual novel about a warrior with a dark past and a radiant goddess who are confronted with a shocking challenge that will change their lives forever, forcing them to reconsider their views on such a complex and contradictory feeling as love.
Why similar: Emotional 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Cinematic 13.1%, Hand-drawn 10.6%
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Emotional 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological 9.5%
Musings on grief, moving on, and a life made and lived in the rural Midwest. Features a collection of lovingly hand-drawn panels and pixel art.
Why similar: Emotional 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Text-Based 9.7%
A small game to experience the life of an ordinary person.
Why similar: Emotional 22.2%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 10.3%, Philosophical 10.1%
This is a story about a Y2K Asian teenager who needs your guidance. In the game, you make multiple choices that shape a teenager’s growth, with each decision leading to a different path and outcome. Restart his life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Education 17.1%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological 12.2%
An immersive visual novel experience that brings you on a journey through memory, nostalgia, and guilt.
Why similar: Philosophical 18%, Emotional 13.6%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Psychological 12%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%
Eight people are trapped in an abandoned neurotech facility. The only hope for escape is by surviving deathgames based on scans of each other's minds.
Why similar: Emotional 17.3%, Philosophical 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Text-Based 12.5%, Psychological 11.6%
A moving, tearful story presented by SPRITE, the creators of "Love, Elections, & Chocolate" and "Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue."
Why similar: Philosophical 21.3%, Emotional 19.8%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Cinematic 13.7%, Psychological 12.7%
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Emotional 16.9%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Psychological 11.4%
Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.
Why similar: Emotional 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Dark 6.1%
You've moved to a new house where the previous owner was murdered. They never found his head. But, it has found you.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Emotional 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%
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: Emotional 25.3%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Psychological 19.6%, Cinematic 13.9%, Dark 6.5%
A short modern visual novel in which a young woman wanders into a [theoretically] abandoned train station, only to find people from her past waiting inside.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.1%, Emotional 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Psychological 10.9%
Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 14.3%, Emotional 10.4%, Psychological 6.7%
A visual novel with multiple endings
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 17%, Emotional 15.2%, Philosophical 15.2%, Visual Novel 15%
Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".
Why similar: Philosophical 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Emotional 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
The Tiny World is a drama visual novel. A New Year's story about a long separation from home, family, friends, and tears freezing in the cold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Emotional 12.6%, Text-Based 10.4%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.
Why similar: Emotional 20%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological 15.4%, Text-Based 14.5%, Philosophical 12.7%
Alone as two, together as one - A fantasy/yuri visual novel telling the story of two girls traversing a snow covered forest and growing closer.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Text-Based 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Cinematic 15.9%, Emotional 15.4%
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Text-Based 19.6%, Philosophical 17.3%, Emotional 16.7%, Psychological 10.4%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Emotional 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Psychological 12.3%, Text-Based 10.6%
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.2%, Emotional 20.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Hand-drawn 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: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Text-Based 18%, Emotional 17%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological 9.7%
You find yourself in a singularity with Death itself. With few chances to speak with the living, Death proposes a little game. Do you dive deep within yourself to indulge this cosmic guide and find out when you will meet again on official business? The Ultimate Death Clock awaits!
Why similar: Philosophical 19%, Emotional 18.1%, Psychological 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Text-Based 12.3%
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: Emotional 21.9%, Text-Based 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological 14.4%, Dark 8.1%
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.5%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Emotional 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Text-Based 7.6%
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Emotional 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Philosophical 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
Held is a short interactive novel about a father witnessing his child’s birth and growth. Carry your child in your arms, hold their tiny hand, and support their first steps through the fleeting moments of parenthood.
Why similar: Education 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Emotional 14.2%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
An interactive horror story based on a reality everyone eventually faces. Make choices to confront someone trying to enter your home - and uncover who they are.
Why similar: Philosophical 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Psychological 13%, Text-Based 10.5%
"All Songs are from the King," a haunting psychological horror experience that transcends traditional gaming boundaries.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.9%, Emotional 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Psychological 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.6%
A short story about a parasitic sunflower and her loyal son. Eat everything you can. Enjoy the sunshine. Do whatever it takes to make her happy. This is a prequel to Siren's Call: Escape Velocity.
Why similar: Philosophical 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 14.4%, Emotional 14.4%
