60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Emotional, Visual Novel, Drama, Text-Based.
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 16.7%, Text-Based 16.3%, Drama 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Visual Novel 14%
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: Drama 15.7%, Text-Based 13.9%, Emotional 13.1%, Education 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
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 12.2%, Emotional 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Drama 10.8%, Text-Based 10.7%
A small game to experience the life of an ordinary person.
Why similar: Emotional 18.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Drama 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Text-Based 8.7%
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 18.9%, Drama 17%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Emotional 10.6%, Text-Based 8.7%
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 16.2%, Text-Based 15.2%, Philosophical 14.2%, Psychological 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%
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 10.8%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
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 16.8%, Text-Based 15%, Emotional 12.6%, Drama 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%
"Same encounter, different world." Moon is a young woman who lives an ordinary city life as an office worker. However, because she suffers from depression, she reacts and deals with things in a way that is very different from regular city folk.
Why similar: Emotional 20.6%, Drama 18.1%, Education 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Visual Novel 9.3%
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 16.8%, Text-Based 16.6%, Drama 16.6%, Emotional 13.2%, Visual Novel 9.9%
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: Drama 18.2%, Emotional 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Cinematic 10.8%
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Emotional 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Text-Based 12.4%, Drama 9.4%
I dreamed of a girl. From then on, I saw her every day in my dreams. I don't know why it happened. I can only keep telling myself that it is all false, all illusion. But on the other hand, I fell in love with it.
Why similar: Drama 23.7%, Emotional 22.9%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Text-Based 18.7%, Story Rich 4.9%
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 17.9%, Philosophical 17.6%, Text-Based 16.3%, Psychological 10.8%, Emotional 10.4%
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 15.7%, Text-Based 12.9%, Philosophical 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Emotional 11.9%
An immersive visual novel experience that brings you on a journey through memory, nostalgia, and guilt.
Why similar: Philosophical 15.7%, Drama 12.6%, Emotional 11.9%, Psychological 10.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%
She wakes in a cold room, an empty pill bottle by her side. Did she forget something important? Drawn into twisted dreams of anxiety and self-doubt, she must confront familiar mental shackles. Face deep grief and find the light in this psychological adventure...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16%, Emotional 14.5%, Drama 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Text-Based 11.3%
A short atmospheric pixel-art story about the moment when a father, late at night, realizes his mistakes and remembers what truly matters. Inspired by a classic. Perfect for parents, sons, daughters, and anyone who knows the feeling of “what if…”.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.3%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Emotional 16.4%, Drama 16.4%, Family Friendly 9.5%
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 18.3%, Text-Based 16.2%, Emotional 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Cinematic 11.7%
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 14.8%, Text-Based 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Emotional 10.7%, Drama 8.5%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Emotional 18%, Drama 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Cinematic 10.8%
A moving, tearful story presented by SPRITE, the creators of "Love, Elections, & Chocolate" and "Aokana - Four Rhythms Across the Blue."
Why similar: Philosophical 18.1%, Emotional 17%, Drama 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Cinematic 11.7%
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Emotional 21.1%, Drama 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Hand-drawn 9.9%
A woman wanders into a heavily populated abandoned train station. What happens next might surprise you.
Why similar: Philosophical 15.7%, Emotional 13.8%, Drama 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Visual Novel 12.4%
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Emotional 16.4%, Drama 15.5%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
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 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 12.7%, Emotional 12.7%, Drama 12.3%
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 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Emotional 13.8%, Psychological 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.3%
Ascend to the Heavens and find out if you're pure enough to be reborn on the Earth.
Why similar: Drama 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Philosophical 13.9%, Emotional 13.1%, Psychological 10.4%
A kinetic visual novel about an ex-archeologist, ex-professor, always-a-poet and now burglar taking his second ever case to crack open a Soul Box after a reporter from the news blows his brains out during a live broadcast.
Why similar: Drama 19%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Emotional 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Hand-drawn 13.3%
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Drama 14.9%, Emotional 14.5%, Text-Based 13.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%
The vibe of a typical Russian train is conveyed through illustrations, sounds, and characters. So, hold your seat on the train!
Why similar: Text-Based 16.7%, Drama 15.4%, Emotional 14.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Psychological 12.9%
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 18.1%, Text-Based 15.4%, Emotional 14.6%, Drama 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%
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 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Dark 9.3%
This is a short visual novel that immerses the player in the inner world of the main character, who suffers from social anxiety and is afraid even of a simple phone call. Experience with her the anxiety, procrastination, and constant struggle with herself.
Why similar: Drama 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Psychological 16.1%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
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 17.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Psychological 13.6%, Text-Based 12.8%, Drama 12.4%
A philosophical horror experience in the Alps: As Friedrich Nietzsche confronts his own shadow, he becomes lost between layers of reality.
Why similar: Philosophical 21%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Cinematic 12.2%, Drama 11%, Emotional 10.8%
Anthology of anti-war stories by award-winning authors from Russia
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Text-Based 16.5%, Philosophical 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
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: Emotional 18.1%, Drama 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Psychological 10.6%
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 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 12.5%, Emotional 12%, Drama 11.2%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Emotional 23.6%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Drama 16.9%, Psychological 11.2%
A ~1 hour short narrative game about a friendship that spans two lifetimes. Serious, funny, weird, maybe heartbreaking.
Why similar: Philosophical 18.6%, Emotional 18.2%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Drama 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
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 22%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 12.9%, Drama 9%
This is a story about Iris, a nobody who didn't have a Happy Ending and now suffers the consequences of their own (lack of) actions all alone in the most northern city in the world. A depressing story and a melancholic lesson teached in life's hard way awaits you.
Why similar: Emotional 22.4%, Drama 22%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Psychological 15%, Text-Based 9.8%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Emotional 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Drama 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Psychological 10.9%
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 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Text-Based 12.9%, Psychological 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.6%
This is the story of Mark's life...
Why similar: Philosophical 16.7%, Emotional 14.9%, Drama 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Psychological 11.1%
After a failed rescue in northern Myanmar, Lin Wei and her friend fight to survive. Guide their escape through pivotal choices—with nearly 100 branching decisions that can trigger a butterfly effect, leading to vastly different endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Philosophical 18.2%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Drama 14.4%, Cinematic 10.8%
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Emotional 18.6%, Drama 16.8%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Psychological 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
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 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Philosophical 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Drama 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 21.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.8%
"Remember Us" is an emotional adventure game where you witness the final moments of Dean, an Alzheimer's patient, as he tries to remember his beloved wife Marta and his past before passing away. Find objects, revive memories, and discover Dean's poignant farewell moment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Text-Based 15.1%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Emotional 13.5%, Drama 10.5%
A visual novel about the mind, change, and being locked up.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Text-Based 15.7%, Philosophical 15.4%, Drama 10.9%, Emotional 10.7%
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 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Emotional 12.8%, Text-Based 12.8%
A linear visual novel voice-acted by Louise Porter, Richard Browning, Krissy Koellia, and others, The Epic of Inanna is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of the meaning of life and morality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Drama 14%, Cinematic 13.7%, Emotional 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%
Missing Stars is a visual novel that aims to depict mental disorders and the people who live with them in a realistic, but sensitive and respectful light.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Emotional 17.6%, Text-Based 16.4%, Drama 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Drama 10.1%, Emotional 9.8%, Hand-drawn 9.4%
本作是一款多世界观叙事冒险游戏。你将从西幻风格的梦境大厅苏醒，触碰记忆泡沫，坠入不同的异界。当前开放第一世界【终霰傩玉录】：你将跌落至古老的东方傩村，在绝望的民俗仪式与诡谲的人性试炼中，亲历一场关于饥荒、祭祀与人性崩坏的绝望轮回。
Why similar: Drama 17.4%, Emotional 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Cinematic 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%
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 18.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Drama 11.7%, Psychological 11.7%
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 17.3%, Emotional 11.8%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Psychological 9.2%
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
Why similar: Emotional 17.7%, Philosophical 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Drama 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%
