- #1 Kansei
97% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: sakevisual
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel. Use your psychic powers to uncover secrets and hunt down a murderer.
Why similar: Adventure 45%, Indie 32.9%, Visual Novel 22.1%
- #2 Yousei
96% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: sakevisual
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel. Dig into your history as you chase down a murderer.
Why similar: Adventure 42.9%, Indie 34.1%, Visual Novel 22.9%
- #3 The Leopard Catgirl in Miaoli
95% matchVery Positive95% of 193 reviews2019
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
The protagonist Wang Cheng-En returns to his hometown due to the rivalry between different countries. Along the way, he encounters a girl with animal ears by accident.How will this relationship develop when he lives together with this unusual girl?
Why similar: Adventure 48.6%, Indie 33.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%
- #4 Serafina's Crown
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Woodsy StudioPub: Thesis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Serafina’s Crown is a visual novel with elements of fantasy, adventure and romance. You play as Odell Perin, the newly-appointed regent of Darzia as she tries to solve the murder of the queen and a host of other domestic and international crises.
Why similar: Adventure 47.3%, Indie 34.6%, Visual Novel 18.2%
- #5 Emily: Displaced
94% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2016
Dev: Bossa StudiosPub: War Child Gaming
Windows · Mac
A choice-based visual novel about a child affected by war
Why similar: Adventure 47.5%, Indie 34.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%
- #6 雪色废都 Abandoned Snowy Castle
94% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Amethyst Atelier
Windows
You are traveling to England with your little sister during the summer holiday. But what comes is...
Why similar: Adventure 43.2%, Indie 31.6%, Visual Novel 25.3%
- #7 Jisei
92% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: sakevisual
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel. Use your psychic powers to track down a killer and prove your innocence!
Why similar: Adventure 41.7%, Indie 31.7%, Visual Novel 26.6%
- #8 Once10
91% matchVery Positive82% of 105 reviews2019
Dev: JingtuStudio
Windows · Mac
This is a visual novel about 60 minutes in length, telling a story of memories.he visual novel "Once10" is a story which will recall the experience of many individuals.
Why similar: Adventure 42.7%, Indie 29.9%, Visual Novel 27.4%
- #9 Together We Live
91% matchVery Positive96% of 213 reviews2017
Dev: Water PhoenixPub: KEMCO
Windows
This is a visual novel game without player selections. To atone for the sins of humanity, the girl continues to die.
Why similar: Adventure 40.7%, Indie 29.8%, Visual Novel 29.6%
- #10 She is Mermaid
90% matchVery Positive84% of 73 reviews2018
Dev: COSEN
Windows
Tired of your normal city life? Maybe it's instinct, maybe it's science, but nature is calling Hiroto back to his rural hometown! Little does he know that his childhood friend has somehow gotten herself turned into a... mermaid!?
Why similar: Indie 40.2%, Adventure 34.4%, Visual Novel 25.4%
- #11 Regeria Hope Episode 1
89% matchVery Positive82% of 379 reviews2016
Dev: Golden Game Barn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
As Regeria Hope, clear your clients of their crimes, or watch them hang and amass power and wealth. It's up to you.
Why similar: Adventure 29.3%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Indie 24.3%, Female Protagonist 21.1%
- #12 Stars and Snowdrops
88% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Ithaqua Labs
Windows · Linux
Spend a day in a rainy castle and befriend, or fall for, a non-binary dragon
Why similar: Adventure 33.7%, Indie 25.4%, Female Protagonist 21.4%, Visual Novel 19.4%
- #13 Blackwood Crossing
89% matchVery Positive83% of 429 reviews2017
Dev: PaperSeven LTDPub: Vision Games Publishing LTD
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blackwood Crossing is a story-driven first-person adventure game. An intriguing and emotive tale exploring the fragile relationship between orphaned siblings, Scarlett and Finn. When their paths cross with a mysterious figure, an ordinary train ride evolves into a magical story of life, love and loss.
Why similar: Adventure 49.3%, Indie 32.3%, Female Protagonist 18.4%
- #14 妄想破绽 Broken Delusion
86% matchMixed60% of 4,043 reviews2019
Pub: bilibili
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
《妄想破绽》是一款文字冒险(AVG)游戏,数十万字精彩原创剧情,将带给大家一段近未来架空科技都市的幻想冒险体验。游戏中,玩家将扮演普通高中生与顶级黑客的双重身份。有一天“我”抱着玩笑心理在网络上虚构了一个不存在的假人,不料却因此带来了惊天巨变……
Why similar: Adventure 41.9%, Indie 32.3%, Visual Novel 25.8%
- #15 Somny & Yawn: Dream Detectives
86% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Sand Work StudioPub: UQAT - Création et nouveaux médias
Windows
Both players play as Somny & Yawn, two detectives who investigate the nightmare that invades the Islands of Dreams. With his sharp eyesight, Somny can find clues spread across the islands, while Yawn, thanks to her exceptional social skills, can discover the secrets of the inhabitants.
Why similar: Adventure 52.4%, Indie 38.1%, Female Protagonist 4.8%, Visual Novel 4.7%
- #16 Once in Yaissor 2
87% matchMixed54% of 83 reviews2017
Dev: Valera Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Страх и горечь окутала Яиссор, больше нет надежды на светлое будущее... Хотя и до этого особо не был виден свет дальнейшего беззаботного жития. В любом случае Володе предстоит пройти нелёгкий путь по устранению своих внутренних врагов.
Why similar: Adventure 43.7%, Indie 31.9%, Visual Novel 24.4%
- #17 Jaw Breakers & The Confection Connection
85% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: CatCombPub: Reef Entertainment
Windows
A comedy mystery visual novel about a group of kids on Summer vacation with way too much free time on their hands. Spending a summer in a small, quiet and peaceful suburb like Lemon Grove should be a piece of cake, right?
Why similar: Adventure 51.7%, Indie 37.8%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #18 Re Angel
84% matchVery Positive99% of 141 reviews2018
Dev: Studio GU
Windows
Re Angel is a 2nd visual novel created by Studio GU, an indy game developer from Thailand.
Why similar: Adventure 39.6%, Visual Novel 30.5%, Indie 29.9%
- #19 The Great Voyage - Visual Novel
84% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Salmon Snake GamesPub: Black Poodle Entertainment
Windows · Mac
A visual novel short story inspired by the gorgeous pixel art of PC-98 games and a melodramatic story full of betrayal and crescendo.
Why similar: Adventure 38.8%, Indie 28.4%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Female Protagonist 15.9%
- #20 Airglow
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GuiiStudio
Windows
You play as a wolf who gets seperated from the pack. Get unexpected help to find your way. Explore the nature and find the unforseen history of your pack.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #21 Flipping Death
82% matchVery Positive90% of 286 reviews2018
Dev: Zoink Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?
Why similar: Adventure 50%, Indie 33%, Female Protagonist 17%
- #22 Peace of Evil
83% matchMostly Negative36% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: Tamaya KagiyaPub: MangaGamer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bishoujo romance packed with beautiful CGs, music, and Fox girls! Meet and build a relationship with different Kemonomimi characters!
Why similar: Adventure 46.3%, Indie 34.7%, Visual Novel 19%
- #23 LETHE: Broken memories
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cuatro Monos Games
Windows
Enter into the mind of Alan Zane, a loving husband and father, who is on the brink of losing his memories. Alzheimer's disease is trying to block your way, will you be able to remember your own life?
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #24 Buratino
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VoJackBoJack
Windows
Buratino is a 2D arcade game with light adventure elements for the ZX Spectrum 8-bit computer.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #25 Slice of Life
81% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: FurGoldGames
Windows
What to do when you are alone?
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #26 Snowglobe
80% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Friend Factory
Windows
Lost and alone, you awaken in a barren place, an isolated temple before you. Inside, a way out... Inspired by the point and click games of the past, Snowglobe is a virtual reality take on a familiar concept.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #27 One Night
79% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: Dark Gaia Studios
Windows
A free-to-play retro style survival horror game that resembles classics from the Playstation 1 era.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #28 EX0: Dark Moon
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Six Games
Windows
An indie retro-ish puzzle platformer where you must upgrade your stats to run, jump, and shoot your way through each level and beat the evil dark slimes.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #29 Pirates of First Star
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Dynamic Voltage Games
Windows
Pirates of First Star is a puzzle adventure game where you'll have to explore and battle to solve the great mystery of the First Star treasure.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #30 Wojdan - وجدان
77% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: Light Studio | نقش الضوء
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow Jawad & his family on their quest to find a cure for his illness.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #31 Dark Train: Coupe
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paperash Studio
Windows · Mac
Dark Train: Coupe is a steampunk visual novel made of paper, story prequel to Dark Train. Be a passenger, listen, discuss and decide what will happen next during your journey through the Border City. Meet Ann Tagrezbung; she is quite lovely, unmechanical and still human...
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #32 Mind Trap
73% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Gear Worx Productions
Windows · Linux
Mind Trap is a Twilight Zone "Inspired" 4 Episode psychological thriller series. Where the player must explore and follow the clues as the stories unfolds around them.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #33 The Crater
74% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Stinky Puppy
Windows
A thrilling murder mystery in space. Someone is out to kill you. Is it your friend and colleague or is there someone else hiding on the moonbase?
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #34 Three Twenty One
76% matchMixed49% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: B-Side Games
Windows · Mac
3:21 is divided into smaller adventure games that open a dialog with the player and encourage interaction and exploration. Through the player's interactions with these that serve as a timeline of events, they discover what 3:21 is really about and just how real games can get.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #35 The Studio
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Daev Finn Studio
Windows
Eat the cookies. Avoid being eaten. A horror adventure game with cats, baked goods, and creepy dolls.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #36 Nor'Easter
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redi Games
Windows
Nor’easter is a classic point-and-click adventure game inspired by the lumberjack folklore of Northern America. As a brave jackalope befriend strange, magical creatures, help a lost man find his children and save the woodlands from endless winter!
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #37 Potion Paws
71% matchMixed52% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Bitten Toast Games
Windows
You’ve decided to take the risk and purchase a run down house in the middle of a spooky forest near a dungeon overrun with monsters.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #38 Cartesian
73% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Mark Radocy
Windows
Cartesian is a unique puzzle-platformer with lasers as its core mechanic. Use lasers to reflect, push, destroy, and more as you search for your lost crew-mates. Dozens of interesting mechanics are introduced through over 70 varied levels.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #39 Inner Riddle
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
You have awoken in strange and unfamiliar place. Soon you realize that you are not simply locked up. But why? For what reason? In search of answers, you must follow the rules of this place. Puzzles and hard decisions are waiting for you. Will you perish never reaching the end or pass through all obstacles and understand what happened?
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #40 A Fine Mess
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Santima Games
Windows · Mac
A moon shattered in the sky, a city destroyed and a mysterious woman in an age-old outfit, biding her time on the beach as if none had happened.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #41 K'NOSSOS
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Svarun Entertainment
Windows
K'NOSSOS is a cold surreal adventure game about a man traveling the unknown reaches of the cosmos and the things he uncovers on his journey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #42 Going Nowhere: The Dream
70% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: Nowhere Town
Windows · Mac · Linux
Loren's on a journey through an urban dreamscape, in search for a way to reunite with her long lost friend, Violet. Explore a story in the fray of space and time, where a heightened sense of adventure will lead to many curiosities.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #43 DownWind
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jackson Clarke
Windows
Are you ready to leave your home? Join a Little Leaf on a Big Journey.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #44 KALEIDO STELLA
69% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: CHARON
Windows
"Does your eye see the stars?" Visual Novel ADV "Kaleidoscope Stella" fighting with the fate of the stars Circle CHARON presents a large-scale latest work set in the universe. Peaceful lives of boys and girls are shattered by the invasion of one alien. In order to protect this blue planet, you have to fight.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #45 The Witch's Isle
69% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2017
Dev: COCOSOLA
Windows · Mac
An adventure game that takes place in a dream-like town on a solitary island.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #46 裁決者 -The White Butcher-
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erotes Studio
Windows
《裁決者》是款以極權島國為背景的冒險遊戲。遊戲中你將扮演調查局的副局長,並透過裁決案子替國家伸張正義。但在一次裁決中你意外地殺害了摯友「黃義雄」,使你首次對國家產生了疑惑。重重的危機,雨中,客廳等待著你的並不是虛無。而是屋外毫不知情的黃義雄獨生女「黃詠晴」......少女的笑容,開始了你的罪──
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #47 Where The Water Tastes Like Wine: Fireside Chats
68% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Dim Bulb GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine: Fireside Chats is a free standalone experience which acts as a companion to Where The Water Tastes Like Wine.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #48 Den vänstra handens stig
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Newmark Software
Windows · Mac
Den vänstra handens stig is a transcendental blackened narrative experience that focuses on courage, determination and sacrifice.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #49 Grimsfield
70% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Adam Wells
Windows · Mac
Grimsfield is a short point & click story game. You take on the role of a deadbeat beatnik poet who lives in an absurdist market town somewhere in the north of England.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #50 Castle Agony
68% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: The Pompous Pixel
Windows
Welcome to Agony. Inspired by the Resident Evil of old, the golden age of NES gaming and the Castlevania series, you play a local hero with a dog! Forced by your village to enter the crumbling castle filled with trickery, magic and monsters! Can you defeat The Vampire and live to see another dawn?
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #51 THE TEAR
68% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Game Gestalt
Windows
An immersive VR adventure in a fantastic world.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%
- #52 The Keepers of Pages: Chevengur
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galitsyn Egor(GG)Pub: Gogol'Game
Windows
"The Keepers of Pages" is a puzzle-platformer, inspired by the novel of Russian writer A. Platonow "Chevengur". Find your way through a post-apocalyptic world and collect the lost pages in the realm where the reality of the future is tightly interlaced with the texts of the past.
Why similar: Adventure 57.8%, Indie 42.2%