60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Text-Based, Visual Novel, Singleplayer.
A Journey of Self-Deflection. MONOLYTH is a single-player arcade game, one-bullet bullet hell experience, and two-character play rolled into one. One rainy afternoon, we came across three TV screens reflecting on divinity. We decided to capture this in the only way we knew how: By making a game.
The Tenth Minute
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.
The Laws of Probability
You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.
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 34.8%, Text-Based 23.3%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Psychological 7.1%, Emotional 5.7%
You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33%, Text-Based 22.9%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Psychological 7.5%, Minimalist 6.5%
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Text-Based 20.1%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Minimalist 9.7%, Casual 7%
Grendel Jinx, the megalomaniacal kleptomaniac has returned to Chichester, England for a secret mission. Can the protagonist stop her?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.2%, Visual Novel 28%, Action 13.2%, Casual 10.8%, Text-Based 10.5%
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Text-Based 30.6%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Emotional 3.5%, Atmospheric 1.9%
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Text-Based 20.1%, Retro 10.5%, Emotional 5.6%
Tomorrow Will Be Dying is an atmospheric, story-driven slice-of-life visual novel with light sim elements about finding yourself through your connections with others.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.5%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Casual 13.7%, Text-Based 13%, 2D 3.8%
The story of a father and son experiencing the ups and downs of life, and how they try to make the best of the twists and turns life puts them through
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.4%, Visual Novel 25%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Casual 9.8%, Emotional 6.8%
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 31.9%, Text-Based 26.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Emotional 6.8%, Psychological 6.4%
Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.3%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Text-Based 18.2%, Casual 11.2%, Emotional 4.2%
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.6%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Text-Based 17.3%, Casual 7.6%, 2D 3.6%
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 31.6%, Text-Based 23%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Casual 7.8%, Emotional 7%
A supernatural mystery visual novel where your choices shape relationships and determine the fate of a coastal town. Explore ancient secrets, unravel supernatural enigmas, and make decisions that lead to three distinct endings based on your choices across four intense days.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.7%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Text-Based 20.7%, Casual 9.5%, 2D 2.8%
"Xiangsheng Simulator" is a humorous and witty adventure that takes you into the unique world of Xiangsheng. As a Xiangsheng Penggen, you'll team up with your Dougen partner to deliver a performance filled with laughter.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Text-Based 26.8%, Immersive Sim 21.9%, Casual 12.5%, Relaxing 3%
这是一篇关于爱与选择的短篇小说
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.1%, Visual Novel 26.7%, Text-Based 19.9%, Casual 9.7%, Emotional 6.1%
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: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Text-Based 18.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Psychological 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: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Text-Based 26%, Visual Novel 19%, Psychological 8.8%, Emotional 7.8%
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.6%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Text-Based 19.2%, Casual 10.6%, Emotional 4.5%
In a parallel universe text-based dialogue adventure game, a brand-new Three Kingdoms era is constructed. Players can freely choose to play as classic warriors, and each dialogue choice will lead to distinct and surprising events.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 47.6%, Text-Based 35.6%, Casual 15.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
A romantic, fantasy slice-of-life visual novel about Emile Mayer — the owner of A Slice of Comfort bakery in the Kingdom of Selias — when the Fae Kingdom's royal procession, and the interesting newcomer that comes with it, changes his life forever.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.5%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Text-Based 19.5%, Casual 11.4%, Emotional 5.3%
Make friends, cast spells, and uncover secrets in your magical small town! Will you preserve the forest or let the town grow?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.6%, Text-Based 32.4%, Casual 14.2%, Action 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.8%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Text-Based 9.2%, Psychological 8.2%, Casual 7.2%
On a rainy night marked by loneliness, a man adrift from society discovers an AI product promising companionship: the AI Mother. Drawn in by the hope of escaping isolation, he purchases one... Only to uncover a chilling truth behind her perfect facade.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Casual 13.1%
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 34.9%, Visual Novel 24.8%, Casual 12.2%, Text-Based 9.6%, Psychological 6.4%
A short story visual novel-like game with a gently interactive narrative and some puzzling mysteries to unlock. Discover how your father got tarred and feathered. Get lost in the memory with ever-corrupting visuals and an immersive soundscape as you make your way to the emu farm.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Text-Based 16.5%, Retro 9.9%, Emotional 9.4%
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 34.8%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Text-Based 13.8%, Casual 11.8%, Emotional 5.3%
A writer is trying to finish his "perfect work," but things keep getting in his way. He is poor and full of anxiety. In this retro lo-fi visual novel, fix the problems with point-and-click, explore the depths of consciousness. Forgive yourself? or stare into the dark and fall deeper? It's up to you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.2%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Retro 11%, Psychological 10%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab. Explore their chat records to uncover the mysteries of Inturg Technologies. How can they escape their doom?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.9%, Visual Novel 30.6%, Text-Based 16%, Retro 13.2%, Casual 6.5%
A choice-driven text game about living an ordinary life in modern China. Shape your path through study, work, love, and family, and see how your future unfolds year by year.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Text-Based 23.7%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Casual 4.2%
The Trials of Ozymandias is a visual novel set in the high fantasy world of the kingdom of Johrotos. In the capitol city, Dassi, resides the most famous adventurer's guild in all the land: Talleh-Hoy. This is where your story begins.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.1%, Text-Based 27.2%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Casual 7.2%, Emotional 6.4%
In a future where memories are the last connection to a lost humanity, you are an advanced AI exploring fragments of past lives. Understand emotions, traumas, and choices in a journey to uncover what it means to be alive.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.7%, Text-Based 27.6%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Casual 6.8%, Emotional 3.9%
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.7%, Text-Based 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Casual 15.7%, 2D 4.1%
Control Valkyria through a magical world where seven sisters battle for power. A twin-stick shooter with upgrade systems, resonance mechanics, and a story about competitive siblings, and the question of what you'd do with the power to grow.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.6%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Action 20.5%, Casual 14.5%, Arcade 13.9%
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 29.4%, Text-Based 20.7%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Casual 6.5%
I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 54.5%, Text-Based 40.1%, Atmospheric 5.4%
3 different Robot-romance stories. Written, drawn, and made by humans, for humans. Since the very moment the first mechanical mind became aware of itself, it craved love. No one truly understand why the heart made of copper and wires started beating, but it did. Even after we were gone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.5%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Text-Based 18.7%, Casual 9.2%, Emotional 6.1%
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 30.2%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Text-Based 18.2%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Psychological 8.4%
You have found a connection terminal of a group of mercenaries or operators of some kind of SMP but no luck it's locked... will you find the different secrets hidden in this terminal? Thig game will ask you to think like a detective to resolve some easy and hard puzzle through the game, and internet
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Solitaire 25.6% ★, Action 16.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Casual 11.2%
A total-immersion kinetic novel: boot up a PC running Prisma OS and descend into the psyche of a broken protagonist as 2001 Argentina collapses in the background. Late-night chats, obsession, music, and raw Y2K bleakness — all the way to a point of no return.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Visual Novel 25.8%, Text-Based 20.6%, Retro 9%, Psychological 7.1%
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Psychological 10.2%, Retro 4.9%
"non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Text-Based 15.1%, Emotional 7.9%
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 31.5%, Text-Based 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Casual 12.5%, Emotional 8.1%
Lenin – The Lion is a Puzzle RPG game about overcoming fears. Walk into chaos and find the claws of loneliness or carefully build your path and find the benefits of understanding and acceptance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Solitaire 15.5% ★, Text-Based 14.7%, Retro 11.6%, Psychological 10.9%
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.7%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Text-Based 16.6%, Emotional 7.5%, 2D 3.8%
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.3%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Text-Based 16.2%, Casual 9.4%, Minimalist 8.5%
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Text-Based 24.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Retro 11.5%, Casual 5%
Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 58.5%, Text-Based 41.5%
Behind the Screen is a narrative indie game about depression, facades, and escape. Make impactful daily choices, balance Jonas' willpower, and escape reality through fast-paced retro minigames on a virtual PC monitor. Can you find a way through the noise?
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.8%, Text-Based 25.4%, Casual 19%, Retro 17.3%, 2D 4.9%
When The Devil himself approaches you with an opportunity you cannot refuse a journey into your most perverse fetishes starts! A collection of interactive erotic stories!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Visual Novel 28.9%, Text-Based 18.3%, Casual 10.1%, Atmospheric 2.7%
Amy receives an invitation to a group chat set up by some of her former classmates. Its purpose is to reconnect after all these years. But soon more and more disturbing facts about Amy's classmates are revealed, and Amy begins to fear that the people she's texting with may not be what they seem.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.7%, Text-Based 27.7%, Visual Novel 23%, Minimalist 7.1%, Atmospheric 4.5%
Break free from a reversed-gender world in this free visual novel. Meet four distinct male leads, make choices that shape affection and branching endings, and uncover the truth behind a society where men conceal their Adam's apples beneath throat covers.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.5%, Text-Based 23%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Casual 8.9%, Emotional 6.9%
A Brown Rabbit's Story is an interactive storybook, a text-driven adventure where your choices lead to branching paths and multiple endings. In a quiet orphanage, a boy wishes his toy rabbit to life… and together, they must face the world’s cruelties and find hope.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 44.6%, Text-Based 33.6%, Emotional 11.1%, Casual 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
"Writing a letter. To face her." Read the letter delivered to the protagonist and write a reply. Spend time with her through your letters. Where will her letters lead the protagonist? Find out in the game.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Immersive Sim 20.2%, Text-Based 19.6%, Casual 16.1%, Emotional 8.3%
ARE YOU OKAY? is a short immersive psychological experience of existential horror and narrative. You must answer questions from 3 different forms displayed on an old TV screen.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Text-Based 19.3%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Casual 10.4%, Minimalist 6.6%
A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 57.5%, Text-Based 42.5%
1999年，千年世纪之交……再一次，并非恋爱的邂逅。 由原班人马带来的《泡沫冬景》正统续作，再次向视觉小说表现力的极限发起挑战。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Text-Based 23.3%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Retro 7.5%
"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: Interactive Fiction 31.7%, Text-Based 21.9%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Psychological 10.1%, Emotional 8.8%
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Text-Based 26.7%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Emotional 6.8%, Action 5.7%
A mini point and click puzzle + visual novel, an experience of Nihilism and self-salvation. The storm is coming. The storm has never left.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Casual 11.8%, Immersive Sim 11.7%
