60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Interactive Fiction, Simulation, Singleplayer, Immersive Sim.
My Child New Beginnings is a parenting simulator where you go through everyday life of growth. After a series of traumatic events that you and your child went through, you now get to rebuild life together in a new region of Norway.
Apothecary
A cute story-driven zen puzzler in which you brew potions, customize your workshop, and interact with the quirky residents of the magical town of Mangrove.
Bearly Baking
Bearly Baking is a cooking and relationship-building game where you play as a bear running an inn to feed animals for hibernation. You cook bread and muffins in small mini-games, and based on the quality, you build better relationships with your patrons and learn more about their stories.
A cute story-driven zen puzzler in which you brew potions, customize your workshop, and interact with the quirky residents of the magical town of Mangrove.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Cartoon 9.7%, Visual Novel 9%
Bearly Baking is a cooking and relationship-building game where you play as a bear running an inn to feed animals for hibernation. You cook bread and muffins in small mini-games, and based on the quality, you build better relationships with your patrons and learn more about their stories.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Cooking 15.2%, Simulation 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%
A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Life Sim 24.8%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Emotional 9.9%
Step into a neon-lit 1980s disco! Under the Disco Lights lets you manage the bar, serve drinks, read customers, and uncover secrets - all in first-person. Featuring stylized visuals, reactive characters, and a fully original 1980s-inspired soundtrack that keeps the night alive.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Emotional 10.6%
If we were to bring a loved one back to life as an AI, and then, for whatever reason, we had to let them go or part ways, would we be able to turn them off?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.2%, Life Sim 23.6%, Simulation 16.1%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%
A detective-style psychological horror game. Live a terribly depressing office life! Meet Death! Take over the bodies of your coworkers! Struggle fruitlessly against the relentless drudgery of your mundane existence! Maybe eat some pancakes, or become one.
Why similar: Life Sim 22%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.6%
Love is a tricky thing. Sometimes it can be right under your nose, and you may not even know it. In HALEY’S STORY, that may be the case.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Emotional 12.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Four little letters that can turn your whole day upside down – ADHD. Think it’s nothing? That everyone has it? Then watering a few plants, walking the dog, or writing one simple email shouldn’t be a problem... right?
Why similar: Life Sim 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Simulation 15.1%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Emotional 10.3%
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: Life Sim 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Emotional 11.3%
Ever wondered what it would be like to have an elephant the size of a softball as a friend? Elfie is a unique and cozy experience that combines elements of pet simulators, minigame collections and visual novels to answer just that! Enjoy the company and hobbies of your new rotund friend!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Life Sim 18.5%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Dynamic Narration 12.7% ★, Visual Novel 9.6%
The Perfect Bowl is a cozy, heartfelt narrative Ramen arranger about dealing with grief, following Jim Wada, the new owner of his family’s ramen business. Journey with him as he copes with his father’s illness and helps his customers find comfort in ramen, aiming to heal himself along the way.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Cooking 15.2%, Emotional 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Crafting 9.9%
A DEMO of "Sincerely, Robin" -- our upcoming management, cooking, and narrative game currently in development! Play as Robin and return to your hometown to regrow your late grandfather's bed and breakfast. Cook meals, connect with the community, and forge lasting relationships!
Why similar: Emotional 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Cooking 15.2%, Cartoon 8.1%, Simulation 7.8%
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 28.3%, Immersive Sim 16%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Emotional 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
Build a life that keeps moving around you. Create your character, work, study, manage money, find a home and form relationships as families grow, careers change, neighbourhoods evolve and thousands of choices shape what happens next.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Simulation 14.1%, Emotional 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.9%
You've been given the chance to go to the country's most prestigious academy. Your future couldn't have looked brighter! But you'll soon find out nothing is ever as it seems...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Life Sim 20.2%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%
Grendel Jinx and her "friend" must work together to find a way out of a strange school, where pupils and teachers alike are being killed in mysterious circumstances. Can they both stay alive long enough to work out what is going on and escape ?
Why similar: Life Sim 23.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Simulation 10.2%, Story Rich 6.8%
In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Emotional 15.8%, Cooking 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.4%
MiniCook is a cozy life simulation game about running food stalls, serving customers, earning money, and discovering new ways of living. Experience the charm of city life through cooking, business, and personal growth.
Why similar: Life Sim 31.3%, Simulation 18.7%, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Cooking 14.9%, Casual 8.6%
Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?
Why similar: Life Sim 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Emotional 12.6%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Visual Novel 9.3%
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 20.6%, Life Sim 14.8%, Emotional 14.6%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10.6%
Graduation Life Simulator "is a simple and casual 2D simulation business development game. Here, you will transform into a newly graduated college student, bringing dreams and challenges to the big city, striving to accumulate wealth from scratch, with the ultimate goal of earning 10 million yuan!
Why similar: Life Sim 24.8%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Cartoon 13.6%, Cooking 12%, Simulation 9.8%
SIZZLE SIZZLE! CRACKLE! Let's barbecue!
Why similar: Life Sim 23.9%, Cooking 19.6%, Cartoon 14.1%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Simulation 9.2%
Six weird games from six killer team-ups between indie game devs and indie comics artists! We've got puzzles, adventures, exploration, and baby werewolves in this collab between Iron Circus Comics x INDIEPOCALYPSE!
Why similar: Life Sim 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Simulation 10.8%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Cartoon 9.5%
You're HR investigating a missing employee. On the surface, it seems like a routine personnel issue until you open his computer, and a dark world built on overtime work and psychological control slowly comes into view. Peer through the screen to uncover the truth and stay awake until the end.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Life Sim 23%, Immersive Sim 19.6%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Simulation 7.8%
You are a wishing well in a small seaside town. Eight people return for eight days, tossing coins and whispering what they want most. Your power is limited: every wish you grant makes another impossible. The town remembers everything.
Why similar: Life Sim 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Simulation 16.3%, Visual Novel 15%, Immersive Sim 11.8%
A colourful narrative adventure game. You're one of the first sheep to attend university. Roam the campus, attend lectures by day and enjoy friend-time at night. Discover campus truths, and sniff out secrets. Live the life of a campus sheep, but beware: not everybody wants to see a sheep graduate!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Emotional 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
Become the host of an afterlife teahouse. For 49 days, serve the final cup to the departed. Experience a deep brewing system based on authentic traditions. Listen to the secrets of unique spirits, change their fates, and face the truth of your forgotten past.
Why similar: Life Sim 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Cooking 13.9%, Emotional 12.3%, Immersive Sim 9.9%
My Little Sister Callie is a visual novel about a brother helping his little sister to adapt to life outside of a refugee camp. How far will you go to bring her home?
Why similar: Life Sim 37.9%, Emotional 26.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Simulation 9.2%, Casual 4.3%
In 120 Yen series, each season has a unique heroine. By using the four seasons of Japan to tell the story of two people meeting and getting along through the keyword "120 yen".
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Emotional 20.7%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Cartoon 15.5%, Story Rich 13.8%
Your wife passed away before the bell ring of the millennium. The sun still rises, you are together with your daughter Wei ran.It’s the path of growth for both of you. "Fragment" is a new form of interactive narrative game. Step into the time machine and grow up again with Wei Ran!
Why similar: Life Sim 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Emotional 12.1%, Cartoon 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.6%
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 24.9%, Simulation 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Cooking 12.1%, Emotional 10.9%
When Caron visits his uncle during his winter vacation, he meets three interesting girls with tragic pasts and a hidden connection to him.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Emotional 13%, Visual Novel 12%, Simulation 11.1%
Live-action interactive romance game. Play as an archery coach meeting three heroines. Your choices shape the story, unlock different romantic routes and multiple endings. Movie-grade production with immersive experience.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Story Rich 10.8%, Dynamic Narration 10.8% ★, Immersive Sim 10.7%
Work as Penelope on her day off! Complete mini-games to prepare the food for a wide variety of customers!
Why similar: Life Sim 27%, Cooking 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Simulation 8.7%, Cute 6.4%
Sacking an employee from The Violet Hotel soon becomes unwanted news on Grendel's malicious web blog. Can the protagonist stop Grendel from causing further problems ?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Life Sim 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Simulation 9.7%
Toymaker is a toy-crafting and store management simulator set in the 1910s Spain. Meet unique customers and colorful locals in a bustling city, and discover a magical story based on a folk legend. Follow two different mythic paths, and change the future of your hometown!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Emotional 17.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Hand-drawn 7.8%, Colorful 7%
Open your fridge, choose the ingredients, examine, chop, seasoning, heat, and taste them. During the lockdown, you start to learn how to cook from your dear grandma.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Cooking 19.8%, Emotional 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Simulation 9.7%
Follow the journey of a young boy living in seclusion, whose life takes a dramatic turn after a fierce storm uncovers a peculiar mirror. What begins as a simple curiosity transforms into a heartfelt connection as the boy discovers the mirror's magical properties.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.2%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%, Colorful 5.8%
A bite-sized visual novel about going on dates with some absolutely disastrous goblins.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.4%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Emotional 12.4%, Simulation 8.7%
Launch and manage your own bakery, crafting artisanal goods, satisfying customers, handling crises, and striving for five-star excellence, all while enjoying mini-games and flirtatious encounters!
Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Cooking 10.6%, Simulation 9.1%
This is a narrative-driven text adventure game set on the stage of a 'sci-fi infused xianxia world,' blending 'multi-identity simulation,' 'system privileges cheats,' and 'deep causal narratives.' Players will traverse between the real world and an AI-generated virtual xianxia realm
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Simulation 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Cartoon 11%
A consequence-driven narrative game where you play as a volunteer surgeon in a war-torn village. Patients arrive daily, but you won’t be able to treat everyone. Who you save, who you turn away, and how you do it ripples far beyond your clinic.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Life Sim 18.9%, Immersive Sim 11%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Emotional 10.2%
Run a cozy island diner as a cute seal chef in this hand-drawn simulation game. Cook a variety of dishes, grow ingredients, upgrade your restaurant, and complete light challenges while uncovering heartwarming stories. Expand your menu and shape your own relaxing island life.
Why similar: Cooking 20.5%, Cartoon 17.1%, Life Sim 14.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
A narrative visual novel adapted from real life. Three days before his baby is born, a first-time father learns what it means to become one. Ordinary days, unspoken words, and choices that reshape his bond with his wife and family. About one hour per playthrough.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Life Sim 15.5%, Emotional 14.5%, Simulation 9.9%
Welcome Tavernkeep! In this D&D-inspired visual novel you will run a cozy seaside tavern, meet adventurers, gather rumours and mix fate-altering drinks to stop dreams from twisting into nightmares.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Life Sim 18.9%, Cooking 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Emotional 12.8%
"Adultery Marriage Punisher" Curing marriage pests! Investigate. Infiltrate. Snap. Spy. Steal. Outwit. What is your spouse doing behind your back? Your evidence, the deadliest sanction. Now, become the shadow of justice, and unveil every betrayal and infidelity!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Life Sim 14%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Emotional 12.4%, Visual Novel 11%
More than a visual novel: explore campus, plan each day, use an interactive phone, discover dynamic events, earn achievements, and unlock character outfits through a cosmetic gacha system that never affects the story, choices, or in-game economy. What will tomorrow be? Chose on you.
Why similar: Life Sim 36.5%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Story Rich 11.4%, Simulation 6.9%
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Emotional 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Cartoon 8.2%
A story-rich sim about the crew of a luxury cruise ship. The guests don't notice you. The crew does. Clean rooms by day; find your people at the dinner table.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.1%, Emotional 18%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Story Rich 10.9%
《外婆的手账本》是一款温暖治愈的情感叙事+烹饪模拟游戏。翻开外婆留下的手账本，在一段段与外婆一起做饭的美好回忆中重走成长之路。那些曾被忽略的日常，终将拼凑出一个你从未真正了解过的她。
Why similar: Life Sim 31.3%, Immersive Sim 22.6%, Cooking 17.9%, Emotional 12.6%, Simulation 12.6%
选择注定和失去相伴——那失去之后，还剩下什么？这不是逆天改命的爽文，这是一份长达十年的‘做题家’真实账单。带着全家的期望来到大城市，在底气与自尊的拉扯中规划每周时间。直面同辈碾压、现实重压与灰色的阶层锁，在残酷的抉择中，经历一段关于认清现实与自我和解的人生。
Why similar: Life Sim 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Story Rich 10%, Psychological 9.5%, Simulation 8.5%
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
Why similar: Emotional 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Cartoon 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Story Rich 10.2%
Black Dog Bar is a dialog-based bartender simulator. Each client has its own story. Communicate, mix cocktails, and... manipulate. It is only you who decides where the complicated story of each hero will turn and what will happen to them when they leave the bar.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Cooking 18.9%, Emotional 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
Purr-fect Chef is a cooking time management game where cute animal characters and chaotic kitchen moments come together through combo-based gameplay.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.8%, Immersive Sim 17%, Cartoon 15.1%, Cooking 11.1%, 2D 5.4%
One day during a study session at the campus library, you instinctively scratch an itch through your pants due to a recurring skin condition. Unbeknownst to you, a girl seated across misinterprets your action as something indecent and records a video to report you.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 26%, Simulation 18.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Colorful 4.8%
An experimental narrative game that tells its story through sound and memory. Sort through a box of personal mementos and relive memories from a relationship by closing your eyes in real life.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Emotional 11%
This is a visual novel set against the backdrop of a high school student band. It is a fierce collision between gender identity, the concept of freedom, and traditional views. You will play as the band's bassist, choose your answers to these issues, and experience the story of this special band.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Cartoon 14.2%, Casual 8%, 2D 6%
Embark on an AI-powered adventure above the Himalayas in "The Everest Encounter." Engage in dynamic, evolving conversations with Katherine, an AI flight attendant, in a photorealistic environment. Customize your journey with your own GenAI + LLM models and challenge your perception of reality.
Why similar: Life Sim 28.6%, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Simulation 17.4%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Emotional 12.3%
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 28.5%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Cartoon 13.8%, Emotional 12.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
Across the Desk : StudyMate is a cozy productivity sim where you work with a partner, Yeon-woo. Use a Pomodoro timer, To-Do list, and music player to boost efficiency. Follow her story via chat and enjoy mini-games for a perfect mental reset.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Simulation 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Cartoon 13.4%, Emotional 12.2%
