60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Story Rich, 2D.
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.
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.
Ashes
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
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 22.3%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Psychological 11.7%, Story Rich 8%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Story Rich 12.2%, Emotional 7.9%
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: Visual Novel 19%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Emotional 13%, Anime 10%
A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Female Protagonist 16%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Emotional 10.9%, Psychological 10.2%
A fairy-tale otome visual novel about a reverse mermaid princess searching for love, acceptance, and a place where she belongs. Inspired by The Little Mermaid and set in a Victorian-inspired world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Emotional 8.6%, Anime 8.1%
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Female Protagonist 12%, Emotional 10.9%, Psychological 8.9%
Naomi wakes decades older in a house she does not recognize, and discovers that escape may cost the future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Psychological 14.2%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Mystery 9%
本游戏是纯净中文版。
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Female Protagonist 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Anime 11.8%, Casual 10.1%
In this short visual novel, four prisoners on death row are cleared of all charges. But the prison has a quota to meet. The four are put in a room and asked to decide among themselves over the course of an hour... who will be the one to die?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Psychological 12%, Mystery 9.8%, Anime 8.6%
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 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Psychological 11.1%, Emotional 9.5%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
A story of secrets and chance encounters. A missing sacred serpent, an approaching Snake Festival, and an insular mountain town in the south disrupt outsider Hou Jue’s brief stay.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.1%, Female Protagonist 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Emotional 9.3%, Mystery 8.4%
In Kayotica, you play as April—a clever but manipulative student caught in a web of friendship, rivalry, and dark crimes. What begins as ordinary campus life quickly turns into a mystery of betrayal, hidden truths, and a shocking murder. Can you solve the mystery, or will you become the next victim?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.9%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Psychological 9.4%, Anime 8.7%, Emotional 8.1%
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: Visual Novel 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Emotional 16.4%, Psychological 14.4%, Story Rich 10.3%
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 23.5%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Psychological 11%, Casual 7.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
Wander through a secret lair. Help a young supervillain move out of his lifelong home. Think about your past, and his uncertain future. The third entry in the Violence series.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Story Rich 13.3%, Psychological 13.2%, Emotional 12.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%
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 29%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Anime 10.9%, Casual 9.5%
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%, Story Rich 7.1%
Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Story Rich 10.1%, Emotional 9.6%
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 25.5%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Emotional 14.2%, Story Rich 13.1%, Anime 6.4%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Emotional 10.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Story Rich 9.4%
A new girl in town, Ashley, tries to befriend her lonely classmates. But can an unlikely group of friends of such different personalities be formed and survive? Meanwhile, the new headmaster investigates the mysteries of the school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Emotional 11.5%, Anime 11.5%, Story Rich 10.6%
This choices-matter visual novel is narrative-heavy, filled with beautifully illustrated characters, intricate stories, and two distinct endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Anime 8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.6%, Casual 7.3%
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 Meat Girl is a lesbian visual novel about a girl searching for her mentally ill roommate in cold mountains filled with meat 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological 17.9%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Story Rich 5.1%
The story takes place in the summer of 2006. Mountain City Magazine received a mysterious photo, which led to a case of a missing actress.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Story Rich 7.9%, Mystery 7.5%
刚入学的大一新生伊琳，却在一个风雨交加的夜晚，听到了来自杂物间内部的来电铃声……这通神秘电话究竟来自何人？杂物间为何会成为禁忌？伊琳手臂上的无限印记又意味着什么？文字冒险推理游戏《莫比乌斯的电波》，就此展开！
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Female Protagonist 18.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 10.1%, Casual 9.8%
You can’t understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality” through Talk, Mind Read, and Translate in an empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological 17%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Mystery 9.5%, Emotional 9.5%
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 31.4%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Story Rich 7%, Casual 5.2%
Faced with evil... would you pull the trigger? Tyrania Enforcers is a story-driven visual novel exploring morality, duty, and the cost of enforcing order in a world on the brink of conflict.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological 15.3%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Anime 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
Alice & Aidy: The Big Adventure is a warm interactive story with a gentle children’s sci-fi feel. When Alice struggles to write about the future, she meets Aidy, an old companion robot. Read, choose, and explore as they search for lost sparks and learn to ask, create, and choose for themselves.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Visual Novel 23.8%, Anime 8.2%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
A visual novel about grief, memory and acceptance. Nayara is a painter of memories: she digs into her clients’ minds to change or even erase their memories. One day she realizes she has altered her own memory. What was so painful or unbearable that she wanted to forget it for good?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Emotional 15.9%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Story Rich 8.8%, Anime 7.9%
Xia Lin, a novelist raised in Chongqing, travels alone to the familiar seaside.Amid the crash of rolling waves, she is once again drawn back to that summer in August 2018.Through the eyes of the game's characters, you will piece together step by step a story that belongs to you and you alone.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Psychological 12.7%, Anime 10.1%, Emotional 8%
The classic visual novel 'HimaNatsu' from the critically acclaimed developer Makura is available in English for the first time! Weave a cheerful yet sometimes painful tale of promises and redemption together with the Oboshiro Choir Squad in this never-ending summer vacation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Anime 10.6%, Casual 9.2%, Story Rich 7.4%
In this post-pandemic psychological visual novel, players embody psychotherapist Honda, drawn into a neural imaging project targeting teens. There, Honda meets Natasha, a mysterious girl whose "world" unfolds like a spider's web, disrupting Honda's "calm" life. "Don't you think so, Dr. Honda...?"
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Psychological 20.5%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Anime 9.7%, Emotional 7.1%
A journey with your father to Lake Baikal, where a storm and an old photo album revive memories of family, loss, and reconciliation.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Emotional 15%, Psychological 13.2%, Visual Novel 13%
"theDIARY" is a post-apocalyptic supernatural AVG with multiple endings. Play as Raven, navigate choices and stats, and uncover the dark truth behind humanity's angels to find the source of the tragedy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Story Rich 10.6%, Anime 7.7%
The 4K Ultra HD Remaster of "Template!! An Angel's Gift"—a hilarious slice-of-life visual novel—is now on Steam! Follow Sakura Sora, whose bizarre new condition makes ridiculous "classic tropes" real, sparking a twist-filled daily comedy with unique companions.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.1%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Casual 9.4%, Anime 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%
A short, free visual novel about body positivity and learning to love yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Emotional 15.4%, Anime 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
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 26.2%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological 10.5%, Anime 9%, Casual 8.9%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Mystery 9.2%
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 19.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Psychological 16.4%, Female Protagonist 14%, Emotional 11.6%
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 25.8%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Psychological 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Text-Based 7.4%
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Psychological 12.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Psychological 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Emotional 11.8%
Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Female Protagonist 16%, Emotional 13.6%, Story Rich 9.9%
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Psychological 11%, Emotional 9.7%
What do mirror reflections do once they have no one to repeat after anymore? Play as Iris, quite a sarcastic reflection torn between the urge to unravel the mystery of death of her “prototype” and the need to find her place in a mirrored world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Psychological 9.2%, Emotional 7.9%
Challenge fate in this psychological visual novel about a juvenile psych ward patient who discovers a book that can predict the future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Psychological 18.1%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Emotional 12.3%, Mystery 10%
After the revolution, Kikoku is plunged into chaos. Takekosen joins the secret organization Hiseido, facing her final trial. She must abandon her name, wear the mask, and forge her path through fate. A fantasy visual novel set in an ancient Eastern world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Emotional 11.1%, Story Rich 9.7%
In this suspenseful fantasy visual novel, play as a young man stranded in snowy mountains. Guided by unseen forces, you enter an isolated mansion. As a peculiar daily life unfolds, you live alongside two vampire girls. Immerse yourself in this profound, dreamlike dark fairy tale.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Casual 9.8%, Story Rich 7.5%, Anime 7.4%
A visual novel about mental health, depression, and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind and visually impaired players.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Psychological 12.5%, Emotional 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.9%
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.3%, Psychological 15%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Story Rich 10.9%, Mystery 10.1%
Retracing the footsteps of a mother she never knew, Lena's trying to make it as a dancer in the city. Caught in a quarrel between dance companies, dealing with love and heartbreak and the challenges of young adulthood, she must also cope with the voice in her head commenting on everything she does.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Emotional 11.5%, Story Rich 9.8%
Only 5 days until you quit. Plan your daily schedule, chat with coworkers, and make choices as you prepare to resign. Will you hand over your duties perfectly, or slack off in the breakroom and cause chaos? Experience a hyper-realistic K-office drama shaped by your choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Psychological 13.2%, Anime 9.9%, Story Rich 9.6%
Alice and Sophie finally have the time to go on an onsen retreat. However, their trip gets inturrupted by mysterious magic. The last straw: "MY FOOD!!!" Will the couple be able to find the culprit and finally enjoy their vacation?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Anime 14.6%, Text-Based 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 27.1%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Emotional 8.8%, Anime 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%
Switch between multiple protagonists in this suspense visual novel and follow the event of the three days leading up to Halloween. Piece together clues from each perspective to uncover the truth, as your choices reshape the fates of the others.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Mystery 11.4%, Psychological 9.5%
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Mystery 11.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, Anime 7.2%
A cowardly ghost needs your help to find peace. Complete his final wishes, get closer to him, and unravel the mystery of his death as you search for your own freedom in this short, story-driven adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological 14.9%, Emotional 13.8%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Story Rich 9.7%
