- #1 The Tenth Minute
97% matchNo user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: XU S.A Studio
Windows
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 17.4%, Psychological 11.8%, Story Rich 8%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
- #2 Ashes
96% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
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 16.1%, Story Rich 12.2%, Emotional 8%
- #3 Fallstreak 2: Traum
96% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 14.8%, Emotional 13%, Anime 9.9%
- #4 The Mermaid of Zennor
95% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Emotional 10.9%, Psychological 10.3%
- #5 April 8th
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New++
Windows
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 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Emotional 10.9%, Psychological 8.9%
- #6 Naomi’s End
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: emagnetic
Windows
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 14.3%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Mystery 9.1%
- #7 姬恋~缚羽的欠片 纯净中文版
93% matchPositive89% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Chained-lily
Windows
本游戏是纯净中文版。
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Female Protagonist 23.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Anime 11.8%, Casual 10.2%
- #8 Prison of Lies
91% matchVery Positive96% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: LockedOn
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 19.7%, Psychological 12.1%, Mystery 9.9%, Anime 8.5%
- #9 Penrose
92% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological 11.1%, Emotional 9.5%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #10 Kayotica
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kicksoft Studio
Windows
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 17.8%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Psychological 9.4%, Anime 8.7%, Emotional 8.1%
- #11 Until Then
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,825 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Emotional 16.3%, Psychological 14.5%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #12 Forest of Death Masks
90% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
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 23.4%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Casual 7.9%
- #13 interViolence
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac
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 9.8%
- #14 summer story
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #15 Tomorrow Will Be Dying
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Robo
Windows · Mac
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 29.1%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Anime 10.8%, Casual 9.5%
- #16 120 Yen Stories
86% matchVery Positive98% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: NekoNeko SoftPub: iMoe Games
Windows
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 22.8%, Emotional 14.2%, Story Rich 13.1%, Anime 6.4%
- #17 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
84% matchVery Positive88% of 3,764 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 16.2%, Emotional 10.2%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #18 Meet Her There
85% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Sinisthesis
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 15.9%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #19 OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,722 reviews2016
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Emotional 9.6%
- #20 Murder at Chateau de Rouge
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Abigail Fuller
Windows · Linux
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%, Anime 7.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%, Casual 7.4%
- #21 Art of Ism
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tar Rat Art
Windows
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 15.5%, Emotional 11.5%, Anime 11.4%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #22 Meat Girl
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ophanimkei
Windows · Linux
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 25.8%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological 18%, Female Protagonist 12%, Story Rich 5.1%
- #23 Chromatic Memories
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Perla Oculta
Windows · Mac · Linux
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%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Emotional 15.9%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.1%
- #24 Alice & Aidy: The Big Adventure
80% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Sloth AI Games
Windows
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 23.7%, Anime 8.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
- #25 Mobius’ Radio Waves
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: 獭獭社Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
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 29.2%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 10.1%, Casual 9.8%
- #26 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
79% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
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 16.7%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, Anime 7.8%
- #27 Parallels: Year One
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Resquita Productions
Windows
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 31.5%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Story Rich 7%, Casual 5.3%
- #28 Tyrania Enforcers - Visual Novel
78% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2026
Dev: Leviathanimation
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.4%, Psychological 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Anime 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
- #29 Ficciones//Nihility, Sea & Blissful Jellyfish
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 百无良奈Pub: WindField Games
Windows
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 21.4%, Psychological 12.8%, Anime 10.1%, Emotional 8%
- #30 The Second Reality Room: Unspoken Truths
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shadow GlovePub: FINE Co., Ltd.
Windows
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 18.1%, Psychological 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Mystery 9.6%, Emotional 9.5%
- #31 金鱼症候群 Goldfish Syndrome
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: California Beef Noodle
Windows
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 20.6%, Female Protagonist 19.3%, Anime 9.6%, Emotional 7.1%
- #32 Template!! An Angel's Gift
75% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: CIRCUSPub: Kagami Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.1%, Casual 9.4%, Anime 9.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #33 Echoes of Baikal
76% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Alkinoy
Windows · Mac · Linux
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%, Emotional 15%, Female Protagonist 15%, Psychological 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%
- #34 飞鸟的日记
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 酒神工作室
Windows
"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 25.2%, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Story Rich 10.6%, Anime 7.7%
- #35 Loving You Fully
77% matchPositive91% of 43 reviews2021
Dev: Kristi Jimenez
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, free visual novel about body positivity and learning to love yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Emotional 15.4%, Anime 13%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
- #36 The Defective One
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Little Studio
Windows
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 26.4%, Visual Novel 22%, Psychological 10.1%, Casual 9%, Anime 9%
- #37 The Laws of Probability
73% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: Unspoken
Windows
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 21.1%, Psychological 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.2%, Text-Based 7.5%
- #38 HimaNatsu: Of Churches, Sunflowers, and Long Summers
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MakuraPub: Kagami Games
Windows
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 29.6%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Anime 9.9%, Casual 9.7%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #39 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
74% matchVery Positive88% of 3,546 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 20.8%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Female Protagonist 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Mystery 9.3%
- #40 AmaTisMo
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VegetinES
Windows · Mac · Linux
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%, Psychological 12.5%, Emotional 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
- #41 River Secret
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hard2Scream
Windows · Mac · Linux
A story about a beautiful river that hides deadly secrets beneath its calm surface.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.9%, Female Protagonist 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological 12.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #42 Anxiety Puppy
71% matchVery Positive96% of 255 reviews2025
Dev: 小狗工作室Pub: Erabit
Windows
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%, Psychological 16.5%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Emotional 11.6%
- #43 Still Joking
72% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Brick Games
Windows · Mac
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 15.5%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Psychological 9.2%, Emotional 7.8%
- #44 The Wreck
71% matchVery Positive88% of 283 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
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 15.8%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Psychological 11.1%, Emotional 9.7%
- #45 My (♂) Life as a Vampire's Maid (♀)
69% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Ubai TransPub: Kagami Games
Windows
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 30.2%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Casual 9.9%, Story Rich 7.5%, Anime 7.4%
- #46 Graveyard Girls
71% matchVery Positive98% of 166 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
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 18.4%, Psychological 14.5%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Emotional 11.8%
- #47 時折記 -Tokioriki-
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
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 25.2%, Psychological 15%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Story Rich 10.9%, Mystery 10.1%
- #48 OPUS: Rocket of Whispers
72% matchVery Positive92% of 1,711 reviews2018
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 18.6%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Emotional 13.6%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #49 Pages of Tomorrow
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Doksa
Windows · Linux
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 19.3%, Psychological 18.2%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Emotional 12.3%, Mystery 10.1%
- #50 After the Wane
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 19.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Emotional 11.6%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #51 Death Becomes You: Yuri Onsen Vacation
69% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Quill Yuri
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 26.1%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Female Protagonist 18.3%, Anime 14.6%, Text-Based 5.5%
- #52 7 Deaths 1 Life
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Davter17
Windows · Mac · Linux
A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Psychological 11.6%, Emotional 10.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.3%
- #53 RETURN Machine.Love()
67% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Fable BaePub: Fable Was Here
Windows · Mac · Linux
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%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Emotional 8.8%, Anime 8.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.7%
- #54 Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: coly Inc.
Windows · Mac
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 23.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Mystery 11.5%, Story Rich 8.3%, Anime 7.2%
- #55 The Dagger of Hisei
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sword of Dew Studio
Windows
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 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Emotional 11.1%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #56 A Lozenge
69% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Emotional 15.4%, Psychological 12.7%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #57 Dream Spectra
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ozone Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dream Spectra is a visual novel about trying to hang out with your crush and escape your migraines, styled with surreal 90s 3D rendered environments.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Psychological 8.4%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #58 Lilja and Natsuka Painting Lies
67% matchVery Positive94% of 162 reviews2024
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
A yuri kinetic novel about overcoming the tribulations of the human heart, and a sapphic tale on the heartaches and reprieves of fathoming love. Asou Ei’s first title with Frontwing is presented with poignant visuals in Full HD, an evocative soundtrack, and voice acting by a star-studded cast.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Female Protagonist 23.6%, Emotional 12.7%, Anime 11.2%, Mystery 6.7%
- #59 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Female Protagonist 12%, Mystery 10.7%, Anime 9.2%
- #60 知夏
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 夏梦工作室
Windows
你将扮演一个被AI淘汰的程序员,回到那个停滞的小县城,与那个等了你十二年的女孩一起去寻找,从所有人记忆里消失的发小和尘封的往事,你们追查的不仅仅是真相,还是被AI一起困住的那个夏天、那座小城、那段永远不会结束的等待。
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Emotional 15.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Story Rich 7.5%