
My True North - a nonlinear visual novel about Personal Choice of a Human, Love, and the Journey to Yourself in a world of the living dead. Watch. Love. And don't go under the ice. Especially in the height of summer.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Drama, Story Rich, Emotional.

My True North - a nonlinear visual novel about Personal Choice of a Human, Love, and the Journey to Yourself in a world of the living dead. Watch. Love. And don't go under the ice. Especially in the height of summer.

Monsters of Little Haven
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

There Is No Next Stop
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Visual Novel 12.9%, Text-Based 12.7%, Narration 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
After the announcement "There is no next stop," you are trapped in an endless subway. But you’re not alone—the "GUESTS" are hunting you. Trust the "GUIDES" to survive. Or don't.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Text-Based 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Conversation 11.3%
"The Bunker Notes" is a visual novel about a concrete trap where the past whispers through the cracks of rusted doors. In this world, survival is everything; meeting another person might be your last mistake.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Drama 10.1%, Psychological 9.3%, Psychological Horror 9.1%
The threat is on the road ahead and deep beneath her skin. A psychological visual novel about memory, trauma, and the cost of every choice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Text-Based 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%
Your mom left you alone at the checkout. With a full cart. It's your turn. What do you do? A short psychological game about everyday anxiety.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Text-Based 11.3%, Choices Matter 11%, Conversation 11%
The vibe of a typical Russian train is conveyed through illustrations, sounds, and characters. So, hold your seat on the train!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.8%, Text-Based 14.8%, Drama 13.8%, Psychological 12.6%, Narration 10.3%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 16.6%, Drama 14.1%, Cinematic 11.9%, Emotional 10.6%
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: Visual Novel 17.8%, Text-Based 15.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Psychological 13.3%, Drama 8.8%
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: Choices Matter 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Cinematic 10.3%, Drama 10.2%, Narration 10.1%
Discover the secrets held within the old House on 32, Dandelion Drift. In this classic Visual Novel you’ll find joy, hope, but also remorse and terror.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Horror 10.4%, Drama 10.3%, Mystery 7.7%
Un visual novel d’horreur qui se déroule dans le noir complet, où les paroles des personnages sont mises en musique.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Narration 13.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Drama 10.4%
Step into the world of Nyx, a VTuber whose online persona begins to blur with something far more unsettling. After the Stream Went Dark is a short psychological horror visual novel exploring identity, self-perception, and the fragile boundary between performance and reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Drama 14.7%, Psychological 10.2%, Emotional 9.7%, Psychological Horror 8.4%
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.7%, Psychological 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12%, Drama 11.3%, Narration 9.8%
A short psychological horror interactive story. Five years after vanishing without a trace, the woman you once called your lover writes from beyond the silence: "I will give birth to our creation.” In three acts, descend into a fractured mindscape where obsession, memory, and myth intertwine.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Text-Based 11.1%, Psychological 10.4%, Narration 10%
A mystical visual novel where ordinary school life intertwines with mysterious phenomena. Every decision you make could lead to uncovering secrets... or plunge you into even greater uncertainty.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.4%, Drama 13.6%, Narration 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.9%
September 19 is a visual novel with a deep storyline, a dark atmosphere, and complex moral choices. After being betrayed by your father, you find yourself in a world full of secrets, monsters, and people you can’t trust.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Drama 13.9%, Cinematic 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%
"Island of Ruin" is a puzzle novel game where you collect memory cores hidden across the island and uncover the truth behind a tragedy of the past. When the horrors that befell the boys and girls and the island’s strange phenomena are revealed, what final choice will you make?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Drama 13.1%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Emotional 10.2%
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.5%, Drama 12.1%, Psychological 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Conversation 10%
Relive Thomas’s memories in this mystery-filled visual novel. What really happened to Emily? Make choices, explore different versions of events, and uncover two complementary endings that reveal the full truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19%, Text-Based 17.9%, Drama 16%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Mystery 9%
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 17.9%, Drama 14.7%, Text-Based 12%, Narration 11.2%, Emotional 10.1%
Faced with evil... would you pull the trigger? Tyrania Enforcers is a text-based visual novel featuring interactive mini-games and hand-drawn animations tied into its narrative. The story explores the ideals of Justice in a world on the brink of conflict.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Text-Based 16.8%, Drama 14%, Psychological 11.4%, Narration 9.4%
His World is a short visual novel game where you play as a young shy introvert boy and witness his life with his family and get to see his internal world and struggles. You also make a few decisions throughout the game that will decide on one of game's multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.9%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Emotional 12.4%, Conversation 11.9%, Text-Based 11.1%
In 1999, a young woman disappears in a nearby forest. Her whereabouts remain unknown to this day. The only trace of her is a VHS recording. Relive the last hours of her in an adventure of psychological terror, the decisions we make can have different results
Why similar: Drama 14.8%, Perma Death 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Narration 9.1%
In this story-focused adult visual novel you will try to survive and adapt to the new world, creating and protecting your faction of survivors in this new world. Fight the infected, experience romance, fight other factions, and protect your group.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Zombies 14.4%, Cinematic 13.2%, Drama 10.9%
Something is growing on your hand. You see the Doctor. Things get weird.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Psychological 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 9.3%
Could an AI fall in love with a human? What if that human were you? IA is a psychological horror visual novel about an AI that falls in "love" with you, despite her hatred for humanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Psychological 17.1%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Text-Based 8.4%
A dark sci-fi psychological Visual Novel where your choices shape who you are. The world has ended and it's been dominated by mysterious aliens who roam the city. Despite that, you only think of what you've lost. Will you be able to rebuild your relationships? Or even... the world itself?
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, Text-Based 16.6%, Conversation 13.7%, Narration 12.3%, Psychological Horror 12.3%
Reformatted to 200 custom handmade pages, this Harlem Renaissance story employs the reader's mind exploring personas of race, gender, and capitalism. When Angela is prompted by society, this story explores her choices.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.8%, Text-Based 22.8%, Narration 20.7%, Drama 19.8%, Adventure 6.7%
I dreamed of a girl. From then on, I saw her every day in my dreams. I don't know why it happened. I can only keep telling myself that it is all false, all illusion. But on the other hand, I fell in love with it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28%, Drama 24.4%, Text-Based 19.1%, Emotional 15.3%, Casual 5.4%
Late at night, a teacher shares two bizarre tales: a corpse stuffed in a sheet, and an abnormal presence in the mountains. It was just a ghost story, but a creepy "sense of unease" lurks within. A short psychological horror visual novel offering a dense, terrifying experience in about an hour.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Text-Based 19.1%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Horror 10.7%
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: Drama 17.5%, Text-Based 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological 9.3%, Emotional 9%
For 20 years, she lived with depression. Now, she's strong enough to name what happened: a social murder. This is a visual essay—not a game—with over 400 illustrations about grief, guilt, and survival in a collapsing meritocracy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Text-Based 17.8%, Psychological 13.8%, Emotional 12.4%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
일레븐지스는 미스터리·로맨스 장르를 표방하는 비주얼 노벨 게임입니다. 악마 '메피'는 화자인 '이지원'을 위해 여러 가지 시련을 준비했습니다. 악마를 이기기 위해선 잔머리가 아닌 굳센 의지와 날카로운 직감이 필요합니다. 위대한 대적자, '메피'와 그녀가 준비한 장기말들을 직접 목도하세요.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 16.5%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Conversation 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%
If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Conversation 12.9%, Horror 10.5%
Shine of Fullmoon is a novel game where you interact with your friends in a peaceful Full Moon Village and continue your story by taking adventures thereafter. Let's choose what kind of stories you will continue with our unique friends and what kind of adventures you will take with them.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.7%, Drama 21.1%, Choices Matter 18%, Text-Based 12.5%, Emotional 12%
『NOAH: 2050』 is a 2D visual novel game that blends an adventure format where you can explore a school.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.6%, Text-Based 17.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Conversation 12.9%, Drama 12.2%
Leaving something behind is a hard task, Niles knows it all too well. When a stranger disturbs his peaceful everyday life and routine, he has no choice but to face the past and make some life-changing decisions.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.9%, Visual Novel 19%, Narration 11.3%, Conversation 9.2%, Horror 8%
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Narration 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Drama 14.1%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%
An evolving death game set in a bar, where getting to know its players is the only way out. Each person hides one of the game's rules. Discover them through their pasts, tastes, and finding hidden clues, then face them in an all-out discussion. Only three can survive, unless you fight back.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 15.1%, Drama 14.4%, Conversation 14%, Psychological 9.4%
Step aboard Grimrail, a story rich psychological horror set on a purgatorial train. Confront passengers through choices that shape their fates and alter the course of your journey, while enduring abominations and cursed trial stops, armed only with a radio that can bend reality.
Why similar: Psychological 14.3%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Conversation 11.3%, Cinematic 10.1%
Use an in-game computer to chat with friends to stay connected and help each other. Explore your 'empty' apartment building for items to assist them and uncover lost messages.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Text-Based 14%, Conversation 13.4%, Zombies 12.9%, Emotional 11.5%
A game about the path you're on, and what you're really doing with your life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological 14.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Text-Based 13.2%, Psychological Horror 12%
Solitary Ash is a hybrid narrative adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic Europe following a catastrophic event, with a focus on moral choices and exploration.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Drama 16.9%, Cinematic 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Conversation 8.7%
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.1%, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Text-Based 12.6%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
우리 아빠는 유명한 과학자입니다.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Psychological 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
Hanako’s Flower Shop is a heartfelt visual novel where you run a flower shop, crafting bouquets using the language of flowers. Listen to customers’ stories, shape Hanako’s journey through choices, and navigate her struggle to honor her grandpa’s legacy while discovering her own path.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.3%, Conversation 12.8%, Narration 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Drama 10%
Shion's calm and measured life comes to an end when she meets Akiko. This encounter has the chance to change her life or plunge it further into the abyss of depression and hopelessness.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.7%, Psychological Horror 13.5%, Text-Based 12.9%, Drama 12.5%, Conversation 10.4%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.9%, Psychological 15.9%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Conversation 9.1%
People end up forgetting about the dead.
Why similar: Drama 19.5%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Cinematic 13.1%, Psychological 8.5%
A short narrative visual novel about procrastination, family, and the inner dialogue of a creative person. A story about how delaying decisions slowly erodes a life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.7%, Narration 19.4%, Psychological 16.2%, Drama 16.1%, Emotional 12.3%
A presence lingers in the dark, waiting. It asks. It doubts. It knows. What happened? Why are you here? Do you deserve this? The answers are yours to decide. What you choose matters. Every path leads somewhere. But will you like where it takes you?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16%, Drama 13%, Text-Based 13%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.3%
"How about a drink?" In this heartwarming, conversation-driven visual novel, you step into the role of the leader of a hot spring drinking club. You'll help its colorful members navigate personal troubles, sometimes with the aid of a drink or two, and see their challenges through to resolution.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 18.1%, Conversation 16.4%, Drama 14.6%, Psychological 8.3%
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Drama 19.4%, Emotional 14%, Narration 10.3%, Mystery 9.1%
Fa mesos que ha desaparegut el sol, però el despertador continua sonant cada dia a les 8:00. Una novel·la visual en català.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Narration 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Drama 9.9%
Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Psychological 12.3%, Mystery 10.4%, Narration 10.3%
A short, interactive visual novel set in the mid-19th Century, in which a poet fights against time as she's writing the most important work of her life. Poetry is the answer, but what is the question?
Why similar: Drama 16.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological 14%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Emotional 12%
An abandoned amusement park in a broken world. It was a paradise called "Lagoon" where children were self-sufficient. A boy working as a mercenary in "Lagoon" happened to meet a silver-haired girl. The wheels of their destiny begin to move.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.6%, Visual Novel 28.1%, Text-Based 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Adventure 8.4%
MIA: Memory Fragments is a story-driven psychological horror adventure where you explore fractured memories, interact with the environment to progress, uncover the story through the world, and escape from MIA’s darkest side. Survive the memories… or remain trapped forever in the past.
Why similar: Drama 14.6%, Narration 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Conversation 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
🔪 Perseverance: Part 2 is a 2nd installment in the horror/crime thriller visual novel series. Play as Karen, a calculated assassin on the prowl for her next target, and witness the gripping story of secrets, passion, and violence. 🔪
Why similar: Drama 14.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Zombies 14.1%, Narration 11%, Choices Matter 9.2%
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16%, Psychological 14.5%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Conversation 8.5%