Games Like Necromancy for Homies

Lost on Cow Island is a linear story-driven comedy adventure game, in the style of Monkey Island, Sam & Max, or Day of the Tentacle. Look, Interact, and Talk to a host of kooky af characters and navigate out of impossible situations to fix your time-travelling car and get back home!

Why similar: Satire 19.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, 1990's 13.3%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Action-Adventure 10.4%

A weird jellyfish handles marriage crisis with alcohol, drugs, sex, blows and lots of odd characters.

Why similar: Satire 32.3% ★, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Surreal 13.3%, Action-Adventure 9.4%

Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, 1990's 14.6%, Text-Based 11.7%, Adventure 8.5%

"Revizor" is a visual novel, a simulator of an office employee. You can flirt with colleagues at work, go on dates, earn and spend money, do business, meet friends, conduct audits, get sick and heal, listen to the radio with exclusive tracks, make decisions, run errands, and much more!

Why similar: Satire 23.6% ★, 1990's 21.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Text-Based 15.2%

Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.

Why similar: Satire 38.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.5%

A horror adventure where you confront supernatural phenomena and unravel mysteries in a school transformed into another world, all to save your childhood friend. Exploration, combat, and psychological terror await you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Hidden Object 16.5%, 1990's 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12.8%

Straight from the fright factory comes three SPOOKY games in one! Date demons from the center of the planet! Save a spooky theme park! Smash some faces in as giant Kaiju!

Why similar: Satire 37.8% ★, Surreal 17.4%, Visual Novel 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Stylized 6%

Eyes of Iyre is a Visual Novel with heavy RPG elements. Follow Barbak the Orc as he discovers more about the world and his past, all the while trying to keep his temper under control. Make friends, cast magic, and learn the truths hidden in the city of Iyre!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Text-Based 13.5%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Magic 10.2%

"키마이라 트러블"은 1995년 대한민국에서 살고 있는 "서■■"이 "아클락스"에서 만들어진 전투 실험체 3인을 만나는 것으로 스토리가 전개되는 비주얼 노벨입니다. 이야기가 진행됨으로서, 그 과정에서 밝혀지는 진실과 주인공이 마주하는 또 다른 진실. 주인공과 실험체 세 명은 생존을 위해 발악하게 될 것입니다.

Why similar: Visual Novel 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Text-Based 16%, Dark 15.5%, 1990's 15.2%

Embark on a whimsical, surreal four-act journey in a handcrafted storybook theater. Take on different roles and uncover the mystery of Nomanland.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.2%, Surreal 20.1%, Magic 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Visual Novel 8.8%

You're looking for a new apartment in Amsterdam. Your once-confident search is morphing into panic. Nothing is available. Anything will do. ANYTHING.

Why similar: Satire 22.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Surreal 15.3%, Text-Based 11.8%

The Magnificent Mion is a warrior queen from Wharevarland. She battles a malignant verse-making kraken, tries to win the love of Count De Loboda, studies at an ordinary magical school, and she's also... crazy! Absurdism. Ridiculousness. Idiocy.

Why similar: Satire 28% ★, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Magic 14.6%, Stylized 8.4%

A compilation of 12 small literary games about humans meeting and missing one another. Explore these experimental experiences that were made on a monthly basis over the course of a year.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.7%, Surreal 19.9%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Dialogue Heavy 19.7%, 2D 6.4%

Elation For The Wonder Box 6000 is a first-person, claymation adventure game about going into the city to try and find a game from your youth that no one else remembers.

Why similar: Satire 24.4% ★, Surreal 18.5%, 1990's 18.2%, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%

Do you want to become the leader of a cult? Do you want to cause nightmares, take control of others' dreams and contact the dead? Welcome to "Cult of Mine" that unites occultism, rabbits, and satire!

Why similar: Satire 40.3% ★, Magic 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 15.4%, Dark 12.4%, Visual Novel 8.2%

A darkly comedic legal sim where your goal is to get disbarred—spectacularly. Play as a defense attorney or prosecutor in ethically disastrous cases full of bad decisions, weird clients, and Kafkaesque courtroom chaos. Succeed, and you lose.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.5%, Satire 25.5% ★, Text-Based 20.9%, Crime 13.2%, Dark 9.8%

A walk-and-talk indie adventure game where you and your dysfunctional witch parents cook teens to stay young and powerful. But when they bring in a charming girl as your next meal, will you uphold the family tradition or risk everything to save her?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Magic 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Text-Based 14.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.7%

Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town. But nothing here feels right. You can’t outrun this place. It wants you. And it will keep you.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20%, Surreal 18.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Text-Based 14%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%

My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.

Why similar: Surreal 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Text-Based 12.3%

The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...

Why similar: 1990's 22.6%, Surreal 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Alternate History 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%

Mental pain will never disappear, it will forever torment the soul of the protagonist. Who is he? How did he end up here? Why do dead people appear before him? Who is this girl with bandaged eyes? Eternal Pain: Epiphany is the story of the insight of a person who finds himself in purgatory.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Visual Novel 24%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Text-Based 11.6%, Adventure 9.8%

Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.5%, Visual Novel 20.2%, 1990's 19.7%, Dark 11.1%, Adventure 8.8%

The Twisting Trail of Clues is a captivating and thrilling modern-day murder mystery. Set in a bustling city, the story follows detective Emma as she tries to solve a seemingly impossible case - the murder of a prominent businessman by a mysterious secret society.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 15.2%, Crime 14.2%, Action-Adventure 11.9%, Dark 11.5%

Welcome to Duck Angeles — a sun-soaked city inhabited by ducks, where corruption runs deep and every problem can be solved with the right envelope. Here, the law is just a formality, and order is maintained by those who know how to make deals.

Why similar: Satire 62% ★, 1990's 29.2%, Adventure 5.7%, 2D 3%

A visual novel about a girl who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. She is pursued by a strange being from another world — and it seems she’s not the only one who can see visitors from beyond.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Surreal 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 13.6%

A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Dialogue Heavy 17.6%, Surreal 16.5%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 15.2%

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 22%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Text-Based 18.2%, Surreal 17.4%, Dark 15.1%

A visual novel in the setting of Slavic folklore in which you will walk through the forest at night when the line between the world of the living and the dead is thinner than ever. Look carefully at your feet and, perhaps, you will see the dawn.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Alternate History 14.2%, Magic 11.3%

The romantic noir visual novel The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf returns to Kabukicho in this unhinged simul-quel. Me, Azami, and the whole ragtag gang rampage through five all-new short stories!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Crime 16.5%, Dark 15.6%, Action-Adventure 9.5%

An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.

Why similar: Satire 32.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.4%, Adventure 7.2%

Our heroes must travel to Canada and are surprised to find out it's a real place and not fictional.

Why similar: Satire 36.6% ★, Alternate History 21.8%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9.1%, 2D 5.5%

This game is based on the theme of love & light reasoning. Even if you choose the wrong option, it will not lead to game over. It is very suitable for casual players who like love reasoning but don't want to waste their brain cells.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Dialogue Heavy 24.9%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Text-Based 14.6%, 2D 6.2%

This occult item will guide you through a bizarre in-between world and help you to confront past demons as well as piece together former memories that may lead to closure. Seek a better understanding of who you were, who you’ve loved and how much you’ve lost in this 3rd person horror adventure game.

Why similar: 1990's 27.1%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Dark 17.1%, Third Person 11.8%, Adventure 6.4%

Pine Hill is a quiet Midwestern college town. Quiet enough that nobody seemed to hear Ginny Nicholson die. Alone with the thoughts in your head, now you just want to know one thing: why?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Dialogue Heavy 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 16.4%, Side Scroller 9.5%

A visual novel exploring a near-apocalyptic vision of North Texas, told through the poetic words of a young woman going home.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Surreal 17%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 14.4%

«Soviet Clinic» — a satirical survival simulator set inside the offices of public healthcare. Will you make it through every doctor without losing your mind?

Why similar: Satire 39.8% ★, 1990's 17.8%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Action-Adventure 6.3%

Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.8%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Surreal 10.3%, Dark 8.6%

Discover the mysterious city of Upper Morkezela, where gods go to die. As an apprentice to the priest of the fungal cult, your task will be to discover what lies behind the mysterious distress signal sent from the city.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Hidden Object 19.9%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.6%, Surreal 15.2%

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: Dialogue Heavy 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 22%, Text-Based 18.7%, Stylized 4.4%

A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.8%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Text-Based 16.1%, Dark 13%, Adventure 10.3%

A Visual Novel game about adventure, fantasy, magic and friendship. This is a continuation of Chapter 3. There are only a few choices that can be made, and some paths to choose from. The decisions do not have an impact on the ending, instead they provide slightly different content.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Magic 17.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 11%

Embark on a touching and poetic adventure through the hills of Provence in “Marcel and the Secret Spring.” Inspired by the childhood stories of legendary French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, this narrative-driven game lets you experience a world filled with nature, mystery, and nostalgia.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Alternate History 20.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 17.7%, Text-Based 9.5%

A free, story-driven short visual novel with no choices. The narrative weaves between the present (202X) and the past (200X), depicting the suffocating chain of violence within a Korean school setting with stark realism.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Dialogue Heavy 22.1%, Text-Based 20.4%, Dark 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.5%

Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Visual Novel 22.2%, Text-Based 14%, Dark 11.9%, Adventure 9.3%

It’s 1999 and Y2K is upon us. You are the owner of an independent video store that a corporation is eyeing off to purchase. Help your customers find the perfect video by listening to their stories and decide what the future is for your video store.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.5%, Satire 22.6% ★, Visual Novel 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, 1990's 8%

Welcome to Press a Button Simulator: a new and exciting twist on modern video games. Gone is the time of tryhards and sweats, and in is the new age of only pressing a button! Will you find all the secrets? Of course not! There is only one: You get to press a button!

Why similar: Satire 52.8% ★, Surreal 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Adventure 7.1%, Atmospheric 1.8%

An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 22.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Adventure 10%, Stylized 7.9%

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: Dialogue Heavy 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.1%, Visual Novel 24%, Text-Based 15.6%, Stylized 3.8%

Not thrilled that fate has led him into the confines of a sinister place, Varlu is left with no choice but to come face to face with many types of demons, including his very own.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 17.1%, Surreal 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Text-Based 12.3%

A visual novel set in a universe where the orderlies are trying to take over our planet.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 44.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, 2D 5.2%

Whisperstring is an 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”. You’re connected to Adam, a "jock" with a severe fear of strings, who seems to have been the victim of a supernatural kidnapping. Will you be able to help him escape?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 14.8%, Surreal 13.9%

You’re nobody. Until you become someone. Build a street empire from dirt, pain, and rage.

Why similar: Satire 24.7% ★, 1990's 19.6%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Crime 12%, Dark 9.6%

The shadow of death hidden in the mansion... Survive from death by overcoming fear. What awaits you at the end of your adventure?

Why similar: 1990's 24.6%, Crime 15.1%, Dark 12.5%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Surreal 10.6%

The first visual novel game of The Ancient Magus' Bride!

Why similar: Visual Novel 33%, Magic 28.5%, Text-Based 21.7%, Adventure 11.4%, 2D 5.5%

A narrative-driven exploration game where you collect hidden objects and help restore villagers' dreams.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Dialogue Heavy 17.2%, Hidden Object 17.2%, Surreal 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.4%

Welcome to our wild neon flashing graphic adventure! Play as Tofu 🐹 a little hamster with a big attitude and experience his misadventures through a frantic college night in a city brimming with parties and mystery. Packed with humor, terrible jokes and tons of dru— I mean, SUGAR!

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.9%, Visual Novel 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Stylized 7.3%

This is a magic-realism story about self-discovery, spirit analysis and psychological reconstruction. Playing the role of Belikov, an intensely delusional occultist, who attends an occult forum in his hometown Skinnerburg, where witchcraft and riots are rampant, but trapped in a conspiracy.

Why similar: Alternate History 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Surreal 19.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, Stylized 8.8%

The president trusts you. Exercise your Shamanic capabilities (or lack thereof). But don't get caught!

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Visual Novel 24%, Text-Based 13.8%, Stylized 6.6%

Defeat nightmare shadows and restore senses to help Fran navigate through pain and reconnect with everyday life in this cute-dark 2D narrative adventure RPG.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Magic 13.3%, Surreal 10.4%, Third Person 10.4%

Prison Glow is a 2D realistic suspense pixel visual novel about a wrongfully imprisoned girl. Facing seemingly solid charges, she accepts a plea deal for a lighter sentence and waits quietly behind bars for the truth.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Satire 12.5% ★, Crime 10.3%