- #1 Dear me, I was...
97% matchVery Positive100% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Arc System Works
Windows
A short tale, a long journey. With a beautiful watercolor touch, it depicts the life of a woman. In her ordinary and modest life...experience her joys, her sorrows, her growth. Witness the story she spins in a life woven by those around her.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.3%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Cats 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #2 Forever Time
96% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Forever Time
Windows · Mac
I wish this moment could be forever. Yuto Habu, the hero with nothing to show for it, met the camera-toting heroine He meets the heroine, Nazuna Fukamachi, who has a camera, on a bridge with a beautiful view by chance.
Why similar: Cinematic 42.4%, Visual Novel 35.7%, Adventure 20.3%, Indie 1.5%
- #3 BROK - Natal Tail, A New Christmas
96% matchVery Positive97% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: COWCAT
Windows · Mac
A Christmas tale set in the world of BROK the InvestiGator, presented as a visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.9%, Cats 12.4%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Cartoony 12.1%, Cyberpunk 11.3%
- #4 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
95% matchMixed53% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: HarotobiraPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber City 2157.
Why similar: Adventure 29.2%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Cyberpunk 20.4%, Stylized 8.7%, 2D 6.4%
- #5 Xenologia
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TheNeonWerewolf
Windows
Xenologia is a fully illustrated linear visual novel set in the near future. Follow Cory, a young man who's life is falling apart, as he tries to help a stranded alien girl return home.
Why similar: Cinematic 32.1%, Visual Novel 25.5%, Adventure 19%, Hand-drawn 17.1%, Romance 4.3%
- #6 All AI Must Die (Read Only Memories ii)
94% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: MidBoss
Windows
All AI Must Die (Read Only Memories II) follows Turing in 2066 as they confront a world that fears or seeks to control them. Explore Neo SF, shape relationships, and face urgent questions about AI, identity, and the future we are racing toward.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.4%, Adventure 28.3%, Cyberpunk 25.7%, 2D 10.6%
- #7 Frosten: Two Realms
93% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: KRIOGAMES
Windows
Frosten: Two Realms — An immersive story about a young man named Ivan, who possesses the extraordinary ability to freeze objects. His life takes a dramatic turn when he finds himself in a mysterious world brimming with magic and peril.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30%, Hand-drawn 19.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Magic 13%, 2D 8.2%
- #8 GEARS STORY
92% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: KITTYPOOL
Windows
A mechanic and a prisoner's extraordinary tale. A simple novel game with minigames.
Why similar: Cinematic 42.1%, Visual Novel 35.8%, Adventure 16.3%, 2D 5.8%
- #9 Ultra-Gene Code
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamenesis
Windows · Mac
Ultra-Gene Code is a sci-fi visual novel with horror elements that constantly confronts you with a difficult moral choice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.5%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Futuristic 14.8%, Adventure 9%
- #10 ホロウドライヴ
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: D10RAMA
Windows
In that world, simply being alive was enough to bear the weight of sin. To prevent the depletion of energy that grants supernatural powers, those who fail to prove their "worth of existence" are eliminated. …In this desolate world, I awoke with no memories, not even knowing my own name.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Adventure 16.3%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, 2D 10.3%, Futuristic 10.2%
- #11 Omertà: Mafia Novel
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bizi Games
Windows
Noir visual novel set in 1950s New York. Infiltrate a prison, build a smuggling network, and shape fates through tough choices across branching paths.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.6%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Adventure 11.1%, Stylized 8.8%
- #12 fault - StP - LIGHTKRAVTE
89% matchVery Positive88% of 387 reviews2022
Dev: ALICE IN DISSONANCEPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
fault - StP - LIGHTKRAVTE is the latest entry in the fault series, which has shipped over 500,000 copies worldwide. LIGHTKRAVTE presents its story through the eyes of Khaji Oberg, an ordinary and unremarkable teenaged boy who finds himself reaching for a dream that slips ever further away from him.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, Cinematic 32.5%, Adventure 15.4%, Magic 8.7%, 2D 5.3%
- #13 Falling Down
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Ercan Bilgin
Windows
"Falling Down" tells the story of a young hero destined for heroics through a visually stunning action-platformer game.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.5%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Hand-drawn 16%, Cartoony 13.1%, Adventure 11.2%
- #14 APOCALYPTIC PUSSY
88% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Mizuki KabiwaniPub: Wet one handed game studio
Windows
APOCALYPTIC PUSSY is a visual novel in which you have to survive in a world of apocalypse. Run away from zombies, meet beautiful girls and make love to survive.
Why similar: Cinematic 25.2%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Futuristic 12.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%
- #15 ALBATROSS
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Woolly Bear Games
Windows · Mac
After an unnamed catastrophe, you've been left alone and stranded on a boat in the middle of a sunken world. Journey through vast megastructures and the giant rotting frames of mysterious machines. Feed the boat's engine with fish caught using your harpoon. Never slow down.
Why similar: Cinematic 36.9%, Hand-drawn 18.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%
- #16 Adrift
86% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Moryi Limited
Windows
Explore derelict ship. find out why there is a missing crew. And be careful of things that could be lurking in the shadows.
Why similar: Cinematic 26%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Adventure 19.6%, Futuristic 11.8%, 3D 8.5%
- #17 Reality's Reverse Side
86% matchPositive87% of 45 reviews2021
Dev: CupcakeTime TeamPub: Phoenix_co
Windows · Mac · Linux
Work is boring if you are the only employee in your department with no cases ever. But when work appears, life immediately rises upside down! Forever. Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming world of evidence-gathering, deduction and dramatic events on the reverse side of our world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Cartoony 15.3%, Adventure 12.4%, Stylized 9.7%
- #18 Bestricken Part 1
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lando Labs
Windows
Bestricken Part 1 is an erotic fantasy visual novel where you have been cursed! And the only cure seems to be in the hands of 3 VERY lovely ladies! (along with a few extras) Explore the multiple paths and possible girls you come across in this fully voiced, colorful, and animated adventure!
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.9%, Cinematic 23.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Romance 8.5%
- #19 Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition
85% matchMixed63% of 249 reviews2015
Dev: [bracket]gamesPub: Digerati
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A visual short story set in Nebraska, Three Fourths Home follows an extended conversation between Kelly and her family during a drive home through an intense thunderstorm.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.3%, Adventure 31.2%, Stylized 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Indie 6.7%
- #20 Diptych: The Great War
84% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: Studio2760
Windows
A visual novel about the Great War with anthropomorphic animals in the continuation of the story of the game Diptych.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.4%, Adventure 22.3%, Hand-drawn 19.6%, Military 18.2%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #21 Super Artificial Intelligence PSIKE
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: arche and keno games
Windows
Super Artificial Intelligence PSIKE is a 2D platformer Action game. The Epic story is about an A.I who want to be a human and a man who does not want A.I . Speedy Action part, cool visual novel part and cinematic cut scene will take you to a future world.
Why similar: Cinematic 26.5%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Cyberpunk 13.8%, Adventure 12.7%, Futuristic 12.1%
- #22 Ray of Life
82% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: SunsetShards
Windows
Грустная и поучительная история о раннем детстве, его мечтах и страхах, посвящённая тем, кто рос в «нулевые», познал всю прелесть постсоветских дворов и не мог заснуть без любимой игрушки.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Adventure 14.9%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Robots 12%
- #23 Dream Glitcher
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deep Creek Studio
Windows · Mac
Dream Glitcher is a hand-drawn 2D point-and-click cyberpunk adventure that plays like an interactive graphic novel, blending dark psychological mystery with dark sci-fi atmosphere in a vibrant retro-futuristic world. Enter the memories of an android Luna and help her understand what she has become.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Adventure 19%, Cartoony 12.5%, Cats 11.9%, Cyberpunk 10.5%
- #24 MAHOUTEQ!
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive100% of 1,386 reviews2025
Dev: motijanPub: SHRIMP POND
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A story about an unemployed girl named Luna, who wanted to buy her favorite figure so much that she had to get a job.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Cartoony 14.9%, Cats 14.3%, Adventure 11.2%
- #25 Fog of War: Book Two
79% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Story Machine Studios
Windows · Linux
Continue your path -- A peaceful life is not in the cards as you find yourself a target of an old ruthless enemy and dead in the center of a conspiracy. Choose how you will protect those who you care about, who you will love and how you will deal with your enemies.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Military 15.8%, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Futuristic 12.5%, Adventure 11.3%
- #26 Hyperforma
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nord Unit
Windows · Mac
Hyperforma is a captivating journey into the depths of the Ancient Network. Explore the vast cyberspace, hack defense systems, and uncover the secrets of digital titans.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.8%, Cyberpunk 26.5%, Futuristic 15.6%, Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.9%
- #27 Crystal Chameleon
81% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Milan KazarkaPub: Vysoko Anime Production
Windows
Sci-Fi cyberpunk Visual Novel based in a future where telepathic powers are common-place and humans and dolphins work together.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.8%, Adventure 23.9%, Cyberpunk 23.5%, 2D 8.8%, Indie 7%
- #28 Where the Roads Die
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: DIRECTOR`S CUT
Windows
This is a visual novel with quest elements and the atmosphere of a journey through an Eastern European post-apocalypse. You are a Vagrant heading west, leaving your home behind.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Adventure 27%, Stylized 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #29 DIMENSIONS
78% matchMixed51% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Villano Wild Studio
Windows
Dimensions: Each level is a new challenge in a different universe. Explore, adapt, and overcome in an interdimensional journey full of surprises.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.1%, Adventure 26.8%, Cartoony 16.4%, 3D 9.2%, Cyberpunk 8.6%
- #30 橘猫猫的幻想
77% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: 橘猫猫的幻想
Windows
no English Translation. This is a game to develop the heroine of the cat world, relying on mouse clicks to play. The main function is to watch the story, choose the schedule, and participate in the game, and finally usher in different endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Cats 19.3%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Cartoony 15.5%, Adventure 9.9%
- #31 The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake
78% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: LockedOn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Catalyst Wake is a cinematic visual novel set in a vividly stylized post-apocalyptic world. Discover a thrilling story of assassins, corrupted leaders, and scrap-metal robots, as humanity faces what could be its final hours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Adventure 21.1%, Futuristic 12.4%, Stylized 11.9%, 2D 8.7%
- #32 Awkward Night
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Igor Komarov
Windows · Mac
A cyberpunk noir point-and-click. One bar, one bad night, one drink that proves something. Mix the impossible cocktail. Trade favours. Step out into the rain and meet the stranger waiting under the COCKTAILS sign. Episode 1 of an ongoing indie narrative experiment.
Why similar: Cinematic 27.8%, Adventure 21.4%, Hand-drawn 15%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Stylized 9.1%
- #33 Lewis Carroll's Alice
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Revie Studios
Windows
Lewis Carroll's Alice is a short interactive narrative game based on the classic English 1865 children's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll.
Why similar: Cinematic 30.5%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Adventure 15.5%, Hand-drawn 14%, 2D 7.8%
- #34 This Winter of Ours
73% matchVery Positive99% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: VARIA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alone as two, together as one - A fantasy/yuri visual novel telling the story of two girls traversing a snow covered forest and growing closer.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.8%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Cats 15.9%, Adventure 12.6%, 2D 7.6%
- #35 Seasons of Books and Keys
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iMel Inc.Pub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
After class, small problems drift into the library—harmless at first glance, yet hiding secrets and lies. You see the clues, hear every voice, and turn the page yourself as each case unravels. A bittersweet mystery adventure that blends the experience of reading with the feeling of watching a drama.
Why similar: Cinematic 33.6%, Visual Novel 30.9%, Hand-drawn 17.4%, Adventure 10%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #36 Sexy Apocalypse Girls. Part I
75% matchMostly Negative35% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Strawberry Playhouse
Windows
Sexy Apocalypse Girls is an adult visual novel set in a destroyed and dangerous world after a sudden outbreak of the virus.
Why similar: Cinematic 28.2%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Adventure 11.5%, 3D 8.7%
- #37 二万分の一の雨粒達 - One in 20,000 raindrops
73% matchPositive100% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: 斜塔ソンブレロ
Windows
Satoshi Kuga, who led a lonely high school life, was dreading the school trip starting tomorrow because he had been assigned to the same group as the popular clique. However, it seemed there were hidden tensions even within the group that appeared to get along so well at first glance.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.4%, Cinematic 22.8%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Adventure 18.7%, 2D 6.2%
- #38 Next Station: Zombies
74% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Gamesforgames
Windows
"Next Station: Zombies" is an indie-casual game that throws you into a post-apocalyptic world infested with hordes of ravenous zombies.
Why similar: Cinematic 31.8%, Cartoony 18%, Adventure 15.3%, Hand-drawn 14.7%, 3D 10.4%
- #39 Tokyo Hosto
76% matchMixed49% of 67 reviews2015
Dev: Baller IndustriesPub: Baller industries
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Your name is Jayson Traish, and you have just graduated from high school. You failed your exams horribly and you face a life of menial work. Your only recourse is to try get a job at a host bar, where your duties include, hitting on women, drinking copious amounts of alcohol and cleaning the toilets.
Why similar: Adventure 51.7%, Visual Novel 48.3%
- #40 EdeN404
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SEKIRARA
Windows
In a world where lewd words are punished, this text adventure unfolds in EdeN404, a secret bar hidden in the city that slips past censors. Use conversation to lower guards and draw out hidden desires. With colorful regulars, choices and timing shape bonds and nightly drama toward a sci‑fi truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, Adventure 29.1%, Cyberpunk 24.2%, 2D 10%
- #41 夢の終わり - Upon the Dream's End -
72% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Neko Plot
Windows
What did the girl encounter? A cinematic novel game with film-inspired storytelling.
Why similar: Cinematic 36.9%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Futuristic 9.9%, Robots 7.4%
- #42 optimal conditions for a sacrifice
71% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: amordochkaPub: But Wholesome Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
mild temperature, dim sunlight, good sleeping schedule, regular fluid intake
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.3%, Cinematic 19.8%, Cartoony 13.3%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Romance 6.7%
- #43 ECHOES
70% matchVery Positive100% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: びご
Windows
終末世界の見知らぬ廃墟で目覚めた青年は、壊れかけのアンドロイドの少女と出会う。 これは少女の不思議な声を辿る、5日間の小さな短編アドベンチャー。
Why similar: Adventure 25.6%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Hand-drawn 15%, Robots 13.8%
- #44 COCORO
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
"Please make me human." A visual novel about a robot longing to become "human" in a world torn apart by rampaging AI. An unforgettable summer unfolds between a boy who has nowhere to call home and a humanoid girl who dreams of marriage...
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.4%, Adventure 22.3%, Futuristic 16%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, 2D 5.5%
- #45 The Ferryman's Trial
70% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: Viridino Studios
Windows · Linux
Death is searching for a successor. To claim his mantle, you must judge the souls of the dead during a surprisingly short, strange and unsettling job interview where every choice shapes the fate of humanity, including your own.
Why similar: Cinematic 32.1%, Visual Novel 27.5%, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Adventure 15.4%, 2D 8.3%
- #46 Aletta - Visual Novel
74% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Haocheng YangPub: Chocolate Manor
Windows
An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Adventure 22.1%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Stylized 9.9%, 2D 8.7%
- #47 Apocalyptic Love
71% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: HypeTales21
Windows · Linux
Apocalyptic Love: Surviving with my best friend's mom in the underground. A visual novel about forbidden love at the end of the world. When the world collapses, rules no longer matter... except the one you should never have broken.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.2%, Cinematic 24.4%, Adventure 20%, Stylized 8.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%
- #48 Creator - [deep.sleeper] Saga
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: yispySOFT
Windows · Mac
Journey into the world of Creator, where ancient secrets lie beneath neon-lit cities and mechanical titans roam alongside monsters. In Creator - [deep.sleeper] Saga, forge your path as Sonder Moor through three interconnected volumes of discovery and destiny.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Cyberpunk 12.7%, Adventure 10.9%, Stylized 8.9%
- #49 Cat Needs
70% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: LeJunesArt
Windows
Cats are adorable beings but they can be temperamental, some like one thing and some like another. Find the purrrfect way to organize the cats so that everyone has their wishes fulfilled. Be careful for them don't fight each other.... or eat each other's food by mistake. ΦωΦ
Why similar: Cinematic 24.7%, Cats 22.2%, Cartoony 17%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Stylized 10.3%
- #50 つばめの世代
69% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: PECOLIEN
Windows
A young man, rational and cold-blooded because he has lived on the battlefield since childhood, is attacked and injured by bandits. Injured, he takes refuge in a nearby abandoned shelter. There he meets someone. She is an android girl who was manufactured in the olden days as a babysitter.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.7%, Adventure 33.6%, 2D 12.4%, Romance 11.2%
- #51 My wife is a real estate agent
68% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Nicole DusterlyPub: Wet one handed game studio
Windows
Your wife is a real estate agent, beautiful and confident, but increasingly distant from you. You're an observer of her seductive games. Discover a story of passion, jealousy and cuckold fantasies.💋
Why similar: Cinematic 34.2%, Visual Novel 28.9%, Adventure 20.8%, 3D 10.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #52 Motives: The Ultimate Problem
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LockedOn GamesPub: Erabit
Windows · Mac
Top detectives from all over the world are gathered to solve the ultimate world-threatening mystery. Examine clues and piece together deductions in this thrilling visual novel — a direct sequel to Methods: The Detective Competition.
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, Cartoony 20.2%, Stylized 12.8%, Adventure 11.8%, 3D 6.8%
- #53 Persephone Lives
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Gorse Kingdom
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help the scientist manage the routine tasks of an indoor farm in a cold, lonely world. Together, you can keep the farm running and maybe do a little bit of good for humanity. A short and atmospheric visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 10%, 2D 9.4%
- #54 The Cherry Orchard
69% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2020
Dev: Team Dogpit
Windows · Linux
The Cherry Orchard is a 3D kinetic novel adaptation of the classic play by Anton Chekhov. An eccentric aristocrat and her friends try to sort out her debts so that she isn’t forced to sell her beloved cherry orchard, but there’s just one problem: she doesn’t understand the value of money at all.
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Cinematic 23.4%, Stylized 14%, Cartoony 12.8%, 3D 11.5%
- #55 The Pancake Paradox
67% match3 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: 네발달린물고기Ghotifourlegs
Windows
We need to find another way fast because Earth is going to end? A Mars colonization project? I couldn't care less about that... As a genius physicist, I'm going to conduct research on multidimensional observation right here, right now. Until the day I die.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.9%, Adventure 26%, Cartoony 20.1%, Futuristic 15.8%, Linear 3.2%
- #56 Lifetime
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michael Newsome
Windows
Awakening in a land among the stars, play as a cat exploring The Cosmic Island of Recollection in this Third-person open world visual novel in order to regain memories of the life that came before. Search behind rocks, in the grass, and everywhere in-between to discover all 13 memories.
Why similar: Cinematic 34.2%, Visual Novel 31.4%, Stylized 10.7%, 3D 10.3%, Adventure 6.3%
- #57 About an Elf
66% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Meringue Interactive
Windows
About an Elf is a point-and-click-ish, visual-novel-ish game of gigantawesome proportions. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes? If so, maybe you too can find the elftopia!
Why similar: Cinematic 26.1%, Visual Novel 20%, Cats 15.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Stylized 9.2%
- #58 Factory
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Paper Sun Studio
Windows · Linux
A short visual novel about an endless shift at a garment factory. Wonder what gets you liquidated faster: corruption, naivety, or immorality? Industrial melancholy, where nothing goes unpunished.
Why similar: Cinematic 38.8%, Visual Novel 33%, Adventure 12.4%, Atmospheric 8%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
- #59 Eternal ONE
66% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: HOONDAHL STUDIOS LTD
Windows
Eternal ONE is a visual novel game of futuristic fantasy genre, learning about secret of the city while resolving various request of Lucio City.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Cinematic 19.1%, Cyberpunk 19%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Futuristic 10.1%