- #1 The Name Tide Left
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eternal Dream
Windows
At school, I keep running into a mysterious girl. Her gestures as she reads alone feel strangely familiar... yet I do not even know her name. Led by the tides, I draw closer to her secret. Can I shake the feeling that something isn't right? Everything lies hidden in the unfathomable sea.
Why similar: Emotional 18.3%, Psychological 13.4%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Visual Novel 7.9%, Interactive Fiction 7%
- #2 Lenin - The Lion
96% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2019
Dev: Lornyon
Windows
Lenin – The Lion is a Puzzle RPG game about overcoming fears. Walk into chaos and find the claws of loneliness or carefully build your path and find the benefits of understanding and acceptance.
Why similar: Psychological 23.6%, Emotional 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Puzzle 8.3%
- #3 Absurd Story: Back Home
96% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: HcAndersen
Windows
A runaway wanderer, a frail Taoist priest, who want to return to their hometown at the end of the world. But when they step into the empty city, they are swept into the dead ruins…
Why similar: Emotional 21.7%, Psychological 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10%, Puzzle 9.9%, RPG 8.9%
- #4 银心
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roastfish
Windows
内向阴郁的女高中生“月”寻找朋友“银心”的过程中,突然发现她可能是自己妄想出来的。在暴风骤雨一般的反转之中,她走遍每个世界,想要见到银心……
Why similar: Emotional 25%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Female Protagonist 12%, RPG 10.6%, Fantasy 9%
- #5 My Adorable Ghost Story
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mado games
Windows · Mac
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: Emotional 19.1%, Psychological 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, RPG 6.6%, Puzzle 6.4%
- #6 Fallstreak 2: Traum
94% 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: Emotional 22.1%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #7 Echoes of Baikal
93% matchPositive96% of 24 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: Emotional 22.5%, Psychological 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #8 温泉井
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 蚁走工作室
Windows
The Wellspring is a 2.5D narrative puzzle game set in a Chinese school. Play as two characters across different timelines. Switch between them to explore, interact, gather clues, and solve puzzles. Your choices affect the story . Full game includes multiple chapters and locations.
Why similar: Psychological 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, RPG 15.4%, Puzzle 11%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #9 interViolence
91% 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: Emotional 18.9%, Psychological 18.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, RPG 12.9%, Visual Novel 6.9%
- #10 A Mind Apart
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Purple Cat
Windows
A narrative puzzle adventure about a girl lost in a fragmented wonderland where memories become places and reality shifts without warning. Explore surreal spaces, meet strange companions, and uncover a personal story about trauma, healing, and finding a way forward.
Why similar: Psychological 22.1%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Puzzle 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #11 Searching Light
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Clovertales
Windows
Something is wrong with the world — or with the boy walking through it. A surreal pixel adventure across two parallel realities, about fear, memory, and a mind that sees everything differently.
Why similar: Psychological 20.6%, Emotional 18.9%, Narrative 10.6% ★, Puzzle 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #12 Land of Infinite Dreams
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infinite Tales Studio
Windows
Land of Infinite Dreams is a single-player, story-driven action-adventure about Princess Luna, a young girl who escapes into Lunaria — a dreamworld shaped by loss, loneliness, and imagination. She harnesses the power of moonlight to overcome challenges and confront creatures born from her fears.
Why similar: Emotional 17.7%, Psychological 16.3%, Narrative 13% ★, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Fantasy 7.4%
- #13 My Murder
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Second Heart Studio
Windows · Mac
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.
Why similar: Psychological 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Emotional 15%, Female Protagonist 12.7%
- #14 Coralina: a Memory Tale
88% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Gabriel MakiPub: ZNT Productions
Windows
A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!
Why similar: Emotional 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Visual Novel 12%, Puzzle 9.2%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
- #15 Bangkok Story: A Stray Dog
86% matchVery Positive100% of 88 reviews2026
Dev: Shameful Guys Development
Windows · Mac
A top-down 2D story-driven adventure game inspired by real-life events. Traverse and experience the life of a formerly homeless man through an interview of how he regained his sense of self by telling his past to a stray dog. Set in Bangkok, Thailand 2017.
Why similar: Psychological 23.8%, Emotional 20.4%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #16 Facing the Rain
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Peremett-Studio
Windows
Story-driven RPG adventure, where you take the role of a hotel maid in her first job. Soon you notice the gloom surrounding the hotel and its owner. But doing the right things, you can make a difference.
Why similar: Psychological 18.7%, Emotional 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #17 Go Groundshel!
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Curaxuan
Windows · Mac
Go Groundshel! is a puzzle adventure game in which a groundhog girl endeavors to save her male partner from the villain. However, before locating him, she needs to solve a personal issue: finding a usable toilet!
Why similar: Psychological 23.9%, Emotional 14.4%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Exploration 8.4%, Cute 8%
- #18 Penrose
85% 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: Psychological 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Emotional 16%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #19 OU
84% matchVery Positive91% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: room6Pub: G-MODE
Windows
"Between something and someone." U-chronia is a mysterious world constantly changing like a book whose pages are flipped out of order. You will wear the shoes of OU, the protagonist, to live through this game-shaped experience—without knowing what it really is.
Why similar: Psychological 23.3%, Emotional 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Fantasy 9.4%
- #20 徘徊之碑 - Lingering Stele
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: AMLae
Windows
"Haven't seen you in forever." A narrative-driven RPG about the heart. In a peaceful world where all conflict has come to an end, is there still a chance to make up for the words left unspoken?
Why similar: Psychological 35.5%, Emotional 24%, RPG 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #21 Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss
83% matchVery Positive89% of 366 reviews2024
Dev: Sarepta StudioPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.
Why similar: Psychological 22.5%, Emotional 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Adventure 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #22 金鱼症候群 Goldfish Syndrome
82% 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: Psychological 29.3%, Visual Novel 18.4%, RPG 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Emotional 11.4%
- #23 Red Bow: Strange Dream
81% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Stranga GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Embark on an immersive adventure alongside Roh as she tries to break free from her strange dream.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Psychological 11.2%, Emotional 10.2%
- #24 Fishbowl
79% matchVery Positive95% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a slow and tender narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Why similar: Emotional 21.2%, Psychological 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #25 随风而逝 Story About Times
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: cdhy interactive
Windows
Time is the only thing we can't resist. Some people and things will never be found once they are lost. In the dark, a man was walking alone. The moment when you turn back, don't forget the place where came from!
Why similar: Emotional 20.1%, Psychological 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Narrative 11.9% ★, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #26 Anxiety Puppy
78% matchVery Positive96% of 257 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: Psychological 23.5%, Emotional 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Cute 9.8%
- #27 Meet Her There
80% 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: Psychological 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Emotional 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #28 羽翼的祈愿 - Feather Of Praying
81% matchVery Positive95% of 335 reviews2018
Dev: 秋之忧郁Pub: Eternal Dream
Windows
This is a horror puzzle RPG first released in 2016. Players control Qiu Xiaoqi as she explores a mysterious room filled with puzzles alongside a white-haired youth. They unravel mechanisms to uncover the truth behind her loss of consciousness. Will the wish be fulfilled? The story is yours to shape!
Why similar: Emotional 18.6%, Psychological 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #29 Until Then
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,965 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: Emotional 27.5%, Psychological 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #30 红夏
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Anning004
Windows
《红夏》是一款以剧情体验为主的视觉小说游戏。八月末的某天,二十多名师生被神秘地困在学校里,等待他们的将是一场自相残杀……
Why similar: Psychological 27.4%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Emotional 15.1%, RPG 11.9%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #31 Night Loops
77% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Psychological 22.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, RPG 7.6%
- #32 你离开之后
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 莓奶滋工作室
Windows
《你离开之后》是一款文字互动类乙女向游戏,再次醒来时你发现自已似乎已经是一缕魂魄了,你的爱人在你离开后变得敏感脆弱,而你的行为将会或直接或间接的影响到他,最终走向不同的结局。 一款美味的鳏夫文学,你的冷漠与无视会让向来冷静矜持的爱人在你面前发疯变得歇斯底里,你的捉弄会让他在梦里情难自已,你的一举一动都会让他改变,你离开之后,他活成了你的样子,或是你想要的样子。
Why similar: Emotional 26.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Female Protagonist 16.8%, RPG 14%, Multiple Endings 12.4%
- #33 Dream Cleaners
76% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Jam Language
Windows
A metaphorical interactive story game which presents real mental health conditions through conversations and puzzles.
Why similar: Psychological 27.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Emotional 18.7%, Cute 10.2%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #34 ARCHETYPES - The Rite Of Passage
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dominik Saur
Windows
Discover the depth of your personality while journeying along the path of initiation as the young Viking Olaf. Every choice will impact your environment, and contribute to a map of your archetypal psychology. Embrace your inner warrior, lover, chieftain, and druid - and change the world!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Psychological 16.6%, Emotional 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.3%, RPG 11.4%
- #35 Hypnosis : Quiet Nights
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MOMO Mind Lab
Windows
A psychological exploration game combining dialogue and side-scrolling action. Guide a sleepless girl through a journey of dreams, medication, and fragile emotions. Enter her dreams, battle adorable yet dangerous creatures, and gently change the course of her fate.
Why similar: Psychological 31%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, RPG 8.7%, Cute 8.6%
- #36 神明高中生 - Cosmic High Schooler
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 朔月鹰Pub: Cosmic Train
Windows
一款融合了恋爱元素的AVG视觉小说作品,以中式校园为背景,讲述了关于幻想、宇宙与高中生懵懂青春的故事。
Why similar: Emotional 20.4%, Psychological 15%, Visual Novel 14%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, RPG 9%
- #37 Everdine - A Lost Girl's Tale
74% matchPositive82% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: Starlit Castle
Windows
Everdine finds herself lost in a forest of eternal twilight. Help her gather the needed ingredients to perform a magic ritual to escape before the dangers of these woods devour poor Everdine. ~ A short, atmospheric, fairy tale vibes RPG Maker horror adventure.
Why similar: Emotional 17.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #38 Ficciones//Nihility, Sea & Blissful Jellyfish
73% 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: Psychological 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, RPG 15.6%, Emotional 13.4%
- #39 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life
73% matchVery Positive89% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Psychological 20.5%, Emotional 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Narrative 10.2% ★
- #40 The Little Witch and The Lost Memories
73% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Asahi
Windows
The Little Witch and The Lost Memories is an exploration-based adventure game set in the dreams of a girl who has lost her memories. The game's story unfolds as she uncovers various secrets while exploring her dream world.
Why similar: Emotional 18.8%, Visual Novel 13%, Puzzle 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Cute 9.1%
- #41 Meat Girl
71% 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: Psychological 27.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #42 Silent Numbers
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio T12
Windows
A promising facility has fallen to ruin, yet experiments continue to torment. Traverse the depths, restore minds turned into code. Troubleshoot repression, live to see tomorrow.
Why similar: Psychological 20.9%, Emotional 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Narrative 8.9% ★, RPG 8.8%
- #43 Leila
69% matchVery Positive87% of 627 reviews2025
Dev: Ubik Studios
Windows · Mac
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.
Why similar: Psychological 21.3%, Emotional 17%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Narrative 10.4% ★, Female Protagonist 9.4%
- #44 The Mermaid of Zennor
72% 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: Emotional 20.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Psychological 17.2%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #45 Invisible Wings: Chapter One
72% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Audune
Windows
Help Dawn, a young woman of faerie descent, with her first steps into loving and accepting who she is in a modern world where faeries and humans were supposed to live in harmony.
Why similar: Psychological 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Emotional 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Female Protagonist 11.2%
- #46 虞州的罪羊
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 虞州制作组Pub: 无
Windows · Mac
A multi ending narrative AVG.When nightmares and hallucinations alternate,you have to find the only truth among the many possible endings.
Why similar: Psychological 25.1%, Emotional 19.2%, Multiple Endings 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
- #47 SVETIK
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AEVI Studio
Windows
SVETIK is a dark top-down RPG where your only source of light is a living being. Svetik remembers your words, changes over time, and may leave you in complete darkness. Can you restore the sun if the light itself stops trusting you?
Why similar: Psychological 29.1%, Emotional 21%, Multiple Endings 8%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #48 Free Will
69% matchVery Positive96% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: Kipps In A BoxPub: Meowdy
Windows
Free Will is a 2D psychological puzzle RPG where the puzzles happen outside of the game. Dig deep into the system code to fix the corruption, and uncover information that might be better off hidden.
Why similar: Psychological 40.6%, Puzzle 15.2%, RPG 14.4%, Emotional 10.6%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
- #49 Beloved Bound
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lylac Games
Windows
A story-driven puzzle game about a boy trapped in a mysterious virtual sanctuary. Explore, solve puzzles, and discover the secrets hidden in a world that never lets him go.
Why similar: Psychological 28.5%, Emotional 19.4%, Narrative 10.7% ★, Surreal 9%, Cute 8.2%
- #50 Eliza
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,755 reviews2019
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.
Why similar: Emotional 28.7%, Psychological 28.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Atmospheric 7%
- #51 In The Ember 余烬之中
71% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
Angelina was originally an ordinary adventurer.But since she met a weird man and robbed her of her job,everything has changed.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Emotional 16.9%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, RPG 12.2%, Cute 10.8%
- #52 I Need to Leave
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Type-B
Windows · Mac
I Need To Leave is a point-and-click escape game. The door is never locked, yet you keep returning to where you started. Search for clues and find the right way to leave this shared apartment of anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Psychological 19.9%, Emotional 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Puzzle 8.8%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #53 On Donuts and Holes
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 宮村あつきPub: room6
Windows
A psychological adventure through a dreamy landscape. Face unanswerable questions to reach the ultimate enigmas: Who are you? Who am I?
Why similar: Psychological 18.2%, Emotional 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Narrative 8.7% ★
- #54 Dreamland
67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: KALPAKHCHEV
Windows
A group of young people decides to find out why they are seeing mysterious symbols. As they unravel the mystery, they travel through other worlds that are indistinguishable from those seen in dreams. One can only hope that this will not turn into a nightmare for them...
Why similar: Psychological 21.4%, Emotional 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, RPG 8.6%
- #55 Heart to Heart
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Olive Lantern Studio
Windows
Collect expressions to use in conversations as you immerse yourself in each character’s psychological journey, where your words, decisions, and even your thoughts determine the course of every story. Plant flowers, drink tea, and have fun romancing as you help bring the village back to life.
Why similar: Emotional 28.2%, Psychological 27.6%, Visual Novel 8.3%, RPG 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 6.2%
- #56 Oh man, a Train.
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TABLEAUX THEORY
Windows
A short modern visual novel in which a young woman wanders into a [theoretically] abandoned train station, only to find people from her past waiting inside.
Why similar: Psychological 19.6%, Emotional 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Cute 7.6%
- #57 90 Minutes Till The World Ends
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Rookie PixelsPub: Rookie Pixels
Windows
90 minutes remain until the world ends. Will you face the end with regret or go out with a bang?”
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Emotional 18.2%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Exploration 14.4%
- #58 Feral Absence
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michael Rfdshir
Windows
An existential drama in handmade clay animation. Game writer Eric is replaced by AI. He loses everything, and it's the best thing that's ever happened to him.
Why similar: Psychological 26.8%, Emotional 19.7%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #59 Finding Paradise
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,325 reviews2017
Dev: Freebird Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Two doctors traverse backwards through a dying man's memories to fulfill his last wish. This is To the Moon's standalone sequel, but can also be played first.
Why similar: Psychological 22.6%, Emotional 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, RPG 7.7%