- #1 Late Bird
97% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2022
Dev: Vladimir SlavPub: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Point & Click 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #2 Midnight Special
96% matchVery Positive83% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Scared Stupid IncPub: Yahaha Games
Windows
Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles to escape. Will you go gentle into that good night?
Why similar: Alternate History 19.6%, 1980s 17.7%, Point & Click 14.4%, Text-Based 13.3%, Retro 11.1%
- #3 Tavern Days
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: StudioMSG
Windows
Tarvern Days is a single-player game made with RPG Maker MV. Become a bar owner in a fantasy world and run a tarvern for 14 days. Find out how your choices determine the fate of your characters. (Almost) everything is in your hands.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 45.8% ★, Visual Novel 23.1%, Text-Based 19%, RPG 8.4%, Indie 2%
- #4 Video Nightz
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Kraze
Windows
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: Shop Keeper 41.3% ★, Point & Click 16.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Retro 3.7%
- #5 The Spirit Weaver
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StarBullet StudioPub: GameChanger Studio
Windows
The Spirit Weaver is a narrative-driven visual novel where you use the power of Tarot to guide lost spirits through their grief, and maybe figure out your own. Explore a mystical spirit realm, help its denizens, and restore balance in a bittersweet story of love, loss, and empathy.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Point & Click 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Text-Based 9.8%, Drama 9.2%
- #6 Time travel light novels are full of beautiful girls
94% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: CHEN JIE
Windows
A visual novel that combines 10 categories of online novels (Ancient Xuan Realm,Celestial Scheming,Xianxia Cultivation,Immortals Chronicle,Dharma Body Rebirth,Spirit Pact Novel,Immortal Heroines Saga,Mortal Bonds Record,Dao Origin System,Mystic Realm Odyssey).
Why similar: Alternate History 28.5%, Visual Novel 22%, Drama 19.3%, Stylized 11.9%, RPG 7%
- #7 Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II
93% matchVery Positive90% of 151 reviews2017
Dev: Wispfire
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on colonial tides. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
Why similar: Alternate History 34.1%, Point & Click 26.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Drama 12.5%, Indie 5.3%
- #8 Gaze Into Fate
92% matchMixed61% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: IKOUYOPub: IKOU GmbH
Windows
A meditative and story-driven puzzle game, where you must discover answers to decisions, we all have to make. Can you make a change in a world of endless wars?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Alternate History 14.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #9 Who is Jack
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anvil Studio
Windows
This is a narrative-driven optical illusion puzzle game featuring hand-drawn retro-style visuals. Players assume the role of a barter merchant who gathers crucial clues through conversations, then leverages these hints and planar optical illusions to transform objects with matching silhouettes.
Why similar: Isometric 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Text-Based 13.8%, Stylized 12%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
- #10 The Tiny World
91% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Remus
Windows
The Tiny World is a drama visual novel. A New Year's story about a long separation from home, family, friends, and tears freezing in the cold.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Drama 17.3%, Text-Based 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
- #11 Looped
90% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Hamlin
Windows · Linux
Looped is a short interactive story told through hand-drawn animation. Guide Him and Her through the chapters of their story by solving peaceful mini-puzzles and find a way out of the loop.
Why similar: Alternate History 17.1%, Isometric 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Point & Click 14.2%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
- #12 A Taste of the Past
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,768 reviews2022
Dev: Sondering Studio
Windows
What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 15.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Text-Based 13%, Drama 10.7%
- #13 My Dream is a Lost Memory
89% matchVery Positive90% of 241 reviews2022
Dev: LeJunesArt
Windows
My dream is a Lost Memory is a short interactive story about having Déjà vu, realizing that this Déjà vu came to you because of a dream, and then wondering if that dream is actually a memory. It's a story about work, limitations and self-respect.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Point & Click 16.7%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Drama 12.6%, Minimalist 11.3%
- #14 Next of Kin: Fidelity
88% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Spelkväll Games
Windows
Step into the shoes of Bjorn, a man with a troubled past. One day, he meets a woman who resembles one of Bjorn's childhood friends who disappeared, and also shares the same name - Leyla. Is she his long-lost friend or someone else?
Why similar: 1980s 20.6%, Point & Click 18.9%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 12.4%, Minimalist 10.1%
- #15 Seaside Picnic
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: unSAMEPub: Shepherd Games
Windows
A mini point and click puzzle + visual novel, an experience of Nihilism and self-salvation. The storm is coming. The storm has never left.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Point & Click 19.6%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Text-Based 10.5%, RPG 10.1%
- #16 Remember Us
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bambu Studios
Windows · Mac
"Remember Us" is an emotional adventure game where you witness the final moments of Dean, an Alzheimer's patient, as he tries to remember his beloved wife Marta and his past before passing away. Find objects, revive memories, and discover Dean's poignant farewell moment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Visual Novel 17%, Text-Based 16%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Drama 9.4%
- #17 Colorless
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: AetherString Studio
Windows
In a world ruled by a single shade of green, color is the ultimate taboo—and the ultimate truth. Explore, restore, and then choose: Will you maintain the illusion of order, or embrace the chaos of color?
Why similar: Drama 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Text-Based 13.2%, 1980s 12.6%, Retro 9.1%
- #18 Travelling Light
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio IDUNPub: Yotsuba Interactive
Windows · Mac
Travelling Light is a narrative game about four friends, Lars, Leah, Samson, and Ivy, caught in the turbulence of their early thirties. Inspired by real events, this experience lets you step into each perspective as love, friendship, and heartbreak collide.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Point & Click 18.5%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Drama 10.2%
- #19 Creepslore
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Sonant
Windows · Linux
Enter a world filled with drunk monsters and their offbeat shenanigans: Birdman's arm got stolen as part of a performance art. Lettuce wants you to eat him. Doctor Scientist rents his body out to a Wound Parasite, and the Talking Lamp is... well, a talking lamp. Wait- WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Text-Based 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12%, Isometric 11.8%, Point & Click 11.4%
- #20 Lunar Farer: Home Beginnings
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StarvdevGames
Windows
Lunar Farer Home Beginnings is a room decorating game where stories of different characters are shown through the lenses of their homes, by decorating these homes you will get see the lives of these characters.
Why similar: Isometric 47.5%, Point & Click 25.6%, Stylized 10.7%, Casual 7.3%, 2D 4.9%
- #21 Travel to GolemPark
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HGISoft
Windows
The main character unexpectedly wins tickets to a robot festival. It seems that all they need to do is gather their friends and hit the road, but on their way to the coveted destination, unexpected difficulties await them...
Why similar: Isometric 25%, Point & Click 22.3%, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Alternate History 12.5%, Stylized 10%
- #22 Crisis: The Third Way
80% matchVery Positive92% of 1,618 reviews2025
Dev: DUALITY
Windows
"Crisis: The Third Way" is a fantastic visual novel set in a world struggling to recover from a devastating financial crisis that led to World War III.
Why similar: Alternate History 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Minimalist 10.5%
- #23 PACTUM + EPISODE 1
82% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Ponctum
Windows · Linux
Explore all the different routes of PACTUM! Try to discover more about what really happened. Learn more about each character by picking between some... story-changing choices!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Point & Click 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Hand-drawn 8.7%
- #24 AGERASIA
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Olivia WestmorlandPub: Rantan Games
Windows
Eight time periods from across human history collide in a competitive bid to stop the end of the world. Go from fighting monsters to solving a murder, dating sim to escape game. Experience seven vastly different routes in a bid to solve the mystery as to why you've all been brought together.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Point & Click 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.4%, 1980s 16.4%, Hand-drawn 10.4%
- #25 七星探偵倶楽部~黄金虫たちの帰巣~
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: POTGAMES
Windows
A clickable adventure game reminiscent of detective adventure games of the '80s and '90s. The story follows the main character, a young detective, as he meets a series of unique characters and works to solve a case.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Drama 14.6%, 1980s 12.8%, Text-Based 12.7%
- #26 金烬秋明
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 光羽造物
Windows
A visual novel set in an ancient, alternate world. Explore this stormy and unstable country alongside Jiang Jin and Zhaoming, gradually encountering the shifting intrigues of the court. Whether you choose to stay on the sidelines or step forward is up to you
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Alternate History 20.5%, Text-Based 11.7%, RPG 10.3%
- #27 Shards Between Us
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Queensguard GamesPub: ScribbleScape
Windows · Mac
With their family and home on the brink of collapse, two magical sisters must find a way to grow together. Join their coming of age journey in this healing, heartfelt head-scratcher.
Why similar: Isometric 28.2%, Visual Novel 18%, Point & Click 17.5%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Stylized 9.3%
- #28 Hyrax In The Rocks
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The East Patch
Windows
LOOK, USE, TALK, and TAKE your way through this old-school text-based mystery of a broken kingdom. Only you can pry at the castle cracks and discover what lies at the core of a heart-breaking disappearance.
Why similar: 1980s 24.2%, Text-Based 21.1%, Retro 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, RPG 11.1%
- #29 Disney Villains Cursed Café
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Bloom Digital MediaPub: Disney
Windows
Stir up a fresh take on iconic Disney Villains in this rich visual novel.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Casual 8.2%
- #30 Dreamsink
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AuroraMend Studio
Windows
She wakes in a cold room, an empty pill bottle by her side. Did she forget something important? Drawn into twisted dreams of anxiety and self-doubt, she must confront familiar mental shackles. Face deep grief and find the light in this psychological adventure...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Point & Click 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Text-Based 13.2%, Drama 12.6%
- #31 The Grim Nightmare of Nibras
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: FreeAnimals_Software
Windows
The Grim Nightmare of Nibras is a story with the search for objects in gloomy locations.
Why similar: Point & Click 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Stylized 10.3%, Exploration 6.3%
- #32 Pip's Potion Shop
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Temple 7 Studios
Windows
With your shop on the line, meet unique characters and craft potions of every flavor in this short, light-hearted game. From giant constructs to quirky little creatures, listen to their troubles and mix the right ingredients to create a potion that soothes their hearts and satisfies their cravings!
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43% ★, Visual Novel 17.5%, Point & Click 14.5%, RPG 8%, Casual 5.7%
- #33 Don't Let Me Fade
76% matchVery Positive99% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Point & Click 24.5%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Text-Based 12.6%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #34 The Niflhel Day
77% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Dnovel
Windows
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: Alternate History 18.3%, Point & Click 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #35 Can I Get a Job?
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fallen Prod
Windows
Operator, you have been appointed to the position of labor resource allocator. The System observes and analyzes every decision you make. Compliance with instructions is recommended. Begin work.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 28.6% ★, Point & Click 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Text-Based 10.2%, Minimalist 8.7%
- #36 PRODUCER 2021
75% matchVery Positive100% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Stuffed Wombat
Windows
a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.
Why similar: Alternate History 17.1%, 1980s 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Point & Click 14.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #37 The Mire of Miss Audacity
74% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Bamboo Calculator
Windows · Mac · Linux
After waking up in a world without her sister, Miss Alexandra Audacity believes she's been left out of a conspiracy between her flaky friends and secretive husband. Guide her through five timelines mired by false memories while trying to keep her sanity, and yours.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Drama 21.2%, Stylized 18.5%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #38 梦蝶
73% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2023
Dev: 炭焱网络 Tantrum NetworkPub: East2West Games
Windows
《梦蝶》是一款水墨画风,以汉字拆解重组为解谜核心的游戏。辽沐跟随着一只蝴蝶,来到了儿时母亲提起的“隐世”,为了能见到隐世中的仙人完成心愿,开始了一场与”汉字”紧密结合的冒险。通过对“汉字”的理解,重新拆解组合,变化出能破解谜题的“关键字”,重新感悟每个汉字背后所寄宿的故事。
Why similar: Text-Based 20%, Drama 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Minimalist 12.1%, Stylized 9.9%
- #39 コ、今に在り - Ko ima ni ari
72% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: 314ismePub: Gray Owl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ko ima ni ari is an interactive story-driven game about the past, present and future of someone loosing slowly their sight.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Drama 13.6%, Minimalist 12.9%
- #40 Echoes
74% matchVery Positive81% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Baba Nura
Windows
Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Text-Based 15.3%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Stylized 8.9%
- #41 Please pay the rent!
71% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: 男爵トマトPub: BokiBoki Games
Windows
You found success through an unexpected investment, living a carefree life managing properties. One day, two letters from tenants spark your curiosity. Visiting their residence, you meet two elegant women, their refined demeanor hiding subtle unease, drawing you in to uncover the story behind it.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Point & Click 22.2%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Drama 10.2%, Casual 7.8%
- #42 Into the Waves
73% matchVery Positive92% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Point & Click 18.5%, Text-Based 13.2%, Drama 13%
- #43 Anxiety Puppy
70% matchVery Positive97% of 222 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: Text-Based 19.7%, Drama 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Point & Click 9.5%
- #44 The Azure One
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 好运风(Breezeborne Games)Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Follow Qiu Xu as he meets the girl racing in the sunlight and three others, each with her own story. Through daily life at the municipal high school, your key choices will lead toward redemption, companionship, or an unexpected path.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.2%, Drama 24%, Interactive Fiction 22.5%, RPG 13.2%, 2D 6.1%
- #45 The Leak
71% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Fatih Mert
Windows
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Text-Based 16%, Minimalist 14.8%, Drama 14.7%
- #46 Project: Home!
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NiktarinPub: Sei-ren
Windows · Mac · Linux
After losing your job, you return to your hometown to rebuild your life—and your family house. But you’re not alone. Two old friends, Lola and Mira, offer to help you renovate… and maybe build something more.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Point & Click 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 14.8%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #47 Coastline Courier
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salamander Paper
Windows
Welcome to Anssoloin's new postman! After years of hard work, you've finally been able to buy your own post office by the sea. Learn more about the village and its residents through your work. Will you be able to fit in your new community? Sort the mail, discover new things, chat, and relax.
Why similar: Shop Keeper 43% ★, Point & Click 17.1%, Alternate History 16.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%, RPG 5.6%
- #48 halfmoon
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: lvl374
Windows
halfmoon is a short adventure game set in a reception office for the deceased, the final stop before the afterlife.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Point & Click 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Minimalist 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #49 Retention
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 702 reviews2015
Dev: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
Why similar: Point & Click 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Drama 12.4%, Minimalist 11.8%
- #50 Snow Cone Serenade
68% matchVery Positive97% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: potion of midi
Windows
Snow Cone Serenade is a short and sweet liminal adventure. Choose your mood and roll the dice to succeed or fail in spicy situations. Enter a cursed snow world to save your sick dog, Jedediah. Unravel a mind-bending mystery to face your innermost fears.
Why similar: Isometric 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Point & Click 16.1%, Drama 13.1%, Text-Based 13%
- #51 Spring Tales
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: RAF Games
Windows
Rebuild Blossomdale after a storm in this cozy puzzle adventure. Fix broken circuits, organize clutter, and bake treats to save the Spring Festival. Unwind with satisfying puzzles and help your neighbors bring Blossomdale back to life.
Why similar: Isometric 24.8%, Shop Keeper 18.4% ★, Point & Click 15.4%, Hand-drawn 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #52 No Longer Home
70% matchMixed64% of 426 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Point & Click 17%, Minimalist 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Drama 11.5%
- #53 Strange House
69% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Games4Wonders
Windows
Сity of sadness, where everyone tries to survive, in which there is no place for anyone and which is infinitely huge. It absorbs everyone who is not ready to live by his rules. Are you ready for this?
Why similar: Point & Click 18.1%, 1980s 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Alternate History 13.6%, Hand-drawn 12%
- #54 永安百年
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: dd_dog_bb
Windows
This is a PC role-playing independent game. You were born in the south of Yong'an City, and as you grew up, you made many friends. After entering the lord's mansion, can you stick to your true heart when facing the temptation of fame and fortune.
Why similar: Alternate History 26.6%, Text-Based 24.2%, Visual Novel 24.1%, RPG 9.4%, Indie 6.7%
- #55 夜の名前
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ヨアケラボ
Windows
We were completely different, but back then we were both obsessed with the same thing in the same place... “The Name of the Night” is a text-based adventure game that explores the arcade music game culture of 2000 through the story of two girls' delicate emotions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.6%, Drama 20.9%, Hand-drawn 18.6%, Text-Based 16.3%, Retro 16.1%
- #56 栖云异梦
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: 炭焱网络 Tantrum NetworkPub: East2West Games
Windows
《栖云异梦》是一款由叙事驱动的指向点击冒险解谜游戏。在一次午后,主角方哲收到了一个包裹,其中的线索竟指向失踪多年的母亲。循环的梦魇、惊悚的哨音、多年前的来信...方哲为了解开真相踏上了一段奇异的冒险。剧场中的魅影、不为人知的密室、诡异的古村,梦境与现实交错,指引他步步逼近真相......
Why similar: Point & Click 20.8%, Drama 17.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Exploration 7.2%
- #57 Thargelia
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Separated by disaster. Connected by choices.In Thargelia, a narrative adventure multiplayer game for two players, your decisions shape more than just your own fate. Cooperate, sabotage, or survive at any cost. How far are you willing to go to save your own life?
Why similar: 1980s 19.6%, Point & Click 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Drama 12.4%
- #58 Hostil
69% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2017
Dev: Eteru Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 16.6%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
- #59 The Great Artists
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: ChaseFOX
Windows
Five phantom thieves unexpectedly bump into each other at an art museum, a moment later, an art piece vanishes.
Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, Exploration 9.8%, Casual 9.1%
- #60 Scribe
65% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: TalesBar
Windows
Scribe is a scribe simulator in which you can secretly shape the destinies of the inhabitants of the estate: resolve disputes, influence the course of family intrigues, decide who lives and who does not. Choose what to write in letters and whether to change their recipients!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Text-Based 18.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Point & Click 14.4%, Drama 13.2%