- #1 Syntherapy
97% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2020
Dev: Crowned Daemon StudiosPub: V Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
If an AI were sentient, how would you know if they were malfunctioning, or experiencing a mental health problem? A story-rich game that explores mental health and AI ethics in the form of therapy sessions with a sentient AI.
Why similar: Medical Sim 22% ★, Psychological 14.2%, Emotional 10%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #2 AN IOU
96% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Red Room Games
Windows · Mac
AN IOU is the debut visual novel by Davey Cadaver. The music, backgrounds, & characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. The user takes the POV of the protagonist to experience a memorable story with an incredible soundtrack and multiple endings.
Why similar: Soundtrack 17.6% ★, Emotional 12.6%, Psychological 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Conversation 9.6%
- #3 Mother May I
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CloudSnake
Windows
Unravel the story of three siblings determined to break free from the iron grip of an AI named "Mother." In a world of virtual imprisonment, navigate rebellion, unveil dark secrets, and fight for freedom. Will you defy Mother's control, or succumb to her virtual prison?
Why similar: Dystopian 19.9%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #4 IA
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Otternot
Windows · Mac
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: Psychological 24.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9.6%
- #5 To Be With You
94% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Illus Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
Why similar: Psychological 16.8%, Emotional 12.5%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Conversation 9.3%
- #6 One's Own Exile
93% matchVery Positive100% of 394 reviews2025
Dev: Updog Software
Windows
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Emotional 17.8%, Dystopian 15.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Dark 12%
- #7 Eliza
94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,720 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: Psychological 23.1%, Emotional 19.9%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Dystopian 13.4%
- #8 Ghost of Ice Valley
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ProjeKt VAnguard
Windows
Ghost of Ice valley is a Visual Novel where you follow multiple different storylines and make choices according to what you believe the characters may do in that situation. Interact in the Interview system to find out more about the characters and about yourself as you go along.
Why similar: Dystopian 16.2%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #9 Too Real
91% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: partingZSSII
Windows
A short, hand-drawn narrative about memory, loss, and final conversations. Explore the quiet streets of the past and decide what you're ready to let go.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.8%, Emotional 17.6%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Psychological 11.5%, Conversation 10.6%
- #10 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
91% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.
Why similar: Psychological 22%, Emotional 15.2%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Stylized 7%
- #11 Return to Ash
90% matchVery Positive98% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
Why similar: Emotional 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological 14.5%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #12 Leila
89% matchVery Positive88% of 568 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 18.9%, Soundtrack 18.8% ★, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Emotional 12.8%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #13 I Did Not Buy This Ticket
89% matchVery Positive87% of 369 reviews2023
Dev: Tiago RechPub: Time Galleon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Weep for the dead! In this short psychological horror story, play as a professional mourner travelling between funerals. Ride a nightmarish bus whose destination depends on how you choose to face your traumas.
Why similar: Psychological 17.5%, Emotional 13.1%, Conversation 11.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Female Protagonist 9.9%
- #14 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing and destiny. When her brother disappears, Elham's desperate search plunges her into a world of haunting visions, buried truths, and battles against dark forces. Will she find her true calling and embrace the light? or will she succumb to darkness
Why similar: Emotional 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Psychological 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
- #15 金鱼症候群 Goldfish Syndrome
87% 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 28.3%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Conversation 11.4%, Emotional 9.3%
- #16 Opawration!
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: chinchingames
Windows
A 2D, veterinarian horror game. In this game, select the appropriate treatment and treat patients with topical products injections, surgeries. Treat patients over the course of 7 days, using the in-game computer to research the best treatment option. Playtime is 30 minutes.
Why similar: Medical Sim 46.5% ★, Choices Matter 11.5%, Dark 11.2%, Dystopian 11%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #17 Scropia
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LuvenoidPub: Luvenoid
Windows
Navigate a dystopian city, uncover secrets, and shape your path in this story-driven sci-fi visual novel.
Why similar: Transhumanism 26.7% ★, Psychological 17.6%, Immersive Sim 11%, Visual Novel 10%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
- #18 BLACKWELL
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PolyDraft Studio
Windows
You are a Mech plague doctor treating a family infected by a disease that spreads through emotions, and mutates them into monsters. Your choices decide their fate.
Why similar: Medical Sim 31.2% ★, Psychological 14.8%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #19 The Quiet After
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grigsby's World Productions, LLC
Windows
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: Psychological 25%, Emotional 15.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #20 Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 269 reviews2023
Dev: DON'T NOD
Windows
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
Why similar: Soundtrack 22.6% ★, Emotional 12.8%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Female Protagonist 11.6%
- #21 Alex's Journey to the Grave
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Two people meet in a strange, critical moment; changing their lives forever. An intimate visual novel exploring the nature of love, fate, tragedy, and the will to live on.
Why similar: Psychological 18.4%, Soundtrack 17.9% ★, Emotional 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%
- #22 All Our Broken Parts
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 锡鸟 Tin BirdPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Experience a story-driven adventure game as a robot doctor. In a city of robots, illness is looming. Crack open ports and units to trace causes. Diagnose, repair and cross paths with robots and stories. Uncover secrets buried in the past and future, discover the truth that makes each robot unique.
Why similar: Medical Sim 28.8% ★, Dystopian 18.4%, Conversation 10.9%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #23 Jump the Track
81% matchVery Positive97% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Seed by Seed
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're Sam, a young dreamer struggling in the gig economy. However, tonight may change everything. In this absurd comedy, fight your inner battles, rally your forces, and get ready to overthrow the system!
Why similar: Psychological 22.7%, Dystopian 22.4%, Emotional 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #24 Fishbowl
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a 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: Psychological 20%, Emotional 17.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Conversation 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%
- #25 and yet, we dream
81% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: arda bolat
Windows · Mac · Linux
a psychological visual novel where you investigate the souls of the dead. spend time with them, analyze their past, file reports to decide their eternal fate.
Why similar: Psychological 20.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Emotional 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11%
- #26 Graveyard Girls
80% matchVery Positive98% of 158 reviews2022
Dev: Delphinium Interactive
Windows
Graveyard Girls is a halloween-themed yuri visual novel about complicated grief and overcoming hardships. Collect Elle’s “scribbles” to learn about her struggles, befriend a mysterious girl, and have a conversation about death.
Why similar: Psychological 20.1%, Emotional 15.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Dark 10.4%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #27 Jessica's Choices - Forced [Episode 1]
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoAdventures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your story continues right where Origins left off. Whether Jessica finds herself wandering the streets alone, caught in George’s web of deceit, or trapped in the unsettling confines of Margaret Thatuals under Professor Trounch’s watchful gaze and the orderlies, every choice matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Psychological 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #28 A Week in Paradise
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EtrikiaPub: Soft Serve Games
Windows
A Week in Paradise is an interactive narrative mystery. Discover the unusual circumstances of your arrival to a bar called Paradise, and drink through the night with the bar's charismatic regular. Each night, unravel the threads holding back memories in your dreams.
Why similar: Conversation 16.7%, Emotional 14.2%, Psychological 14%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #29 Regrets
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: T.E.R. Yarally
Windows
Do you ever feel like life is slipping away, with too many dreams left unfulfilled? Like you're trapped in wanting to do so much, but never quite getting to any of it? Doesn't that thought scare you—looking back on a life that accomplished nothing, fading without leaving a mark? It scares me too.
Why similar: Psychological 27.8%, Emotional 21.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #30 30 minutes until my brain dies
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: WanderKokos
Windows
The silence of space. The whisper of memories. The last 30 minutes before your mind fades away. A story about farewell, choice, and pain.
Why similar: Soundtrack 33.7% ★, Psychological 28.5%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Hand-drawn 10%, Futuristic 5.4%
- #31 Stellar Reflections
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Badger Can Fly
Windows
Aurelia is a nobody living out her life on a space station orbiting Earth, spending her days working in a junkyard, frequenting a bar, or retreating to her cabin. She will confront a life-altering decision that challenges her perception of the world. Can she change and grow, or is she too far gone?
Why similar: Dystopian 21.6%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Futuristic 9.1%
- #32 Take As Needed
78% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Chromeleon Games
Windows · Mac
Assume a lead drug development role at Mazer- the foremost pharmaceutical company in the world! Create groundbreaking drugs for your customers, work hard to impress your bosses, and try not to ruffle too many feathers...
Why similar: Dystopian 26%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Conversation 13.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #33 Locus Equation
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VERALOMNA
Windows
You are an anthropod, a synthetically crafted life form. Your objective is to save the ones who are stuck on an uninhabited planet. Persuade, charm, manipulate: use your ultimate power—freedom of choice—in sci-fi role playing hyper variative game LOCUS EQUATION.
Why similar: Transhumanism 26.4% ★, Psychological 17%, Emotional 13.1%, Dystopian 12.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #34 After the Stream Went Dark
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Joe Kerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 19.2%, Psychological 19.1%, Hand-drawn 17%, Emotional 15.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #35 Victorian Debutante
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid Darkness
Windows · Mac
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Psychological 14.5%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Choices Matter 13%
- #36 End of Lines
75% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Dystopian 20.2%, Psychological 14.9%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.4%
- #37 Uraz the Journalist
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Balarısı Games
Windows · Mac
Every headline has a cost. Shape the story of a city — and watch what it turns you into.
Why similar: Psychological 27.4%, Dystopian 25.7%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Dark 8.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #38 Happy Home: Prologue
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Team 13 LegsPub: Jamk Games
Windows
Explore the beginning of a new horrifying story in this mixture of a text-based and a 2D game. Emily's world is about to turn upside down, maybe in more ways than anyone is able to realize yet.
Why similar: Psychological 21.3%, Emotional 15.4%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.9%
- #39 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
72% matchVery Positive95% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: 株式会社ヘッドロックPub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
The story is set in future Tokyo, where human’s endless desires have consumed finite resources. In this world that is gradually approaching its end, the streamer girls continue to sing, while embracing dreams and despair in their hearts...
Why similar: Dystopian 21.5%, Psychological 17.1%, Emotional 16.6%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Futuristic 11%
- #40 氷華の雪化粧/Snow Veil
74% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: JlooPub: Sub:06
Windows
A visual novel depicting the daily life of a high school boy continuously tormented by guilt on a winter's day. It features layered music played on string instruments and piano, characterized by serious, deep psychological portrayals.
Why similar: Psychological 33.8%, Emotional 21.8%, Visual Novel 21%, Dark 9%, Immersive Sim 8.3%
- #41 This Warm Place
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wundev
Windows
Be the person you needed. Brew tea, listen well, and guide branching stories in a narrative slice-of-life about showing up when it matters. No perfect answers. Only your choices and what they set in motion.
Why similar: Emotional 19.7%, Conversation 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Hand-drawn 11.6%
- #42 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 36,042 reviews2023
Dev: Kit9 Studio
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
Why similar: Psychological 29.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Dark 11.7%, Visual Novel 11%, Choices Matter 11%
- #43 protoViolence - Definitive Edition
72% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you save a test subject from your life’s work? A cinematic sci-fi visual novel about cybernetic research and its sickening consequences. A prequel to malViolence.
Why similar: Dystopian 17.6%, Psychological 15.9%, Transhumanism 12.8% ★, Visual Novel 12.4%, Futuristic 10.5%
- #44 Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man
71% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: VNDI
Windows · Linux
When your beloved wants to abandon his personality and become an absolutely ordinary person, what do you do? Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man is an young adult romantic story about transgender identity, exploration of masculinity, and mutual understanding.
Why similar: Psychological 17.1%, Emotional 16.6%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #45 Open Spaces SE
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Queenship Game StudioPub: Queenship Game Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skylar is an student with anxiety. Walter is a farmer with social anxiety and PTSD. Jessica is a programmer with anxiety and agoraphobia. Li Wei is an technologist with intense anxiety. Navigate their stories, learn how they move through the world, and about methods of treatment and recovery.
Why similar: Psychological 24.1%, Emotional 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
- #46 A Heavy Morning
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saf Interactive
Windows
You know the feeling of struggling to get out of bed? In A Heavy Morning, you will play as a young girl battling with her own mind. Your only objective? Get out of bed and get to work on time.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Psychological 13%, Female Protagonist 12%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #47 Plastic Spouse Interrogation
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yames
Windows
A post-human bio-management simulation. In a strange future, you awaken in a plastic body. The authorities question you, but you don't even know what you are. You must quickly grasp this weird world and your place in it, or else face state-sanctioned oblivion.
Why similar: Medical Sim 27.2% ★, Dystopian 20.6%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Psychological 11.6%, Futuristic 10.9%
- #48 Psychiatrist Simulator 2
70% matchMixed45% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Eathrabaria
Windows
Take role as Dr. Smith, psychotherapist. Game consists of real people video recordings. Talk with them, treat, learn about psychology. Your choices have consequences, at the end you will see what happened in their life after meeting with you.
Why similar: Medical Sim 38.2% ★, Psychological 15.3%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Dark 7.6%
- #49 Gretel's Honesty
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Callen Dulla
Windows
A comic-like visual novel, expressing a new story based on the fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”.
Why similar: Psychological 30.5%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Dark 14.4%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Hand-drawn 11.7%
- #50 Psyhonds
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Meriteri GamesPub: Terrabyte Games
Windows
A satirical mental hospital survival simulator: control four unstable characters, craft from junk, forge dubious alliances, communicate with patients and staff, and choose between a quiet life in a ward, a riot, or a risky escape to freedom.
Why similar: Medical Sim 51.1% ★, Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological 10.1%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
- #51 Sips and Sonnets
67% matchVery Positive100% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a tea shop in the British countryside and enkindle your love for poetry in this heartfelt visual novel. Play as Ms Meadows, retired journalist and tea enthusiast, as she prepares for her best friend’s long-awaited visit. Listen to customers’ stories, brew tea, and craft wholehearted poems.
Why similar: Emotional 15.3%, Conversation 14.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Choices Matter 13%
- #52 Am I Nima
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HO! Games
Windows · Mac
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
Why similar: Transhumanism 26.7% ★, Hand-drawn 15.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #53 E-ON
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Frosted Window
Windows
Log In to the near future metaverse platform E-ON. Explore and connect with Ellie as you break the bounds of your unverified account and uncover the truth of the world and Ellie.
Why similar: Transhumanism 27.5% ★, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Conversation 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #54 NAME OF THE WILL
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zeitgeist Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are trapped in HOPE, a masked cult where pain is salvation. Every thought is tallied. Every smile is a lie. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.
Why similar: Dystopian 21.2%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Emotional 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #55 Koko's Cafe
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PluviiArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Serve coffee and befriend customers as you learn their story in this coming-of-age visual novel.
Why similar: Conversation 18.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Psychological 11.4%
- #56 The Mermaid of Zennor
69% matchVery Positive99% of 75 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: Visual Novel 16.8%, Emotional 16.1%, Psychological 15.9%, Female Protagonist 15%, Dark 12.2%
- #57 Misgiven
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Symmetry Break Studio
Windows
Misgiven is an emotional sci-fi adventure about the lump in your throat. Stranded in a city veiled in toxic fog, take on a stranger's mask to survive. Wrestle with your thoughts in a tangible dialogue system. Struggle to keep up the facade, or dare to drop it, to find allies as a harbinger of doom.
Why similar: Psychological 23%, Emotional 14.4%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Conversation 9.8%, Futuristic 9.8%
- #58 Wednesdays
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,812 reviews2025
Dev: Pierre CorbinaisPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
Why similar: Psychological 25.8%, Emotional 16.9%, Hand-drawn 16%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Conversation 11%
- #59 Guarded by the AI: Painted with Love
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cassie AlexanderPub: Cassie Alexander Studios
Windows
A luxe, high-heat sci-fi romance visual novel where your AI protector and his android counterpart take you to a beach house to ride out a biological nesting cycle—together, and on purpose.
Why similar: Transhumanism 24% ★, Psychological 15.7%, Emotional 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #60 the Death of the Video Star
66% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: K Van Martin
Windows · Mac
The Death of the Video Star is a visual novel about dealing with the aftermath of killing God, and maybe having to kill Her again.
Why similar: Visual Novel 14.8%, Psychological 13.6%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Conversation 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%