- #1 Trail of the Wretched
97% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Xavier Bell
Windows
Nobody said being a photographer was easy.
Why similar: Western 32.8% ★, Cinematic 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Violent 7.9%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #2 The Father's Story
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Hammer Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Set in the first century, The Father's Story is a visual novel which offers different perspectives of the birth of Christ and the events surrounding that night. It is a bold Christmas story which dares to ask the question: "What else happened?"
Why similar: Faith 37.1% ★, Cinematic 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Historical 5.6%, Dialogue Heavy 5.6%
- #3 The Czar is Dead
96% matchVery Positive91% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Машина РадостьPub: Grable Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Czar is Dead is a visual novel in the setting of the Russian Empire. Help the last russian emperor save his soul, life and country.
Why similar: World War I 47.2% ★, Visual Novel 26.6%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, 2D 6.9%, Indie 1%
- #4 祈風 Inorikaze
95% matchVery Positive100% of 409 reviews2019
Dev: Twilight -日月之境-Pub: 觀象草圖 Astrolabe Draft
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Inorikaze is a Touhou doujin game focus with the theme of pursuing the faith and bond. The main story is about Moriya family when they left Suwa and moved into Gensokyo, the Fantasy Village, and overcome the war between them and Tengus.
Why similar: Faith 45.2% ★, Visual Novel 31.4%, Adventure 15.8%, Anime 4.4%, Indie 3.3%
- #5 秘封フラグメント
94% matchVery Positive98% of 184 reviews2021
Dev: シカクゲームズPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
東方Projectでおなじみ、上海アリス幻樂団様制作の音楽CDシリーズ「秘封倶楽部」の二次創作ノベルゲームです。選択肢はありません。物語中で入手した記憶の欠片「フラグメント」や、プレイヤー自身の知恵によって物語を分岐させ、彼女達の冒険―蓮台野夜行―を成功に導きましょう。
Why similar: Visual Novel 29.3%, Adventure 23.5%, Faith 22.1% ★, Puzzle 15.2%, 2D 7.3%
- #6 Miss Peacock
94% matchVery Positive100% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: Otter Club
Windows · Mac
Between 1930 and 1933, Lieutenant Chen, an ambitious Asian officer, travels to a remote mine in the mountains of French Indochina to investigate a decrease in mineral production. Various forces become entangled in the power play, revealing the truth amid diplomatic mediation and supernatural events.
Why similar: Faith 22.3% ★, World War I 21.2% ★, Visual Novel 17.9%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Adventure 7.7%
- #7 Jeux bleu
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Fountain Pen and Neurotoxin
Windows · Mac
Larissa Elshina met a deformity with the face of her missing friend. She gives it the name of Sinyaya and teaches it language. She develops feelings and grows. Like a human being. What remains at the end of the girls' blue play?
Why similar: Faith 43.1% ★, Visual Novel 28%, Adventure 23%, Story Rich 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #8 Forever Time
92% 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 40.6%, Visual Novel 35.3%, Adventure 20.8%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #9 Dead End Junction
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: 773Pub: Culture Select
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Adventure. Gunslingers. Outlaws. Shoot-outs. War. Set in the Wild West, Dead End Junction hits on themes relevant to the setting, such as treatment of the Native American population and the scars left by the Civil War (represented fictionally in-universe); many of which are applicable today.
Why similar: Western 43.1% ★, Visual Novel 28.8%, Adventure 18.5%, Anime 5.8%, Indie 3.8%
- #10 GEARS STORY
91% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: KITTYPOOL
Windows
A mechanic and a prisoner's extraordinary tale. A simple novel game with minigames.
Why similar: Cinematic 37.8%, Visual Novel 33%, Adventure 15.6%, Story Rich 7%, 2D 5%
- #11 Jesus Christ: A Gospel Visual Novel
90% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Sojourner. Game
Windows
Step into the age of the Gospels and witness the teachings, miracles, and redemption of Jesus Christ. This visual novel, centered on biblical stories, presents a journey of sacrifice and hope through dialogue and chapter-based storytelling.
Why similar: Faith 49% ★, Visual Novel 21.5%, Historical 11.3%, Adventure 7.9%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #12 Tentacles Party With Nuns
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JeanninePub: WeissGarden
Windows
In this perilous ancient cathedral, unravel the mysteries and curses with the protagonists, and embrace a new future.
Why similar: World War I 36.1% ★, Faith 30.9% ★, Visual Novel 14.9%, Choices Matter 6.1%, Adventure 4.8%
- #13 fault - StP - LIGHTKRAVTE
88% 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 34.3%, Cinematic 29.5%, Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 7.2%, Anime 7%
- #14 To Burn in Memory (Anniversary Edition)
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Orihaus
Windows · Mac · Linux
To Burn in Memory. Ahistorical and atemporal Interactive Fiction. Explore a city that never existed, and uncover its secret history through the memories of those caught in the chaos of a Europe spiraling ever faster into war.
Why similar: World War I 43.1% ★, Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Historical 10.5%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #15 Day of Atonement
87% match8 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Similitude
Windows
This game is a puzzle based on the Day of Atonement. The player is the High Priest and must complete all the duties for the Day of Atonement.
Why similar: Cinematic 22.3%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Faith 15.3% ★, Puzzle 12.9%, Adventure 12.5%
- #16 19|19
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 74 st.
Windows
1919. Saboteurs organised an insolent provocation in revolutionary Novgorod. So called «miracle-making» relics of Saint Lukian were stolen right on the eve of being exposed and debunked in public. Our paper «The Red Case» is following the investigation.
Why similar: World War I 37.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.9%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Adventure 9.7%, Historical 9.6%
- #17 Atonement
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Nexus Media
Windows
Atonement is an interactive graphic novel set in the Wild West. At various points in the story, you will be asked to make a choice, these choices will take you down different paths in the story. There are 3 storylines featuring a manhunt, a bank job, and a train robbery.
Why similar: Western 33.5% ★, Visual Novel 23.7%, Adventure 19.9%, Dialogue Heavy 8.3%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #18 Boom Boom KONBINI
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: BBPond
Windows
A Short & Sweet, linear visual novel in which you end up catching a beautiful shoplifter red handed! Can you unlock all the gallery images
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.3%, Cinematic 24.1%, Adventure 14.3%, Dialogue Heavy 9%, 2D 7.5%
- #19 The story of Bill Bear
84% matchMixed59% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: DnovelPub: My Way Games
Windows
Help the little bear to find the way home. What dangers can be hidden in the night streets of a quiet suburb? Who is waiting for him at home, and who is waiting in the dark around the corner?
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.8%, Adventure 25.1%, Puzzle 18.4%, 2D 8.1%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #20 神明的一天世界(God's One Day World)
84% matchVery Positive85% of 728 reviews2016
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
an Visual Novel & Puzzle Game
Why similar: Visual Novel 42.6%, Adventure 38.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Anime 7.5%, Indie 2.1%
- #21 亭上满月映西枝~The Forever Moon
83% matchVery Positive96% of 158 reviews2020
Dev: 凝冰剑斩
Windows
《The Forever Moon》 is a puzzle adventure and visual novel doujin game of Touhou Project. It is a love story about Kaguya Houraisan and Fujiwara no Mokou, and a story of Eientei, Bamboo forest of lost and Hakurei Shrine.
Why similar: Faith 45.9% ★, Adventure 18.6%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Indie 4%
- #22 Synaxarion: Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro
82% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Ignatios Productions
Windows
Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro (or Theodore the Recruit) lived in the early 300s. This Synaxarion will step through his story as it is known today.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Faith 23% ★, Historical 17%, Adventure 13.2%, Hand-drawn 9.5%
- #23 Hamster
82% matchMixed55% of 84 reviews2021
Dev: Tonia Sanzo
Windows
Hamster is an arcade button-masher where you play as the meanest cowboy hamster on this side of the Mississippi!
Why similar: Faith 41.1% ★, Western 39.3% ★, Hand-drawn 14.7%, 2D 4.4%, Indie 0.3%
- #24 BA: The City Within
81% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Beloved Architects
Windows
Experience a devastated Seoul, locked down after war and biochemical attacks. Craft cocktails from discarded food and alcohol to serve guests, earning their trust to uncover hidden stories. Explore abandoned subway lines modeled on the real Seoul system in this story-driven puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Adventure 21%, Puzzle 14.2%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Violent 10.8%
- #25 The Ferryman's Trial
79% matchPositive100% of 20 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 29.1%, Visual Novel 25.6%, Adventure 14.9%, Hand-drawn 14.6%, 2D 7.3%
- #26 Xenologia
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TheNeonWerewolf
Windows
Xenologia is a fully illustrated linear visual novel set in the near future. Watch as Cory, a young man who's life is falling apart, as he tries to help a stranded alien girl return home.
Why similar: Cinematic 32.2%, Visual Novel 26.3%, Adventure 20.3%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Story Rich 2.8%
- #27 Historical Jigsaw Puzzle: World War I
81% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Zuckrprinz Games
Windows
Historical Jigsaw Puzzle: World War I is a traditional jigsaw puzzle game, which focuses on warfare and everyday life during the First World War. The game includes 40 authentic historical photographs and pictures dating from 1914 to 1918, complemented by information and facts about the war.
Why similar: World War I 70.6% ★, Puzzle 19.1%, 2D 7.3%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #28 东方封天境
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 梦色之乡
Windows
幻想乡又迎来了新的异变,黑暗之中的怪物爪牙悄然袭向平静生活中的人们……直到那一天,境界分割了整个幻想乡。“我要狠狠痛扁异变的始作俑者口牙!!”在放出狠话后,城管开始了她的执法之旅,并与友人在裂变的幻想乡中逐渐接近异变的真相。交流群736680505
Why similar: Faith 69.3% ★, Adventure 26.8%, Singleplayer 2%, Indie 1.8%
- #29 Memory of "Wishes"
78% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: hoshimi
Windows
A psychological suspense/puzzle adventure game where a protagonist with lost memories manipulates a computer file management tool to retrace their past. The intended completion time is approximately 20-30 minutes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44%, Puzzle 22.1%, Adventure 19.8%, 2D 10.7%, Indie 2%
- #30 11-11 Memories Retold
78% matchVery Positive86% of 2,099 reviews2018
Dev: Aardman AnimationsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.
Why similar: World War I 67.4% ★, Adventure 15.6%, Historical 10.6%, Story Rich 5.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #31 Spooktober Visual Novel Jam!
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Make Visual NovelsPub: Remort Studios
Windows
Help digital mascots Lime, Cherry, Plum and Lemon navigate their way through the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam competition. Laugh, learn, and scream(with excitement, we hope) through this visual novel and make choices to guide the girls to great success or dramatic failure!
Why similar: Cinematic 31.1%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, 2D 10.2%, Adventure 7.6%
- #32 Start a Startup with a Legendary Japanese Warlord
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: CapGames
Windows
A short visual novel with quizzes to help you dip your toes into the world of startups.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Adventure 26.6%, Hand-drawn 20%, Historical 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #33 Umm Oyoun - ام عيون
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Mesopotamia Games Studio
Windows
The game is an episodic narrative journey following a mother and her daughter, Sarah, as they search for Sarah's missing father in a stormy, mysterious setting. It combines emotional depth and suspense, immersing players in a world of secrets and intrigue.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Adventure 33.6%, Puzzle 24%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #34 Eternal Pain: Epiphany
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: GDOAD EIS D
Windows
Mental pain will never disappear, it will forever torment the soul of the protagonist. Who is he? How did he end up here? Why do dead people appear before him? Who is this girl with bandaged eyes? Eternal Pain: Epiphany is the story of the insight of a person who finds himself in purgatory.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Adventure 22.4%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 9%, Violent 8.5%
- #35 Love & Fool's Gold
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games with DNA
Windows · Mac
A choice-driven romance-mystery visual novel set in the Wild West. Choose your partner and investigate the town's secrets to uncover the Eldritchian horror that plagues Cortez Creek.
Why similar: Western 47.8% ★, Visual Novel 25.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Adventure 7.3%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #36 세이프타운 탐정 넬의 사건 수첩 오션 아일랜드의 살인사건
74% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: LeeSangWookPub: Lee
Windows
“Use your intellect and intuition to uncover the secrets tangled like a maze!”
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.9%, Adventure 35.1%, Puzzle 18%, Singleplayer 2.7%, Indie 2.4%
- #37 May Angels fall down
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: ujumiru
Windows · Mac
Follow under, to a secretive cult of Icarus filled with lost individuals who seek selfish salvation. At its center lies Haejin, an alluring yet tormented leader whose flesh, when consumed, cures mortality.
Why similar: Faith 44.1% ★, Puzzle 11%, Hand-drawn 11%, Adventure 8.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #38 Black & White Lite
73% matchVery Positive83% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
"Black & White•plot exclusive version" is a dystopian visual novel game: black and white, sensibility and reason, freedom and order: follow your beliefs and join your camp.
Why similar: Faith 35.9% ★, Visual Novel 25%, Adventure 20.5%, Dialogue Heavy 7.5%, Anime 4.9%
- #39 Nevarune
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cakkeyy
Windows
Step into a dark and mysterious world where humans and Therionns coexist in tension. Follow a gripping, linear story filled with unforgettable characters, dramatic moments, and stunning visuals that bring the world to life. Experience a journey of secrets, conflicts, and emotions.
Why similar: Cinematic 29.6%, Visual Novel 27.3%, Adventure 19.9%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, 2D 7.8%
- #40 REM
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tomris Games
Windows
What remains after you lose the one you love? REM is an atmospheric, choice-driven 2D point & click experience exploring a grieving man’s bond with the AI he created, and this consciousness's questioning of reality.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.8%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Cinematic 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #41 午前五時にピアノを弾く ENCORE
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
朝の早い時間、午前五時くらいになると、この町にはときどき濃い霧が出る──。
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Adventure 29.4%, 2D 9.7%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Anime 6.9%
- #42 Factory
71% 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 35%, Visual Novel 30.6%, Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Violent 6.8%
- #43 SHINJUKU SOUMEI
71% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
Through the eyes of Torao, explore a story that raises profound questions about the value of life. Questions that speak to those living in modern times, those in the city, and for all of us.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44.1%, Adventure 31.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, 2D 8.8%, Story Rich 2.8%
- #44 Mortadelo y Filemón: Dos vaqueros chapuceros
72% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Alcachofa SoftPub: Erbe Software
Windows
Mort & Phil travel to the Wild West in this new adventure, thanks to Dr. Bacterio (naturally!).
Why similar: Western 24.2% ★, Visual Novel 23.8%, Adventure 14.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Hand-drawn 12.5%
- #45 つばめの世代
71% 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 40.6%, Adventure 33.1%, Violent 13.2%, 2D 11%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #46 ファントムゾーン ダイモンズ Phantom Zone DAIMONS
72% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: ファントムゾーン観測室Pub: ケイエル
Windows · Mac
Just a few toes into the future. Yomori-shi, a town full of strange happenings. And Ayamu Jinnai is just an ordinary girl. Except that she is a powerful medium and has the ability to see spirits. She and her occult-enthusiast sister, Makoto, are determined to fight the bizarre.
Why similar: Faith 32.7% ★, Visual Novel 18.5%, Cinematic 17.6%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Adventure 9.1%
- #47 Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,364 reviews2014
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.
Why similar: World War I 57.1% ★, Historical 13.8%, Adventure 10.4%, Puzzle 7.4%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #48 二万分の一の雨粒達 - One in 20,000 raindrops
68% matchPositive100% of 31 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 27.7%, Cinematic 21.7%, Hand-drawn 19.4%, Adventure 19%, 2D 5.7%
- #49 七不思議に至るまで
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Neruneko
Windows
The protagonist, a member of a university occult club, obtains a mysterious notebook about a high school’s “Seven Mysteries” The story branches based on your choices — will you uncover the truth, or meet an ending best left hidden? A suspense-driven horror visual novel exploring the Seven Mysteries.
Why similar: Visual Novel 37.9%, Adventure 19.7%, Violent 11.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%, 2D 10.6%
- #50 Yakuza Cats
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bivium GamesPub: Bivium Games
Windows
Yakuza Cats is a graphic adventure set in a 100% feline Tokyo. This original world mixes Ukiyo-e art with Gen Z aesthetics. It is a coming of age story that puts the player through different ethical choices while tackling themes such as identity and prejudice.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.1%, Adventure 24%, Hand-drawn 21.8%, 2D 9.1%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #51 孤岛的动物园
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: HO Lab+StudioPub: HFOTA
Windows · Mac · Linux
A remote island worships light energy as the source of all life. When that faith begins to fail, three protagonists must confront a changing world in this story-driven visual novel featuring alternative rock style original soundtracks.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.7%, Adventure 21.4%, 2D 12.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Anime 7.7%
- #52 Carta Marina
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: フロシキラボPub: Furoshiki Lab.
Windows
Carta Marina is a map of Scandinavia drawn by the Swedish pastor "Olaus Magnus" (1490-1557) We are starting an attempt to turn this map into a simulation game All the information will be from the 16th century, and you will be able to learn about the Nordic values of the time
Why similar: Faith 30.5% ★, Visual Novel 22.3%, Cinematic 21%, Adventure 12.9%, Historical 6.8%
- #53 Tokyo Hosto
70% 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 52.5%, Visual Novel 47.5%
- #54 阎罗索命
66% matchVery Positive92% of 130 reviews2026
Dev: Reptilian Brain Studio
Windows
古风悬疑探案文字冒险游戏——北宋天圣年间,科举省试方毕,汴京国子监突发连环命案,遇害者死状惊悚离奇,如遭阎罗审判。玩家将化身为被卷入权斗暗流的新科进士文彦博,通过勘验尸体、搜寻线索、推演谜局,找出案件背后的骇人真相……
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.4%, Adventure 22.9%, Historical 16.1%, Puzzle 10.5%, Story Rich 7%
- #55 CHRISTIAN QUEST: PATARA
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QUEST MASTERS LLCPub: St Ignatios Productions
Windows
Enter the Arena of Spiritual Warfare. You play the role of a Gladiator, once a convicted War Criminal, who is seeking freedom from his previous life. Emboldened by the stories of the Orthodox Saints, the Gladiator's adventure in Patara begins.
Why similar: Faith 53.2% ★, Adventure 14.4%, Cinematic 13.5%, Puzzle 7.3%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #56 REVOLT 1917
70% matchNegative12% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: juhbee
Windows
REVOLT 1917 is an indie first person shooter set in the World War I Middle East inspired by the works of T.E. Lawrence.
Why similar: World War I 62.4% ★, Adventure 19.6%, Historical 10.6%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #57 The Serpent & The Seed
66% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Discipleship Tech
Windows · Mac
A poetic narrative adventure retelling the greatest story in history - from the Garden of Eden to the end of the world - through stunning hand-drawn art, atmospheric puzzles, and a haunting original soundtrack.
Why similar: Faith 57% ★, Adventure 20.4%, Hand-drawn 8.7%, Story Rich 6.7%, 2D 6%
- #58 オブジェクト・ハッピーエンディング
67% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: しのぎや
Windows
“You” are the only human to have arrived in a world inhabited by non-human beings with the characteristics of objects, commonly known as “Objects.” A visual novel game in which you grant the Objects—who can only end their lives through human hands—the endings they desire.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.7%, Adventure 31%, Hand-drawn 22.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #59 Dear me, I was...
65% matchVery Positive100% of 65 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 34.3%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Hand-drawn 15.3%, Adventure 10.3%, 2D 7.2%