- #1 Anxiety Puppy
97% matchVery Positive96% of 250 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 24.4%, Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Cute 10.7%
- #2 My Therapy
96% matchVery Positive96% of 334 reviews2022
Dev: Suvorov Mikhail
Windows · Linux
A visual novel about cute melancholic girls!
Why similar: Anime 36.5%, Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Text-Based 14.3%, Emotional 10.5%, 2D 8.6%
- #3 Everything Will Be Fine!
95% matchVery Positive85% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Psychological 30.3%, Text-Based 26.3%, Adventure 22.7%, 2D 11.2%, Story Rich 7%
- #4 Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,920 reviews2016
Dev: Ludosity
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Why similar: Female Protagonist 46.5%, Cute 20.9%, Adventure 14.9%, 2D 9.8%, Singleplayer 5.6%
- #5 Resette's Prescription ~Book of memory, Swaying scale~
94% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: Liz-ArtsPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Resette's Prescription" is a 2D point-and-click adventure in which you guide Resette, a girl who can enter peoples' hearts, through the story by clicking onscreen, obtaining items, solving puzzles, and activating gadgets.
Why similar: Anime 52.2%, Story Rich 24.5%, 2D 19%, Indie 4.3%
- #6 Unwording
93% matchVery Positive81% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Frostwood Interactive
Windows · Linux
Unwording is a short but powerful exploration of overcoming negative self-talk. Solve word puzzles, explore the neighborhood through multiple perspectives, and help Tom have a better day through a challenging yet cathartic experience.
Why similar: Spelling 40.3% ★, Psychological 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Emotional 8.6%, Cute 7.4%
- #7 i love me, i love me not
92% matchVery Positive95% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: MALGOW
Windows · Mac
a hand-drawn mental-health-focused game!
Why similar: Emotional 26.7%, Cute 21.4%, Adventure 17.7%, 2D 14.2%, Typing 9.3% ★
- #8 Parry Nightmare
91% matchVery Positive85% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: KAKUKAKU GAMESPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
Team up with your "other self", Honno-chan, as you parry, pummel and pulse your way out of your darkest nightmare in this one-of-a-kind "parry heaven" action game!
Why similar: Cute 18.8%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Anime 15.6%, Story Rich 13.5%, Emotional 11.3%
- #9 Bad Faith
91% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2022
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
Why similar: Psychological 32.3%, Anime 16.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Emotional 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.9%
- #10 Secret Psychology
90% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Momentum Games
Windows
Try to understand and solve their pain by using hypnosis! Please enjoy her story of overcoming pain and standing up
Why similar: Psychological 45.1%, Anime 18.4%, Cute 18.1%, Adventure 8.4%, 2D 5.4%
- #11 Reimu Needs Help!? Aunn-chan to the Rescue!
89% matchVery Positive97% of 157 reviews2024
Dev: ISY
Windows
Speedily solve Reimu's problems by skillfully stopping slot reels to pick two words to create items to give to her!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Anime 20.2%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Cute 15.1%, 2D 10.2%
- #12 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD: Typing of The Net
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 860 reviews2025
Dev: WSS playground
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
"NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD: Typing of The Net" is a typing game in which you enter internet lingo in a call-and-response format with a girl (OMGkawaiiAngel) who has a strong need for approval.
Why similar: Cute 21.8%, Anime 21.2%, Comic Book 19.2%, 2D 13.6%, Typing 11.1% ★
- #13 Magical Massage
87% matchVery Positive96% of 113 reviews2026
Dev: Pop Elephant StudioPub: Cyberisle
Windows
Extreme Life-and-Death Massage! Enjoy magician's look of agony and cure embarrassing ailments! From hemorrhoids that cause earthquakes to rhinitis that make huge explosion...nothing too fancy that you can't handle. However, if your skills fall short, these powerful, unclothed magicians may kill you.
Why similar: Anime 31%, Interactive Fiction 25.2%, Cute 20.6%, Story Rich 17.5%, Colorful 5.6%
- #14 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
86% matchVery Positive88% of 3,455 reviews2023
Dev: silver978Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
Why similar: Psychological 38.3%, Anime 14.3%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Adventure 8.6%
- #15 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
85% matchVery Positive88% of 6,076 reviews2025
Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Join forces with the psychic Director of the Urban Myth Dissolution Center and solve a variety of cases involving cursed relics, rental properties with shady histories, and dimensional anomalies. Monstrous oddities and otherworldly planes abound in this occult mystery adventure game!
Why similar: Text-Based 30.4%, Story Rich 17.1%, Adventure 14.9%, 2D 13.8%, Anime 13.1%
- #16 Room of Depression
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 870 reviews2023
Dev: FirePillar2Pub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
"Same encounter, different world." Moon is a young woman who lives an ordinary city life as an office worker. However, because she suffers from depression, she reacts and deals with things in a way that is very different from regular city folk.
Why similar: Drama 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Emotional 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Cute 10.6%
- #17 Far Away
84% matchVery Positive95% of 8,155 reviews2021
Dev: Gratesca
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Anime 17.7%, Cute 13%, Story Rich 11.7%
- #18 Decollate Decoration
83% matchVery Positive94% of 375 reviews2026
Dev: KANEKODOPub: KEMCO
Windows
This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.
Why similar: Adventure 33.3%, Cute 31.3%, Story Rich 13.3%, 2D 13.2%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #19 GOODBYE WORLD
84% matchVery Positive85% of 839 reviews2022
Dev: YO FUJIIPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
"GOODBYE WORLD" is a narrative adventure game. Play through 12 stages of a puzzle platformer while following the two protagonists through 13 chapters of their story.
Why similar: Text-Based 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Story Rich 16.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Emotional 10.1%
- #20 Spiritual Bond ~Breaking the curse, Intertwining fates~
82% matchVery Positive85% of 141 reviews2026
Dev: MONRAPub: LoveStoryProject
Windows
“Person of Serendipity… please help us——” A text-based adventure puzzle game set in ancient villages, where shrine maidens and the Kami guide you to forge unbreakable bonds. Every choice reshapes destiny—you will lead them, but to where?
Why similar: Spelling 41.5% ★, Anime 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Text-Based 10.7%, Cute 9.6%
- #21 异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,597 reviews2019
Dev: Eternal Dream
Windows
Strange events occur at a sanatorium for those with unusual abilities. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth. What will be released when all secrets are revealed? Goodness? Or… pure ”EVIL”?
Why similar: Anime 22.8%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Cute 18.8%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 11.1%
- #22 MINDHACK
81% matchVery Positive93% of 729 reviews2023
Dev: VODKAdemo?
Windows · Mac
Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into happy people!
Why similar: Psychological 38.2%, Text-Based 17.2%, Story Rich 14.6%, Anime 13%, Adventure 9.8%
- #23 Save Me, Sakuya-san!
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 909 reviews2021
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
She's here to help! Let Sakuya Izayoi from the Touhou Project comfort you after encountering some hardships in this beautiful visual novel that aims to heal your troubles away!
Why similar: Anime 37%, Story Rich 14.8%, Cute 14.6%, Emotional 11.4%, 2D 9.2%
- #24 Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells
79% matchVery Positive98% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deciding to break protocol to lend a helping wing, Rain, a flighty little courier takes a skittish girl by the name of Mila on an adventure through the inner workings of a mysterious post office. Together, they search for a letter containing the last words of someone who seemingly never existed.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Anime 19.2%, Cute 14.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Comic Book 9.8%
- #25 Black Lily's Tale
79% matchVery Positive88% of 490 reviews2023
Dev: 1000-REKA
Windows
Perhaps it was the curse of a black lily that bloomed too early in the winter...Before graduation, a girl falls in love with another girl... But her pure feelings are torn apart by a "loop of tragedy."By [interrupting choices] and [typing in words], you will weave her feelings into the story.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.4%, Anime 15.7%, Cute 12.1%, Story Rich 11.9%, Emotional 11.1%
- #26 Type Knight
80% matchVery Positive92% of 141 reviews2019
Dev: chaikadev
Windows · Linux
Purge the graveyard from the forces of Evil by using your typing skills.
Why similar: 2D 36.6%, Typing 30.9% ★, Score Attack 15.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Singleplayer 7.4%
- #27 Fran Bow
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 22,524 reviews2015
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Why similar: Psychological 37.1%, Story Rich 20.6%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Adventure 12%, 2D 5.6%
- #28 Stiff Neck
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,036 reviews2026
Dev: 伤官制作组 Team UranianPub: Tailtone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A story about the self—and about others. A toy factory, several cursed dolls, and a horror novel… This quiet seaside town throws Noele's love life into chaos and dredges up the old wounds she has tried for years to forget.
Why similar: Psychological 27.6%, Text-Based 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Emotional 9.6%
- #29 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Anime 26.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Story Rich 15.1%, Cute 12.9%, Emotional 12.6%
- #30 Lucid Dream Adventure
78% matchVery Positive82% of 234 reviews2018
Dev: Dali Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
Why similar: Psychological 42.4%, Female Protagonist 25.1%, Adventure 11.5%, 2D 8.3%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #31 Nurse Love Syndrome
77% matchVery Positive93% of 317 reviews2019
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 234.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Meet cheerful Kaori Sawai, fresh out of nursing school, as she joins Yurigahama Hospital. Surviving a near death experience as a child left her with a desire to become a nurse and "healing hands" that let her relieve pain in patients just by touching them.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25%, Anime 19.8%, Cute 19.4%, Story Rich 13.1%, Adventure 8.2%
- #32 My Light In The Dark
78% matchVery Positive93% of 88 reviews2019
Dev: TaleHammer
Windows
My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.
Why similar: Psychological 24%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Emotional 12.9%, Adventure 12%, 2D 11.4%
- #33 Doki Doki Literature Club!
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 223,416 reviews2017
Dev: Team Salvato
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Why similar: Anime 46.9%, Cute 27.9%, Story Rich 16.3%, Singleplayer 5.7%, Adventure 2.8%
- #34 Heal
76% matchVery Positive84% of 813 reviews2020
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world of Heal in this abstract 2D puzzle-adventure point-and-click game.
Why similar: Psychological 44.2%, Adventure 20.2%, Emotional 16.9%, 2D 8.9%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #35 MINE MEMORY
74% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 52.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Story Rich 8.6%, Anime 5%
- #36 Noctuary
73% matchVery Positive92% of 2,635 reviews2023
Dev: GratescaPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Two young illuminators, Fancia and Alina, start their adventure in the bright and fascinating Inlixaland... ...in pursuit of becoming trustworthy "The Arborangers."
Why similar: Text-Based 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Cute 14.5%, Anime 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.4%
- #37 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
70% matchVery Positive95% of 399 reviews2026
Dev: 符离游戏(FuliGames)
Windows
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women. You will travel to the Land of Women, meet the mysterious young lady Jian Ling, and gradually uncover the bloody and dark secrets behind this realm. Death, resistance, or degeneration? Everything depends on your choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.6%, Anime 26.3%, Adventure 15.8%, Story Rich 15.4%, 2D 7.2%
- #38 Moonless Moon
72% matchVery Positive92% of 314 reviews2024
Dev: Kazuhide OkaPub: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.5%, Anime 13.5%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Adventure 11.7%
- #39 Tide Girl: Phenomena
72% matchVery Positive96% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: momoluna
Windows · Linux
Enjoy the murder by the word.
Why similar: Psychological 31.1%, Text-Based 21.1%, Anime 15.4%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Emotional 7.9%
- #40 Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
71% matchVery Positive85% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
Why similar: Drama 21.1%, Anime 20.4%, Psychological 19.6%, Cute 14.4%, Adventure 10.6%
- #41 Heal Hitler
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 226 reviews2021
Dev: Jon Aegis
Windows
POV: You are Hitler’s psychologist in 1925. Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him. Resolve Hitler's trauma and prevent catastrophe via therapy and psychology. Succeed and avoid the war and holocaust.
Why similar: Psychological 39.8%, Text-Based 33.6%, Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 8.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #42 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,869 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Psychological 33.9%, Text-Based 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Anime 12.1%, Emotional 6.9%
- #43 Backspace Bouken
73% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2019
Dev: RNG Party Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Type your way through absurd encounters and mysterious puzzles in this old-school typing dungeon crawler.
Why similar: Typing 42.7% ★, Adventure 37.7%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #44 Dyping Escape
68% matchVery Positive92% of 552 reviews2026
Dev: Heaviside CreationsPub: PLAYISM
Windows
"Let's play a typing game." Dyping Escape is a simple game where you type according to instructions from the game master, a mysterious eyeball. But be careful; everything you type becomes reality. Just be careful not to brick your computer.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.2%, Interactive Fiction 25%, Story Rich 12.6%, 2D 10.4%, Adventure 9.4%
- #45 No Ghost in Stay Home
71% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Midori Games / みどりげーむず
Windows
A dimly lit room, her first time stay home.... Do you gently watch over little Anna? Or....
Why similar: Cute 30.4%, Anime 24.9%, 2D 14.6%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Adventure 10.7%
- #46 NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
67% matchVery Positive94% of 56,574 reviews2022
Dev: WSS playground
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
Why similar: Psychological 28.5%, Anime 25.2%, Cute 15.4%, Text-Based 9.6%, Story Rich 7%
- #47 Little Misfortune
69% matchVery Positive92% of 13,890 reviews2019
Dev: Killmonday Games AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.2%, Story Rich 18.7%, Cute 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Adventure 13.1%
- #48 Brick Exorcist
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: Fish Chain Games
Windows
"Brick Exorcist" is a casual bishojo brick break game! You accidentally crossed into another world and became an exorcist. With the help of the goddess, you exorcised the beautiful girl who was possessed by the devil!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Anime 23.2%, Comic Book 14.1%, Emotional 13.9%, 2D 10.2%
- #49 Dab on Darkness!
70% matchVery Positive97% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
Dab On Darkness is a cozy, short, non-linear visual novel where you learn real world, practical tactics to deal with those nasty thoughts you would rather not have. Make the correct decision as your inner negativity manifests into a cute anime girl, lest you despair into the darkness...
Why similar: Anime 41.5%, Cute 29.8%, Emotional 23.7%, Singleplayer 5%
- #50 How to Say Goodbye
69% matchVery Positive90% of 176 reviews2022
Dev: Florian VeltmanPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books. Reorganize the environment and solve puzzles to help a group of ghosts on their quest to finally move on.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.6%, Emotional 19.3%, Cute 17.8%, 2D 11%, Adventure 9.5%
- #51 Nanotale - Typing Chronicles
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 850 reviews2021
Dev: Fishing Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Something is wrong with the heart of magic. Play a young archivist venturing out into a dying world, cataloging its mysteries and its wonders to unearth the truth. Nanotale is the new adventure from the Typing Chronicles franchise and the spiritual successor to the acclaimed Epistory.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.3%, Adventure 24.5%, Story Rich 19.1%, Typing 16.9% ★, Colorful 5.9%
- #52 目盲/Blind
68% matchVery Positive85% of 900 reviews2022
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
「Sometimes what the eye can't tell, the heart can.」 《Blind》 is a light fantasy game for girls set in a modern city. After a childhood accident that left me with a strange face blindness, I was introduced to a profession called "watchman" and since then, the world has taken on a whole new dimension.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21%, Psychological 20.2%, Anime 15.7%, Emotional 13.2%, Text-Based 11.5%
- #53 Tidal Therapy
67% matchVery Positive94% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: veryOK
Windows
Tidal Therapy is a travel novel game for tired adults. A tired office worker heads to the sea. The setting is a quiet and beautiful sea town with a seaside park, warehouse district, and tower condominiums.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Female Protagonist 15.6%, Psychological 15.6%, Anime 12.4%
- #54 Homicipher: Demo
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.1%, Female Protagonist 25.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Adventure 10%, Typing 6.4% ★
- #55 Ghostwriter Workshop
65% matchVery Positive95% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: 秘密結社マテンロウ計画Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Become a ghostwriter and write on the behalf of others--everything from love letters to apologies! There's just one catch in this crazy adventure game: the most important words in your writings are decided by roulette.
Why similar: Drama 31%, Cute 28.7%, Adventure 20.1%, 2D 11.5%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #56 Torn Away
66% matchVery Positive93% of 696 reviews2023
Dev: perelesoq
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.9%, Emotional 20.6%, Story Rich 17.5%, Cute 16.8%, Adventure 12.9%
- #57 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
65% matchVery Positive87% of 3,737 reviews2023
Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Games can really show someone's personality, don't you think? By way of a simple exploration-based adventure, this data-science game analyzes your actions to estimate your personality.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Female Protagonist 18.5%, Anime 14.2%, Emotional 11.2%, Story Rich 10.4%