60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Emotional, LGBTQ+, Drama.
Weird things are happening in the Elephant Hotel. It's getting late, you're getting drunk, and moments in the lives of strangers are scattered around you like spilled puzzle pieces. Can you put it all together?
State of Presence
Waking up in a stranger's apartment is a jarring experience, even worse is learning you're there because you died. Phase between memories, the liminal plane, and current day to uncover your demise. Both the dead and living can help you on this journey. Will you play it safe or take risks?
Yua's Yuri Office
Yua's Yuri Office is a Visual Novel in which you play as Yua, just returning to the office after things have been shut down for an extended period. Yua is determined to take full advantage of this fresh start to improve her life. Will she pursue friendship, romance, or just focus on her work?
Waking up in a stranger's apartment is a jarring experience, even worse is learning you're there because you died. Phase between memories, the liminal plane, and current day to uncover your demise. Both the dead and living can help you on this journey. Will you play it safe or take risks?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.1%, Emotional 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Psychological 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Yua's Yuri Office is a Visual Novel in which you play as Yua, just returning to the office after things have been shut down for an extended period. Yua is determined to take full advantage of this fresh start to improve her life. Will she pursue friendship, romance, or just focus on her work?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.5%, Visual Novel 17.5%, LGBTQ+ 15.4%, Emotional 13.9%, Drama 11.3%
Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Emotional 14.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Drama 11.6%, Psychological 11.4%
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: LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Surreal 12.6%, Conversation 10.6%, Supernatural 10.5%
This is a story about Iris, a nobody who didn't have a Happy Ending and now suffers the consequences of their own (lack of) actions all alone in the most northern city in the world. A depressing story and a melancholic lesson teached in life's hard way awaits you.
Why similar: Emotional 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Psychological 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Drama 16.6%
"I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? ————————————————————————— In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Emotional 14.1%, LGBTQ+ 12%, Surreal 11%, Drama 10.1%
Overcome your past and become someone new in Truer than You. A choice-driven narrative adventure about love, loss and being lost in life. You're hired as a gig-working actor to play roles in real-life situations. Have conversations, get a good rating and follow the rules. All good?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.4%, Visual Novel 14%, Emotional 13.9%, Conversation 13.1%, Drama 11%
“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: LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Emotional 20.9%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Psychological 10.7%
Object Ward is a dark comedy visual novel about the various misadventures of a man who sees everyone with an inanimate object for a head. What is real, and what is a hallucination?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.7%, Psychological 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Surreal 12.3%, Drama 10.8%
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: LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Emotional 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Psychological 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
《Newborn: The Tears of the Garnet》is a kemono isekai school romance visual novel. As a Muye University freshman, you'll explore campus life and uncover world secrets through choice-driven storytelling.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Emotional 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.5%
A linear visual novel featuring five different Ontario (Canada) youths' stories. Each story has a different art style and subject matter, and we worked closely with the storytellers to ensure their voices come through authentically. Indigenous & LGBTQ2S+ are major themes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.3%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Emotional 12.1%, Casual 10.1%, Drama 9.9%
An emotional story portraying the struggles of anxiety—the paralyzing thoughts and irrational fears. Join Lucy on her journey to find solace, alongside her supportive yet puzzled roommate. A heartfelt narrative delving into the complexities of anxiety and the challenges of empathy.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Emotional 19.7%, Psychological 18%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Drama 12.7%
My name is left behind these white walls. In its place, I am left with dozens of questions. I wander aimlessly, though she seems to guide me. I do not feel safe. Twenty-four hours... and everything will fall into place.
Why similar: Psychological 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Emotional 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Surreal 12.3%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Psychological 16.4%, Emotional 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%
A visual novel focusing on the relationship of two girls researching a cabin with a mysterious mirror. Find out more about their past together, what they really mean to each other, and how it will unfold. Can you break their cycle?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Emotional 19.6%, Drama 15.9%, Psychological 13.2%
If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Emotional 20.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Conversation 12.3%, Psychological 12.2%
Gripping psychological thriller Yaoi game full of difficult choices. Can you trust your own mind?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Psychological 13.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Drama 12%
Navigate your relationships and figure out the truth behind the ghost of a 80s children's TV show host who's been haunting you in this fully voiced R-18 visual novel filled with nostalgia, romance, and horror. Can everyone get their happily ever after?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Psychological 14%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Emotional 12.2%
Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Drama 14.7%, Emotional 14.3%, Surreal 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%
Step into the world of Banishing You, a visual novel where choices shape your journey. Accept a mysterious invitation to a dream realm full of enigmatic characters and challenges. Navigate passive-aggressive comments, flirtatious strangers, and unravel a quest that could save or doom both worlds.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Emotional 14%, Drama 11.4%
Coffee Buns is a transformation visual novel set in the world of Mice Tea. Leonardo Bianco is a barista getting used to living in a world where a magical tea can turn you into a furry, and when he gets his own chance to try it he's thrust into an erotic, gender-bending journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Emotional 11.4%, Drama 9.9%
A short horror visual novel where you get to know your brand new self-aware in-game boyfriend and explore your relationship through Talking About Something in the Nowhere.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Emotional 11.7%, Drama 9.4%
Experience a pastel-toned emotional journey in Yuika My Bestie, a short visual novel you can complete in under 15 minutes per playthrough. With 5 unique endings and heartfelt choices, it takes just 30–40 minutes to explore every path of this soft, late-night cry.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Emotional 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Conversation 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%
Go on a cross-country tour with your band in pursuit of fame, success, and happiness in this drama visual novel set during the summer of 2007.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, LGBTQ+ 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Emotional 13.5%, Drama 11.5%
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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.3%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 11.5%, Psychological 10.3%
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Emotional 14.8%, Choices Matter 8.4%
Iris Odyssey is a text-based adventure game. In the heart of Shibuya, an orphaned girl searching for her family and a magical crime investigator are brought together by fate. Their journey will challenge them and spark a battle against unimaginable forces. A modern fantasy adventure begins.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Emotional 16.8%, Surreal 15.1%, Drama 13.6%
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
Why similar: Emotional 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Drama 10.9%, Psychological 10%
Trade your soul for digital fame in this psychological visual novel. As fallen tech mogul Doran White, navigate a treacherous social media landscape. Your choices shape his fate in this hand-drawn, neuroscience-inspired reimagining of Oscar Wilde's classic.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Conversation 18%, Psychological 16%, Choices Matter 9.3%
Bokuten is a dramatic, emotional visual novel where you must play cupid and decide if the relationships you witness are worth rekindling, or if letting them fall apart would result in greater happiness. The decisions you make will echo into the course of your own love life.
Why similar: Emotional 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Drama 14.2%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%
A short meta story about the struggles of procrastination, and never finishing the things you start. Help motivate me, and give me the confidence I need to finish something.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Emotional 17.7%, Psychological 12.9%, Casual 10.3%
A dullahan goes to a speed-dating event: Will she fall head over heels or trip up on her chances for love?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Emotional 13.5%, Drama 10.8%
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.2%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Emotional 18.2%, Psychological 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Wander from room to room in this whimsical and dark visual novel as you follow five friends trapped during a freak storm. Listen while they have hard conversations and tough realizations as they confront the conflict in their lives. For what is a house but a box with windows?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.4%, Emotional 17.2%, Surreal 15.4%, Psychological 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.8%
KnightsCollege 2 is a kemono visual novel set in the Knight College, where elite knight candidates live. In this game, every choice is presented as a card, and the protagonist lives in the dormitory while collecting cards.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Emotional 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%
His World is a short visual novel game where you play as a young shy introvert boy and witness his life with his family and get to see his internal world and struggles. You also make a few decisions throughout the game that will decide on one of game's multiple endings.
Why similar: Emotional 21%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Psychological 13.7%, Conversation 12.9%, Drama 9.6%
You can't understand them—yet. Decode the “Second Reality.” Talk. Mind Read. Translate. An empathy-driven psychological mystery adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Psychological 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Emotional 14.4%, Surreal 14.3%
Experience a visual novel with 55 paths, 4 episodes, and erotic content, where choices define your adventure. Cindy links all stories.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Emotional 16.4%, Casual 10.6%
“Flowers for You” is a gentle adventure game where you create custom bouquets based on each customer’s story as a florist. Set in modern Japan, listen to faded memories and craft floral arrangements that bring color back into their lives.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Emotional 16.1%, Conversation 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.4%
The world has burnt to ash. Wander the wasteland, scavenge and trade for vital supplies, hook up with over a dozen hot guys, develop relationships—however fleeting—and decide how you want to live in this new world.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Conversation 12.6%, Emotional 12%
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Emotional 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Drama 9.5%
You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Psychological 13.2%, Emotional 13.1%, Conversation 12.9%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Emotional 24.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Psychological 15.1%, Drama 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 12.6%
A walk in the woods has never been a problem before, but this time will lead Daphne into an alternate realm of existence. The fairy glade, but can she find her way back out again and if she does what adventures will she have along the way, your choices will determine her path and what may come.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.8%, LGBTQ+ 25.6%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Drama 8.7%, Choices Matter 7.6%
Cozy visual novel about a lovely witch who’s able to talk to spirits in a fantasy setting. Using her powers, Julia helps her neighbors in their daily whereabouts. Craft potions, find the right time to use them and get to know both spirits and clients to find their peace.
Why similar: Emotional 20.2%, Conversation 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.9%, LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
Amanita is feeling down lately. She lost her best friend and she can't do anything about it. Could you listen to her story, and maybe help her out?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, Emotional 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Drama 18%, Atmospheric 10%
Travel to the world of the dead, whose stories encourage reflection on life. Chat with spirits, brew drinks to suit your mood, and bond with the people who run the afterlife cafes. In this urban sci-fi fantasy visual novel, your choices impact the living, the departed, and your own path forward.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Conversation 18.6%, Supernatural 12.7%, Emotional 9%
The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Emotional 15.7%, Drama 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.3%
A wedding where one of the guests arrives dead. A strange black hole eclipsing the Florida sun. And your best friend? Gone. Is all this a butterfly dream or is reality breaking? Is their story romance or mystery? Your choices will determine the genre of his soul. Welcome to the town of Siren's Call.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.2%, LGBTQ+ 19%, Surreal 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%
Dust off your coffee machine and prepare your warmest smile to meet your customers again in the second episode of the much loved coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator; Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.3%, Conversation 18.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Emotional 13.3%, Drama 9.4%
A mild BL horror adventure where you explore a strange, beautiful mansion and follow Aoi’s emotional journey through mystery, soft horror, and quiet drama.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.5%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%, Conversation 8.3%, Emotional 8%
A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.3%, Psychological 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Supernatural 9.9%
Melancholy Love is a Yuri Visual Novel between an elite and a misfit in an All-Girls' High School. How will sparks flare between the two?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.3%, Emotional 18.4%, Visual Novel 17%, Drama 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%
Explore the inner demons of three childhood friends on a summer retreat. Unearth secrets, fears and obsessions as you help them reconnect and rediscover themselves. A mature and treacherous visual novel from the creator of Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Surreal 15.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 7.4%
The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Emotional 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.6%, Visual Novel 11%, Drama 10.5%
A story of three girls and one season in the snowy town of Minamiouse.
Why similar: Emotional 25.8%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Drama 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%
A psychological visual novel where struggling artist Clara explores surreal dreams through reality-warping painting minigames. Solve abstract puzzles, make story-altering choices, and uncover dark truths across multiple endings. Will her art bring salvation... or unravel into madness?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Surreal 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Psychological 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.8%
