- #1 Fall of Porcupine
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 708 reviews2023
Dev: Critical RabbitPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.
Why similar: Emotional 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Story Rich 11.7%, Linear 8.3%
- #2 Old Man's Journey
96% matchVery Positive87% of 4,186 reviews2017
Dev: Broken Rules
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 16.8%, Emotional 12.7%, Point & Click 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Story Rich 10%
- #3 The Painting
96% matchVery Positive99% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Tymedust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Why similar: Emotional 27%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #4 Beacon Pines
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,313 reviews2022
Dev: Hiding SpotPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Emotional 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Hand-drawn 11%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #5 Pine Hearts
94% matchVery Positive97% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Luminal Games LtdPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Pine Hearts is a wholesome and tender adventure about nostalgic journeys, overcoming loss, and helping others. Embark on a cozy hiking expedition to the sprawling Pine Hearts nature reserve and scale the mountain your father never managed to climb.
Why similar: Emotional 39.3%, Narrative 27.9% ★, Story Rich 15.7%, Adventure 8.4%, Casual 5.9%
- #6 Until Then
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,524 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 12.3%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #7 No Longer Home
94% matchMixed63% of 432 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: Emotional 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Point & Click 14.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #8 South of the Circle
92% matchVery Positive85% of 1,654 reviews2022
Dev: State of PlayPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Emotional 15.6%, Romance 12.3%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Narrative 9.3% ★
- #9 Before Your Eyes
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 22,878 reviews2021
Dev: GoodbyeWorld GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
Why similar: Emotional 30.5%, Narrative 27.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Story Rich 11.1%, Hand-drawn 7.7%
- #10 As Long As You're Here
90% matchVery Positive100% of 475 reviews2025
Dev: Autoscopia Interactive
Windows · Mac
What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.
Why similar: Emotional 31.2%, Narrative 19.2% ★, Story Rich 12.5%, Linear 11.8%, Stylized 8.1%
- #11 Florence
91% matchVery Positive93% of 15,963 reviews2020
Dev: MountainsPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.
Why similar: Romance 19.6%, Narrative 13.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #12 Last Time I Saw You
88% matchVery Positive97% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: Maboroshi ArtworksPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.
Why similar: Narrative 21.3% ★, Emotional 20.3%, Romance 15.9%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #13 Before I Forget
89% matchVery Positive89% of 210 reviews2020
Dev: 3-Fold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A woman alone in a house. A mystery and a love story. Explore the present to uncover the past, in a short story of love and loss and a life well-lived. A narrative exploration game that examines a world where memories are constantly fading and jumbled.
Why similar: Emotional 57.9%, Stylized 17.1%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 5.4%, Casual 5.2%
- #14 Don't Let Me Fade
87% matchVery Positive99% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Point & Click 19.5%, Emotional 17.8%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Adventure 9.1%
- #15 A Taste of the Past
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,773 reviews2022
Dev: Sondering Studio
Windows
What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.
Why similar: Emotional 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Point & Click 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #16 Fragments of Him
89% matchVery Positive84% of 147 reviews2016
Dev: Sassybot
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.
Why similar: Emotional 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Romance 14.4%, Point & Click 13.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%
- #17 The Bear - A Story from the World of Gra
86% matchVery Positive100% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Mucks! Games
Windows
Home is where the stars are. An interactive bedtime story, for anyone who needs one. Take the bear and the little one on a deeply meaningful journey, as you experience stories of togetherness, of letting go and of finding a place you belong.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Hand-drawn 15.2%, Emotional 14.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Story Rich 13.1%
- #18 Cabin Fever
85% matchVery Positive96% of 482 reviews2021
Dev: Steamy Buns GamesPub: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An off-grid cabin. A tech-savvy loner. One ray of sunshine in a bleak, ruined world. Cabin Fever is a slice-of-life visual novel with meaningful player choices, multiple endings to explore, and a story that will touch your heart.
Why similar: Romance 22.7%, Narrative 21.9% ★, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #19 When The Past Was Around
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,352 reviews2020
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Romance 18.9%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Point & Click 14.9%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #20 Reviver
83% matchVery Positive93% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.
Why similar: Emotional 18.5%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Romance 13.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Cartoon 10.9%
- #21 TREE
84% matchVery Positive93% of 2,314 reviews2018
Dev: The Strangers
Windows
TREE tells a story of a relationship between a boy and his tree. What starts off as a simple connection, over time it grows into something deeper.
Why similar: Emotional 68.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Casual 10.7%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #22 Deep in the Woods
81% matchVery Positive80% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
The Deep Forest tells a classical tale of searching for family. Players will experience the changing seasons throughout the game and explore enchanting scenes depicting each season.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 31.6%, Emotional 28.5%, Point & Click 19.5%, Colorful 5.8%, Casual 5.6%
- #23 Landlord of the Woods
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,213 reviews2021
Dev: Madison Karrh
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 30%
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Why similar: Point & Click 33.5%, Hand-drawn 27.2%, Stylized 12.1%, Story Rich 9%, Adventure 7.2%
- #24 Miniatures
79% matchVery Positive95% of 345 reviews2024
Dev: Other Tales Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Emotional 16.5%, Hand-drawn 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Narrative 13.3% ★, Point & Click 12.6%
- #25 Gone Fireflies
82% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Quiet Bay Studio
Windows
A short story-driven experience about love, loss, and the choices we make.
Why similar: Adventure 48.3%, Casual 32%, Indie 19.7%
- #26 Late Bird
81% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2022
Dev: Vladimir SlavPub: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Late Bird is a short interactive story about birds, movies, suicidal thoughts and not growing up in time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Point & Click 17.8%, Hand-drawn 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Narrative 10.1% ★
- #27 A Mortician's Tale
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,418 reviews2017
Dev: Laundry Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.6%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Story Rich 13.6%, Stylized 9%
- #28 The River
78% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bokchoi
Windows
A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Emotional 11.7%, Linear 10.9%
- #29 Arise: A Simple Story
78% matchVery Positive92% of 3,047 reviews2020
Dev: Piccolo StudioPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
Why similar: Emotional 49.6%, Story Rich 18.6%, Colorful 10.8%, Stylized 9.9%, Adventure 6.4%
- #30 memories
77% matchVery Positive94% of 1,525 reviews2023
Dev: guiyyuPub: Spookulele Games
Windows · Mac
memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.
Why similar: Emotional 26.7%, Romance 23.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Narrative 14.9% ★, Story Rich 9.3%
- #31 Forgotten Fields
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 101 reviews2021
Dev: Frostwood InteractivePub: Dino Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forgotten Fields is a game about yearning and nostalgia. Play as Sid - a struggling writer who travels back to his childhood home one last time before it's sold off. Visit old friends, relive memories and play through sections of Sid's book in this warm game about the passage of time.
Why similar: Narrative 26% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.2%, Emotional 18.3%, Story Rich 10%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #32 Afterlove EP
76% matchVery Positive92% of 196 reviews2025
Dev: PikselnesiaPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
From the creator of Coffee Talk and What Comes After, comes a slice-of-life adventure set in modern Jakarta about love, loss and finding your own way forward. Step into the shoes of Rama, a young musician struggling to move on with life after the death of his girlfriend, Cinta.
Why similar: Emotional 20.8%, Hand-drawn 18%, Romance 16%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #33 Grief like a stray dog
75% matchVery Positive98% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Rayonist
Windows
An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.
Why similar: Emotional 18.6%, Hand-drawn 17%, Point & Click 15.6%, Visual Novel 14%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #34 Last Day of June
77% matchVery Positive87% of 4,658 reviews2017
Dev: OvosonicoPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?
Why similar: Romance 33.8%, Story Rich 26.4%, Emotional 17.1%, Adventure 12%, Indie 5.2%
- #35 Some Goodbyes We Made
74% matchVery Positive98% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Safe Flight Games
Windows · Mac
I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.
Why similar: Narrative 28.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 19%, Emotional 18.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Colorful 6.5%
- #36 HOPE: Winter Tale
73% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: PanelkaGamesPub: 7DOTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Every New Year is similar to the previous one. No friends, no family, no magic. But what if a fairy tale exists? And everything can change? HOPE: Winter Tale is a story about a man who has lost his all taste for life. But one winter night, everything changed.
Why similar: Point & Click 19.3%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Romance 19.1%, Visual Novel 16%, Emotional 15.8%
- #37 Thing-in-Itself
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 125 reviews2017
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 20%
“Thing-in-Itself” is a short interactive story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant’s concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter.
Why similar: Emotional 26.2%, Narrative 22.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #38 The End of You
73% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Memory of God
Windows
The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.
Why similar: Emotional 36.7%, Narrative 29.1% ★, Romance 20%, Story Rich 14.2%
- #39 Back to Hearth
69% matchVery Positive100% of 293 reviews2025
Dev: Podoba InteractivePub: Marevo Collective
Windows · Mac
Step into a quiet, abandoned Ukrainian village, left empty after the Calamity. In this short, meditative, and melancholic journey, you’ll rekindle the hearths of deserted homes, restoring warmth and hope to the families who once lived here.
Why similar: Point & Click 34.2%, Adventure 25.1%, Story Rich 18.4%, Casual 16.7%, Singleplayer 5.6%
- #40 LOVE - A Puzzle Box Filled with Stories
74% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Rocketship ParkPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows · Mac
Every life has a story. Every story has regret. But what if you could change the past? LOVE is a puzzle game about finding the things we’ve lost in ourselves and the people who help us find them.
Why similar: Emotional 49.2%, Point & Click 34.5%, Indie 12.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #41 Dung Beetle Adventure
72% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Eight Bit Skyline
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short (and free) adventure game, where you are tasked with helping a hurt, hungry, but inventive dung beetle on its journey to find something to eat near the end of the mushroom season.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.7%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Emotional 14.5%, Linear 12.6%, Casual 9.1%
- #42 Home
69% matchVery Positive100% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Spoon
Windows
A game about the short journey of a boy who left home. Experience a dense story in around 2 hours, along with rhythm gameplay and music puzzles. Enjoy live acoustic sounds and a story that feels like a musical film!
Why similar: Emotional 32.5%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Story Rich 15.9%, Linear 12.9%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
- #43 HARMONIC REFLECTIONS
70% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Laplacian
Windows
A boy who can no longer hear the piano, living in the shadow of his gifted younger brother; a karate girl who is more than a friend but not yet a lover; and a girl with future memories. As past and future entwine, where will this triangle lead in this fleeting, bittersweet summer love story?
Why similar: Emotional 29.7%, Visual Novel 22%, Romance 16.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Adventure 8.2%
- #44 A Memoir Blue
71% matchVery Positive85% of 499 reviews2022
Dev: Cloisters InteractivePub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A song from years ago triggers a flood of memories for champion swimmer Miriam. Embark on an evocative journey through her turbulent childhood and the complicated relationship she shared with her devoted mother.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Emotional 28.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Story Rich 9.3%, Casual 7.2%
- #45 It Paints Me
68% matchVery Positive97% of 245 reviews2024
Dev: ENDYSIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take the role of a painter struggling to finish his masterpiece in this short Gothic horror visual novel about art, pain and love.
Why similar: Romance 18.5%, Emotional 18.4%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%
- #46 Hostil
72% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2017
Dev: Eteru Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.
Why similar: Point & Click 22%, Hand-drawn 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Story Rich 10.6%, Adventure 8.4%
- #47 A Lozenge
71% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Party for Introverts
Windows · Mac
“A Lozenge” is a short interactive story about a mother-daughter road trip and motion sickness, dedicated to children of divorce.
Why similar: Emotional 27.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #48 The Longest Road on Earth
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 631 reviews2021
Dev: Brainwash GangPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.
Why similar: Narrative 23.2% ★, Emotional 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Point & Click 14.7%, Visual Novel 9%
- #49 Closer the Distance
68% matchVery Positive90% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
Why similar: Narrative 32.9% ★, Emotional 26.5%, Point & Click 17.1%, Story Rich 12.5%, Stylized 6.9%
- #50 A Tiny Sticker Tale
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 622 reviews2023
Dev: Ogre Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A Tiny Sticker Tale is a cozy miniature adventure about changing the world, using the power of stickers!
Why similar: Emotional 60.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Point & Click 9.1%, Colorful 7.5%, 2D 7.2%
- #51 Know by heart
68% matchVery Positive90% of 837 reviews2022
Dev: Ice-Pick Lodge
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion.
Why similar: Emotional 25.3%, Romance 24.1%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Point & Click 10.3%
- #52 Lost Brothers
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: BitLight
Windows
Lost Brothers is a single-player first-person adventure, taking place in an abandoned mine. All you have is a walkie-talkie and a map. Explore a mysterious forest and a labyrinth of underground passages to rescue a mysterious lady.
Why similar: Emotional 52%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Story Rich 11.3%, Adventure 8.5%, Casual 4.9%
- #53 Retention
75% matchMostly Negative35% of 708 reviews2015
Dev: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.3%, Point & Click 25.1%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Adventure 7.2%, 2D 6.3%
- #54 The Forest Quartet
67% matchVery Positive94% of 453 reviews2022
Dev: Mads & FriendsPub: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The Forest Quartet is a puzzle adventure about a gone, but not forgotten, lead singer. Play her spirit and travel through 3 acts unique to the members of her band for a final farewell concert. Face their emotions, solve puzzles and fight the corruption plaguing their souls.
Why similar: Emotional 28%, Story Rich 20.9%, Linear 17.6%, Stylized 12.4%, Colorful 9.2%
- #55 Antivine
67% matchVery Positive93% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Regeneration studioPub: USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Do plants feel? A unique boy from the village and a girl lost her memory stay together for the adventure in the Chengying plain, a breathtaking place but fulfilled with bushy vines. Through changing viewpoints and the way of thinking, solve puzzles and move towards the source of the Treeman.
Why similar: Emotional 34.2%, Cartoon 23.1%, Story Rich 13%, Point & Click 12.9%, Hand-drawn 11.1%
- #56 Firewood
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 159 reviews2017
Dev: Frymore
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Firewood is a 2D adventure game with psychological horror elements. The game tells the story of an old man who has lost his wife years ago and is still having troubles with his past.
Why similar: Adventure 30.5%, Casual 22.3%, Story Rich 21.7%, Indie 13.8%, 2D 11.7%
- #57 Tulip
66% matchVery Positive99% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: ashleyypox
Windows
You are a very sad bunny. You cannot stop crying. You might have to drink something gross. You are Tulip. Wander through a storybook countryside, gather ingredients for a strange brew, and get to know your adorable animal neighbors in an odd quest to alleviate your incurable sadness.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 32.7%, Emotional 16.8%, Story Rich 16.1%, Adventure 9.3%, Casual 7.1%
- #58 Alone With You
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 103 reviews2017
Dev: BancyCo
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Alone With You is a bittersweet sci-fi adventure game that goes right for the heart. Escape a doomed space colony with the help of your troubled AI companion and four chatty holograms in this unique blend of adventure & visual novel storytelling.
Why similar: Romance 34.1%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Adventure 16.7%, Story Rich 16.6%, Indie 7%
- #59 Lost Words: Beyond the Page
66% matchVery Positive95% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Sketchbook DevelopmentsPub: Sketchbook Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.
Why similar: Emotional 30.3%, Narrative 23.5% ★, Visual Novel 15.3%, Story Rich 11.1%, Colorful 6.1%
- #60 Softie
64% matchVery Positive100% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Kristina Springer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Softie is a short creepy (but cute!) point-and-click adventure game. Take on the role of a cuddly teddy bear trying to find their lost owner in a peculiar house.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.8%, Emotional 23.6%, Hand-drawn 20.5%, Adventure 8.4%, Linear 8.1%