Games Like Red Bow: Strange Dream

On her way to cover the biggest story of her career, Brea Tena fumbles her way into a dark mysterious town called Ash Pines, the birthplace of the tragic events that took place in Just Ignore Them.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Puzzle 12%, Adventure 10.9%, Casual 9.1%, Exploration 8.5%

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: Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Puzzle 8%, Adventure 7.5%

A touching story and a unique narrative with puzzles.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Casual 8.7%

In Waiting is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted manor guided by Eleanor, an AI-powered ghost. Solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and experience true AI conversations that run 100% on your device with zero data collection.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Casual 12%, Puzzle 10.4%

Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Adventure 14.7%, Casual 11.7%, Text-Based 11.5%

Lilith is a young Shadow that wants to be a Light. She embarks on a journey to learn how Light is made but is about to find out a horrible secret. Will you help her turn the tides?

Why similar: Adventure 18.4%, Casual 14.8%, Puzzle 13.3%, 1990's 9.7%, Exploration 9.5%

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 30.6%, Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Text-Based 9.7%, Emotional 6.4%

欢迎来到11号小镇，在这个诡异的小镇里，您是一位新来的画家。为了完成镇上居民们的绘画委托，您需要收集对话中的关键词，将关键词提炼成绘画素材组合到画布上。面对居民们奇怪的委托，您能顺利完成作画并融入镇子，证明自己是“正常”的吗？

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Casual 16.9%, Puzzle 12.5%, Colorful 5.9%

In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Puzzle 13%, Adventure 12.5%, 1990's 12.1%, Exploration 8.6%

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 29.2%, Casual 16.9%, Puzzle 16.8%, Adventure 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%

You have exactly 5. Bread is 4, the bus fare to school is 3. What do you give up? In this short narrative experience, you play as 13-year-old Adam. Confront an interface that reacts to a painful reality, and discover that freedom of choice is sometimes nothing but a privilege.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 15.7%, Adventure 15.6%, Psychological 8.1%

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 34.6%, Adventure 19.2%, Casual 15.4%, Emotional 9.8%, Colorful 6.1%

You're an adventurer going into Friscott Castle to see what treasures you can find within. Explore, meet the residents, find treasure & more. Be mindful though, as the castle isn't normal, & there are things about it that might drive a person to madness. That, or it might spell your demise.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Text-Based 12.4%, Adventure 12%, Puzzle 11%

"SecretPact: Restart" is a fantasy adventure visual novel created by the solo studio C0Entertainment in 2025. It tells the story of the protagonist, Lu Yu, who lives in 1999 and unexpectedly uncovers a long-buried secret, leading to a series of events.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Casual 15.7%, 1990's 9.7%

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: Interactive Fiction 21.6%, Text-Based 16.8%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Adventure 10.5%, Psychological 9%

Follow the Journey, follow your wish and see what it has to teach you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30%, Visual Novel 18%, Adventure 15.4%, Casual 9.9%, Exploration 8.7%

Connected Fates is a surreal top down Puzzle Adventure game where you guide a child through a dying world and help him return home. The game knows you exist, and you are able to influence it through unconventional means.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Puzzle 11.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 8.6%, Casual 8.2%

Stories Want to be Told is an adventure game. It is more like an interactive story telling game. This the first episode The Prohecy

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 9.1%, Emotional 7.5%

A writer obsessed with words, a voice in their mind like that of a god, and a strange story unfolding in the depths of winter. Between a cup of coffee and a cigarette, you are the deity that intervenes in the course of the story, guiding the writer to complete the narrative and its ending...

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Adventure 16.9%, Casual 9.4%, 1990's 9.2%

An adventure/interactive narrative made using RPG Maker VX Ace. You take the role of Isabelle, and can push objects, build barriers, lockpick drawers. You must AVOID Fluids and Shadows. A little cheeky hint for you there. If you like atmospheric, and interesting stories, then this is for you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.5%, Adventure 18.7%, Casual 14.9%, 1990's 9%, Exploration 7.1%

This game is not normal. It has no traditional gameplay loop or world format. In the game, you walk through a room. Each one is just as different as the last. You learn about the people who inhabit the world, known as Meeples, and you learn about the dark secret behind the world.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Adventure 10.8%, Casual 10.2%, Top-Down 8%

The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Text-Based 16.7%, Psychological 8.1%, Adventure 6.7%

I found myself at the station. The story unfolds as you type commands on your keyboard. As the days repeat, I keep wondering what I can do for her. A command-driven adventure steeped in nostalgic pixel art and sound.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 42.1%, Text-Based 25.2%, Adventure 17%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Atmospheric 5.6%

A mysterious plot about a film student who finds herself lost in the world of the dead, the Posthumous Lands. Alongside a purple-haired woman, Coralina must decipher Human Alchemy in this retro adventure with cinematic touches!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.7%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Emotional 7%

In a town filled with cats, all the colors have been kitnapped! Luckily, you Mr. Detective, are on the case! Uncover the stories of the towncats and catch the Color Kitnapper! The Color Kitnapper is a short and sweet story game with an ASCII look, set in a town of adorable cats!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Adventure 18.2%, Casual 14.6%, Top-Down 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

Behind the Screen is a narrative indie game about depression, facades, and escape. Make impactful daily choices, balance Jonas' willpower, and escape reality through fast-paced retro minigames on a virtual PC monitor. Can you find a way through the noise?

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Adventure 22.2%, Casual 21.4%, Text-Based 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Avatar Zero is a text-based interactive narrative centered around “choice.” Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, you become the subject of a secret experiment. Your entire gameplay consists solely of sequential binary choices. Through continuous choices, you will uncover the truth behind the experiment.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.8%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Adventure 16.6%, Puzzle 10.9%, Text-Based 8%

Çimen Adventures: Story Teller!, A Journey Full of Your Imagination! Create hilarious stories with Cem and Fazlı, solve imaginative puzzles, and explore adventures filled with pranks and clever challenges!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Adventure 18%, Puzzle 16.8%, Casual 15%, Text-Based 10.1%

Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Text-Based 14.2%, Casual 9%, Psychological 7.8%

You'd think that after 20+ cases, there'd be no crime left in Twin Lakes - but that's not how crime works, rookie. Six new mind-melting mysteries await Detective McQueen and Officer Dooley - just as soon as they get the mustard out of Dooley's gun.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Text-Based 13.1%, Puzzle 11.1%, Exploration 10.1%

"It's a story about a young boy and a young girl who, amidst illness and pain, find redemption in each other and ultimately journey together towards the stars."

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Emotional 5.9%

Impersonal is a game about lights, about relationships and how these relationships can affect people.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.7%, Casual 18.7%, Puzzle 13.4%, Exploration 9.4%, Top-Down 7.4%

"For those of you who don't have a single novel you want to read." A novel game from "those days" that nobody knows about, presented with full CG (800 images generated by KlingAI) + ambient(300 materials).

Why similar: Adventure 26%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Casual 20.6%, Exploration 11.8%, 2D 6%

Grendel Jinx, the megalomaniacal kleptomaniac has returned to Chichester, England for a secret mission. Can the protagonist stop her?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Adventure 14.5%, Casual 14%, Text-Based 7.4%

Humanity and the fae. This is a story of those who make kindling of their home to reach for the stars and the curses of those left behind.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Text-Based 12.6%, Emotional 10.5%, Adventure 9.8%

刚入学的大一新生伊琳，却在一个风雨交加的夜晚，听到了来自杂物间内部的来电铃声……这通神秘电话究竟来自何人？杂物间为何会成为禁忌？伊琳手臂上的无限印记又意味着什么？文字冒险推理游戏《莫比乌斯的电波》，就此展开！

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.3%, Casual 17.8%, Adventure 17.6%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Emotional 7.2%

At first glance, your everyday life with your younger sister seems uneventful—going to school together, chatting, living side by side. But within that endless cycle of calm routines, could those seemingly insignificant actions be quietly changing your fate?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Puzzle 11.8%, Psychological 11.2%, Emotional 10.2%

A short, dark visual novel set in the UK about a young autistic girl's destructive obsession with her older brother.

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Text-Based 13.8%, Casual 9%, Emotional 8.7%

Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Text-Based 14.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Casual 7.3%

Vacation Terminal is a short 2D Psychological thriller, horror and survival based visual novel with evading based puzzle elements. Following the story of two strangers.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.1%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Adventure 16.8%, 1990's 10.8%, Text-Based 6.3%

Traverse the kingdom looking for a way to End The World for all that it's cost you.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.5%, Puzzle 11.1%, Adventure 10.6%, Casual 9.1%, Exploration 8%

This 2D psychological horror game traps you in a pastel-pink doll museum, where you help Valentine to survive the cruel Doll Queen!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Text-Based 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Psychological 8.7%, Emotional 8.3%

Explore an abandoned movie theater and step inside five black-and-white films in this mystery text adventure that pays tribute to classic Hollywood B-Movies and combines the best elements of interactive fiction, visual novels, and gamebooks.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Text-Based 23.6%, Adventure 21.6%, Casual 17.7%, Exploration 6.7%

Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Adventure 18%, Casual 16.7%, Text-Based 16.3%, Visual Novel 10.7%

Tomorrow Will Be Dying is an atmospheric, story-driven slice-of-life visual novel with light sim elements about finding yourself through your connections with others.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Casual 17.8%, Text-Based 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

“Neighboring Islands” – is an exciting graphic novel, key feature of which is an opportunity to take part in its events, directly influencing the development of the plot. Every decision of the player-reader can change the course of the narrative in one direction or another.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.7%, Adventure 22.5%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Casual 10.8%, Indie 3.8%

Project Melvin is a story driven 3rd person adventure game with main story quests and side quests to get excited about. Discover story lines you never thought were possible and humour you never wanted but got.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.4%, Adventure 20.1%, Casual 16.1%, Puzzle 13.2%, Exploration 9.4%

Explore and share Stan & Jan Berenstain’s classic, "The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight", adapted from the original storybook into an interactive animated adventure!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.5%, Adventure 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Casual 16.6%, Colorful 6.3%

Manchester, New Hampshire's late-night chat show host Chuck Sterling interviews two people.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31%, Visual Novel 22.4%, Adventure 15.1%, Casual 12.6%, Text-Based 5.9%

Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.5%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Adventure 17.2%, Dark 6.4%, Text-Based 6.4%

In this suspenseful fantasy visual novel, play as a young man stranded in snowy mountains. Guided by unseen forces, you enter an isolated mansion. As a peculiar daily life unfolds, you live alongside two vampire girls. Immerse yourself in this profound, dreamlike dark fairy tale.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Adventure 19.2%, Casual 18.2%, 2D 5%

Samael suffers from delusions. He feels lost until he encounters a priest one day. The priest is the only person in the world who makes him feel at peace. This, however, slowly turns into an obsession. Will Samael learn how to love properly or will he fall into a path of darkness? You decide.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 16%, Casual 9.9%, Emotional 7.5%

An adventure visual novel with a pixel art style. About ghosts, past love, and a world of the unconscious.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.6%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Adventure 18.2%, Text-Based 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

"Masquerade" is an independently developed AVG. You will survive in the mysterious and cruel "Little Pig Park" from the first perspective of the male protagonist Youta. There will be multiple choices involved, and you need to struggle between harsh reality and inner conscience, uncovering the truth!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Adventure 17.2%, Casual 16.5%, Psychological 6.8%

Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Casual 15.2%, Psychological 6.9%, Text-Based 6.5%

It's been about one year since a young man came to Yunagicho. And in this town, he's met quite a few people. This is the story of his loving relationships with the wonderful women he has met. Let's do our best today, with both our familiar friends, and our new ones, too! ♪

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Casual 10.2%

The 4K Ultra HD Remaster of "Template!! An Angel's Gift"—a hilarious slice-of-life visual novel—is now on Steam! Follow Sakura Sora, whose bizarre new condition makes ridiculous "classic tropes" real, sparking a twist-filled daily comedy with unique companions.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.3%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Adventure 21.2%, Casual 17.7%, 2D 4.3%

"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested." Story about life, choices and a Man vs the System. This unique interactive literature adaptation. A game, brought to You in early visual novel, text-adventure style.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Text-Based 16.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Puzzle 6.6%

Join Ash on the journey of an afterlife-time! Travel through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures, interesting characters, and memorable moments! Ash must find her way back home and save her sister from the powers that be.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Puzzle 10.9%, Casual 9.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, 1990's 11.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Puzzle 9%