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A time-travel mystery visual novel about found-family, connections, and hope in dark times.

Why similar: Time Travel 30% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Emotional 10.4%, Female Protagonist 8.7%

Next in line to manage a multi-million dollar corporation is our protagonist, Rei Sawatari. He inherited one very important heirloom from his late grandfather: a single pocket watch that grants him a mysterious power— The power to go five minutes back in time.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 25.8% ★, Time Travel 24.6% ★, Visual Novel 11.3%, Anime 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

Cris Tales is a gorgeous, indie love letter to classic JRPGs with a new perspective. Peer into the past, act in the present, and watch as your choices dynamically change the future -- all on one screen as you play!

Why similar: Time Travel 23% ★, Time Manipulation 20% ★, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Anime 8.8%

Let's Go Fever Time! Lovely Angel! By day, ordinary girls. By night, the 'Phantom Thief Angels TwinAngel' - on a mission to reclaim stolen treasures. Winter 2024: The Angels descend on Steam.

Why similar: Time Travel 36.9% ★, Emotional 14.9%, Visual Novel 13%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Anime 8.8%

Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.

Why similar: Time Travel 27.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Emotional 14.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%

a love story between time and space

Why similar: Time Travel 37.4% ★, Time Manipulation 17.3% ★, Visual Novel 13.2%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Female Protagonist 6.6%

Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.6% ★, Time Travel 27% ★, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Anime 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%

This game is a bishoujo game developed and published by Kawayi Play.

Why similar: Emotional 16.4%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Visual Novel 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.9%, Anime 11.8%

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 19.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Emotional 11.7%, Anime 9.7%

Time backtracking secret room decryption game, analyze the character dialogue, find the key to decryption, complete the needs to leave the room. In the end all regret, go back to the past, looking for clues to make up for regret.

Why similar: Time Travel 32.9% ★, Time Manipulation 29% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Emotional 12.2%, Multiple Endings 9%

A journey with your father to Lake Baikal, where a storm and an old photo album revive memories of family, loss, and reconciliation.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.8%, Emotional 16.9%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.8%

Surely one change shouldn't change everything, right?

Why similar: Time Manipulation 39.2% ★, Time Travel 38.1% ★, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Arcade 5.1%, Multiple Endings 4%

The real world no longer exists! I was trapped in this cursed Village made of inkblots on parchment. Every day I'm stalked by an assasin and stuck in a time loop. None of the residents remember me, although I myself have memories. I need to get out of here ASAP

Why similar: Time Travel 32.7% ★, Time Manipulation 25.1% ★, Point & Click 9.4%, Stylized 9.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.8%

Narrative-adventure game where you contain "anomalies" secretly and prevent the world’s end. Influenced by the "SCP Foundation" and "Cthulhu Mythos," the game offers a blend of unease and curiosity as you delve into a bizarre and disturbing world, eventually uncovering hidden truths.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Anime 8.1%

Hello Again is a time-looping adventure about mystical ruins, ancient secrets, and goofy weirdos. Play as a hapless ferret shipwrecked on a strange island, stuck inside a strange time loop. Explore forgotten ruins. Befriend silly strangers. Solve time-bound puzzles. Repeat for the rest of eternity.

Why similar: Time Travel 27.1% ★, Time Manipulation 25.6% ★, Point & Click 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%, Stylized 7.5%

Participate in the Death Game "Rising Odds", a psychological horror visual novel, with dark and gore themes. Your choices will decide how this story ends!

Why similar: Time Travel 28.3% ★, Time Manipulation 26.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 28.5% ★, Time Travel 17.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Point & Click 14.5%, Female Protagonist 9%

Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Point & Click 15.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Emotional 7.9%

A time travel project. A group of students. A cat that eats too much. Can you rewrite fate without losing what matters most?

Why similar: Time Travel 42.3% ★, Visual Novel 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Anime 15.4%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.

Why similar: Time Travel 24.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%

A visual novel for girls: Experience a fun time travel adventure and make friends with some quirky girls at a science camp. Will you solve the mysteries and find your way back to your time? Your choices make your own story! Full with challenging puzzle games, and unique endings.

Why similar: Time Travel 35.5% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Anime 8.3%

Gardening and magic are meeting in Margaret’s Little Shop of Wonders. Play as Margaret, a young witch who just opened her own flower shop, and fulfill the peculiar requests of her strange customers!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Point & Click 17.4%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Emotional 11.5%

After witnessing a murder, 16-year-old skater Azar Warren seeks refuge with her estranged grandfather on his rural compound, only to suspect he may be more dangerous than her pursuers. Ashes blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles in a story of murder and unease.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Emotional 10.8%

Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After is a FMV adventure game experience that tells the story of a man who tries to uncover the truth behind his strange nightmares and the mystery of the village he's living in.

Why similar: Time Travel 26.8% ★, Time Manipulation 25.4% ★, Point & Click 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8%

After Grendel Jinx is mugged, she chases after the thief, determined to retrieve her possessions - and also recruit the person responsible

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Anime 9.3%

This lighthearted visual novel lets you meet four quirky young women. A fun and highly interactive story taking you back in time – to the 1990s and a castle full of science, mysteries and – perhaps – romance...

Why similar: Time Travel 28% ★, Time Manipulation 18.1% ★, Visual Novel 12.3%, Anime 10.7%, Cute 7.5%

Solve puzzles and uncover the secrets of Brentwood in this mysterious point-and-click adventure. The unique powers you hold will lead to moral choices that directly influence the story, the fate of the town, and which of the multiple endings you unlock. Will you follow destiny or fight against it?

Why similar: Time Travel 39.5% ★, Point & Click 19.1%, Emotional 14.7%, Time Manipulation 11.5% ★, Story Rich 8.1%

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 27.3%, Point & Click 23.1%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Emotional 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Lost on Cow Island is a linear story-driven comedy adventure game, in the style of Monkey Island, Sam & Max, or Day of the Tentacle. Look, Interact, and Talk to a host of kooky af characters and navigate out of impossible situations to fix your time-travelling car and get back home!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.5%, Time Travel 19.3% ★, Point & Click 19.2%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Time Manipulation 8.8% ★

Rewrite history in this charming time-travelling tale by diving into Regency England, rescuing your ancestor and changing both your lives for the better - one timeline at a time!

Why similar: Time Travel 29.7% ★, Time Manipulation 29.5% ★, Female Protagonist 10%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Essence of Time is a story rich, hand-drawn RPG. Craft modular moves in a sphere grid as you build friendships, unravel mysteries, and explore timelines and their consequences during the final days of battle school. While students compete to be the next emperor, can you find a future without war?

Why similar: Time Travel 33% ★, Time Manipulation 21.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Anime 6.8%

"A Timely Intervention" is an innovative RPG featuring animated battle visuals, polished gameplay mechanisms, an intricate storyline and a cast of colourful characters. Developed by the team behind "The Tale of a Common Man", it's a must-have for fans of the genre!

Why similar: Time Travel 41.9% ★, Time Manipulation 19.6% ★, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Anime 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

Explore a lively oasis city filled with charming characters, forgotten ruins and ominous conspiracies in the second chapter of NAIRI, a narrative puzzle adventure about Nairi's perilous quest to save her family.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.3%, Emotional 14.6%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Female Protagonist 9%, Anime 8.6%

"After He Was Gone" is a Tactical RPG. NO level-up system. Character's skills and items will change the battle situation significantly. Collect the treasures and lead therianthropes from getting out from the world of board game. Don’t worry. If YOU don’t lose hope, we can rewind the time any time.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 31.7% ★, Time Travel 22.7% ★, Emotional 14%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Cute 6.3%

A Better World Company is hiring! We’re looking for a skilled new recruit to alter the past and reshape the future! Use our Computer to travel back in time, and make game-changing choices to make the world a better place! You decide what to do… as long as you follow our internal policies.

Why similar: Time Travel 30.7% ★, Time Manipulation 30.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Funny 5.8%

STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.

Why similar: Time Travel 47.1% ★, Visual Novel 21.7%, Anime 16.6%, Story Rich 6.5%, Multiple Endings 4.7%

After the revolution, Kikoku is plunged into chaos. Takekosen joins the secret organization Hiseido, facing her final trial. She must abandon her name, wear the mask, and forge her path through fate. A fantasy visual novel set in an ancient Eastern world.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Anime 13.6%, Emotional 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11%

A sci-fi adventure full of robot battles, pop music, and emotion. Featuring one of the largest branching storylines ever in a VR game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, Altdeus will place you in the shoes of Chloe, a pilot in humanity's forces fighting massive hostile organisms known as the Meteora.

Why similar: Time Travel 22.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Emotional 10.5%, Anime 9.8%

Join in a magnificent journey around the globe with a group of friends as they attempt to see as much of the world as they can before a mysterious illness claims the sight of one of their own.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Point & Click 17.1%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Anime 10.8%, Emotional 10.3%

This game is a fictional themed casual game that mainly tells the story of two young girls. Players will play as one of the blue haired girls named Cao Dan. After encountering Cao Dan, Liu Lian'er, who had thought she could escape poverty, was caught up in a shocking conspiracy.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Emotional 11.7%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Point & Click 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Emotional 12%

"Kiki & Ana - The Child" is a cute story experience. Focused on story, art, and music. Must avoid hazards which some people find difficult. Takes about an hour to complete. WARNING: flashing lights, light gore.

Why similar: Emotional 19.3%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Cute 11.3%

After waking up in a world without her sister, Miss Alexandra Audacity believes she's been left out of a conspiracy between her flaky friends and secretive husband. Guide her through five timelines mired by false memories while trying to keep her sanity, and yours.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Stylized 15.7%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Emotional 10.3%

Rockin’ Racket is a narrative driven, fast paced, pop punk band management game with an undercurrent of teenage angst as you try to hold together a band of rowdy younger siblings, keep the crowd happy, and manage your frugal earnings while booking larger venues to rocket your band to stardom!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.7%, Point & Click 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Emotional 11.5%, Stylized 9.5%

You're stuck in a time loop – and you have five minutes to stop it.

Why similar: Time Travel 33.1% ★, Time Manipulation 30.5% ★, Emotional 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Stylized 7.2%

A story-driven hidden object game. She forgets you every week.And reality begins to fall apart. 6 endings. 15 dynamic backgrounds. 200+ strange items.

Why similar: Time Travel 23.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Anime 9.6%

Punish the little bastard demon and being punished too! Cemo-Summoning Adventure Game

Why similar: Time Manipulation 26% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Emotional 11.9%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Visual Novel 10.3%

Re:Call is a deeply emotional visual novel exploring the fragile nature of memory, the weight of forgotten promises, and the healing power of friendship. Set in a nostalgic Japanese high school, it follows Kaito Nakamura as he learns his ordinary life’s built on fragments of a past he can’t remember

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.2%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Cute 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Emotional 10.6%

Join Lucy as she grows from an innocent child to a rebellious teen and an adult confronting her past. Make choices that shape her future, play cute minigames, and uncover different endings in a world of humor and eerie moments.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Anime 10.7%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

A game about nurturing friendships and celebrating the changing of seasons, where you play as Sunny, a cute little tanuki with the ability to control the flow of time just by walking around.

Why similar: Time Travel 46.2% ★, Time Manipulation 38.4% ★, Cute 10.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Adventure 2.4%

I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs

Why similar: Time Travel 23.6% ★, Visual Novel 18.6%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Emotional 11.7%

A Conversation With Mister Rabbit is a very short, linear visual novel with a dark and bloody twist. The story follows an aspiring knight who seeks wisdom from a big and fluffy rabbit.

Why similar: Anime 18.1%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Stylized 12.6%, Emotional 12.1%, Colorful 11.1%

A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.

Why similar: Time Travel 46.1% ★, Visual Novel 21.3%, Anime 14.4%, Adventure 8.8%, Story Rich 8.1%

Lose yourself in a dreamlike journey through memory, time, and friendship. Step into the story of Arina and Frendt as you guide them across surreal islands built from cherished childhood moments. With time in your hands and wonder at your feet, explore an evocative world reimagined for VR.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.2% ★, Time Travel 16.9% ★, Emotional 12.9%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Story Rich 8.2%

Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Emotional 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Anime 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Point & Click 17.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 13.3%, Emotional 11.6%

A short short mix tape of one story that connects three shorter stories. On the NewWave, a magical game console that is retro but new, enjoy DON'T SAY YES, TO:NORTH, and a secret tale nobody yet knows. Welcome to a slightly fantastical and nostalgic world of painful, toilful, and beautiful stories!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Point & Click 13.6%, Emotional 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.7%

Detective Oliver Beebo has been invited to a party by an ex-Rich man in the middle of nowhere. Snacks included. Unravel the mystery of the party, the guests, the house and the strange phenomena that's causing you to forget... something important? Surely it won't affect your love life.

Why similar: Time Travel 34.6% ★, Point & Click 19.4%, Emotional 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

A short, free visual novel about body positivity and learning to love yourself.

Why similar: Emotional 19.3%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Anime 17.3%, Cute 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

Make friends, free spirits and make sure that the world doesn’t end! Welcome to Kraken Academy, a technicolor fever dream that for legal reasons can only be described as "technically a school." Join forces with a magical kraken to save the world!

Why similar: Time Travel 36.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Anime 10.5%, Funny 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%