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  1. #1 If Found...
    97% matchVery Positive90% of 2,276 reviews2020
    Dev: DREAMFEELPub: Annapurna Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 47.8%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Emotional 13.2%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, Story Rich 4.2%

  2. #2 Back to Hearth
    96% matchVery Positive100% of 275 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: Female Protagonist 47.3%, Adventure 32.2%, Story Rich 13.4%, Singleplayer 7.1%

  3. #3 bygone snow
    96% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2025
    Dev: Creatalsoftware Games
    Windows

    When the world ends, who will you spend your final hours with? A visual novel for the GBA.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.4%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Emotional 23.9%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Story Rich 5.1%

  4. #4 Blackout Hospital
    95% matchVery Positive96% of 167 reviews2023
    Dev: arcadekitten
    Windows

    When the power goes out while working night shift in the hospital, the emergency lights come on with an eerie glow...

    Why similar: Choices Matter 21.5%, Mystery 19.2%, Multiple Endings 17.9%, Adventure 17.7%, Cartoony 13%

  5. #5 This Winter of Ours
    94% matchVery Positive99% of 132 reviews2025
    Dev: VARIA
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Alone as two, together as one - A fantasy/yuri visual novel telling the story of two girls traversing a snow covered forest and growing closer.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 31.3%, LGBTQ+ 30.9%, Emotional 23.1%, Adventure 6.4%, Female Protagonist 4.5%

  6. #6 Gone Home
    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 18,234 reviews2013
    Dev: Fullbright
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 55.7%, Female Protagonist 14%, Story Rich 10%, Emotional 9.4%, Mystery 4.8%

  7. #7 The Neverending Summer
    92% matchVery Positive99% of 77 reviews2025
    Dev: LSAusa
    Windows

    Summer comes again and again, and changes come quietly.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.5%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Emotional 11.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Adventure 4%

  8. #8 Ascension: Transition and Silver
    93% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2021
    Dev: SulMatul
    Windows · Linux

    Ascension is a visual novel following three lost souls as they venture into The Zone - a dangerous and alien world. Follow the abrasive Doctor, the shy Scholar and sardonic Escort on their journey - though none of them will come out unscathed.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.7%, Emotional 18.6%, Visual Novel 17%, Multiple Endings 10%, Hand-drawn 8.8%

  9. #9 Without a Dawn
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 679 reviews2025
    Dev: Jesse Makkonen
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29.5%, Emotional 25.8%, Psychological 12.2%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Mystery 9%

  10. #10 Amazing Grace -What color is your attribute?-
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 146 reviews2024
    Dev: Cabbage SoftPub: Shiravune
    Windows
    Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    “A holy night with no dawn, my dear...” You awaken in a strange town full of art, blanketed in snow, and enclosed by a massive wall. On Christmas, it all burns down—and the girl who loves it most rewinds time to the start of Advent. Find the truth in the loop and paint it on this canvas of a town!

    Why similar: Emotional 29.7%, Visual Novel 28.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Mystery 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%

  11. #11 Alex's Hope & Alex's Solitude
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2024
    Dev: Violet Horizons Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A boy regains his hope and a girl finds herself in solitude. A kinetic novel that will take you through their darkest days and immerse you in their deepest emotions.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 23.3%, Emotional 21.9%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Psychological 15.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%

  12. #12 Hazy Mind
    89% matchVery Positive86% of 318 reviews2024
    Dev: betetiro
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 26.9%, Psychological 17.2%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.2%

  13. #13 Path to Mnemosyne
    90% matchMostly Positive77% of 247 reviews2018
    Dev: DevilishGames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Relax, empty your mind, activate your senses and step into the hypnotic adventure of the Path to Mnemosyne in the quest for the lost memories.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 29.1%, Hand-drawn 20.8%, Psychological 20.5%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Adventure 7.8%

  14. #14 HOPE LEFT ME
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 818 reviews2023
    Dev: AstrophysicsPub: .orphans
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 27%

    You wake up in a mysterious place, alone and freezing to death, the only person around seems to be a weird girl with a long sleeve soviet jersey.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 76.1%, Multiple Endings 22.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  15. #15 Room of Depression
    88% matchMostly Positive75% of 800 reviews2023
    Dev: FirePillar2Pub: IndieArk
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    "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: Emotional 42%, Visual Novel 25%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Story Rich 8.7%, Adventure 7.8%

  16. #16 Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 3,231 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 20.8%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, Female Protagonist 9.3%

  17. #17 memories
    86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,515 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: LGBTQ+ 31.4%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Emotional 20.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Female Protagonist 7.5%

  18. #18 The Day Before You Gone
    85% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2024
    Dev: Aequalis Studio
    Windows

    An adventure shattering stereotypes, a psychological experiment forcing a struggle within oneself. The tale of a girl with magical abilities who loses her beloved. Will she have a chance to turn back time? It's up to you!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.7%, Psychological 19.5%, Hand-drawn 18.3%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Female Protagonist 7.2%

  19. #19 CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,249 reviews2025
    Dev: Bastinus RexPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 47.3%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 6.6%

  20. #20 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
    84% matchVery Positive86% of 79 reviews2024
    Dev: SEEC Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Emotional 14.8%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%

  21. #21 Flowers -Le volume sur automne-
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 756 reviews2020
    Dev: Innocent GreyPub: JAST
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 105.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    As the summer heat fades, Suoh Shirahane is just one step away from unraveling the mystery of why her beloved Amitie partner left in the spring.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.8%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Female Protagonist 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Hand-drawn 6.8%

  22. #22 Within of Static - Ashburg Rental
    82% matchVery Positive80% of 106 reviews2025
    Dev: 616 GAMES
    Windows

    Riley Adams moves to Ashburg for a new teaching job and rents a house to get settled. She expected silence. She didn’t expect company.

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 55.7%, Story Rich 27%, Adventure 17.3%

  23. #23 one night, hot springs
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,091 reviews2018
    Dev: npckc
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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+ 27.1%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Emotional 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%

  24. #24 Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet
    79% matchVery Positive97% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: NomnomNami
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A candy alchemist finds a candy golem in her basement workshop...

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Female Protagonist 7.8%

  25. #25 Return to Grace
    80% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2023
    Dev: Creative Bytes Studios
    Windows

    A daring space archaeologist has just unearthed the ancient resting place of a long lost A.I. god known as Grace. Adventure with various fractured A.I. personalities as you uncover the great mystery of why she was shut down all those years ago.

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 36.5%, Choices Matter 31.8%, Mystery 13%, Story Rich 11.4%, Adventure 6.6%

  26. #26 A Night at the Watermill
    79% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2024
    Dev: Neon Tales
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30.1%, Hand-drawn 22.8%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Emotional 9.7%

  27. #27 Contraindication
    78% matchVery Positive99% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Static Remains
    Windows

    Your end is my beginning. A short psychological visual novel with exploration and puzzle elements... it already lays shattered.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 39.8%, Hand-drawn 24.4%, Psychological 16.8%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Story Rich 6.9%

  28. #28 Margo
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 317 reviews2022
    Dev: ygretz
    Windows · Mac

    Margo just woke up from a nap! Will you help her get back on track?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.1%, Emotional 24.9%, Hand-drawn 15%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Story Rich 4%

  29. #29 Life is Strange: True Colors
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 16,479 reviews2021
    Dev: Deck NinePub: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.5%, Emotional 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%

  30. #30 Solstice
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 190 reviews2016
    Dev: MoaCube
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.2%, Visual Novel 19.7%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%

  31. #31 You know my name?
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 213 reviews2024
    Dev: Mystael studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 62.7%, Psychological 17.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Female Protagonist 3.7%, 2D 2.9%

  32. #32 Awakening Sarah
    75% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: Asteristic Game Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Awakening Sarah is a 2D platformer with emphasis on exploration. Unravel the dreams and realities of Sarah, a girl who's recovering from a coma, while helping her understand the world around her and herself.

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 35.1%, Emotional 31.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, Mystery 9%, 2D 5.8%

  33. #33 Retention
    81% matchMostly Negative35% of 702 reviews2015
    Dev: Sometimes You
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 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: Visual Novel 51.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%, 2D 3.5%

  34. #34 EDENGATE: The Edge of Life
    76% matchMostly Positive70% of 224 reviews2022
    Dev: 505 Pulse
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Mia Lorenson, wakes up in an abandoned hospital full of questions. What happened to her? What happened to the world? Edengate: The Edge of Life is an interactive experience reflecting on feelings of uncertainty, isolation and hope in the face of devastation.

    Why similar: Emotional 37.4%, Psychological 23.6%, Mystery 15.5%, Story Rich 12.3%, Adventure 9.9%

  35. #35 Snowfall's Mystery
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2025
    Dev: Sempiternal Rain
    Windows

    A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 24.2%, Psychological 20.4%, Emotional 19.1%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.2%

  36. #36 Refind Self: The Personality Test Game
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 3,646 reviews2023
    Dev: LizardryPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 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: LGBTQ+ 22.4%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Emotional 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

  37. #37 this morning I decided to die
    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 169 reviews2023
    Dev: ctcPub: Nikita Kryukov
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Follow a girl through the last day of her life.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 47.1%, Multiple Endings 27.7%, Female Protagonist 23.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%

  38. #38 No Longer Home
    76% matchMixed64% of 426 reviews2021
    Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    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: LGBTQ+ 40.4%, Emotional 26.8%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Story Rich 6.5%, Adventure 3.7%

  39. #39 Lighthouse of Guiding Flames
    75% matchVery Positive88% of 68 reviews2019
    Dev: TomoToroPub: NARRATIVE NINE LTD
    Windows

    Ethani lost her way and ended up at the Lighthouse. Where did she come from and where should she go? Explore this fantasy Visual Novel to reveal her past and set sail once more...

    Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Mystery 12.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%, Story Rich 8.6%

  40. #40 Moonless Moon
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 299 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: Visual Novel 26.7%, Emotional 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%

  41. #41 Coffin of Ashes
    74% matchVery Positive91% of 833 reviews2016
    Dev: LadomuPub: DigitalEZ
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 54.1%, Adventure 31.1%, Story Rich 11.2%, 2D 3.6%

  42. #42 Autumn Spirit
    72% matchVery Positive94% of 90 reviews2024
    Dev: SynstoriaPub: Abiding Bridge
    Windows

    Hunted by anxiety, you exiled yourself to a lonely mountain inhabited by a ghost and his regrets.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Hand-drawn 17.8%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Story Rich 7.9%

  43. #43 CINERIS SOMNIA
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 808 reviews2018
    Dev: NAYUTA STUDIOPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    "I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 41.3%, Mystery 25.4%, Story Rich 19.3%, Adventure 10.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%

  44. #44 a new life.
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,375 reviews2020
    Dev: Angela He
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.3%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Emotional 19%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Female Protagonist 6.2%

  45. #45 Yunashi no Yume
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2025
    Dev: The Yunashi Archive
    Windows

    A fractured dream of a girl who tried to make something beautiful, and was silenced before she could finish it. Now, her voice resurfaces. A quiet story of memory, loss, and reclaimed authorship—told through fragmented exploration and stark, fragile spaces.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 29.4%, Female Protagonist 27.3%, Mystery 26.3%, Story Rich 13.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%

  46. #46 Zero-Sum Heart
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 226 reviews2024
    Dev: Citreat Studio
    Windows · Mac

    "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: Emotional 18%, LGBTQ+ 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%

  47. #47 The Crown of Leaves
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,216 reviews2018
    Dev: LingrimmPub: The Broken Horn
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 22.7%, LGBTQ+ 21.2%, Emotional 14.5%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%

  48. #48 Reversion - The Escape (1st Chapter)
    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,552 reviews2014
    Dev: 3f Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    It’s 2035 in Buenos Aires, or where Buenos Aires used to be. You’ve just woken up in a hospital, and you can’t remember anything. All you know is you have to escape and find out what happened to the city. And how to save it.

    Why similar: Adventure 93.9%, Hand-drawn 3%, Mystery 1.5%, Cartoony 0.7%, 2D 0.5%

  49. #49 Fallow
    70% matchVery Positive97% of 138 reviews2021
    Dev: Ada Rook
    Windows

    Clinging to the memory of her vanished sisters, an isolated woman wanders a dying reality.

    Why similar: Emotional 44.7%, Female Protagonist 22.9%, Story Rich 13.6%, Mystery 9.6%, Adventure 7.5%

  50. #50 CLeM
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 276 reviews2024
    Dev: Mango ProtocolPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.

    Why similar: Emotional 24.7%, Multiple Endings 20%, Hand-drawn 19%, Mystery 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.5%

  51. #51 Road Trip to the End of the World
    66% matchVery Positive97% of 188 reviews2025
    Dev: Shark and Pelican Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Road Trip to the End of the World is a visual novel about the death of a friendship. When Andy and her imaginary friend Fishy set off on a road trip to crash their ex-best friend’s wedding, will they know when to hit the brakes?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.5%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Emotional 20.5%, Hand-drawn 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.8%

  52. #52 Afterdream
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 339 reviews2023
    Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows

    Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

    Why similar: Emotional 30.2%, Psychological 24.6%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Mystery 11.3%, Story Rich 8.2%

  53. #53 The Endless Empty
    70% matchVery Positive96% of 297 reviews2018
    Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
    Windows

    A surreal post-life adventure

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 47.8%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Adventure 15.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, 2D 2.4%

  54. #54 BAD END THEATER
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
    Dev: NomnomNami
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 31.7%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%

  55. #55 vivid/stasis
    64% matchVery Positive94% of 3,373 reviews2025
    Dev: Team VividstasisPub: Hajimeli
    Windows

    Rhythm-mystery hybrid game about uncovering the history of a mysterious system. The stage is set. Will you step up and play your role?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.5%

  56. #56 Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 887 reviews2018
    Dev: IDEA FACTORYPub: Intragames
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Awakening in a mysterious mansion, her first, frantic thoughts are: 'Where am I? And more importantly, WHO am I?'

    Why similar: Visual Novel 55.1%, Female Protagonist 21.7%, Adventure 13.7%, Mystery 9.4%

  57. #57 Rituals in the Dark
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 192 reviews2019
    Dev: ebi-hime
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39.3%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Emotional 13.7%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Mystery 5.9%

  58. #58 Yukiiro Sign
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2023
    Dev: Wonder FoolPub: Shiravune
    Windows

    A story of three girls and one season in the snowy town of Minamiouse.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 30.3%, Emotional 29.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.3%

  59. #59 Frozen Memories
    67% matchVery Positive97% of 112 reviews2022
    Dev: SKT STUDIO
    Windows

    Is what is recorded in a photograph necessarily true? I don't think so. "But I think that even if it's a fake photo, the emotions of its creator are real after all." She said. So, your memories, then, must be real? Visual novel "Frozen Memories" gives you a fictionalised version of a real memory.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.4%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Adventure 18.9%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Mystery 7.5%

  60. #60 Absent in the Rain
    65% matchVery Positive94% of 797 reviews2022
    Dev: D10RAMA
    Windows

    A mysterious senpai. A serial murder case that has taken the world by storm. And a giant, shadowy fish swimming at my feet... What if all of them are connected and surround me like a circle? What should I do?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 46.2%, Emotional 19.8%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 5.2%, Story Rich 5.1%

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