- #1 The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
97% matchVery Positive84% of 360 reviews2019
Dev: La Belle GamesPub: ARTE France
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
Why similar: Text-Based 11%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Emotional 10%, Point & Click 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.3%
- #2 In Search of the Ice Pop
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guanpeng Chen
Windows · Mac
A short, nostalgic slice-of-life visual novel with a coming-of-age story about a forgotten ice pop and the girl who once felt like a big sister to you.
Why similar: Emotional 16.4%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Text-Based 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #3 Until Then
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,815 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 22.9%, Visual Novel 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Psychological 10.6%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #4 The Wishing Stone
95% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: Dream Nyght Studio
Windows · Mac
A visual novel and point-and-click puzzle adventure game with challenging puzzles, a touching story, and multiple endings. In a world that deviates from reality, it's up to you to discover the truth and Ailsa's forgotten memory. Her fate is in your hands!
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.9%, Emotional 15.5%, Point & Click 11.4%, Hidden Object 9.8%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #5 Victorian Debutante
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid Darkness
Windows · Mac
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Emotional 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 10.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #6 The Wreck
94% matchVery Positive88% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.6%, Emotional 13.5%, Point & Click 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #7 My Room Philosopher
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: SEO MINJAE
Windows
My Room Philosopher is a text-based game where a boy asks questions many people face during adolescence. Answer his questions and explore his thoughts while reflecting on your own values and life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Emotional 14.1%, Point & Click 11.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Psychological 10.3%
- #8 LifeSimOS
92% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Clayton Davis
Windows
A story-rich coming-of-age experience told through a 2004 desktop, where friendships, music, and late-night conversations shape who you become. Explore chats, drama, mini-games, and the early internet in a branching story about growing up, making mistakes, and finding your place.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Emotional 12.3%, Text-Based 11.6%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #9 The Leak
91% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Fatih Mert
Windows
Wake up, watch tv, make a cup of cofffee and try to bear your own meaningless existence.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Emotional 15%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 11.8%, Psychological 10.1%
- #10 The Mermaid of Zennor
91% matchVery Positive99% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: ebi-hime
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 20.2%, Emotional 17.6%, Text-Based 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Dark Humor 8.8%
- #11 The Dark Prophecy
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Start Warp
Windows · Mac
The Dark Prophecy is a 2D pixel-art Point&Click adventure inspired by the best retro games of the 90s. Welcome to a peaceful medieval village, where life is safe and calm. But one fateful night, everything changes.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13%, Dark Humor 11.9%, Point & Click 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Text-Based 10%
- #12 My Summer Adventure: Memories of Another Life — Day 1
89% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlkinoyPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strange incident turns the life of an ordinary young man upside down when, having fallen asleep on a regular train commute, he wakes up in another country... in a body of a Japanese student! An unforgettable summer adventure awaits, promising many fateful meetings and momentous occasions.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.4%, Emotional 16.5%, Text-Based 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%, Psychological 9.8%
- #13 Regrets
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: T.E.R. Yarally
Windows
Do you ever feel like life is slipping away, with too many dreams left unfulfilled? Like you're trapped in wanting to do so much, but never quite getting to any of it? Doesn't that thought scare you—looking back on a life that accomplished nothing, fading without leaving a mark? It scares me too.
Why similar: Emotional 22.7%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Psychological 14.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #14 Do 11
88% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: SJR Team
Windows · Mac
Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.
Why similar: Visual Novel 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Text-Based 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #15 The Other Side of Everyday
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wangrushi
Windows
This is a story about two strangers. Neither of them knows the answers to the course of their lives, but they still try to stand by each other. They may not be able to alter where life is taking them, but they start to glimpse a world beyond the ordinary
Why similar: Emotional 25.8%, Visual Novel 24.9%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #16 Lenin - The Lion
87% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2019
Dev: Lornyon
Windows
Lenin – The Lion is a Puzzle RPG game about overcoming fears. Walk into chaos and find the claws of loneliness or carefully build your path and find the benefits of understanding and acceptance.
Why similar: Emotional 20.1%, Psychological 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #17 Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale
86% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale is an interactive slice-of-life visual novel about choosing your own path. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. Featuring a multitude of hand-crafted characters and a richly detailed village set in the Roadwarden story world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.5%, Emotional 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Nature 7.9%
- #18 Mirrorandum
85% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Mirrorandum is not just a visual novel...it's a journey through a world of mirrors, where every reflection challenges your perception and every choice reveals the depths of your true self.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Emotional 21.9%, Text-Based 10.2%, Casual 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #19 The Tenth Minute
84% matchNo user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: XU S.A Studio
Windows
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: Visual Novel 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Text-Based 14.7%, Emotional 13.6%, Psychological 11%
- #20 Don't Let Me Fade
84% matchVery Positive99% of 134 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: Visual Novel 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Point & Click 16.8%, Emotional 14.9%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #21 Echoes of Baikal
83% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Alkinoy
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Emotional 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 11.9%, Psychological 10.3%
- #22 The Elevator: Beyond the Doors
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verse and Vision
Windows
A narrative-driven psychological visual novel where every floor of an elevator reveals a key moment from your past. Face your regrets, uncover forgotten memories, and make choices that shape your future. Will you find closure, or remain trapped in your own mind?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Text-Based 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #23 時折記 -Tokioriki-
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.2%, Emotional 14.2%, Psychological 11.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #24 <Kobako> It's You Again | また、きみだ。
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kōbako
Windows
A romantic loop 3D visual novel about a girl who forgets you every night. It’s always your first date. She resets. You don’t. Try to win her heart, or choose to let go. Another strange post from the town of Akabako.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.8%, Emotional 16.5%, Psychological 13.7%, Story Rich 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%
- #25 The Dreams in the Peacock House
79% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Harlequin Diver
Windows
Wake up from a never-ending slumber and find your lost dreams in the shadows of the Peacock House, in this short narrative game that combines simple text adventure mechanics, point-and-click puzzles, and visual novel segments.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.4%, Point & Click 17.2%, Text-Based 16.5%, Story Rich 10%, Retro 8%
- #26 Backspace Backspace Backspace
80% matchVery Positive97% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Text-Based 15.3%, Psychological 14%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Emotional 9.4%
- #27 Into the Waves
81% matchVery Positive92% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Flying Whale
Windows · Mac · Linux
Morin is a barkeeper with an unusual curse. All people look like shadows to him, except for one mysterious stranger... Solve the mystery of the curse, fight true darkness and mix the most unusual cocktails in the atmospheric visual novel — Into the Waves!
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Point & Click 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Story Rich 10.5%
- #28 The Secret Of Greenwood Isle
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: SaynePub: Sayne Interactive
Windows
A story-driven mystery visual novel set in a remote island village. Gather clues through conversations and exploration, and uncover hidden truths through branching routes and multiple endings amid the tense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, Text-Based 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Psychological 10.5%, Hidden Object 10.1%
- #29 Prism
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gazpins
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about the mind, change, and being locked up.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.2%, Text-Based 13%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Emotional 10.7%
- #30 One's Own Exile
77% matchVery Positive100% of 467 reviews2025
Dev: Updog Software
Windows
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Emotional 23.5%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Story Rich 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #31 Watashi Suzume
79% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Shamrock Creations LLC.
Windows
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: Visual Novel 18.7%, Text-Based 14.8%, Emotional 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 12.3%
- #32 Starfell
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elim SavapraPub: Savapra Studios
Windows
A psychological visual novel–style game focused on atmosphere and narrative. What feels like choice slowly collapses.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.2%, Dark Humor 15.6%, Emotional 13.3%, Psychological 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%
- #33 Dreamsink
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AuroraMend Studio
Windows
Awakening in a frigid room with an empty pill bottle, she’s forgotten something vital. Trapped between a monochrome bedroom and distorted dreams, she must face anxiety and depression... Break mental shackles and find the light in this psychological puzzle adventure!
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Emotional 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Point & Click 12.5%, Psychological 12%
- #34 随风而逝 Story About Times
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: cdhy interactive
Windows
Time is the only thing we can't resist. Some people and things will never be found once they are lost. In the dark, a man was walking alone. The moment when you turn back, don't forget the place where came from!
Why similar: Emotional 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Hidden Object 9.5%, Psychological 9.2%
- #35 Ashes
74% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Plot Twist Australia
Windows · Mac
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: Visual Novel 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Story Rich 15.5%, Emotional 14.5%, Point & Click 8.5%
- #36 Lost Connections
75% matchVery Positive96% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Amber Pearl
Windows
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: Emotional 21.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Story Rich 10.8%, Choices Matter 9%
- #37 Saraab: Beyond The Veil
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rooted Elevation
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror visual novel about healing, where saving your brother means facing your own demons. Elham’s search forces her to confront haunting visions, buried family secrets, and dark entities. Will you help her embrace the light, or let her fall into the darkness?
Why similar: Emotional 21.2%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Psychological 9.2%
- #38 Penrose
74% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: doublespeak games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Text-Based 16.9%, Emotional 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Psychological 9.8%
- #39 The Life You Missed
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZykinArt Games
Windows
The Life You Missed — you achieved success, but lost yourself along the way. In an old house, you uncover someone else’s life — and your own. Relive memories and face choices in your dreams. Every decision shapes the ending.
Why similar: Emotional 28.2%, Psychological 17.4%, Story Rich 15.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #40 Yume Kakigori
73% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: YumeKakigori Team
Windows · Mac
In a colorless world, you open a shaved ice shop guided by a mysterious raven. Through emotion, you connect with your customers and uncover their past and the world’s hidden truth—Yume Kakigori is a quiet journey through feelings and self-discovery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Emotional 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Story Rich 8%
- #41 Where Control Ends
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softveil StudioPub: Softveil
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Visual Novel 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Text-Based 13%, Emotional 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #42 5-Minute Maid
71% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: おんねんちゃんねる
Windows
Rimu has lost her memory and become trapped in a looping phenomenon. Moreover, only a tiny fraction of her memories carry over between loops. Within each five-minute cycle, she must retain only the crucial “memories” while setting the necessary flags. Will Rimu ever regain her memories?
Why similar: Emotional 27.4%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Retro 9.6%
- #43 Margaret's Little Shop of Wonders
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Possum 5Pub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
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: Visual Novel 19.8%, Emotional 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Point & Click 13.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #44 Fishbowl
70% matchVery Positive96% of 160 reviews2026
Dev: imissmyfriends.studio
Windows · Mac
Fishbowl is a slow and tender 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: Emotional 20.7%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Psychological 11.7%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #45 LaughterLost
72% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Mix StudioPub: USC Games
Windows
LaughterLost takes you through a surreal journey of work and family life. Face psychological twists, narrative choices, puzzles, and unexpected unique confrontations! Will you break this dystopian cycle of everyday life?
Why similar: Dark Humor 17.3%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Point & Click 12.6%, Psychological 11.7%
- #46 The Final Fragment
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: mahousparkle
Windows
A GxG coming-of-age visual novel. Nina sucks at choosing. But when a mysterious incident happens at the arts academy, will she muster the courage to choose–or will she let someone else decide on her behalf?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.5%, Emotional 16%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Text-Based 9.1%, Psychological 7.4%
- #47 The Quiet After
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grigsby's World Productions, LLC
Windows · Linux
Step into Greyholt as Ava, a would-be adventurer taking a chance to register with her father's guild. Will this bring the independence she craves, or something more dangerous? A psychological, choice-driven visual novel where every decision shapes the road ahead and the journey beneath her own skin.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.7%, Emotional 18.9%, Psychological 14.9%, Text-Based 12.4%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #48 We should talk.
71% matchMixed57% of 166 reviews2020
Dev: Insatiable CyclePub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.6%, Emotional 17%, Text-Based 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #49 Crisálida
67% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Flameseed Productions
Windows
A short emotional journey through memory, grief, and healing. Help Íris piece together her fragmented memories and uncover hidden truths. A portion of the sales is donated to AbleGamers Brazil. 🧡🖤
Why similar: Emotional 22.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Psychological 13.6%, Text-Based 12.3%, Point & Click 10.4%
- #50 Monsters of Little Haven
71% matchVery Positive88% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.2%, Text-Based 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Emotional 12.4%, Psychological 9.1%
- #51 Dreaming After You
69% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: MangoPower
Windows
Play as a Duskweaver in this short "choices matter" story about self-sacrifice.
Why similar: Emotional 16.2%, Text-Based 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
- #52 Psychotic Bathtub
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: natsha
Windows
Have a psychotic episode in your bathtub. Argue with a rubber duck, flood your bathroom and drown Jesus. Find your very own ending – or all of them.
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.4%, Emotional 12.8%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #53 Guilt Free
70% matchVery Positive85% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17%, Emotional 16.5%, Text-Based 13%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #54 Missing Stars
68% matchPositive92% of 49 reviews2023
Dev: Somnova Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Missing Stars is a visual novel that aims to depict mental disorders and the people who live with them in a realistic, but sensitive and respectful light.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Emotional 18%, Text-Based 13.9%, Story Rich 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #55 Snowfall's Mystery
66% matchVery Positive86% of 119 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 13.3%, Text-Based 12.4%, Psychological 12.2%, Emotional 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #56 To Make a Game
68% matchVery Positive91% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: TheBluePenguin
Windows · Linux
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: Visual Novel 23.4%, Emotional 18.4%, Psychological 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Casual 9.2%
- #57 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
67% matchVery Positive87% of 83 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 18.4%, Emotional 14.1%, Point & Click 13.8%, Text-Based 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #58 Dark Lovers - Extended Edition
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Kyuubinx Prototype
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dark Lovers is a short pixel art teenage romantic mistery visual novel game about a highschool prom night in 1979 which contains multiple endings and secrets.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Text-Based 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #59 The Dreamwalkers
66% matchPositive90% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Nightbloomer Studio
Windows
Take control of Morgan's destiny as his world is turned upside down. Explore the world of Dreams, where mythological creatures and Nightmares are real. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options and a symphonic music! Inspired by Neil Gaiman and Inception.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Emotional 18.4%, Text-Based 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
- #60 Vespa's Test
67% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Lepisoft
Windows
Vespa's Test is a short, relaxing personality test based on real psychological research. Answer a multitude of thought-provoking questions, and receive a vision tailored to your answers; what, in life, is holding you back?
Why similar: Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Relaxing 11.1%