
A blend of visual novel elements with platforming levels. An ode to the challenging levels of the 16-bit era. No checkpoints.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Anime, Indie, Psychological.

A blend of visual novel elements with platforming levels. An ode to the challenging levels of the 16-bit era. No checkpoints.

1000: The All-Mother's Embrace
Do you love me now?

One Thousand Lies
One day, Ciarán starts receiving enigmatic emails from a mysterious sender, turning his everyday life into a mess of a romantic comedy with psychological themes mixed in. What lies beyond the mystery he's been presented with? In the words of Harry H.: "If you want to know the truth, go find it".
Do you love me now?
Why similar: Psychological 40.4%, Anime 20.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Violent 7%
One day, Ciarán starts receiving enigmatic emails from a mysterious sender, turning his everyday life into a mess of a romantic comedy with psychological themes mixed in. What lies beyond the mystery he's been presented with? In the words of Harry H.: "If you want to know the truth, go find it".
Why similar: Anime 28.6%, Psychological 27.2%, Visual Novel 20%, Story Rich 12.1%, Simulation 10.7%
The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.
Why similar: Psychological 34.8%, Anime 27%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Violent 10.4%, Story Rich 3.9%
A closed-circle mystery visual novel where twelve people wake up inside a bizarre, impossible mansion—and a string of murders begins. Read from Remi’s point of view as you piece together the truth through his thoughts and conversations. Linear, text-focused, Japanese/English supported.
Why similar: Psychological 33.2%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Anime 15.8%, Story Rich 15.4%, Mystery 9.4%
Mugen Takebara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Returning to Inonaki wasn't his choice. Welcomed by his cousin, Sora, the two quickly reconnect… but something is wrong. With her. Or with you.
Why similar: Psychological 24.6%, Anime 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Story Rich 12.7%, Mystery 7.9%
Anime Studio Simulator is a lighthearted visual novel about a group of friends fulfilling their dream of creating an anime. Your choices determine whether their anime succeeds... or fails.
Why similar: Anime 56.5%, Simulation 25.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Indie 4.4%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Psychological 32.3%, Anime 24.8%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Story Rich 12.1%, Mystery 8.6%
Uncover the truth behind the online casino world through the eyes of a delusional fool. Meet the cute dealers, fall too fast, and experience heartbreak in a psychological visual novel about ego, obsession, and self-discovery.
Why similar: Psychological 42.4%, Anime 22.4%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 32.8%, Anime 28.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Violent 6.5%
A visual novel depicting the daily life of a high school boy continuously tormented by guilt on a winter's day. It features layered music played on string instruments and piano, characterized by serious, deep psychological portrayals.
Why similar: Psychological 40.9%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Anime 16.3%, Simulation 12.8%, Story Rich 7.9%
《红夏》是一款以剧情体验为主的视觉小说游戏。八月末的某天,二十多名师生被神秘地困在学校里,等待他们的将是一场自相残杀……
Why similar: Psychological 33.5%, Anime 21.4%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Story Rich 10.1%
Sickness is a visual novel centering around Suoh Tesla, an amoral high school student whose life is rapidly deteriorating. Following the deaths of his parents, a brief stay in the hospital, and the emergence of his “Sickness”, his daily life quickly devolves from carefree school days to a life of crime.
Why similar: Psychological 21.9%, Anime 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Violent 15.2%, Simulation 12.2%
Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.
Why similar: Anime 34.1%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Story Rich 13.4%, Simulation 12%, Mystery 9.5%
"People can only endure pain after seeing the pain of others." He believes this. Between beautiful dreams and cruel reality, he would not hesitate to choose the former. This is the narrow and prejudiced short text adventure game "终末之名".
Why similar: Psychological 40.9%, Anime 30.2%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
One day, the boy meets a monster, with whom he builds a strange relationship that is neither friend, nor family, nor owner and pet. How will the boy's future change?
Why similar: Psychological 33.7%, Anime 24.6%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Story Rich 15.1%, Mystery 6.8%
Touching a Female Swordsman is a sexually suggestive game. A female swordsman belonging to the rebel army has been captured by the kingdom's army, and a man in a kingdom mask starts touching her in order to get information out of her.
Why similar: Simulation 26.3%, Anime 25.6%, Clicker 19.4%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Violent 9.9%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Psychological 29.9%, Anime 23.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Story Rich 11.9%, Violent 7.7%
Essence Bloom is a linear, story-focused indie visual novel that allows the player to experience a world with beautiful cherry blossoms and fun times with friends....
Why similar: Psychological 35.4%, Anime 26.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Story Rich 14.6%, Mystery 6.6%
Iris (31), an office worker with eight years of experience. After meeting the mysterious magical girl Gregory, she becomes a magical girl herself. As the dark truths of this world slowly come to light, can Iris save the Earth?
Why similar: Psychological 35.5%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Story Rich 15.5%, Simulation 15.2%, Anime 13.5%
"The Fourteen Day Letters" is a ADV game centered around “chatting.” In a world that has already gone mad, you and “Yuna” hold onto the last fragments of sanity through a chatroom, spending fourteen days as everything slowly falls apart. And in the end, the outcome will change based on your choices.
Why similar: Psychological 35.1%, Clicker 20.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Anime 8.2%
Click, shop and minigame your way to the top. Collect clicks in order to ቻቹቹጋ ፱ነ buy upgrades, unlock collectables and get even more ጋቹረጎርጎዐ፱ነ clicks. Test your skills in a variety of mini games. Discover the story between the cracks. Do you have what it takes to prepare for the Grand Ascension?
Why similar: Software 39.2% ★, Simulation 17.7%, Platformer 11.6%, Clicker 10.8%, Visual Novel 9.4%
A visual novel in the Samosbor setting. You are a student of the technical college who wakes up in a stranger's living cell after your own death. You must come to terms with your new grim nature and face the cruel world far from the walls of your native incubator block.
Why similar: Anime 27.3%, Psychological 23%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Violent 8.5%
Explore the mysteries of your soul to discover whether you're melancholic, choleric, sanguine, or phlegmatic. Each decision reflects your inner world, challenging your perception and revealing the hidden depths of your personality in this journey of self-discovery.
Why similar: Psychological 35.7%, Anime 28%, Visual Novel 13%, Story Rich 11.6%, Mystery 8.3%
This is a pixel-art AVG game that combines fortune-telling with a sci-fi theme! Players will take on the role of a diviner at the "Cosmic Lighthouse" airport, providing fortune-telling services to travelers and answering their questions as a way to make a living and strive to survive.
Why similar: Psychological 23.9%, Clicker 17.6%, Visual Novel 16%, Simulation 14.2%, Story Rich 13.6%
偏远的山村中,正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着,舞动着,一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
Why similar: Anime 36.1%, Visual Novel 26.1%, Story Rich 21.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Tap the screen to earn points in this fun and addictive game. Get tapping and start racking up those points now!
Why similar: Simulation 35.9%, Anime 32.2%, Clicker 25.5%, Singleplayer 4.1%, Indie 2.3%
A comic-like visual novel, expressing a new story based on the fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”.
Why similar: Psychological 38.6%, Anime 18.6%, Story Rich 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10%
A distant relative and NEET girl suddenly becomes your family. Together, you’ll begin a heartwarming and redemptive life together in this cohabitation sim.
Why similar: Anime 33.5%, Simulation 29.6%, Story Rich 16.9%, Visual Novel 8.5%, Singleplayer 4.8%
I have reincarnated in the gender-bent world of Dong-tak. If I wish to survive, I've got four years to raise Lü Bu the right way.
Why similar: Anime 46.6%, Simulation 32.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Indie 5.5%
I've been summoned to a world of only women! As the only man in the world, the retention of the species depends on him. Can he save the world of harem?!
Why similar: Anime 35.4%, Simulation 18.1%, Story Rich 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Violent 8.1%
A boy returns to his countryside home after spending half a year in the city, only to discover the unimaginable — his elderly grandmother has transformed into a cute young girl! Hijinks ensue.
Why similar: Simulation 37%, Anime 33.8%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Indie 7.8%
Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.
Why similar: Anime 24.8%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Psychological 17.8%, Simulation 15.6%, Story Rich 6.9%
Set 150 years before the events of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, XBlaze Code: Embryo is a visual novel that follows Touya Kagari, a high school student whose world is turned upside down when he is attacked by a seemingly otherworldly being and saved by a mysterious girl named Es.
Why similar: Anime 54.6%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Story Rich 17.3%, Singleplayer 4%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Psychological 24.7%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Story Rich 15.1%, Anime 12.4%, Mystery 10.1%
A group of college students, who just have finished their study, are about to meet more in society. They are brave to face them. They have dreams. But still there are so many trifles out of their control and give them headache, especially referring to affections.
Why similar: Anime 40.7%, Visual Novel 24.1%, Simulation 14.8%, Story Rich 14.6%, Indie 5.9%
A slice of life visual novel with the emphasis on the slicing. Play as a mentally unstable young woman with blood on her hands trying to adapt to a normal life.
Why similar: Psychological 36.4%, Anime 20.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Simulation 10.2%
Santa has ordered one of her helpers, Cupid, to punish you. However, the "punishment" that Cupid has in mind for you is far from painful
Why similar: Anime 26.9%, Simulation 26.6%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Story Rich 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%
An indie visual novel with family themes.
Why similar: Simulation 33.1%, Anime 32.6%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Indie 7.1%
A horror visual novel with light adventure elements, about a group of office workers grinding through an intense all-nighter. Just do your job and.... don’t ask about Ito… nothing happened to him... everything is fine.
Why similar: Psychological 34.8%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Story Rich 16.4%, Anime 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
Within this fully voice-acted Visual Novel, meet Elliot, and the vortex of conflicting truths he has become trapped in. Reach each ending to discover reality for yourself.
Why similar: Psychological 42.1%, Anime 24.2%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Story Rich 11.6%, 2D 1.5%
The (mis)adventures of Vinty, a nobody who thinks she's somebody!
Why similar: Anime 58.4%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Story Rich 10%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Dr. Lora Heugens talks about anxiety, how to calm down and feel good about yourself. She talks about common scenarios that normally makes people anxious and goes into details to react to them. She describes the process that will enable you to calm yourself quickly and efficiently anytime.
Why similar: Software 46.1% ★, Simulation 23.3%, Anime 16.1%, Visual Novel 13%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Anime 27.5%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Psychological 19.5%, Story Rich 12.9%, Mystery 8.8%
A horror visual novel set in a steampunk universe. Young Lyset finds herself wandering through a mysterious world of sentient machines. In her desperate search for her long-lost brother, she must choose between death and immortality.
Why similar: Anime 35.2%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Story Rich 19.2%, Violent 16%, Singleplayer 4%
The latest visual novel by Tomo Kataoka, the author of Narcissu 1st & 2nd, has arrived! An empty world with endless rain and only one person. Here there is no hunger, sickness or even death. Just what story does this world's one occupant have?
Why similar: Anime 52.6%, Visual Novel 29.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Indie 4.7%, 2D 1.7%
Return as the unhacker to take on Program X and her clone army!
Why similar: Anime 43.9%, Visual Novel 27.4%, Story Rich 19.2%, Indie 9.5%
Murasaki's sister Yuuki has returned to Japan and begins bonding with the other members of Class A. Feeling out of place, Murasaki thinks back on when she first met Haruto. Where was the secret art Haruto sought out in her village really hidden?
Why similar: Anime 28%, Psychological 27.5%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Violent 13.4%, Story Rich 11.9%
Yellow House is a non-linear visual horror novel. Dive into the grim atmosphere of a twisted mind surrounded by false and cruelty.
Why similar: Psychological 36.6%, Anime 26.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Mystery 4.2%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Anime 25%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Psychological 16.3%, Story Rich 14.2%, Violent 12.8%
The story of three foreign students at a private British boarding school. Becoming information brokers within the school walls brought them money and respect, but knowledge can also bring trouble. The forbidden fruit was forced in their mouths and its taste will remain forever.
Why similar: Psychological 37.1%, Anime 23.2%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Violent 7.3%
John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.
Why similar: Psychological 27.7%, Anime 19.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Story Rich 12.7%, Violent 12.2%
In a mysterious school where day and night are two separate worlds, a mismatched trio work to resolve magic-related incidents. A world of magic, intrigue, mystery and the occult awaits you!
Why similar: Anime 54.5%, Visual Novel 24%, Story Rich 11.4%, Mystery 7.1%, Singleplayer 3%
helping you find the perfect balance between focused work and relaxation. Set focus periods to propel the train forward, unlocking heartwarming stories and unique items left behind by passengers at each stop. Discover a mysterious and fascinating world filled with healing and surprises.
Why similar: Software 47.8% ★, Simulation 25%, Anime 23.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Indie 1.7%
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Why similar: Anime 26%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Psychological 13.9%, Violent 13.8%, Story Rich 13.8%
In this non-linear life sim, you get to play as a regular guy who has suddenly become a Catcher and must now chase and capture the demons in girls' subconscious using Jungian methods to save them from tragedy.
Why similar: Anime 31.9%, Psychological 28.2%, Story Rich 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Simulation 5.4%
"The Other Side of the Sky" is a short text adventure game with an alternate fantasy setting in a single-line ending narrative mode.
Why similar: Anime 42.2%, Visual Novel 26.8%, Story Rich 25.4%, Singleplayer 5.6%
A golden dream, and a closed world. A spiral staircase into the garden of the mind. What lies beyond gilded wonderland?
Why similar: Anime 28.4%, Psychological 20.5%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Violent 16.1%, Story Rich 10.1%
ALLBLACK Phase 1 is a visual novel adapted from light novel with the same title. Follow the journey of the amnesiac and seemingly abnormal "Theodore Quentin" as he uncovers his identity while escaping from the people who wants him at all cost...
Why similar: Psychological 33.5%, Anime 23.2%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Story Rich 11.7%, Violent 11.6%
XBlaze Lost: Memories is a visual-novel game based in the BlazBlue universe and the sequel to XBlaze Code: Embryo!
Why similar: Anime 59.3%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Story Rich 17.7%, Singleplayer 4.3%
An odd little visual novel about life, love, and baseball(?!) — a quiet, heartfelt coming-of-age story told through branching conversations and poetic choices.
Why similar: Psychological 30.1%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Anime 17.8%, Story Rich 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%