Games Like The Hole Town

The (mis)adventures of Vinty, a nobody who thinks she's somebody!

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.9%, Anime 25.6%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Cute 9%, Story Rich 6.4%

Deepwell is a story-driven adventure game, about a small town surrounding a giant mystery hole.

Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Story Rich 19.7%, 2D 14.6%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Down the Rabbit Hole is an adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 27.1%, Cute 18.8%, Female Protagonist 16%, Adventure 15.7%, Atmospheric 12.3%

That day, we told a lie.

Why similar: Philosophical 29%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Hand-drawn 18.4%, Surreal 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Daymare Town is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a heart of a strange city populated by peculiar Metamorph creatures. This town is full of nooks and crannies, puzzles, secrets and items to collect to help you along the way. Can you escape the nightmare of a day?

Why similar: Hand-drawn 35.4%, Dark Humor 17.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Yamasen-Chan is a hikikomori who lives in isolation and never leaves her home. Will you help her make a comfy home in this hikikomori themed visual novel designing game?

Why similar: Philosophical 24.3%, Anime 17.4%, Cute 17.4%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Visual Novel 10.6%

Mio is a young girl surrounded by death, and after an unexpected accident, she finds out where people go after they die. Maybe Heaven, or Hell...or an Underworld full of demons and mysteries.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 33%, Visual Novel 31%, Story Rich 10.5%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Adventure 8.6%

This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Why similar: Surreal 35.3%, Cute 15.7%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Adventure 10%

Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories is a story-exploration game about getting caught up in the outlandish happenings of a small town where melons are illegal. Silly and cute on the surface, but are things really as peaceful as they seem?

Why similar: Adventure 68.1%, Cute 31.9%

"Hello my World! Lily." is a visual novel about a programmer who finds an unusual way to cope with loneliness and routine. But after a while, his imagination and actions go too far, and the line between reality and fantasy begins to melt rapidly.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.2%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Adventure 15.6%, Anime 12.4%, Cute 11.8%

"HOLEHOLE" is a relaxed adventure game where players freely explore a map, collect objects, and assist residents through conversations. The game features a visual novel-style storytelling experience and allows players to progress at their own pace.

Why similar: Visual Novel 45.7%, Cute 18.2%, Atmospheric 18.1%, Adventure 15.3%, Indie 1.5%

A golden dream, and a closed world. A spiral staircase into the garden of the mind. What lies beyond gilded wonderland?

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Philosophical 18.3%, Anime 13.4%, Cute 8.4%, Female Protagonist 7.3%

Fairy tale wish of a loveless girl

Why similar: Visual Novel 37.2%, Hand-drawn 19.7%, Anime 14.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Cute 10.5%

A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

Why similar: Atmospheric 31.5%, 2D Platformer 25.5%, Adventure 22.7%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, 2D 4%

── In the summer of the world that has ended, the girl travels aimlessly. "natsuno-kanata - beyond the summer" is a text adventure game that depicts girls traveling in apocalypse. Through talking to the girls, we get to know them and approach the mysteries of the world ──

Why similar: Visual Novel 33.5%, Anime 13.4%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Adventure 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.8%

Amber Throne is a turn-based JRPG-styled game about a girl in a desert world beneath a mysterious floating castle, and her quest to reach it.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 32%, Female Protagonist 15.7%, Adventure 14.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%

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 35.9%, Adventure 13.4%, Story Rich 12.7%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Anime 10.6%

Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.8%, Surreal 22.2%, Cute 16.1%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Story Rich 10.8%

A minimalist 2D platformer about a liquid cat, locked in a world she doesn't quite understand, trying to get out.

Why similar: Adventure 35.4%, Cute 24.7%, Story Rich 14.8%, Indie 13.8%, 2D 9.5%

Train of Afterlife is a mystery, psychological, horror Visual Novel.

Why similar: Visual Novel 49%, Adventure 13.6%, Anime 12.8%, Surreal 9.4%, Story Rich 5.2%

This is the story of a young girl and her magical adventure.

Why similar: Cute 28.4%, Adventure 24.5%, Anime 16.1%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".

Why similar: Philosophical 35.8%, Visual Novel 29.2%, Story Rich 7.9%, Anime 7.4%, Female Protagonist 5.6%

This is a story of disease and suffering; of medication and adverse effects; of thoracotomy scars and cellular poisons; of the living who cannot help but to die and of the dying who cannot help but to live; of a resting place other than "on 7F" or "at home".

Why similar: Visual Novel 65.3%, Anime 19.7%, Story Rich 7.6%, Female Protagonist 2.5%, Indie 2.3%

This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.9%, Adventure 17.4%, Cute 16%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Story Rich 6.6%

The story is about Ash. An ordinary girl who takes a journey through a mysterious spirit world filled with strange creatures. Ash must find her way back home...before something else finds her.

Why similar: Surreal 34%, Adventure 23.5%, Story Rich 21.2%, Anime 18%, Singleplayer 3.3%

A hand drawn style obstacle avoidance game. How to deal with rainy days if don't like it?

Why similar: Hand-drawn 40.4%, 2D Platformer 17.4%, Atmospheric 14%, Cute 13.9%, Adventure 12.8%

Yukumo is a young girl traversing the world in her beloved airship. Upon arriving at a certain town, her airship breaks down. She decides to explore the town to search for parts for repair; however, the town has fallen silent, with no trace of its inhabitants...

Why similar: Cute 23.5%, Anime 21.9%, Atmospheric 21.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%

No matter how long you’re gone, there will always be a girl waiting for you in the same place. This is a story about forgetting, and about waiting. After countless restarts and countless memories lost… how long will you stay with her this time?

Why similar: 2D Platformer 56.7%, Anime 28.1%, 2D 6.9%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Adventure Game Traveling around Iceland

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.1%, Anime 22.2%, Adventure 17.8%, Cute 14.6%, 2D 4.7%

A short story about loading, I guess. Play as Memu@ as she explores the cyberpunk(ish) little town and interacts with its inhabitants.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 30.4%, Cute 21.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Anime 8.1%

An adventure game that takes place in a dream-like town on a solitary island.

Why similar: Adventure 76.3%, Indie 23.7%

USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.9%, Philosophical 28.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Female Protagonist 8%, Anime 5.9%

The game is a point-and-click adventure game in the form of a story with hand-drawn illustrations. Go on an adventure to the planets with various characters and listen to their stories, and find a new planet for Uni to stay on.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 23.8%, Cute 20.1%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Adventure 13.8%, Atmospheric 13.4%

My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

Why similar: Adventure 22.8%, Atmospheric 18.8%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Story Rich 14.4%, Anime 14%

A story about a dead lamb walking.

Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Cute 16.2%, Narration 13.8%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Anime 9.3%

Take a personality test with a definitely-not-clingy demon girl.

Why similar: Visual Novel 25.9%, Philosophical 19.5%, Surreal 16.9%, Cute 12.1%, Anime 9.1%

"From Head to Toe" is a short interactive story about winter, existential guilt and your ex-classmates.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.6%, Adventure 24.4%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Atmospheric 11%, Story Rich 9.4%

A magical girl visual novel about giving middle-schoolers way too much power. Make (bad) choices, fight unexpected enemies, and maybe learn a lesson or two...

Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Cute 15.5%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Anime 12%

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 35.1%, Anime 13.6%, Adventure 12.1%, Narration 11.6%, Story Rich 10.9%

At the bottom of a massive underground dump, a sentient pile of sludge is born. After finding a discarded book that shows photographs of the surface, they decide to make the journey upward to see the outside world.

Why similar: Adventure 36.7%, 2D Platformer 35.3%, Cute 14.6%, 2D 7.6%, Indie 3.8%

The city where everything is possible... But where it could also be fake.

Why similar: Adventure 35.6%, Female Protagonist 22.3%, Dark Humor 20.4%, Indie 11.4%, 2D 6.9%

It is a digital novel set in a fictional city.

Why similar: Visual Novel 55%, Adventure 17.5%, Story Rich 16.6%, 2D 6.7%, Indie 2.7%

Down the Rabbit Hole is a VR adventure set in Wonderland prior to Alice's arrival. You will guide a girl who is looking for her lost pet by solving puzzles, uncovering secrets and making choices about the story along the way.

Why similar: Adventure 51%, Story Rich 33.8%, Indie 15.2%

Prologue chapter of A Space For The Unbound, an upcoming slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixelart set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers

Why similar: Philosophical 31.7%, Surreal 19.6%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Story Rich 11.3%, Anime 10.2%

Welcome to Bummertown a place where You'll have to collect items, talk to colorful characters and solve puzzles in order to find a lost character named Bedford.

Why similar: Adventure 30.9%, Cute 19.6%, Story Rich 16.7%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Indie 10.5%

In the depths of a labyrinthine ruin, a young girl named Mion rises from a deep sleep. Lost, alone, and with no memory of how she got here or where her parents are, she is greeted by two fireflies—one composed entirely of light, and another who lurks among the shadows.

Why similar: Cute 28.1%, Anime 21.9%, Female Protagonist 18%, Adventure 17.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%

A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Hand-drawn 21.8%, Adventure 16.9%, Philosophical 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.1%

A visual novel about cute melancholic girls!

Why similar: Visual Novel 68.1%, Anime 24.6%, 2D 4%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Virago herstory is about a little girl called Willow who after running away from her home becomes a victim of stalking

Why similar: Adventure 24%, Hand-drawn 22.4%, 2D Platformer 19%, Cute 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.8%

A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

Why similar: Cute 26.4%, Story Rich 22.4%, Adventure 16.8%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Atmospheric 6.6%

A horror exploration game that takes place in an underground labyrinth. Avoid malicious creations that are hungry for your soul. Depart from the nightmares that constantly haunt you.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 31.9%, Cute 20.9%, Anime 15%, Adventure 13.8%, Story Rich 12.4%

A sweet winter themed Otome Visual Novel about a princess of a tower who just wants a hero. … Except she ends up with a tone-deaf bard for a roommate, a sassy demon for a butler and no hero. Still stuck in a tower though.

Why similar: Visual Novel 42.7%, Anime 15.5%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Adventure 9.1%

A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.

Why similar: Philosophical 37.4%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Anime 8.5%, Female Protagonist 7%

Welcome to the small, quaint town of Akanemachi. Eerie disturbances have been popping up after a recent earthquake, shaking up the residents' lives. Aya, a perfectly normal woman of the town, takes it upon herself to investigate the mysteries and banish the looming evil.

Why similar: 2D 60.2%, Indie 20.5%, Singleplayer 19.3%

The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place is a story about a building eater consuming a tower in a town condemned to be removed from history. It ponders the violence of erasure and the profound grief of surviving at the edge of despotism, when places of entangled heritage are willfully effaced.

Why similar: Adventure 75.2%, Indie 23.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

A horror channel browsing game where each channel holds a different nightmare to experience, explore them and find out the truth about what has happened in a small town where the inhabitants have disappeared.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.4%, Anime 13.5%, Story Rich 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Dark Humor 9.7%

Until Oblivion is an atmospheric narrative game that follows 17 year old nobody Emma Wilson as she tries to rekindle a dying relationship in a dying world. Join her in an increasingly nightmarish Halloween party and find out if anything (or anyone) is worth anything at all.

Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Hand-drawn 22.5%, Story Rich 14.7%, Atmospheric 14.6%, 2D Platformer 12.1%

And now, for today's story.

Why similar: Story Rich 28.4%, Adventure 22.5%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Anime 9%

Use magical picture frames to manipulate the world around you in mind-bending ways. Turn paintings to life, change time, & re-imagine objects to suit your needs. Follow Lily, a girl who's lost all hope, as she steals powers from the strongest superhero, leaving it up to her to save the world.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 25.9%, Cute 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Anime 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.3%

A subway train plagued by strange occurrences. A part-time exorcist girl arrives to confront the supernatural chaos, with the unknown ahead.

Why similar: Visual Novel 44.4%, Cute 17.7%, Anime 14.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Adventure 8.8%